But come to think of it, something was off about the Eternal Blazing Sun... Because of the Pure White Eye, He should have sensed my "arrival" in reality more keenly than anyone except the Traitor Dragon. Yet He still hadn't contacted me in any way.
He had shown neither goodwill nor hostility... It was as though He had no idea where "I" had come from.
That didn't make much sense... Even the God of Steam and Machinery had sent Bornova to contact me.
Unless He had troubles of His own and couldn't interfere with reality!
Besides, after the battle at Indo Port, Adam had pretended to suffer a crushing defeat, letting the Dragon of Imagination obtain "0-08." Then he had gone to the Eternal Blazing Sun.
Could something really have happened to Him?
Without any further clues, Abner set the matter aside for now. He patted the Dream Tapir's head and told it to keep an eye on the descendant of the Eternal Blazing Sun, then left the Sea of Collective Subconscious and returned to his mansion.
By then, the farewell banquet for Groselle, held by the former members of the "dragon-slaying heroes" party from Groselle's Travels, was nearly over.
As soon as Abner entered the dining room, he heard Shatas call out to Groselle in a threatening tone:
"Groselle... Whatever else happens, you have to come back! Got it? You still need to attend the party celebrating the first month after Mobet's and my baby is born."
To see Groselle off, and because she had discovered she was pregnant, Shatas had returned from the sea to Beldan for the time being.
"Of course. Once I return to the Giant King's Court and formally lay down my duty, I'll definitely come back," Groselle replied, scratching his head with a sheepish