Jane's Visit

At the sight, Abner instinctively activated his Spirit Vision. Behind the gas lamp, a figure suddenly emerged from the wall above the desk. It was made of dark, insubstantial mist and looked as though it wore a black cloak!

Who is that?! Abner had no time to think. He reached to activate his Ring of Light, intending to hit the figure with Holy Light first and ask questions later.

Just then, the figure made the air vibrate and spoke. "Abner, it's me, Jane. Don't attack."

"Jane?" Abner paused as his fingers rubbed the ring, but he didn't stop. Instead, he changed the Holy Light he had been about to release into a Purifying Aura around himself.

Thanks to his fine control, the golden halo that abruptly appeared formed a barrier of light only around his body. It did not affect his other uninvited guest.

"I know this visit is too sudden. I should have let you know beforehand... But my body is still aboard a ship outside Pritz Harbor, so I could only send my spirit here to talk to you." As she spoke, the illusory figure lifted a hood made of the same black mist and tried to shape it into Jane's face. She failed, producing only rough features that looked like a child's drawing.

The figure of black mist spread her hands helplessly. Looking at Abner, who was surrounded by golden light, she continued in an ethereal voice, "You remember that when we met at the cemetery in Enmat Harbor, I said I was going to sea to help an important person look for something, don't you? Also, before he died, my father arranged a false identity for me in Bayam. So I go by Jane Miranda now."

She said this both to earn Abner's trust and to