On Friday evening, Detective Isengard Stanton held another Beyonder gathering at Bravehearts Bar.
Although a gathering of this scale could hardly satisfy Abner's needs anymore, he still went to take a look on the off chance of finding something. Unexpectedly, he bought two pages of Roselle's Diary, which cost him thirty Gold Pounds in total.
Of the two transcribed manuscripts, one was nothing more than a meaningless pile of Chinese characters. Someone had apparently taken the original "symbols" and randomly pieced together a bunch of sentences.
However, Abner couldn't expose the seller's trick on the spot. Wouldn't that be the same as telling everyone that he could understand Roselle Script? Besides, the seller himself might not even know he was selling a fake.
Fortunately, the other page contained relatively normal content.
After returning to the garden villa in Cherwood Borough, Abner picked up that page of the diary and began reading it carefully:
"March 4. Today, Karen and I parted on bad terms again! I'm extremely angry. I completely don't understand why he's so stubborn, or why he keeps firmly stopping me from exploring the Fog Sea!
"He always looks so lazy, and doesn't really care much about many things. Besides, he didn't stop me when I explored the Berserk Sea before... Could it be that the Fog Sea really hides some secret? And is this secret related to the Sanguine?
"March 5. After thinking it over repeatedly, I've still decided to conduct an in-depth exploration of the Fog Sea. But before that, I have to find a way to obtain a Ghost Ship. I obtained a few clues from some rumors near the Oradec Archipelago. Perhaps I should go there and take a look first?
"If Karen isn't willing to come along, so be it. I still have Edwards