Once his vision returned to normal, Abner found himself, unsurprisingly, within the Ancient Palace above the Gray Fog. Xio's figure had also appeared across the long table from him.
"What happened?" Abner asked calmly.
As he spoke, he swept his gaze around. Although he did not see Mr. Fool, he was certain that he was there.
"There's something I need your help with..." Xio did not exchange any pleasantries and quickly recounted the entire kidnapping of Liv's younger daughter, Daisy. At the end, she said worriedly, "At this point, we have to rescue Daisy before they discover that those three men have fallen into our hands... Otherwise, they'll very likely silence her...
"But I don't know how to bypass the tricks they planted in their minds to obtain information..."
So it was this matter... Would it seem too mystical if I directly told her that Daisy was in Capim's underground prison? After making that jab to himself, Abner thought:
Freya and Daisy, those pitiful sisters from the original story, had actually become involved with Aitris... And because of that, they had found their way to my home and dragged both Xio and Hazel into this...
But Xio's concerns were entirely valid. Although some people in MI9 were helping the king traffic humans, they were only a small minority. Most people were actually unaware of it... After all, such matters had to be kept secret from the churches. The more people who knew, the easier it was for the secret to leak...
And once an official member of the uninformed faction like Xio got involved, the best way to avoid exposure was to silence her...
And how could silencing a Beyonder under a princess be easier than silencing a human trafficker and the girls he had abducted?
Although Capim deserved to