Near Indo Port in the Feysac Empire, Abner had noticed the ruins long ago in the reward from the fifth floor of the Dream Labyrinth Tower—the diary of Officer Bashalov.
However, Miss Justice's intelligence was more detailed and specific.
But Abner had never expected there to be a portrait of Mr. Azik within those ruins...
Was that a base from one of Mr. Azik's lives? Or one of his places of Slumber? As Abner speculated, he asked aloud, "Do you have the exact location of those ruins?"
"No..." Miss Justice shook her head regretfully. She then glanced at Abner and vaguely sensed his surprise, as though he recognized the person in the painting. However, she did not ask further, deciding to investigate it privately after returning. Changing the subject, she continued, "However, that caravan member was a Beyonder himself. In his letter to his illegitimate son, he speculated that the ruins were not in the real world. A sudden fog had carried their ship there.
"After all, they had never deviated from their course and had remained on the shipping route."
Abner nodded upon hearing that, feeling that this made more sense. Otherwise, the Feysac officials' Beyonders would likely have found those ruins long ago.
From the notebook he had obtained earlier, fishing boats had accidentally entered it more than a decade ago. However, since no one had ever found it afterward, it had not drawn much attention...
Hmm, once Xio returns to Backlund, I'll 'Teleport' to that hot-spring mountain outside Indo Port and look for Officer Bashalov, the man who wrote the diary. Perhaps I can obtain more useful information from him.
*After finding those ruins, if their arrangements prove troublesome, I can ask Mr. Azik for help... After all, they might be beneficial to his recovery of his