"Traces left by people from other city-states?" Derrick repeated The Tower's request and immediately felt troubled. That city had lain abandoned for so long that even if visitors from another city-state had left traces behind, he would have no way to tell them apart from what had already been there...
Abner guessed what was troubling him and added with a smile, "By traces from another city-state, I mean something so different from the civilizations of the City of Silver and that ruined city that you'd recognize it at a glance."
"Oh, I see... I understand now." Derrick, The Sun, breathed a sigh of relief. "I'll keep an eye out for you."
"Your safety comes first. Don't forget what Mr. Hanged Man just taught you on my account," Abner reminded him.
As far as Abner was concerned, finding the thing from his Prophecy would be ideal, but if Derrick could not find it, so be it... It was not essential.
"Of course," Derrick replied, though he privately resolved to investigate the ruined city carefully during the expedition.
That would not contradict the advice Mr. Hanged Man had shared. After all, he had said that once inside the temple, Derrick should not look at what he should not look at, listen to what he should not listen to, eat what he should not eat, or touch what he should not touch...
The city ruins were not part of the temple.
Justice, Hanged Man, and the others were curious about The Tower's request to The Sun, but none of them asked. Mr. Tower clearly did not want to say more.
Once that topic was over, Alger looked toward the ladies opposite him, particularly Justice and Judgment, and asked:
"I'd like to know how Backlund's political situation has changed since Duke Negan's death.
"And