Aboard the Black Throne, Miss Gwen comforted the crew who had survived the ordeal before returning to the captain's quarters to thank Abner, who was waiting there with a book.
Perhaps feeling that words alone were not sincere enough, Miss Gwen went to the bed, took a folded piece of parchment from a hidden compartment beneath the mattress, and handed it to Abner. "This is the only thing of value I have to offer right now. Please accept it."
Abner took the parchment in some surprise. When he unfolded it, he found a map. "What is this?"
"Possibly the most valuable thing Emperor Roselle left here, apart from the Black Throne itself!" Miss Gwen kept him in suspense for a moment, then asked, "Have you heard of the Sunken Laurel?"
"Yes. Of all the rumored treasures at sea, it's the one most likely to be found.
"They say that over a hundred years ago, the Sunken Laurel was carrying gold, jewels, and other valuables Loen Kingdom had acquired from East Balam when it strayed off course and sank somewhere in the Berserk Sea or the Sunia Sea. It still hasn't been found.
"The cargo aboard it could be worth several million pounds!" Abner nodded. He had known about the treasure in both his previous life and this one. After a pause, he asked, "So this is a map to the Sunken Laurel?"
Miss Gwen nodded slightly. "There was also a stone with a message from Emperor Roselle sealed inside it. The message briefly explained where the map pointed... Unfortunately, once it delivered the message, the stone crumbled to dust and disappeared."
*If I remember right, the Laurel sank around the time Roselle was assassinated... Did he stumble across it while searching the world for traces of Transmigrators in the last