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Seemingly because of Miss Messenger, Ms. D took Klein a little more seriously than she had at first.
While Ms. D studied the map and made plans, Klein took out the information Reinette Tinekerr had brought along with Ms. D's message earlier-a reply from Mr. Azik.
Since the copper whistle had been badly damaged, Klein had stopped using it to summon spirits to deliver letters. Fortunately, Miss Messenger had stepped in just in time.
In his reply, Azik first said that he had been rather busy lately and apologized for not replying promptly. However, he remembered Klein's earlier question and had enclosed information about Spirit World Plunderers. Azik frankly stated that he had recently recalled many things. The gaps in his memories were growing fewer and fewer, and he had to digest them and recover through sleep, balancing the memories of his humanity with the instincts of his divinity. Otherwise, he could easily slip toward his cold former self.
Seeing that Mr. Azik had suffered no effects from the earlier incident and had now returned to normal, Klein truly relaxed. By the golden sunlight streaming through the gap in the roof, he turned his gaze to the rest of the letter in a fairly good mood.
Azik's description of Spirit World Plunderers was as follows:
"...These are exceptionally cunning creatures, few in number, highly skilled at disguise, and difficult to find... One thing you can exploit is their strong aggression. However, they are also extremely dangerous. Even if you possess strength approaching Sequence 4, you must be sufficiently cautious. Otherwise, a moment's carelessness will turn you into one of their split souls..."
"Their specific characteristics are... The region Spirit World Plunderers frequent is the extremely dangerous Calderón City deep in the Spirit World. Many dangerous Spirit World Creatures dwell