“…While I do know that this map belongs to the Seadom tribe, it’s only because of passed down knowledge from my ancestors… Truth be told, this is my first time seeing this map as well,” muttered Takuya with a sigh after briefly looking at the map.
“…Then… Do you have any idea how we can get to Yearning Island? Or at the very least, how we can locate it? From what we know, the island seems to float about on sea and is only locatable through a special method of sorts. As Master Ghost said, the island appeared on the map once, but never again ever since…” replied Gerald with a slight frown as he looked at the map…
“Well… As you may have already guessed, the Seadom tribe used to inhabit that island, though that was ages ago… While I can’t say that I know how to get there, worry not, brother! Since you’ve helped my family this much, I’ll definitely find a way to get you there!” declared Takuya as he began racking his memories, hoping to remember details about the island and the Seadom tribe…
Shortly after, Takuya walked over to a bookshelf and began flipping through the books there.
Seeing that, Fujiko—who was still finding it difficult to process all this—couldn’t help but mutter, “…I’ve never even heard of the Seadom tribe or Yearning Island up till this point…”
Quite honestly, now that she knew Gerald’s true goals, she couldn’t help but feel slightly disappointed. After all, she had initially thought that he was doing all this for her! In truth, he had only helped her family so much to obtain information! Though she felt that all this was a little too much, this was simply the reality of the situation…
Whatever the case was, Gerald simply shook his head with a bitter smile as he replied, “Had I not encountered the map, I wouldn’t have known about any of this either…”
It was a while later when Takuya returned with a dusty book in hand. Handing it to Gerald, he then said, “Here. This book contains a thorough history of our family, though I’m not sure if what you need is in here.”
“Please let me have a look,” replied Gerald, his eyes glinting with excitement as he quickly began flipping through the pages…
“…I do wonder whether Miss Fujiko’s pendant is the key to all this…” said Master Ghost out of the blue as he looked at her pendant. From the very first time he had seen it, he could already tell that the item was a special one, and Master Ghost knew for a fact that such items were usually the more useful things.
“…This…?” muttered Fujiko as she removed her pendant.
“It’s just a guess, of course, but it’s something,” replied Master Ghost as he shook his head.
“Well, whatever the case is, I believe that we’ll eventually crack the code,” said Takuya as he lit a cigarette…
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