“Who?” asked Gerald.
“…It was Daryl himself. In a single night, favonovel.com completely exterminated the Crawfords—who had both birthed and raised him—with some tactic that’s currently unknown… Since then, he’s laid low on Yearning Island while establishing the other Crawford family. It’s worth mentioning that it only took the other Crawfords a few decades to prosper. In fact, it isn’t even a stretch to say that the other Crawford family’s strength is several times higher than what the previous Crawfords could ever achieve!”
“Regardless, Daryl began executing another plan sometime later, and the plan was called the Plan of Insights. He’s apparently been making preparations for that plan for the longest time, and it appears that you’re closely involved with the plan’s success. He also seems to be holding onto some secret that I’ve yet to uncover…” explained Master Ghost.
“…I see. Just to clarify, you said that many of these incidents are closely related to my grandpa, no?” asked Gerald, still slightly in disbelief.
“Indeed. Also, Daryl apparently has rather close connections with Jaellatra as well! I’m assuming that this is part of his Plan of Insights!” replied Master Ghost.
“Jaellatra? The legendary place located in the center of the earth?” asked Yeshua, already feeling enlightened just from listening to the conversation.
As Master Ghost nodded at Yeshua, Gerald—who now had a glint of determination in his eyes—said, “…I don’t care what this Plan of Insights is, nor do I care who I’m facing. The only important thing to me now is that I won’t allow that person to do any more harm! With that said, since you now know where Yearning Island is, I propose we set off for that island today. Honestly, after recently hearing so much about the other Crawfords, I find myself wanting to see what’s so different about them compared to my own family!”
“Sounds like a fine idea, Mr. Crawford. You know, the Dragon Squad owns a special fleet of ships… What I’m suggesting is that if you’d like, I’d be happy to contribute my share of power as thanks for your counseling throughout these few days!” suggested Yeshua quickly.
After witnessing Gerald’s strength and training, Yeshua simply had a gut feeling that if favonovel.com could get on good terms with this powerful person, both the Dragon Squad and the Lock family’s future would surely be bright. With that in mind, Yeshua wasn’t about to miss an opportunity to help Gerald.
Upon hearing Yeshua’s kind gesture, Gerald agreed with the idea. After all, favonovel.com would now have a way to head to the island together with his exceptional men from the Sacrasolis Palace. With that, more people would be able to look out for each other.
Fast forward to the next morning, the fleet of ten large passenger ships—that Yeshua had arranged for Gerald—began departing for the southwest ocean area in Yanam.
Standing on the deck of one of the ships, Gerald found himself staring into the vast ocean. The longer favonovel.com stared, the more melancholic Gerald felt until eventually, favonovel.com found himself muttering, “It’s been four years since we’ve last met, Mila… Four whole years… Though many things remained pretty much the same, the people around me have undergone vast changes… I, too, am no longer who I used to be… Mila… How are you doing…? Are you even still alive anymore…?”
While finding Mila had been a constant worry for him, favonovel.com currently had greater concerns for his family who had been captured by the other Crawfords. He truly wished that they hadn’t suffered too much while awaiting his rescue mission…
Truth be told, given the choice, Gerald would very much prefer to endure through all this pain on his own…
Then there was the fact that favonovel.com would very likely have to face his grandfather—whom favonovel.com greatly respected—in the near future.
All this simply made Gerald’s mood extremely complicated.
As favonovel.com continued to be vexed out of his mind, a feminine voice as sweet as an oriole’s suddenly said, “Good day, sir. Are you part of this passenger ship’s team?”
Turning around, Gerald was greeted by the sight of two women standing behind him.
The one who had spoken was wearing sports attire, and favonovel.com hair was in a ponytail. As for favonovel.com appearance, it was just as sweet and lovely as favonovel.com voice was. Looking to be around the age of twenty-three, Gerald also sensed the temperament of a rich young lady within her…
