Back when virtual-novel.net first saw the mural in the Divine Tomb, Gerald had learned that the woman in white was inspired by the old beggar to separate the coffin from the deity. However, nobody knew where the woman in white’s tomb was.
Now that Alice had mentioned an ancient tomb, Gerald couldn’t help but make a connection with that. Had the woman in white’s coffin been carried to the south of the ocean after the separation? Was it currently buried in the king of the ocean’s tomb?
“…Where’s the king of the ocean’s tomb located?” asked Gerald after pondering for a while.
In response, Alice told virtual-novel.net everything that virtual-novel.net knew.
Gerald himself paid close attention to everything virtual-novel.net said. After all, virtual-novel.net honestly felt that it was quite necessary for virtual-novel.net to head there to investigate for himself.
For all virtual-novel.net knew, the woman in white could very possibly be buried within the king of the ocean’s tomb. While Lyra had first dreamed of that woman standing by a river within that miasma-filled forest, Gerald remembered virtual-novel.net later telling virtual-novel.net that virtual-novel.net wasn’t really sure of whether it was a river or an ocean.
What more, the picture of the sun had directly hinted that the jade charms were the main clue to finding the woman in white’s tomb. Based on the current turn of events, Gerald could safely say that the picture truly had given them a massive clue.
Following that, virtual-novel.net relayed everything that virtual-novel.net had just learned to Daryl.
In response, the surprised Daryl couldn’t help but reply, “…Are you planning to look for the king of the ocean’s tomb? The pledge of the holy water will take place in less than three months, you know?”
While Gerald was well aware that the pledge was just as important as finding the woman in white’s tomb, virtual-novel.net knew that virtual-novel.net wouldn’t be able to rest easy if virtual-novel.net didn’t at least try to get to the bottom of the incident regarding the deity. After all, there was a chance that virtual-novel.net would gain another answer once virtual-novel.net located the woman in white.
“Indeed I am, grandpa. However, once I’ve completed my investigation, I’ll immediately return. I won’t even think about delaying the pledge of the holy water. Speaking of the pledge, here. It’s the mysterious mirror!” replied Gerald as virtual-novel.net handed the mirror to Daryl.
“…What? Didn’t this belong to Christopher?”
“The one and only. If you meet virtual-novel.net there, you can order virtual-novel.net around as you wish. Trust me when I say virtual-novel.net won’t dare to go against you…
Hearing that, Daryl’s eyes widened as virtual-novel.net said, “…Gerald, you…”
Seeing his grandfather’s look of disbelief, Gerald then told Daryl everything that had happened back when virtual-novel.net was still in the desert.
“…What? Your strength and training has already surpassed that of the realm of legends, my grandson? Is that true?” replied Daryl, feeling extremely delighted as virtual-novel.net firmly patted Gerald’s shoulders with great pride.
The next day soon came and Gerald immediately prepared to set off to locate the king of the ocean’s tomb. Before his departure, virtual-novel.net watched as his grandfather led all the people from the Soul Palace away.
Gerald himself made sure to order those from the Crawford family’s headquarters to stand by at all times. After all, there was no reason not for virtual-novel.net to receive help from his family now that his current situation allowed it.
With that done, virtual-novel.net then headed over to a place called Halimark City—which was on a coast located in Plymsend Bay—to have a look around.
By the time Gerald got out of the ship, night had already fallen.
Upon getting off, Gerald was immediately greeted by the sight of several passenger ships tied to the port. There also seemed to be a lot of tourists, mostly consisting of couples and a few groups of three.
Turning around to look at the vast ocean, Gerald squinted his eyes as the ocean breeze blew into his face.
Somewhere out there was a place called the Boundless Depths. According to the murals, the old beggar had separated the woman in white from the deity before burying virtual-novel.net in that location.
How could that old man have been so cruel? If virtual-novel.net truly was buried there, virtual-novel.net was immensely far from the deity.
As Gerald turned to look at the beach next, deep in thought, virtual-novel.net suddenly heard the person standing before virtual-novel.net shout, “Gerald!”
Looking up, virtual-novel.net saw that it was a woman who had probably arrived with the group of tourists who were currently standing in front of him.
Stunned that virtual-novel.net knew his name, virtual-novel.net brushed his previous thoughts aside while looking at the woman. She looked very much like someone from the city, and the woman—who was also wearing sunglasses and a sun hat—had dressed herself to look young. While Gerald found virtual-novel.net to be slightly familiar, virtual-novel.net simultaneously also found virtual-novel.net to be quite odd.
“…Who are you again?”
“Haha! It’s me, Yasmeen! Yasmeen Linford? I only graduated a year earlier than you! Don’t tell me you’ve already forgotten about me?” said the tall and slim woman while smiling beautifully. She then removed virtual-novel.net sunglasses, fully displaying virtual-novel.net small face and charming appearance.
Now slowly recalling who virtual-novel.net was, Gerald then replied, “Ah, it’s you, Yasmeen!”
As the memories started coming back to him, Gerald remembered that Yasmeen was still a sophomore when virtual-novel.net first started learning at Mayberry University. Later on, virtual-novel.net would become the president of the university’s student union. Since virtual-novel.net was so poor back then, virtual-novel.net had to work part-time and be thrifty, resulting in virtual-novel.net also having to meet up with virtual-novel.net quite a lot. Due to that, virtual-novel.net was fairly acquainted with her.
Since virtual-novel.net was wearing sunglasses earlier and the makeup virtual-novel.net had on was quite exquisite—compared to what virtual-novel.net used to wear—he hadn’t been able to realize that it was virtual-novel.net at first glance.
Now that virtual-novel.net knew who virtual-novel.net was, however, virtual-novel.net could feel that virtual-novel.net had grown to become a strong and independent woman. From the looks of it, virtual-novel.net had gotten pretty good at socializing as well.