"If you go there, remember not to get close to the islands, and it's best not to get close to the nearby waters."
Charles didn't think the special information he mentioned was very important.
For no reason, those renegade Haik converts shouldn't go to such things.
Then the old man gradually told Charles the details of the Sea of Mist, and Charles learned a lot about the foundation's territory.
And from these scattered pieces of knowledge, Charles judged that the Heik people were smoke screens released by the Foundation, or in other words, gatekeepers.
If you want to hide something, you shouldn't hide it too well. That way there will always be curious people looking for it.
If you really want to hide something, you should put it out in the open, and then mislead others into thinking that it is no big deal.
With them outside, the rest of Earthsea talked about the Sea of Mists, and at most knew that this place was inhabited by a group of giants who believed in all sorts of monsters.
They would never have imagined that there was an organization as powerful as a god inside, nurturing, guiding, and observing them like guinea pigs.
Just like Charles at the beginning, even though he had been to the Sea of Mist once, he could never have imagined that the place would be the location of the new foundation.
After the old man finished telling everything, Charles nodded silently, grabbed the nautical chart on the table again, turned around and left.
He has achieved his goal this time. With these things, the spy plan of the Futan Church can avoid some detours.
The old woman looked at his back as he left and gently pried open her granddaughter's hand. "Go, Liz. No matter what he wants to do, you should help as much as you can. We are all in the same boat now."
Elizabeth looked at her grandfather with a complicated expression, nodded slightly, and followed him out quickly.
As soon as she came out, she saw Charles standing outside, talking to his daughter, Shanshan.
"Thank your grandfather for me. There's nothing else. I'll be leaving first." Charles said calmly and put his steel prosthesis on his daughter's shoulder.
Elizabeth suddenly became anxious and said hastily, "Are you so busy? You can't even spare time for a meal? Just take what you want and leave. Are my grandfather and I your tools?"
Seeing that the other party was hesitant, Elizabeth rushed over and pulled him towards the Governor's Mansion without saying anything. "Shanshan, take your father back tomorrow! He has something to do today!!"
Charles finally stayed and spent some time with Elizabeth. It had been a long time since they last saw each other, especially after he went to the surface to look for darkness.
"Try this. This is a specialty of Icha Island. You can't eat it anywhere else."
Elizabeth, lying in the circular bathtub made of white marble, pushed the wooden table floating on the water towards Charles, who was also soaking in the water.
On the plate on the wooden table were pieces of something that looked like fried chicken nuggets. They were black in color and seemed to be over-fried.
"I explored this island a long time ago, but apart from that weird thing that animates everything, I didn't find any special products."
Charles picked up a piece and put it in his mouth to chew. After chewing it for a few times, a hint of surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes.
The crispy outside and tender inside, with the rich soup inside, was something he had never eaten on other islands.
"How about it? Do you regret what you just said?" Elizabeth said with a hint of pride.
"What kind of meat is this?" Charles said, picking up another piece and putting it in his mouth.
“Sprinkle seasoning on two pieces of animated beef, and force them to keep moving. Finally, when they are moving most vigorously, put a piece of thin ice in front of them, coat it with flour paste and throw it into oil to fry it.”
Charles's jaw continued to move. "You are really amazing to be able to use your ability to activate for cooking."
"When I first arrived on the island, I thought that thing was a trouble. Now it seems that the piece of meat might really be a treasure," Elizabeth shook the brown liquid in the glass and poured it into her mouth.
At this moment, the bathroom door suddenly opened, and eight girls in translucent gauze walked in slowly. They walked into the bathtub, knelt beside the two men, and gently massaged them.
The girls' hands were soft and their massage skills were superb. Being gently massaged by them under the warm water felt very comfortable, as if I was surrounded by clouds in the sky.
Charles swallowed the fried beef in his mouth and looked up at the bright ceiling. "You will enjoy it."
Elizabeth rolled her eyes at him. "That's nothing. If you want to get one, you can. As the governor, you certainly have the privileges."
Charles laughed at himself, "It seems that I have to put some pressure on you, otherwise it would be too unfair."
"What did you say?" Elizabeth asked in confusion.
Charles shook his head without explaining anything. He waved his hand to drive away the girls around him.
"Don't like it? Do you want to change a group? You can't touch my wives, but you can touch these women casually." Elizabeth said as she leaned next to him.
Charles stood up straight with his legs bent, the steaming warm water sliding down his scarred skin, burns, punctures, and pits, his strong muscles were covered with various scars.
Although his body is strong enough to withstand bullets, there are too many things stronger than bullets in this place. "I should go. In this situation, being too comfortable is not a good thing."
"Wait, I'll give you something." Elizabeth said, and took off the rose-colored eye mask covering her eyes. A black and red spider crawled out from inside and onto the back of her hand.
"Charles, please use them sparingly. Because of the rising sea water, this type of spider has become extinct. I don't have many left."
Charles looked at the black and red spider and thought for a while, then he reached out and took it and stuffed it into his eye socket. Charles finally didn't have to live with one eye. "Thanks."
Elizabeth looked at Charles's receding back with a hint of reluctance in her eyes, "Come and see me when you are free. I am always thinking about you when you are not around!"
Charles chuckled, "You're so busy with those dozens of people that you don't have time to think about me. I don't think I can even be in the top ten of your harem.
"Go back and wait for notification. The Explorers Association should issue a new notification soon."
"Harem? What is a harem?"
Charles eventually left Icha Island without explaining what a harem was.
(End of this chapter)