However, when Irene visited, they didn’t have ’Sea Night Dew’. Because most alchemical powders sold here are of a richer type, with nine out of ten customers buying the richer variety. ’Sea Night Dew’ was one of the few lighter variants and sold very little. After it sold out a year ago, they never restocked it.
Seeing that there was no Sea Night Dew, Irene did not buy anything else and left.
After the clerk finished speaking, Angel looked at Allen: "They’re telling the truth."
The clerks are Mortals, their conversation in front of people like Allen can easily be assessed for the truth. Clearly, they were not lying.
Moreover, Irene buying Sea Night Dew also made sense. Because the place where Sea Night Dew is produced—the Fine Maya Islands—is actually very, very close to the White Coral Floating Island Academy.
Irene might have been using Sea Night Dew these years, and it would be natural for her to look for familiar powder.
Since they weren’t lying, the search for the missing person had reached a deadlock. Irene’s visit to this shop had no special purpose, and from the conversation with the clerks, this store seemed normal.
Irene’s disappearance remains without a clue.
Allan’s face was clouded with frustration. Had they reached a dead end and now only a Prophet Wizard could help?
Just as they were about to leave, one of the clerks suddenly recalled something, "Oh right, I remembered something, the lady asked us a question when she was leaving."
"She inquired if there were any other places nearby where she could buy Sea Night Dew."
Allen asked, "What was your answer?"
The clerk honestly replied, "I said that the Sky Mechanical City probably doesn’t sell Sea Night Dew, but Paradow City likely does."
They left the Estone Store.
Allen stood at the door of the shop, lost in thought: "Paradow City... Paradow City..."
"Where is Paradow City?" Angel curiously asked Glenn.
Glenn replied with some reverence, "Paradow City is a city in Yirong Country, close to the North Sea."
After pausing, Glenn added, "Come to think of it, during the early part of the Drizzling Rain Moon, Sky Mechanical City just happens to drift near the North Sea, very close to Paradow City."
As Glenn finished speaking, Allen’s fist slammed into his palm as if he had an epiphany, "Then there’s no mistake. My sister might have gone to Paradow City!"
Serum saw that Irene had left Sky Mechanical City, and before she left, she had visited this alchemical powder shop.
With the upcoming competition, Irene couldn’t leave Sky Mechanical City for no reason. If she did leave, she must have been somewhere nearby.
Taking into account the last thing the clerk said, Irene might indeed travel to Paradow City to buy Sea Night Dew.
Because at that time, Paradow City was very close to Sky Mechanical City, a round trip in one day was definitely achievable.
All the events were connected, and now Allen was about 70 to 80 percent certain that Irene had gone to Paradow City.
After Allen finished his analysis, Glenn agreed as well: "Indeed, she might have gone to Paradow City. But as you said, if she went there to purchase alchemical powder, she would definitely have been able to return within a day. Yet, until now, she hasn’t come back. I fear..."
Though Glenn didn’t spell out the specific outcome, how could Allen not understand that with Irene gone for so long, she most likely met with some trouble on the way.
Allan’s face looked somewhat unsightly: "Perhaps, Irene just got lost."
Glenn chuckled without exposing the lie which even Allen himself didn’t believe.
"Regardless, I need to go to Paradow City to understand the situation first."