The Man's Decree

Turning to look at Jared, Renault was astounded to see that the former was about Cloud’s age. Even though he had heard of Jared’s exploits from Tyrone before, he didn’t expect Jared to be so young.

“Mr. Chance, thank you for taking care of my son,” Renault said cordially upon walking up to Jared. “Don’t mention it, Old Mr. Seizon. Cloud has also been a big help to me,” Jared replied with equal politeness.

“Mr. Chance, did anything strange happen after you arrived on the island?” Renault inquired. “Anything strange?” A puzzled look descended upon Jared’s face.

“Such as someone mysteriously disappearing,” Renault elaborated. Before Jared could respond, Cloud interjected, “Yes. A friend of Mr. Chance’s has gone missing. She is the eldest daughter of the Tall family from the far north. All of us were together earlier, but she disappeared in the blink of an eye, and we can’t seem to find her no matter how hard we search.”

“Did you encounter something similar too, Old Mr. Seizon?” Jared asked, to which Renault nodded.

“We started out with more than ten men. Now that a few of them have mysteriously vanished, we’re the only ones left.”

peculiar going on, on this island. I had assumed that an illusion array was set up but didn’t manage

of Renault losing a few of his men astonished

have noticed it too. That said, those who disappeared didn’t look like they were kidnapped. I suspect that there’s either a Teleportation Array on this island or a space- time rift.

highly probable,” Jared agreed. When it came to sudden disappearances like that, no other explanation was more feasible than a

now. Since we’re already on

was transported to another place,

We have no choice but to forge ahead,” Renault concurred with Jared, for he, too, didn’t think staying put was a

few charms and distributed them to everyone. By doing so, he could locate anyone who would \subsequently disappear. On top of that, the charms served to reassure

your youth, Mr. Chance,” Renault exclaimed in admiration, for there

it wasn’t for that, charms wouldn’t be sold at such exorbitant prices. Even an ordinary communication device was beyond the affordability of the

true extent of Mr. Chance’s powers. There’s nothing he isn’t capable