As we left Matty’s dungeon, I instinctively looked to the west. Celeste reached out and grabbed my arm, stroking it soothingly.
“Miki is in that direction,” I stated a fact that we both knew.
I still didn’t know exactly where she was, but she was somewhere in Dioshin. Unfortunately, Dioshin was generally hostile with Aberis. This stemmed from Aberis’s tendency to enslave the citizens of Dioshin. After the war against the Demon Lord Aberis, the country had grown a tendency to favor human supremacy. It seemed like Prince Edward was working toward undoing a lot of that, but after twenty years the damage was already done.
“It’s okay, Master. I’m worried about Miki as well.” Celeste told me. “What’s the plan?”
Celeste had once been impulsive and childish. Since her evolution, she had grown much more even-tempered. I missed her youthful naivete, but as the only party member I had recovered thus far, her steady and reliable nature helped me keep my heart calm. I had lost everyone, and saying I was going to get them back didn’t mean I wasn’t worried about them. I reached up and stroked her head with my finger where she was perched on my shoulder.
“It’s not a problem.”
“M-master...” She grew flustered as I rubbed her, her incandescent wings fluttering.
“We know someone who knows about Dioshin,” I explained. “We need to talk with him.”
It had been a while. It was time I spoke with Figuro once again.