Chapter 377

Three hundred and fifteenth chapter Presumption

“There are no clues in Dalena’s memories… So where else can we look for them? Could it be that we have to use divination to push through? No, my ‘Lamp’ isn’t abundant right now…”

Dorothy murmured as she spoke. Currently, her accumulation of spirituality in the ‘Lamp’ was only 1 point, with 3 points in storage items, totaling only 4 points in ‘Lamp’. She did not want to use them recklessly. Furthermore, regarding the Placenta Wolf bl**d Association, which is an organization of considerable scale, they have deep anti-divination resources. Although she has a divination advantage, her foundation is still lacking. While she could rely on cleverly designed divination rituals to bypass anti-divination, there is a limit to how complex these rituals can be. The design she used for numbering and finding sponsors is already at the limit of complexity; adding more would make the ritual cumbersome and ineffective.

Not long ago, her actions of speculating on ‘Enlightenment’ caused a disturbance in the divination market in Tivyán. Not only ‘Enlightenment’, but also the prices of ‘Lamp’ and ‘Shadow’ were inflated as well. Since Dorothy bought 3 points of ‘Lamp’ last time, the price of ‘Lamp’ has been rising steadily. Now, the price of ‘Lamp’ storage items is several times higher than before, almost reaching a thousand pounds per piece. To avoid losses, Dorothy decided to wait until the price of ‘Lamp’ drops before buying again.

“Hmm… If possible, it would be best not to use divination to find someone, but now there are absolutely no leads… What should I do?”

Thinking about it, Dorothy crossed her arms and fell into deep thought. After pondering for a long time, she decided to review Dalena’s memories, hoping to find some details.

This time, Dorothy did not focus on Davik’s dialogue, but instead on various details on his person, hoping to discover other clues.

And this time, she had a breakthrough.

“The gray on this guy’s clothes looks familiar…”

Opening her eyes, Dorothy murmured. She recalled Dalena’s image of Davik. When he first appeared, Davik was wearing a thick overcoat, and both his clothes and shoes seemed to be covered with a layer of fine black soot.

Dorothy recognized this black soot; it was coal dust… In the Coal Ash District, the largest coal distribution center in Tivyán, people often get coal dust on their bodies. Last time, Dorothy and Adele were ambushed by werewolf Alex while searching for Davik in the Coal Ash District. They spent quite some time tangled up with him and the An Yin Bureau in the Coal Ash District, so Dorothy was very familiar with this coal dust.

“So… Does Davik live in the Coal Ash District?”

Dorothy discovered this but quickly dismissed it.

“No… The Coal Ash District is in the West City, and the information obtained from Gregor indicated that this Davik seems to be active in the South City. Moreover, in the dozen or so segments of Dalena’s memories about Davik, not all of them show him covered in soot. About half of them show him relatively clean. If he lived in the Coal Ash District, he would get soot on him when going out. This inconsistency wouldn’t happen…”

Dorothy continued to think, dismissing the speculation that Davik lived in the Coal Ash District. However, she realized that the soot on Davik was indeed a clue, so she began to deduce further based on this clue.

“Although Davik doesn’t live in the Coal Ash District, the soot that frequently appears on him might still come from the Coal Ash District. If we can understand the pattern of the soot on him, we might be able to find a connection between him and the Coal Ash District…”

Dorothy pondered, then carefully examined the patterns of soot on Davik in the dozen memory scenes. She found that when Davik wore thick clothing, the chances of him having soot were higher. When he wore thin clothes like a shirt, he was cleaner and had less soot.

“Hiss… So, there’s more soot when it’s cold, and less when it’s hot? That’s interesting…”

Dorothy smiled and murmured. After discovering this pattern, she had a clear idea in mind. She closed her eyes and recalled many mundane books she had read in the Crown University library. Among these books was one titled “Geography of Pritt.”

Dorothy recalled the content of “Geography of Pritt” she had read. Pritt is an island nation facing the main continent across the sea, with three main islands, two smaller and one larger. The climate is relatively mild throughout the year, with noticeable temperature differences but not too large. Autumn and winter are windy, while spring and summer are less windy. Throughout the year, the prevailing wind is the westerly wind…

“Windy in autumn and winter, less windy in spring and summer, prevailing westerly winds throughout the year…”

Sitting on the sofa, Dorothy murmured the words from “Geography of Pritt,” then raised her eyebrows. By comparing this information with the pattern of soot on Davik, the answer became apparent.

The coal dust on Davik was blown over by the wind from the Coal Ash District, which is why it appears intermittently. Due to Pritt being windier in autumn and winter and less windy in spring and summer, the soot on Davik’s thick clothes is more common during the colder, windier seasons, while the soot on his thin clothes is less common during the warmer, less windy seasons.

Moreover, an important point is that Pritt has prevailing westerly winds throughout the year, meaning that without wind magic interference, the winds in Tivyán are basically westerly.

Realizing this, Dorothy immediately stood up, opened the magic box, and took out a folded large piece of paper, which turned out to be a large map of Pritt when unfolded. Then, Dorothy spread the map on the ground and found the location of the Coal Ash District on the western side of the map.

Westerly winds refer to winds blowing from west to east. Therefore, if a large amount of coal dust from the Coal Ash District is blown by the wind, it would drift eastward. During this process, it is indeed possible for the dust to fall onto the southern part of the city.

Dorothy took out a ruler and pencil, drew two lines eastward from the Coal Ash District to outline a region, representing the direction and range of the coal dust from the Coal Ash District if blown away by the westerly wind. The area where this range overlaps with the southern part of the city could be where Davik’s base is located.

Soon, Dorothy successfully delineated the range, which was a not-too-large area in the northern part of the southern city.

Looking at the area outlined on the map, Dorothy sighed with relief. Finally… she narrowed down the target area to a sufficiently small range.

“Sigh… Looks like I need to visit this place in person tomorrow…”

Looking at the area she had circled on the map, Dorothy touched her chin and murmured.

…

South City, here is the largest slum area in Tivyán, with some of the most chaotic and poorest living conditions.

Due to the industrial area mainly located in the southern suburbs, the southern end of the South City is densely populated with industrial workers, suffering from even more severe pollution than the Coal Ash District.

To the north of the South City, slightly closer to the Moonflow River and the royal city, there is a triangular area called Basket Street, where the situation is slightly better. However, the residents here have their own troubles, as the coal dust blown by the westerly wind from the Coal Ash District often reduces the quality of life here.

In the morning, in a certain street in Basket Street, South City, Tivyán, a regular gray carriage stopped here. Inside the carriage, Dorothy opened the window to look outside, and a gust of wind blew in, filling her mouth with coal dust.

“Cough… Cough cough… Yes, this is it…”

…

Feeling like I might take a break for a day or two recently, as usual, adjusting my schedule.