The world controlled by dice [Western Fantasy]

Audrey's hotel is on the third floor.It takes about six to seven minutes to walk from the "Wine Glass Touch".

However, the interior area of ​​the entire camp was somewhat beyond Sires' imagination.

He originally compared the layout here to the commercial plaza of the earth, but under the leadership of Qin Duo, they circled around, but they always managed to brighten another village.This made Sirius feel that Hales House really lived up to its reputation.

As the largest post station in the southeast of the Never Emberlands, House of Hales must have a profound heritage to match its reputation.

From having breakfast to going to the third floor, Siles was very silent during the whole process.It wasn't until he suddenly realized the huge space inside the tent that he suddenly raised his eyes and got out of the complicated and sticky thoughts.

Qin Duo also spoke in a timely manner: "Have you come up with any results?"

Siles thought for a while and said, "It's not a big result. But..." He stopped suddenly, stood on the edge of the cloth railing, looked at the circus tent in the middle of the first floor, "I just feel We seem to have misunderstood something."

"what?"

"We're trying to find the truth," Siles said, "and the truth is always complicated. But the truth is, we need to figure this out even more now."

Qin Duo pondered what he said, and then asked: "Is there any difference between the truth of the matter and the resolution of the matter...?"

"I've been thinking about what the truth really is, whether the gods devour each other, whether believers are really being deceived, what role does the House of Hales play in this situation, whether 'the city that doesn't exist' is true or not..."

Siles said so.

Of course, these questions have plagued virtually every one of them for some time in the past.

Qin Duo said: "But now you think...?"

"I don't think I can figure out the truth." Siles said helplessly, "or, I can connect everything according to my own understanding. But, there is no evidence."

Qin Duo nodded and said, "This matter is really complicated."

"Indeed." Siles whispered, "very complicated, so complicated..."

He fell silent suddenly.

He thought about the disappearance of Professor Cabell and Assistant Professor Mervyn, the correspondence of Mrs. Debliss, the manuscripts of Huddoka followers, the people who turned into statues, the explorers who kept dying, the night terrors of the temple builders...

Isherwood in pursuit of the "non-existent city", the unknown survivors ten years ago, the remains of the mysterious tribe with the concept of prophets and pen technology across the ages, the "secret" said by Alfonso and Emmanuel and "error"...

Stardust mine veins and mysterious missing workers, unidentified Joseph and Lila, rumors of Hales House, the possibility of the fall of gods, metaphors in unidentified manuscripts...the map...

Too complicated.he thinks.

It's so complicated that he hasn't been able to find the most critical clue that connects everything together.

Qin Duo looked at him suspiciously.

"It's time for us to give up the pursuit of the truth for the time being." Siles took a deep breath, "We should go to the culprits, settle accounts with them, and then, from their mouths, ask the truth—the real thing that happened in What happened to this land in the past 400 years, the truth."

He didn't want to be trapped in this big, complicated mystery any longer.He doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of the culprit anymore, he doesn't want to be like a headless chicken anymore, checking here and there, finding some irrelevant clues, but they are still far from the truth.

He wanted to investigate and resolve this matter at his own pace.

In fact, his destination was already very obvious.

"In the afternoon, let's go to the nearby Stardust Mine." Siles said decisively, "There is no need to procrastinate any longer. We will continue our investigation at the House of Hales."

Cinder looked at him in surprise, and said, "Of course. But, Professor Noel—"

His tone was meaningful and a little low, which made Sirius look sideways at him, a little confused.

And Cendo suddenly thrust his face in front of him, those emerald green eyes staring at Sirius so closely.Qin Duo said: "I like you more and more, Professor Noel."

Siles was silent.

"You can show such decisive action at this time-really, I feel that my heart is beating for you now." Qin Duo laughed softly.He took Sirius' hand and pressed it to his chest.

"Have you felt my love for you?"

And Siles seemed to really feel Qin Duo's heartbeat.

……heart.chest.heartbeat.

etc……!Siles was startled suddenly.

"What did you just say?" Sirius asked suddenly.

Qin Duo was taken aback, his expression quickly changed from joking to focused and finally helpless.He repeated dryly: "My heart is beating for you."

Siles pondered.He even forgot that his palm was still on Qin Duo's chest.

Qin Duo was just playing with Sirius' fingers boredly.

Siles let him go, he just lost himself in thought.

At that moment, he had a very wonderful inspiration.

Heart, beating... heart.

The human beings in this world are almost the same as the people on the earth—convergent evolution, which is probably what the biology of the earth says.Siles thought.

In short, the heart is indeed located in the left chest cavity of humans, under normal circumstances.When Cendo held his hand and placed it on the left side of his chest, Siles felt that he was reaching out to the lower right.

...bottom right.Southeast side of the map.heart.

On the maps of Bonet's version and Cindo Pseudo-Praia's version, in the southeast of the Land of Never Embers, a little to the right of Hales' House, there is a heart-shaped canyon named...

Corona.

Corona Canyon.

... Alva's grandfather Bonet and ... grandmother Corona.

Siles froze for a moment.Could it just be a coincidence, he thought?

It doesn't sound impossible that Bonet named a heart-shaped canyon after his wife when he was drawing the map.but if……

"What did you think of?" Qin Duo finally couldn't help asking, "Professor Noel, I'm confessing my love to you, can you stop being such a spoiler?"

Siles came back to his senses, glanced at Qindo, and then withdrew his hand.He said, "Don't be kidding me."

"I'm not kidding," Ginto said, "and you know I'm not—"

"The hotel is here," said Siles.

"...Do you really want to change the subject like this!" Qin Duo said coldly, "You are very busy, of course I know. But I hope you don't..."

"Don't address me with honorifics." Siles said, "Also, if you really want to express your love, then choose a suitable occasion, a suitable opportunity, and express your thoughts with a suitable tone.

"Don't think that testing me with a playful, half-truthful attitude will make me take you seriously. You know very well, Gyndo, that's not what I am."

Cendo froze, he stared at Sirius intently.

Siles hesitated.

There was no one around.It should be said that the explorers are not in a hurry to go out so early.

So, finally, Siles said: "I'm an old-fashioned person, if you follow the statement here. At least when it comes to love."

He glanced at Qin Duo calmly, then turned and left.Audrey's hotel was only three steps away from them.

Cindo suddenly woke up from his stupor. He caught up with Sirius and said, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry... I... I just..." He said, "Cilles, I just feel that we are like two people. people of the world."

Siles suddenly laughed at the words.

Cendo wanted to say something else, but the smile in Sirius' eyes made him stunned.He looked at Siles in confusion: "What are you laughing at?"

Siles thought to himself, because they are indeed people from two worlds—well, at least in an objective sense, Cindo is right.

He didn't answer Qin Duo's question, but just said: "Okay, it's time to get down to business." His tone suddenly dropped, "Wait a minute, I have one more thing to ask Alva. Do you know Corona Canyon? ?”

Qin Duo looked at him rather displeasedly, and then said: "Of course I know. That heart-shaped canyon that spreads like a god."

"Amazing?"

"You know in some rumors, gods and gods also have some kind of... lovers? Husband and wife? This kind of similar relationship." Qin Duo said, "and that heart-shaped canyon is too regular. Some people doubt it , that is a way for a god to express his love to the person he likes."

Siles was silent for a moment, and then said in a very complicated tone: "That sounds really romantic."

Qin Duo was startled, and then asked: "Do you like this way of confession?"

Siles gave him a strange look, then said wryly, "No. It's not. I mean..." He paused, then said, "I suspect that's an 'error on the map.'"

Qin Duo squinted his eyes, and instantly understood what Sirius was thinking.After a while, he felt a little unbelievable, and then said, "This is a bit...strange."

Siles was noncommittal and said, "It's just a guess."

He stepped into Audrey's hotel.

Behind the counter, the proprietress stood there with a drowsy look on her face.Seeing a guest coming in, the proprietress, who seemed to be in her 30s and still had a charm, cheered up and smiled: "Good morning, guests, may I ask..."

"Excuse me, do you know Alfonso Carlyle and Emmanuel?" Siles asked very directly.

The proprietress's expression suddenly changed, she looked at Sirius vigilantly, and then suddenly realized: "You are Mr. Sirius Noel?"

Siles thought, it seems that the proprietress has a closer relationship with Alfonso and Emmanuel than the tavern owner Andy.At least Andy didn't know Sirius' name.

Siles nodded and said straight to the point, "I'm Siles Noel. Where did they go?"

"I can't tell you directly." The proprietress said with a gloomy expression, "He didn't even bring me..."

Siles was startled, and was silent for a moment in embarrassment, then he said nonchalantly, "Then can you provide any clues?"

The proprietress adjusted her mentality, stood up, and lowered the curtain at the hotel entrance.An unknown light slowly lit up in the room that was supposed to be dark.Siles was sure it was coming from the cloth.

However, both the proprietress and Qin Duo seem to be familiar with it, as if this is the normal state of the camp.

Under the leadership of the proprietress, they came to a very quiet reception room.The proprietress brought three glasses of water, one for each person.She looked like a capable and sensible person, except for the emotions revealed in that sentence just now, she has always maintained a very calm attitude since then.

She sat down, pondered for a moment, and said something surprising: "They went to a place to die."

to death?

Siles didn't even understand what the proprietress meant for a moment.

After a while, he said, "Sent to death means...the place they are going to is very dangerous?"

"No. What I mean is that their actions were in vain." The proprietress shook her head, "You should know that they arrived here in early October, and then they searched everywhere for clues related to Isherwood and Friedman."

Hearing these two names from the proprietress, Siles was convinced that this Audrey really knew what Alfonso and the others were doing.

He listened quietly.Cendo sat beside him, also kept quiet, and looked at Audrey thoughtfully.

The proprietress continued: "They found the survivor. They also found the explorer named Carl. They also realized the clues they had missed—although I don't know exactly what clues they found."

Siles thought that the original survivor should refer to Isherwood's surviving companion.Ten years ago, they missed out on that survivor.But ten years later, they were lucky to find this person.

And Carl... At this time last year, an explorer named "Carl" was selling treasure maps at Hales House.That was the treasure map that led Friedman to a dead end.

Friedman was rescued by the businessman Langmeer and gave the travel notes to Langmeer.Later, the travel notes came to Siles by chance, and Siles found Emmanuel as the translator of the travel notes... and this really made Alfonso and Emmanuel make up their minds to return to the Land of Eternal Embers.

... These things were already known to Siles.

In fact, he also had some guesses about the subsequent development of these things.It's all about "truth" though.Before that, Siles had already made up his mind to "solve" this matter first.

However, he still continued to listen patiently to the proprietress.

"I don't know what they talked about with the survivor and the explorer Karl." The proprietress said, "I have to explain this to you first, Mr. Noel. I just know that they found these two people. "

Siles nodded and said in a low voice: "I know. They probably don't want me to participate in this matter very much."

"Maybe it is." The proprietress sighed slowly, "They always say that is the weight on their shoulders. So they are willing to die now. But..."

She fell into silence.

Siles added, "But we're already involved."

The proprietress nodded, and then, her emotions seemed to collapse suddenly.She closed her eyes abruptly, then opened them again, she said: "Ten years ago, one of the explorers who died was my own brother!

"We lived together in Never Ember, and they took him to die! They came back, and my brother never came back! That's how it is, and now, they still want to exclude me!"

Siles was slightly taken aback.

He suddenly understood the identity of the proprietress in front of him.

Her brother was the companion of Alfonso and Emmanuel ten years earlier.After Isherwood disappeared, Emmanuel, who was determined to find his brother, wanted to find his brother, and his companions followed him.

In the end, they did find a tribal relic, but all the other companions died, and only Emanuel and Alfonso survived.They also failed to find Isherwood in the end.

...and die.Death is also just a series of numbers.

A heavy weight weighed on Siles' heart.He couldn't help leaning back, leaning against the cold back of the chair.

Qin Duo turned his head to look at him, and then reached out to hold his cold fingertips.Siles clasped his fingers with a backhand.Qin Duo moved his body uncomfortably and changed his sitting position.

Siles' mood gradually calmed down.

"Ms. Audrey, we can do everything we can," he said.

Audrey closed her eyes.Tears rolled down her cheeks, before she wiped them away herself.When she opened her eyes, she had regained her composure.

"The only information I can give is that they found the survivor at a circus," she said.

Siles was startled: "Circus?"

"Yes." Audrey said, "For the past ten years, that man seems to have been hanging out in the circus tent, giving up on himself. Until Alfonso and Iman found him. The three of them seem to have left together."

Siles frowned slightly, and then he said, "Mrs. Audrey, the problem is——this morning, the head of the circus died."

Audrey showed a terrified expression for a moment.The expression was so exaggerated that Siles felt that the death of the head of the circus seemed to have hidden secrets.

Silles paused, and finally asked, "Do you know the head of the circus?"

Audrey hesitated for a moment, then said: "The circus..." Her voice was very soft, "It's special."

Siles paused and said, "Indeed."

"If the circus...doesn't operate," Audrey said, "something will happen to Hales House. Those crazy explorers...they all rely...depend on the circus."

Only then did Siles understand why Audrey showed a frightened expression.Apparently, after the circus accident, the explorers at House of Hales are going into extra crazy situations.

Although the circus is doing some business that is not legal or decent, it is... to some extent absorbed the darkness of Hales House.It was a dirty place.

It's like a trash can.Now the trash can has been overturned, so all the stinky and dirty garbage will come out.

...So, Siles thought, how did Mickey die after all?

If the man behind the "statue incident" has something to do with the Hales House, then why did something happen to the circus that was vaguely related to the Hales House?

This seems to be some kind of weird "out of control" again.

The development of the situation has exceeded the control of the mastermind behind the scenes.Or, properly develop towards the situation they want?

Silas's thoughts took a sudden turn.

What if the black hand behind the scenes needs this kind of chaos?

The dumped garbage reeked of stench.And Huddoka seems to symbolize exactly this stench.

Siles was stunned for a moment, then suddenly frowned: "It seems that we need to investigate the circus as soon as possible."

Audrey nodded, and she said softly, "Good luck."

"I hope everything goes well afterwards," said Siles. "I have two companions, a doctor and a young man. If anything happens afterwards, I will let them inform you."

"I understand, please rest assured." Audrey said.

This is actually a kind of secret entrustment.Compared to the guide Mary arranged by Langmeer, Siles trusted the hotel proprietress in front of him to a certain extent.

After all, Audrey has a deep friendship with Alfonso and Emmanuel, but they don't know much about Mary.

After saying goodbye to Audrey, Siles and Cendo went downstairs together.

"Any new ideas?" Qin Duo asked.

"What about you?"

Qin Duo thought for a moment, and finally said: "It seems that Hales House is more like the stage they chose."

"Yes." Siles murmured, "No, it should be the altar."

Qin Duo showed a sneering smile, and he said: "These followers of the old gods really want to do something. 400 years have passed since the Silence Period, but they still want to go back to that era."

"Whether it's in the city or the Land of No Ashes, there are many people like this." Siles said, "Sometimes I feel a little puzzled."

"what?"

"Why do we have to go back to the age of the gods?" Siles said, then paused, and then explained, "I don't think humans need to rely on gods."

"The gods are just their sustenance." Qin Duo said, "Even if there is no god, they may find other things to beautify their behavior and form this stubborn madness."

Siles nodded thoughtfully: "'Correctness.'"

Qin Duo looked at Siles in surprise, and then laughed: "Yes. The gods are their correctness." He couldn't help but say, "Siles, you understand the gods and believers better than I imagined. Relationship."

Siles said: "After all, I study the literature of the Silence Period. Literature can always reflect many things."

"Indeed," Cinder said, "you even found out from a literary point of view that the wandering poets in Kansas were followers of Lygardia."

Siles thought about it, and finally decided to correct Qin Duo's thinking: "No, it can't be said from a literary point of view. I think it's actually very obvious. Lycardia's godhead itself is very special.

"On the contrary, I am very puzzled, why in the past so many years, no one has ever discovered that these wandering poets believe in Lygardia."

Qin Duo turned his head to look at Siles, and finally smiled inexplicably: "Maybe it's because you are better, Professor Noel."

Siles frowned and said, "Seriously, Cendo, why do you have to use an honorific title?"

He's not saying how alienating Gyndo is using the title "you."In fact, sometimes when Siles talks with friends, he also uses this title, probably to show solemnity.

However, when Qin Duo used the title "you", it carried a meaning... Siles couldn't tell, as if he used it on purpose.

Sometimes it's for jokes, but sometimes it seems to be for hints.

Moreover, Siles has reminded Qindo of this matter more than once, but Qindo is still unrepentant.This is not like Cindo—Sileus means that in front of him, Cindo can be said to be more...uh...

obedient?

So Qin Duo repeatedly showed this attitude, which made Siles slightly surprised.

Qin Duo suddenly stopped.

They have come to the first floor.The circus tent was very close at hand, and they saw a lot of people gathered around, as if to watch and confirm something.There was a strange, eager excitement and... cold cruelty on everyone's face.

No one noticed Siles and Cinder in the corner.

So Cindo said to Siles: "I once said that we can find a time to talk about my past."

Siles nodded.

Qin Duo said: "So..." He showed an unprecedented expression of hesitation and hesitation, he seemed very contradictory, "Anyway... I hope you can understand...Professor Noel."

He started using honorifics again.

Siles watched him quietly, his dark pupils maintained a kind of indifference and calmness that he had always had.

Qin Duo unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, he said: "I use honorifics for a reason. However, I can't say whether that is...a reason. It's just because...I understand some things. Sometimes, I control Can't help my... tendency to use honorifics."

"tendency"?Siles noticed his choice of words.

"...Etiquette." Siles said suddenly, "It is a kind of etiquette that you use the honorific title."

Some amazed emotions suddenly flashed across Qin Duo's emerald green eyes, and he smiled wryly almost in embarrassment: "You are so sharp..."

"But you can't tell me where this etiquette comes from," said Siles. "And it has to do with your past, with your home education...and it has to do with some of my characteristics."

Qin Duo remained silent.

Siles hesitated for a moment at this moment, and then said: "Because of what you saw, the power of 'judgment' that I use?"

Qin Duo suddenly refuted this: "No. That's not the case." He said, "I said that everyone in this world has their own cards. I can understand that it is your strength..."

"Akamala?" Sirius asked.

In him, apart from the judgment of the dice, another thing worth pondering is the deep sea dream.

Of course, he also carried some risks when he said this.After all, Jindo already knew some of his powers.Besides Grenfell, no one in the world knew that Sirius was related to Akamala's power.

But Siles still said the name of the god without thinking.

After saying it, he suddenly realized that he hardly hesitated.Apart from being curious about Qin Duo's past and guessing that Qin Duo already knew about this matter, that of course also meant his trust in Qin Duo.

Qin Duo looked at him tongue-tiedly, and after a while, he suddenly asked: "You... you... Siles, won't you be surprised?"

Why can he see the power of the gods?Why did he receive that education?Why would he use that etiquette instinctively?

Siles felt that some confusion in his heart had been solved, so he nodded calmly, and continued to walk towards the circus tent, while nodded absently: "It's okay."

Qin Duo seemed to want to ask something else.

"I know your past is full of secrets, Cendor." Siles said, "You pursue the things of the fallen gods, but you don't care about the treasures of the Emberlands. In a way, you are special walk alone."

Qin Duo didn't seem to know what to say, and could only look at Sirius cautiously.

"I can analyze or reason, or find possible clues from your past words and actions." Siles turned to say, "But I don't want to do that. I'm waiting for your honesty."

After finishing speaking, Siles didn't continue the topic: "Let's go, the circus tent—this matter has been postponed for a long time."

Qin Duo followed suit, and after a while, he tentatively grabbed Sirius's...clothes corner.

Celeste gave him a wry look, then took his hand.

"Didn't you say you are old-fashioned?" Qin Duo muttered.

The explorers around the circus tent gradually noticed the two men holding hands.They cast surprised or curious gazes one after another, perhaps with confusion or malicious intent.

But Siles just said nonchalantly: "For you, holding hands can also be counted as 'old-fashioned'?" He glanced at Qin Duo with a half-smile, "Shouldn't you expect more?"

Qin Duo was obviously stunned for a moment, and looked away a little awkwardly.If it wasn't for his darker skin, then Siles might be able to see the red roots of Qin Duo's ears.

After all, Siles thought, the "old-fashioned" in the definition of the earth and the "old-fashioned" of this era can be said to be very different.

He just thought about it for a moment, and then restrained that faint smile—well, he is indeed a bit old-fashioned, at least restrained.

In the circus tent, Mary, Chester, and Alva stood there.They look like they got nothing.

Siles asked, "Have you found anything?"

"No." Chester said, "This place is empty... It doesn't mean that there is nothing here, but that there is nothing related to the death of the circus master."

Siles also looked at the tent.

Overall, the circus still has two tents, one big and one small.They are all in the big tent now.They all guessed what was in the small tent.

However, in the big tent, there are only those things that a normal circus "should" have.

Props, costumes, accessories, animals in cages...it looks like a lion.The lion was staring at the strangers with wary eyes.There are so many things in the tent, they even feel a little helpless.

"Anyone else from the circus?" Siles asked.

"They were all taken by Miles," Mary said.

Siles was slightly surprised to learn this.It seemed odd, he thought.

Since Miles already knew that they were going to investigate this matter, these witnesses should always be kept.However, he just left an empty tent to Siles.

The question once again came to Siles' mind: Does Miles know the plan of the masterminds behind the scenes?Is he cooperating intentionally or unintentionally?

The clown's hint gave Siles an unprecedented line of thought.

He pondered for a moment, then suddenly came back to his senses.He asked, "Have you found... anything related to the ledger?"

The circus has been operating at Hales House for many years, and theoretically there should be a ledger to record the proceeds of these years.Siles wanted to get this ledger mainly because he hoped to find out the identity of the survivor.

And, perhaps hidden within, the circus' connection to Hales House.

Chester shook his head.

Siles frowned slightly, he sighed in his heart, thinking to himself, he knew it would not be so easy.He asked instead: "Where is the chamber of the dead?"

"The deepest part of the tent. There..." Alva responded, then frowned, "It's kind of disgusting, full of garbage, scraps and mess. We went through it, and there was nothing useful.

"By the way, there are some souvenirs from the House of Hales, as well as specialties from Neverland. But it shouldn't be surprising that such things appear in the tent, right?"

Siles was surprised to hear this statement.

Souvenirs, specialty products... Will these people who have always lived in the Land of No Embers buy these things?However, it could also be a gift from someone else.

However, Alva suddenly opened his mouth to remind Siles of what he had been thinking about before.He then asked: "By the way, Alva, do you know the Corunna Canyon on Bonet's version of the map of the Land of Ashes?"

"Uh..." Alva showed an unnatural and awkward expression for a moment, and then he quickly covered up this expression.

But he was so young that his uneasiness instantly attracted the attention of others.

Facing the gazes cast by his companions, Alva finally gave in: "Okay... okay! I've only heard about it... Anyway... Professor, you can actually find this mistake! It's amazing! !"

"mistake".This statement almost caused the pupils of everyone present to shrink, especially Mary's reaction.

"What mistake?" said Chester, troubled.

"Uh...Although I also think that what Bonet's grandfather did is a bit exaggerated, but...well, that is also my ancestor..." Alva muttered, "In short, it is...

"At the beginning, Grandma Coronna was pissed off by Grandfather Bonet and wanted to leave him. Then Grandpa Bonet suddenly realized that he had neglected his family too much in the past so many years.

"So he...he used the map he drew back then, trying to curry favor with grandma."

Siles said in a low voice, "That's where Corunna Canyon comes from."

"That's right." Alva said, "Grandpa probably wanted to use that method to confess his love to grandma and win back grandma's heart. But it was too late at that time."

The scene suddenly froze for a moment.

Almost dumbfounded, Mary said, "That's the mistake on the map?! That's... that's the mistake?!"

Alva said confusedly: "What?" He paused, "Ah, if you're talking about this mistake...haha, in fact, many people knew it back then, because grandfather did it on purpose.

"Grandmother also told this story to future generations and some friends, as a talking point. Heart-shaped canyon... How could there really be a heart-shaped canyon. It was only drawn for my grandmother.

"It's a bit romantic and old-fashioned to name a heart-shaped canyon after my grandmother, but it's really something a grandfather would do..."

His voice gradually faded away, and finally died away, for Mary was looking at him with a very terrible look.

In the end, Alva was very puzzled and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"

Siles turned his head and asked Qindo: "When exactly did the heart-shaped canyon appear?"

Qin Duo frowned: "Let me think about it."

Mary's face was very pale: "So this is the 'mistake on the map'. This is the error! This is the error! It doesn't exist..."

"The canyon that doesn't exist!" Alva quickly answered, "Yes, but..."

"Are you aware of the 'non-existent city' rumor?" Siles asked him.

Descendants of map maker Burnett.An error in Bonet's version of the map - a "mistake".

"What?" said Alva, puzzled. "What doesn't exist...Ah! I see, you have said this thing before."

"No, that's not it..." said Mary, "we mean..."

She looked overwhelmed, as if some deep-rooted thought had been shaken.

Chester said calmly and gently: "Alva, listen to me."

Alva also looked very confused and uneasy, he looked towards Chester.

Chester has always been a very reliable image of a doctor.At this time, he also said in that very gentle tone: "'The City That Doesn't Exist' is the land of no embers.