Me and Aquadoor arrived on Preach island. This island is full of tall mountains and somewhere in the middle of this island is the only city, Elaris. For the looks of it. It was a small town with around 500 people living there. But it is beautiful looking.
(Canji) Wow, it looks so charming.
I looked at Aquadoor but he seemed worried for some reason
(Canji) What's wrong? You seem pale
(Aquadoor) The Barrier is missing, what is happening here?
After that he ran towards the city and I ran after him.
As we arrived at the city. There were many soldiers and other adventurers around the city protecting the city. The guards spotted us
(Guard 1) Stop who are you. I have never seen you here before.
I wanted to talk but Aquadoor stopped me
(Aquadoor) My name is Aquadoor Shalim i got the Mark to prove it if you don't believe me
(Guard 1 ) Show it to me
Auadoor took off his shirt and showed his back to the guard he did have a Big white shark tattoo on it. The guard recognized it and he bowed down
(Guard1) My Lord, let me take you to your mother. She is gonna explain to you what's going on here
(Aquadoor) Good lead us there
We followed the guard to what seemed to be a big villa in Elaris. Apparently it was Aquadoor Home and he is from a Leading family on the island of Preach.
We were greeted by an elderly woman. She hugged Aquadoor while crying she said
(???) My son, I'm sorry I haven't written to you. But a lot has happened in those 2 Months.
Let's go inside and let me tell you all
(Aquadoor) Yes mom, let's talk.
We sat down inside a big room and drank some nice tea.
(Auadoor) Before Canji, this is my mother Rivelry. She is the leader and owner of the
Adventures guild here in Preach
(Canji) Nice to meet you mam
(Riverly) Likewise Canji.
(Aquadoor) Where is dad mom ? Because the barrier is gone, I assume he is fixing it?
She looked at him and she shed a few tears
(Riverly) It looks like the brief didn't reach you? My son, your dad fell suddenly Ill someday it was a disease that no doctor on our island heard before he died soon after he got the disease.
(Auadoor) No, how? You tell me my father suddenly fell ill when he was well?
(Rivelry) Yes. In my opinion, he was poisoned and it was murder rather than an illness.
(Aquadoor) Do you know by whom?
(Rivelry) My suspicions are strong, but I haven't seen any evidence yet. That it was your Uncle Cromo who did this.
He finally wanted to rule the island since your father was well and your uncle wasn't getting younger. It is well known that our folk always vote for the next leader, and the voting is still ongoing for people who are selected for the position. And Croco and I are both leading parties, but we are still at 60% to 40% right now. It was 80% to 20% not so long ago. There have been mysterious killings of my supporters and to make matters worse, someone has stolen the amulet from our shrine. Therefore, some people blame me for all that and he's gaining support as a result.
(Canji) That means it isn't a coincidence. Since this are going in his favor.
(Auadoor) Where is he now?!
(RIvelry) My son calm down. You know we need evidence if you attack him without proof. You doom our family and he gets to power without a fight.
(Canji) Rivelry what is your plan ?
(Rivlelry) Well, the first thing we need to do is to find the amulet since the goblins are attacking our borders. Because our city has lost its barrier. We have more adventurous groups looking for it and defending the city from goblin forces.
(Aquadoor) Well then it seems like the Mystic Horizon will accept the quest for retrieving the amulet.
(Rivelry) Due to the fact that this is vital to our survival it is graded an S class quest. The rule that only A class adventures can take it has been abandoned. So anyone, even those who have the rank e to s can take the quest and save us, tbh.
(Aquadoor) Well we need some leads. Where to search? We can't just search the entire island full of monsters.
If my uncle did steal it and hid it somewhere we should search his villa.
(Rivlery) But how ? His home is heavily guarded and we cannot be caught doing something illegal otherwise i lose the elections.
(Canji) Ehm, I believe someone who can make herself small and can hide well would be a perfect spy/thief don't you think Aquadoor?
Aquadoor smiled at me
(Auadoor) Yes, that would be perfect. Find any evidence of crimes and where the amulet is located if you can.
I'm counting on you, Canji.
(Canji) Dw i got this
After Riverly told me the location of the house we waited till night time when I was gonna transform and go for an evidence hunt.
To be Continue