Jude had his doubts about the royal family. But he didn't feel there was a need to investigate any other country. Jude's suspicions deepened as he contemplated the curious alignment of geography between his old island and the enigmatic new realm in which they now resided. The location of Emperor Edmond Royans' castle, eerily coinciding with the spot where Jude had once stumbled upon the Castle of Illusions, set alarm bells ringing in his mind.
The symmetry was too uncanny to dismiss as mere happenstance. Jude's instincts, honed by years of vigilance and investigation, tingled with apprehension. Could the peculiar mirroring of landmarks signify a deliberate ploy, an intricate tapestry woven by unseen hands?
