The crew members gathered quickly in response to the Captain's summons. 0

Upon hearing Charles' concern, Second Mate Conor spoke before anyone else, "Yes, someone from the Isle of Whereto told us that they had found you while you were missing. We went there after overcoming great difficulty, but we didn't find you. 0

"I remember seeing a young woman crying over your disappearance, saying that a tentacled monster had taken you away."0

"How come no one told me about this?" 0

"Well, we thought they lied to us since we didn't find you, so we decided to just return to Hope Island. We forgot about the matter entirely because you soon returned to Hope Island by yourself."0

Charles' brows furrowed slightly as he crumpled the letter in his hand. It seemed that the contents of the letter were true—Margaret had truly saved his life. 0

Recalling the crisis...1