(If the mission requires it... what would he not do?
The magnifying glass is summoning more of itself...
...I would be really happy, because Claus is one of my favourite characters like most characters in the series.)
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The same thing... then, they got confused between the two... or something like that?
Lucas: How'd they even know about this secret passage?
Dragonite: Perhaps they did not.
If they did not... whatever it is, it must be based on some similarity between the Murki Cave and this passage...
*As the quintet advances, the path seems to split into two.*
Kumatora: Two ways... which one should we go through?
Dragonite: From Murasaki Forest to the castle, that is... west.
Kumatora: That's right. We've been going west all this while.
Dragonite: The one that goes straight is still west... but the other, then, leads north-west.
Lucas: Doria mentioned that the houses are connected to Osohe Castle in some way, so...
Kumatora: Then that could mean... this other path leads into Mt. Oriander.
The Murki Cave is part of Mt. Oriander, right?
*Lucas and Kumatora nod.*
Is that... why the crystals are here? Because of the connection to Mt. Oriander?
*Something suddenly seems to occur to Kumatora.*
Wait... but the Murki Cave itself already connects Aeolia's house to Mt. Oriander.
Then... you think that this may be just another path...?
Kumatora: I think... it may outright lead into Murki Cave. We've... never explored it all that well.
Dragonite: The drilling machine. The wall that seemed cracked. Weakened.
...Something may be there. Something they were trying to access through the Murki Cave.
Dragonite: Yes. Something they could access if they pierced the wall, perhaps.
Lucas: The west path is probably just going to take us to Osohe Castle.
Kumatora: Then I'll let my curiousity get the better of me.
*Kumatora leads the party into the north-west passageway.*