The Invisible Mogul novel Chapter 1895

“Just let the boy be, Gerald. I, for one, appreciate his liveliness since all there is out here is miles upon miles of boring scenic views…” said Yann.

Upon hearing that, Gerald could only sigh in agreement. After all, it was estimated that at least two hours were needed before the group would be able to cover five miles and finally arrive at the Officer Viewing Deck. With that in mind, Gerald had to admit that Rey’s childishness would—at the very least—keep the trek amusing…

Regardless, it was almost noon by the time the group arrived at the Officer Viewing Deck.

The Officer Viewing Deck was located quite high on Mount Dakriont, and it allegedly got its name due to the fact that an officer used to come up here to enjoy the view, many centuries ago. While that was the formal name of the viewing deck, it was also colloquially known as the cloud viewing platform. As the name suggested, all sorts of clouds could be seen from up here as well.

Whatever the case was, upon arriving, Tye turned to look at the others before saying, “Alright everyone, we’ve arrived! Let’s take a short break and have something to eat first! Bear in mind that we’ll start taking the rough mountain path after this!”

While the others seemed to agree, Gerald, on the other hand, walked toward Tye before asking, “Could I please have a look at the map, Chairman Lamano?”

Though he was surprised to hear that request, Tye handed the map to Gerald.

“Thank you!” replied Gerald before immediately inspecting the map.

“Is something the matter, Mr. Crawford…?” asked the curious Tye.

A short while later, Gerald then pointed at the map before saying, “Well, after looking through the map, I feel that we could’ve arrived at our destination sooner if we didn’t take the path to the Officer Viewing Deck. After all, from this point on, all that awaits us are rough mountain roads, and I can assure you that that’ll hinder our progress quite a bit!”

Upon hearing that, Tye took a closer look at the map… And true to what Gerald had said, they could’ve arrived at their destination much sooner if they simply took an alternate path. Why hadn’t he noticed it before?

“…I see… Correct me if I’m wrong, Mr. Crawford, but are you suggesting that we go all the way back to where we started from?” asked Tye.