The gentle sound of water being parted echoed softly. A small boat carrying Silvanus and Silas drifted across the water's surface. Silas's slow voice rang out:
"Ever since I appeared, I've been doing this job and witnessed everything that happened in the village. I was seen as a solution to the villagers' problems, but because of that, I was also cursed."
It turned out that the moment Silas appeared was also when the incident began—people in the village started drowning. Strangely, however, only Silas ever found the bodies. No matter how hard the villagers searched, they found nothing.
From then on, Silas was known as the "body retriever," and recovering drowned corpses became his responsibility. Because of his abnormal appearance and strange arrival, he was shunned by the villagers.
Silas spoke in a flat, emotionless tone, clearly unfazed by whether the villagers accepted him.
Silvanus frowned. "Alright, since you've come this far, can you tell me what happened that day?"
