Chapter 32

The light of the setting sun stained the sky orange and pink. Adam was walking along the edge of the island, staring down at the cloud layer below. Since there were also clouds above, he was fairly sure that Interim Island moved through the middle of the troposphere. Strangely, none of the clouds actually moved through the island like what he’d expected. It was as if a barrier around the floating landmass was keeping them at bay.

While he looked out over the edge, he suddenly noticed a hole in the cliff-side about eight metres down. He was on the south-western side of the island, a part of the island he hadn’t visited before. The houses around here were the same as everywhere else, so there was nothing that really made the place stand out as special.

Adam got down on his knees and leaned over the edge to get a better look. The landmass below the surface of the island went straight down for about twelve metres before tapering to a point that he couldn’t see but expected was there. The hole in the cliff-side wasn’t just some random chunk missing. No, it was a proper cave entrance with a flat landing poking out slightly, as though inviting people to investigate.

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