"If you go there, remember never to get close to those islands. It's best if you don't even approach the surrounding waters."
Charles didn't find this special intelligence particularly important. After all, those renegade Heike Clan converts wouldn't just go to a place like that without a good reason.
The old man then methodically recounted the various details of the Mist Sea, and Charles learned a great deal about the Foundation's territory. From these scattered bits of knowledge, Charles deduced that the Heike Clan was a smokescreen released by the Foundation—or perhaps, gatekeepers.
To hide something, you shouldn't bury it too deeply. Doing so only encourages curious people to go looking for it. The best way to hide something is to place it right in the open and then mislead others into thinking it's nothing special.
