Dream Sea Coast.
Recently, a quiet stretch of coast has seen quite a few newcomers.
These people set up camp all around, spending day and night by the sea gathering all sorts of shells.
At first, they were worried about the Dragon Clan living nearby, but after being here for so long without ever encountering the Dragon Clan—only running into people from various other places—they eventually stopped worrying and put all their attention into shell gathering.
After all, everyone standing here knows one thing: these shells are money.
Beyond whatever they catch, they were hired at high prices to come here in the first place.
"I just don't get what these shells are for. Why do so many Nobles want them?"
"Doesn't matter, they're worth a lot. Otherwise, they wouldn't have paid so much to get us here."
"But I never heard of this before!"
"Maybe they didn't know the use before, now someone finally figured it out."
