So something has been bugging me since going through the quest lines in the Ruby Sea. Through the main quest, we make our way to Sui-no-Sato, an underwater village of Raen. Then there is Shisui, a palace far away in the depths where the Ruby Princess lives and rules over Sui-no-Sato.

But that is where I was a bit confused. Is Sui-no-Sato the only Raen settlement in the Ruby Sea? It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense that there’s a whole palace dedicated to ruling over one little village. But through the quest line, Shiosai talks about needing to save Sui-no-Sato as if it’s the only other place that exists. Yet he also mentions escaping Shisui with other people. But where would they go if they’re not in the village and no one is mentioning them?

Am I reading too much into things and this is just gameplay and story segregation combined with hasty writing for a dead-end dungeon questline? Or is there some lore I’m missing about there being a whole civilization under the waves?