Hearing Aiwass's words, the old supervisor named William was silent for a moment.
"Ahh..."
He hummed and made meaningless sighs. It seemed like he was about to recite a poem, or like he was moaning when he had a headache.
The old man stared at Aiwass intently - but Lily felt keenly that the old supervisor was not so much staring at Aiwass as he was looking at the air in front of him.
He was stunned for a few seconds, then shook his head.
"...Oh, what are you talking about..."
The old man murmured softly.
He recalled it for a while, then suddenly clapped his hands and reacted: "Jacob, right?
"Indeed, I still remember him... That was more than ten years ago. Oh... about fourteen years ago. Yes, it was also a winter... It was about the same as now. It was colder than now.
, it snowed heavily that day.”
The more the old inspector spoke, the more certain his tone became. The dusty memories were gradually unsealed and carved into shape by words.
"Is it a snow day?" Aiwass confirmed.
"That's right."
Old William nodded and sighed: "The old man can't bear the winter snow.
"Snow is the silent rain, the overlying water, the dusk wind, invisible but condensed, tangible but melting. Those who are old, withered, and silent cannot withstand the call of snow. They will all be buried in this pure white
In the lake.”
He was mumbling something.
Aiwass suddenly thought of something and asked: "Are you the supervisor who confirmed the death at that time?"
"Yes, it's me."
"I heard that when he died, all his manuscripts were lost and disappeared... What happened? Did he leave any suicide note?"
Aiwass asked.
This is information from Bishop Mathers.
Although this is a bit rude, but considering the "young minister" persona Aiwass now established in front of old William, it is quite reasonable for him to say such rude words.
The old supervisor tried hard to remember for a while, and then slowly replied: "I don't remember much...but I remember that he really didn't leave anything behind.
"To be precise, it's not that all his manuscripts are gone. It's that all the paper in his house has disappeared. Whether it's manuscripts, newspapers or letters. But the books are all there.
"I once wondered if he was so burned that he burned them all in the fireplace, but after taking a look at the fireplace, I couldn't find any remains left by incomplete combustion. So I can only think that someone broke in first.
Entered the scene and stole them -
"Because the thieves were not sure which of the valuable manuscripts they were, and were unable to check them on site due to time constraints, they simply took them home and investigated them carefully. I think this is a very reasonable inference."
The old supervisor said so.
Haina on the side nodded repeatedly.
That's true - if she were to handle this matter, she would have given this answer. This is undoubtedly the most reasonable.
But after hearing this, Aiwass frowned slightly.
It was as if he had vaguely realized something and fell into deep thought.
On the side, Sherlock asked, "How did he die? Do you remember?"
"Oh, I remember... yes, I still remember. A few days before that, he said that he was not feeling well and was shivering from the cold. He also asked young people to borrow some firewood to burn the fireplace. But in fact,
It was okay then.”
The old supervisor frowned and tried to remember: "One day after that, he suddenly collapsed. Before that, we hadn't seen him for several days.
"One day, he suddenly rushed out of the house and fell to the ground. Fortunately, there was a young man on the road who helped him back. He was still conscious at that time... He said that he was dizzy, like
Got a fever.
"His whole body was so hot that it became difficult to breathe. He was so uncomfortable that he babbled... He said he was looking for his son, but who knows who his son is?"
The old inspector sighed: "There is no pharmacist in the village. The only priest tried to help him, but it was of no use. So he could only give him a dose of hot brandy with honey.
"Many people in the village know about this. Maybe you can ask the pastor's son. He may know some deeper details."
"Isn't it possible to use illumination to dispel the curse?"
Aiwass asked.
"It's useless. His treatment easily cured Jacob and made him sober for a while, but he fell ill again before nightfall...that means it's most likely not a curse.
"After that, he left within a few days. The old priest was a priest. If he couldn't handle it, he had to ask the bishop to come."
Old William just shook his head and affirmed: "We have used all the means we can finally use...Jacob is a rare literate person in our village, and the children like him very much. If we can, we will definitely
Find a way to save him."
Aiwass narrowed his eyes slightly.
——Finally determined what the problem is.
As early as Aiwass's first promotion ceremony, he learned important information.
Awas's parents were killed by a curse cast by the curse master Aziz bin Abdul, and Aziz carried out this act under the orders of James Moriarty Sr.
Aiwass thought at the time that he was able to survive after enduring the curse as a child because his father had dispelled the curse for him, and then his parents lured away the Hook Demon to allow Aiwass to survive...
But Aiwass overlooked one thing.
In other words, he took it for granted that the purpose of the Curse Master was to destroy his whole family, so he also imposed a curse on himself. In other words, the curse on himself was imposed by the Curse Master Aziz.
However, my grandfather’s symptoms before his death were exactly the same as my childhood fever experience...
It was impossible for Aziz to curse his grandfather Jacob.
Not only is his level significantly lower than Jacob's, but he doesn't have Jacob's medium at all.
Moreover, when Aiwass was playing his father, he succeeded in dispelling the curse on "Little Aiwass" almost instantly; but when he was trying to dispel the curse on Aiwass' mother, played by Isabel, he encountered strong resistance.
It's as if the former doesn't care about being driven away at all.
Unlike Aiwass, who could only use the power of the first level at that time, Julio was a priest! So he was at least the second level, or he might be at a higher level but still grinding for qualifications.
So since Aiwass can do it, can't his father himself be able to dispel it?
This is the biggest flaw.
The giant prince Wolfram swore that Aiwass's grandfather was cursed to death by him.
According to Aiwass's ritual teacher, Aiwass's grandfather once invented the "Typhoid Curse".
This curse adheres to Jacob's "low-key" style - not revealing that he is a curse, but disguising himself as a mild typhoid fever, so that people can't take off guard to actively treat and dispel the curse. Wait until the curse accumulates in the body
With enough power, people can die suddenly in a short period of time.
This made Aiwass think that Wolfram was using this curse.
But now after hearing about his grandfather's symptoms, Aiwass immediately realized something was wrong.
That’s not right. It’s not right at all – Jacob didn’t really get cold, but was judged to have cold by the priest because of his fever and fever. His real symptoms were the same as Aiwass’s!
Moreover, if the "Typhoid Curse" was invented by Jacob, then it is impossible that he did not know how to undo the curse - Jacob was sane at the time.
If he was cursed with typhoid fever, then where did Aziz, a foreign curse master, learn this trick? He has no connection with Noble Red at all.
If all the above possibilities are taken into consideration, and assuming that the information is correct, Aiwass actually came up with a strange answer——
——My grandfather was most likely not cursed to death by the Curse Master Aziz, nor by the Giant Prince Wolfram.
However, his death was known by many parties. This directly led to the death of Aiwass's parents by the curse master Aziz, and the destruction of the entire Alexander family.
Rather than saying that he was the founder of Scaleless Hands and was liquidated by Noble Red... it would be better to say that he was guilty of harboring a treasure.
And if this inference is regarded as a logical basis, Aiwass immediately thought of another detail that he had ignored -
During the introduction of Aiwass's first advancement ceremony, he once mentioned that his father "Julio Alexander"'s niece, Aiwass's cousin Lisa, was killed a month ago, but the supervisor
The bureau was unable to find the murderer.
One month after the incident, Julio received a letter. The letter mentioned that Julio "did not do what they said" and threatened to kill Aiwass next.
Aiwass vaguely remembered that he came to Glass Island after he had a fever first. He did not develop a fever after coming to Glass Island.
It's just that Aiwass naturally ignored this matter at the time, taking it as an excuse for Curse Master Aziz to deceive them. After all, the teleportation distance of the Iron Hook Demon is limited, and it would be very difficult to deceive them into collecting the medium to curse them.
Reasonable.
However, if he could really ignore the distance and the medium and accurately curse Aiwass... why didn't he directly curse Aiwass's parents?
So there is only one possibility.
That means this letter has nothing to do with the curser Aziz!
In other words, Giulio did receive such a letter - if so, then he was indeed being blackmailed by someone for something!
Then it becomes reasonable for him to come to his teacher, Bishop Mathers - he does not want the bishop to help him remove the curse. He can just find any bishop to do this, or even he can do it himself. He wants to be with the bishop.
I came to the Glass Island to discuss that letter!
Ava's scalp suddenly felt numb.
Because if that’s the case…
So, what the giant prince Wolfram said to Aiwass at that time was actually just to make a statement!