Chapter 176 - Pipedream (2/2)

Gawain revealed a curious expression. “Accident? What kind of accident?”

“My apologies, Your Excellency. I cannot continue discussing this matter with you.” The old butler finally refused to answer. “This isn’t part of my responsibility.”

Gawain didn’t mind and laughed. “It is fine. I am the one that asked too much. Let us continue the tour. I am the most interested in places like the library.”

During the evening, Amber and Philip who had been investigating for the entire day had returned to Gawain.

“Your Excellency, the soil does have the phenomenon of abnormal magic accumulation.” Sir Philip gave his report first. “The phenomenon’s core is this castle, but the strange thing is, apart from the accumulation of magic, I don’t feel any abnormal magic waves from the castle. I cannot feel any evil aura of evil cult heretics either.”

“The information that I found out is much scarier than your information.” Amber looked at Philip with a proud expression before intentionally lowering her voice and reported to Gawain with a dark and eerie tone, “The people outside said that the Viscountess—”

Before Amber finished her words, Gawain said, “Should be long dead, right?”

Amber was suddenly startled and glared at Gawain, “You stalked me?!”

“Just a guess.” Gawain laughed and said, “Such stories always develop in this manner. Alright, I won’t interrupt you. Continue.”

Amber curled her lips and felt that the atmosphere that she brewed earlier had been disturbed, but she still obediently reported of the things she found out. “This is a rather sad sob story. A few decades ago…”

When Amber finished saying everything she found out, Sir Philip couldn’t help but press on his chest. “It is truly pitiful… Fate is always unfair to many things.”

“If the Viscountess perished decades ago, then the person you saw yesterday night must be a ghost! Or it is a ‘person’ that was ‘revived’ using a particular method by our friendly Viscount Victor.” Amber spoke in an eerie tone, and as she continued talking, she was so frightened that her entire body had goosebumps. “Viscount Victor must be unable to accept the fact that his wife had passed away and was led astray by the evil cult heretics. He then used a sorcery to revive the dead or to summon the soul into a dead body. He must be capturing refugees to maintain the ritual… Stories are always like this! Belch… What a scary story!”

“You tell a ghost story and scare the daylights out of yourself. If you are timid, then don’t learn from others. And lower your voice.” Gawain looked at the disgrace to the elves and shook his head. “That Lilith Kant shouldn’t be a departed spirit.”

Amber and Philip asked in unison, “Why?”

“Departed spirits don’t have such a high intelligence, and she doesn’t have any presence that is similar to departed spirits. Most importantly, departed spirits aren’t able to say their own names. That Lilith Kant actually spoke her name clearly. I have also confirmed that the name is real.” Gawain spoke slowly, “The various signs indicate that Lilith Kant isn’t a departed spirit.”

Amber sized up Gawain and said, “It isn’t as convincing when you are the one saying it. Who said that the revived person must be a departed spirit? Aren’t you a living exception that can speak your own name? What if Viscount Victor had also found an incredible shadow grandmaster like me to lift his wife’s coffin…”

Gawain raised his hand to interrupt that elven disgrace’s train-like behavior while saying unhurriedly, “Don’t be in a hurry to speak of your verdict. I have some findings too.”

“You have some findings?” Amber asked, “What did you find?”

“Today, when I mentioned the Viscountess to the castle’s butler, he didn’t hesitate to respond to the question and said that the Viscountess was married to Victor Kant ten years ago. The previous viscountess had already passed away from an accident.” Gawain said leisurely, “At the same time, I had also paid attention to the conversations of the servants in the castle and had also privately spoken with a few of them. I realized that all of them have the same understanding.”

Philip’s expression turned stern and said, “Yesterday, no one in the castle talked about the ‘Viscountess’!”

“Yes, they started talking today, and it wasn’t just a discussion. They had an entire set of understanding towards this ‘Viscountess’, and the understanding was significantly different from the information Amber had found out from outside the castle!”

“How is this possible?!” Amber was confused. “Who gave them a spiritual hint?”

“Perhaps it is something similar to a spiritual hint…” Gawain spoke slowly, “But according to the Eternal Sleepers’ abilities, I am more inclined to address this as… supplementary setting.”

“The castle might be entirely enveloped in a giant illusion, and our arrival and activity here have destroyed the integrity of the illusion. The person who created the illusion had no choice but to give it a supplementary setting in order for things to operate normally!”