When Alex is said to be interesting, he does not refer to his character. But Angel discovered that this Alex has a very strange aura. If the aura is compared to a halo, then everyone else is shrouded in it.
There was a layer of darkness, but Alex was as bright and dazzling as the sun.
Because the only power Angel can use now is illusion, he didn't see why Alex had such an aura that was so different from other people's.
Angel simply began to observe Alex.
During the observation process, Angel also noticed that this Alex seemed to be able to see himself. When other people glanced at him, they were all unaware because of the illusion. But Alex
When his eyes passed over him, although he concealed it well, the slight reaction in his pupils still betrayed him.
Could this Alex be an extraordinary person? However, it doesn’t look like it.
Angel thought that Alex would keep pretending not to see him, but he didn't expect that when everyone in the church left, he would take the initiative to talk to him.
"Are you a ghost?" Alex asked again.
Angel stared at Alex, this white-haired boy who looked to be no more than sixteen or seventeen years old. When facing him, he had no other emotions, no fear, no surprise, just curiosity.
If this was a child of four or five years old, innocent and ignorant, that would be fine. But Alex was obviously very thoughtful, but his thoughts were not on others, but on himself.
When dealing with foreign objects, even outsiders, there is an attitude of "it doesn't matter if it has or doesn't matter".
It was not easy for him to show a hint of curiosity with Angel's appearance.
"Have you ever seen a ghost?" Angel asked.
"It seems you are not a ghost." Alex said very firmly.
"Your observations are very keen." Angel nodded noncommittally.
Alex continued to answer Angel's previous question: "I don't know if I have seen a ghost. Maybe I have. That's what my heart tells me."
"Is it because of amnesia?" Angel remembered that the priest named Brunang seemed to have mentioned that Alex had lost his memory.
"Eavesdropping is not a polite behavior." Alex said softly, without going into details or harshly, and continued: "It is indeed a matter of losing memory. I don't remember what I have experienced, but I know in my heart
I, who I once was, may have seen ghosts."
Alex paused: "Mr. Pat, have you ever seen a ghost?"
"I've seen it."
Angel asserted without hesitation, which made Alex feel a little dazed and muttered in a low voice: "So, are there really ghosts in the world?"
Angel thought Alex would ask about the ghost, but he quickly calmed down and didn't ask anything. Instead, he said: "Then Mr. Pat is not a ghost, so what is he? Why can't other people see it?"
your turn?"
Angel: "It's normal for other people not to see me. I think you should ask: Why can you see me?"
Without any hesitation, Alex followed Angel's words and asked, "Why can I see you?"
"I don't know either." Angel replied with a smile.
Alex was startled by this malicious reply, and the corners of his calm mouth couldn't help but twitch.
Angel really didn't know, but he thought it might be related to Alex's lost memory. Maybe he was once a transcendent. After all, the inspiration of the transcendent was very strong, and the blinding illusion he cast was actually very powerful.
Low-level, pure use of illusion energy does not involve the level of "law". Generally gifted people can detect something wrong, but it is not difficult for a wizard apprentice who has entered the door to see himself.
Angel: "I'm curious, don't you feel scared when you see someone that others can't see?"
Alex: "If you want to kill me, you have many opportunities; if you don't kill me, why should I be afraid?"
After Alex finished speaking, he didn't even pay attention to Angel, but sat down, took out some paper and recorded some words.
"The inference on the cause of Knight Raven's death?" Angel murmured softly and muttered to himself: "So, have the clergy now even begun to work part-time as detectives to solve crimes?"
Alex continued to hold the pen and wrote quickly on the paper.
However, the content is very brief. It only lists the name of Knight Raven, and then writes Faxian's name on the other side of his name, with the label "Faxian's birthday gift" underneath.
Alex thought for a moment, and finally crossed out all the characters and wrote a place name: Holy City.
"Where is the Holy City?" Angel saw that Alex was beginning to focus on what he was doing, so he planned to walk around the church and then leave, but he didn't expect Alex to write down a place name at the end.
What Angel was looking for was the location information, so he asked directly.
Alex put down his pen and looked at Angel suspiciously. He seemed a little surprised that Angel didn't know about the Holy City.
Alex was silent for a long time. Instead of asking about Angel's origins, he asked: "...Why are you following me?"
"I want to ask you for some information." Angel didn't hide it either.
"what's the message?"
"Location information." Angel pointed to the words "Holy City" written by Alex on the page: "I want to know where this is, where the Holy City is, and what is the name of this continent?
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Angel's three consecutive questions made Alex's eyes move slightly: "Looking at your tone, you are not from this continent?"
"I don't know." Angel shrugged: "Aren't I waiting for your answer? Only after you answer can I be sure whether I am from this continent."
Alex looked at Angel quietly, always feeling that this strange man was full of mysterious unknowns.
"This is the town of Gust. It is said that it is in the southeast of the Holy City. The Holy City is an acropolis of the Divine Court of Cruja, and it is also the closest city to Gust Town."
Angel: "It is said? Have you never been there?"
Alex shook his head: "At least in my memory, I haven't been there."
Angel looked at the page unconsciously. The "Holy City" on it was clearly visible, and he asked casually: "You have never been to the Holy City, so what do you mean by writing this Holy City? Or do you think
, is the death of this Knight Raven related to the Holy City?"
Alex shook his head: "There is no evidence that it is related, it's just..."
When Alex said this, he suddenly fell silent.
Angel came here to find the geographical location information, not to solve the case, and he didn't care about the answer. He was about to continue asking about the geographical location, but at this time, Alex continued the topic that he had not finished before.
"It's just that I think it's not just Knight Raven, the previous Miss Camelot, Uncle Manny's family...this series of cases seems to have one thing in common." Alex has secretly studied the causes of death of these people.
, although he could not find the murderer, he discovered something strange. However, for some reasons, he did not tell Father Brunang or anyone else.
Now Angel suddenly asked this question. Angel was a stranger to Alex and a stranger to Gust Town.
Therefore, he thought for a moment and slowly expressed his desire to talk that he had suppressed for a long time.
"Knight Raven has a long-cherished lady named Faxi. He once told me that he wanted to confess his love to her on Faxi's birthday. Later, I heard that Faxi said to her friend, if
If she can go to the Hymn Hall to listen to a sacred hymn on her birthday, she will have no regrets in life."
"The Hymn Auditorium is in the Holy City. I believe that Knight Raven must have known the news. It will be Fathy's birthday in a few days, so he went to the Holy City alone. As a result, his head was on the bridge pier heading to the Holy City.
Up, discovered."
Angel didn't want to hear the case analysis, but Alex himself was completely immersed in the case.
"Raven Knight is not a single case. There have been many cases before him. All the dead have only one head left. The sheriff said that the murderer killed without any deviation, but I don't think it is right. I found a
What they have in common is that the reason for their death is that they want to leave Gust Town."
"Miss Camelot is going to the Holy City to visit relatives she has not seen for many years, and Uncle Maini's family is going to move to the Holy City... Knight Raven is most likely going to the Holy City to buy tickets for Faxie to the Hymn Auditorium.
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"It's all like this. All the deceased are leaving Gust Town. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, as long as they step out of Gust Town, they will die."
"The whole town of Gust is like a birdcage from which there is no escape."
"As long as the bird wants to fly away, its wings will be broken by unknown hands."
Angel was originally not interested in the Gust Town case, but as Alex told him, he became interested.
If what Alex deduced is true, all the people who died actually died because they wanted to leave Ghost Town.
So this series of cases is indeed not simple.
After all, it is impossible for everyone to tell others their destination, but in the end they all died without any surprise. This is obviously not something ordinary murderers can do, especially after Alex analyzed
One of the deceased people most likely died because she had a fight with her husband that night and was about to leave Gust Town in anger. Even a wizard who can read minds cannot perfectly grasp the movements of other people. People's hearts are changeable, and every day
There are countless possibilities in every second.
Which "murderer" can grasp everyone's movements without missing a beat, even if they just leave after an accidental quarrel, he can capture and kill them?
Therefore, after hearing this, Angel felt that it might not be an ordinary case, but something extraordinary might be at work.
"As long as everyone wants to leave Gust Town, something unexpected will happen. So, why do you think it is?"
After releasing his inner desire to talk, Alex regained his composure: "I don't know either."
"Then you study these cases out of curiosity?"
Alex shook his head without hesitation: "I'm not curious."