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Chapter 235 He Pulled the Trigger

Aiwass did not interrupt Isabel but listened quietly to the intelligence she brought. Read latest chapters at empire

Isabel, mustering her energy, let out a sigh of relief and collapsed into unconsciousness after detailing everything she had seen. Aiwass, like a real father, picked her up in his arms.

He had her sit on his lap, gently patted her back, and whispered softly, "You've worked hard, Lulu."

"Leave the rest to me."

He felt the burning temperature from Daiya's forehead with his own chin and throat. The heat was scorching, yet he did not let go. Aiwass knew the pain Isabel was enduring must have been much higher than what he was feeling at the moment.

Just by feeling Daiya's body quivering continuously, struggling, and seeing her already somewhat unfocused pupils, he knew Lulu's body and will were at their limits.

Heat waves enveloped her body, as if one had stepped outdoors in the summer. The heat was so intense that Aiwass felt the edges of his clothing starting to scorch.

That feeling was all too familiar to him.

—It was exactly the same as when Yulia was sick as a child.

It wasn't merely a fever in the conventional sense but her body gradually breaking apart under intense heat, like glass shattering like a spider web under high temperatures. Small bodies are even more vulnerable to the power of the Phantom Demon.

Children find it hard to cope with this pain and often cry loudly. And if they did so, intending to "vent," the power of the Phantom Demon would seep through these cracks. It would not only cause massive destruction to the surroundings but also harm their own bodies.

At such times, Yulia would usually curl up in a corner and quietly burn herself.

She was able to bear the pain silently, not to worry Aiwass and the adults at the orphanage, but she couldn't go out and act under such pain.

"...So cruel."

Jacaranda sighed with a bit of pity: "How ignorant and backwards these people are..."

Living Silver, who had been quiet for a long time, opened his mouth to say calmly, "This is a tragedy caused by a lack of knowledge."

Pure White simply shook her head, without saying a word.

The old Inspector fell silent for a while then spoke up, "In this case, Miss Lulu playing the 'child pushed and killed falling from the stairs of a sealed space' should be the Earthbound Spirit of this haunted hotel."

—That's why this Dreamland specifically emphasized "the zeroth floor" and "the negative first floor," because the negative first floor symbolizes death.

After Isabel brought back the information, and Aiwass had analyzed it, instead of focusing on Aiwass, they started to collaborate.

Pure White was the first to say, "My introductory plot and task tell me that I came here to investigate the situation upon a superior's orders."

"But in this era, Avalon didn't have phones."

Aiwass went on to say, "So the message you received should be outdated. Yet your room is right next to ours."

The "phone" was a device that had started to become popular around when Aiwass was seven or eight years old, around the time when he was just taken in by James.

Now, sixty years earlier, Avalon simply didn't have instant communication devices. Communication was done largely by writing letters.

"—So, my memories and introductory plot are false."

The old Inspector, played by Pure White, said gravely, "I wasn't here because I received orders from my superiors,—otherwise, I wouldn't have come without Gryphon. I know that Inspectors from Avalon always ride Gryphons on combat missions."

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