He raised his hand and pulled out a silver thread from his head, letting it "pop" turn into a notebook, and Xia Yibing handed it to the girl.
"During this time we have been tracking down those antiques in Igor's house. Here are all the records, as well as some autopsy reports and photos."
"To be honest, I don't think there's any point in you getting involved." She also tried to persuade her, "Why not just be Ferdinand's assistant coach?"
"Xia... do you know what happened to Dean Ferdinand?"
Hitzfeld was originally looking through some documents, but when he heard this he couldn't help but look up at her.
Ethan knew about this because Xia Yibing overheard and told him.
So Xia Yibing must know about it.
She was just curious about what she thought about it.
"You know that too? Oh, that's right. Since you're the teaching assistant, there must be some people who hate him who will deliberately leak the news to you..."
Xia Yibing made no secret of this.
"In fact, there are two groups of people who know about this matter," she said. "One group is like Ethan, who thinks, 'No matter what he did, it proves his steadfastness in this extraordinary period.'"
"What about the other faction?"
"The other side thinks he's too cold-blooded? They think a man who can even kill his own relatives is not trustworthy... Both sides have their reasons, but overall the latter group is the majority."
"Naka..." Hitzfeld looked at her carefully, "What do you think about this?"
"I do not mind."
Xia Yibing spread out one hand.
"No matter what Ferdinand did, everything he is suffering now is the price he has to pay. And since the royal family has not convicted him, some people still choose to trust him, so I think there may be some truth in it."
"After all, he can't be said to be completely cold-blooded, and not everyone can stick to the greater good in that kind of choice. From this aspect, I admire him quite a bit..."
"and many more."
Hitzfeld interrupted her.
"We're talking about... the same thing?"
Righteousness?
Ferdinand's choice is just to maintain procedural justice. What does it have to do with justice?
"Huh?" Xia Yibing raised an eyebrow.
"What we are talking about now...isn't it that the Eclipse Church captured Feyton Castle, forcing him to make a choice between the lives of certain people and the stability of the country...?"
"..."
"Hitzfeld?"
"Of course not!"
Giving her a vicious look, Hitzfeld approached her angrily.
"Now, tell me everything you overheard!"
"immediately!"
Chapter 29 Multiple Choice Questions
"Would you believe me if I told you I made it up now?"
Xia Yibing's expression changed and she asked Hitzfeld very seriously.
"Do not believe."
Hitzfeld also shook his head seriously.
Then she put on a helpless expression: "Dear Miss Xia, can you stop acting?"
The woman opposite her acted convincingly, but she wouldn't believe it even an eyebrow.
Are you kidding...Xia Yibing didn't get the information from regular channels. She overheard it and later let it slip to Ethan.
Now you are pretending to be serious for fear of leaking the secret, but anyone with a quick reaction would not be deceived by her.
"Well, I only heard part of it."
Seeing that he failed to fool Hitzfeld, Xia Yibing shook his head with some regret and continued: "That was in the corridor of the dream world..."
"Have you been to the Dream Corridor too?" Hitzfeld interrupted her.
"You should ask who hasn't been there." Xia Yibing interrupted to explain, "A place that can be engraved with the past... Anyone who knows about this place will go there."
"So the corridor you chose..." Hitzfeld paused, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked."
"Oh, that's nothing!" Xia Yibing didn't care much. She lifted her hair and said, "Facing your past fears is also an advantage, isn't it? That's what Pusangsi told me... Anyway——"
She nodded: "Left corridor."
"But I remember that Ms. Purcell was..."
If Hitzfeld's memory was correct, she met her in the room behind the middle corridor.
"This is normal, because Pusiangsi is the only owner of the Dream Corridor."
"Then she——"
"I know what you're wondering. Of course, she can't be divided into three people. The rooms in the left and right corridors are all puppets controlled by her. She must have obtained the puppet technology from the Wheel of Fortune."
Puppetry technology.
Hitzfeld chewed over the word.
"Can I ask about Ms. Purcell's past?"
Such a mysterious... um... woman.
Old, decayed, and without legs, if she hadn't moved, Hitzfeld would have thought it was a shroud covering the wreckage at first glance.
Moreover, she could actually make a second voice, was proficient in making incense and medicine, dominated the entire Dream Corridor, and could make the powerful director Villefort treat her equally...
Even if she was not mistaken, Villefort was at a disadvantage after Principe made the second sound.
"I don't know much." Xia Yibing could only express regret.
"From the time I knew about the existence of Red-haired Chris, from the time those files recorded this place, Pursance has been there, and her appearance has never changed."
"From what year does the record start?"
"This...I only read it about forty or fifty years ago. I don't really remember it very much." Xia Yibing shrugged.
"But I do know one thing, and it concerns you."
"what's up."
"Mrs. Glee, I once studied perfume making with Pussone for a period of time."
Frowning slightly, Hitzfeld found this not very surprising.
Judging from the notes left by the lady, her level of incense making was very high.
Even in Wayne Port, she is considered a master, and there are not many people who are qualified to guide her in this area.
The lady was Shadow Lion's instructor, and Red-haired Chris was also a "side door" under Shadow Lion's control, so she must know Pusion, and it is normal for her to go to her to discuss incense making.
"You have so many questions..." Xia Yibing looked at the gray-haired girl with interest, "Do you have any other questions? Tell me all of them and I'll answer them for you."
"Let's continue talking about eavesdropping."
Hitzfeld positioned himself.
"That's such a harsh statement." Xia Yibing shook her head slowly, "Is that how Ethan described it? Eavesdropping? I just happened to pass by there, and they insisted on talking in the corner of the corridor..."
"If you know, tell me quickly!"
"That is - Prins and Grace. They are discussing whether to rebuild Feyton Castle."
Xia Yibing frowned and fell into memories.
"You know about Fort Feyton, right? It's a prison on the sea, located in the southeastern waters of Wayne, a little further south. Yes, it's actually closer to Blackwood City."
"This island is notorious. Those imprisoned there are all serious criminals who have shaken the foundation of Sara. So you should have a general idea of its composition - many of the prisoners are followers of the cult."
"The reason why Ferdinand was isolated by others is also related to the nature of this prison. After all, if he was sent to other prisons, there would be people who could help him... I mean his and O'Nya's former classmates and friends... But if he was sent to Feldenberg, it would be completely impossible to operate."
"It's hard to describe that place with words alone. You can use all the adjectives related to eerie and scary to describe it without hesitation."
"My previous description was wrong... That place can't even be called an island. It's just... a larger reef that sticks out of the sea. Feldenberg was built by hollowing out this reef, so it's very dark and humid there. If you live there for a long time, you will get rheumatism, oral diseases, dysentery, and epilepsy. So there has always been a rumor: If you are sentenced to Feldenberg and serve more than 10 years, it is basically the same as a death sentence."
Hitzfeld frowned hard.
She imagined the situation in the lower levels of Feyton Castle, and a row of dark cells soaked in sea water appeared in her mind.
It's not just a disease.
If there is no high platform or bed to live on, it is time to feed the fish after soaking for a few days.
"Onia was thrown in there for six years," Xia Yibing said. "Six years later, in 6, Feyton Castle was raided by the Eclipse Church because of the nature of the prisoners it held."
"I heard them mention a name - Shura-Depness."
"It sounds like this person is the leader of this action. He is described in other documents as the 'King of the Sun', and he commands a considerable number of Eclipse believers."
"I also remember that attack. I've read the files, because it was one of the few times that the Eclipse Church crawled out of the gutter and fought us head-on..."
"But we misjudged Deepnes's purpose from the beginning. Their raid on Feyton Castle was not to rescue those cultists, but to use them all as sacrifices to summon—"
Xia Yibing had a very complicated expression.
"I cannot name it."
"In short, you just need to know that if no one can pass the test of the summoned thing, the entire coastal area of Sara will be destroyed."
"…Ferdinand?"
Hitzfeld has completed the rest of the content himself.
Xia Yibing nodded slightly.
"Yes, it was he who prevented the catastrophe."
"It's just that, before, I only knew that he was involved in this matter, but I didn't know the details. After listening to their conversation, I realized that it was a multiple-choice question."
"Could it be that what he chose was..."
“Either you choose to sacrifice your wife and children, or you choose to sacrifice the lives of others present to the evil god.”
Chapter 30 Similar Numbers
The next day, Saturday.
Hitzfeld got up, washed, and prepared breakfast much more slowly than usual.
But perhaps she was thinking too hard, and when she took the first bite of the sandwich she realized that she had smeared the oral ointment in her mouth instead of jam.
"..."
These things were definitely inedible, so she simply changed her clothes and went out, planning to find a restaurant nearby to eat.
"Good morning Miss Hitzfeld."
"Good morning, Miss Hitzfeld."
As she walked past the street sign shop, the newsstand owner, Philly, and several cleaners greeted her.
Hitzfeld nodded to them, took two more steps, and turned into a bakery.
She has lived here for quite some time. Although she rarely goes out and only a few people know her, Fili and others still remembered this special girl early on.
"When I was changing shifts, I heard that someone was living in the haunted house and I didn't believe it. Who would have thought it was true?"
A cleaner stood on the side of the road and shook his head, the gray-haired girl nodding in his mind still replaying.
"Miss Hitzfeld must be rich to live alone in Denton."
"They all said that she and the owner of the haunted house were distant relatives and that she moved here because she inherited all the property."
"But what does she usually do?"
"I don't know. I rarely see her coming down, and I rarely see anyone looking for her."
