Chapter 275 False Sense of Time

"——But how did you know about this ritual? It was developed by the old man... Did he really leave behind some legacy? Never mind. Since you said you don't know it..."

[——Then I guess you wouldn't mind, your grandfather was killed by my curse, right?]

The voice of the Giant Prince Wolfram echoed in Aiwass's heart.

Now Aiwas put aside his anger and impulse, and carefully dissected the sentence, chewing on it word by word.

He soon realized that Wolfram, in his subconscious, had great respect for his grandfather - and that he believed Jacob had left behind some kind of "legacy."

It was because he was sure that Jacob was dead, but he didn't know where he died, so he pretended to have cursed him to death.

If Aiwass reacted violently, it would mean that Aiwass had not had any contact with Jacob and had not received his inheritance; on the contrary, if Aiwass had had contact with Jacob, he would know that it was not him who did it.

As a control group, another giant said the following at the same time:

[——Could it be that you were hurt by the curse that runs through your blood? By the way, do you know how your biological parents died?]

Aiwass was extremely contemptuous of his words at the time.

He thought they didn't understand anything at the time... But after Aiwass mocked the other party, the two of them were attacked and disappeared without any resistance.

——They can definitely attack Aiwass. The mirror image of Mirage can also inherit some of its attack power.

But they didn't.

Because their goal has been achieved.

When Aiwass mocked them, they immediately realized that Aiwass knew how his parents died. At the same time, they also deduced that Aiwass did not get Jacob's relics.

Aiwass slowly clenched his fists.

He finally understood everything.

——Evans still underestimated this giant who regained his rationality after losing his power.

This giant was imprisoned from his youth to old age, and thought alone in captivity without seeing the sun for four hundred years without going crazy.

It’s just because the other party is a giant and behaves very arrogantly.

Evans subconsciously projected his stereotype of the giant onto him - that was clearly the technique that Evans himself was best at using, but he simply ignored it.

This is precisely because Aiwass is also arrogant.

Fortunately, it’s not too late.

The other party used this method just to make Aiwass reveal information...

If nothing unexpected happens.

They are very likely to come or have already come to Eagle Point Village.

And another doubt was born in Aiwass's mind——

Who exactly is my grandfather?

Could the "relics" he left behind be targeted by both Professor Moriarty and the Giant Prince at the same time?

Aiwass had no idea how powerful Professor Moriarty, the final boss of 6.0, was now, or whether he had turned evil and become the boss.

But he could at least confirm that the Giant Prince Wolfram was a powerful being of the fifth energy level!

And he suddenly escaped from prison more than ten years ago.

More than ten years ago - this time point happened to be close to Jacob's death.

It was more than ten years ago that Aiwass and his grandfather contracted strange headaches one after another; it was more than ten years ago that Professor Moriarty recruited the curse master Aziz and Aiwass was adopted by the professor; even the royal family of Avalon died one after another from the second one, the giant prince Wolfram escaped from prison, Jacob wrote a manuscript, Lily's mother was assassinated by Gray-Green, and Julia turned into a phantom egg... These things all happened "more than ten years ago".

Now it seems that everything may even happen in just two or three years.

If we trace back a year or two, it was the day when the first royal heir of Avalon was poisoned, Avalon went to war with Iris, Avalon was landed on the mainland by the Iris Army ten days after the war started, Meg showed her power for the first time and created the reputation of the "Ten Days' War", the Noble Red was born... and Iben and Nobel were recruited.

Which of these things are related to each other?

Aiwass fell into deep thought.

He felt like he was missing a key link.

But he could at least be sure of one thing - that was, Jacob's manuscript did not seem that easy to find.

The good thing is that it won't be so easy for other people who also want to get the manuscript.

Although Aiwass arrived late, he might have arrived the earliest.

This village is a bit weird.

If you don't take the path introduced by the acquaintance, you will never find its existence - the more you relax your communication with ordinary townspeople, the later you will get the exact coordinates of Eagle Cape Village.

Aiwass felt a little regretful about letting the two griffin aunts go back.

But there was nothing he could do... At that time, he didn't know that things would develop like this.

After standing there and politely asking some details, Aiwass said goodbye to old William.

Although Haina didn't understand what Aiwass and Grandpa William were talking about, she and her griffin Liz were having a lot of fun and didn't feel bored.

They stood there and chatted for at least twenty minutes.

But when Aiwass looked up, he found that the sky was still dusk - and when Aiwass and his group followed Haina to her home, the sky here was still dusk.

"...What a long dusk."

Even Sherlock couldn't help but complain: "Isn't this problematic no matter how you look at it?"

"Why?"

Haina was a little confused: "Is it... very long?"

Aiwass raised an eyebrow and asked, "Don't you think it's long? Is it any different from your experience on Glass Island?"

Haina was a little confused: "Is there?"

Hearing this, Sherlock took out a silver pocket watch from his arms.

He opened it and checked the time.

But soon, his expression darkened.

"It's not long indeed."

Sherlock said slowly: "It has been less than three minutes since we saw Haina."

Hearing this, Lily froze in place.

Aiwass also asked seriously: "Are you sure, Detective? Are you sure you remember the time correctly?"

Not to mention how long Aiwass talked with the old inspector...it took more than three minutes to walk over from the north end of the village!

"I know it's incredible. But I'm sure we only made it three minutes."

Sherlock said seriously, "I picked up the watch the moment I saw the light again."

Hearing this, even Haina sensed something was amiss: "Could it be... some force moved your pocket watch? I feel like we haven't been together for very long... otherwise I would have gotten bored a long time ago and urged you to leave."

Aiwass' heart sank.

He exchanged a glance with Sherlock, then said in a deep voice, "Senior, I might know...why you're always late."

"...Are you saying that my perception of time is wrong?"

Haena was shocked.

She was about to retort, but suddenly recalled that the first time she showed the "symptom" of "reading until she lost her mind" was when she left her hometown and went to junior high school in Bagpipe Town.

At that time, her classmates often said that she was a child cursed by the sand clock - whether she was reading, practicing sword or running, she would feel that several hours had passed without her realizing it.

It was as if I was distracted for a moment and time jumped to the end.

Time seems to pass especially easily for her.

She didn't feel anything, nor did she get tired, nor did she slack off or lose focus...

Because for her, it didn't take that long at all.

However, when she was in elementary school, she never had this strange "genius disease".

...So, could it be that the problem isn't "age" but "location"?

Whenever she is away from her hometown, she suffers from a strange condition called "disordered sense of time".

This made her grades exceptionally good, but at the same time it hindered her work and caused her considerable trouble.

As she spent more and more time away from home, her deviation gradually returned to the center line...

The best example is that when she first met Aiwass, she could still miss several hours; but now she can control it to about half an hour.

For a moment, Haina didn't know what to say.

She only felt a ridiculous yet terrifying feeling come over her heart——

Could it be that she was not "cursed by the Sand Clock" as the children joked, but was really cursed by the Amber God?

Just then, she looked up suddenly.

The others were also startled and looked up as if they had noticed something.

I was shocked to find that a full moon had appeared in the sky without me noticing.

Night fell, but no one present noticed. Instead, it was Haina who first noticed something was wrong.

Since entering Eagle Point Village, everyone's sense of time has been messed up.

"Run faster!"

Haina's expression suddenly changed: "If you don't go back to the house by night...sometimes you'll run into the night-roaming Undead Army!"

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