Todd paused, unconsciously interrupting Huggins: "Brass pipe? You mean..."
“That’s right, it contains Sutherland’s relics.” Hudgens closed his eyes and sighed heavily. “Back then, Alfonso, having exhausted all other options, used the copper tube as a last resort, and his wife’s illness was indeed cured. Unfortunately, the good fortune didn’t last long…”
"Sutherland's relics turned his wife into a monster..."
Upon hearing Todd's words, Huggins exclaimed in surprise, "He told you all this?!"
"No, not all of it, only part of it. And then what happened?"
The man's eyes were fixed on the cross: "About six months later, one night, his wife turned into a monster and killed their two children. Alfonso rushed home, and in his grief and despair, he killed his wife... After that, he donated all his wealth to the church and became an inquisitor who hunted down monsters..."
Todd gasped, then suddenly remembered something: "Wait a minute! When you brought me back to the monastery, did you know I would turn into a monster?"
Huggins immediately shook his head: "No, I didn't know at the time. The fact that Sutherland's successor would eventually become a monster is a secret part of the church's history, and ordinary people wouldn't know it. It was only after I repeatedly pressed him that Alfonso told me the whole story today."
The man turned to Todd: "I'm telling you all this because if you can unravel the mystery of how the Inheritors turned into monsters, you can not only save yourself, but perhaps also a heart imprisoned by pain and self-blame."
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