Sherlock is still learning more details from the Grand Duchess.

At this time, Levi had already called his cousin Huck aside.

"I stayed at your cousin's house for a week, and it was he who told me that you were hiding here."

Hearing Levi's words, Huck's cousin Descente couldn't help but raise his head, with an obvious bitter look on his face.

"My cousin's family...are they okay?"

Levi stared into his eyes and shook his head.

"Good? Very bad. Many people are watching them. Whether you show up or not, there is a high probability that their family will die."

Such blunt words made Descente tremble and his face turned pale.

He stared blankly at his toes for a long time.

"It was me. It was me who harmed them."

Levi just stared at him.

"But there is still a chance of recovery."

Descente raised his head again and looked into Levi's eyes.

"Who are you?"

Although Sherlock and Levi came in together, Descente on the side could clearly see that they did not have any master-servant relationship, and the identity of the person who could travel with the Grand Duke and his son must be extraordinary.

Levi had no intention of answering his question, he just said.

"Don't worry about who I am. Your cousin has the device you gave him, which means his memory cannot be peeped by me. And now that I know your identity and that you are hiding here, it means that he trusts me and trusts that I can save his family."

Descente remained silent. He naturally had nothing to refute. Levi continued to ask.

"Where did you get that instrument?"

Descente didn’t hide it.

"That thing was originally in this safe house. In addition to that thing, there are some other instruments that look very valuable. They are all treasured by the Stuart family."

At this point he glanced up at the old woman who was talking to Sherlock and whispered.

"She didn't want to take it out at first, but I forced her to. She persuaded me that those people would not suspect my cousin, and there was no need for me to give it away. But in fact, she couldn't bear to give it away. She didn't care about our lives at all. Many of my classmates volunteered to stay and help us escape and died. She never expressed sympathy, not even a word of thanks."

Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Then why have you been protecting her? To save your life?"

Hearing this, Descente's face immediately turned red, as if he was angry at being questioned like this.

"If I have done everything and can die without regrets, I can die immediately! But I want revenge! My classmates can't just die in vain! They are also the children of their parents, and they are also living lives! Why should they suffer such unwarranted slander? Why should they be slaughtered like that!"

"Those two old men said they could make that damn Grand Duke of Shinran pay the price, so I'm willing to help them stay here!"

Levi stared into his eyes. Even without directly initiating mind control, he could tell through a series of biological reactions that Descente was not lying.

"Did her husband really die of illness?" he suddenly asked.

Descente lowered his voice even lower, as if he had already identified the camps at this time, and felt that the grand duke's son would naturally help the grand duke's family, and Levi was in the same group with him.

"Of course not. The old man couldn't stand it anymore. Although they were under house arrest before, they had no worries about food and clothing. Even their poop was taken care of by someone. But after coming to this place, they had to do everything by themselves. They even starved for a while. If my cousin hadn't helped them get the necessary supplies, they would have starved to death long ago."

"But even though eating was no longer a problem, the old man couldn't stand it anymore. He regretted asking us to help him escape. He wanted to talk to the Grand Duke and surrender, and go back to the old days. But the old woman didn't want to. She knew there was no turning back. If they went back, they would probably be killed. They had a big conflict and had several fights. Later, the old man insisted on leaving, so the old woman asked me to kill him."

This answer did not surprise Levi. These people were so stupid that they could do such a thing.

But after listening to Descente's story, Levi stood up directly and walked towards the old woman under Descente's panicked gaze.

Just when D'Ante thought he was being deceived and Levi was about to report what he said to the two noble men, Levi suddenly grabbed the hair of the old woman who was originally accusing Sherlock of usurping his power! The old woman screamed, but Levi ignored her. He just held her head and then directly searched her memory.

Descente was not lying, these two old men were not good people.

Things were not as they said. The two were forced to acknowledge the current Grand Duke as their son.

The Stuart family is large, and because they encourage branching out, they have many members.

This results in that not everyone can enjoy a superior life and treatment, and not everyone can control power. When these two old people were young, they were not valued in the family, and their lives could only be considered well-off, not wealthy.

But even though they had no worries about food and clothing, and their life was already very comfortable compared to others, they were still not satisfied. They were jealous of those who had the same surname as them, Stuart, who were high up and much richer than their own family, so this allowed the affiliated family of the current Grand Duke to take advantage of the opportunity.

They did not use coercion, but only bribery, to control the elderly couple and put a gifted child under their names. The child was also introduced through the channel of the two people and passed the blood test.

For these people, the so-called glory of the Stuart family is nothing if it doesn't fall on them! As a result, when the real thing was accomplished, although the current Grand Duke also gave them generous rewards and let them live a life they had never dared to imagine before, it was obvious that he helped his real family more.

This caused the couple to become seriously psychologically unbalanced. In addition, the Grand Duke was very cautious about them and basically did not allow them to leave specific areas. Even if they were rich and powerful, they had nowhere to show off. This made the two people begin to regret their previous decision.

These two are a typical pair of stupid and bad people!

Descente stared at Levi's actions in a daze, but Sherlock could tell from his expression that he had made some new discovery.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. The things she said were mostly correct, but how it turned out to be this way is pure nonsense. She ordered her husband to be killed, and the current Duke Stuart was also the one who took power."

After hearing Levi's explanation, Sherlock's eyes became sharp.

At this time, Levi pulled him aside, leaving the dazed old woman sitting there. Descente glanced at the two of them, swallowed, and didn't dare to come over.

"To be honest, I think your father received the news and asked you to come to Xinlan. If he really knew that the Duke Stuart was a fake, he would not want to purify the bloodline of the Stuart family and return the power, right?"

Sherlock had a complicated expression on his face and nodded in reply.

"He didn't tell me what to do after the matter was verified. He just asked me to find the couple to verify it first. After it was confirmed, I would report the results to him and he would teach me what to do. But I can guess that when he really knew about this, he would definitely not do such a thankless task as evolving the bloodline for the Stuart family. It is more likely that he would use this matter as a handle to coerce and bribe the Grand Duke and force him to take sides."

Levi stared into his eyes.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

"So what do you think? If you plan to do the same, I can change my original plan. After all, there are so many Chosen Ones in the Western Region. It doesn't matter who I kill. I don't have to stick to Shinran. I can just consider it as a favor for helping me convince your father and resist the pressure and not reveal my true identity as Forrest."

Sherlock just shook his head seriously.

"If you really consider me a friend, don't say such things as human relations or inhumanity. Also, my thoughts are very clear. My father and his people only care about their own interests. They have found a handle to control the Grand Duke, so of course it is the most beneficial thing to use this handle to control him. But I don't have such thoughts. If the fake Grand Duke Stuart has better policies for the residents of Newland and came to power to make the city more fair, I don't care whether he has stolen any royal status."

"But everything he did was only for himself and his family. He made Shinran worse than before. No matter which side he joins, he will only be a disaster if he continues to live. So if you want to kill him, I have no objection and will provide all the help I can."

Levi put his arm around his neck and a smile appeared on his face.

"That's quite a coincidence. Killing a chosen one is not a big problem. The key is that I have to find a way to prevent him from escaping. I need your help to do something for this."

The Western District is a city located at the northernmost tip of human underground development, the Arctic.

Although this was one of the earliest cities to be developed, due to the extremely bad environment and geographical location even after the rules were disrupted, half of the city was not fully covered by the rules.

Only half of the city is truly habitable for human habitation, while the other half has been in an absolutely frozen state for thousands of years.

But in many cases, people can see something completely different from the almost eternal ice that never melts.

There are flames, oceans, forests, grasslands, and sometimes even humans! Those things seem to be in another world, inaccessible to people, but so lifelike and real.

At the same time that Levi and Sherlock found the person, the sky over the city began to become dim.

On the edge of the urban area and the uninhabited area, in an old monastery that looks very historical, a middle-aged gentleman wearing a suit, a top hat on his head, and a cane in his hand is sitting on the main seat in the center of the monastery, flipping through an ancient book seriously.

Just as the light from the clouds in the sky shone into this dark and damp monastery, a short, wet, trendy-dressed young man with a unhappy look on his face walked in from outside.

The gentleman heard the noise, looked up at the person who came, and a smile of interest appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Did you encounter a tidal wave this time? I'm telling you that since your body has almost recovered, you don't have to be greedy and continue to stay in there. That place is not safe after all. Haven't you had enough accidents in there over the years?"

"You can sit and talk without back pain, but even if it's almost there, it's still a long way from being fully recovered. If some hidden dangers remain, who knows when they might cost you your life in the future!"

The short young man's voice sounded impatient. He threw off the wet coat he was wearing and said suddenly.

"The metal signal you asked me to leave on Hong has lost contact."

Upon hearing this news, the gentleman's expression was slightly stunned.

"Which one is red?"

"Of course it's that stinky woman who can only whistle!"

"I remember her assigned task was to go to Xinlan to deal with the Stuart family? Logically, there shouldn't be anyone there who can threaten her, right? Even if the only chosen one in that city turned against her and attacked her, she should be able to escape."

"I didn't see what happened to her, so how would I know how she died!" The young man's voice became more and more impatient. "She was a failure who should have been eliminated. If Qing hadn't been protecting her, she should have been kicked out from here long ago. It's just right that she's dead now."

The gentleman's eyes became deeper.

"Yes, she had the best relationship with Qing. Qing had always taken care of her like her own sister. Now that she is dead, Qing will not let it go."

"He won't let it go. Just let him investigate."

"You can't say that, Lan. We are a whole, brothers and sisters who are as close as a family."

"Don't say such things anymore and disgust me!" The young man named Lan said with disgust. "If you said this before you left me to die, I might have been fooled into believing you. But now, do you think this nonsense can do anything other than make me want to vomit?"

The gentleman just said calmly.

"I tried to dissuade you at that time, but you insisted on doing it. But it's different now. Hong did it for everyone, and she died while doing it. Those who committed such a thing should pay the price."

(End of this chapter)