Chapter 274 The Real Curse
After hearing what Aiwass said, the old supervisor named William was silent for a moment.
“Ahh…”
He hummed and made meaningless sighs, like he was about to recite a poem, or like he was groaning when he had a headache.
The old man stared at Aiwass intently - but Lily keenly felt that the old supervisor was not so much staring at Aiwass as looking at the air in front of him.
He was stunned for a few seconds, then shook his head.
“…Oh, what were we talking about…”
The old man murmured softly.
He recalled for a while, then suddenly clapped his hands and reacted: “Jacob, right?
"Indeed, I still remember him... It was more than ten years ago. Oh... About fourteen years ago. Yes, it was also a winter... About the same as now. A little colder than now, and it snowed heavily that day."
The more the old inspector spoke, the more certain his tone grew. Dust-covered memories were gradually unsealed, shaped by his words.
"Is it a snowy day?" Aiwass confirmed.
"That's right."
Old William nodded and sighed, “Old people can never stand the winter snow.
"Snow is a silent rain, a blanket of water, a dusk breeze, invisible yet condensing, visible yet melting. The old, the withered, the voiceless cannot resist the call of the snow. They will all be buried in this pure white lake."
He was mumbling something in a daze.
Aiwass suddenly thought of something and asked, "Are you the inspector who confirmed the death?"
"Yes, that's me."
"I heard that when he died, all his manuscripts were lost and disappeared... How could that be? Did he leave any suicide notes?"
Aiwass asked.
This is the information from Bishop Mathers.
Although this is a bit impolite, considering the "young minister" persona that Evans has established in front of old William, it is reasonable for him to say such impolite words.
The old supervisor tried to recall for a long time before slowly answering, "I don't remember much... but I remember that he really didn't leave anything behind.
"To be precise, it wasn't all his manuscripts that disappeared. It was all the paper in his house that disappeared. Manuscripts, newspapers, letters. The books were all there, though.
"I once suspected that he was so confused that he put them all in the fireplace to burn, but when I looked at the fireplace, I didn't find any debris left by incomplete combustion. So I can only assume that someone broke into the scene first and stole them -
"The thieves weren't sure which of the valuable manuscripts was the real deal, and time was tight, so they couldn't inspect them on the spot. So, they simply took them home and examined them carefully. I think that's a reasonable assumption."
The old inspector said so.
Haina on the side nodded repeatedly.
Indeed—if she were to handle this, she would probably give the same answer. It would undoubtedly be the most reasonable.
But when he heard this, Aiwass frowned slightly.
As if he vaguely realized something, he fell into deep thought.
Meanwhile, Sherlock on the side continued to ask, "Do you remember how he died?"
"Oh, I remember... Yes, I remember. He had said a few days before that he was not feeling well and was shivering with cold. He even borrowed some firewood from the young people to use in the fireplace. But in fact, he was fine at that time."
The old inspector frowned, trying to recall, "It was one day after that when he suddenly collapsed. Before that, we hadn't seen him for several days.
"One day, he suddenly rushed out of the house and collapsed. Luckily, a young man on the street helped him back to his room. He was still conscious at the time... He said he felt dizzy and felt like he had a fever.
"He was so hot that it was hard to breathe. He was mumbling in pain... He said he wanted to find his son, but who knows who his son is?"
The old inspector sighed. "There's no medicine man in the village. The only priest tried to help him, but it was of little use. He could only give him a dose of hot brandy with honey."
"Many people in the village know about this. Perhaps you could ask the pastor's son; he might know some further details."
"Can't we use illumination magic to dispel the curse?"
Aiwass asked.
"It's useless. His treatment easily cured Jacob and made him lucid for a while, but he became ill again before nightfall... which means it's most likely not a curse.
"He died within a few days. The old priest was a priest, and if he couldn't handle it, the bishop would have to come."
Old William simply shook his head and said affirmatively, "We've exhausted all the means at our disposal... Jacob is a rare cultured person in our village, and the children all like him very much. If possible, we will definitely find a way to save him."
Aiwass narrowed his eyes slightly.
——Finally figured out where the problem lies.
As early as Aiwas's first promotion ceremony, he learned important information.
Aiwass' parents were killed by the curse of the curser Aziz bin Abdul, who carried out the curse on the orders of James Moriarty Sr.
At the time, Aiwass had believed that the reason he survived the curse as a child was because his father had dispelled it, and his parents had then lured away the Hook Demon, allowing Aiwass to survive...
But Aiwass overlooked one thing.
Or, he assumed that the curse master's goal was to wipe out his entire family, so he also cast a curse on himself. Or, he thought that the curse on him was cast by the curse master Aziz.
However, the symptoms my grandfather had before he died were exactly the same as the fever I experienced when I was a child...
There was no way Aziz would have cursed his grandfather Jacob.
Not only is his level significantly lower than Jacob's, but he simply doesn't have Jacob's medium.
Moreover, when Aiwass was playing the role of the father, he succeeded in dispelling the curse from "little Aiwass" almost instantly; but when he tried to dispel the curse from Aiwass' mother, played by Isabel, he encountered strong resistance.
It was as if the former didn't care about being dispelled at all.
Unlike Aiwass, who could only use the first level of power at the time, Julio was a priest! This meant he was at least the second level, or perhaps even higher but still gaining experience.
Since Aiwass can do it, can't my father dispel it himself?
This is the biggest flaw.
The giant prince Wolfram swore that Aiwas's grandfather was cursed to death by him.
According to Aiwass's ritual teacher, Aiwass's grandfather once invented the "Typhoid Curse".
This curse adheres to Jacob's "low-key" style—it doesn't reveal itself as a curse, but instead disguises itself as a mild case of typhoid fever, allowing people to take the initiative to treat and dispel the curse. Once the curse has accumulated enough power in the body, it will cause the person to die suddenly within a short period of time.
This made Aiwass think for a moment that this was the curse that Wolfram was using.
But now, after hearing his grandfather's symptoms, Aiwass immediately realized that something was wrong.
It doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense at all—Jacob didn't actually have a cold. His fever and irritability were the reason the pastor diagnosed him with it. His true symptoms were the same as Aiwass's!
Moreover, if the "typhoid curse" was invented by Jacob, then he would not have been unaware of how to break the curse - Jacob was sane at the time.
If he was struck by the Typhoid Fever Curse, then where did Aziz, a foreign curse master, learn this technique? He had absolutely no connection to the Noble Red.
Taking all the above possibilities into consideration, and assuming that all the information was correct, Aiwass came up with a bizarre answer.
——It is highly likely that his grandfather was not cursed by the curser Aziz or the giant prince Wolfram.
However, his death was known to many parties, which directly led to Aiwas' parents being cursed to death by the curse master Aziz, and the demise of the entire Alexander family.
Rather than saying that he was liquidated by the Noble Red as the founder of the Scaleless Hand... it would be more accurate to say that he was guilty of possessing a treasure.
If this inference is taken as a logical basis, Aiwass immediately thought of another detail that he had overlooked -
During the introduction of Aiwas's first advancement ceremony, he mentioned that his father "Julio Alexander's" niece, Lisa, Aiwas's cousin, was murdered a month ago, but the Supervisory Bureau failed to find the murderer.
A month after the incident, Giulio received a letter stating that he "did not do what they said" and threatening to kill Aiwass next.
Aiwas vaguely remembered that he had a fever before coming to Glass Island, not that he had a fever after coming to Glass Island.
However, Aiwass naturally ignored this matter at the time, seeing it as an excuse for the curse master Aziz to trick them in. After all, the Iron Hook Demon's teleportation range was limited, so it made sense to trick them in to collect the medium for the curse.
However, if he could really ignore distance and medium and curse Aiwass accurately...why didn't he just curse Aiwass's parents directly?
So there is only one possibility.
That is, this letter has nothing to do with the curser Aziz!
In other words, Giulio did receive such a letter - if that's the case, then he was indeed being blackmailed by someone for something!
Then it made sense for him to come to his teacher, Bishop Mathers—he didn't want the bishop to help him remove the curse, he could just find another bishop, or even do it himself. He came to Glass Island to discuss the letter with the bishop!
Ai Hua's scalp suddenly tingled.
Because if that's the case...
So, when the giant prince Wolfram said that to Aiwass, he was actually trying to trick him!
(End of this chapter)
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