In the early morning, Ivas woke up.

He had already hooked up with Isabel last night and told her about "Hell in Disguise: Puppet Show" and "Puppet Secret".

Isabel must have gone to the Cathedral of Candles, the courier storage site, to get it by now - after all, this kind of thing is too expensive and dangerous at the same time. It's not very convenient for someone else to pick it up.

And Ihuas, on the other hand, can take care of the affairs related to the church first.

Over breakfast, Ivus told Sherlock and Lily about the three-headed troll.

“…… Mr. Red Wine? ”

Sherlock muttered, "And, it happens to be working on the Southern Continent as well......"

Ivas was obviously a little surprised: "Have you heard his name?" ”

Sherlock's remarkable memory may have given them some additional inspiration.

"Not sure if it's the same person."

Sherlock pondered for a moment, and slowly put down the coffee cup in his hand: "But from the image description, I feel that it is at least eighty percent certain. Even if it's not, I can ...... I'll give you a little bit of ideas. ”

…… Got melons?

Ivus was a little interested: "Elaborate." ”

He curled a strip of bacon with his fork into a cigarette-like shape and thrust it into the plate in front of Sherlock.

Sherlock unceremoniously took it to his lips and hummed as if he were biting a cigar, "It's a point that few people know about...... Aiwas, do you know Bram Stoker? ”

"Sounds familiar."

Ivus recalled: "You remind me again? ”

"He's a best-selling author."

“…… Oh, the one who wrote Dracula? ”

Eivas thought about it for a while, and then finally remembered.

It was Miss Chloe who distributed the book in Avalon, and the Shadow Fiend liked to use her voice at the time.

Now that the Shadow Fiend has become a Night Fiend, he no longer uses Chloe's sweet and friendly voice...... Thinking about it like this, I wonder I miss her.

"When Mr. Stocker first wrote it, he used a pseudonym. Because his father did not allow him to engage in creation. ”

Sherlock took a bite of a bacon cigar and drew a triangle on the table with a fork dipped in ketchup: "He used to be called Bram Assad." His father was the deputy chief of the Inspectorate - yes, Edward's men. Ivas must know. ”

“…… So his father wanted him to go to the Inspectorate? Lily asked.

Ivus nodded, and then said, "That's reasonable. ”

Assad's deputy head of the country, Aywards, is acquainted.

After all, when Isabel first succeeded to the throne, all kinds of personnel changes were handled by Ewass.

He had been with the Inspectorate for a long time, longer than Edward had been in the Inspectorate.

But he really didn't have any talent for the extraordinary. Not only was he stuck in the third energy level early, but his soul was already damaged even when he was very young, so he had no potential to continue to rise.

The reason why the Arbitration Chamber can get a high salary, join the Round Table and become a ministerial candidate is because they are themselves a "candidate for the fifth level". This preferential treatment is actually to invest in the future...... That is, to put all the fifth energy levels in a place where they can be seen and touched.

- After all, it is impossible for a transcendent to rise several levels out of thin air, and the fifth energy level will definitely be born from the fourth energy level.

And the damage to the soul means that they have no possibility of reaching the fifth energy level. Therefore, those transcendents who barely managed to rush to the fourth level may not be able to join the arbitration hall...... They may become grassroots leaders in some places, such as the director of the Inspectorate. However, they may not be eligible for admission to the Round Table Room.

Because Deputy Secretary Assad had overdrawn his potential early, he failed to become the Inspector General even after Edward went to the Iris Kingdom as a diplomat...... Today, he is still the deputy head of the Inspectorate.

As a result, Deputy Minister Assad is obsessed with his son and hopes that his son will inherit his post and finish the road he has not completed...... This is really normal in Avalon, an authoritarian society. Authoritarianism is not only the monarch over his courtiers, but also the leadership and control of parents over their children.

"I remember that Deputy Chief Assad is almost sixty."

"It's just that he refuses to retire, or he would have had a chance to retire a few years ago — how old is Braim?" ”

"He should be in his forties, he's at least older than Edward."

Sherlock chewed on the bacon and replied casually, "His mother was an iris man, and she was an amateur writer before she married his father." She is transcendent on the path of beauty...... Avalon who came with Mrs. Mina. Speaking of which, he should know your parents too.

"He was frail and sickly since he was a child, a little stronger than little Yulia, but not much better. The work of the Inspectorate is very busy, and it is all confidential work...... Edward rarely went home as the Inspector General, and even more so the Deputy Inspector. So he stayed with his mother since he was a child, and his relationship with his father was very cold. ”

"Then I'll understand."

Ivus nodded, "After that, it was probably his father who wanted him to enter the Inspectorate and he wanted to be a writer, so there was a big fight...... Probably this development, right? ”

"Almost, but not noisy. He ostensibly obeyed his father's wishes and joined the Inspectorate. But behind the scenes, he secretly wrote a book under the pseudonym of 'Mr. Red Wine'......"

Sherlock's memory is rapidly reviving, and the narrative is becoming clearer: "At that time, he published a few books in his spare time at work, and they all sold well. However, after that, his first book suddenly became popular.

"It was a book called "The Duties of a Small Clerk in the Inspectorate and the Story of What Happened in the Office". Although he doesn't know how many books he has written, he seems to have wanted to write comedy, but the book is extremely boring due to its extreme lack of humor. It's full of embarrassing jokes that people can't help but laugh at, so not many people buy it.

But then, a critic found the book. He praised the details and complaints of the 'work of the Inspectorate' written in the book as real as he knew. Through this book, people can learn how the high-ranking inspectors work, and the book is an instant hit.

"The inspector general at the time was not Edward, but an old man. His rigid and conservative thinking led him to see it as a 'shameful act of leaking secrets, depriving people of respect for the Inspectorate and discrediting their colleagues', and was immediately outraged. He ran a wave of full-range polygraphs in the Inspectorate and easily got him out of the house – and found out that he had read an illegal tantra. At that time, everyone in Avalon knew the real name of 'Mr. Wine'.

"For the sake of Deputy Chief Assad, he was only expelled and spared imprisonment. But Deputy Minister Assad can only be a deputy from then on...... It was also after that that Edward skipped the post of Deputy Chief Assad.

And after that, he ran away from home. His unfinished manuscripts and ciphers were taken into custody by the Inspectorate.

After leaving Avalon, Bream changed his surname to Stoker, which was his mother's last name before she got married. After that, he no longer used a pen name, but only used his real name, Brim Stoker. Nowadays, very few people remember who Mr. Wine was......"

Sherlock sighed: "I will remember him because I still like him." I didn't expect to hear his name in such a place......"

"And after that?"

Ivus asked, "He went to live in the Southern Continent?" ”

"No, after he left Avalon, he settled in Irises first. So "Dracula" also flows from the iris side.

"About two years ago, when Dracula was first published and sold well, he was interviewed by an iris reporter. At that time, he said that he often traveled to the mysterious southern continent and the ancient country of Anxi...... If that 'Mr. Red Wine' is really him, I'm afraid he has been going back and forth between the two places to engage in the troll trade all these years under the cover of materials. ”

"It's illegal, isn't it?" Lily couldn't help but interject.

"Of course."

Aihuas narrowed his eyes slightly: "Now that great writer should still be teaching the country." And somewhere between the first and fifth rings.

Speaking of which, Sherlock ...... What is his strength as a transcendent? ”

"I don't know. But it shouldn't be strong anyway. ”

Sherlock shook his head: "When he was expelled from the Inspectorate, he only had the second energy level. In fact, if he had a third level, he would not have been expelled. If you can reach the third level in your early twenties, you are likely to become the chief inspector or even enter the arbitration hall. But at that time, he was almost thirty years old, and he was still only in the second level. ”

"So he should be the path of beauty? From the analysis of his personality, there may be an element of adaptation to the path......"

Ivas pondered, "Since you are a transcendent of the path of beauty, you must ask Master Janis. ”

"Go to Cardinal Loki first."

Sherlock drank the coffee from his cup, wiped his mouth elegantly, and said calmly, "I'll go with you, lest you miss something." ”

"Then I'll go with you."

Lily said happily.

(End of chapter)