Although Green Lake is large, the island is very small and the buildings on the island are very simple. The dock is separated from the town by a small forest, and a path in the forest connects the two. Even in spring, the forest is still bare.
Just as Shade had learned in advance, some strange black shadows were wandering in the fog on the island. Those shadows were in human form, but they seemed to be wearing a one-piece rubber suit including a hood. No matter how close you got, you couldn't see their specific appearance clearly, and you couldn't touch them directly from any angle.
Xia De suggested to the pharmacist who led the way that he wanted to observe them more closely, but was rejected by the female sorceress with a cold tone:
"You can find your own time to waste. I am not responsible for waiting for you here."
The path in the forest was very short. In five or six minutes, the two of them left the forest and entered the town. The area of the town was also quite small, even smaller than most villages. The reason why it was called a "town" seemed to be related to the division on the border.
Most of the dilapidated houses from a hundred years ago are still standing on the island. Perhaps due to the influence of the fog, there are no weeds or vines in the town. Time seems to have stopped at the disaster 128 years ago, and the few traces are left by outsiders.
The pharmacist asked Shade if he wanted to look around the town or go directly to the Edwards family mansion. Shade thought about it and decided to look around the town first, and leave if he didn't find anything in half an hour.
"You'll waste half an hour of your life."
The sorceress spoke calmly, but still stood in front to show him the way.
The first thing Shade wanted to find was a functional building in the town, such as the doctor's house, the sheriff's house, or the mayor's house. He couldn't expect a real hospital or police station in such a small town.
The pharmacist was very familiar with this place and could find her target every time. Unfortunately, what Xia De could think of was also thought of by most explorers in the past hundred years. Therefore, apart from understanding the living environment of people 128 years ago, he did not find anything valuable.
"What do you think you'll find?"
"For example, the sheriff's diary, or the mayor's notes and suicide notes. Of course, it would be even better if a previous adventurer had already collected all of this but unfortunately died in the town, so that we can get all the clues at once."
With his back to the beautiful young sorceress, Shad stood on the roof of the sheriff's house, looking at the fog covering the island and joking. He didn't see the sorceress's mouth twitch as if she wanted to laugh, but she held it back.
The Edwards family's mansion is not in the town, but on a small hill next to the town. You have to go through the whole town to get there. This location not only highlights the family's status in the town, but there is also a path behind the mansion leading to the other side of the island. Legally speaking, all the land on the island belongs to the Edwards family.
The hill was not high, and when Xia De walked up in the hazy fog, he thought he could see a luxurious manor, but in fact all he saw was a house with a yard.
The house was surrounded by a black iron fence, but the lock on the gate had long since disappeared. In the yard there were bare jujube trees, a dry well, a swing, and a small flower bed. Of course, no one knew who had opened the gate, and even the door to the house was not locked.
But the interior of the mansion with an attic was different from what Shade had imagined. The furniture was still intact, except for signs of having been turned over.
Although there was fog in the house, the visibility was much better than outside, so it was easier for Shade to search. However, he still couldn't find any valuable clues. The church and the explorers who arrived earlier took away all the valuable things.
“The decoration here is quite good, with a very family atmosphere.”
When the two returned to the first floor of the mansion, Xia De could only come to this conclusion:
"The four children all have their own rooms, and I also found the master bedroom. In addition, there is a special study and smoking room. The attic has been converted into an observatory, and the room on the second floor that was forcibly broken into turned out to be a divination room. As for the basement, the area there is really large, and it is more than enough to be used as a sports field when it is empty. But I didn't find the servants' rooms. Is there no servants in such a big house?"
"The servants probably live in the town. This place is not far from the town."
The pharmacist lady said, and Shad looked at her again. He was now beginning to doubt whether this lady was also a member of the Edwards family. She was behaving too suspiciously.
The lady with short brown hair probably understood Xia De's look, and she didn't want to explain:
"If your investigation is complete, then I will take you to see the valuable information I promised you."
She said, motioning for Shad to follow her to the left.
The first floor of this building is not connected by corridors, but by rooms one by one. To the right of the entrance hall are the children's toy room, cloakroom, laundry room and smoking room; to the right of the entrance hall are the living room, dining room, kitchen and utility room.
The pharmacist took Shade to the restaurant, where a long table that could seat twelve people was placed in the middle of the restaurant, and there was even a yellowed tablecloth on the table. Shade could imagine the scene of the Edwards family members sitting here for lunch 128 years ago.
There were cupboards and cabinets against the walls, but the picture and photo frames that should have been on the walls had long since disappeared.
The pharmacist stopped in front of the east side wall of the kitchen. There was only a double-paned window on this wall, through which one could vaguely see the lonely jujube tree in the yard.
"Look carefully."
As she spoke, she took out a small red bottle that looked like a bottle of nail polish from her small bag. She raised her finger and the bottle flew to the highest point of the white wall, and then the sticky red liquid flowed down the wall.
Shade's eyes widened, because the flowing liquid, starting from the top, actually spread down on the wall in the shape of tree roots, and at each node there would be a name composed of fine cursive letters. In just half a minute, a spectacular red map had been formed on the wall, and the last name of each name was "Edwards".
“Is this the genealogy of the Edwards family?”
Xia De asked the sorceress in surprise:
"It's here? The church and other ring sorcerers didn't find it?"
"They just didn't expect to be here. And without my potion, even if you scrape away every inch of the wall you won't be able to reveal this picture."
The pharmacist said coldly, taking a step to the side to prevent Xia De from getting close to her:
"Look carefully. The value of this picture is enough to compensate for the orichalcum."
The "Edwards Family Tree" on the wall included six generations in total, of which Hohenheim, Edward, Alphonse, and Maria, who Shade was familiar with, were the fourth generation. Below the four of them, there were two more generations, which meant that someone had continued to write about the descendants of the Edwards family after the destruction of Green Lake Town.
"The third son, Alphonse Edwards, is indeed an adopted son."
Xia De sighed as he looked at the root-like diagram.
Judging from the picture, the eldest son Hohenheim was born to the eldest son of the previous generation, Pride Edwards, and a woman named "Sophia", while the second son Edward and the youngest daughter Maria were born to Pride Edwards and another woman named "Jennifer".
As for Alphonse, although he was listed with the other three children, he was only connected to his father by a dotted line.
In addition, all four children have descendants, but the names of their partners are not given, nor are the names of their children. Shade can only see that the eldest son Hohenheim, the second son Edward and Maria each have a child, and the suspected adopted son Alphonse has two descendants.
That is to say, there are five people named "Edwards" in the fifth generation of the family tree.
As for the sixth generation of Edwards, there are six people in total. Hohenheim, Edward and Maria's only son or daughter all gave birth to two children, while there is nothing below the two descendants of Alphonse in the fifth generation. In other words, the last descendants of the four children who left Green Lake Town are all in pairs.
"Interesting, really interesting."
Xia De said softly, feeling that he had gained an important clue, the pharmacist asked suspiciously:
"What's interesting?"
Xia De glanced at her:
"According to what I have learned, one of Edwards' descendants gave birth to a daughter, and this daughter definitely has no descendants."
He was talking about the witch Audrey Edwards, and while speaking, he pointed to the two children of his adopted son Alphonse. According to the witch's age described by Miss Carina, Audrey Edwards should be here:
"That is to say, the lady I know is one of the adopted son's two children, but..."
Although Miss Carina did not reveal more information about the witch of "knowledge and wisdom" on the grounds that "the members of the Witch Council have an obligation to keep secrets for their companions", if the witch Edwards really has brothers and sisters, Miss Carina should at least mention it, after all, she knows that Shade is looking for all the descendants of Edwards.
So, either even Miss Carina didn't know that Audrey Edwards actually had brothers and sisters, or there was something wrong with this picture.
"But what? Are you so fond of only speaking half sentences?"
The sorceress at the side asked, and Shade shook his head and deliberately kept silent. He still believed that this lady must be related to the Edwards family:
"In addition to that lady, I also know a pair of twin brothers who are also descendants of the Edwards family. Because they mentioned that their grandfather was Edwards, so the ones I know should be the grandchildren of Hohenheim or Edward."