Based on Madeline's earlier experiences, it could be inferred that she had a deep-seated grudge against Siltec, one that ran to her very bones. She had come here with no intention of leaving alive, so naturally, there was no one she would not kill.
If Madeline had known that man had been hired by Siltec to carry out his evil plan, she absolutely would not have spared him. She might even have vented her hatred on him, cutting off his limbs and torturing him.
Then why had Madeline killed herself?
Schiller went over Madeline's actions in his mind. He clearly remembered that after he restored Madeline's sanity, she had kept shouting, "He's here."
In English, "it," used for objects, and "he," used for people, sounded completely different. So Schiller had assumed at the time that Madeline meant the Wanderer had arrived.
But if the Wanderer had been brought here by Madeline herself to take revenge on Siltec, why would she have been surprised? She would have been even less likely to cry out. She would have wanted the Wanderer to kill everyone here. She would never have warned anyone.
Schiller instinctively felt that Madeline had not been referring to the Wanderer. Beyond her grudge against Siltec, that woman had secrets he did not know about.
"What was the deal with that family?" Pale Rider looked at Bruce and Greed. He meant the family who had died in the lighthouse—the corpses currently lying upstairs.
"I don't know about that." Greed shook his head. "I'm not crazy enough to wipe out an entire family."
"It wasn't me either," Bruce said. "Even if I needed someone to die, I wouldn't include a little girl. I have issues with that."
Although Pale Rider did not know what Bruce meant, he could tell Bruce was