After Angel finished recounting what Frost had said about the "Casket of the Undead's Reincarnation," he stopped. He did not mention what happened afterward, because it had nothing to do with the present.
Though he had taken the liberty of adding Gust Town to Frost's experience, everything else was true. After listening, Fingernail Granny showed no suspicion and simply sank into thought.
Were the "Casket of the Undead's Reincarnation" and the "Reincarnation Box" truly the same mysterious object? Though Angel had not given an answer, the meaning between the lines was already clear.
There was an extremely high chance that they were one and the same mysterious object!
Fingernail Granny herself thought so as well, because only then could it prove that Alex of Gust Town was Ivo.
She recalled her memories of spending time with Ivo, recreating his behavioral patterns and logic of thought. Then, using that simulated mindset, she fitted it into everything Alex had done in Shadow of the Cage.
Fingernail Granny discovered that Ivo and Alex were alike in far more than their names, hair color, and tone of voice. Even their ways of thinking when making decisions and their personalities in dealing with others were nearly identical.
In other words, Ivo and Alex truly might be the same person.
At that thought, Fingernail Granny felt the heart that had been dead silent for a thousand years suddenly come alive again. A pebble named hope fell into the still lake of her heart, and ripples began spreading across its tranquil surface.
Fingernail Granny had searched for a thousand years!
Without interruption.
No matter what methods she used, she could not obtain any news of Ivo. Even though she had once stayed at Crownstar Cathedral for decades and participated in hundreds of Stargazing Days, not one had