Iluna paused, then tucked the parchment scroll back into her small bag.
"However, judging from the current situation, The Church suspects that a Bloodkin has probably appeared in the area. It feeds on the blood of pure virgins, but fears retaliation from The Church and therefore does not dare take their lives. The only question is, why are all the victims Flower Girls? Could that Bloodkin have some strange obsessive-compulsive disorder?"
"I haven't heard of any local Bloodkin clans in Randall River Valley. They usually conduct legitimate business in the northern United Kingdom, near Huntington."
Shade said this, thinking it was possible that the Bloodkin had been brought by the Blood Spirit School, yet instinctively feeling that things could not be so simple.
"Randall River Valley has been suffering from constant earthquakes lately, so Relics related to the earth may be drawn here. Just like the Miburg Incident and the Pantanal Incident, distortions in the local environment can attract Relics that do not usually appear. Let's investigate. What clues do we have now?"
"I have the addresses of all the girls who have already returned home."
Iluna stood and lightly patted her skirt.
"Let's visit those young ladies who lost their memories. Hopefully, we'll find something."
Every city had slums in the traditional sense, and due to Randall River Valley's unusual terrain, its actual slums were mostly concentrated in the city's southwest and in the small villages clustered along the city's outskirts.
Randall River Valley City itself was not especially square. It stretched long from northeast to southwest along the river and was narrow in the other direction, so visiting a Flower Girl who lived in a village outside the city was actually rather convenient.
Shade and Iluna took a carriage from outside the Bountiful Earth Inn and got off