"If it was only a test."
Shade thought for a moment:
"So there's no need to pay attention to the tree, Hoy Manor, or the Kant Family? That seems too deliberate."
"No, no, Detective."
The doctor shook his head again:
"It wants you to think that way, because that's what any normal person would think. Therefore, its true objective is still related to those things."
Shade could not be bothered to ask what they should do if the demon had anticipated that line of thought as well:
"Then Doctor, what do you think that demon is trying to do? If it simply likes setting things on fire, then since it failed to ignite Hoy Manor tonight, does that mean it will try to burn it down again?"
"That manor being consumed by fire is inevitable. There is no need to doubt that. I was only thinking..."
The doctor pondered for a moment:
"Detective, investigate the corpses of the Hoy Family members who were burned to death three hundred years ago. Since the Hoy Family most likely had dealings with the demon back then, find their bodies and bring them to me. Even if their souls have already been taken by the demon, I have ways to make them speak."
Shade nodded. Miss Bell was still investigating the matter:
"There may not be any results. Since the Nature Church dealt with the demon back then, any corpses potentially connected to it were most likely harmlessly disposed of by The Church as well. But I can try looking for them.
Should you keep this flame, should I take it away, or can you turn it into an item that can track the demon?"
The doctor shook his head:
"This is only a fragment of the demon's power. What I need is its