If Matilda and the others had no further clues, then the next step would be a detailed investigation centered on the identity of the eighth Doppelganger. As the local "first-generation" Doppelganger, the House of False Men would not be located too far from him.
Fortunately, Matilda and Miss Pensite were both professional diviners, and they had each gained something different.
"I saw a white wall. It was built of red bricks, but painted white."
Matilda's clue, meanwhile, was somewhat more abstract:
"In that mass of bloody light, I heard a heartbeat. I heard a child crying. Finally, I heard a woman weeping."
The images and sounds together formed useful information. Even Bella could not directly divine the House of False Men, but if the maids used "white wall" and "sounds" as clues to divine locations inside the city related to them, that was the most basic work for diviners.
While Matilda and Miss Pensite rested, the other four maids performed the divination together and quickly obtained a result:
"Here."
A map of the city was unfolded beside the bonfire, and a slender finger pointed Shade toward an area in the north of the city:
"In the northeastern part of the city. Snake Heart Hospital is not far from that location. The sounds Matilda heard should be connected to that place."
Shade lowered his head to examine the location, committing it firmly to memory:
"This time, it's not outside the city, which makes things a little troublesome. Fortunately, Snake Heart Hospital is nearby, so the Nuns can help cover for us when the time comes. Everyone has worked hard. Today's task is over; let's head back. The Ten Thousand Spirits Festival's Bonfire Banquet and market officially begin after sunset. If we have dinner first, we can still make it."
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