Sivie frowned as she looked at the corpse on the floor.
"Then why did that snake use this example at the time? It should have known that what it said would become the direction of our investigation. Was it deliberately giving us clues?"
"Either it truly saw through Destiny and knew our investigation would ultimately bring it greater gains, or this is a trap that will cause us enormous losses. That's why dealing with enemies who can see through time or Destiny is so troublesome."
Shade rose from beside the corpse and went to check on the unconscious couple. The Clockmaker had already died from spiritual exhaustion, while the mistress was still alive. But like Mr. Mortis's detective friend, she had fallen into a deep coma due to the massive depletion of her Spiritual Power.
This kind of mental trauma could be treated, but full recovery would take a long time. Thaumaturgies such as Cindyia's Silver Moon Gift and Dark Moon Grace could effectively restore Spiritual Power, but with damage this severe, the body still needed to naturally repair certain things.
Ring Arcanists could recover in a few days, but ordinary people could not.
"Mr. Watson, what worries me now is whether that Mermaid might be working with Mr. Snake."
Mr. Mortis was deeply concerned.
"Two kinds of power appearing on her at once is no good sign."
Shade could not answer that question either. Half an hour ago, he had still been worried about the Demon working with Mr. Snake, and now the power of "Desire" had appeared as well.
But he actually had a way to obtain the answer to Mr. Mortis's question directly: go to Moon Bay and ask "Desire" itself. But after the Love Lake Incident, Shade had already decided that unless he gained Chaos's blessing