"The Alchemists didn't tell the truth, or rather, they only told half the truth. It seems they have already cleaned up the traces and fabricated evidence. Even if I reported their connection to the [Saint Alliance] to The Church, they wouldn't be afraid."
Leaning against her pillow, Wei Ge said this as she took the letter Shade had finished reading:
"Most Alchemists are absolute rationalists and egoists. The most important reason they have not become an organization like the [Truth Society] is that they are not as bold as the [Truth Society].
"I know you must think I am prejudiced against those people in the Alchemy Association. I admit it. I even once wondered whether they had driven Mother to her death, but my assessment of them is absolutely correct."
Shade therefore asked curiously:
"This may be somewhat presumptuous, but was your mother's death related to them?"
"There was no direct connection, but there was an indirect one. After the team led by Mother suffered its accident, they kept pressuring her to hand over the research results and information about the relics, but Mother did not respond to them.
"Although Mother, who was also affected by the power of the [Emerald Record] at the time, would not have lived much longer even without their pressure, their coercion certainly made her condition worse."
Wei Ge spoke expressionlessly. After learning yesterday of those words that existed in the depths of her soul, she had actually become confused about how to understand her mother:
"I'll handle the matter of the [Emerald Alchemy Association]. I'll find a way to make them reveal more. As for Mother and the [Emerald Record]... it seems I need to inspect Mother's relics once more."
Shade did not leave that place for the entire afternoon. He had been waiting