Bruce had investigated Alduin. He had been born twenty-one years ago and suffered a serious illness. If Bruce remembered correctly, Adele was also twenty-one.
Considering the other memories the ghost had mentioned, did that mean the seeds of danger had been planted in Alduin, Adele, and the ghost twenty-one years ago?
But why them? Why were the abnormalities appearing now? Was something about to change in Lane Village?
Bruce fell silent. Of course he knew what would change in Lane Village: an heir of the Sharon Family would come to seize the Dark Bible.
It was easy to imagine that the Sharon Family heir had visited Lane Village twenty-one years ago. But because the Dark Bible was still sealed, he had been unable to retrieve it and could only wait another twenty-one years.
So he had made all his arrangements twenty-one years ago, infecting two newborn babies and a ghost that had only just developed intelligence.
His purpose was plain to see. Alduin and Adele would draw the Night Watchers' attention and lure them away, while the ghost, already inside the manor, could seize the opportunity to emerge and steal the Dark Bible.
The infection had indeed made the ghost much stronger. It was no longer a ghost that could do nothing but drift about. That also explained its familiarity with the Dark Bible; that man must have been responsible.
It seemed he needed to tell them about the Sharon Family.
Bruce cleared his throat. "There's something I know."
When Cruno arrived at the cemetery in the northern corner of Lane Village, Night Watchers and Believers from nearby areas were already there. He stared at his captain's broken grave and the empty coffin, his heart filled with grief and anger.
The ground was a complete mess. When he saw