Richard turned to Mr. Eisen, who sat beside him, and asked, "What do you mean, Bernard is still alive?"
Mr. Eisen replied, "Under Vien law, we were originally only guilty of theft and desecrating a corpse."
"What about now?"
"Now that Bernard is still alive, it means we're innocent."
Richard looked at Mr. Eisen very seriously, blinked, and remarked:
"Fuck, you've got a damn good point!"
Kallen beckoned to the two behind him, and they immediately came over.
Richard couldn't resist reaching out to pat Bernard's face. "He's really still alive?"
"Yes, I'm certain he's still alive."
"Then how exactly did he do it?" Richard asked.
Mr. Eisen said, "Could it be like that giant turtle? Some form of prolonged dormancy and suspended animation."
Duolons had already been nearing the end of its life back then. Phileas had sealed it to help it sleep, giving it a chance to see the fruit of everyone's painstaking efforts a hundred years later.
Kallen nodded. "Very likely. The records of Bernard on Dark Moon Island have always been vague about his cause of death."
Before Bernard's death, there had been no coup, no unrest, and no serious injury, nor had any other illness been plaguing him. Thus, he had no specific cause of death.
Dark Moon Island's official account was more or less that he had worked himself to death for Dark Moon Island in his study. A drawing had still been spread across his desk, signifying that the great Ancestor Bernard had still been sketching out Dark Moon Island's grand future even as he died.
Kallen didn't believe that story.
Leaving aside Bernard's personal character, he had never been someone who devoted himself wholeheartedly to his work and selflessly gave everything to Dark Moon Island. How could someone like that have erected