Mystery: Start with the Reader

"Lamia?" Ms. Crossfia was a little surprised when she heard this name. She glanced at Abner in surprise, and after pondering for a moment, she asked, "Where did you hear this name?"

Abner had already prepared a photo and handed it to the other party, and briefly introduced the adventures he, Judy, and Karen had in the valley.

As a senior member of the Church of the Mother Earth, Ms. Crossfia was obviously qualified to know what happened during that operation.

Of course, Abner deliberately ignored the part about the "cursed Tudor emblem" and Mr. Azik.

Ms. Crossfia took the photo and listened to Abner's story. Finally, she nodded and said, "That's it... I understand it generally."

As she said that, she looked at Abner again, and then she organized her words:

“The woman in this photo is indeed Lamia…and the man, if I’m not mistaken, should be Giuseppe Castilla.

"Lamia is an orphan. She was adopted by the Life Church in Feneport City since she was a baby. She is a natural 'Druid' and joined my husband's 'Desolate' team when she became an adult..."

"Wait!" Abner suddenly interrupted, "You mean she is an orphan and a natural-born 'Druid' at the same time?"

This...is this a child abandoned by some demigod or angel? illegitimate child? But would such a big shot care about reputation? Or is it that there are other big figures here who are the masters of suffering, so they need to be concealed? Or is there some other inside story?

For a moment, stories about "Xu Zhu", "Yun Feiyang" and other hard-working protagonists in martial arts flashed through Abner's mind.

"I know what you are suspecting... In fact, many people in the church are dissatisfied with this and hope that someone can stand up and take responsibility. After all, abandoning a baby is an act that seriously violates the teachings of the Mother Goddess and is an endangerment of life. 'blasphemy.

"But the matter was eventually suppressed by the Holy See. After that, all the senior officials kept secret about Lamia's origins."

At this point, Ms. Crossfia stopped explaining this issue and instead said:

"Lamia grew up very quickly after joining my husband's team, but her temperament is a little withdrawn. Except for my husband's captain, her interpersonal relationships with others are not harmonious. She seems to have some emotional flaws...

"Well, these are all the information I found out later, and they may not be accurate... After all, she is fifteen years older than me, and I have never really met her.

"Afterwards, it seemed that when she was twenty years old, she suddenly left the church and the 'Desolate' team, and disappeared... But strangely, the church's top brass seemed to acquiesce to her behavior, which was tantamount to betrayal. , except for my husband’s team who searched for her privately, no one else asked about this matter.

"Then, thirty years ago, Lamia suddenly returned to the church with a child who was said to be her adopted son. Finally, after leaving the child and several books of her experimental results, she left again... and there was no news after that. .”

This is similar to what I knew before, but with a lot more details... In addition, there seems to be some problems with the attitude of the higher-ups of the Earth Mother Church towards Lamia... Is there anything special about her? Could it be that some angel in the church was contaminated and gave birth to it?

That's not right. In that case, she would not be so free at all. If she was even a little humane, she would be suppressed under the church for life...

While thoughtful, Abner asked curiously: "The man in that photo is named Giuseppe Castilla? Do you recognize him? Who is he?"

"Giuseppe is the brother of the current Earl of Sevia, the eldest son of the old Earl, and a member of the Feneport royal family...Well, after calculation, she should be my nephew...Although I was only four or five years old when he disappeared Big or small." Crosfiya said this, pointed to the photo, and continued, "I only saw him when I was a child, but except for the difference in his eyes, the rest has not changed much..."

It turns out that Ms. Crossfia, your surname is also 'Castilla', and you are also a member of the royal family of Feneport... No wonder you can still join the "Psychological Alchemy Society" even as a senior member of the Earth Mother Church. , became Miss "Lazy".

After all, her identity itself is very valuable to be exploited.

"But... missing? Why is Giuseppe also missing? Does his disappearance have anything to do with Lamia's disappearance?" Abner thought so and asked.

"Speaking of which, Giuseppe's disappearance and Lamia's disappearance were indeed in the same year... except that Giuseppe was earlier... However, there was no intersection between them, and no one tried to combine the two. They have been connected...but this photo shows that their relationship is very unusual."

Staring at the photo in a daze, Ms. Crossfia recalled it for a while, then continued, "I remember that the royal family conducted an investigation and found that Giuseppe had obtained clues to something, so he secretly went to Backlund. , but never came back...

"Didn't you expect that he actually ran away with Lamia?"

At this point, Ms. Crossfia's eyes burst with inquiry.

Abner was deep in thought at this moment. He had previously speculated whether the man in the photo would be a time traveler brought by the "Pure White Eyes", and Ms. Lamia's "calligraphy" and special plants were all May have been influenced by him.

Following this line of thought, Abner gradually came up with a conjecture:

The clue that Giuseppe Castilla got probably pointed to the ruins where the Red Angel was located, so he naturally jumped into the street after going to Backlund and entering there...

After his death, the power of the "Pure White Eye" came and put the time traveler into Giuseppe's body. Just like Dennett who was killed by the indulgent faction of the "Rose School", he was "resurrected" .

He picked up the "cursed Tudor emblem" in the ruins and successfully escaped.

Then he met Lamia who had run away and lived in seclusion with her in the valley of Bayam?

But this final interpretation... seems a bit far-fetched...

While Abner was holding his chin and thinking, he heard Ms. Crossfia say:

"By the way, when Lamia returned to the church for the last time, in addition to handing in some of her research results, she also gave the seeds of a special plant to my husband...

"That should be the prototype of the clone that Judy sent to find you."

Doppelgänger...Miss Plant...

Abner frowned, and suddenly his mind flashed. He seemed to have grasped some key connection, and thought:

Wait, Ms. Lamia didn't recognize Giuseppe before, and she didn't leave the church immediately when Giuseppe disappeared...

Let’s make a bold assumption here. What if she left voluntarily after the time traveler arrived? What if her goal from the beginning was to be a time traveler?

Special plants used to make clones...

Hmm... I remembered one thing, that is, it was mentioned in a book I read in my previous life that the name Lilith was translated as Lamia in the Latin Bible Isaiah... This is also Lilith Silk is the original... prototype of the image of the ancestor of vampires...

Coupled with the strange attitude of the Church of the Mother Earth towards Lamia...

Could it be that she is actually the clone of that ancient god? !