161. Chapter 159 – Ivars: Can’t Wait a Little Longer

Chapter 159: Ivars: Can’t Wait a Little Bit

Gordon remembered the man, remembered him clearly.

Even now, when he recalled that evil laugh, he couldn’t help but feel a stabbing pain in his heart like a pinprick – he was codenamed “Aleister” during the promotion ceremony.

During the promotion ceremony, he was easily killed by the demon code-named “Aleister”, who operated a shadow lance through his body.

His body was dissolved by the shadows in the blink of an eye, and the intense pain didn’t completely dissipate until he woke up, with some of it still lingering in his memory.

Gordon was indeed a bit older as well.

The weakness caused by the failed promotion had slowed Gordon down for several days. Nowadays, his body would also be off and away from time to time, making it impossible for him to function properly. But even so, he was still on duty. He just went to do some idle work and didn’t take leave to rest at home.

When he had finished the promotion ceremony earlier and had just woken up, he had relied on his already somewhat fuzzy memories to record the events of his dream clearly. Because he himself was an inspector, even if they couldn’t be used as evidence, they could be used as a reference for the team’s investigative thoughts.

Gordon flipped through his dream record book to the latest ritual. The page where he found Aleister.

It was a page that he rarely remembered densely.

Because the other party also participated in the promotion ceremony for the first time and knew nothing about it.

Not only did he not bother to make up codenames, but he also gave out all the information about his origins.

Old Gordon was once a soldier and became an inspector after his retirement. He now had some experience in case trials and summarizing intelligence – there was hardly a word of truth in the mouths of those pickpockets, punks, and gangsters, but the lies they made up had value in and of themselves.

Because even if a part of the lie is mixed in, if you don’t give the person time, from his instinctive tendency to make up lies, you can also see what information he wants to hide, and what things as common sense. He can hide the truth, but he cannot hide the fact that he sees things differently than others because he knows the truth.

Gordon knew very little about psychology, though; Inspector General Edward was better at that sort of thing.

Without hesitation, Gordon told Inspector General Edward all the information he knew – including what he had seen in his dreams.

Edward is at the moment feeling anxious because of Ivars’ disappearance.

He had been awakened by the telephone at half past two. At that time, he was still a bit grumpy, but when he heard that it was Aiwass who was in trouble, he immediately rushed to the Inspector General’s office without even washing up or putting on his clothes.

The intelligence from Gordon soothed him just right.

And it gave Edward a very clear direction for his investigation.

But he didn’t expect Edward to become significantly more anxious after carefully reading Gordon’s intel-

“He has been possessed by a demon since he was a child. And it’s also a highly intelligent shadow demon with an independent personality.”

Edward’s brow furrowed, “Which means that besides his teachers and parents, that shadow demon is also educating and influencing him in his mind at all times.”

Gordon nodded, “That’s true, his worldview is clearly different from normal.”

Demons were untrustworthy from that – who knew what kind of forbidden knowledge and false common sense the demon had taught them.

Edward continued to analyze, “Both of his parents are followers of the Nine Pillars God, but he only believes in the Serpent Father …… Nine Pillars God followers are usually the most worshipful of the Candle of Division. This shows that he is completely uninterested in, or even full of aversion to, the Way of Devotion. The probability is that he has no favor with priests.”

And Ivars is a priest.

The atmosphere between the two men was silent for an instant.

Edward pressed down the uneasiness in his heart and continued to read, “He only studied in the countryside, and his education was only at the junior high school level. And after inheriting his father’s inheritance, his first choice was mountaineering and rock climbing …… which is a dangerous and challenging sport. This choice implies that he has a restless heart that ignores the dangers of the outside world and is even willing to go there gladly.

“He doesn’t understand the philosophy of the Noble Red Junction at all, but he doesn’t resist it. So the odds are that he was lulled into it …… and that he doesn’t yet know the identity of that guide of his.

“That is to say, this Aleister is a young man from the countryside whose three views are clearly different from normal people, whose character is cruel and rebellious, who has been utilized as a tool by the Noble Red Junction, who is uneducated and loves to seek excitement, and who also hates priests.”

Edward frowned, “There is no doubt that this person called Aleister is extremely dangerous.”

He very clearly realized that the suddenly disappeared Ivars was probably in real danger this time.

Their adoptive father, James, had only just disappeared a short while ago, and now Aiwas had disappeared again. And neither of them seemed to be in a very good situation, but there was nothing he could do about it ……

A thought flashed through his mind: luckily Yulia was taken to the palace by Princess Isabel.

Hopefully that Princess can stabilize her. Yulia had always been on good terms with Ivars, even better than with her adoptive father James, and with Edward himself.

But I’m afraid this won’t work.

…… Because it seems as if Princess Isabel is on good terms with Ivars as well. Maybe Yulia didn’t have the channels to know such things, but Princess Isabel must have known about it first. If she knew, Yulia should have known as well.

If Yulia knows that Aiwas is missing and was captured by an extremely dangerous person …… I am afraid that her emotions will directly lose control, and the phantom demon in her body will break out of her belly. It’s best not to tell her about this.

If the identity of the Phantom Demon Egg is discovered, then Yulia is going to be in danger as well ……

But soon Edward suddenly realized that Yulia was no longer the Egg of Phantom Demon.

This was the night before, the old butler Oswald had told him this news before he left. Although it was difficult to understand this, Edward was also relieved. –This was probably the only good news.

He didn’t have to bring Yulia home in a hurry to try to hide her identity …… And now that Oswald wasn’t at home, Yulia was much safer at the Temple of Silver and Tin than at Moriarty Manor.

He still had to go and find Ivars himself, so he didn’t have time to protect and take care of Yulia.

Edward had always been a man of few words and could not comfort people. If Yulia came back crying, Edward had no idea how to comfort her.

In the past, this kind of thing was always done by Ivars.

Just thinking about it gave Edward a headache.

It’s not as bad as me disappearing!
Right now, he could only smother and pretend to be dead, and put Yulia in the Hall of Silver and Tin first. With Her Highness Isabel and Master Janice taking care of her, at least there was no need to worry on Yulia’s side.

“Damn it!”

Edward was in an unusually anxious and annoyed mood.

His fists clenched and he punched the table. The thick solid wood table cracked slightly at once.

Despite his cold personality, Edward attached great importance to his family.

At this moment, he felt unprecedented anger that haunted his heart.

–Aleister.

–Noble Red.

I remember those two names.

Edward murmured, “I have to get Ivars back.

“Wait for me …… Ivars. I will find you.

“The Candle of Szeth is here, and the Dragon of the Silver Coronet is here …… Must keep Ivars alive …… As long as it takes.”

Edward whispered a prayer with his eyes closed.

On the other side, Ivas and Lily stood quietly in the corner in the dead of night.

Both of them almost blended into the shadows, and even when other low-level monitors passed by them, they were unaware of them.

“Young master, should we wait until tomorrow?”

Lily’s voice inquired in Aywas’s ear, “There are more and more people under martial law.”

One could only say that the name Aiwas still carried some weight today.

Since two o’clock, the inspections patrolling the streets were increasing at a rate visible to the naked eye. Griffins of various colors roamed the sky, and those who couldn’t ride griffins also mounted horses and clattered through the city streets.

By three thirty, even the Lawgivers appeared on the streets. They gravely investigated the packs of suspicious people passing by, paying particular attention to checking all wagon carriages moving in the dead of night. Every inn was being searched urgently, and knights in armor burst into the dens of various organizations in the middle of the night, with serious-faced lawgivers in tow.

It was clear that things were gradually being taken over by someone higher up.

It was now 4:50 in the morning, and the streets were already lit up.

In the last ten minutes, Ivars had seen more than one white griffin flying through the sky.

It was still nighttime, and the Shadow Demon’s shading ability was insurmountable to these low-level monitors and lawgivers. It was only these white griffins that could detect that the shadow concentration was off. Therefore whenever the white griffins flew by, they had to hide for a little while.

“Can’t wait a little.”

Aywas simply replied, “If we let them communicate calmly tomorrow, a pair of intelligence from both sides will definitely know that something is wrong.

“The fire isn’t burning big enough right now – we’ve got to go and give them some more fuel.”

“Who to start with?”

“Lawyer York, of course.”

Ivars narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly, “Let’s go ahead and get revenge on Sherlock.

“This wave of griffins is gone, charge!”

Chapter 2 is only 2,000 words, so I’ll make up some more word count before posting!
So the second shift is still going to be a bit late-

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