Chapter 1530

"Look at what you're saying, as if I've always been neglecting you."

Miss Diviner nodded reservedly, agreeing to Xia De's invitation.

Because Miss Danister's investigation into the "Edwards family" involved the destroyed Green Lake Town in Green Lake, before determining that the Green Lake area was related to the Chosen One, Xia De had actually learned about both Green Lake City and Michaela Blast Furnace City on the north and south banks of Green Lake.

This Monday, in order to understand the situation better, he also took advantage of his free time in the afternoon to visit Mr. Edmund, a folklorist who guarded the old lighthouse in Coldwater Port.

Spring had arrived, and the old gentleman preferred fishing more. After he carried his bucket and fishing rod and returned to the lighthouse from the cliff along the path, he talked to Xia De about Green Lake:

"I don't know why you are suddenly interested in that place, but you are definitely not the first Ringed Ringed Shushi to try to uncover the secrets of the Edwards family. Although the family has declined, there are rumors that they really refined an elixir of immortality."

The old man entertained Xia De in the lighthouse and said quite surprising words.

"Wait a minute, you're not joking, are you?"

Xia De asked in surprise, but Mr. Edmund was definitely not the type of person who liked to joke:

"Some people believe that in the old mansion that originally belonged to the Edwards family in the center of Green Lake Town, the secret of the elixir of immortality is still hidden, and even a part of the elixir of immortality is hidden. For so many years, many, many people have boarded that island, which is covered in white fog all year round. No one knows what those explorers have obtained, but it is certain that the Edwards family is definitely not as simple as we think."

Xia De sat on the sofa, pursing his lips and thinking:

"Then has anyone tried to find the descendants of the Edwards family before? This is more direct than exploring ruins."

"After Green Lake Town fell into ruin, the descendants of the Edwards family did not collectively move to live in one place, but scattered. Do you think this is normal?"

The old man pointed out:

"They changed their names and hid, more like they were hiding separately, rather than moving because of natural disasters, which itself explains a lot of problems. Oh, I have news here that others don't know. It's cheaper, I'll sell it to you for 100 pounds. Do you need it?"

Although this was a large amount, compared to the somewhat stingy Old John, Mr. Edmund never sold information at a black-hearted price:

"Of course, please tell me."

He said while taking out his wallet. The old man nodded, got up, and walked toward the top of the lighthouse along the iron stairs, and soon brought back an old notebook:

"About 30 years ago, a Ringed Ringed Shushi who had explored Green Lake Town in the fog used his exploration notes to offset the cost of purchasing relics from me. Most of the content in that notebook is vague or simply untrustworthy. The valuable part is that when Green Lake Town was destroyed 128 years ago, there were four members of the Edwards family who left the island."

"Oh? This is much less than I thought."

Xia De became interested immediately; even Miss Danister didn't know this information:

"Please tell me in detail."

"The four people were brothers and sisters, that is, the four children of the Edwards couple who died in the disaster. The eldest son, Hohenheim Edwards; the second son, Edward Edwards; the third son, Alphonse Edwards; and the youngest daughter, Maria Edwards."

Mr. Edmund counted them:

"The eldest son was one year older than the second son, the second son was two years older than the third son, and the third son was two years older than the youngest daughter. When they left Green Lake Town 128 years ago, Hohenheim should have been 16 or 17 years old, and the youngest daughter was around 11. However, if the notebook content is credible, the eldest son Hohenheim's mother was not the same person as the mothers of the other three children. And the investigation notes seem to believe that the third son, Alphonse Edwards, might not be an Edwards at all, but an adopted child, but this statement is doubtful."

"This family is even more interesting than I thought. However, 128 years have passed since the destruction of Green Lake Town. Unless they really drank the elixir of immortality, these four people should all be dead."

Xia De said, thinking in his heart about who the witch "Audrey Edwards" and the "Follen brothers" were descendants of. Since the witch inherited the surname Edwards, she was highly likely a descendant of the three boys. And the Follen brothers mentioned that their grandfather's surname was Edwards, so they were also descendants of the three boys.

"Mr. Edmund, do you know if any other organizations have been interested in the Edwards family in recent years?"

Xia De asked again at the end. The old man guarding the lighthouse thought for a while and shook his head slowly:

"There shouldn't be. After all, it was just an ordinary family. Even if the rumors are outrageous, no one has found anything of value in a hundred years, and people's interest in it has long since disappeared. Moreover, if Ringed Ringed Shushi want to pursue a longer life, they can use many ways. What is the need to explore such things that are just rumors?"

"The local church doesn't seem to have much gain or discovery about that island shrouded in white fog all year round."

Speaking of this, Xia De thought of another thing:

"Speaking of which, does the island where Green Lake Town is located belong to the Green Lake City diocese or the Michaela Blast Furnace City diocese?"

"This is what you don't understand."

Mr. Edmund laughed, flicked his finger with some tea water, and above the table between the two, the water curtain formed a map around Green Lake. The densely populated urban areas were marked on both sides of the big lake:

"Green Lake City and Michaela Blast Furnace City are located on both sides of Green Lake, but in fact, the two are almost connected."

On the outskirts of the cities on both sides of the lake, villages appeared little by little until the cities were connected into one:

"Although the urban area range did not touch the national border, the villages that lived attached to the cities that developed from the edge of the cities to the south and north respectively had already come into contact with each other a long time ago. Except for nominally belonging to two different countries, these two ancient and modern cities can actually be regarded as one area. It only takes half an hour to go from one city to another."

The tortuous border line was marked out, and the small town in the center of the lake was divided to the northern Delarion:

"This is a large diocese, the Green Lake Diocese, which is a rare diocese that manages cities in two different countries. Both cities have churches of the Five Gods Church. Because border management is not strict—you can't expect border lines to have walls and fences everywhere—so clergy on both sides can cross the border at will for management. The Creation Church, Dawn Church, and Sun Church are mainly based in the Michaela Blast Furnace City church, while the Nature Church and Peace Church are mainly based in the northern Green Lake City church."

Xia De nodded:

"However, the development of the cities on both sides is so unbalanced, and the border management is not very strict, so wouldn't the Northerners go to the Southern cities in large numbers? The customs and climate on both sides are very similar, and there is no problem of not adapting to water, soil, and diet."

"This phenomenon does exist, but the rise and fall of cities is a stage of civilization development. No one can stop it, right?"

Mr. Edmund said, waving his hand over the water curtain map, and the river channel running through the north and south was enlarged and marked:

"Actually, the traffic location of Green Lake City is okay. Green Lake itself mostly belongs to Delarion, and it is also a very good water port. But because of various reasons, it missed the first wave of steam industrial development, and then it became less and less competitive than the city in the south. Although the rise and fall of civilization is very long, the changes of cities really only take a few decades."

Xia De obtained a lot of useful information from Mr. Edmund this afternoon. Besides the local customs of the Green Lake area, this old folklorist also knew a lot about local rumors and stories.

But compared to Mid-Hill Fort, which has flowed with the boundary of life and death since ancient times, the Great Swamp, which is rumored to seal evil things in ancient legends, and the Randall Valley, which has a unique position in the center of the earth in mysticism, the legends and stories of the Green Lake area are ordinary. The small town that once existed on the island in the center of the lake and the mysterious Edwards family were the most interesting things there.

And before saying goodbye to Mr. Edmund in the evening, the old gentleman asked Xia De to wait, got up, and took a key and handed it to Xia De:

"Time key, it's probably from the early Fifth Era. You can investigate the specific time point yourself."

"Is it the same price as before?"

Xia De asked. He planned to open the black time key tonight, so he wasn't in a hurry to buy other keys recently.

"No, no, I know you can move between different cities. If you are going to the Green Lake area recently, help me purchase some fish bones of the rotten-tail fish. You don't need too many, just 20, and this key will be the deposit."

"Rotten-tail fish" is a very peculiar fish. Its appearance at birth is the same as the fish with the largest number in its habitat. But as it ages, the tail of the rotten-tail fish will gradually rot until it completely becomes a fish bone, but this does not affect its activity and foraging. Because of its "camouflage" and "semi-undead" characteristics, the skeletons of this peculiar fish are widely used, and the Green Lake area is one of the habitats of this peculiar creature in the Old Continent.

"Green Lake City has members of the 【Light-Guiding Ascetic Society】, not ordinary members, but main members like me and Old John. I will give you the address, you can first see if she has stock there, and you can also directly contact the local black market. However, I don't have much hope. At least when I sent a letter half a month ago, she said she didn't have any. I'm worried that she didn't take this matter to heart at all, so I ask you to make a trip."

"No problem."

Xia De agreed immediately. Mr. Edmund had helped him many times, and he would naturally help with such a small matter of purchasing materials.