Chapter 1553: Root Genealogy

Although the area of Green Lake is very large, the area of the island is very small, and the layout of the buildings on the island is quite simple. The pier and the town are separated by a small forest, and a small forest path connects the two, and the forest is still bare even though spring has arrived.

Just as Xia De learned in advance, some strange black shadows are patrolling in the fog on the island. Those shadows are in human form, but as if wearing a one-piece rubber suit including a headgear, no matter how close they are, they can't see the specific appearance, let alone directly contact them from any angle.

Xia De suggested to the guiding Miss Pharmacist that he wanted to observe them more carefully, but was rejected by the cold female sorceress:

"You can find your own time to waste, I am not responsible for waiting for you here."

The small forest path is very short, and the two left the forest in five or six minutes and entered the town. The area of the town is also quite small, even smaller than most villages. And the reason why this place is called a "town" seems to be related to the division on the border.

Most of the dilapidated houses from a hundred years ago still stand on the island. Probably affected by the fog, there are no weeds and vines climbing around in the town. Time seems to stay in the disaster 128 years ago, and the few traces are left by outsiders.

Miss Pharmacist asked Xia De if he wanted to take a look in the town, or go directly to the Edwards family mansion. Xia De considered it and planned to take a look in the town first. If there was no harvest in half an hour, he would leave.

"You will waste half an hour of your life."

The female sorceress said in a calm tone, but still pointed the way for him in front.

Xia De first wanted to find functional buildings in the town, such as the doctor's house, the sheriff's house, or the mayor's house. He couldn't expect that there would be real hospitals or police stations in such a small town.

Miss Pharmacist is really familiar with this place, and every time she can directly find the target. It's a pity that what Xia De can think of, most explorers for a hundred years can also think of, so besides understanding the living environment of people 128 years ago, he didn't find anything valuable.

"What do you think you can find?"

"For example, the sheriff's diary, or the mayor's notes, or a suicide note. Of course, if there are previous adventurers who have collected all this, but unfortunately died in the town, allowing us to get all the clues at once, that would be even better."

Xia De stood on the roof of the sheriff's house with his back to the beautiful young female sorceress, looking at the fog wrapping the island, and made a joke casually. He didn't see the female sorceress's lips twitch as if she wanted to laugh, but she held it back.

The Edwards family mansion is not in the town, but on a small hill next to the town, and you have to pass through the whole town to reach it. And this position can not only highlight the family's status in the town, but also has a small road behind the mansion leading to the other side of the island. Legally speaking, all the land on this island belongs to the Edwards family.

The small hill is not high. When walking up in the hazy fog, Xia De thought he could see a luxurious manor, but in fact, what he saw could only be considered a house with a courtyard.

Black iron fences surround the house, but the lock on the fence gate is long gone. There are bare jujube trees, dry water wells, swings, and a small flower garden in the courtyard. The fence gate of the house was of course opened by someone long ago, and even the door was not locked.

But the interior of the mansion with an attic is different from what Xia De thought. The furniture is still intact, but there are traces of being turned over.

Although there is fog in the house, the visibility is obviously much higher than outside, and it is easier for Xia De to search. However, he still didn't find any valuable clues. The church and the explorers who arrived one step ahead took away all the valuable things.

"The decoration here is not bad, it has a family atmosphere."

When the two returned to the first floor of the mansion again, Xia De could only draw such a conclusion:

"The four children have their own rooms, and I also found the master bedroom. Besides that, there are special study rooms, smoking rooms, the attic was transformed into an observatory, and the room on the second floor that was forcibly broken into was actually a divination room. As for the basement, the area there is really large, and it is more than enough to be used as a sports field. But I didn't find the servants' rooms. With such a big house, there are no servants?"

"The servants probably live in the town, and it's not far from the town."

Miss Pharmacist said, Xia De looked at her again, and now he began to suspect whether this lady was also a member of the Edwards family. She was too suspicious.

The short-haired brown-haired lady probably understood Xia De's eyes, and she didn't want to explain:

"If your investigation is over, then I will take you to see the valuable information I promised you."

Saying this, she signaled Xia De to follow her to the left.

The first floor of this building is not connected by corridors, but by rooms. From the entrance hall to the right are the children's toy room, cloakroom, laundry room, and smoking room; from the entrance hall to the right are the living room, dining room, kitchen, and utility room.

Miss Pharmacist brought Xia De to the dining room. A long table that could seat twelve people was placed in the center of the dining room, and there was even a yellowed tablecloth on the table. Xia De could imagine the scene of the Edwards family members sitting around here for lunch 128 years ago.

There were bowl cabinets and cupboards standing by the wall, but the picture frames and photo frames that should have existed on the wall had long since disappeared.

Miss Pharmacist stopped in front of the side wall on the east side of the kitchen. There was only a window with two sides of glass on this wall, and the lonely jujube tree in the courtyard could be vaguely seen outside the window.

"Look carefully."

She said, taking a red bottle that looked like it was used for nail polish from her small bag. She raised her finger, and the small bottle flew to the highest point of the white wall, and then the viscous red liquid flowed down along the wall.

Xia De widened his eyes, because the flowing liquid, starting from the very top, actually spread out in the shape of tree roots on the wall, and a name composed of fine floral letters appeared at each node. In just half a minute, a spectacular red map had been formed on the wall, and the surname of each name was "Edwards."

"This is the Edwards family genealogy?"

Xia De asked the female sorceress in surprise:

"Actually here? The church and other Ringed Shushi didn't find it?"

"They just didn't expect it to be here. And, without my potion, even if you scrape the wall inch by inch, don't think about showing this map."

Miss Pharmacist said coldly, and walked aside slightly to prevent Xia De from getting close to her:

"Look carefully, the value of this map is enough to compensate for that Mountain Copper."

The "Edwards Genealogy" on the wall contains a total of six generations. Among them, Hohnheim, Edward, Alphonse, and Maria, whom Xia De is familiar with, are the fourth generation. Below the four of them, two generations were extended, which means that someone continued to write the descendants of the Edwards family after the destruction of Green Lake Town.

"The third son Alphonse Edwards is indeed an adopted son."

Xia De sighed looking at the root-like map:

"From the map, the eldest son Hohnheim was born to Pride Edwards, the eldest son of the previous generation, and a woman named 'Sophia', while the second son Edward and the youngest daughter Maria were born to Pride Edwards and another woman named 'Jennifer'."

As for Alphonse, although he was listed with the other three children, he was only connected to his father by a dotted line.

In addition, all four children have descendants of the next generation, but the names of the partners they combined with are not given, and the names of their children are not given. Xia De could only see that the only son or daughter of the eldest son Hohnheim, the second son Edward, and Maria each gave birth to a child, while the two descendants of Alphonse in the fifth generation had nothing below them. That is to say, the last descendants of the four children who left Green Lake Town are all in pairs.

That is to say, there are five "Edwards" in the fifth generation in the genealogy.

As for the sixth generation of Edwards, there are a total of six people. The only son or daughter of Hohnheim, Edward, and Maria each gave birth to two children, while the two descendants of Alphonse in the fifth generation have nothing below them. That is to say, the last descendants of the four children who left Green Lake Town are all in pairs.

"Interesting, really interesting."

Xia De said softly, feeling that he had gained a major clue. Miss Pharmacist asked suspiciously:

"What is interesting?"

Xia De glanced at her: 【1553-53

"According to what I know, among the descendants of Edwards, someone gave birth to a daughter, and this daughter certainly had no descendants."

He was speaking of the Witch Audrey Edwards, and as he spoke, he pointed to the two children of the adopted son, Alfons. Based on the age of the Witch as described by Miss Jia Jia Lin Na, Audrey Edwards should be here:

"In other words, the lady I know is one of the adopted son's two children, but..."

Although Miss Jia Jia Lin Na did not reveal more information about that Witch of "Knowledge and Wisdom" on the grounds that "members of the Witch Council are obligated to keep secrets for their companions," if Witch Edwards really had siblings, Miss Jia Jia Lin Na should have at least mentioned it; after all, she knew Xia De was looking for all of the Edwards descendants.

Therefore, either even Miss Jia Jia Lin Na did not know that Audrey Edwards really had siblings, or there was a problem with this picture.

"But what? Do you enjoy speaking only half a sentence?"

The female sorceress on the side asked. Xia De shook his head and deliberately remained silent; he still believed that this lady was definitely connected to the Edwards family:

"Besides that lady, I also know a pair of twin brothers who are also descendants of the Edwards family. Because they mentioned that their maternal grandfather was an Edwards, the ones I know should be the grandsons of Hohenheim or Edwards."