The world controlled by dice [Western Fantasy]

The connection between the Graves family and the Fillmore family, and the ownership of the land on Comstock Street belonged to the Graves family.

Siles thought about these two pieces of news quietly and carefully in his heart.

The question of "the relationship between the two families" arose because he heard from businessman Ranmere that someone from the Fillmore family had taken away some of the assets of the Graves family that were going to be auctioned in advance.

This matter made him pay special attention to the Fillmore family, and even thought that among the members of the Fillmore family, there might be someone they could win over, that is, the family's illegitimate son, Jeremy Forbes.

Sadly, the man died before they could actually talk to Jeremy.

The whole thing fell apart because of that.They have never been able to investigate what is the property of the Graves family that was taken away in advance, and where it is placed.

...However, it seems that it is not impossible to infer.

The assets of the Graves family that were put up for auction were basically harmless collectibles, or the actual assets of the family.

The former has a collection of books, works of art, etc., which are things that every noble or big family will own, reflecting their heritage, and the Graves family is also the descendant of the Silent Kelimo family.

The latter are shop management rights, land ownership and so on.After the Graves family came to the Principality of Const, they invested heavily in the real estate industry in Lamifa City, owned a large number of land and shops, and also maintained close ties with real estate agencies.

...Because of this, when the pregnant Kailan moved into No. 32 Lowell Street, the real estate agent who represented the matter did not tell Qindo honestly about the matter, which indirectly caused them to be confused by Kailan for a long time. whereabouts.

No. 32.As they investigate Kailan's whereabouts, they keep an eye on Number 32.

当时他们调查了东城的许多32号建筑，包括洛厄尔街32号、杰罗尔德街32号、麦金街32号。同时，兰斯洛特剧院就在康斯托克街32号。

...Another interesting thing is that the former underground black market in West City is located at 32 Dawson Street.It's just that after Jonathan Bryant's accident, this underground black market was quickly banned and turned into a legal business on the ground.

All in all, they seem to have encountered many, many Buildings No. 32, and these buildings seem to be vaguely connected with the old gods and "shadows".

The Lancelot Theater is perhaps a building they haven't paid much attention to.

Indeed, this theater once belonged to the Kellan family; however, it was just a theater after all, just like the black market at No. 32 Dawson Street, and what they needed to investigate at the time was Kelland's residence—the theater obviously couldn't be a residence.

So they ignored some information that was useless at the time.

The land on Comstock Street, for example, belonged to the Graves family.

The Lancelot Theater just built a building on it, and the owner of the theater does not own the land title here.It should be said that they only leased the land from the Graves family temporarily, although such a lease would of course last for many years.

...what will happen to the ownership of these lands after the fall of the Graves family?

Some of them may be nationalized, but the Duchy of Constance does not actually have the concept of "nationalization".These lands may be bought by some well-connected merchants or nobles at a cheaper price.

And if no one buys it, it may be put on the list of items in the public auction.

And what about Comstock Street?

This is the theater district.In theory, the land here is still quite valuable.Siles thought that someone might be tempted, so he paid a certain price to get it in advance.

...Will the Fillmore family do this?

Leaving aside the influence of shadow believers, Jeremy Forbes was in charge of the Fillmore family's investment-related affairs during his lifetime.It may also be quite reasonable to buy a piece of land.

So what really makes Sirius feel a little suspicious is whether the Fillmore family is related to the Lancelot Theater... Is it because the Fillmore family was once related to the plan of the Graves family, so they want Take this piece of land.

At the beginning, Siles suspected that there were "traitors" in the Fillmore family because they took away part of the assets of the Graves family.

He suspected that it was because the Fillmore family wanted to leave a retreat for themselves, and wanted to separate themselves from the Graves family in advance.

The Fillmore family has been pampered in the Principality of Constance for many years. Like other similar "hidden families", young people may not know their family's true beliefs, nor may they be willing to follow their elders and give everything for the gods they believe in.

After knowing all this, will they really be so loyal to "Shadow"?

Besides, Jeremy Forbes is an illegitimate child.Although many people spread the news, he was only a manager hired by the Fillmore family on the surface.

If he secretly cleared his connection with certain things, then when the incident happened, he could also confidently claim that he had no knowledge of the Fillmore family's plot.

And for the Fillmore family, it meant they left a bloodline too.

... The timing of Jeremy Forbes' death was quite ingenious.Just a few days before that Saturday, August 8th.That means there is no way out for many.

After his death, his mother, who was originally hesitant and didn't know whether Emil should continue to study painting, had a complete change in her attitude.

It's like a punishment for a traitor, isn't it?

This is to scare chickens and monkeys, so after his death, the shadow believers in the city or those related to them have to firm up their attitudes, because they actually only have two choices: life or death.

…So, in the "investment" business that Jeremy Forbes is in charge of, what is there that he may be involved in, that is related to the Graves family, and that he can legitimately intervene in?

those estates.More specifically, the site on Comstock Street.

Perhaps artworks can also be said to be in the category of investment, but the Fillmore Family Museum has obviously included many items in the art field, and this part was created by the person who later succeeded Jeremy Forbes, Ke Lischen Bevan, in charge.

The Fillmore family does not hold a commercial investment attitude towards works of art, such as paintings, sculptures, etc., but keeps them in their family museums.

Like other nobles, they just regard it as part of their family background and hobbies.

To buy, sell, trade, and invest in these artworks and collections, for people in this era, it is the work and daily life of businessmen, but it will not be the behavior of nobles.

Jeremy Forbes covers a more mundane field, so it's no surprise that some real estate and housing-related matters might be included.

... 32 Comstock Street.

No, rather, 32 Comstock Street in the Theater District.This major premise cannot be ignored.

The Kermit family is behind the theater district.The Fillmore family is suspected to have supported the Kermit family and the Berkeley family.

Langmire once gave a message claiming that the Fillmore family even had the same bank account as the Berkeley family.This clearly shows that the two families have a very secret connection.

The Kermit family, like the Fillmore family, both came from the former Sardinian Empire and secretly helped the shadow believers.Even if this family may not be directly related to the Fillmore family, it must be related to "Shadow".

...the Fillmores and the Kermits, and the Theater District.

But the Graves family owns land on a street in the Theater District.

Siles wasn't sure if the Graves family owned land on other streets in the Theater District.He remembered that the Praia family had conducted an investigation, and maybe he could ask Qindo later.

However, Comstock Street alone is already very subtle.

The Theater District is clearly a place that Shadow Cultists secretly hold.From the Graves family to the Kermit family, from the land to the theater and troupe on it, they seem to control everything here.

On the whole, this incident is not surprising.It is nothing more than the internal cooperation of shadow believers.

But if it is specific to the Lancelot Theater and the Kellan family, then the question will turn into, do the Kermit family and the Fillmore family know the plans and plots of the Graves family?Do they know what happened to the Kailan family?

...they probably know something about it.

Didn't the man who died in the theater district murder live at 32 Jerrold Street, where Kellan used to live?

This is what shadow believers are doing today, but it is somewhat related to what shadow believers did in the past.This connection confirms that the flow of information within them must exist.

Siles and Qindo also believed at the time that it was precisely because Kailan lived here that the later tenants would be selected as the deceased (and the family of the deceased had always believed in Antinam devoutly).

... So it is very possible that they indeed cooperated in the process of the Graves family's intention to reproduce "Children of Death and the Stars".And that was a long program that spanned more than a century.

When the possibility of this "cooperation" clearly appeared in Siles' mind, he couldn't help but ask a question.

Why Kailan?

Why was the Kailan family chosen to be the "mother"?

It's been a long time since what happened in May, and he has to look for that information carefully.

In fact, this is actually not a good choice.In any case, a well-known actress once appeared in the Kelan family, and people would more or less have the impression of this surname, which was not conducive to the plans of the Graves family.

Those homeless people (as "fathers") and those who are not paid attention to may be their better choices.

But Kailan eventually became a member of this plan, and became the "container".

...Maybe it's because of the Kailan family's tradition of dressing up as men?But that's not a big deal, people have quirks.

If the Kailan family is included in the overall category of shadow believers, it is not surprising that they were selected.They clearly have something to do with "art," whether it's the Kellan family's deep connection to the theater district or Kellan's own status as a painter.

...But the problem is, the Graves family never seems to have anything to do with "art", right?

Siles thought.He set his eyes on the dim night outside the window.

In the night, he can't see the outside situation clearly... However, if he changes the angle of view, if he looks in from the window, then people in the night can see clearly the situation inside the window, illuminated by bright lights.

...In the final analysis, it is a matter of changing perspectives.

When he investigated the Graves family, when he investigated Brewer Darrow's death and Kellan's disappearance, he never suspected that something was wrong with the theater district.

At that time, he thought that the Theater District was just an ordinary block in Ramifa City.

However, things have changed now.The theater area is actually a place that shadow believers infiltrate and control subtly.

And Kellan—the Kellan family, the Lancelot Theatre, regardless of the connection with the Graves family, if the current Sirius were to examine these people and this place again, then he would instinctively feel that, Doesn't this have something to do with the Theater District?

Isn't the Lancelot Theater more about the Kermits, about the Fillmores?This is obviously part of the theater district!

…so, when the plans of the Graves family emerge and are linked to somewhere in the theater district, it is also very likely that it is based on some kind of deeper connection…namely, fellow shadow believers The Kermits (or rather, the Fillmores).

This is a logical conjecture.

But he has actually been ignoring this issue.He kept reminding himself to look at the information obtained in the past with a new perspective, but this kind of "refresh the world view" may not be so easy to do.

He began to re-examine the evil plan of the Graves family.

Combined with the books he had read from the Graves family, he couldn't help thinking, how did the Graves family know about the matter of "Death and the Children of the Stars" itself?How did Forrest know about the "curse of life"?

After all, this is the time of the Shadow Era.Antinam had already buried the history of that time.

So, it's either word of mouth, or something like Jen Calder hiding the truth in a joke.

Siles is more inclined to the former.

This can be seen in the practice of other families who worship the Old Gods.Nowadays, the young people of these families have indeed undergone some changes, their concepts have been renewed, and they no longer meekly obey the arrangements of their elders.

But in the past, not even a very distant past, one or two hundred years ago, young people still followed in the footsteps of their predecessors step by step.It is a traditional practice passed down from generation to generation.

Therefore, in the Silent Era, perhaps a small group of people (or families) have always passed on some information and history about the Shadow Era in a similar, word-of-mouth way.

In this process, some information must be distorted, but some information must also be preserved.

It is impossible for ordinary people to have access to this information, and even in a group of such people, it is impossible for everyone to know the relevant information.That would be a... a secret society.

The Fillmore family, which seems to have been converted to the "Shadow" family, was brought into this circle in the late Silence Period.

However, when the time came to the Principality of Const in the Middle Ages, the Fillmore family, the Darrow family and the Graves family that were split from the Cremore family had completely different identities.

The Darrow family is a little down-and-out nobleman, while the Graves family is a real estate businessman who is looked down upon by many nobles; the Fillmore family has always been a prominent nobleman at the top of the Duchy of Constance.This is the difference in the "secular" sense.

...So, what about the "Shadow" side?

Leaving aside the Darrow family - which obviously cannot be said to be "the deciders" - the plans of the Graves family and the Fillmore family have failed, while the plans of the latter family seem to be still in full swing.

From this perspective, the Graves family seems to be inferior to the Fillmore family.Even among the Shadow Believers, the Fillmore family is even more important.

Fourteen years ago, when Ebenezer Const had an accident, the Fillmore family was on Ebenezer's side.

The Shadow Believer's plan to pollute Ebenezer, apparently the Fillmore family had a hand in it.At present, the only thing they know about the high-level shadow believers in the Principality of Const is this family.

This was probably their top priority, but Ebenezer himself exposed this problem halfway through, which led to the premature end of the plan.

As for the Graves family, they have been obsessed with recreating the "Children of Death and the Stars" since 200 years ago.They caused the death of many people, and the downfall of many families.

...This doesn't seem to be in line with the Fillmore family's approach.

The Fillmore family's approach is more subtle, and it is not as bloody and cruel as the Graves family. It is actually bloody and cruel from another angle.

To put it simply, the Fillmore family's approach seems to be more inclined to "power" and "art", which is an exquisite layout method; while the Graves family seems to still retain very rude and frank followers of the old gods style.

...Although it is not pleasant to compare the style of work of shadow believers, but from this perspective, they do not match.

Therefore, the two families have always carried out their own plans, but occasionally provide some help to each other.Siles came to this conclusion.

But, what help?

When they came to the Principality of Constance, they had to gain a firm foothold first.

These shadow believers can be said to be quite patient.

The Graves family can spend a century or two slowly selecting "parents," nurturing and observing young children; the Fillmore family can also spend decades waiting for Ebenezer Const became the ruler of the Principality of Const.

Therefore, in the early period of the fog, they may not act rashly.At that time, the Principality of Constance was in ruins, and they themselves might have declined a lot, unable to take any action.

But as time passed, they began to plan to act.

Siles was not sure if the Fillmore family had tried to pollute the heirs of the Duchy of Const earlier, but it was certain that the Graves family had started that evil plan 200 years ago of.

...so this is probably the only plan the Graves family has.After coming to the Duchy of Constance, he hibernates and recuperates, gradually gains his power and money, and then launches this plan...

How can the Fillmore family help?

Siles was stunned for a moment, and then linked this question with a detail in his memory.

In the plans of the Graves family, those places where men and women "did a blind date" were very important.And that place...that secret club...also on Comstock Street.

To be precise, there are three places in Comstock Street: the Lancelot Theatre, the Secret Dating Club, and the Berkeley family's private museum.

And Siles and Cindo searched carefully on Comstock Street, but they couldn't find what Emil said, the private museum where his grandfather forced him to copy paintings, and he stayed there for several days.

Siles thinks it may be part of Atkinya's Paradise, a "museum that doesn't exist in the real world".

...so where would that be?

Was it at the Lancelot Theatre, or was it, the Secret Dating Club?

Siles was able to arrive at these two guesses logically, because he realized that there were already too many "secret places" in Comstock Street.This approach is actually quite dangerous, unless these secret occasions are one.

And this piece of land belongs to the Graves family—but this is the Theater District, the sphere of influence of the Kermit family, and the area secretly controlled by the Fillmore family...

... Therefore, Siles believes that the "non-existent museum" is in the Lancelot Theatre.

There are also divisions and contradictions within the shadow believers. In other words, like this ancient family alliance model, each family must have its own small thoughts and stubborn ideas.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Graves family and the Fillmore family to work together completely. They must have their own plans and ideas.

It is difficult for the Graves family to get rid of the shackles of "the relationship between 'shadow' and the stars", so the existence of "stars" is also crucial in their plan.

And when the Fillmore family was polluted by the former Cremore family with a set of tea sets and became believers in the "Shadow", the "Shadow" was already a "Shadow".The Fillmore family purely believes in "Shadows".

... Rather, they even think that the other thirteen old gods are lower than the "shadow".

It can be seen from the plan of "Thirteen Paintings" that this kind of conceptual contradiction exists naturally.

Siles is still not sure whether the "Thirteen Paintings" plan was proposed by the "Shadow" or the Shadow believer.

But in any case, the plans of the Graves family once only involved death, stars, and at most one life.But now the Fillmore family's plan is to wipe out the thirteen old gods.

This is the difference between ambition and greed.

... Therefore, even if the Fillmore family is willing to help the Graves family, they cannot hand over the entire theater district to the Graves family to dispose of at will.

The Graves family owned a secret dating club on Comstock Street in the Theater District, perhaps because it was not uncommon for men and women to appear hand in hand in the Theater District.People hang out here all the time.

It should be said that perhaps it was precisely because the Graves family needed such a place that the Fillmore family provided such help.They agreed to let the Graves family arrange a secret club in the theater district.

But there's no way the Graves family is somehow connected to the theater district, so there's a veil of "reasonability" added to this approach.

…For example, the Fillmore family (more precisely, the original owners of the land on Comstock Street) wanted to sell a piece of land, and the Graves family just happened to buy it?

A contract of transfer of the title deed...or the title deed itself.Siles thought.This may be what Jeremy Forbes took early from the Graves family estate.

As for why there is an entire Comstock Street... the original owner must need a reasonable excuse to sell the land, such as needing some money for temporary turnover.

Therefore, it cannot be too small land, at least it must be a street, otherwise there is no need to transfer it-why not just sell some of the artworks collected at home?

...In fact, this question is quite easy to investigate, as long as you determine who owns the theater district, except for the land on Comstock Street, it will be clear at a glance.

Siles believes that even if it is not the Fillmore family, it must be a person or family that is inextricably linked to this family.

After all, the theater district is the "territory" of shadow believers, isn't it?

They must hold this place firmly in their hands.

It is impossible for them to let unreliable people own the land ownership of this place, and the Fillmore family has been the high-level nobles of the Duchy of Const from the beginning, and they have had many ways to obtain this land in the past 400 years.

In particular, when Lamifa City expanded the area of ​​the East City, the nobles at that time must have been like hyenas, rushing towards this empty and desolate land that was bound to be rich.

...So, these three locations on Comstock Street have their own origins and stories.

The Secret Dating Club was an assistance provided by the Fillmore family to the Graves family, so the Fillmore family temporarily transferred the land ownership of Comstock Street to the Graves family.However, it is limited to land ownership.

The Lancelot Theater looks like an ordinary theater in the theater district, but the presence of Kellan has forced Siles to pay attention to this theater... This was once the famous actress of the Kellan family. place of fame.

The Kailan family always seems to have an inseparable relationship with the "Shadow".

Then there is the private museum of the Berkeley family.Siles suspected that this place was the Lancelot Theatre.

Of course, this so-called "being" is not an existence in the physical sense, but that this "museum" is related to the Lancelot Theatre.

Siles has always suspected that the group of shadow believers exists in a certain god's paradise.Perhaps Huddoka's "Shadow", perhaps Atkinya's "Museum".

The museum that Emil had mentioned was the object of their suspicion, but they failed to find the location of the museum, as well as the way for the shadow believers to enter and exit.

... Perhaps this method relies on the Lancelot Theatre.

Perhaps the Lancelot Theater was the entrance and exit of that place.

The night was getting dark outside the window, and Sirius felt that he should go to bed.He has to go to the deep sea dreamland tonight.

However, he still intends to finish thinking about this issue first.

On the list of old buildings given by Herman Grove, he did include the Lancelot Theatre.Because this building is very old, it was not originally a theater, but a mansion of a noble family.

This is similar to Ramifa University.The Lancelot Theater was also converted into a theater later.

As for the name "Lancelot", it seems to be the original surname of that noble family, so after it was transformed into a theater, it was given the name of this family.

But the family seems to have disappeared now.If you really want to get to the bottom of it, you may have to start your investigation with the previous owners of the theater before the Kellan family bought it.

... In any case, the Lancelot Theater does meet the requirement of "ancient building".

On the day Ebenezer Const arrived in Ramifa City, Detective Jon had followed them secretly for a while.But eventually the group disappeared into the theater district.

…The Lancelot Theater is in the Theater District, no doubt about it.This is certainly true.

When Emile described the private museum of the Berkeley family—it may not really belong to the Berkeley family, but just to rationalize its existence in this name—he once mentioned that he could clearly see from there. See the panorama of the Const National Theatre.

…When Siles stopped by to learn about the situation at the Lancelot Theater because of the murder in the Theater District, he once thought of the grand contrast of the building of the Const National Theater with the Lancelot Theatre, And produce a sigh.

In other words, from the perspective of the Lancelot Theater, at least a considerable part of the architectural appearance of the Const National Theater can be seen.And if you change the angle a little bit, maybe you can really see the whole picture.

and so……

...could it really be the Lancelot Theatre?

Siles even had a subtle sense of surprise.

How long ago did he know about the existence of the Lancelot Theater?

May this year?

But he already knew that the son of the merchant Ranmir was obsessed with dramas earlier; he knew about the existence of Kailan even earlier.

He already knew these information and clues, but until today, he suddenly had a feeling that the willow and the flowers are bright.

...he even had a dream bubble over the Lancelot Theater.

If those shadow believers are really nearby, will they be aware of the existence of the dream bubble?

Siles frowned slightly at this question.He was not sure what the result would be of the mutual influence of these two divine powers.

In any case, they first had to confirm whether the guess that "the 'museum' is in the Lancelot Theater" was correct.

Sirius breathed a sigh of relief.He casually wrote down the words "Lancelot Theatre" on the paper, and then breathed a sigh of relief.Looking back at the thought process just now, he himself felt a little surprised.

"The relationship between the Graves family and the Fillmore family" and "Commstock Street in the Theater District is the property of the Graves family", just from these two pieces of information and more related information, he This leads to a rather surprising guess.

And then, they just need to verify this guess.

In fact, what they need to worry about the most is that they have no way to start.

...Of course, leaving aside the process of analysis and reasoning, if it is purely based on intuition, Siles actually doesn't know much about the theater district.If he had to blurt out a reference to a place in the Theater District, he would probably have said, without a second thought, the Lancelot Theatre.

They had only had so much to do with the Lancelot Theatre, a place so distinctly present that they almost had no choice.

... This kind of problem of finding "some people's hiding place" is also very familiar.

When Sirius first traveled to the Never Embers, trying to find the location of Hooddaka's followers in and around Hales House, he had several options on his list.

At that time, he told Qinduo that what they urgently needed was not to "investigate the truth" but to "solve the problem."Time is tight, and they can't waste time in the tedious and complicated investigation process, which can actually be discussed later.

... They had to go straight to the Yellow Dragon, so Sirius chose to go directly to the strange heart-shaped canyon.

That place is indeed quite strange. It was clearly just an error on the map, but it really appeared in reality.They should have gone there to investigate the situation immediately, but they slowed down for various reasons.

It is the same today.

They should have been looking for the "non-existent museum" and the hiding place of the shadow believers long ago, but they have been delaying this matter because of various investigations.

In fact, it's a pretty good guess: the theater district, the old buildings, the view of the Constance National Theatre... the Lancelot Theatre, isn't it?

... Siles sighed slightly, then pinched the bridge of his nose.He told himself, don't use the present self to laugh at the past self.

It's like, because the help letter was finally sent to his own hands, he couldn't laugh at his past self who was always troubled by the question of "why no one came to help the dawn revelation".

Problems that should bother you will eventually trouble you.This is the way to go.

Without the thinking brought about by these troubles and troubles - without the knowledge attributes accumulated before the 80th knowledge attribute, from 1 to 79 points, then he would not be able to draw this conclusion logically.

He sat for a while longer before tidying up everything in the study, getting up to wash and sleep.He glanced at the eight-petal rose paper by the way—good news, no news.

Before going to bed, he briefly turned his attention to the No. [-] puppet, and said good night to Qin Duo.Qin Duo has also returned to the hotel.

He told Siles that he asked the Praia family to make a special trip to investigate Hurd and the other companions of the deceased Cagle, and wanted to inquire about Cagle's relevant news from them.

After dinner, the Praia family did get some new information.

One of the explorers mentioned that Caggle seemed to be quite out of order after arriving in the wilderness southwest of the Everland, and only young people like Hurd didn't notice.

In fact, Cagle was planning to leave there and return to Biddle City out of sheer terror... as if he wanted to stay as far away from that area as possible.

"He also said that, towards the end of Cagle's life, the man had acquired a quirk," said Cindo, in that half-smile tone, clearly intrigued by the information.

"What?" the puppet asked, tilting its head.

Qin Duo didn't show off, and quickly said: "He started to wear a hat. Even if it is inconvenient to do things, he must wear a hat."

Wear a hat?

Siles was taken aback.

Wearing a hat is a sign of a "worker" among shadow worshippers.Of course, this feature is not very eye-catching, especially in winter and summer, the former is for keeping warm, and the latter is for shading.

In desert areas like the Burnless Land, people often wear hats and even wrap veils to prevent their hair or nose and mouth from being blown by wind and sand.

Therefore, it is actually difficult for them to use the feature of "wearing a hat" to find shadow believers.But after catching the suspicious person, they can use this to determine whether the person may be a shadow believer.

In the attempted murder at the trade fair, the murderer had a straw hat beside him.

... But would Cagle be a "worker"?

He couldn't help frowning, feeling that this seemed to be different from Hurd's statement.Besides, Karg