Bodies were missing! The bodies in the graves were gone.
Most of the huge graves had no bodies in them.
To make sure that he was right, Jason looked at the graves in the distance.
The dark, deathly stillness was almost clearly visible there.
The graves in the distance were not like the huge graves in front of him. Besides the bodies buried in the layer of soil at the surface of the ground, the bodies deep inside the huge graves had disappeared.
“Someone stole the bodies? No! There are so many corpses. It can’t be a normal thief!” Jason thought, then turned and asked Daniel, “This used to be Santel’s place?”
“Um, yes. At first, there were several grave keepers fighting for this place, including Gardi and Caesar, but when Santel showed up, carrying Gardi and Caesar’s heads, he became the sole owner of this place.” Daniel shrugged as he spoke.
Then, he suddenly realized that he was still in the cemetery. He shouldn’t tell Jason about this. It was humiliating to the dead people below the ground.
He was confused, but he didn’t show that to Bondy. He was expressionless, neither admitting nor denying it.
And the next moment, Bondy went on on his own.
“That’s Kurtz’s grave. He had made an unforgivable mistake. His family and friends will not forgive him. Neither can I. According to the process, he should have no names on his tombstones, but, after all, he had a name, even if it can no longer be mentioned,” Bondy said, looking at Jason.
He would like to ask what Jason was thinking about, or to ask Jason whether he thought that he did it right or wrong.
Unfortunately, Jason kept silent.
Bondy was absent-minded for a while because of the silence, then he shook his head and smiled bitterly.
“I have become a hypocritical person, haven’t I? When did I become ?” Bondy asked himself.
He was looking for an answer from himself.
But unexpectedly, Jason, who had been silent, suddenly spoke and interrupted him.
“Kalina. Find her. Then you will have the answer,” Jason said to Bondy slowly, pointing to the huge graves in the distance. “Kalina should be there if I’m right.”
“What do you mean?” It was obvious to Bondy that Jason was dropping a hint to him.
“A lot of bodies are missing. There are no corpses in the big graves except on the surface layer of soil,” Jason told Bondy.
He was here to ask for Bondy’s help, so he would not hide from Bondy what he found at this time.
As for Kalina? He thought it was no bother to tell Bondy this.
“What?!” Bondy let out an exclamation.
A large number of missing bodies gave the sheriff an ominous presentiment. Immediately, he stared at Jason.
Jason nodded a little.
“Your guess is right. I suspect it’s about Santel. You can start with him,” Jason said.
“Santel, the grave keeper? I will arrange for someone to check it right away!” Bondy said, then he went to the carriage.
As soon as Finch swished the reins, the carriage started. They were going back to downtown.
At this moment, the sun was going to set in the west, but the bright sunlight still shone through the window of the carriage.
Jason and Bondy didn’t speak along the way.
The silence made Daniel awkwardly uncomfortable.
In order to break the ice, the young teacher of Deer College took the initiative to take up the task of introducing a conversation topic.
“As you all know, Rhode’s air hasn’t been very good because of its abundant coal resources. A student used to ask me how to judge the air quality of Rhode. I told him that he can pick his nose and identify the nose sh*t’s color. It’s bad air if the sh*t is black. The next day, he asked me, what if it’s red? Do you know what I said? You are picking your nose too hard.”
After he finished, Daniel had a big laugh alone. He seemed to be very satisfied with what he just did. After all, it was a good beginning for their trip back to town. He couldn’t just stay silent all the way like the other two.
However, Jason and Bondy didn’t laugh with him. They just looked at Daniel silently.
Immediately, Daniel’s laughter was getting lower, and he could only end his terrible joke with an awkward scratching of the back of his head.
“Isn’t it funny? Do you want another one? I can do a better one than this. Believe me,” looking at Jason, Daniel asked cautiously.