Two Hours Ago, Westmore Hague, Number 10.

The knights battling the mutant monsters in the first-floor lobby had yet to notice us.

Had the mutants caught the scent of a large group of people and followed it all the way here? But if that were the case, why had they simply ignored us before?

It seemed they had another purpose for coming here, something beyond just the scent of humans. The only thing that ever interested mutant creatures apart from people was Elpinos.

Could they have tracked the scent of Elpinos all the way here?

The more I thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. These creatures had intelligence, and their ability to detect the scent of Elpinos was exceptionally sharp.

Unlike us, who had to rely on a map to find our way, Leonardo had managed to track down a natural Elpinos habitat in the deep Brunel mountains just by scent alone.

Nox had mentioned before that an unprecedented quantity of Elpinos herbs had once been found in Westmore Hague, Number 10. If that was true, then even more of it had likely been used in this place, leaving behind a lingering scent.

As I hid in the first-floor corridor, lost in thought, I picked up a bracelet that had fallen to the ground.

The bracelet had a silver chain with an aquamarine pendant hanging in the center.

At the heart of the pendant was an engraved gentian flower pattern, and beneath it, a small name was inscribed.@@novelbin@@

Ezra Dante Rudbelt.

I rubbed my eyes with the back of my hand, wondering if I had seen it wrong. But even after blinking a few times to clear my vision, the name remained the same.

Why is Ezra’s bracelet here…?

Could it be that Ezra had actually been here?

This place—Westmore Hague, Number 10—was the very origin of the Westmore City Horror Tales. Just like Notium Street, Number 61, this mansion had been the site of reported monster sightings.

Could it be that experiments had been conducted here as well? If so, it wouldn't be strange for a scientist like Ezra to have some connection to this mansion.

Even in the First Future, he had appeared as an enigmatic scientist shrouded in mystery.

The more I thought about it, the more I became convinced that he might be here.

If I find Ezra in this place, was this something my father had foreseen as well?

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