Chapter 477: When the clue was in your hand the whole time
If it was any other date, we might need to question it. But this...it was too much of a coincidence to bear any other meaning, wasn’t it?
"Did the entry start twenty-four years ago?" Natha asked.
The Hero nodded and it was a match then; meaning the person visited Valmeier on his first birthday. And...
"Did he stop visiting because..."
Zarfa did not finish her word, but everyone knew what she wanted to ask. Perhaps, from the very beginning, ’he came alone’ meant...well, there was no one to bring, and in the end...
Phew--didn’t matter. Whether Valmeier’s parents were still alive or not, the important thing was the date of birth. "So it’s different," I sighed in disappointment but shook my head immediately. "It’s fine, it’s only one day. We should adhere to the twenty-third."
"...or we can do it at midnight," Natha shrugged.
I gasped and turned to look at him. He smiled and held my hand, bringing it to his lips to kiss it. Right, that would be better. We should do it at night anyway, since the journal mentioned doing it under the moonlight.
Zarfa put her chin on my shoulder from behind, and asked curiously. "Do what?"
Oh, right--she only knew I was there for information about Valmeier’s father, not about...ahem, conceiving. But there was no way I could say it to her in front of other people like this--especially in front of this body’s wet nurse--so I just shook my head and grinned. "Secret!"
"Hey!"