Lex quickly went downstairs and found Joe in the hall.
The little boy was crying and insisting on finding his parents, and his younger sister, Harribel, was comforting him.
Entering the hall, Lex said loudly, "What's wrong, our future Kingdom General? Crying like this, people will laugh at you if it gets out."
The little boy, his face covered in tears and snot from crying, rushed over: "Lex, I want to find my parents, I'm scared."
Lex picked him up, rubbed his head, and said, "Don't be afraid, I'll protect you. But before that, you need to wipe your face, it's filthy."
Just then, Sebastian, the butler's voice, sounded from outside: "The master is back."
Lex blinked: "Did you hear that? Father and the others are back."
Joe's tears turned to laughter, and he nodded, jumped down, and ran out of the hall with Harribel.
Lex followed them out and saw a carriage stopped next to the fountain, its door open.
Bison got out of the carriage, then helped Amelia out, and finally carried an eight or nine-year-old girl out of the carriage.
"Father, Mother ~"
Harribel, disregarding etiquette, lifted her skirt and flew over like a colorful butterfly, throwing herself into her mother's arms.
Bison also squatted down and hugged Joe, who charged over like a little tiger cub.
Lex smiled and stepped forward: "Father, Mother, are you both alright?"
Bison laughed heartily, picked up Joe, and said, "The Goddess protects us, we are all fine."
Amelia, however, said with some sadness, "But many people still died, and this child's mother was one of the unfortunate victims."
She looked at the timid little girl behind her, and Lex noticed that the little girl was dressed very simply, appearing to be the child of some commoner.
Bison said with a serious expression, "Her name is Pasha, and I've decided to adopt her.
From today on, she is your sister."
Gently patting her daughter's back, Amelia, holding Pasha's hand, said to Harribel, "Can you take her to bathe and change into clean clothes?"
"She's terrified."
"Okay, Mother ~"
Without question, Harribel, in high spirits after seeing her parents return, responded with a slight lilt in her voice, then took Pasha's hand.
"Poor little one, I'll be your older sister from now on.
My name is Harribel, and if anyone bullies you in this home, just tell me; your sister will protect you."
Harribel smiled and took Pasha's hand: "Now, let me show you around your new home."
After the two girls left, Bison also put down Joe and said to Lex with a solemn expression, "I'm relieved to see you at home.
Something very terrifying happened today, and many tragedies occurred."
"Fortunately, nothing happened to our family, praise the Goddess."
The Baron made the sign of the cross four times clockwise on his chest, then continued, "Tonight, the Church plans to hold a grand mass to appease the spirits of the deceased, and there will be a collection for the victims to help these affected families through this difficult time."
"Tonight, you will come with us."
"No problem."
Lex nodded slightly, and thought that he could use tonight's opportunity to do something he had always wanted to do but hadn't had the chance.
In a room without any sharp corners or sharp objects, Lewis, with an ice pack on his head, was undergoing 'isolation'.
But he didn't waste time; he took out his notebook and, with a black fountain pen, drafted the report of this incident.
'The Enki Town incident involved the descent of an evil god, but initially, we did not realize the matter was so serious.'
'After receiving the report from the Town Police Station and the oil painting of the monster, the County Police Department assigned this case to our team, which belongs to the Special Operations Department.'
'On July 16th, we arrived in Enki Town at night. That same night, I used my Nightmare ability to enter the dream of the main person involved in the incident—Lex Disraeli. I obtained some information and ruled out the possibility of him being a Beyonder.'
'On July 17th, we officially paid a visit, and according to the divination provided by Martha, we requested Lex Disraeli's assistance. He agreed, and we quickly obtained a new clue, finding an important diary in the home of farmer Ain.'
'Through that diary, we learned that there was an evil cult in Enki Town, that someone was holding a sacrifice, and seemed to have received a response from a deity. We took this matter very seriously and immediately launched an investigation.'
'On July 18th, late at night, we received a report from the Town Police that a multi-masted sailing ship of unknown origin in the bay had caught fire. When we arrived, the fire had already been extinguished, and the police had moved many charred bodies from the ship's hold.'
'Some of them, upon examination by Jeffrey, were found to be missing organs and intestines from their body cavities, which seemed to be related to the 'large-scale life sacrifice' mentioned in the diary.'
'On July 19th, we visited Lex Disraeli again. Due to some previous suspicions about him, this time, I used Sealed object 3-0718, a Spectator pathway artifact, to conduct a second review of the target.'
'The review results showed that Lex Disraeli had reservations and concealed some information regarding certain questions. However, on critical questions, such as whether he was a Beyonder and regarding the parchment with evil prayer text, he did not lie; he had no connection to these matters.'
'This made us willing to trust him and implement his suggestion to set a trap to lure the culprit out.'
At this point, Lewis paused, took off his glasses, wiped them with a handkerchief, then took a sip of black tea before continuing his work.
'On the night of July 20th, we made a significant Breakthrough. Although the culprit did not immediately take the bait, he launched an attack on Lex Disraeli on his way home. It must be said that the Baron's son is very intelligent; he noticed that the culprit's state was abnormal, that the other party had lost his rationality.'
'So he falsely claimed to be a subordinate of a key figure, this figure being Heimerk, who was mentioned in the diary as having provided advice to the culprit and modified the prayer incantation.'
'Using this, Lex Disraeli not only protected himself but also obtained information about that monster from the culprit, letting us know that Gore had become a mobile ritual, and that the descent of the evil god was only one step away!'
'At the same time, Lex Disraeli also cleverly created an opportunity, an opportunity for us to obtain information about 'Heimerk'. This allowed us to obtain Heimerk's related information at the culprit's dying moments after severely injuring him.'
'The culprit met Heimerk on Oravi Island. This man's apparent identity is a spice merchant from Backlund, who frequently travels around the world to acquire and sell spices; they met at a gathering.'
'A gathering organized by a local faction on Oravi Island, that faction is called the Celestial Faction, an organization I've never heard of.'