"Of course I brought it with me, but I have some questions that I want to ask you," I have been thinking about it for a long time, but I couldn't figure out what was nagging at me. He nodded, "Feel free to ask!"

"The box that you auctioned off In Ucrebury was your grandfather's?"

He nodded.

I paused for a moment and said, "Did he always have it, or did someone else give it to him? Does Master Milton know a woman named Carol Reid?"

His face, which was originally smiling, suddenly became sullen. There was an indescribable coldness on his face. I couldn't help but rub my face and arms when I felt that the surrounding temperature drop. I looked at him and asked carefully, "What's wrong?"

me to ask,

front of grandma's grave back in Ucrebury, I couldn't help continuing,

if you are deliberately trying

and nod. Then, he said further, "Well, our first encounter wasn't in the cemetery, but in Jarold City. I noticed you then but you didn't." I was surprised but didn't want to go down that road. So, I shifted the topic back to my grandmother. "So, you know

nodded and smiled slightly. "Not only do I

and waited for him to explain more, but he didn't seem inclined to continue. He just said, "Give

I wanted to ask him something about my grandmother, but he didn't seem to want to talk about it, so

had thought. At times, I felt that we'd been close.

times, like right then that I felt that he seemed far away. There were too many things about him

raised his eyebrows, looked at me and said, "I don't know much about your grandmother. I'm just curious about the

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