Alden was deeply shocked when Pierre said that the unidentified corpse was his brother. He saw Pierre’s face suddenly change with a terrifying expression.
Sadness? No. It looked more like fear. He approached Pierre, who was trembling uncontrollably.
“Calm yourself. Let’s go somewhere else to talk about this.”
After successfully persuading Pierre, he was taken to a slightly old-fashioned library. He almost got hit by a cloud of dust from between the stacked books.
“Why did you bring me here?” asked Alden, still coughing from the dust.
“We need a hidden place to talk about this,” replied Pierre, already seated in one of the chairs in the center of the room, at a very large table.
Alden approached and sat across from him, observing the now calmer face of his future brother-in-law.
“His
