Chapter 21

• My grandfather's three swords, the Ishimaru heirlooms, lay finely lined in red velvet in front of me. I stroked them tenderly, before I opened a compartment in the lid. Pictures, documents and a velvet bag emerged. I took the bag and returned to the dining room. I stopped in front of the door and heard everyone discussing.
• "We should increase the search radius. Even if nothing has happened since the attack before the New Year, we have to find their hiding place."
• "And what is this symbol here? Someone must know something about it. It's not possible that we have something that nobody in the world knows about."