Chapter 226 He Doesn't Remember Her Appearance at All
William looked at the sadness on Isabella's face, and somehow, his heart ached along with hers.
"Don't be sad. I'll help you find her."
Not knowing what else to say, he could only promise, "I will definitely help you find her."
"Actually, Isabella, after you told me about it, I sent people to the place you mentioned to ask around."
He had also sent people to visit nearby villagers, hoping to find some key clues about Isabella's master.
"But there's something very strange."
"Everyone who has seen this 'master' of yours says they can't remember what she looks like."
This was really too weird.
"I tried hard to recall what she looked like, but I don't know why—what keeps appearing in my mind is always a blank face, as if someone had taken away my memory of her features."
"This feeling is really strange."
These were the exact words from the neighbors. Other people who had seen Isabella's master said the same thing.
If she were a painting, it would be like someone had erased her features with an eraser.
"So, Isabella," William picked up that abstract drawing and asked her, "is the reason you drew your master like this because you don't remember what she looks like either?"
Isabella stared at the little figure in the drawing, pressing her lips together, saying nothing.
After a long while, she lowered her head and said dejectedly, "Yes, you're right. I actually don't remember what she looks like at all."
And this was what made Isabella even sadder.
Even sadder than the fact that she had left.
She couldn't even remember what she looked like.
Over ten years of being together day and night felt like a complete joke.
This person had clearly taught her so many things like a mother and raised her, but suddenly one day, she disappeared, and along with her, the face in her memory also vanished completely, as if... she had never been there at all.
Not leaving her even a trace of memory.
Everything had been stripped away completely.
So even if she saw her again in a crowd, they would probably just pass by each other.
Because she simply wouldn't recognize her.
Isabella looked up at William, feeling like crying. "So, William, I can't find her, can I? I simply can't find her, and she doesn't want me to find her at all."
"Isabella."
Looking at Isabella's reddening eyes, William couldn't help but reach out and touch her face.
"Nothing is impossible," he said gently. "As long as you want to, I will definitely help you find her."
"But," Isabella lowered her head, "I don't have any clues. I don't even know what her name is, and I can't remember what she looks like."
"The fact that you can't remember what she looks like is itself a clue," William said.
Isabella looked up, confused. "What do you mean?"
"I once read in a book that hypnotists in Novaria who are skilled in hypnosis can make people's memories fuzzy through certain psychological suggestions."
Isabella raised an eyebrow. "So you think I was hypnotized to be like this?"
"Exactly."
William had considered many explanations, but this seemed to be the only reasonable one.
"I also asked around, and some S-level hypnotists in Novaria can indeed achieve this level. They can completely interfere with people's visual memory through hypnosis to achieve a certain interference effect. And this kind of hypnosis only targets vision, so people who are hypnotized usually don't even realize they've been hypnotized."
"S-level hypnotists don't even need any tools to hypnotize. Maybe just a word, a look, and you've already been hypnotized. Hypnosis is a piece of cake for them."
"So your visual memory of your master was very likely erased through hypnosis, and the same goes for other people. The person who hypnotized you might be your master, or it could be someone else."
William continued, "And according to my investigation, in all of Novaria, there are no more than ten S-level hypnotists."
"So you think my master's hypnosis must be closely related to one of these hypnotists?"
"Yes, that's my theory."
Although this was just a theory, Isabella vaguely saw hope.
"Thank you, William. It must have been really difficult for you to investigate all this."
"You're welcome. I promised to help you find her, so I'll definitely keep helping you look."
Isabella smiled. "I'll hurry up and look through these books. I'm leaving for Veridian early tomorrow morning."
"Stay and eat here tonight. I'll cook whatever you want."
The chance to eat William's cooking made Isabella feel a bit happy. "Okay."
Late at night, at a five-star hotel.
Sean and his three teammates sat around a table, chatting while drinking coffee.
"That woman booked a ticket to Veridian for tomorrow," one of the team members said, glancing at a message on his phone.
Deputy captain Lloyd's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he looked at Sean. "Sean! If we're going to make a move, Veridian is the perfect place!"
If they let that high school girl—no, she should be a college student now—die in Emerald City, dealing with the body would be tricky because Lumaria's police were notoriously difficult to deal with.
But Veridian was different. Security in Veridian had always been chaotic. They could kill her and directly pin it on the locals in Veridian, completely under the radar. No one would trace it back to them.
Sean took a sip of coffee and decided, "Tomorrow we go to Veridian. We'll make our move in Veridian."
"Yes!"
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The next day, Isabella first went to the Celestial Jewels flagship store to meet up with Casey and the others.
Going to Veridian to purchase raw stones this time, the group also included the purchasing department manager from Celestial Jewels and an assistant the manager brought along. Additionally, Casey brought Cecil, and considering that the security situation in Veridian wasn't very good, they also brought several bodyguards.
Quite a lot of people.
Meeting at Celestial Jewels, Cecil saw Isabella and teased, "Our Ms. Taylor really does everything herself. Even going to Veridian to purchase raw stones, something so dangerous, she's coming along."