While Captain Lades was greeting the police officers who had just arrived to search the secret room, capturing the attention of the entire castle, Shard found him once again in Professor Dunn's office. After explaining the situation, the professor looked very troubled with a pained expression:
"That bronze jar was used as a vessel to cook a corpse? Oh."
"Yes, Captain said that Henry Val wanted to find an antique with some years on it to use as a container, and then you happened to acquire that bronze jar, so he took a liking to it."
"Oh, my God, that's an aged antique. Heating it with fire will damage its condition!"
The professor seemed troubled, though not necessarily by the fact that the jar had been used to contain a corpse.
"Anyway, the investigation of the antique is over. I think Mrs. Zina Cassandra will be able to retrieve it as evidence from the police station."
Shard said, and the professor nodded: