"That mark was recently made, consistent with the style we found on the remains of Zivig and Mr. X."
Although Turner, the "Twilight Affairs expert," had already inspected the remains of the First Generation Count Xike, with the Grand Duke of Triss present, it would have been wasteful not to reexamine them. So after Turner and Valande had left, Triss used her vampire methods to conduct another inspection on the recovered remains.
As she maintained the operation of the crimson Spiritual Energy that wandered over the skeleton, she said to the waiting Murphy:
"So we can be sure, the person who orchestrated this tomb-robbing from the shadows must be that 'Origin' or one of her servants."
"I've found that operations involving 'Origin' are almost always related to Necromancy Skills."
Murphy said, frowning: