# 22
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Soon, the police summoned by Arnold Crimson arrived at the Crimson Palace, and Issac agreed to accompany them voluntarily.
A vehicle from Crimson Palace entered the police station in the area.
When Isaac got out of the carriage with the help of the police, holding his cane, Arnold, who had only wiped the blood from his face, snatched the stick from him and said: “Why are you suddenly pretending you can't do anything?”
Isaac paused with a confused expression.
The policemen looked at each other, then retrieved the stick and returned it to Isaac, saying: “Even if you are angry, taking the stick from a blind person is bad.”
“Thank you”
Isaac held the stick and smiled gently.
Arnold was the only one injured, but Isaac's clothes were stained with blood, and he did not look like an attacker due to his appearance.
This incident has been a dilemma for the Southeast Police, which receives great support from the Crimson Family.
Right now, Issac Crimson was the heir to the title, but Evil Crimson was the one who controlled the family. In conservative Salantir, the eldest son usually, but not always, inherits.
If there is a defect in the eldest son, they choose another son. Some major families passed the inheritance to the eldest daughter due to the lack of skills of the eldest son.
In the case of blind Isaac, had his parents been alive, he may not have inherited the title. But he inherited it temporarily. They didn't know whose feelings to consider.
While Issac is giving his statement, Scarlett arrives in a private carriage.
When she entered, Arnold shouted angrily: “You! Because of you, our family has been upended!”
Arnold didn't dare hit her at the police station. Isaac looked at the voice for a moment, then turned his head.
Another carriage stopped, and Fran, the Domfelt family lawyer, now working exclusively for Victor, got out.
He saw Scarlett and ran to her excitedly: “Miss Scarlett!”
“Mr. Fran?”
Fran seemed calm and said: “The master sent me. Oh my God, you were injured too.”
He regretted the scratches on her arm and neck from Arnold's actions.
He added: "It will take time. The Count must be saved, and we cannot pay compensation to the attacker of the former Lady Domfelt. This is a matter of honour."
“Thank you”
Scarlett is relieved that Fran is there, as he ensures Isak's safety.
Fran entered quickly, and Scarlett sat reassured in a chair.
She closed her eyes for a moment, but then she remembered Isaac brutally beating Arnold, so she opened them. He didn't seem to care about the splattered blood, and even though he couldn't see, his keen senses must have sensed the warmth of the blood.
Did he always carry this anger? She felt confused in her thoughts. But Isak, who was under investigation, seemed as sincere as ever, responding politely to the police.
The situation did not end easily. Scarlett heard Arnold screaming from inside, and Fran seemed to bring up the issue of Scarlett's injury.
Another car stopped in front of the police station, and Aunt Anne Crimson got out. She sighed heavily and said to Scarlett: “Go to the first factory.”
“First factory?”
“Arnold was supposed to go, but you made him like this.”
“But Arnold was the one who started...”
“Stop arguing. I have never seen anyone cause problems like you in my life.”
Scarlett felt hurt by the words of Anne, who was the kindest of her uncle's family. But, in order not to miss the opportunity to visit the first factory, she left the police station with a feeling of guilt towards Isak.
***
The first factory was not an ordinary factory, but a secret workshop housing the Crimson family's best technicians.
Scarlett has visited this place with her parents several times. There was a main room that only her parents could enter.
Once, when she was eight, she cried and refused to go home until she was let in. Her father picked her up and showed her the main room, where the Crimson part was being made.
Crimson parts have evolved over generations, and under her parents, they produced a great invention that would improve the accuracy of watches, withstand the pressure of the sea, and even aviation in the future. They boasted that it would be used in clocks, aviation, and navigation.
Scarlett has not visited the watch shop that Evil took over since she was twelve, and the factory since eight. But when she stood in front of him, she remembered everything.
Scarlett, when she focused, could remember her childhood accurately.
This was an ability she acquired after police interrogation, and she didn't understand why it appeared.
She entered the factory, recalling her memories of when she was eight.
The code word for the first plant was, like a candy pull game, “cherry pie.” She wasn't sure if it still was, but she put it in, and the door opened right away, meaning no one had changed it.
As she entered, two craftsmen saw her resting in the living room of a small two-story house.
“Miss Scarlett?”
They were familiar: Tom and Anna.
Scarlett was shocked to see them holding hands. “Are you together?”
“Married for seven years... Do you remember us?”
Tom asked in surprise.
Scarlett remembered they were arguing when she saw them at eight, and she was worried about them. It was amazing that they got married.
Beheira said: “How do you remember me?”
“Don't ask. Your parents used to show us pictures of you and talk a lot about you.”
Anna supported Tom's words: “Yes, they were very happy, until I felt like I had been tricked into marrying...”
"You were deceived? I was the one who was deceived!"
“What? You are ungrateful after I put up with you!”
“What did I do? Search, you will not find a husband like me!”
“You think I'm blind because I work here?”
Their relationship seemed harmonious despite the arguments. Scarlett concluded that they were probably just arguing in front of others.
"I heard there was something Arnold had to check today. What's going on?" I asked them.
“Right, that's why you came”
Anna took her to her workshop, Tom followed her, and she criticized him: “Why did you come into my workshop?”
“Can't I enter my wife's workshop?”
“Even couples have privacy!”
“Where is my privacy?”
“None of my business!”
Scarlett sighed as they argued again. After an argument, Anna gives Scarlett a watch box.
Scarlett opened it, and her mouth opened in surprise: “Crimson Aqua 6?”
“Yes! It contains the Crimson 6th Edition part that your parents developed.”
The heads of the Crimson Family were the only ones authorized to develop the next version of the Crimson Fragment, passing on its making method only to their successor. The rest of the family learns only previous versions.
Anna looked at Scarlett warily, and Tom said cautiously: “Your parents were unable to pass on the manufacturing method to their successor before they died, so production of the Crimson Aqua 6 was discontinued. But… a customer requested the maintenance of one of the rare watches that contained the sixth edition.”
Scarlett understood and said excitedly: “If we check it, we might find out how to make the sixth version?”
"Yes. That's why we called Representative Evil, but he's on a business trip. So we called Arnold, but there seems to be a problem today?"
“A small incident”
Tom looked into the void and said: “This is the first time we see the sixth issue after the death of your parents, and you come. Is this fate?”
Anna nodded this time without argument.
Anna took out the Crimson Aqua 6 Edition part and placed it in a sterilizing solution.
Scarlett looked at him as if she were seeing a picture of her parents, and said with longing: “We have to bring him back quickly, right?”
“Yes, we can't keep it for long. It needs to be returned in a month at most.”
Making the latest Crimson part was a source of pride for the head of the family.
Evil, the current principal, used the Fifth Edition which he learned from his father, Scarlett's grandfather. Scarlett, like the rest of the family, only knew how to make the announced fourth version.
“Can I see the fifth edition now?” I asked cautiously.
“Of course”
Anna took out the Fifth Edition part from a small drawer.
Scarlett put it into the solution and looked at it deeply, then frowned: “Is this really the fifth edition?”
“Yes, Mr. Evil made it.”
“But...it's different from my memory.”
Scarlett examined the part carefully, recalling her memories of her parents' workshop: “In my memory, it was a millimeter thicker.”