Riddles

The **Riddles** are a series of riddles assigned to Sakumai Bloom and solved by both her and Hyousuke, provided by Anonymous.

## Riddle 1

### Original Riddle

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### Translation

WHERE LIES THE ASH

IS AN OLD, OLD TRAGEDY

THAT SET THE COGS OF THE DEVIL'S PLAN WHIRRING INTO IRREVERSIBLE MOTION.

AND THERE IS THE ELDER, AS OLD AS TIME,

AN EYEWITNESS THROUGH A PRISM OF COLOUR.

TWO ORPHANS, ENTERTWINED,

THE CRIMSON ON THEIR HANDS NEVER TO BE SCRUBBED AWAY.

### Solution

WHERE LIES THE ASH IS AN OLD, OLD TRAGEDY - A crime was committed

THAT SET THE COGS OF THE DEVIL'S PLAN WHIRRING INTO IRREVERSIBLE MOTION. - ???

AND THERE IS THE ELDER, AS OLD AS TIME, AN EYEWITNESS THROUGH A PRISM OF COLOUR. - An old man who lived across the street, witnessing the crime through his stained glass window

TWO ORPHANS, ENTERTWINED, THE CRIMSON ON THEIR HANDS NEVER TO BE SCRUBBED AWAY. - Two orphans that committed a crime, potentially in an orphanage

### Clues

Liling Xīn in Chapter 2 - Hunt first believes that the line 'AN EYEWITNESS THROUGH A PRISM OF COLOUR' could refer to a crime, along with 'TWO ORPHANS, ENTERTWINED' and 'AN OLD, OLD TRAGEDY'. She also thinks that the line 'TWO ORPHANS, ENTERTWINED' could relate to a crime being set at an orphanage, and 'THE CRIMSON ON THEIR HANDS NEVER TO BE SCRUBBED AWAY' indicates that more than one person committed the crime and that someone died, or was seriously injured. She then concludes that the riddle could be related to a murder case. In order to solve the riddle, she mentions that it may have to be connected to a string of other riddles, involve an elder somehow (AND THERE IS THE ELDER, AS OLD AS TIME), involves orphans, murder, and stained glass (THROUGH A PRISM OF COLOUR). Later in the chapter, Liling runs to Kaiya's house to show her a list of orphanages she found that could connect to the riddle. They go around and check several orphanages, to no avail.

In Chapter 3 - The Candidate, Kaiya is taking a walk when she notices Lily Gray Orphanage.

## Riddle 2

### Original Riddle

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### Translation

THE DEVIL BEGAN TO BE TAINTED BY THE SHADOW RULER, BY THE POND OF PURITY,

BLINDED BY DESPAIR AND LOSS,

INFECTING THE LOST ONE IN THE PROCESS.

SHE PUSHED EVERYONE BUT THE LOST ONE AWAY,

HER POWERS TAKING HER OVER.

THE DEVIL MET AN ANGEL, AND THE TWO COLLIDED,

SOON TO BE TORN APART.

FIND THE CRIMINAL FILE