"Anything will help, sir," Jack said. "Perhaps if you don't mind. Please recount the first case."
Count Dante gave a pondering expression. "The first case? Hm… It had happened so long ago. So many children have gone missing throughout the years. Everything is a blur. You must excuse me for my bad memory."
"Did it start five years ago?" Jack asked, hoping that mentioning the time could jog the Count's memory.
"Five years ago…? Perhaps that's when we started taking the incidents seriously," Count Dante said.
"What do you mean? It had happened even before?"
