Source 3 (Ch.630)

"But the water always looked just fine, we inspected it first in the bid to find the source of the plague...a contaminated water source is usually the most common way diseases spread and so it is always monitored closely."

"However the contagion seemed to be more of a communicable nature, passing from one human to another." Atticus said in confusion.

"And what is the proof of that? That the contagion has spread this quickly by being passed on from person to person? If so, with the quarantine so heavily enforced, how exactly is the contagion still spreading so rapidly?" Neveah asked blankly.

Atticus opened his mouth to speak but realized he truly could not confirm it with absolute certainty.

"Dark magic cannot be so easily traced by ordinary methods, Atticus. You cannot find it when what you are looking for are disease causing agents...rather than traces of a spell." Neveah murmured.

"Elle, water..." Neveah instructed.