#there's also the chance his mom's gravestone would say greeves instead of richmond

[pentacle-artist]

I have finished playing Mystery Journey and have a lot of thoughts, and here's one of them (Spoilers for the final case):

How long has Ernest been going by Ernest?

The fact that he's a university student means he couldn't have changed his name recently, he would've had to have been going by Ernest Greeves since high school (or whatever they have in London) at the very least. Then I realized Ernest had the perfect opportunity to change his name.

When he was 12 and being entered into the system after his mom's death. Considering how much stuff was left at Richmond Court, it wouldn't be surprising if some proper identifying documents slipped through the cracks when they left. As such, Ernest would've been asked for his name.

And he could easily say Ernest Greeves instead of Miles Richmond.

This would also explain why the dragons couldn't find him. They certainly had access to a bunch of resources as the richest people in London, but they'd unknowingly be using the wrong name, rendering all of that null.