The car that picked up Hesta stopped in an open space not far from St. Anne's Monastery.
Where the main church originally stood, a four-meter-high monument to the holy nun has been built. Under the slightly gloomy sky, it appears as moist gray-black as a reef.
Under the stone statue, there are golden numbers etched on the same gray-black stone surface: 19-03-4623
Hesta stopped under the stele of the Holy Nun, and her eyes slowly moved up from the numbers on the date until they met the lowered eyes of the stone statue.
Only one year has passed. Except for a few broken wells and ruins not far away, traces of the fire can still be seen. Everything here is covered by the lush vegetation in spring.
Hesta pushed aside the grass and walked deeper into the monastery, and soon found a tomb - which she had specially set up before training last year. However, no one was buried under the stone slab, only two crosses and a silver key. .
On this day, she placed a bouquet of flowers in front of the tombstone, spent more than two hours weeding, wiping the tombstone, and then stood in front of the tombstone for a long time.
"I'm back."
Hesta whispered.
"goodbye."
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In October 4624, Turan and Calvin left the reserve base in Tanyi.
Turan successfully applied for a place in the ahgas-District 1 and District 3 joint training program that year and went to the Arendt University School of Medicine in District 1.
Calvin was organized into a preparatory combat unit, and in December of that year he officially participated in the chelate annihilation operation in the northwest wasteland of the Third District, with outstanding results.
In October 4625, Rico left the base and formed a reserve combat force.
In February of the following year, Li Ge and his team encountered a chelate attack while patrolling the wilderness. Although Li Ge lost contact with the main team, he successfully predicted the fact that a chelate wave would break out in the nearby wilderness and promptly sent a message to nearby work points. After raising the alarm, he not only minimized the casualties of the team, but also bought valuable combat preparation time for the livable border areas. He was awarded the Third District Freedom Medal of Merit, becoming the youngest person to receive this medal.
In July 4626, the southern livable land defense line was revitalized. The coalition government of the third district commended members with outstanding performance in some positions. Among them, Liz was promoted from second lieutenant to lieutenant and was granted the opportunity to recruit civilian volunteers in Wulian. special permissions.
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In the spring of 4627, on a drizzling morning, Liz quickly jumped off the train that was stopping at the station, carrying a small suitcase.
She had just returned from a business trip in a neighboring province, and today and tomorrow were her transfer holidays. However, Liz was in a hurry and obviously did not enjoy the pleasure of being on vacation.
All this is just because Turan and Ligo will arrive in Ulian by car at 11 o'clock this morning. They will stay here for three days - this is the first time the three of them have met since they separated at the base in 4623. .
The only regret was that Hesta could not come. She did not explain the reason, and the remaining three people all tacitly agreed not to ask.
From the fall of 4623 to now, there are two people on the base who have not appeared on the graduation list, and Jane is one of them.
The base always has arrangements for the base. If Jane didn't take the initiative to mention it, it must be because she couldn't say it either.
Liz took the car back to the office. This was her usual habit of traveling on business - on the first day back to the city, even if it was a holiday, she would go back to the office first in order to quickly deal with some important but not urgent backlog tasks.
At 7:30 in the morning, Liz walked into the office. She put two croissants wrapped in paper and a cup of coffee on the table and looked up at the time.
That's good. She can sit here until 10:15. These two hours are enough for her to handle a lot of things. After that, she can go out to pick up Turan and Rico.
At 7:45, a call came into Liz's office. She was a little surprised, but she picked it up quickly.
"Hello. Who is this?"
"Hello! Lieutenant Donna! This is the Security Section! You have a visitor!"
Liz frowned, "Visitor? Who?"
"It's a lady. I hope to meet you."
"Her name?"
"Uh...she said it was not convenient to tell her."
"Then let her make an appointment with me the morning after tomorrow. Today is my holiday and I won't see any visitors."
After that, Liz hung up the phone.
However, not long after, the phone rang again.
"Hello?"
"Hello Lieutenant! She said she must see you today, otherwise she won't leave."
"Not leaving?" Liz narrowed her eyes suspiciously, "What... does she look like?"
"Dark hair, dark eyes, uh, long hair, glasses, and-"
"I understand. If she doesn't leave, please do me a favor and drive her out."
Liz hung up the phone again.
The phone didn't ring again, but soon, Liz heard the footsteps of two people coming from the corridor outside - obviously, based on the habits of other employees here, they couldn't rush to work before eight o'clock.
After carefully identifying the footsteps, one of them should be the big leather shoe guard of the security department downstairs, so the other one is obviously today's uninvited guest.
This situation is not uncommon in Wulian. Although in theory this is where civil servants work, and idlers are not allowed to enter, in fact, the bureaucrats do not regard this place as part of the municipal system, so many rules and regulations are not enforced. No one will pursue it even if it's so-so.
As long as the visitor is well-dressed, has a resounding name, and looks like a person of status, then the security department here will rarely stop him.
Normally it would be more appropriate to leave it to the secretaries to deal with this situation - but the secretaries are not at work at the moment.
Soon, there was a knock on the door outside.
Liz did not stop working at her desk, and she said without raising her head: "Please come in."
The door was opened from the outside, but no one spoke, and the other person didn't seem to have stepped into the office.
"Sergeant Donna...no, Lieutenant, long time no see."
This voice made Liz feel a little strange, but among the strangeness, there was also a little bit of inexplicable familiarity.
And she said "Long time no see"...
Liz raised her head. Even though when she saw the person for the first time, the dress of the person in front of her was completely inconsistent with the old friend in her past impression, Liz still recognized her at a glance.
This person was wearing a high-collared black dress, holding a flower umbrella in his hand, and had a tall and straight figure.
Her eyes changed from blue to black for some reason, and her hair color completely changed, but her eyes were still as bright and alert as before, always with a little vigilance about things and things around them.
After four years of not seeing her, she suddenly grew taller. The thin little girl in her memory was gone. At this moment, she was like a poplar tree, stretching its branches in the spring rain, and every leaf was full of energy.
Liz immediately stood up and walked quickly towards the woman standing at the door. "Jane" was almost firmly bitten in her mouth to prevent her from shouting out.
"Eureka, I'm Eureka." Hesta extended her hand to Liz, "It's nice to see you again, Lieutenant Donna."
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