At dusk, Hesta stood in front of the window of the manor castle with a glass of water.
She looked at the guests who came to the banquet from a distance. These people were dressed in costumes and animal masks, with name tags on their chests, chatting and laughing in the garden.
Even with simple disguises, it is not difficult to identify some of them: Mrs. Alvira's beautiful blond hair, Sophie's lively talkativeness and rich body language, Calvin's almost exaggerated height...these All are easily identifiable features.
Sean didn't show up all afternoon.
Hesta was deep in thought when she suddenly heard footsteps behind her. When she turned around, Victoria's hand happened to hit her shoulder.
"Why are you here alone? Aren't you going to guess riddles?"
"Forget it, it feels quite boring." Hesta turned around and sat down on the sofa with Victoria. "But I want to ask, what is the origin of the girl named Sophie?"
"Origin?" Victoria thought for a moment, "I heard Si Lei say that she was the daughter of Villefort's sister. Because Sophie's parents died in a car accident when she was very young, so the Villeforts took her Take her and raise her by yourself. Although she is a niece in name, she is almost like a daughter - didn’t you say you don’t want to get too close to them, why are you asking?”
"...It's nothing," Hesta said casually, "I just feel like I've heard this name somewhere."
"When did you join the reserves?"
"Year 4623."
"Haha, no wonder... the old affairs officer at your base is also named Sophie, Sophie Morley, do you remember? She should have been transferred out of the third area not long after you entered the base."
Hesta thought for a while, and vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such a person, but he was not very impressed.
"She's kind of pestering me... somewhat annoying." Hesta said softly.
"Who are you talking about? Old Sophie or little Sophie?"
"Of course it's this one."
Victoria snorted softly and said with a smile: "Sophie seems to have always wanted to be a naturalist. A few years ago, she went out with the scientific expedition team to go to the wilderness for field inspections. In the second half of the year, she went to the core city to study. It seems that my major is in this area... Now there are so many mercury needles who have been to the wasteland suddenly appearing around me. They definitely want to meet them and chat with them, so don’t mind it too much."
Hesta felt that she heard the key point, "Will it cost a lot of money?"
"Of course, people like them go to the wasteland and spend millions to start - but what's the point? Villefort has plenty of money, but he doesn't use it."
Victoria said, grabbing the monocular on the table and pointing it at the crowd at the open-air banquet in the distance.
"Villefort completed the notarization of his estate last week. If he dies, half of the farm and manor will immediately belong to Sophie's name, and the rest will be left to Alvira and Joey. In addition, Sophie's own parents' It seems that there is still a legacy that has not been touched in these years..."
Victoria narrowed one eye, "Sometimes I really envy this kind of life. I was born in Jinshan and I have a promising hobby."
At this moment, at the other end of Victoria's camera, Mrs. Alvira, who was dressed up, was holding a champagne glass and a silver spoon as she did at noon.
She tapped the cup lightly, and the people around her fell silent and looked at her.
Between the candlelight and the lamp strip, Alvira, who was wearing swallow eye ornaments, was telling something. People around her burst into laughter from time to time, and the atmosphere was so harmonious.
Victoria was fascinated by this sight and even had some respect for Mrs. Alvira. Obviously, it was this woman who passed on her courage to Villefort and Danglars - even if the scythe of death is close at hand, even if the unknown threat hangs high at all times, people can still make their own choices in life.
Should we live a bleak life in endless fear, or should we face the ruthless poisonous arrows of fate calmly and not let go of the joy of life in every moment before our eyes?
...This determination and indifference are really charming.
Suddenly, the vision in front of Victoria's eyes became dim - Hesta stood up and stood in front of her.
"I heard that a mercury needle named Sean also joined this battle."
Victoria put down the telescope, "Yes, what's wrong?"
"What exactly does he need to do?"
"Some technical support, he seems to be quite experienced in this area."
"This man is deliberately approaching Sophie, do you know that?"
…
At night, Hesta wandered around the house alone.
Previously, she spent about half an hour telling Victoria about her grievances with Sean when she was a teenager. Victoria was very surprised - the reason why Sean passed the review and joined this battle was because His behavior in the past five years has been excellent, and in terms of getting along with him during this period, he does appear to be very reliable, both in terms of technology and character.
She couldn't imagine Sean having a past like this.
This also surprised Hesta.
She hadn't paid much attention to Sean in the past few years. Where he was and what he was doing... it had nothing to do with her. However, when talking to Victoria about Sean today, Hesta realized that this person's image had completely changed.
He is "intelligent, diligent, and thoughtful". His only shortcoming is that he is "timid and a little bit arrogant." Therefore, he "rarely leaves habitable places and rarely interacts with people other than Calvin for a long time." But people " It seems pretty good.”
Has Sean really reformed?
Hestad had no expectations of this.
All this comes not only from the unpleasant experience at the base in the past. Whenever she recalled the days when she just learned about Liz's death, and recalled that morning in Wulian, Sean trembled with a copy of the consultation record. The ground came to her and said a bunch of specious words, which made her feel a chill.
It took her a long time to truly realize the malicious intent.
If today Sean is a promising young talent in the eyes of Sophie and even Victoria, it only seems to mean that he knows how to disguise in front of others better than before, and he also understands the image that others expect and love better. What does it look like.
Originally, Hesta had more things to talk to Victoria, but something seemed to have gone wrong at the banquet in the distance. A sudden cry broke the happy atmosphere.
Victoria proposed to talk later, and she had to go to the banquet first, and Hesta readily agreed.
Then, she began to wander around this empty mansion. Accompanied by the housekeeper, Hesta opened doors one after another and visited the rooms here.
Not long after, she heard a burst of chaotic footsteps outside. The housekeeper went out to take a look, and quickly came back and said that they were the guests at the banquet. It was raining outside, and everyone took advantage of the fact that the rain was not heavy. At this moment, everyone was already there. Back indoors.
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