"Okay." Hesta replied and lay down on the chair again.
"...Why did you fall asleep again?"
"The most important thing for me right now is to have a good sleep," Hesta smiled, "Good afternoon."
…
At six o'clock in the afternoon, Hesta went to see Victoria as usual and told her that it was still a peaceful day and there was no sign of the assassin approaching.
"I also had a mood swing today," Hesta confessed proactively, "I don't know if this time I will have to -"
"No need this time, Si Lei told me that an actor sang a song." Victoria replied, "...the title of the song happens to have the same name as one of your former friends, right?"
"Um."
"I understand this feeling, and sometimes it does make people uncomfortable..." Victoria's pen that had been writing stopped and she looked up at Hesta, "But every time we touch the scene, it shows that we are still I haven’t forgotten, so that’s not a bad thing, right?”
Hesta nodded again, "Yeah, I think so too."
Victoria smiled and said, "Let's go have dinner and go to bed early tonight."
Before leaving, Hesta suddenly thought of something, "By the way, there's one more thing... Do you know where Miss Chiba is now? It's been four days since I arrived in Tan Yi and I haven't seen her yet."
"She won't come here recently," Victoria stood up to draw the curtains behind her. "Because we want to keep you here, she needs to complete some work that would have been entrusted to you - I didn't tell You did it because she said if you didn’t ask, you didn’t have to mention it.”
Hesta closed her eyes for a moment, lowered her head, "...I know, thank you."
…
At night, everyone sat around to eat. Tonight, Alvira and Sophie still did not show up.
During the dinner, Danglars was still the most talkative person. He pestered Palan and told him many interesting things that had happened on the Queen's Day in the past. Palan was so happy that he listened from beginning to end, which surprised everyone else present. .
Paran was not only listening, but also listening very attentively. Every pun that Tanglar threw out caused a burst of silvery laughter from her, which especially benefited Tanglar.
"Gray!" Danglars patted the table towards Roger, "What's the matter with you? I didn't say a word tonight, and I shouldn't talk to you. I was absent-minded - that joke Miss Palan just told you. Did you hear that?”
Roger raised his head. Although he didn't drink at all tonight, there was a hint of drunkenness on his face at the moment. "Sorry, I was thinking about other things."
Tangglar narrowed his eyes, looked at Roger carefully, and suddenly burst out laughing: "I understand!"
Palan looked at Tanglar curiously, "Did the Viscount understand something?"
"You don't understand." Danglars patted his bulging belly. He winked at Roger with the look of a conspirator, and then gently turned to Palan's side. "I know my man very well. My friend, every time he shows such an expression, it must be... some unexpected surprise."
From the corner of his eye, Roger saw Hesta coming down from the second floor. He immediately sat upright and shook his head. In order to prevent Tanglar from saying something unappetizing again, he stood up and said, "I've finished eating."
"Wait! Gray, you--" Danglars stretched out his hand towards Roger, "you--what, when was it? You told me once yesterday, but I forgot-"
"Tomorrow." Roger said with a smile, "Tomorrow morning."
"I have something to give you, but I always forget...I'll have someone deliver it to you tonight. Remember to bring it with you." Gu Mao
Roger nodded in response, turned and left.
The moment he passed by Eureka, Roger opened his hand calmly, hoping for a brief touch. However, to his disappointment, Eureka seemed to have no reaction at all.
Roger had no choice but to raise his hand, grab his tie and shake it casually twice. He turned around pretending to be unintentional and turned his attention to Eureka at the edge of his field of vision - she just walked to the table unconsciously and looked at the people sitting there. greet.
Roger withdrew his gaze and tried to suppress his discomfort.
It's nothing, it's just a little woman's trick of playing hard to get... A smile appeared on Roger's face again. He knew that all these moments of being ignored and flirted with by Youleka would be compensated after tonight's meeting.
All the hunger and thirst at this moment will multiply the pleasure tonight.
…
However, things didn't seem to go as smoothly as expected.
At midnight, Roger sat in his car a little irritably.
The ship he wanted to take set sail at seven o'clock tomorrow morning. Considering that he might not be able to make it back to the Viscount's manor tomorrow morning, he had brought his ticket and some luggage in advance when he set off, and these things were placed in his trunk.
However, it wasn't until he drove on the road that Roger realized a very serious problem - he had been excited all day, but he forgot that he didn't ask Youleka for the specific meeting time and location.
He arrived here around eight o'clock, and it was now close to midnight... Roger was a little reluctant to drive back, but would he continue to wait two streets away from the Duke's residence?
He punched the steering wheel—he didn’t even have Eureka’s number yet!
Just then, the phone rang, and a greeting came from an unknown number: "Are you here?"
Roger's eyes lit up and he immediately dialed the number back. However, there was only a busy signal waiting for him. He tried this several times and had no choice but to try to reply to the text message:
"Eureka, is that you?"
From a high place, Hesta was overlooking the car where Roger was sitting. She saw a faint cold light in the car, which was when Roger was replying to a text message.
Soon, Roger received a new message: "Of course it's me, dear Mr. Grey, I'm looking at you."
At this moment, an indescribable tremor passed through Roger's body like an electric current, and he couldn't tell whether it was pleasure or fear.
"Where are you?"
"Get out of the car and walk forward."
Roger quickly got out of the car, and Hesta continued to give him guidance, asking him to bypass the patrolling guards in the Duke's mansion. When he climbed over the low brick wall several times, Roger fell to the ground in embarrassment. The wet mud soiled his new shoes and trousers, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow Hesta's instructions.
Finally, he came to the side of Roang Palace.
Since Villefort has never repaired the exterior of the Rohan Palace, this huge building is not very eye-catching. Although Roger is quite curious about the furnishings in the palace, he has never seen it up close.
The cold night wind blew by, and Roger suddenly woke up.
He looked around timidly. After nightfall, every plant, tree, brick, and stone here seemed to come alive. Their lines, shadows, and the subtle sound of the wind blowing through the windows and coffins... all seemed so eerie. And indifferent.
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