Hesta thought for a moment, "That's a good thing...isn't it?"
"Who knows, a huge fortune from heaven is a blessing that many people can't even dream of," Turan smiled. "Anyway, after this attempted fraud, the court temporarily froze all of Sophie's property. When she turned 2, Before the age of ten, no one - including Sophie herself - could make large transactions.
"Let's pray that Miss Sophie can become a smart person who knows how to control wealth in three years. Otherwise, this money will only turn her into a piece of fat that everyone covets, and many people with evil intentions will seek her out. Just come here - Bishop Yusef this time will not be the first, nor will he be the last."
Turan's words suddenly stopped. At that moment, she caught some fleeting pain from Hesta's expression.
"Uh, do you know this girl? This...name is Sophie -"
"...I don't know them." Hesta said softly, "I don't know many people...in the livable land."
Turan looked at the person in front of her thoughtfully. She observed Jane's reaction and felt that the other person seemed to be lying. However, they had been separated for so long, and Jane had been ill in the past few months. Turan was not sure what she felt about the person in front of her. Are people's judgments still as sharp as before?
"...Maybe what I said just now may be a bit...mean? But we can be optimistic. I heard that this girl was admitted to a preparatory school in the core city at the age of sixteen. She must be a smart person. Wait until she grows up By the time she is twenty, she will naturally know how to deal with these things.”
Hesta took a deep breath. She closed her eyes and leaned back on the chair. It took a while before she responded, "Yes."
Everything fell silent again. The sunlight approaching noon illuminated everything golden, and whenever the wind blew, the fresh smell of grass in the air became obvious. These flowing but quiet things gradually calmed Hestad down.
The head nurse's voice came from the distance, and she ran towards them calling their names - Hesta's ticket had arrived.
The head nurse handed a sealed brown paper envelope to Hesta's hand, and then explained some precautions that she had warned countless times. Turan and Hesta listened quietly, and then thanked the head nurse together.
After the head nurse left, Hesta opened the envelope with difficulty with one hand. A hard card immediately fell from the opening of the envelope and fell at Hesta's feet.
Turan leaned over to pick it up and found that it was a ship card. It had a huge ship printed on the front and a unique number in the lower right corner.
"Ascension," Turan read the name of the cruise ship to the card, and then put it into Hestad's coat pocket. "What else is in the letter?"
"There is a paper ticket, and there are some things like boarding instructions..." Hesta slowly unfolded another piece of white paper in the envelope, suddenly remembered something, and looked at Turan, " When are you leaving today?"
"In the evening, I will take you to the port with your luggage. As soon as your ship leaves, I will catch my own plane." Turan looked at her, "I really envy you, Jane."
"Envy me?" Hesta repeated this sentence slowly, "What do you envy me for..."
"Think about it, taking a boat to the 14th District, you open your eyes every day and go to a different place, look at the waves, tease the seagulls... Once the boat sails into the high seas, no messy things on the land will disturb you—— This is a real vacation.”
"I hope so," Hesta said softly. "The voyage on the sea takes too long. It's hard to say that accidents won't happen..."
Turan walked up behind Hesta and put his hands on her shoulders.
"Don't think too much and just enjoy this holiday. It's difficult to move into a new region and fully adapt to local life, but at least you still have the summer ahead of you...
"Taking a step back, Chiba and Rico are both in the same boat as you. What accident can happen to you?"
Hesta smiled noncommittally, her eyes slightly lowered, and her eyes fell on the boarding instructions sent with the letter:
"Dear Ms. Jane Hestad,
We are very honored to inform you that you have become the 679,089th guest of "Shengming". We will wholeheartedly provide you with the best service.
In order to ensure that you have a wonderful travel experience, we provide you with the following suggestions:
First, please enter waiting room 12 in the port of Havre at 3 pm on May 19th. Please note that it is a good travel habit to arrive at the waiting room early and wait quietly, but there will be no reward for arriving early. At the same time, the risk of being late is immeasurable, so please grasp the time carefully..."
"Tulan," Hesta raised his head, "There seems to be something wrong with this 'Instructions'."
"Huh? Let me see..."
Turan bent down and stopped above Hesta's shoulders, and the two continued reading:
"Second, the ship card will be your only valid identification for the rest of the journey. You need to keep it properly. However, before boarding the ship, theoretically there is no link where you need to show the ship card to anyone. You can only rely on paper With your ticket and personal ID card, you can freely enter and exit the ticket gate, waiting room or board the ship directly;
"Third, for your personal safety, please do not bring any important luggage into Waiting Room 12. You can check all your luggage directly onto the ship, and this service can be handled at any reception desk in Havre Port;
"Fourth, if you still bring your luggage into Waiting Room 12, please do not show, describe or talk about it to anyone, and make sure that the luggage is within your sight from beginning to end until you board the ship smoothly;
"Fifth, we have prepared the "Shengming Cruise Travel Guide" for every guest in Waiting Room No. 12. The "Guide" contains a lot of very guiding and precious suggestions, which will help you in the next trip. Have a safe, smooth and enjoyable sailing every day, please don’t miss it.
"None of the above five rules of conduct are mandatory, but we still hope that you will try to follow the above suggested actions. After all, only if you follow the rules first can the rules protect you from harm."
The boarding instructions ended here. Hestad read them roughly for the first time and turned the letter to the reverse side. There were two lines of small words with meaningful handwriting.
Unlike the previous prints, they appear to be from real handwriting:
"Our metaphors are guiding us on our journey, and no matter what, we hope you love them, think about them, and enjoy them."
"Yours faithfully, Alberto Canni"
"Albordo Cani... looks like the name over there in District 12," Turan looked at Hesta, "Do you know this person?"
Hesta shook her head, "Never heard of it."
Turan picked up the paper and read it several times, "Who is playing a prank?"
"Do me a favor, Turan," Hesta said softly, "We have to take a photo of this 'Instructions'... and send it to Rico and Miss Chiba."
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