"I don't know." Zero replied.
"Where's Miss Chiba? And Rico and the others..."
"They said they would arrive later. Do you want to eat something first? This cocktail party will last until half past eight, and then the main meal will start."
"I can't last until that time..." Hesta closed her eyes again. A short nap could not relieve her current fatigue. "I have to be in bed at eight o'clock in the evening."
Not far away, Anna put down her wine glass, "...I went to bed so early. Is it because of the drugs?"
"……perhaps."
"What's your diagnosis, depression?"
"It's not depression...but I do take some antidepressants," Herstad whispered, "They are helping...with my symptoms."
"Will you still--"
Before Anna could finish her words, there was another burst of warm cheers from the thorn monks on the other side of the restaurant. Their uniform attire and neat behavior were incompatible with the layout of this cocktail party. Although their size was much smaller than that in the afternoon, when these people simultaneously clapped, laughed, knocked their glasses on the table, or booed , other guests in the entire hall will look at him sideways.
"...It's so noisy." Anna raised her hand to hold her forehead. For a moment, she completely lost interest in talking.
"Why are they so happy?" Zero looked at Anna, "So many things happened in the afternoon, and one of their companions even died. Why aren't they depressed?"
"They're not happy."
"what is that?"
Anna tapped her ears with her fingers, signaling Zero to listen carefully.
In the corner, Si Lei was also annoyed by the thorn monks who kept making noises, but now that Roboglier began to speak in front of the long table, these people finally became quieter.
Bishop's Restaurant is a place that can accommodate 1,200 people dining at the same time, but there are less than 30 guests sitting here at this time. Considering that everyone can only redeem their room card after the cocktail party, this may be the case. All guests on this voyage of the giant ship.
After walking around the restaurant, Si Lei returned to Hesta and sat down with a stern expression.
Zero waved to Si Lei, "You're back."
Si Lei waved her hand as well. She glanced at the wall clock in the distance and muttered, "It's too late to start dinner at eight-thirty."
"There are some breads and desserts you can get over there." Zero pointed to the square table in the direction of the entrance, "If you are hungry——"
"I know, thank you."
Zero seemed hesitant to speak, but in the end he remained silent.
When Robbeglier at the other end finished his speech, the people at the long table once again burst into long-lasting violent applause. Judging from the old man's blushing face, he was very satisfied with the start of the night. . Soon, Roboglier left under the escort of bodyguards and headed to the second floor of the restaurant.
Si Lei yawned and looked at Hesta beside him again - although she was lying on the table and fell asleep again, her left hand was still holding her suitcase tightly.
Suddenly, there was a harsh noise in the distance, the sound of the rubber-padded chair legs scraping against the wooden floor. It was more unbearable than any previous human voice. A painful expression appeared on Hesta's face again, her brows furrowed, and she opened her eyes again.
"...Are you awake?" Si Lei said softly, "How do you feel?"
Hesta just shook her head, her lifeless expression answered everything.
"Everyone here can have a peaceful night." Not far away, Anna said coldly, with an intriguing smile in her voice, "And whose fault is this?"
"...You have such an idea, why don't you do it yourself?"
"Of course I am willing to do it myself, or even let Zero do it, but can you promise not to report me afterwards?" Before Si Lei could answer, Anna had already continued, "You can't, you will just shout 'No' Reason' and run away, which has already happened this afternoon."
Si Lei took a deep breath and said, "I'll reiterate, you can't just for the sake of your own purity -"
"Okay, officer," Anna swung her glass, "Forget what happened in the afternoon. How could I be serious? It was just an innocuous joke."
"A joke?" Si Lei's voice rose an octave, "You risked the lives of more than twenty people——"
"You pick up an anvil scissors with your front foot, and a piece of nylon rope appears in front of you with your back foot. I don't know who else in the world can resist trying it except you," Anna put the glass of wine in front of Zero. Pushing towards Si Lei, "I always like to make inappropriate jokes. Please forgive me if I offend you. Come on, I respect you——"
Just as Anna raised the glass, another glass touched it from the side without any warning.
"I wish you eternal youth, ladies!"
Si Lei and Anna looked up at the same time - Bree didn't know when he stood next to their table. He looked tipsy and had a signature smile on his face.
No one, whether it was Anna or Si Lei, raised their glasses in response to his toast.
Bree raised her head and laughed, then put one hand on the table next to Anna, "Aha, didn't I come at the wrong time? The ladies are not in a good mood tonight?"
"What are you doing?" Si Lei asked.
"Let's chat!" Bree said with a smile, "Do you keep all your ship cards well?"
"Good."
Bree directly pulled a chair over and sat down behind Si Lei and Hesta, "I was so anxious this afternoon that I didn't even have a proper chat with you... Fortunately, we thought that 'instructions' were something important, but it turned out That’s not bullshit, hahahaha——”
"Interesting," Anna nodded, "How do you know it's bullshit?"
"We just asked Rob - ah, Mr. Robbeglier. He said that he had never prepared such a thing at all. Someone... was fishing in troubled waters. You know... someone... was in Affor this afternoon. To carry out a terrorist attack at our port..."
After saying that, Bree burped and stretched out his hand to hold the back of Si Lei's chair, "Madam!"
"...No matter what you have, we'll wait until you wake up before we can talk about it," Si Lei said with a hint of threat in his voice, "We have children sitting at this table, so I won't be polite if you do this again."
Not far away, Ling cast a favorable glance at Si Lei.
"It's okay, it's okay," Bree stood up again, "I just want to tell you that there is a series of special numbers on the back of the ship card, from 1...all the way to 76. Rob - ah no, Mr. Robbeglier - - Starting from tomorrow, he will draw a lucky person every night to go to the viewing balcony next to the cab on the seventh floor and have dinner with him - so you have to remember your number."
"For example, me!" Bree put down his wine glass and took out his boat card from his breast pocket. "Look, what am I... I am... No. 7!"
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