After leaving Sister Agnes's room, Hesta came to the corridor alone. She was thinking about the information Meyer had just given. A gust of cold wind blew in from the window at the end of the corridor. She looked back and saw that there was no square window in the distance. close.
The footsteps of people and the sound of a rolling cart came from the other end of the corridor. Hesta quickly ran to the small window and rolled out briskly. She climbed on the window eaves and looked back, and saw a crew member pushing a trolley from the corridor. She passed by with a sad look on her face, and the car in front of her was filled with fresh bouquets. She seemed to be changing to the elevator on this floor.
Hesta looked at her profile, the man suddenly stopping to comb his hair, and she looked left and right, looking for a glass surface that would serve as a mirror. The moment she pulled off the hair rope, Hesta's pupils shrank suddenly - the side face half hidden under the flaxen hair was exactly the same as Sophie's.
In a huge shock, Hesta stepped on the air and almost fell off the window sill. She quickly stepped on the roof of the next deck, turned her whole body in a circle in the air, and then quickly climbed upwards.
The crewman pushing flowers in the corridor heard the strange noise here, put down the cart and came to the window to check. Hesta crouched in the shadow of the building, her heart beating violently, almost suffocating her, until the crewman by the window raised his head - it was a completely unfamiliar face.
It's not Sophie...it's just that the outline is somewhat similar.
Hesta breathed a sigh of relief. She closed her eyes, but the bedroom in the Duke's Palace emerged uncontrollably in her mind. In that dark bedroom, the young girl shed tears, and a voice repeated intermittently, "I want to wait for her." return."
Hesta gritted her teeth.
It starts again...
After realizing it, she began to tremble. Not only did the voice in her head linger, but even the face that belonged to Sophie began to deform, like a sponge soaked in water.
The phantom's facial features suddenly grew larger and smaller, blurred, and gradually turned into Alvira's appearance. However, before everything became clear, it was like water surface hit by gravel, with chaotic ripples, and a woman standing in front of the stove vaguely emerged. …
Strong dizziness and headache struck, and Hestad vaguely saw the woman in front of the stove turning around. She suddenly realized that it was the hut in Short Call Lane, in old Charlie's backyard.
The woman’s facial features are melting, like a wax figure burned by fire——
Everything happened so fast that Hesta didn't even have time to react, and the feeling of weightlessness overwhelmed everything.
However, soon, a pair of strong hands held her, and Hesta recognized who it was without opening her eyes - Chiba directly carried Hesta on her shoulders and landed firmly on the open deck. On the iron railing, it was like walking on flat ground, speeding all the way.
Hesta murmured Qianye's name, but Qianye did not respond.
…
In her sleep, Rico heard a noise, and she quickly opened her eyes. Her first reaction was to call Hesta next to her - but the bed over there was empty.
Rico's heart sank. Before he had time to think about what happened, Chiba had already kicked the door open and took Hesta back to the bed.
Li Ge stared at this scene blankly.
"you--"
"Come here and hold her down."
Rico immediately did as he was told, and stepped forward to hold Hesta's right arm and left wrist. Hesta's fingertips were covered with dried blood. Just as Rico was about to ask where the blood came from, he saw Hesta There were many bloody scratches on the neck.
"...she had a seizure?"
"It's happening." Qianye replied in a low voice, "Be careful not to let her drink a lot of water in the past two days."
Chiba straightened up and took a step back, as if planning to leave.
"Stop!" Li Ke yelled, "Where did you bring this person back from? Why didn't you stop her from going out in the middle of the night? You said you were keeping vigil tonight, is this how you kept it?"
The door has been closed, Chiba's footsteps are hurried, not knowing where he is going, Li Ge is really annoyed, but Hesta under her body is still twitching from time to time, so she can't get up and leave.
Many tears welled up from Hesta's eyes. She seemed to be trapped in a nightmare. Although her eyes were open, she was obviously not looking at anything. Turan had briefly talked about Hesta to her. It happened last winter, but it should have never happened again in the past six months.
Maybe she should have been alert during the quarrel last night, but what happened... During the day today, Hesta could even walk freely, so why did the situation suddenly take a turn for the worse now.
Rico clasped Hesta's fingers tightly.
"It's okay, you'll be fine...Jane."
…
In the study, Anna was still awake, holding a pen in her hand and writing some drafts of letters. The white cat was lying on her hand. Suddenly, the cat's ears moved. The cat opened its eyes and looked towards the exit.
"somebody is coming?"
The white cat turned around and meowed.
Anna put down the pen in her hand, took off her glasses, and chuckled: "You can probably guess who it is."
The next moment, the door was pushed open heavily.
"The attack occurred two weeks earlier than previously expected. Do you have any clues?"
Ana raised her head, "You took the medicine off, why did you ask me about it?"
"There was no scenario in my original plan where Zero would die directly in the theater," Chiba leaned down while leaning on the table, "Zero's existence is to ensure that you are safe when I shoot you— —”
"Yes, Zero completed this task very well."
"Have you ever thought about the consequences of this?"
Anna picked up the white cat next to her again - while Chiba was waving her claws, the white cat shrank its head, obviously frightened, "... Calm down first, you are looking so vicious now. It’s really not like you.”
"You'd better make sure the whole thing turns out to be the way you promised it would be."
"otherwise……?"
The two looked at each other, and no one spoke for a while. After a while, Chiba stood up, and his expression returned to his usual indifference.
"I've already finished what I need to say." Qianye said softly, "Something has happened unplanned. Whoever caused it will solve it."
"Okay." Anna replied, "But I still need some time."
"how long?"
"One day," Anna replied, "I plan to see again—"
"I don't care what you want to see," Chiba interrupted Anna abruptly, "If you dare to let the situation get worse -"
"What about you?" Anna asked.
Chiba took a deep breath, "Don't force me..."
"Qianye, I know your attitude, and I also know what I'm doing." Anna lowered her head and smiled, "So don't worry, I said I still have one day, just one day."
The study became quiet again, and Chiba turned around and left without saying a word. Before stepping out of the door, she suddenly stopped, as if talking to Anna or to herself.
"I shouldn't have placed any bets on you, I know, I've known it for a long time."
(End of chapter)
