The thorn monks who were standing quietly at the edge of the crowd were still restrained by Bernhard's men. After hearing Gobelin's words, some of them lowered their heads and sobbed.
Two soldiers stepped forward and opened the restaurant door, and the crowd looked toward the exit.
"Go back, everyone," Gobelin said again.
One person raised his hand, "Can we...can we see Mr. Robbeglier again?"
"Now is not the time," Gobelin replied, "when the time is right, he will come to see you... I can't reveal more specific things to you, I can only tell you that Mr. Robbeglier is taking on his The responsibility...heavy responsibility."
The crowd sighed, and everyone finally began to walk out. Many people walked up to Gobelin and said goodbye to him.
There were fewer and fewer people in the restaurant, and Rene and his companions began to look around uneasily. The departing people lowered their heads solemnly, and no one responded to his gaze.
"Madam..." Rene murmured behind Hesta, "We are now..."
Hesta made a silencing gesture, and René immediately stopped talking.
Not far away, Bernhard escorted several thorn monks to Gobelin, "How do you want to deal with it?"
"Let it go."
"They just pointed a gun at you and just let you go?"
"Let it go." Gobelin repeated again. He glanced at the young people, "They are just too scared."
The soldiers let go of their hands, and several thorn monks stood there at a loss. They seemed not to have thought that forgiveness would come so easily. The anger dissipated from their eyes, their lips trembled slightly, and their gasps could not be stopped. Gobelin walked past them, patted their arms one after another, and left without looking back.
Rico seized the opportunity and pushed Hesta's wheelchair out. When he was about to go out, Hesta suddenly turned around and said "feed" to the thorn monks.
Several people raised their heads and looked at Hesta blankly.
"Don't be too desperate." Hesta spoke softly, with the same tone as Gobelin just now, "On the first night of boarding the ship, I also brought my luggage into this restaurant."
The expressions of several thorn monks experienced a subtle continuous change in an instant, and this was completely seen by Hesta - she really saw it, just this word without any commitment, made these few A stream of life emerged from the eyes of the lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
They moved forward involuntarily, as if they wanted to say something to Hesta, but then they were frightened back by Rico's look.
Rico pushed Hesta and quickly left Bishop's Restaurant, leaving only these few young people who had been frightened out of their wits in the restaurant.
…
"Madam... Madam!" Rene hurriedly caught up, "What do you suggest we do now?"
Hestad in the wheelchair looked up from his thoughts and said, "Go back first, just like Gobelin suggested."
"but--"
"So many people disappeared together today, there is no reason for it." Hesta whispered, "If today's victim has appeared, then everyone will be safe in the future - of course you will be the same."
"...You are right." René clasped his fingers pitifully, "But what about tomorrow? If this continues, sooner or later, bad luck will be our turn..."
"So, I have something I need you to do," Hesta said in a brisk tone, "something very important."
"What?"
"Have your rooms been adjusted once after boarding the ship?" Hesta raised her head, "I remember that Bree's room was recently transferred to Sister Agnes's suite."
"right."
"Can you get a list of everyone who lives in the same apartment?"
"This..." René frowned and thought for a moment, "The six of us live in four different suites. The personnel lists of these four suites are easy to get, but the rest..."
"Four sets are enough, and the rest can be sorted out by elimination." Hesta's peripheral vision kept paying attention to the emergency exit not far away - she saw Goebbels with her own eyes when leaving the restaurant Lin walked in with Bernhard, and now he could almost follow. "I will find you in the evening, please hurry up."
Just as Rico was about to push Hesta forward, René caught up with him again.
"Wait, madam, I haven't finished speaking yet - of course, we will try our best to complete the tasks you taught us today, but as I just said, even if we are safe today, what about tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow? In the next nearly two months of sailing, we won’t be so lucky every time!”
Hesta suppressed the impatience in her heart, she raised her head coldly, "What do you want, tell me."
"Your current residence was arranged by Ms. Chiba, right?" Rene said bluntly, "I don't know... can she also help us -"
Rene's words stopped abruptly because he noticed the change in the expression on Hesta's face. In just an instant, the remaining kindness in her eyes disappeared.
"Look at me, Blumber," Hestad looked at him. "Do I look like an old hen?"
"No, no...you must have misunderstood something -"
"You want an absolutely safe room," Hesta interrupted him again, "but tell me, after moving in, how many times a day do you plan to come out? When that happens, where will you get information and be aware of your surroundings? The change?"
Rene's throat moved.
"If you don't have any information that is useful to me," Hesta retracted his chin slightly and his eyes became colder, "Why should I provide you with protection?"
"...I, I understand—"
"Don't let me hear this stupid question a second time." Hesta's expression returned to calmness, "Otherwise I will question whether I have seen the wrong person."
"Okay Ms. Hesta, I totally understand, Ms. Hesta, I just..."
"Go." Hesta looked up at René, with a faint smile in her eyes. "With the commotion in Bishop's restaurant just now, everyone knows that we are cooperating. There is no need to show off to others. Too low, understand.”
"Of course, I understand, you can rest assured about this..."
René put his feet together, bowed slightly towards Hesta, and quickly disappeared to the other end of the corridor with a few people behind him.
Rico and Hesta watched these people leave and quickly chased in the direction Gobelin left.
They listened to the sounds in each floor and quickly locked onto the team of Bernhard and Gobelin going down to the open deck. Before leaving the hull building, Rico suddenly pulled Hesta's shoulder.
"I just remembered that you haven't taken your medicine this morning. I brought water with me. Why don't you now-"
"There's no rush." Hesta said softly, "I know what state I'll be in next, and there's not much point in eating now."
(End of chapter)
