In the dim exhibition hall, Meyer pushed Agnes forward slowly. They found some tools from the study and planned to come out to find an exit.
Although both of them were blindfolded by Hesta when they entered the place, they remembered that they clearly heard the sound of some kind of metal door opening and closing - if Hesta could open the door from the inside, then they would obviously That's ok too.
"...Where is this place?" Meyer looked around, "Why are there so many cultural relics and fossils on this ship?"
"It may be the private property that Mr. Roboglier brought to the 14th District."
"Ah, Mr. Robbeglier's?" Meyer suddenly realized, "No wonder she let us smash it so generously..."
"People like them don't understand what civilization is, and they don't know how precious these things are." Agnes glanced at the displays beside her. "What's the difference between people who destroy these things and executioners?"
Meyer was noncommittal. She recalled Hesta's previous words: "I believe that after a certain amount is smashed, someone will come out to respond to your needs."
Is she serious?
The scene before the separation reappeared in Meyer's mind, and she recalled Hesta's expression before she left. It was indeed an undisguised pain...but why.
"Meyer, over there... there seems to be a door!"
The two sisters looked in the same direction, and an unusually strong-looking door appeared directly in front of them. Meyer quickened his pace, and the two quickly arrived in front of the door. But after careful inspection that lasted for more than half an hour, the joy on Agnes's face completely faded - this door was equipped with multiple insurances and could not be opened with brute force. She even suspected that it might be possible to break through the wall directly. Easier than breaking down this door.
"...What should I do, Egg?"
"Look again," Agnes said softly, "I believe there must be other exits here."
"It should be night now," Meyer's voice was a little low, "but I didn't bring your medicine..."
"It doesn't matter if you skip one meal. I'll just have a good sleep after we go out...Are you tired? If so, go and sit next to you first."
"Aren't you hungry?" Meyer looked at Agnes, "You ate less than me at lunch. I'm already so hungry that I have a stomachache..."
"Meyer, what do you want to do?"
Agnes watched Meyer walk to the display shelf aside. Meyer stood on tiptoes and took out an impression fossil with slender leaves from it.
"Why not give it a try?" Meyer said softly, "She said if you smash these things, someone will come."
"How can you believe her words?"
"I think she is serious and I don't think she has any animosity towards us."
"There is no hostility, and then you forcefully trap us here?"
Meyer was silent for a moment and whispered: "Don't you feel it? Mr. Gobelin's attitude towards us today is... on the contrary... very strange."
Agnes opened her eyes slightly, "...what are you talking about?"
"Stop talking about this, I know you don't like to hear this," Meyer looked back at the fossil in his hand, "We need food, you need medicine..."
"stop!"
Meyer raised his hands above his head and threw the stone in his hand to the ground. Agnes had already anticipated this result. Regardless of the wounds on her back, she stretched out her arms in the direction of the falling stone and tried to rescue——
The impression fossil first hit Agnes's palm, and then quickly fell. The moment it hit the ground, the stone fell apart and stirred up a faint breath of dust.
Agnes felt a tearing pain in her back, but at this moment, these were far less frightening than the expression on Meyer's face in front of her - it was a pair of eyes that felt strange to her, and there was some lightness around Meyer's eyes. There were red tears and his brows were trembling constantly, as if he had been greatly frightened.
"Meyer...?"
"You're always like this..." Meyer took two steps back, "Just for...something that has nothing to do with you-"
"Meyer, calm down—"
"Why did you show up at the Grace Theater that night!" Meyer suddenly screamed, "You clearly told me not to go out. You knew there was danger. Why did you show up at the Grace Theater? Why did you get shot? !?"
"Didn't I tell you everything? This is all an accident..."
"It's not an accident! It's not an accident at all!"
"...Who told you anything?"
"No one needs to tell me! Egg, I have eyes and ears. I can see and hear. I know you are doing something dangerous - but... why!?" Meyer wiped the corners of his eyes. Tears, although it was completely useless - as soon as the old tears were wiped away, new tears welled up, "Do you remember why we went to District 14... You are a liar! Everything you said to me at that time They are all lies!”
"I didn't lie to you... How could I lie to you?" Agnes looked pale, and she looked at Meyer at a loss, "There is a new world there, a new world built by us together... There is no There will be people who are bullied because they were born in the wasteland, and that will be... it will be a livable place that belongs to us——"
"You are still lying to me!" Meyer was furious, "If you die...if you die on this ship, where will there be a new world -"
"Meyer, Meyer..." Agnes stretched out her hand towards Meyer, "You are worried about me, I know... but you see that I am living well now, I am not -"
"You are living well now, but you can die at any time! For your new world, for Gobelin, and for that broken stone you have never seen before!" Meyer dodged Agni. Si's hand, "In your heart, any shitty thing can come before your own life... I've had enough -"
Meyer suddenly felt as if her heel hit something. She was startled and turned around to see a white cat.
The air was dead silent.
The sudden appearance of the cat interrupted Meyer's mood. After the intense anger, Meyer felt a heartfelt weakness.
The cat nimbly walked through the corridor, first walking around Agnes who was sitting on the ground, and then returned to Meyer's feet and rubbed her ankle.
Meyer finally came to her senses. She covered her face and cried. Agnes was still sitting opposite her, but could not say a word.
The white cat looked at Meyer for a moment. Seeing that she still didn't intend to get up, the cat returned to Agnes.
Egg looked at the pair of gray-blue eyes, and she suddenly remembered that she had seen this cat before - backstage at the Grace Theater.
After staring for a moment, the white cat got up and walked seven or eight steps in the other direction, then looked back at Egg and stopped.
(End of chapter)
