Gustav quickly took out an opened envelope, then sobbed and scratched the corner of his clothes for a while. Si Lei glanced at it, and then handed a few pieces of letter paper to Hesta along with the envelope, "You guys should take a look at it too."
Hesta took the letter, and Rico also leaned his head over.
"Dear Mr. Gustav Minger:
This is a dinner invitation that belongs only to you. We will host a welcome banquet for you at the Bishop Restaurant on the sixth deck at a certain time today. Please be sure to come.
As the only protagonist today, we have prepared a brand new custom-made dress for you. It's placed in the lower drawer of your wardrobe. In addition, there are some accessories that you need to pick up before the dinner starts, including two sapphire earrings or a scepter brooch. Please go to the Hard Rock Bar on the second floor during working hours (19:00-3:00 the next day). Ask the bartender on duty.
If you do not want to come, please choose an elder to vouch for you before the dinner begins. If he is that trustworthy person and you complete the necessary procedures, the dinner will be postponed.
Looking forward to your arrival.
Sincerely yours
Albodonica
"Then what?" Hesta raised her head, "Are you planning to go to the banquet, or are you planning to postpone it?"
"Of course it was postponed. I...I asked Mr. Gobelin..." Gustav cried, "He told me that I had to change into that dress and then go there with all my luggage during non-working hours. At the Hard Rock Bar on the second floor, if the bartender over there takes something from it, then the procedure is complete..."
"Then what?"
"Then I did what he asked, but the bartender... the bartender came over and rummaged through it for a long time, and in the end... he didn't take anything."
Li Ge frowned: "...were all your luggage put there at that time? Are you sure?"
"I'm sure!" Gustav replied choked with sobs, "Because Mr. Gobelin specifically emphasized that it must be 'all luggage', so I asked the crew to help me prepare an extra cart...all of it The luggage, really all of it... I took it all with me."
"What did Gobelin say?"
"He said it could only be prepared for a banquet... So I went to the bar again at seven o'clock in the evening... They asked me if I wanted earrings or a brooch. I said brooch, and they said they had to find the brooch by themselves. It could only provide a few clues, so I just...asked for the earrings.”
"Where are the earrings?"
Gustav put his hand into his pants pocket and took it out for a while, "...I have it with me, wait a minute."
"Stop digging and take out everything in your pockets."
Gustav lowered his head and started to take out things obediently, first a bunch of paper clips, then a pencil tip no longer than a thumb, and finally a 1.5-meter tape measure... and a small velvet box.
"here."
Gustav handed the locket to Hestad, but she did not take it. Hesta leaned over and picked up the pencil stub that fell on the ground, "...do you always carry these things with you?"
"Feel sorry……"
"What are you apologizing for?" Hesta glanced at him inexplicably, "Answer me."
"Yes," Gustav's cheeks turned slightly red, "because... of the reasons I just mentioned."
"Want to be an architect?"
"Um."
“When you showed your luggage to the bartender, did you put all these things on it?”
Gustav looked confused.
"No, right?"
"...Are these also considered luggage?"
"Did you take them into the Bishop's restaurant the first night they came aboard?"
Gustave's face changed slightly, and he did not answer, but his lips began to tremble slightly again.
Rico looked confused: "Didn't I just ask you if you had taken out all your luggage? Why didn't you tell the truth?"
Just when Gustav was about to speak, Hesta had already answered for him, "Because he doesn't know that it counts as luggage. How do you want him to answer?"
"sorry……"
Hestad no longer paid attention to Gustave, who was in chaos again next to her. Her eyes turned to the metal door leading deeper into the room - Bree's painful moans came from inside again. Hestad thought for a while and looked Xiang Si Lei, "Did the boy who died in the elevator find Bree as his guarantor?"
Si Lei nodded expressionlessly, "Yes, both Grunin and Dietrich approached Bree. Both of them presented the letters they received, but only Grunin asked for a guarantor. Dietrich Xi is determined to attend the banquet."
"Does anyone really dare to attend such a dinner?" Hesta looked back at the invitation letter in his hand. "Who wouldn't call me a warrior after hearing this? Are these testimonies from Bree?"
"right."
"He just told you so obediently?"
Si Lei raised his chin slightly, "Don't worry about it. These testimonies echo each other and many things that happened in these days. I tend to think that he did not lie - and he was also punished. When Gruning was killed, he Being burned by sulfuric acid, I think that's the price he pays for being a surety."
"This is the first time I met Dietrich and he was inexperienced, right? Then when Grunin received another letter, he didn't react at all?"
"Yes, of course he responded," Si Lei replied. "At that time, Bree immediately took Grunin and the letter to Gobelin. However, Gobelin didn't need to say anything to him at that time. Yes, all this was just a bluff by the murderer on the ship, but immediately afterwards, Gobelin immediately adjusted everyone’s living quarters and packed different people into different cabins.”
"……coincide?"
Si Lei looked at Hesta - she always felt that Hesta seemed to be asking some extremely stupid questions tonight, "Do you think so?"
Hesta stopped talking.
"This does make sense," Rico suddenly realized. "I asked why Bree beat Gobelin in public yesterday morning. It would have made sense if Gobelin didn't know anything, but Gobelin had already taken it. When you get to the Guide, you lie to him that you don't need to do anything - isn't this just a trick to him?"
"I think so too," Si Lei said.
"...But why did Gobelin want to trick him? Aren't they in the same group?"
"Maybe it's because Grunin went to Bree first," Si Lei said softly. "If he had gone to Gobelin directly like Gustav, the result might have been different... Look at the wording of the letter. : 'If he is the one who can be trusted' - this one is obviously a specific one."
Gustav on the side showed hope in his eyes, "...So I did make the right choice, right?"
"Don't speak too soon," Hestad's left hand put on Gustav's shoulder again, "otherwise it's easy to have an accident."
