Tasia finally responded, "...Thank you."
Rico pushed Hesta and was about to leave, Tasia took another step forward, "I am indeed nervous about this person, but... I am not afraid."
Hesta turned her face sideways, "What's the difference?"
"Like you said before, 'think of a way'," Tasia replied, "Although I don't have much power now, I can still make some efforts within my ability, for example-"
"Don't spend too much energy on this," Hesta repeated again, "This crisis has been resolved."
"OK……"
The door to the room was closed, leaving only Si Lei and Tasia standing at the table.
Tasia looked a little frustrated and confused.
Si Lei patted her shoulder, "Would you like to go out for a walk later?"
"……good."
"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"
"No," Tasia looked away, "Did I say something wrong just now? Shouldn't I have said those nervous and scared words... was it too artificial?"
"I think what you said makes sense. Jane probably doesn't want you to continue to waste time on Rene...Right now, energy is precious." Si Lei sat down next to Tasia, "I don't I know what Rene told you last night, but are you really not scared now?"
"...of course there will be a little more," Tasia looked ahead, "but I don't want to be afraid of this kind of person."
Si Lei was silent for a while.
"Do you know the most effective way to eliminate this fear?"
"……What?"
"At some point in the future, when you can pinch his neck and lift him up, then you will no longer be afraid of this person." Si Lei looked at Tasia, "Maybe by that time, you Only then can I say that I am only nervous."
"...Will you still be nervous at that time?"
"No one can avoid being nervous," Si Lei whispered, "A person like Rene is like a snake. No matter how obedient he appears at the moment, you don't know when he will bite you back, so you have to be on guard. .”
"God..." Tasia laughed, "I can't do it."
"It's not that impossible. If you can't do it with your bare hands, you can still rely on weapons."
"……too difficult."
Si Lei also smiled, "I do think that not everyone needs to go to this step. It would be really sad to fall into a situation where everyone is in danger, so everyone protects themselves."
"Yes..." Tasia looked at Si Lei, her eyes still filled with worry and confusion.
"But people can't just waste their time here and there just to seek peace of mind." Si Lei looked past Tasia, "This is self-deception and it's useless."
…
"It's right in front," Li Ge checked the map. "What did Chiba tell you? Will she come with you or something?"
"Miss Chiba didn't mention this. She only said that if you come here now, you can see Bo Shanfu."
"Hmm..." Li Ge pondered for a moment, "How do you want to talk about it later? Do you want to directly ask him about "Collection of Divine Ballads" and the 15th District?"
"...Don't be anxious now, we'll see when the time comes," Hesta said softly, "We'll see how far we can go."
The two of them saw a somewhat old iron signboard at the same time. Its off-white paint surface was mottled. Black, orange and red lines were used to outline sharp-edged patterns and the text "Secondhand Era", and below it was handwritten. Cafe wording in floral style.
Rico glanced at the sign: "Many of the names on this ship are so weird..."
"People are there."
Hesta had already seen Boshanfu's back. He was sitting alone near the window. The morning light filtered in through the thin gauze curtains, illuminating the small cafe filled with wooden tables and chairs.
Hearing the sound, he stood up and turned around, bowing his head to Hesta and Rico from a distance.
The two walked steadily inside, and finally stopped at Bo Shanfu's table. Hesta looked around, "Are you alone?"
"Yes, Ms. Chiba said you wanted to see me, so I came here as instructed." Boshanfu put his hands on his knees and sat in a very upright posture, "But I only have forty minutes, and someone will pick me up later. go back."
"I may not be able to stay that long, but it doesn't matter. Even if we just have a chat, I'm not in a hurry." Hesta said softly, "Have you had breakfast?"
"Have eaten." Bo Shanfu replied.
The two stopped chatting, and Rico got up and went to the console behind the cafe to take a look. All the utensils for food were empty and neatly placed in the storage cabinet.
Turn on the tap and nothing happens.
"There's not even a glass of water here!"
Rico returned to Hestad. At this moment, the atmosphere on the table was still at freezing point. Hestad seemed to have no words at all and just kept staring at Boshanfu's face, while Boshanfu always avoided this gaze. Hesta looked at the red and white checkered tablecloth in front of him without saying a word.
Just as Rico was thinking about what to say, Hesta suddenly spoke again: "I heard your name a few years ago, and I have been thinking about when I would have the opportunity to come and talk to you."
Rico held his breath—what a cliché reason for talking.
"I shouldn't be very famous among mercury needles." Boshanfu still lowered his eyes, "When have you heard of me?"
"You were on the front page of the Indomitable Daily News on March 23, 2027."
Li Ge and Bo Shanfu raised their eyes at the same time. No one expected that Hesta could actually tell an accurate time.
Bo Shanfu looked at him and said, "...You didn't just make up a date casually, did you?"
"You can check it after you get off the ship. I won't remember it wrong." Hesta said softly, "Because I talked about you with a friend two days later. She saw you in Ulian."
"This friend of yours is...?"
"Donna."
"Oh, that brave lieutenant, I remember," Bo Shanfu recalled with a frown, "I did have a chance encounter with her... I was very impressed. She was a noble warrior."
"There are very few people who have no impression of her after meeting her," Hesta smiled, "How did you meet?"
"It's not really acquaintance," Boshanfu replied. "I stayed in Wulian for a while, and Ms. Anna was there at the time. During that time, she kept receiving threatening letters. Lieutenant Donna participated in the investigation. One day I was I met her when I was taking a walk in the garden, we chatted for a while, and she promised to help me find a book... and the book was indeed delivered."
"Why are you locked up in Anna's garden?"
"That's not something I have the final say on." Bo Shanfu sighed self-deprecatingly, "But Wulian is indeed beautiful, and I like it there very much."
"How does it compare to the wasteland of District 14?"
(End of chapter)
