Bo Shanfu raised his lowered gaze again. He looked at Hesta thoughtfully, thinking about the reason why the other party suddenly mentioned the wasteland of District 14.
"Of course...the wasteland in District 14 is more beautiful."
"I remember you lived in that area too?"
"Yes, I have lived there for a few years..." Bo Shanfu murmured in a low voice, "living like a dream."
"Do people in District 14 prefer wasteland to habitable land?"
Bo Shanfu was startled, "How should I answer your question... There is such a saying, but most people don't like the wasteland, whether it is the 14th District or other places, even if there is no chelation disease, Life in the livable land is also more comfortable... Are you a Hestad from that area?"
"probably."
"should?"
"My mother told me some things about there when I was little, but I have never been back."
"With your status, it should be easy to go back."
"Yes." Hesta blinked, "But I don't know why, every time I have the chance to go there, I always miss it... Maybe I feel like it's not the time yet."
Boshanfu's eyes fell back to the table again, "In fact, it takes courage to return to your hometown, especially a hometown you have never met. You asked me if people in District 14 prefer wilderness to livable places, and I was thinking that it is. It’s not like anyone often talks to you about things in that area..."
"Indeed, but my mother said very little. Most of the things about there were told to me by another friend," Hesta replied. "He used to say that his wish was to return to District 14. He I longed for the life in that area...in the wilderness."
"How old is your friend?"
"A few years older than me."
"Then did he go back later?"
"……No."
"There is no need to go back to the wasteland now," Bo Shanfu leaned back in his chair and rested his left hand on the corner of the table with some relaxation. "In the past, there was a large abandoned isolation area in the north of District 14. At that time, in order to recover the land, the government encouraged Liveable residents were encouraged to move out, and land incentives were given on a per capita basis, with twenty hectares per person, and additional farming subsidies were provided for the whole family to move... This was all 40 or 50 years ago. The policy has been continuously reduced over the years, and was completely canceled last year. .”
"Yeah,"
"When I was young, I caught up with the tail end of land welfare. After registering as a resident in the Bian Chun Mountain Wasteland, the municipal government directly granted me a piece of land of about 700 square meters. I built a house and decorated it later, with a total of about 10,000 robi. At that time, it was probably the salary of an average teacher in a livable area for one or two years..."
"Were you working as a teacher?"
"It doesn't count. I had no teaching duties at all at the time, and my main focus was on translation."
"Collection of Divine Ballads?"
"Yes... I spent a lot of time sorting out Beijin's ancient sayings at that time, but there was no output. It was only after I met Ms. Anna in Wulian that I made progress..."
"The years Lieutenant Donna was in Wulian?"
"No, no, it was earlier than that, much earlier, more than ten years ago." Bo Shanfu looked out the window, "At that time, the 'Shengming Hao' trip was still a big news, and cross-regional distance travel like this was just for entertainment. It was almost unimaginable at the time... these may be too unfamiliar to you——"
"It's not that far away," Hesta said softly, "I have an impression."
"What are you going to do in District 14 this time?" Bo Shanfu asked.
"Maybe I'll go to school for a while first," Hesta replied, "and then we'll see if there's anything suitable for me to do."
"which school?"
"I don't remember the name. Anyway, it's on the edge of the snowfield, in the area dividing the north and south of District 14."
"Where is Kirisatsuhara?"
"Yeah, yes." Hesta nodded, "There seem to be many original sites of universities in that area."
"What a coincidence," Boshanfu said immediately, "I will go there too..."
Rico yawned on the side. She thought this would be a fast-paced conversation, but she didn't expect that Hesta was actually chatting with Bo Shanfu.
Although the two men mentioned "Collection of Divine Ballads" several times during the conversation, they often just passed it by and Hestad never seemed to have the intention to delve deeper into it. During the entire conversation, she didn't mention District 15 once.
Half an hour passed quickly. Hestad ended the conversation bluntly and said that he was going to Grace Theater next. Boshanfu stood up to say goodbye.
"By the way, I have another question..." Hesta in the wheelchair turned back, "Have you ever heard of the name 'Albodonica'?"
"How did you spell it?"
Hesta took out a pen and paper and wrote down this long name.
Bo Shanfu looked at it for a while and shook his head.
"Really?" Hesta put the paper away. "It looks like the name of District 12. I thought it would be a character in some fairy tale..."
"It does look very similar to the name over there, but I don't think there is such a god in my mind," Bo Shanfu pondered for a moment, "but this pronunciation seems to have a corresponding word in the ancient Beijin dialect..."
Hesta's eyes brightened slightly: "What?"
"Can you take out the note and show it to me?"
"certainly."
Boshanfu took the note again and looked at it carefully, "Yes, assassins, assassins, and the plural form of female assassins." His nails scratched the end of the word, "If it is a male, it should be written ' Albordado'...the name was a famous code name in the golden age."
"What's the code name?"
"An assassination organization. Their most famous action should be the assassination of Robbegliet." Seemingly realizing the ambiguity in this sentence, Boshanfu added, "Not this Robbegliet on the ship." yeah--"
"Is it the one on 'The Greatest Praise'?"
"Yes." Boshanfu nodded, "These people's idea is to use assassination to promote change, which aroused a lot of controversy at the time."
Rico suddenly realized something, "So did Robbeglier really die on the Ovation?"
"right."
"Do you know exactly what happened?"
"I'm not sure about the details..." Boshanfu replied, "But you can ask Ms. Anna, she should have information in this regard."
"Okay..." Hesta said thoughtfully, "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
…
After parting, Boshanfu sat back in his original position, and Rico pushed Hestad out. When passing the iron signboard of "Secondhand Era", Hestad stopped again.
"What's wrong?"
"Is there a line of small characters on it? Are they characters?"
Rico stepped forward to take a closer look - among the flying black lines, there was indeed a line of etched text covered in white paint:
"Somehow, the future is not in its own place."
"What appears before our eyes is only a second-hand era."
