Towards evening, Tasia heard someone knocking on the door. She opened the door and saw Jacqueline standing outside. lion
As soon as she opened the door, Jacqueline immediately grabbed her hand, "You must help me, Tasia..."
"……What's wrong?"
"No one can be my guardian... none of them are qualified." Jacqueline looked at her pleadingly, "I dare not go to Helen. I don't know where Officer Si Lei is at the moment. I just I can only come to you... I can only come to you! Please help me——"
Jacqueline's voice was just a little louder, and she woke up Philip who was lying in bed. He screamed Tasia's name, and Tasia hurried back to the bed. Jacqueline tried to help, but only made the situation more confusing, and she reluctantly returned to the door until Tasia calmed the frightened Philip again.
Tasia came back to Jacqueline: "What do you want me to do, register you as a risk passenger?"
Jacqueline nodded repeatedly, "I asked Gustav to read the rules for risky passengers... There are only four rules in it, which is too easy compared to the "Details"!"
"It's not that easy," Tasia said worriedly, "Just the matter of food and drink——" The lion
"I usually don't eat much more than that! And General Bernhard said that as long as there is a guardian around, these rules are negotiable!" A weak smile appeared on Jacqueline's face, " Bernhard ate a lot this morning, didn't he?"
Tasia hesitated to speak, "...who have you looked for?"
"As for Fayence and the others, six or seven people have tried it, but for some reason none of them worked. The crew member in the medical room said that Fayence and the others were not qualified, but I asked her what the so-called "qualifications" were, and she And he refused to tell me! "
Jacqueline took a deep breath and adjusted her voice.
"Adams hasn't come back yet. Maybe Adams can...but I'm afraid I won't be able to see him before nine o'clock, so I-"
"Don't worry," Tasia held Jacqueline's hand, "You sit down first, this matter is really not as difficult as you think..."
"It's almost six o'clock, and I have no time!" Jacqueline almost cried. "If I can't find a guardian anymore, I will have to go to the banquet alone. What if I encounter something else-" lion
"Listen to me!" Tasia shouted, interrupting the panicked Jacqueline.
Jacqueline's voice stopped suddenly, and Philip, who was not far away, also sat up. Tasia stroked his back and pushed him back onto the bed.
"Jacqueline, do you remember how Helen and Gustave went to the banquet?" Tasia said softly, "She roughly told it in the restaurant before."
Jacqueline shook her head, tears already covering her cheeks, "...I was too scared and didn't listen at the time."
"Okay, listen now, the night Helen and Gustav went to the banquet: she was the guardian, she took her risky passengers to the banquet, and she wore a gem brooch the whole time. The next day she and Gustave Staff appeared in front of us safely.
"Although we are not completely sure that this is absolutely safe, there is nothing wrong with following this model," Tasia whispered. "You have already tried to find a guardian, so have you tried to find yourself? Where are the at-risk passengers?”
Jacqueline still shook her head, "Someone has already mentioned this suggestion to me in the afternoon. I also asked Fayence and the others, but they are not willing to be risky passengers... Oh, there are indeed a few people who particularly want to find a guardian. But they all want to find Hesta or Si Lei, and no one wants to register with me..." Lion
"Then you can ask Bernhard or Gustav. If you don't want to go alone, maybe they-"
"Please, please..." Jacqueline raised her head, "You are always so gentle and considerate. Don't let me find anyone else. Can you be my guardian?"
"Calm down!" Tasia grabbed Jacqueline's shoulders. She could clearly feel Jacqueline's instant trembling. Tasia tried to make her voice sound firmer, "I know you are now Very scared, I also know how torturous this fear is
…But this feeling isn’t real! "
Jacqueline's teeth trembled slightly, "...what?"
"A lot of this fear is just our imagination, we are scaring ourselves!"
"But you encountered the security check last night -" Jacqueline's voice was not continuous, "You, you said you escaped from the stairwell alone. If you hadn't met the bartender, you might have... "
"Yes! But I'm still here well, aren't I?" Tasia held Jacqueline's hand firmly, "I gave Philip the safety brooch, but in the end something happened to Philip, so I'm still here well - I have been thinking about it all day today, and I feel that the risks borne by the identity of a guardian may not be as high as it seems, and the responsibilities that risky passengers have to fulfill may not be as few as it claims..." Lion
A hint of realization and anger flashed across Jacqueline's face, "After all, you still don't want to help me!"
She shook off Tasia's hand and raised her hand to wipe her tears, but more tears fell.
"I really don't understand...why none of you are willing to help me! Aren't we partners? Aren't we fellow travelers? Tasia! When Rene blackmailed me, you were still willing to stand up and speak for me. How little did I think you were? Will stand by my side——"
Jacqueline's voice got louder and louder, and Tasia couldn't stop it, until Philip on the bed suddenly started crying like crazy, and their conversation had to be suspended again.
Taking advantage of Tasia's opportunity to stop Phillip from banging his head against the wall, Jacqueline decisively left the place, no matter how Tasia called her name, she never looked back.
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As the last bit of sun set over the sea, Rico pushed Hesta into the underground luggage hall. lion
The expected dilapidated scene did not appear. The place was still neat and quiet. Anna's collections were still well placed on various display shelves. Apparently no one had touched them.
The two of them walked all the way to Anna's study. The door was ajar and there was no one behind it.
They followed the path in the bookshelf to the center of the study. Hesta suddenly noticed some pieces of paper fixed with iron nails on the table. She picked them up and looked at them, and found that they turned out to be Bree's daily illness—— Since his coma, Bree has never woken up, but the ship's infirmary has been hanging on to his life until today.
"I almost forgot about Bree," Hesta flipped through the pages one by one, "Why is there such a thing here? Who sent it..."
Suddenly, a glass broke to the ground. Hestad and Rico looked up at the same time and saw an afterimage of Meyer flashing behind the small door not far away.
