"Who else?"
"..." Helen lowered her head, "I don't know what they do specifically, and I haven't seen these people, but I know they are on the ship... Rob respects them very much. When he was in the third area, he specially stayed there. We have a large manor for them to live in, and they will ask for advice if they encounter any problems."
"His brain trust?"
"Guests." Helen said softly, "The think tank is people like Gobelin, one of our own, those people are not... Rob is always polite in front of them, very polite, it can even be said to be... humble."
"Where are these people?"
"I don't know." Helen whispered, "It was all arranged by Gobelin. I just accidentally heard them chatting."
Helen looked at Hesta, "...I really don't know much. You should ask Gobelin and Bernhard."
Hesta was silent.
Bernhard has no further value in asking questions. He was on the ship as a tool man. On the one hand, he participated in cooperating with Gobelin's Anna assassination plan, and on the other hand, he helped Gobelin commit suicide under certain special circumstances.
As for Gobelin himself...
"That's it for today," Hesta whispered, "go and rest."
Helen stood up with difficulty and limped toward the exit.
"...I will come to you again when necessary." Hesta continued.
Helen stopped and looked back with complicated eyes. Rico noticed this gaze and glared at Helen as a warning.
Helen looked away, "Any time... waiting."
The crew also said goodbye to Hesta. At this moment, a new round of safety inspections was going on outside, and she needed to guide Helen to prevent her from getting into unnecessary danger.
Only Hesta and Rico were left in the dim hall.
Hesta lay back and looked at her toes with some dejection.
"Still not happy?" Li Ge held his arms and stood a few steps away from her, "Didn't she already speak?"
"...How do you know that she will be willing to talk if you do that?" Hesta asked in a low voice.
"I don't know," Rico looked at her, "I originally planned to kill her directly here."
"Why……"
"Because this person is a real threat," Rico replied. "From the time they started carrying out suicide attacks, the nature of the matter has changed... I'm not kidding."
Hesta breathed out.
"When you torture her like that, isn't it the same as telling her directly that you can't be a killer?" Rico walked to Hestad and said, "I told you to read less books of unknown origin - Robbeglier's If that trick had worked, Anna wouldn't be the one making a fuss on the ship now."
Hesta frowned slightly.
Rico snorted and tapped Hesta's head lightly, "A real hunter doesn't show off when hunting. Those who toy with their prey will eventually become the prey that is toyed with."
…
Tasia watched several crew members carry Fayence away, and they made an agreement with her that when the banquet was over and she left the venue, Fayence would be brought back safely.
Tasia had many questions in her mind, but several crew members left quickly and could not answer them for her. She stood in the empty corridor and slowly walked towards the door of Bishop's Restaurant. She expected that the restaurant would be empty at this moment - after all, the notice of the last security inspection had just been issued, and all the guests at the dinner party were going crazy. Just run outside.
It's so quiet here at the moment. It must be that all the guests have evacuated.
When she arrived at the door of the restaurant, the door was suddenly opened from the inside, and two crew members invited her in with a smile. As the door opened, Tasia heard the melodious music, and she slowly opened her mouth. At this moment, there was singing and dancing in Bishop's restaurant. The two women sitting at the bar chatting even recognized her and happily looked at her. She waved.
"Please come in quickly." The crew member said softly, "The banquet is about to begin."
Tasia entered the restaurant, and the door closed behind her. Although the door closed slightly, the sound still made her feel uneasy for a moment.
"...Excuse me, did you see an eleven or twelve-year-old girl coming over just now?" Tasia gestured at her chest, "So tall, with short hair-"
"Please go inside." The crew member smiled.
"Did she go in?" Tasia pointed to the direction to the left, "Do you remember which way she went, this way or that way?"
Without waiting for the crew member to answer, Tasia suddenly caught a familiar shadow in her peripheral vision. The small figure flashed past behind an arch not far away, leaving behind a silhouette with flying hair.
"Meyer!"
Tasia exclaimed and immediately rushed towards the direction she saw.
She moved awkwardly through the people standing and talking and laughing at the banquet, attracting many people to look at her with surprise or annoyance. However, when Tasia came behind the arch, she looked left and right, and there was no sign of Meyer in the aisles on both sides. .
"Tasia?" A familiar voice came from behind her. Tasia turned around and found that it was Gustave.
He wore a well-fitting suit, and two sapphire earrings swayed gently as he walked.
"Gustav...why are you here?" Tasia opened her eyes wide. She immediately stepped forward and grabbed Gustav's hands and shoulders, checking whether there were any wounds on his exposed skin, "I I heard that Fayance has captured you and wants to interrogate you... Why are you here? Did Agnes bring you here? "
Gustav smiled, "I'm fine."
After some inspection, Tasia confirmed that there were no bruises on Gustav's arms and cheeks, and finally relaxed a little.
"I came to see Meyer. It was Agnes who came to the banquet tonight, but Meyer also came with her," Tasia spoke quickly, "Have you seen Meyer, or Agnes - "
"You look so nervous," Gustave turned around and took two glasses of champagne from the bartender who passed by. "Let's drink something to calm down first."
Tasia took the glass, "I shouldn't have tonight -"
"cheers."
Gustav clinked glasses with her, Tasia frowned and drank half of the glass. The cold nectar did extinguish some of the anxiety. She took a deep breath and said, "Listen, Gustave, you have to do me a favor. I have to find Meyer as soon as possible—"
"Tasia."
Another familiar voice came from not far away, and this time, Tasia trembled all over.
She slowly turned back - on the other side of the crowd, Philip pushed aside the pairs of dance partners blocking him and walked towards Tasia.
He was wearing the clothes he had gone to the banquet with her that night, and the scepter brooch set with a huge sapphire was still worn on his collar.
