Faced with his sister's sudden emotional outburst, Roy was obviously at a loss.
"Don't, don't cry."
While patting and comforting him, he explained to Wayne and the others: "Vivian, she could talk at first... but then she couldn't speak for some reason..."
...could it be aphasia?
Wayne looked at Vivian, who was now hiding under Roy's protection, and the previous scenes of meeting them flashed through his mind.
Thinking back carefully, it is true that the person communicating with the outside world has always been Roy. Vivian just stayed quietly beside her brother, or was immersed in the dull world, as if she was indifferent to everything.
"I'm sorry, maybe I shouldn't have brought this up... I'm really sorry."
Tasia consciously made a mistake, and there was a hint of guilt in her eyes. "Let's not talk about unhappy things. Let's play a little game together. My brother and sister have specially prepared toys for you this time!"
She reluctantly tried to liven things up again.
With the comfort of Roy and several "new friends", Vivian finally stopped crying. But for the moment, she seemed unwilling to get close to Tasia anymore. She just carefully held her brother's hand and kept it on the other side away from Tasia.
This was the first time that Wayne saw Tasia looking so deflated, and he couldn't help laughing.
Several people walked back along the only flat stone road and came to an open courtyard they passed before.
"Just right here."
Wayne observed the surrounding environment and found nothing unusual.
After a while, the people arranged by the housekeeper arrived in time, and even specially brought a large parasol.
Watching the servants slowly put up their parasols, creating a large shadow in the bright light, Chris couldn't hold back any longer.
"Isn't this a bit too exaggerated..." She complained in a low voice, "What about the sunbathing we promised?"
"Well, it seems that the housekeeper didn't understand what I meant." Wayne tried hard to save the topic. "But these are just small details and not a big problem."
When the others finally left and they were the only ones left, Wayne sat down at the round table that had been set up.
"Now - let's play a fun game!"
He took out two playing cards from his pocket.
Hehehe, this time I came here with ber~.
That’s right, the so-called [toys] are exactly playing cards!
"This kind of toy is called playing cards, and the name of the game we are going to play is called 'train driving'. The rules are very easy... Do you see the numbers on it? Each of us follows the order and connects the cards in our hands to the previous one. Behind the person. If there are cards with the same number in the front, all the cards in the middle can be taken away..." Wein explained the key points in detail and gave several demonstrations.
"If whoever loses all the cards first, that person has to leave and watch others play, right?"
It wasn't until Vivian confirmed that Roy understood everything that he shuffled the cards skillfully.
"Because there are five of us now, we use two decks. If Roy usually plays with his sister by himself, the number of cards in one deck is enough."
Roy's eyes were bright, his hands were pressed tightly to the table, and he looked very expectant at first sight; while Vivian on the other side was in the same state.
About to start dealing the cards, Wayne glanced at Tasia.
The most important part of this plan is to create conditions for Tasia to conduct detection with peace of mind, so the three of them colluded at the beginning to make Tasia out first.
When these two brothers and sisters are playing with concentration, it is the most suitable time to strike...
Tsk. The person who made this cheating and letting go strategy is really a despicable adult.
After receiving the signal from Wayne, Tasia understood it and nodded imperceptibly.
The game started in a peaceful and warm atmosphere.
What surprised Wayne a little was that Roy's understanding was a little higher than he thought. Under the premise that the three of them deliberately let go, the cards in his hand quickly accumulated more and more.
"Sister Tasia, get out!"
Roy cheered happily after finally taking away the last card that Tasia had just played.
At this moment, there was no trace of stupidity or numbness on his bright face filled with laughter.
Tasia pretended to sigh helplessly: "Everyone is so awesome... Actually, this is my first time playing this game, and I can't remember many of the rules. It's better for me to stay aside and take a look at you first. How to play well."
If it were in the academy, it would be almost impossible for anyone to believe such a poor excuse from Tasia.
But Roy, who didn't understand Tasia's usual image at all, believed her explanation without any doubt.
"It doesn't matter! If you play a few more times in the future, you'll get good at it!"
On the side, Vivian couldn't help but glance at the few lonely cards in her hand, and clenched them nervously.
It was just such a simple game, but it was as difficult for her to play as facing a huge monster head-on. she
She didn't want to leave just yet, her heart was beating thumpingly under the interaction of excitement and fear.
"Well, Vivian is the youngest among all our players, so I'm opening a special opportunity for you to ask for help." Wen noticed Vivian's little thoughts and said to her with a smile. "In addition to yourself, there are me, sister Chris, and your brother on the field. You can designate one person and ask him to give you half of the cards in his hand."
This was blatantly cheating her, but neither Chris nor Roy had any objections to this.
Roy did it because he felt sorry for his sister, while Chris did it simply because she didn't want to bully the children.
"!" Vivian's eyes suddenly lit up. She looked at Wayne, as if asking for help was about to blurt out.
——However, Wayne failed to receive any signal.
The words she wanted to say just stayed in the depths of her body, and she still couldn't utter any syllables.
Finally, she reached out and pulled her brother's sleeve.
Due to the good results in the early stage, Roy built up very strong confidence, and he generously gave more than half of the cards to Vivian.
"Keep going!"
Roy urged impatiently.
As the novices became more proficient in the operation, the game between the remaining four people became stalemate, and everyone was enjoying themselves.
However, only Wayne noticed that the hands of Tasia, who was standing behind Roy and Vivian "watching" the battle, were emitting a faint light.
Covered by the bright and brilliant sunshine, it was silent.
In the center of the courtyard, a small shadow huddled under an umbrella, as if surrounded by the ubiquitous [light].
