Why it never ends

Chapter 1065 complete

Flipping through the pages, each page contained a few short sentences. Hesta's eyes quickly scanned them until a bookmark fell off a page.

She pressed her finger on the bookmark and found that there was a faint five-pointed star drawn in pencil next to the title of this page. The color and texture of the star looked exactly the same as the message on the back of the title page.

"significance"

who am I?

Who is the enemy?

There are more things that cannot be discussed

Everything is being abused.

I don't have a god, I don't know how to pray

I am a tiny mortal

But when I know someone loves me

I am Antaeus stepping on the earth

No one can defeat me.

Happiness falls on my head like a veil

The more things you hold in your hands

The greater the fear of losing

When the trembling despair makes people tired

Just known

It turns out that all questions that point to meaning

All point to nothingness

……

"Jane, you're here. I've been looking for you outside for a long time but couldn't find you." Bo Heng walked behind Hesta and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Hesta closed the cover and read the words on it: "...Selected Poems of Elf, seems to be your book?"

Bo Heng's eyes moved slightly, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously. He took the book and whispered, "Yes... I was fascinated by her poems for a while, and donated them to the library a few years ago."

He quickly turned the book to the title page and pointed to the line of words on the back for Hesta to see.

"Look, here is my signature," he said softly, "During that period, I would write down the time and place of purchase when I bought a book... Where did you get it from?"

"Right here." Hesta pointed to the desk.

"Maybe Jiahoduolei is using it to learn the language of the Third District," Boheng put the book down, "Do you want to go see her?"

"Already checked," Hesta replied, "She seems fine."

"I told you a long time ago," Bo Heng said with a smile, "Let's go out, Aji has something to tell you."

"Walk."

……

The square in the center of the settlement was now full of people, and the sturdy women were waiting here with their weapons on their backs. The deer head that Hesta had casually placed on the roadside had now been placed on a stone stand with torches lit in the center of the square.

Aji was talking to a woman with her hair in a bun. The woman looked very angry, but people around her held her back to prevent her from really hitting Aji.

"What are they arguing about?" Victoria asked.

"We are talking about punishment," Bo Heng replied, "Spring hunting prohibits the use of any traps, but they used rope nets during the hunting process. According to the rules, their entire team will be banned from participating in the next three years of spring hunting." "Since it is a rule, just accept the punishment. What are they arguing about?"

"They are arguing about Jiahoduolei," Boheng said, "Using the power of Kasyapa is also forbidden - but as violators, they are not qualified to report Jiahoduolei..."

The woman in the lead saw Hesta and immediately pushed through the crowd, strode up to her, grabbed her hand and walked towards Aji. The woman spoke passionately, but Hesta still couldn't understand a word, only felt that everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Soon, Boheng also joined the argument. Victoria and Zoe watched together. It was strange that although they could not understand what Boheng was saying, they could clearly feel that he was speaking for Hesta - or in other words, debating with a group of hunters on behalf of his teacher Aji.

The woman obviously found it difficult to accept Boheng and Aji's decision. She clapped her hands vigorously and kept looking back at her companions, as if seeking support, but the expressions of the people behind her were complicated, and not many people stood up to share her hatred of the enemy.

After a moment, Bo Heng turned around and said, "Jian, you cut off this deer head, right?"

"Yes." Hesta answered with full confidence.

"Then you are this year's spring hunter - there is no doubt about that."

The crowd was stunned, even Victoria and Zoe couldn't help but exclaimed, then Boheng switched back to the native language and explained something to everyone loudly. Victoria guessed that he was probably talking about how if Hesta hadn't been there tonight, Jiahoduolei might have died on the cliff - because Manna, who was not far away, was listening with tears in his eyes and nodded continuously.

Then, everyone started to vote. The hunter team that was disqualified requested a bye for this year's spring hunt, while Bo Heng thought that although Hesta was not a local, he was fully worthy of the title of hunter. All the women participating in the spring hunt tonight decided together on how to choose.

The women held a smooth or rough rock in their hands. They passed in front of Hesta and another person and put the rock into the arms of whoever they supported. Soon, Hesta's hands were full, and when the voting ended, the winner was determined without even counting the pieces.

Amid the applause, Zoe also clapped her hands. She leaned towards Victoria and whispered, "...Is this legal? Who is she standing there for now...I'm worried about Office 4--"

"The entire base in District 12 has been evacuated, so why would we care about this?" Victoria said, "If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, how would Office 4 know?"

"What if the higher-ups ask about it—"

"We couldn't understand the local dialect," Victoria said. "Hersta saved someone, and everyone thanked her very much and held a celebration that night - that's good."

Zoe narrowed her eyes slightly and let out an "Oh..." as if she had suddenly realized something.

……

At night, Hesta, Boheng and Aji were walking on the mountain road.

The few of them had a great conversation and frequently mentioned their past experiences at St. Anne's Monastery.

"I heard from Boheng that you are willing to come and guide our young Kasyapa?" Aji suddenly brought up another topic, "I'm afraid this is not an easy job. Why do you want to do this?"

"If I just wanted to do an easy job, I wouldn't have come to District 12," Hesta said. "After all, we are the same kind of people. No matter what we call you - Kasyapa, Mercury Needle, Deep Anchor..."

"Deep Anchor is probably not the same kind of people as us." Bo Heng added at the right time, "Some of their policies have been twisted to the point where they can hardly be called human beings... They are not like you and me, willing to sit down and have a good talk."

Hesta thought for a moment: "To what extent have you been in contact?"

Aji stopped and said, "Sixty kilometers west of here, another organization once sent a group of children to them. I don't know what happened next, but I'm afraid this attempt was doomed to fail from the beginning..."

"Send it to the deep anchor?" Hesta looked at him. "Send it to the deep anchor for what?"

"In order to make them become real and complete 'Kasyapa'," Aji looked at Hesta, "to become... 'Kasyapa' like 'mercury needle'."