Why it never ends

Chapter 1175 Request
In the evening, Hesta returned to the palace, walking steadily as usual and looking very happy.

She went to the manor of Koveshik this afternoon and unexpectedly met the young emperor there. The little emperor was obviously very familiar with Koveshik and often went in and out of his mansion. Therefore, he was very familiar with the Duke's Mansion, as if it was also a royal back garden.

Kovicik made no secret of this and was very happy to show his closeness to the royal family in front of Hesta.

The emperor was very naughty, and even more so after leaving the palace. He repeatedly asked Hesta to perform some "fancy tricks" that only Mercury Needle could do, such as catching bullets with bare hands, leaping over buildings and trees, etc. His tone was frivolous, as if he regarded Hesta as a clown in a circus. Kovicik was terrified to hear this, fearing that Hesta would get angry and explode, and he would inevitably be caught in the middle.

But Hesta was not angry, but asked what benefit the emperor could give her if she performed these. The emperor boasted that she could have whatever she wanted, so Hesta whispered something in the child's ear, and the emperor agreed immediately and asked Hesta when to start the performance.

Hesta smiled and replied, "Your Majesty, please come to the palace again when you have time."

Kovicik breathed a sigh of relief.

When Hesta left, he couldn't help but ask, "What did you ask His Majesty for?"

"I asked him if I could be emperor for a day," Hesta answered seriously.

Kovicik laughed out loud immediately, but then he looked at Hesta with some restraint: "...Did you really ask that?"

This time it was Hesta's turn to laugh at him.

Until Hesta left, Kovicik still didn't understand what reward Hesta had asked for from the emperor, but he vaguely felt that there might be some seriousness in Hesta's joke.

Then, Hesta went to the hospital and personally picked up several women who had recovered and were discharged. They still looked weak, but their condition was completely different from two months ago. They were silent all the way back to the palace until they returned to their companions.

At night, Hesta stayed in the whale people's room for a while, and then returned to the study alone to start dealing with the backlog of documents.

Simoya brought a new message from Arevalo - Mrs. Brownbo also received the assassin's killing warning, but she did not make it public for the time being, and only informed a few close friends including Arevalo. Not only that, she did not seem to intend to seek refuge from any force.

"I've heard from Kovicik that she certainly doesn't need shelter." Hesta murmured to himself, "Maybe the assassin this time is in her house."

"what?"

"Any other news?"

"She plans to hold a farewell dinner the day after tomorrow and invite some friends to have their last dinner with her—"

Hesta chuckled. "Nothing new."

——That’s what Villefort did back then.

"...She invited you too." Ximoya placed an invitation letter on Hesta's desk. "Will you go?"

Hesta glanced at the invitation letter and said, "I won't have time the day after tomorrow. I was just about to tell you about this. Office No. 2 will call me at the workstation the day after tomorrow afternoon to discuss the subsequent use of the reserve base here."

Ximoya's eyes lit up: "Is there any follow-up?"

"I was just about to tell you this," Hesta said. "I just found out that Kende submitted a complaint email more than a month ago accusing me of abusing my power for personal gain. Did you know about this?"

Ximoya did not answer, but looked at Hesta with complicated eyes.

"She said that I came to District 12 not for the future of AHgAs, but simply because I firmly believed that my guardian was not dead, so I came to conduct a field investigation," Hesta laughed, "To some extent, she was not wrong." "What was the result?" Ximoya asked.

Hesta shrugged slightly. "It seems that Office 2 has really been investigating me this month, and they have found the answer. They want me to go to the workstation the day after tomorrow afternoon to 'clear up the misunderstanding' in front of Kendai - I think the result should be in my favor."

Ximoya seemed to want to say something, but in the end her eyes fell on the invitation letter from Mrs. Brownbo.

"So that means you won't go the day after tomorrow?"

"Ah."

"Then you can send someone." Ximoya said, "Send someone who can replace you."

Hesta looked at Ximoya: "...Are you very interested in this matter?"

"Kendai will go," said Simoya softly. "I don't think Mrs. Brown would invite both you and her for no reason. It would be a good idea for you to send someone to take a look. This is not an invitation that anyone can go to, Jane. I heard that Mrs. Brown only invited seven guests in total."

"Then go ahead." Hesta looked at her, "I authorize you to attend this dinner in my place."

"simple……"

"Of course I won't let you go alone. I promised you before that I wouldn't let you go alone," Hesta added. "If you attend, I will let Zoe go with you - but don't expect her to go to the banquet alone. She is not competent for such tasks. Please consider it."

Ximoya frowned.

"Then the police came this afternoon," Ximoya looked away and continued, "They received a clue that the perpetrator might be a female worker recruited by you. They wanted to come and investigate... Because you were away in the afternoon, they were temporarily stopped."

"Tomorrow," Hesta said softly, "let them come over tomorrow."

Before leaving the house, Ximoya pulled the door handle and looked at her watch.

"...Are you planning to work overtime every night?" Ximoya asked, and she added a meaningful meaning to the word "overtime". "I heard that there will be police patrolling the farm tonight."

"Got it." Hesta raised his head. "It's not a big problem."

Ximoya left alone.

It was nearly half past seven and the entire palace was empty. Ever since Hesta's night curfew was declared, the palace was like an empty palace at night.

When passing by the rooms of the female workers in the South District, Ximoya noticed that their doors were not closed. She looked inside and saw several pairs of eyes looking outside.

When their eyes met, they immediately lowered their heads cautiously, avoiding Ximoya's sight as if they had done something wrong and were caught.

Ximoya raised the corner of her mouth slightly, and although the other party could no longer receive it, she still tried to return a kind expression. This eye contact lasted only a few seconds, and Ximoya continued to walk forward as if nothing had happened.

Along the way, she recalled the deaths of the workers who had died in the past two days, and she was a little dazed for a moment.

...Is that really what these seemingly weak and timid female workers did?