Why it never ends

Chapter 236 Double Blades
"Are you looking for me?"

Sophie stared blankly at the person in front of her. Hesta's indifference made her unexpected, but she quickly lowered her head and straightened her dress, and replied with a smile: "Viscount Tanglar wants to invite everyone to his manor to celebrate the queen Festival, so—”

"If it needs to be transferred, I will be with other mercury needles."

"Yes, you need it, I've already asked Victoria," Sophie raised her face, and she mustered up the courage to look Hesta in the eyes, "I'm here to invite you to tonight' Puzzle game'..."

As he was talking, Hesta's gaze had already passed Sophie—Victoria appeared at the end of the corridor, and she was leaning on the handrail of the corridor and waiting there.

Seeing that Hesta had already looked over, Victoria greeted with a smile: "Did I bother you?"

"No, did you come to me?" Hesta asked.

"Yes, Endai forgot that she was on duty last night, so she can't drive you to the work station today, and I'll take you there instead."

Hesta turned around and took off the coat from the hanger, shook it off and put it on. She glanced at Sophie: "Thank you for the invitation, but I'm not interested."

"Well, I actually—"

Hesta had already walked towards Victoria quickly, and Sophie stayed where she was helplessly, watching Hesta leave.

……

Along the way, Victoria drove the car, and Hesta looked out the window.

"Did you not sleep well last night?"

"I had a nightmare in the middle of the night."

"No wonder..." Victoria whispered softly, "Are you wearing all those body monitoring devices now?"

"Well, I wear it all the time." Hesta said softly, "Apart from these, do I really have to do nothing?"

"If you can do this well, you will have made great achievements." Victoria smiled, "You should pay more attention to yourself, especially some signals that lead you away from the crowd, I think the 'Assassin' recognizes You will definitely try to approach her later, and when the time comes, you will talk to her about what she wants to talk about, just like what the Lager Workstation taught you before."

Hesta suddenly realized something, "...Is it because of this reason that you decided to let everyone go to Tanglar's manor to celebrate Queen's Day?"

"Haha, you're so smart, no wonder Chiba values ​​you so much!" Victoria couldn't help but cast an appreciative glance at Hesta, "Yes, it's too obvious to put water in the duke's mansion, why don't you go to a stranger In such a place, the assassins will feel that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"……I see."

"That child Sophie seems to want to know you very much. She asked me a lot about you this morning-why didn't you agree to her to participate in that game?"

"...I don't want to get too close to them."

"why?"

Hesta said softly, "Having feelings for a place and some people will seriously affect the judgment in combat... It has always been like this."

"Then you don't have to worry, we didn't plan to let you join the battle this time." Victoria said softly, "Besides, your situation is not suitable for fighting the 'Assassin' - she is probably not a chelate .”

"I understand..." Hesta looked at Victoria, "But don't you have any worries about this?"

Victoria laughed, "On the contrary, for me, this is an opportunity.

"I have always felt that the communication between mercury needles and ordinary people is not too much, but too little-does having emotions for a place and some people really affect judgment that much? In fact, I think for most mercury needles In general, the battle itself is not a big problem that cannot be solved, and more dangerous problems are hidden behind it."

Hesta pondered the so-called "more dangerous question" and said softly, "...what is it?"

"It's the meaning of fighting." Victoria looked forward, "What are you defending, what are you destroying, what are you trading for with your own sacrifices, so many people have been going forward one after another to devote themselves to it, and what are they all for... Have you thought about these questions?"

The corners of Hesta's mouth sank slightly, "I discussed with Miss Chiba before, these issues are indeed dangerous, even more dangerous than the battle itself."

Victoria was a little surprised, "... Chiba thinks so too?"

"Yes, because these questions have thousands of faces, there will be no standard answers, and they are essentially doubts about everything, so whoever falls into this kind of problem will not be able to bear the cruelty of the battle. Once the belief in the battle is loosened, then It's not far from death."

Victoria laughed, "This statement is too pessimistic..."

Hesta looked sideways: "But just now you also said that these questions are dangerous."

"That's different. I mean it's dangerous to ignore these problems. If a person knows how to hold on to her life, these problems will not keep her in the mud. Instead, they will become solid stones and tamp her down. The ground under your feet. The meaning of fighting and the meaning of life are two sides of the same coin. Without the life you yearn for, the cruelty of the battlefield will become unbearable.”

"... Do you mean to say that the lives of Tanglars and Villefort are desirable?"

"No, no, of course not, at least Tanglar is not." Victoria said softly, "But that Mrs. Alvira is very interesting. In her, you can see some new life possibilities... Well, you It seems that you don't agree with this point?"

"...It doesn't matter whether I agree or not. Mrs. Alvira has nothing to do with me. It may be that our way of doing things is different. I am used to standing on the edge, so I can see things more clearly."

"Then what do you think of assassins?"

Hesta frowned, "...does this question make any sense?"

"How you understand what the assassin is doing will directly determine whether you can communicate with her in a real sense, otherwise the so-called persuasion is just talking with a duck."

Hesta looked down slightly, "...I have never done the work of persuading surrender before, and I am really not sure if I can do it well."

"It's nothing. I haven't done it so that people won't feel that there is a 'routine'." Victoria said, "If it doesn't work, you can talk to her about the Fernand case. It's close to it."

Hesta slowly turned to the side: "Then how does Victoria see the behavior of the assassin?"

"It's good that she's doing her justice," Victoria replied, "whether it's in the Habitable Lands or the Badlands, there's always a reason why some people have to choose this path—just revenge It's a double-edged sword, and it doesn't treat one side more tolerantly just because the other side is right."

"...Yes." Hesta agreed.

Viktoria glanced at Hesta in the rearview mirror—she didn't seem too interested in the subject.

(End of this chapter)