Why it never ends

Chapter 245 Not too smart
"What are you doing, Teresa?" Victoria's voice came from the room.

Trisha didn't respond. She kept watching Tanglar's panicked back completely disappearing from sight before turning around.

"He seems to have been looking for other mercury needles for some news."

"I know what he wants to know." Victoria walked lazily to Trisha's side, "He rejected our proposal to go to the core city before, and now he probably regrets it."

"Heh... I said why he always seems to be trying to get close to the shepherd brother, and now he's starting to make friends with Eureka again."

"You don't care about him." Victoria snorted, "Whatever he likes to do..."

"I just think it's a bit strange." Trisha tilted her head slightly, "Victoria, aren't you really taking us on a public-funded vacation during this time?"

"Why did we go on vacation? This is all part of the plan. Believe it or not, every move we do here should reach the ears of the assassin?"

Teresa was noncommittal, and said with a smile, "If you say yes, then so be it."

"You do not trust me?"

"If everything is as you said, why didn't you do anything?"

"Naturally, it's to show my sincerity, especially since I lied to her once before..." Victoria said softly, "From a selfish point of view, I really want the assassin to know more about the Duke and his wife... What kind of deep hatred will be more serious Is there no room left?"

"What if there is really no room for it?"

"Then I don't quite believe that someone like the Duke would have anything to do with that kind of evil." Victoria's tone was uncertain, "Maybe there is some misunderstanding?"

……

On the other side, Hesta had already walked quickly around the swing frame on the side of the mansion - if Palan and Gray were walking towards the mansion, then the two of them must pass by this place.

Hesta jumped on the swing and sat cross-legged. She flipped through her novels casually, concentrating on her reading and showing no interest in foreign affairs.

Sure enough, after only about 2 minutes, she heard Palan and Gray talking and laughing.

At almost the same moment, Paran saw Hesta sitting on the swing.

"Yeah, Eureka."

Hesta looked up blankly, and when he saw Gray and Palan, his expression suddenly became serious.

She closed her book and got off the swing, standing there tall and straight.

"What a coincidence." Hesta said softly.

Gray took off his hat and saluted Hesta, he looked at Hesta's hand curiously: "What are you looking at?"

"A novel, casually taken from the shelf to pass the time."

"Ha, Ernest." Gray laughed, "His stories are really not suitable for passing the time..."

"I also found that there are too many things omitted in the text, and it takes a long time to analyze who said which sentence." Hesta lowered his eyes and glanced at the cover, "But the Duke recommended it before. Saw it again this morning."

"It turns out that the Duke has always admired Ernest's narrative," Gray said softly, "but to be honest, Ernest's style is too rough, leaving the literature classroom, few readers are willing to pay for his stories buried in icebergs." The next details take time."

"It seems," Hesta said, "you are not only a friend of the Viscount, but also a friend of the Duke."

Gray smiles.

Palan shook off the silk-covered folding fan in his hand, covered his face with a smile and said, "It turns out that Mr. Gray not only has a lot of research on statues and paintings, but also dabbles in literature?"

"It's just an interest."

"Mr. Gray knows so much, and looks so young..." Palan turned slightly, "Isn't there a portrait of you aging in the attic of your mansion?"

Gray burst out laughing—Palan's joke tickled his itch precisely, and he shook his head emotionally, "It's really fun chatting with you, Miss Palan."

"What did you change the subject of?" Palan said in a frivolous tone, "Are you guilty?"

Gray smiled and shook his head, "I couldn't do anything for a while, so I could only read books."

"You still have such a time? When?"

"Of course it was... when I took the boat back to Tanyi from District [-]." Gray looked at Palan, "Has Miss Palan experienced the loneliness at sea?"

Palan didn't answer, but just casually talked about the several cruise night banquets he had attended, and then turned his gaze to Hesta lightly—the clues in her conversation with Gray just now were very clear. Swipe down...

However, when she glanced at Hesta on the opposite side, Palan found that Hesta was looking at other places in a daze, and seemed to be completely oblivious to the conversation just now.

"Eureka." Palan snapped his fingers in front of Hesta, "What are you thinking?"

"..." Hesta withdrew his gaze and looked at Palan.

When she saw Gray and Palan walking together on the terrace, she decided to have a chance encounter with them immediately——Grey is a very strange person, and Palan is also a very strange person. Together, how could she just watch from the sidelines?

It's not that she didn't hear the conversation between the two just now, on the contrary, every expression and gesture of Gray stirred up inexplicable waves in Hesta's heart, but after thinking about it, she still couldn't distinguish the familiarity. Where does the feeling come from.

"Where are you going?" asked Hesta.

"Miss Palan wants to visit the Viscount's pomegranate garden. I heard that there are some sika deer that have just been transported from the fourteenth district." Gray replied, "Is Miss Eureka interested? Why don't we go together?"

"It's fine, anyway, I have nothing else to do today." Hesta replied, paying attention to Palan's expression from the corner of her eye, she clearly sensed the disappointment in the man's eyes.

"Miss Paran doesn't want me to go with you?"

"Where." Palan put away his folding fan, took a few steps forward, and walked up to Hesta.

She smiled and stepped a little closer to Hesta's eyes.

"I just feel that Miss Eureka...doesn't look very smart today."

Hesta: ?

Palan laughed suddenly, and walked behind Hesta. Hesta turned around and looked at her leaving back with surprise on his face.

Hesta looked at Gray: "What does she mean?"

"Haha, I don't really understand..."

The two of them stopped talking, and followed Palan's pace, and went to the pomegranate garden together.

……

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the weather is treacherous, there is a faint winter thunder, the sky is cloudy, and the whole world is darkened, just like in the evening.

Before the raindrops fell, the three of Hesta quickly ran back to the mansion. Villefort and Victoria were in the mansion at the moment. Everyone started eating lunch at eleven o'clock. Everyone chatted while eating. The main course has just arrived.

The butler quickly added the tableware and chairs for the three of them. After sitting down, Hesta glanced at the people at the table—Alvira and Sophie were not there.

(End of this chapter)