Why it never ends

Chapter 246 Queen's Game
"Why don't you see Miss Sophie?" Gray adjusted his chair. "We talked about her on the way back, saying that among the young people nowadays, there are too few young girls as courageous as her."

Although Gray has been wearing a mask, everyone seems to be used to it, no matter whether it is the Duke, Viscount or the servants of the housekeeper here, and no one feels strange about it.

"She has been a little unwell for the past two days," replied Villefort, "and has been resting in her room."

"Aren't you sad about the saints?" Victoria continued, "I think Alvira has been comforting you."

"The relationship between their aunt and nephew is really good, they look like mother and daughter." Gray said softly.

"It's always been like this," Villefort laughed, "Sophie, a child who has been growing up beside us, has too little contact with the outside world, and is still too innocent... Ah, thanks to Eureka's carefulness, she has noticed the saint's heart. Strange, otherwise—”

"You're welcome." Hesta didn't raise her eyes, she concentrated on cutting the asparagus on the plate, "This is what I should do."

A thunder suddenly sounded outside the window, and several people were startled by the sound. They looked out of the window and found that it was only a little dark outside the window, and now they could not see their fingers. The torrential raindrops hit the huge glass window. There was a commotion.

The butler and servants stepped forward and lowered the thick curtains on both sides of the windows, and the sound of the rain subsided.

"The weather is really strange," Endai looked away. "I've only seen such heavy rain in summer before. What happened recently?"

Tanglar was picking his teeth, "Tonight's banquet can only be cancelled... It's raining every day on Queen's Day this year, what's the use of it!"

Palan took up the conversation: "Last night's 'Queen's Game' was interrupted half way through by the Duke's guest. You probably didn't enjoy yourself? I don't think there's anything wrong with the rain. The atmosphere is so suitable now. Don't you think it's a pity not to continue playing 'Queen's Game'?"

Both Tanglar and Gray understood Palan's intention to continue guessing riddles indoors, and they immediately agreed with each other. Ende, who was not quite clear about the rules, was asking Trisha for confirmation in a low voice. Only Victoria hugged her. Huai, leaning on the chair, with a lack of interest on his face: "Come on, you guys play, I'll take a look."

"Why?" Palan looked at Victoria obediently, "Are you bored playing games with me?"

"It's nothing to do with you, it's because the answers to the 'Queen's Game' are so boring," Victoria swung her arms and moved a few times, "I also listened to a few yesterday, why did you mistake the hair of the ex-girlfriend's corpse for seaweed, the fiancée whose limbs were chopped off to make exhibits, or the younger sister who wanted to meet her sweetheart and killed her older sister, and the older sister who played hide-and-seek with her younger sister at the funeral and was burned to death—don’t you bother hearing these kinds of stories too much?”

"Okay, what's so difficult about it," Palan said with a smile, "then we will agree that female victims are not allowed to appear in the riddles and answers of tonight's 'Queen's Game'. Anyone who violates this rule, Anyone has to go out and run around this mansion in the rain, who agrees and who opposes?"

Tanglar quickly searched the inventory in his mind, with a bit of embarrassment on his face, "This..."

Gray reminded, "The viscount only needs to temporarily change the victim in the story to be a male, and there is no need to actually make up a new story."

Danglar frowned and nodded—I always felt that most of the stories would completely lose their flavor when the gender was changed.

When everyone was almost ready, Palan looked up and shook her head, and tied up the loose curly hair behind her. Then, she raised her hand towards the distance: "Mr. Townsend! Please open the curtains and turn off the lights."

After the lights were turned off, there were only a dozen long white candles burning faintly in the hall, and everyone sat in their respective positions.

The wind and rain outside the window were dark, and the pale lightning and thunder flashed from time to time, reflecting the constantly shaking tree shadows like ghosts.

"The first puzzle tonight begins with me." Palan said with a smile, "Please listen carefully."

All eyes turned to her.

"A father came to me and put his son's cufflinks in my palm in a desperate manner and said to me: 'Ma'am, please tell me, where is my son now?' Seeing the father's sad expression, I didn't know whether to say the answer or not.

"Try reasoning, what happened?"

Gray raised his hand. "Are there any supernatural phenomena in the story?"

"Have."

"Did anyone die?"

"Have."

"Is the deceased a son?"

"Yes."

"Is my son's death related to 'me'?"

"No."

Gray tapped his chin lightly with his fingers, "No..."

On the side, Endai has already figured out how to play, "Supernatural phenomenon means that the son's death method is more outrageous, or 'I' has superpowers?"

Palan braced his face: "I can only answer three types of answers: yes, no, and irrelevant."

"Oh—does paranormal mean 'I' have superpowers?"

"Yes."

"Can I use the things of the missing person to judge whether the person is still alive?"

"Yes... and no."

"Are cufflinks a key item? My superpower is based on finding people?"

"Yes Yes."

Endai asked a few more questions, and quickly entered the role: "I know the answer to the riddle, can I say it directly?"

Everyone looked at Ende in surprise—it was too fast.

"please say."

"The superpower of 'I' in the story is probably to judge the location of the missing person based on the items of the missing person, but when the father gave me his son's cufflinks, I found that my son appeared in several places at the same time, so I know The son is dead - and that's why 'I' hesitated to say the answer...isn't it?"

Palan rang the bell in his hand, "Congratulations on deciphering! Give me some rusks!"

The butler walked behind Ende and put a piece of rusk on her plate.

"...what are you giving me rusks for?"

"Have you forgotten the story background of the Queen's Game?" Victoria explained with a smile, "Since this is a game that originated in war, it is of course the most reasonable to use food as a reward."

"I see... I think this game is very simple," Endai clenched her fists, very confident, "I will, let me come here!"

Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Tanglar clenched his hands silently, grabbed his wine glass angrily and took a swig - the part of the answer related to "dismemberment" almost immediately aroused his interest in Rishi, Imagining Schmidt's death, in an instant, the fear of the assassin rolled down like a boulder, pressing down on his heart.

However, Tanglar looked around, and every player in the game who was seated at the moment hadn't noticed this. These people who had nothing to do with themselves seemed to be completely unaware of how cruel this story was, especially for him and Villefort.

Thinking of this, Tanglar's eyes just stopped on the Duke - Villefort was also applauding Ende at the moment, with a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)