Why it never ends

Chapter 414
At dawn, Hesta woke up.

She felt sore all over her body, lowered her head, and found that her left hand was tied by the bed by a belt, and Li Ge was sitting not far away, flipping through a book by the bedside lamp.

"...What are you looking at?" Hesta asked in a low voice.

Li Ke raised his head and quickly put down the book, "You're awake, are you feeling better?"

Just as Hesta was about to answer, he shuddered.

Rico raised the room temperature by two degrees and stepped forward to untie Hesta.Hesta looked forward and found a pile of dirty sheets on the ground. At this moment, only the white fitted sheet was left under her body, and there was a subtle sour smell in the air. She quickly realized what happened, " Am I... having a panic attack again?"

"Well," Li Ke looked at her, "Did you sneak out while I was asleep?"

Hesta didn't answer, "...Miss Chiba sent me back?"

"Correct."

"Then...it's not a dream." Hesta murmured in a low voice.

"what?"

Hesta just shook her head—she did have a trance impression, as if she saw Chiba's back in a chaotic picture, and it seemed that Miss Chiba had been observing secretly.

Then her disappearance during this period of time makes sense: Miss Chiba is also in Anna's plan, and maybe she plays a very important role.

Looking at Hesta who was still shivering, Rico was a little at a loss: "Are you still cold?"

"...It's not all because of the cold."

Rico sighed, she first wrapped Hesta up again with a blanket, then lay down beside Hesta, hugging her tightly.

Hesta took a deep breath and closed his eyes: "I was dreaming, Rico."

"What dream?"

"A forest, in a snowy field," Hesta said softly, "A firebird flew down from a high place, flew to a frozen lake, and then... there was a face under the ice, a woman's face."

"and then?"

"I've dreamed about this scene several times. At first, only the firebird and the forest could be seen clearly. Later...after I found the woman under the ice, I was always...scared awake."

"Did the woman under the ice scare you?"

"No, but she's too big, one of her eyes is as tall as me... At first I thought she was dead, but she didn't, her eyes would open and even... look at me. "

"do you know her?"

"I don't know," Hesta murmured, "I only remember that she has blue eyes..."

"Blue eyes like yours?"

"Like me..." Hesta was startled, but then, she frowned and shook her head, "No, that's not me."

Rico patted Hesta's back lightly, and let out a bewildered "hmm".

"It would be nice if Miss Valenti was here," Rico said softly, "It's fun to listen to her dream interpretation every time... Unfortunately, I can't."

Hesta laughed, "She doesn't believe it herself, do you?"

"It's okay, every time I listen to her analysis, it's very inspiring." Li Ke lowered his head, "Do you remember that I always dreamed of an apple grove before, and in the end every tree was entangled by fishing nets... "

"Is it the time when you graduated from the reserve?"

"Yeah." Li Ke nodded, "During that time, I also had a lot of strange dreams: queuing up in the cafeteria with Liz, but when it was my turn, all the food was finished; A train plowed into the crowd, I was knocked to the ground, and someone pushed a wheelbarrow full of sweets and bread and ran over my face..."

"What did Miss Valenti say?"

"In most dreams, she says, food represents 'happiness'. Apples, meals, wheelbarrows full of sweets and bread, could be several variations of the same thing - all hindered to varying degrees , and the last dream even hurt me.

"I thought about it later, and found that it was really like this. During that time, I was always worried that I would not be able to perform the duties of the mercury needle. I was afraid that if I were to go to the battlefield, not only would I not be able to protect myself, but I would become a drag on others... But fighting In itself, it is something that particularly attracts me.”

"You really think too much...how could you be incompetent..."

"Haven't you thought about it?"

"No." Hesta thought for a while after answering, "Probably not..."

"In short, after trying to understand this level, I never had a similar dream again." Li Ke whispered, "Many dreams are like this, it is a problem that has not been realized."

"Unrecognized problems..."

"You don't tremble anymore." Li Ke said suddenly, she let go of her arms, "Look!"

"God, don't remind me of this—"

"Ah...my fault, it's okay, it's okay, just close your eyes and lie down, don't think about anything..."

"what time is it now?"

"Four o'clock, almost five o'clock." Li Ke said softly, "Have you seen the morning and evening line on the sea?"

Hesta shook his head.

"It's amazing. When you stand on a high place and look ahead, although the sun hasn't come out yet, it is already dawn, and sometimes you can still see the clouds; but as long as you turn around at this time, you will find that there is a complete sky behind you." In the dark night, the sky and sea are still dark blue, as if the light in front has nothing to do with it..." Lico paused for a moment, "Day and night exist in the same time and space at the same time, but they have no awareness of each other , and do not interfere with each other."

"...Can I watch it now?"

"No."

"I can, I'll just stay in my wheelchair and never move—"

"Even if you are a good person now, it's not enough. It's a good time to go to the place and wait in advance. It's not when you think of it, you can read it with a pat of your head."

"...Okay." Hesta's eyes were half closed again, she leaned on Rico's arm, "It's good to take a rest now, tomorrow morning, I want to go to Bishop's restaurant."

"What are you doing there?"

"Gobelin is going to publish the full text of the Guide, and I'm going to listen to it."

"Who is still saying that Slei is nosy this afternoon?" Li Ke shrank his head back to see Hesta's expression at the moment, "Can't you stay here?"

"...if someone provoked you again and again, would you do nothing?"

"Who is provoking you?"

"Anna."

In the dimly lit room, Hesta's eyes became clear again. She whispered about the note she saw in Anna's study tonight, and properly concealed Anna's first sarcasm.

"Regardless of whether this is true or not, we must synchronize the whole matter with Qianye as soon as possible, and so on..." Li Ge's expression gradually became serious from the initial bewilderment, "...Qianye is fully aware of this, right? Otherwise, how did you sneak out tonight, and how did she save you in time?"

(End of this chapter)