Why it never ends

Chapter 961 Risk

The two sisters wrestled with each other. Soon, Fatima came hurriedly. She looked at the scene with a pale face and whispered to the servant beside her to separate the two.

"We'll have guests at home soon," Fatima whispered, "stop making trouble!"

"Guest?" Chloe turned around. "Who?"

"Don't ask too many questions," Fatima looked at Hina, "keep an eye on your sister and don't let her run around."

Chloe thought about her mother's reaction for a while, then she shook off Hina's hand and came to her own conclusion in just a moment: "Is it related to that Inspector?"

Chloe understood the answer from Fatima's silence. She got up from the ground and said, "They are the ones who hurt Cody so much, right? I'm going to tear them all to pieces now!"

"Chloe!"

Before the servants could step forward to stop her, Chloe herself had already seen blue eyes because she stood up too quickly, and she lost her balance and fell on her sister. Hina screamed in pain again.

Fatima held her forehead, whispered a few prayers, turned around and told her personal attendant to temporarily lock Chloe in the room.

……

In the hospital on the other side of the city, Kovicik opened his eyes in a burst of severe pain. Ever since he was carried off the arena a few days ago, his life has become a torture. During all the non-sleeping time, he had to endure the severe pain in various parts of his body, and even when he fell asleep, he would be awakened by various nightmares.

However, Kovicik cared more about his reputation than the pain in his body. On the day of the fight, he secretly sent people out to spread rumors that the Eucalyptus was actually a mercury needle, and his true identity was the illegitimate son of a friend of Kende. Although he seemed to have little influence now, since he was transferred to District 12 for no reason, he would definitely be trained in the future.

In this way, his injury was not so ridiculous - after all, he was defeated by a mercury needle, and he fought back and forth with the opponent before he was completely defeated.

"Sir, a big thing happened today," Kveshik's servant leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Jane Hesta will have a formal audience next week."

"Next week? Is she officially taking office?"

"No, it's just that His Majesty the Emperor intends to summon her first. I just heard that her accompanying family member - that Eucalyptus, went to Trion's mansion again this morning. Baron Trion was not there, so Lady Fatima received her alone. But she didn't stay for long, she left in less than a quarter of an hour."

"…What is she doing there?"

"I heard that she was visiting Miss Chloe," the servant said. "She was ill because of you and didn't get better until a few days ago."

Kovicik chuckled. He felt bored when he thought of Chloe. If this girl had a little more sense, he would have an excuse to go to Trion's house to learn more. However...

"Maybe she will be officially inaugurated soon," Kovicik murmured, "There's no reason to be hanging around outside after coming to Emanlia for so long."

"Also, I found out the current work address of that Eucalyptus."

"where?"

"The city library," the servant said. "She is the new book reservation registrar. I found her on the library's official website."

"…Have you verified it?"

“It has not been confirmed offline yet, but judging from the time of employment, it should be the same person.”

"Go and check."

"OK." ……

In the apartment, Hesta lay on the couch, watching Rico dangling from a sling in the living room.

“So today, Fatima is going to give you that plantation from a few days ago?”

"I'm not giving you the garden," Hesta said softly, "I'm giving you the right to operate it for 20 years."

"Then it's a gift to you, isn't it?" Rico said, "What do you say?"

"I said I couldn't make the decision and I had to come back and ask Ms. Hesta in person."

"Why would she give you the garden for no reason?"

"...I asked her to help keep an eye out for houses a while ago. Wasn't it to find an opportunity to inquire about the whale people?" Hesta said, "But she told me today that if she can't find a house she likes, then the best way might be to build one on her own land."

"What about the whale man? Did you see him when you went to the plantation?"

"There are no whale people in the plantation, only squatters, all of whom are the natives here." Hesta said, "Ximoya doesn't seem to know much about these things either."

“You didn’t ask Fatima?”

"I asked her, and she said she didn't know what a whaleman was," Hesta said, "and she had never seen one on her plantation."

Rico laughed a few times: "This person is really a liar - the people in the gathering place have conservatively estimated that there are no less than two thousand whales sent to Trion's yard in the past few years. How could she not know?"

"I guess what she meant was that if I took over her garden, I would naturally know the answer; if I refused, she would have nothing to say." Hesta said, "The key point is that Kende is watching me now. If Ximoya knew about this -"

"Wait a minute," Rico stretched out his feet and stood back on the ground, "From your tone, are you planning to accept this gift?"

Hesta looked at her: "I'm thinking about it."

Rico opened his mouth slightly, a look of disbelief on his face.

"If Ximoya were here, she would definitely be angry again," Rico imitated Ximoya's tone, "'I warned you long ago, why did you get so close to them? Now you are not thinking straight.', Jane, you are not even an official inspector yet, such a big thing——"

"Kende has basically blocked all my information channels. Even my permission to access the files of the Fayalar Wasteland was rejected by her on the grounds that it was 'against the safety of the mother city'. She has no intention of cooperating with me at all." Hesta said, "In this case, I can only find another way out."

"But..." Rico frowned, "I don't know the details, but isn't it too risky to do this? If this level of economic crime is discovered... Or have you already thought of a way to deal with it?"

Hesta did not respond. She put her hands on the back of her head and looked at the ceiling with half-opened eyes: "Let's take it one step at a time."

Rico clutched the sling and looked at Hesta on the sofa, speechless for a moment.

"…What's wrong?" Hesta looked over.

"I wonder what Turan's reaction would be if he were here," Rico said. "This is really not something you would do."

"'If you want to understand everything, you must stand in the game yourself,'" Hesta said softly, "Anna left me a letter when we were on the ship before. Do you remember? She said, 'If you don't take risks, you can't enter the game.'"