On the side, Lianna showed a worried look, watching Gu Qinghan walking further and further away.
Catalina raised the corners of her lips slightly, looked at Lianna who had been standing beside her for a long time, and spoke slowly.
"Instead of admiring Mr. Hohenheim's back, you should pay more attention to our work."
"Shall we go too, Miss Lianna?"
Lianna came back to her senses, looked at the light flashing in Catalina's deep pupils, and nodded seriously.
Things that have delayed the tactical plan must be completed smoothly today.
"it is good."
Taking a deep breath, Lianna accompanied Miss Catalina on a completely opposite path.
Review week 4, Tuesday.
New work progress begins.
……
Twenty minutes later.
Lianna followed Catalina to the first target address of the day.
The lonely cabin was located in the middle of a field of grass. It looked a bit shabby from a distance, but when the two approached, they found that the cabin was very finely repaired.
The stone slabs under your feet lead to the wooden entrance, with neatly planted shrubs on both sides, which are obviously watered and cared for daily.
"Rafi Murs, female, 46 years old, has lived alone in the City of Love for at least three years."
Catalina took out the brown paper she had prepared long ago and briefly introduced the basic information of the target.
"Neighbors testified that she had lived here for a long time before Richard showed up. It's unlikely that she came from the Empire of Joy."
"We went to investigate this time just to be on the safe side and ensure the execution of Pure Love."
Catalina spoke lightly, gave a few simple reminders, then walked forward and knocked on the door.
Lianna stared at Catalina's back, feeling a little heavy.
This is why Miss Catalina investigated quickly.
She has more sources of intelligence and has a preliminary judgment of the target before starting the investigation, so many times she just goes through the motions.
In comparison, Mr. Hohenheim needs to find out the reasons one by one, which takes a lot of time.
Lianna had to delay Miss Katarina as much as possible.
There was a crisp knock on the door, and Catalina began to introduce herself.
"Hello, I am Katarina, the inspector of the Pure Love Kingdom."
"Please open the door and cooperate with our work, thank you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the wooden door creaked open and a beautiful middle-aged woman with a graceful figure walked out.
"Hello, may I ask what this is?"
The beautiful woman stared at the two men with a puzzled look and blinked.
Although he is old, he has maintained a good figure and looks innocent.
Rather, she is slimmer than many young girls.
The ear pendants are sparkling with jade, and the clothes are also very exquisite, with a graceful beauty.
There was only one thing that made Lianna concerned.
That delicate and beautiful face seemed a little too pale and lacking in vitality.
"We came here today because we want to talk to you about something."
Catalina raised the corners of her lips slightly, with a gleam in her eyes, and stepped into the house.
Next, the two carried out the review work step by step.
In just ten minutes, Catalina had obtained the necessary information, and her rhetoric was extremely clever.
In order to avoid exposing her actions, Catalina did not directly state the purpose of her trip, but said that she was asked by the kingdom to come and comfort the citizens.
Attracting attention, Rafi Murs let down his guard and started talking.
The information that the beautiful middle-aged woman had not moved to the City of Love three years ago was incorrect.
But it lasted for twenty-three years.
When she was still an innocent girl, she eloped with a man of her dreams and traveled thousands of miles from the Love City in the Kingdom of Pure Love to settle here.
"My parents were very strict with me when I was young, so I think my world of two will be much warmer and happier after I get rid of their constraints."
Rafi Murs smiled bitterly, then spoke slowly again:
"But not long after, I suddenly contracted a terrible disease."
"The sudden difficulties shattered my fantasy. I often fainted due to severe chest pain."
"After realizing the danger of this strange disease, he decided to go out and look for a cure, taking all the valuables in his home to pawn for money."
"Three years later, he never came back."
Hearing this, Catalina's face darkened and her expression became serious.
Beside her, Miss Lianna also noticed something strange, and a glimmer of worry flashed in her eyes.
After a long silence, Lianna finally mustered up the courage and slowly asked:
"Could it be that he escaped on his own?"
Rafi Murs gave a bitter smile, and then spoke again in a hoarse voice:
"I think so too."
"But one day, he suddenly came back with a prescription and was covered in blood."
"He didn't leave me, but risked his life to find the antidote for me."
At this point, tears flashed in Rafi Murs' eyes, and he continued with a trembling voice:
"In order to cure me, he secretly went to the Monster Forest and took the monster's heart as a medicine. He almost died in the monster's mouth."
"At that moment, I felt ashamed of my selfishness. After drinking the precious medicine with tears in my eyes, I felt my heart warm."
Hearing this, Catalina and Lianna looked at each other and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"But unfortunately, my disease has not been cured."
At this time, Rafi Murs spoke again, his eyes filled with sadness.
Catalina's expression also became tense.
"what happened?"
"Although this medicine alleviated my symptoms, it could not completely cure them."
Lightly, Rafi Murs began to explain again, his expression becoming calmer.
“So he decided to go out and look for drugs again.”
What happens next is already in front of us.
It has been twenty years since we last met.
Since that day, the man never came back.
Maybe he finally broke his promise and decided never to come back.
But there is another possibility.
The man who once vowed to spend the rest of his life with her never walked out of the Monster Forest.
"It's not that I don't believe in pure love, I just don't believe such a beautiful thing will happen to me..."
Rafi Murs smiled bitterly, the traces of time had left wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
She raised her head and looked at the clean house. She could still vaguely remember what the man looked like when he was there.
Sometimes I have an illusion when I get up to clean the house.
That door will suddenly be knocked by a familiar person.
Every morning, she would comb her beautiful long hair and dress herself up as usual.
At noon, she would cook a bowl of hot soup, which was his favorite taste.
In the courtyard, the shrubs have been replaced six times, trying hard to maintain their appearance long ago.
Time flies, and many years have passed.
The innocent and beautiful girl of that year is no longer with us, having gone away along with the man.
Catalina listened quietly to the woman telling her story, feeling very heavy-hearted.
This is an unknown woman who once yearned for pure love, but failed to find the happiness that should have belonged to her.
On the other side, Lianna looked at the complicated smile of the middle-aged beautiful woman and felt inexplicably sad.
Her experience was very similar to that of the beautiful middle-aged woman. Lianna saw her own shadow in Rafi Murs' words.
When she was young, she traveled a long way in pursuit of pure love with a beautiful vision of the future, but encountered an unexpected blow.
The only difference was that she was lucky enough to meet Mr. Hohenheim.
However, how many people in this world are lucky enough to resist life?
"I'm sorry to disturb your rest."
Before leaving, Catalina left a thin envelope with an apologetic smile on her face.
"I am here this time to express my condolences and care to the people in the name of the Pure Love Kingdom."
"Although the pension is not much, it is a token of my appreciation. Please accept it."
After a few brief greetings, Catalina took Lianna out of the house, ending the first suspect's visit.
On the way out, Catalina and Lianna remained silent and did not talk to each other for a long time.
Until it started to rain lightly, the two had to find shelter under a roof.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and the drizzling rain made pedestrians hurriedly take shelter.
For half an hour, the rain continued. People on the road hurried, and no one stopped. The street soon became empty.
"Ms. Catalina, the pension just now..."
Lianna opened her mouth, not knowing where to start, so she chose a trivial topic.
"Did the high-ranking officials of the Pure Love Kingdom really ask you to distribute it to everyone?"
Under the eaves, the shadow obscured Catalina's expression, making her look a little heavy.
"There will be a day like this."
Katarina replied calmly.
"The higher-ups in the Pure Love Kingdom will one day take notice of these people in the corners."
Lianna was stunned at first, and then stopped talking.
Looking up at the sky, the sun was covered by dark clouds and pedestrians fled in panic.
No one likes rainy days.
Katerina's words said it all.
As a knight of the kingdom, she chose to take out a portion of her meager salary to warm her cold heart.
No one likes rainy days.
This sky always needs a sun.
If there is no sun in this world, she is the only light.
PS: Here is a 4,000-word chapter! One chapter is better than two, I hope you enjoy reading it!
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