The hotel owner handed a bunch of keys to An Yi and went downstairs.

"Well, the gap is really big. No wonder there is so much resentment in the lower class areas...", March 7th saw that the boss had walked away, glanced at the half-broken house number plate at the door, and said casually.

He does not mean that.

Bronya lowered her head with some guilt. Her mother had an unshirkable responsibility for the fate of the people in the lower class.

As her successor, am I really qualified...

"Oh, we've been tired all day. Let's all choose a room to sleep. Go to bed early, and then go to the mechanical settlement to meet that big guy Svaro."

An Yi glanced at March Seven, then at Bronya.

He sighed and didn't say much. After all, this was the situation in the lower district and there was no room for argument.

The only way to end all this suffering is to resolve the star core as soon as possible.

Dan Heng and Bronya were not picky. They each chose a room, took the key and went in to rest.

But San Yueqi was a little troubled, not because the environment of the hotel room was too bad, but for a reason that was a little embarrassing to say - she didn't dare to sleep alone today.

Because just last night, she and Lingbao slept in the same room.

After Lingbao came back from the toilet, she told Sanyueqi a particularly horrifying hotel story.

What’s more, what Lingbao said was so realistic, as if she had experienced it herself.

Sanyueqi recalled the details of Lingbao's story, "Some weird ghost that replaced its identity. If you stepped on its footprints, you would be killed."

Then I looked up at the dark corridor of the hotel, and suddenly felt that the environment here seemed to be similar to what Lingbao described!

After realizing this, San Yueqi shuddered suddenly. She really didn’t dare to sleep alone!

Then San Yueqi dragged Xing, who had been following An Yi silently, to his room on the grounds that "I will have nightmares at night if I sleep in a place like this."

………………

Bronya returned to the hotel room in a daze. The alcohol content of the drinks in the downtown area was quite high. She had never drunk alcohol before, so she only had a small glass during the meal and her legs felt weak.

The banquet is over.

Bronya entered the room, took off her boots, and lay on the bed, moving her small toes subconsciously to relieve the fatigue of the day.

The situation in the lower area and Oleg's words made Bronya feel very uncomfortable.

“It’s a bit uncomfortable…”

After tossing and turning for a long time, she climbed out of bed, put on a pair of slippers, and went downstairs to the bar to order a cup of tea to sober her up.

Bronya just walked up the stairs, paused, thought about it, and went back to order another drink.

Holding two cups of tea, she came to An Yi's door.

Because the facilities of the Goethe Hotel are really old, the door lock of An Yi's room has been broken for a long time and no one has repaired it until now.

As soon as Bronya knocked on the door, it swung open by itself.

Walking into the room, Bronya was a little surprised because the layout of this room was a little different from hers. There was an extra area surrounded by white curtains.

Through the half-open curtain, you can see a bucket made of special material, or a large bathtub, filled with warm water.

This bathtub is out of place in the entire Goethe Hotel!

It’s like going back to the Nokia era with the iPhone 14.

In the room, An Yi was sitting on the bed, reading a novel "Adventure Tales of the Snow Country".

He planned to finish reading this chapter, take a shower, and then go back to the real world to find Black Tower to sleep.

But before I knew it, I was fascinated by the novel.

Chapter after chapter, it's really interesting.

An Yi regained the refreshing reading feeling he had when he first read Journey to the Center of the Earth.

As he was reading, he heard the sound of the door opening.

When they looked up, their eyes met.

An Yi saw Bronya holding two cups in her hands and asked in confusion, "Tea?"

Bronya nodded.

"Did you bring it especially for me?"

Bronya nodded again: "The drinks here are stronger, and you will get drunk after drinking them. You drink more than me, so I think you need this."

"I see……"

"What's that?" Bronya pointed curiously at the white curtain.

An Yi smiled and said, "Well, it's a portable bathing kit for camping. I've been running all day and I've been sweating a lot. So I thought I'd take a shower."

"Sweat..."

Hearing this, Bronya's nose twitched slightly and she sniffed twice. Then, her little face quickly turned red.

An Yi smiled and said, "Everyone has it, it's normal."

He did smell the sweat on Big Duck.

It has a little bit of sourness, but very light, mixed with her original body fragrance. Not only is it not unpleasant, but it has a strange mellow fragrance.

Of course, An Yi could only keep these words in his heart and could not say them out loud, otherwise it would seem a bit abnormal.

Bronya subconsciously wanted to say "I... I am usually very clean...", but before she said it, she felt something was wrong and stopped herself.

But she couldn't tell what was wrong.

An Yi took the tea, took a big sip, glanced at the shy Dayaya from the corner of his eye, and said, "It's so tiring to pay attention to your image all the time, just do whatever makes you feel comfortable. That bathtub is new, why don't you take a bath too?"

Bronya took a sip of tea and nodded silently.

After drawing the curtain, one could hear the rustling sound of clothes rubbing against each other and the sound of people entering the water.

An Yi picked up the unfinished novel and started flipping through it.

There was silence in the room for a moment.

Bronya suddenly whispered, "Can my mother really be saved?"

An Yi was slightly startled and put down the Snow Country Adventure in his hand: "Hmm?"

Bronya's voice was a little misty: "If the star core is solved, will she really return to her old self? Will there be no impact at all?"

"It can be recovered, but it will not be without any impact. She will remember everything she has done." An Yi paused and added.

"If that's the case, how can she accept it... I mean, if a person makes a mistake, when she realizes it, the mistake she made is irreparable. Can people still forgive her? Can she forgive herself?"

An Yi remained silent and did not respond.

What Bronya said was heavy, but we had to face it.

The two were silent for a long time.

Seeing that Bronya hadn't made any movement for a long time, An Yi finally spoke up: "What's gone will never come back, that's true. But the star core is the culprit that caused all this, and your mother is also a victim of the disaster..."

a long time,

Suddenly, there was a sound of water coming from behind the curtain. Bronya came out wrapped in a bath towel, staring at An Yi with her watery eyes: "Please, you must save her..."

"I will."

Chapter 4 Are You Asleep? (k)

Klippeburg late at night.

Cocolia sat in the chair, tapping the armrests unconsciously with her fingers, using more and more force.

The vague feeling of uneasiness in her heart became stronger and stronger.

Because Bronya has not returned since she went out in the morning.

She hadn't left the city, and she wasn't in the military camp... She sent her confidants to look for Bronya in every place she might have gone, but there was no news.

But now Beloberg is at a sensitive and critical moment. She dares not and cannot send more people to look for her daughter.

Because Bronya is not only her daughter, but also the leader of the Silver Mane Guard and the heir to the Grand Guardian.

The news of her disappearance at this time would have a very bad impact on the public.

However, his current position was not stable, the army was full of complaints, and the possibility of mutiny must also be taken into consideration.

Cocolia cannot accept these possible serious consequences.

So even though she was extremely anxious, she could only bear it silently.

Just when Cocolia was having a headache, the temptation of the star core arrived as expected, like a maggot on the tarsal bone, gnawing away at her sanity.

[She died, died in the Rift…]

"You're talking nonsense! Get out of my brain!"

Kokolia covered her ears tightly.

Although she knew it was useless, it could still have some psychological effect.

It's like this every time. The voice of the star core will seize every opportunity to seduce her and control her mind.

[You love your daughter, don't you? Do you want to see her body? Oh my god, it's so pitiful.]

[But you still have a chance to save her... New World...]

[She can still be saved... She will wait for you in the new world...]

The sounds of the star core became more and more chaotic, and various fragmented images began to flash back in Cocolia's mind.

Bronya lying in a pool of blood... the clear blue sky... the warm spring breeze...

My daughter’s smiling face...

"No...this is not true..."

Cocolia clenched the medal on her uniform. The irregular sharp crystals pierced into her palm, and blood gushed out of the wound and dripped onto the ground.

The line between illusion and reality begins to blur.

Cocolia slid weakly from the chair and collapsed on the ground.

[Cocolia... We promise you a new world...]

[No cold... No pain... No death... No separation...]

Cocolia's eyes gradually lost focus. She reached out her hand to the person in her dream and gently stroked her delicate and lovely face.

"New world..."

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tick...

A drop of water dripped from the girl's hair, and before it shattered, it reflected the two people's clasped hands.

An Yi pulled Bronya up from the ground: "Relax, don't blame yourself. If everything goes well, you will become the next Great Guardian. By then you will have enough opportunities and time to make up for the mistakes your mother once made."

Bronya raised her head and met An Yi's gaze.

Seeing that she was in high spirits, An Yi continued, "Don't worry too much. If you still feel stressed, you can always talk to me. Although I don't have much experience in governing a country, I can at least help you to relieve your mentality."

After he said this, he saw the pair of eyes staring at him became moist again.

Bronya: "Why... do you care about me so much..."

An Yi paused: "Because I think you are very smart and thoughtful, but sometimes you may be too delicate. Especially when you encounter setbacks, you may be too sensitive. But many things are not your fault. I think it is not good to punish yourself with other people's mistakes. I hope you can relax a little."

An Yi felt that what he said was very honest and objective.

But Dayaya's understanding seems to be somewhat misaligned with his starting point.

She bit her lip, took off one of her earrings and placed it in An Yi's hand.

When she spoke again, Bronya's voice was choked: "Why are you so good to me? I can't pay you back..."

An Yi was stunned and held the round pendant in his hand.

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