Chapter 40: Hugs
"The thousand-year-old capital, I didn't expect to come back here. Regner looked at the majestic ancient city in front of him and couldn't help but sigh. The last time I visited the thousand-year-old capital was only a year or two ago, and just a year later, the ancient city is still majestic, but it has lost its prosperity and vitality, replaced by a terrifying gloom and suffocating silence.
"......" Anne Lot and Lisanna both looked at the thousand-year-old capital with a little lost eyes. The thousand-year-old capital has always been famous in the world as the oldest and most prosperous capital of mankind, and the two girls have not imagined what this capital looks like. But obviously, they never expected that the thousand-year-old capital they really saw would be so decayed and gloomy.
"yes, it's back. Mel sighed as he looked at the thousand-year-old capital. Thousands of years ago was the place where he was born and raised, and if you want to say that the most emotional person in their line is undoubtedly Mel. But now, seeing that the place that carried countless memories of the past has decayed to this point, what can this old mage do but let out a sigh?
"Let's go. Rebecca seemed to be no stranger to the situation in the thousand-year-old capital, and she looked at Regner, the first to walk in the direction of the city gate.
"Didn't Nidhogg have a guard at the gates, and this was his home base, right?" asked Regner.
"Don't worry, there aren't any undead patrols in the entire thousand-year-old capital," Rebecca explained expressionlessly as she walked, "Didn't I say that? Nidhogg has been waiting for you. β
"Didn't I say it too?" Regna fought back, paused, and added, "To be on the safe side, let's be careful." β
"As you please, the mage can throw us a group invisibility. Rebecca didn't bother to argue.
And the truth is that as Rebecca said, the entire millennium has been turned into a ghost town, and the desolate streets are not even visible to the shadow of undead creatures. Regner stood in front of Sartre's mansion and was stunned for a long time, and when the last few people saw this, they simply chose to set up camp here to rest and prepare for the next assassination. The assassination of Nidhogg is not child's play, they have already discussed it on the way, and after arriving in the thousand-year-old capital, let the assassins go to the magic academy grove that Rebecca said to reconnoiter and confirm Nidhogg's existence, and then they will carry out the assassination one night.
"This is where we first met. On the first night, Rebecca walked up to Regner and accosted her. At that time, Regner was alone in the gazebo of the garden.
"First time?" Regner looked at Rebecca and suddenly asked in surprise, "You're an outsider, aren't you?"
"Yes. Rebecca admitted frankly, and could see that when Regna guessed this, Rebecca's dark eyes had an unconcealable joy: "Do you remember anything?"
"I'm sorry I let you down, it's just my speculation based on some of your actions. Ragner shook his head.
"That's ......"
"Uh......" Regner hesitated for a moment, and said with some embarrassment: "Well, I still have a guess about the relationship between the two of us." β
"Tell me about it. Rebecca had a glimmer of hope in her eyes, and although she couldn't reveal some of the information herself, it wouldn't be too much of a problem if Regner had guessed and Rebecca had replied back and forth.
"Don't laugh at me. Regner was even more embarrassed.
"Okay, I'm not smiling. β
"That ......," Regner said with a slight stammer, "because the two of us look ...... It looks alike! and...... And you're always helping me...... So...... So I'm guessing if you're going to ...... Will it be ......"
"Could it be anything?" Rebecca's dark eyes brightened.
"Will you be ......" Regner said in a very small voice, "my mother ......"
"......" Rebecca was stunned when she heard the answer.
Regner saw Rebecca's reaction and knew he had guessed wrong, and he said with some regret, "Because there are places where they really look alike! And you're always helping me for no reason. And in addition, the two of us look so close, and you are an outsider, so I wonder if you are a outsider after my mother dies and somehow transforms into an outsider and wants to protect me or something. Ahh You've forgotten all about what you just said!"
"You still don't remember anything......" Rebecca sighed in disappointment. But after a while, she suddenly laughed again: "Giggle...... Mother, you dare to think about it! Giggles, no, I really can't help it! Hahahaha!!!"
"Hey, you woman, don't you laugh!" Regner exclaimed angrily, anyway, the entire Sartre mansion had been set up by Mel and Annelot, and he was not afraid of shouting loudly.
"I'm sorry...... I really couldn't help it!hahahaha!" Rebecca clutched her stomach and almost rolled on the ground, her face flushed with a charming flush, her long black hair shining in the moonlight.
Regner looked at Rebecca, a little stunned for a moment. I don't understand, I don't understand! He doesn't understand Rebecca at all! This woman is like a mess. Is she the mysterious Stoke Assassin No. 1 who can only be vaguely described even with classified information? If so, why does she help me again and again? If not, then who is she? Why do I always have this inexplicable trust in her?
In just a few seconds, Regner flashed through countless questions, and did not come up with an answer to any of them. But he didn't need an answer now, because he was sure of his instinct once againβhe believed in the strange creature in front of him who looked like him, and he believed that the mysterious female assassin in front of him would never lie to him. The reason is simple. Because of this, she can put on a sweet smile from the heart in front of herself, which is something that no fraudster can do.
Rebecca had enough of laughing, and suddenly found Regner staring at her in a daze. The Assassin Maiden's face turned redder in an instant, and she whispered, "What are you looking at?"
"It's nothing, I think you're good-looking!" replied Regna grinning stupidly.
"......" Rebecca blushed from her face to the root of her ears in an instant, she covered her cheeks with her hands, and after a long moment whispered, "Can you...... Can you hug me?"
"Huh?" Regner didn't hear clearly.
"Can you hug me?" Rebecca's voice was a little louder.
"Uh......" Regner looked around, and after confirming that there was no one around, Regner sneakily stretched out his hand and hugged the girl beside him in his arms.
Rebecca took a greedy breath, as if to carve Regner's scent into her heart, and then she pointed her finger at Regner's chest and asked, "Do you feel sorry for Anne Lot?"
"Hmm......," Regner let out a cry of pain and happiness. To be honest, he did feel sorry for Anne Lot and her actions tonight. But Regner couldn't control himself, and tonight, his affection for Rebecca was at an all-time high. Regner felt that even if Rebecca didn't say anything, he would reach out and hug Rebecca into his arms.
As for Rebecca's question, Regna could neither affirm nor deny. Because denial means that you are a duplicitous and shameless person, and affirmation means that you are a shameless person with no skin and no skin. Since no matter how he answered positively, he would prove that he was a shameless person, so Regner could only hide his stinking and shameless dirty heart in this roundabout way.
"I'm sorry, I'm so tired after all these years......" Rebecca whispered as she hugged Regner tightly in her arms.
"Let me be willful for once! for the sake of my imminent death...... For the first time, and for the last time......" Rebecca said again, but she didn't let Regner hear the second half of the sentence, and likewise, she didn't let Regner notice the tears that had rolled in her eyes countless times.
"Is this really good?" asked Anne Lot, who was beside her, as she looked at the two of them who were embracing each other affectionately.
"Why do you all have to ask me, all this has nothing to do with me. Anne Lot replied.
"You're angry. β
"I didn't. β
"You know very well, you have. β
"I didn't!"
"Is it necessary for us to have such a pointless argument?"
β......β
"So what?"
"Why don't you stop them?"
Anne Lott was silent for a long time, and then she said, "I don't know, but I think maybe that's what Rebecca deserves." β