Four o'clock in the afternoon

Sean still endured the heartache and led the two to the Timmich Restaurant in the inner city, compared to himself in a black suit and top hat, and Ms. Jenny with a light soft hat and light makeup, Eve was still dressed in a strange outfit.

Wearing a light green shirt, white pants, and no makeup, he is exposed to the sun at will without a hat, showing his youth to the fullest.

Ignoring the eyes of the others, Eve dragged Sean and Jenny into the dining room like a lively little girl.

Similar to the elegant decoration of Café Fiel, another block away, Timmich has put a lot of effort into the decorations, with a well-manicured potted plant on each table, a lush tree in the center of the restaurant, and the unbridled branches that have become the most creative decoration of this year's 'Steam Capital'.

Eventually, the three of them found a place to sit near the tree, and after questioning Ms. Jenny, Sean immediately asked the waiter for four Black Forest cakes, two sandwiches, a pot of black tea, and a cup of milk tea.

As for Eve, she was already on the road shouting what to eat.

After a short time, the waiter pushes a cart full of food to the table, and when the food is finished, he bows gracefully and leaves.

It's just that compared to the elegance of the waiter, except for Jenny, who is still drinking black tea in a dignified manner, Eve and Sean show no etiquette at all.

The two of them quickly eliminated their share of the Black Forest cake that belonged to them as if they were racing, and then they looked at the sandwich in front of them, and then it disappeared in a gust of wind and clouds, and finally their eyes fell on the last piece of cake.

"My..."

"My..."

Jenny looked at the two people on the dining table who were about to fight for the cake with a 'tacit understanding', and then looked at the cake that she had only eaten a small bite, the corners of her mouth twitched, and before she could speak, the two people in front of her began to 'quarrel' again.

"Hey, Mr. Miser, should I give you this cake?" said politely, but his free left hand grabbed directly at the plate.

Sean, who also did not show weakness, also stretched out his left hand to grab the plate, and said with a smile on his indifferent face: "Okay, thank you, please let go." ”

"Can't you just be polite?"

"Yes, except Miss Eve. ”

The conversation between the two can be said to be very kind, but the two bruised left hands always reveal the true thoughts of their owners.

"You seem to have a good relationship. Jenny, who felt a little embarrassed at this, had to speak out to break the deadlock between the two.

"Who has a good relationship with him (her). ”

The two glared at Jenny in unison, then turned to fight for the 'only' remaining food.

In this regard, Jenny had no choice but to 'elegantly' pick up the black tea, drink it, and keep hinting at herself in the slight trembling of her hands: "Calm, calm, Jenny, you are a lady, a lady, you have to remember that there is still no normal person in the team, calm, calm, praise the dawn." ”

Jenny, who had recovered for a long time, kept the smile on her face unchanged, rang the bell on the table gracefully, and asked the waiter who came quickly for a Black Forest cake again, before starting her own leisurely afternoon tea time, as for the two 'children' in front of her, just ignore it.

Life is really good.

Before Jenny could finish her sigh, she suddenly noticed that the two people who were still fighting before were tilting their heads at the same time, staring at themselves with their eyes, without saying a word.

"What's wrong with the two of you?"

Eve and Sean looked at each other for a word, then pointed to the waiter's newly brought cake with the fork in her right hand, and said, "Miss Lady, I think you are ruining my friendship with Mr. Miser. ”

"Huh?"

Looking at Jenny with a puzzled face, after Sean and the two looked at each other again, he couldn't help but say: "Ms. Jenny, there is a unique table etiquette in the 'Steam Capital', that is, when there is only one food left on the table, the guests must compete with the host, which is used to highlight the deliciousness of the food and the deep friendship with the host. ”

Well?

Am I not from this city?

Or maybe it's just a recent fashion?

Jenny, who looked dazed, looked up at the two who began to hold back a smile, a trace of realization rose in her heart, and she couldn't help but purse the corners of her mouth, and scolded in a low voice: "Can you two be more mature." ”

"I'm sorry, I'm only eighteen. Eve even blinked the corners of her snickering eyes and pretended to be staring at Sean childishly.

Well...

"Well, as an older gentleman, I owe it to you. Sean, who was defeated by his eyes, had to let go of his left hand, which had been straining, and thus picked up the 'superfluous' cake on the table.

Jenny, who realized it later, only then did she notice the strange smile that was gradually becoming apparent to the two, and her indifferent expression couldn't hold back, and she yelled directly at the two: "It's too much, and Mr. Sean, I know that you are not a serious gentleman." ”

"That hurts, Lady Jenny. ”

"It's like we have serious people on the team. ”

Poof...

The other two were amused by Eve's 'serious' speech, and then the three of them who started the conversation in a burst of laughter were not restrained at the moment and began to talk freely.

Until Sean took a sip of black tea and brought up a topic, the original harmonious atmosphere of the three was broken.

"By the way, Eve, did you see my pistol?"

"No, after you were rescued by His Majesty Marpel, I went to treat Hank and them, the scene should be handled by the captain who arrived later, you can ask Miss Lady for details, she should also be there. ”

"I remember that it seems that the captain collected the extraordinary weapons and the elixir crystals that were dissolved, and your weapon should be with the captain. Jenny regained her grace and drank black tea, her eyes couldn't help but look at Sean, and she asked seemingly casually: "Speaking of which, Mr. Sean, do you mind telling me about the cause and process of this incident, and I think that when I saw you in the infirmary before, I always felt that something was wrong." ”

Tempting?

"Of course. Sean narrowed his eyes, picked up the teapot and added a cup of black tea for himself, and recalled in a tone without fluctuation: "Last night Hank and I dealt with the wraiths of the East End in Breeze Square, but we are not opponents, but the magic is that it defeated us and did not kill us, and after sending Hank and them back to the stronghold, when I returned home, I suddenly sensed that someone was following me at home, and there was a clear intention to kill." ”

"As a last resort, I had to summon Gollum and ask it to ask Miss Eve for help on my behalf, but Gollum left with a glove, a seal of at least C-B class, but I was still no match for the attacker, so I had to summon the being. ”

"Gollum, Captain's messenger?"

"Yes. ”

Jenny nodded, her green eyes flashing with golden light, and asked, "I don't know how Mr. Sean summoned that being." ”

"There's a ritual magic solidified in the gloves that Gollum gave me. ”

"Gollum again?"

"Yes. ”

"Then why are you..."

"That's enough, Miss Jenny. Eve's black eyes suddenly flashed with a hint of anger and sadness, and directly interrupted Jenny's words and said, "Sean, is our friend, our companion and not a prisoner. ”

"It's a necessary process. Jenny looked into Eve's eyes without flinching and said solemnly, "Mr. Sean has summoned an unknown evil god, and he has digested the first order potion in less than a week, I need to understand the process." ”

"Understood?" Eve couldn't help but feel angry when she heard this, and clapped her hands on the table in front of Jenny, and said in a cold tone, "Are you questioning Mapel's crown, or do you want to repeat the events of two years ago, or that Corya was the one who killed them at all." ”

Syllable!

A delicate teacup was smashed on the dining table by Jenny, and the bright red tea instantly stained the white tablecloth red, and began to spread around, like anger in the air.

Two years ago?

Korya?

One by one, words appeared in Sean's mind, and he waved his hand to apologize to the waiter who intended to come over to ask, and then said with a smile on his face: "It's not in the way, Miss Eve, and Ms. Jenny's 'small talk' should be put after afternoon tea." ”

Looking at the blazing flames in the eyes of the two of them, and the magic that was faintly beginning to boil, he felt a pain in his brain, reached out and took out a translucent glass box from his pocket, and asked Eve, "Miss Eve, can you help me identify the type of this flower first?"

Not knowing whether it was to hear Sean's question, or to sense the unusualness of the flower in his hand, Eve began to restrain her anger, and her eyes shifted to the familiar flower that exuded an ominous aura.

"Why do you still have it?" Eve frowned, "Sean, this isn't a gift from the gods, you should throw it away." ”

"I can't throw it away. Sean replied calmly, "Do you know about the promotion ceremony of the second rank of the Death Path, we need to make a contract with a friendly spirit creature, and now I have signed a contract with him. ”

"What?" this time it wasn't just Eve, but even Jenny, who was still angry, couldn't help but exclaim.

"During my promotion, my spiritual sense entered the spirit realm, and then I saw His existence, and then this flower was given to me at that time, and it also broke the barrier of reality to reach me. ”

"And then your contract is settled?" Eve couldn't help but ask, her tone very anxious.

"yes, that's why I wanted to know a little bit more. ”

Eve picked up her own milk tea on the table, took a big sip, looked at the flowers lying quietly in the box on the table, and said: "It has many names, we generally call it 'Hell Flower', Hell Flower blooms in the spirit world all year round, it is rumored that this is a flower planted by the god of death himself back then, used to distinguish reality from the spirit world. ”

"Therefore, whenever the hell flower blooms, there will be a large-scale death, and it also has a nice name in the east, 'the flower of the other side', which means that once mortals cross it, they will reach the other side of life - death. ”

Flowers on the other side?

"What a nice name. Sean smiled bitterly, and when he put away the still gorgeous flowers, he heard Eve's serious voice sounding again: "Sean, you must remember not to try to rely on him, he is not your patron saint, on the contrary, he may be the driving force behind your journey to the abyss." ”