Chapter 14: Idle Talk (Part II)
Lygia felt that the flower classmate didn't trust him very much—he had never revealed anything specific to himself other than his name. Therefore, on an afternoon without class, she asked Hua Jiuxi out for a drink.
The Sacred Heart School is extremely tightly controlled, and there is no proof that a single item is not allowed to leave the school at all. But there was always a way for Ligia - she got two proofs and swaggered in front of the doorman's eyes.
Leeches naturally can't let go of the security work of the school park.,But Richia's enthusiasm is too hard to shake off.,So I promised her to come out and slip.。 When he saw the doorman looking at him and the girl with strange eyes, he was a little shy.
"Are you afraid that others will see it and say that our relationship is not ordinary?" Lygia asked him as she walked briskly.
"Sort of." Leech said, "This feeling...... I don't know how to describe it. ”
"Teenagers are like this, on the one hand, they are starting to become adults physically, and on the other hand, they are not getting out of their childlike state psychologically. So there will be a misalignment in the determination of identity. "It's weird because you feel like you're going out with a young person of the opposite sex and betraying your identity as a child." ”
Leech's eyes widened, "Likia, where did you learn this?" ”
"Psychology is also one of the basic courses for intelligence work." "I was forced to take these lessons at a very young age, what about you? Can you tell us about your childhood? Her sweet smile is hard to refuse.
"I ......" Leech hesitated, facing this clever and capable girl, he really didn't know how to tell his own affairs.
"Looks like you don't believe me." "Shall I, then, tell you all about me—for the informants—this is to give you half my life." She was very cheerful in the first half of her sentence, but she was shy at the end.
Of course, the leech knew what this meant, but he was really curious, so he said, "Okay, then let's find a place to sit down and talk." What you're going to tell me, Lyria, whether it's true or not. And what I'm trying to tell you is certainly not half-hearted, just please don't be afraid. He finally relented.
"Even though I lie every day, I really don't want to lie to you this time!" Ligia's expression was extremely rich, including anger, grievance, grievance, etc., and the leech felt remorseful for a while.
"I'm sorry, I'm a little excited." "This irrational impulsive behavior is also one of the characteristics of adolescent children, although they know it, they can't control it. He grimaced.
"Including unrealistic affection for the opposite sex of the same age?" Leech said with a smile that he had also learned this set of words from Lygia.
The two walked for a long time before they sat down at a food stall. Lygia didn't have much to say about the venue, and it was hard to find a café in the country.
"Sour plum soup." Leech placed two porcelain bowls on the table, "I like red drinks - it looks a lot like blood." ”
"Surely you love to drink red wine—the blood of Jesus the Savior." "I know of several secret cellars in Europe, and I'll take you to try them if I have the chance." ”
Leech didn't take this to heart, and casually agreed.
So Lygia took out a piece of paper from the pouch she was carrying and told the leech to look at it.
Leech saw that it was just an ordinary notebook—it seemed to be a pattern drawn with a pen. At the center of the pattern is a large circle – it is difficult to draw such a standard circle with a pen. Around the big circle, there are about a dozen small solid circles.
"What is this?" Hua Jiuxi asked.
"These thirteen circles, see how you understand them." Regia took the note back, "It could represent the Prophet and the Twelve, or King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table—or the Sun and the Zodiac." In short, thirteen people are represented. ”
"Is that your department?" Leech asked.
"That's right." "We don't have a fixed name for this institution — so I can't tell you either." Of course, he has some of the following code names internationally—"
She uttered a string of names, some of which Leech had heard from Laxmimi, the organization that was fighting against the Willy Society. It turned out to be the same place, and there were only thirteen people.
"We are in the service of the British Empire, although we are not affiliated with the Cabinet, the Queen or whatever. Mainly active in the colonies of the empire on which the sun never sets, against all enemies that threaten the security of the world, although this statement is somewhat high-sounding. Ligia tried to take a sip of the sour plum soup, and it was a novelty.
"I'm still just a trainee intelligence officer, though." "So, I'm not among the thirteen, I can only do simple tasks. For example, lurking in this boring school - because the mountain town is a crucial place in the war that may break out next. It's supposed to be a day after day to pass on information, but I found you. ”
"So getting acquainted with me is also part of the intelligence plan." Leech asked.
"No—" Ligia smiled innocently, Hua Jiuxi really didn't perceive the smell of lying from her breath.
"I just think you're ...... It's really cute, and it must be a person with a story. Ricia's face flushed slightly, "So I hope to be as close to you as possible." ”
The leech was suddenly praised by her, and her face began to turn red: "How can there be?" In fact, he was very happy in his heart, "You have told so many things, then it is time for me to say - I will do a magic trick for you." ”
"Okay." Ligia clapped her hands.
With a prank in his heart, the leech took out the big mask he was carrying, and covered his mouth and nose, "You have a good look." ”
Rigiama turned from joy to surprise - something bulged out of the back of the white mask, or rather cracked like a calyx, and something red peeked through the mask!
She couldn't help but feel a wave of fear, but as an intelligence person, his literacy made him sit in his chair without a trace of panic on his face.
Leech thought that this little girl was really unfathomable, so she hurriedly took off the mask, revealing her terrifying three-petal mouth, and immediately returned to her original outfit.
"It's not a dream." Seeing what Leecha was going to say, Leech said it in advance.
"Well, thank you." I don't know if this thank you is an affirmation of his "performance" or an appreciation for his honesty.
"It's hard for ordinary people to accept." Leech smiled and said, "Face a youkai." ”
"Well, there's nothing unacceptable." That's really what Ricia was saying, "It's just a bit of a reversal of my common sense - although we're always getting information about things like yokai, and you know there's a lot of that in the British Isles." But I haven't seen it myself. When I met Mr. Hua, you did confirm some news......"
"Are you afraid of me, then?" Leech asked, he suddenly had some gains and losses.
"How so?" Rikia laughed, "Is that why you're keeping quiet about me?" - You're a monster, and that doesn't stop me from sticking to you. Moreover, it is also an achievement of my intelligence career. ”
The leech can still feel the kind of pheromone that is good for the other, and it overrides the fear factor, so it is relieved for a while. So he decided to tell Rikia a little bit about his own experience, and it was really difficult to reveal how far he could go.
"It seems that you didn't have any playmates when you were a kid, which is very similar to mine." Ligia takes a chopstick and gently stirs the sour plum soup in the bowl.
"Is it training?" Leech asked her.
"Yes." "My dad died on a mission, and the organization asked me to fill his gap — of course, I was trained as a civilian at first, but later I found out that I could further my studies in various fields — and gradually moved on to the field." To be honest, I really like this job because I can travel all over the world, see different landscapes, and meet all kinds of people. ”
She was so light-hearted about her father's death, and there was no trace of sadness on her face, perhaps because the secret agents were accustomed to seeing death. Leech was also a man who had slashed many enemies, but it was a conflict of interest with him - and he couldn't imagine the feeling of someone close to him disappearing from his eyes forever, a feeling that existed in his childhood when he didn't remember much.
"So you have any other family?" Leech asked.
"And my mother, but I haven't seen her in years. She now lives in a seaside cottage in a certain country, and because of the organization's care, she is living a good life. "Although very little information about the members of our organization is discovered—in our terminology it's 'debut,' I rarely meet with my mom for safety reasons." ”
As she spoke, Ligia saw her mother pouring milk for herself in her pajamas, and she couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic. But she had a strong control over her emotions and didn't let the leech detect a hint of weakness in her eyes.
"The rest - paternal relatives are gone, because my father is an orphan himself, and I don't know much about my mother's situation, maybe one or two cousins." "Excluding blood relatives, I have three or five classmates who are trained together, but they rarely speak on weekdays. There are only a few division commanders who get along day and night and can communicate from time to time. They are also former intelligence officers, and I love them a lot! ”
"That looks a lot better than I am—I've almost lived a dozen years of savage life." Leech looked at the sky and said, "But things have improved a little recently......
"Well, and you've met me, which will increase your happiness." Lygia said with a smile.
The two of them chatted like this until the sun set in the west, and then hurried back to the Sacred Heart School. Fortunately, not many people paid attention to their whereabouts, and the two were about to separate in front of the student apartment.
"That's good." A girl's voice rang out.
"Himiko, what are you doing in the tree?" Leech immediately became alert, and he saw Himiko, dressed in a long red dress, sitting on a tree branch, gently swinging her legs. Because Zashiki was originally a creature similar to a ghost, it was very lightweight, so it was not difficult to sit in this way.
"There's a girl talking?" Ligia's eyes widened, "Is it a youkai too?" ”
"That's right, it's a youkai." Himiko looked at the girl at her feet, "It seems that you know the identity of this leech brother?" ”
"Well, I don't understand too much." Rikia laughed and said that she couldn't see Himiko, but she still spoke to her freely.
"You'd better not hurt her......" Leech said as she turned her face to the side and popped out between her teeth.