Brant searched the Happy Harvest and finally found Vanessa in the wine cellar. She was holding a jar of wine, dyeing herself purple from the bottom of her lips.

"There are so many beautiful women on the ship who need to be treated, and the rooms and warehouses are packed," Brandt took himself a glass of strong mare's milk wine from the Sand Riding Country, "don't you mind if I sleep in this barn with you tonight?" ”

"Go away."

"If you're out of love, you have to drink this." Brant shoved her glass into Vanessa's hand, replacing her purple wine.

"It's against chivalry to eavesdrop on someone else." Vanessa threw up her head and took a large sip of mare's milk wine, only to choke and cough.

"When he was unconscious, he kept calling 'Vanessa, don't leave me', so sour that my teeth fell out," Seeing the princess's gradually cold face, he hurriedly changed the subject, "Vanessa, I think that should be your real name." Brant sat down next to Vanessa, stretching her legs as much as she could. Seeing that Vanessa didn't speak, she didn't mind, so she pretended to say casually, "What a coincidence, my father's fiancée assigned to me is also called by this name." ”

"Isn't her name Castina," Vanessa rubbed her eyes, "you should be with her." ”

"She's not my woman." Brant shrugged, "I'm just entrusted by someone. ”

"Another woman?" Vanessa speculated.

"My brother." There is some helplessness.

"Your brother begged you to save his woman?" Vanessa was instantly attracted by this interesting topic, "Why didn't he come by himself?" ”

"Shh," Brandt inhaled with a toothache, "let's not talk about that." ”

"Whatever you want." Vanessa refocused her attention on the wine.

"You're doing a great job," Brandt looked at Vanessa approvingly, "and I mean Victor. He told me everything that had happened, and if it were me, I am afraid that the casualties would be very large. ”

The price I paid was even greater. Vanessa looked into the milky white liquid in front of her, knowing that it was spicy and painful to swallow, but she was fascinated by its forgetful effect.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Brant led to a new topic: "Are you going to go to the Temple of Wine?" ”

Vanessa immediately glanced at him warily, "We're only going to Iron Arrow Bay. ”

Brant took a sip of wine, "Looks like someone is drunk and vigilant." Feeling that the wine was not strong enough, he got up and searched for another row of barrels, "If only I were half as smart as you." ”

"I'm just a young woman," Vanessa said happily, holding her glass, "I don't understand anything, and I'm not as smart as you think." ”

"Ha, you're here," Brandt found a bottle of fermented cider on the outermost shelf, "throw away the asphalt in your hand, and we'll change this." ”

"You're going to get me drunk and trick me into telling me my secrets." Vanessa smiled and muttered, "That's good, at least it ruled out that you were sent by Sorenda." ”

Brant sat down next to Vanessa again, pretending not to hear the last sentence, "What?" ”

"I mean, I want to be alone, and I don't want to say anything tonight."

"That's not going to work," Brandt squeezed Vanessa's head over and looked her up and down, "I don't want to wake up tomorrow morning and see your pretty face soaked in the water." ”

"You think I'm going to kill myself?" Vanessa slapped Brant's hand away, crying and laughing.

"Why don't we tell me what happened to you and Reina?" Brant put on a harmless face, too kind to be kind.

"Why don't we tell me what happened to you and Kastina?" Vanessa smirked as she sipped the wine from her glass, "I know, you have a story. ”

Brandt rolled his neck wearily, "Oh my God, you're so hard. ”

"Don't inquire anymore," Vanessa said, taking another sip of wine. How could I uncover my scars again and allow myself to experience such pain, "I just want to be alone." "My head is getting dizzier and more dizzy, my consciousness is getting more and more blurred, I'm afraid of being lonely, eager to talk, hurry up, if you don't go, in less than three minutes, the whole ship will know about my being **."

"Reiner is actually quite good," Brandt continued to dig without giving up, "he saw our ship sinking under the water, but he didn't mention it to you, he wants you to keep hope and not make an alliance with Victor." ”

"You've only known him for two days," Vanessa said, looking down sullenly, "the human heart is like an onion, and even if you peel off all the shells, you will never know what kind of heart is hidden in the bread until the last layer." ”

The princess tilted her head and asked Brandt, "Have you ever killed anyone?" ”

"Of course." Success, the gap opened. Brant continued to be strict.

"Would you believe me if I said that Reyna killed people without even blinking an eye?" Brandt cautiously refrained from expressing an opinion, but held up the bottle and motioned for her to continue, "Would you believe me if I said that I killed more people than he did, and that many more will die because of me in the future?" ”

"Hah, count me in." Brandt thinks it's just a joke and goes back to square one.

Vanessa was suddenly annoyed, "You don't believe me? Reina's mother and grandfather were killed by me! His family, his people, I hurt him, they are all me! "Why, what the hell is this. Vanessa stared at Brant, "This is not the life I want, life is better than death every day, but I don't dare to die, I can't die!" ”

Brandt's expression was stern, and he realized that Vanessa was not joking, and that the death of Reina's family must be inextricably linked to today's events. "Can you tell me what's going on?"

Vanessa raised her head and poured all the liquor down her throat, "It was an accident, I didn't know anything at the time. She felt that her voice was ethereal, flickering, and even the tone was a little uncontrollable, "And just when I needed his protection, Reina, who knew the truth, was deliberately late, which stained my whole life." ”

"What stain?"

"I'm being s****ked." Sure enough, it didn't take three minutes, hehe. But it's really nice to say it under the influence of alcohol, at least I'm not going to carry it alone, strangers are safest to listen to, isn't it, it's going to be broken up tomorrow, who cares how unbearable your experience is. Tonight, let those images and screams go to hell, "Cass the One-Legged, Eddard the Strong, Ccliffor, I can name them, and when night falls, their faces come at me, and they make me restless, I hate them, I curse their eternal souls, and I curse myself," Vanessa wanted to cry without tears, "I thought about killing myself, but I couldn't, I couldn't for Reina's sake." "I owe him the lives of an entire people, and I have no right to blame him. Reina, my archer, my pain is nothing compared to what I owe you, forgive me for my selfishness, I miss your blue eyes and long for your forgiveness of my sins. "Yes, I'm going to find him, right now."

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