Chapter 5 Creed

When Arno came downstairs from the study to the hall, Megan was still sitting on the couch, burying her head and not saying a word.

Arno walked over to Meghan and sat down, picked up the rattle from the table and shook it: "Mr. Wilson, please give me a cup of coffee!"

The butler walked out of a room in the corner of the hall: "Okay, Master Arnold, please wait" and re-entered the room in the corner

"What's wrong, my baby Megan, do you think your life is too dull and you're going to find some excitement for yourself?" Arno leaned back on the couch and teased Meghan beside her

Meghan raised her head and glared at Arnold fiercely: "Damn! Don't talk to me in a mother's voice! If you go to Downtown, I think you'll do the same I do!"

Arno looked at the 16-year-old boy in front of him, his brows furrowed, and he didn't speak, and Megan lowered her head again: " I just wanted to make the poor people feel a little less stressed, and today Aveline took me to the lower town, and I saw that the people inside didn't even have a decent dress without holes and patches, and everyone didn't have a smile on their faces, and the whole city was like a hell abandoned by the Lord, with corpses everywhere, thieves, fights, and everyone had a look of trepidation on their faces, and then Aveline told me that everyone in the city had taken out a loan from the Dorian family bank, and I wanted to do a little bit, but apparently my father didn't think so, and scolded me, and if it wasn't for my mother taking me away, I don't think I would have seen you tonight”

"Master Arnold, your coffee. The butler came from the side and placed the silver coffee cup on the table

Arnold lifted the cup and saucer with his left hand, picked up the spoon with his right hand and stirred it slowly: "Thank you very much, Mr. Wilson"

The butler winked at Arnold with his right eye: "I think Young Master Arnold can have a good chat with Young Master Megan, Master Abel is not angry today, and the roar of the master can be heard in the whole manor this evening" Then the butler walked back to the corner room and closed the door

The hall fell silent, except for the sound of a spoon clapping a cup in Arno's hand

Arnold took a sip of his coffee and then placed the cup on the table: "Megan, have you ever thought about why the people of Downtown can't find jobs?"

Meghan shook her head, Arno stood up, walked to the back of the sofa where Meghan was sitting, and put her hands on Meghan's shoulders: "So Megan, do you know that those people are working in the factories in London?"

Meghan slapped Arno's hand off her shoulder: "I think I've heard Aveline say that the factory seems to be full of child labor"

Arnold didn't mind Meghan clapping his hand, bent down slightly, and moved his mouth to Meghan's ear: "Aveline is right, if you are a factory owner, do you want to hire child laborers who only need 1 pence a day and do not care if they are sick or injured?

Megan dodged away in disgust and sat on the sofa on the other side: "Stay away from me, Arno!" and then looked at Arnold: "So as long as the factory stops recruiting child labor, then people will have jobs, and if they have jobs, they will not abandon their children and leave their babies at the door of the orphanage?"

The corners of Arnold's mouth curled: "Of course it's not that simple, but rescuing the children can definitely improve the living conditions of the citizens and let the citizens jump out of this vicious circle, right?"

Meghan stood up and looked at Arno with insightful eyes: "So what should I do!?"

Arno shook his head: "I don't know if you are impulsive or really want to improve the city, I think you should calm down and think carefully about whether you can really put everything down and devote yourself to this long career"

Megan hurriedly walked up to Arno and grabbed Arno's arm excitedly: "Arno! You know me, I'm not impulsive, I really want to improve the lives of poor citizens! I just don't know what I can do, please, you must know what I should do, tell me!"

Arnold pushed Meghan away and sat back on the sofa: "Don't get excited, Megan, sit down first"

Meghan sat down and stared at Arnold: "Megan, I don't know if I should drag you into this meat grinder, I think my mother will probably kill me if she finds out!"

Arno was silent for a while, and seeing that Meghan was still staring at him, Arno sighed: "So, Megan, if you want to join our cause, you need to remember our credo, listen! When others blindly pursue the truth, remember - everything is false, when other people are restricted by the law, remember - everything is fine. We work in the darkness and serve the light, we!"

Megan sat on the sofa and listened intently to Arno's teachings, and when she heard Arno say "we", Meghan suddenly felt a gust of hot air coming from the root of her ear, and at the same time a voice came: "It's an assassin!"

Megan felt the hairs on her back stand up, cold sweat had wet her back, Megan slowly turned her head, a figure behind him half-bent over, wearing a hood with a brown hood, hidden in the hood There is a hideous scar in the left eye, the scar has been sliding from the forehead down the left eye to the corner of the mouth, Megan only had time to say: "fuck!"

Suddenly a few voices burst out of the silent manor, and someone could faintly be heard saying, "Donner, look what you've done!" Mr. Wilson, please come out!"

Then another voice with a hint of grievance came out: "Mentor, I just want to add to the atmosphere, I'm sorry, it looks like I messed up"