Half a year later.

Somewhere inside the Assassin's castle, three figures were dusting the ground over the walls with rags in their hands, brooms and cloths.

"Smack!"

Pierce slammed the broom on the ground: "Damn, I've had enough!, why is there always so much dust in this castle that can never be cleaned!!"

He was much taller now than he had been six months ago, and the beard at the corners of his mouth was getting more and more luxuriant, but he now had an impatient expression on his face, as if his growth during this time did not make him happy.

Morgan silently picked up the broom on the ground, and then handed it to Pierce, watching his skillful movements, we could think that this kind of scene just now would definitely not be the first time: "Don't complain, Pierce, let's hurry up and clean up this place, after cleaning this place, we only have one place left today." ”

Pierce shrugged his head, took the broom in resignation, and then looked at Alice, who was holding a rag in her hand and carefully wiping the dust on the wall, looking at the girl who was now more and more mature, beautiful, and seductive, he couldn't help but have a hint of rosy on his face, and then pretended to be casual and said: "Hey, Alice, do you have any arrangements after today's work? I don't think you will refuse to have some fun with us, otherwise, this kind of life will be too boring!"

Morgan burst into joy, "Is that true, Pierce!? Do we have other plans tonight? Is it to climb the tower?"

Alice stroked the red hair that fell on the petite ear behind her ear with her hand, and then glanced at Pierce coldly, she was precocious and intelligent, she had noticed it two months ago, but the idea of this boy in front of her, who was no longer young, but the girl who had never experienced this kind of thing, had never known how to refuse him, who had always been a good partner, but she understood that it was always right to distance herself from him now.

"No, I have my own arrangements for the evening, so I'm sorry I can't have fun with you. ”

Morgan shrugged his shoulders in disappointment: "Alice, what's wrong with you lately? You disappear every night, you haven't played with us for a long time, every day I can only stay in the room with Pierce, and the other children don't want to play with us......"

Pierce felt very uncomfortable when he saw his sweetheart reject him, but he still forced a smile: "yes, what have you been really busy with lately? We haven't played together for a long time, and now the other children are rejecting us because of what happened before,"

Alice neatly wiped the last dust off the wall, and then smiled tiredly: "Some of my own personal matters, I've taken care of it here, I'll go to the next place first." ”

After saying that, Alice shook her long red hair and walked away without looking back.

Morgan looked at the delicate figure who was about to disappear in the corner in front of him with a worried expression: "I'm worried about her, her face is getting worse and worse, she has a tired face when we meet every day, I don't know what she did the first night, and she is becoming less and less talkative, if this continues, I'm worried that something will happen to her......"

Pierce sighed faintly, "She doesn't want to tell us, so what can we do?"

Looking at Pierce with a nonchalant expression, Morgan shook his head helplessly, and then picked up the cloth and began to do his job.

No, if it weren't for his sanity and self-esteem to stop him, he would have rushed up to stop Alice and forced her to have a good night's rest every night!

But in the end, he still took a broom and buried himself and began to clean up the dust.

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"Your Excellency, this group of children has not had a good time in the castle recently......"

Eric stood by the window, looking at the three people below, and said to Arnold, who was sitting on the sofa and sucking a cigar, with a hot black tea.

And Megan, who buried her head on the desk and worked hard, heard James's words, squatting and lifting her head from the papers on the table: "They asked for it!"

Then, he shifted his gaze to Arnold and said viciously, "When will I get out of this pile of papers that will never be finished?"

Arnold placed the cigar on the ashtray: "When I think it's appropriate, Megan, trust me, it's good for you to deal with this stuff." ”

Megan rolled her eyes weakly: "Ha, if you're right, but if you two hadn't been here smoking cigars and drinking black tea while I was dealing with these damn papers, I think I'd be much better!"

Arnold didn't pay any attention to Megan, he got up from the sofa, walked to the window and looked at the three more mature children below: "Meghan is right, they brought it on themselves." ”

Eric shrugged, "But I think enough of punishing them, maybe they've realized their mistake?"

At this time, Pierce under the castle angrily threw the broom in his hand to the ground, and Arno pouted in disappointment: "You see, there is still injustice and anger in his heart, and maybe he will think that the Brotherhood will do more than what he has done, and make a relative punishment too severe." ”

Eric sighed silently, "But they're just kids......."

Arno shook his head firmly: "Erik, you can't take their age as their gold medal for avoiding death, and besides, they are not ordinary children, before they can be a child, they must be an assassin first!" I have to make these children realize that they can't use their age as a shield for their mistakes, that they can't think that being young can be unaccountable for their actions, and that if I really indulge them like that, it will be irresponsible to them, and to the adult assassins of the Brotherhood!"

Eric didn't seem to approve of Arno's remarks: "Forgive me for my verbal offense, Lord Arno, but I think you are a little too harsh and even harsh on these children, or rather, you are a little too extreme, after all, when people are young, they are inevitably naïve, impulsive, and make mistakes, and I think at this time, maybe we should teach them through words, so that they know what they should do and what they should not do, right?"