Chapter 66: The Eve (Part II)
"Something?"
The "black-rimmed glasses" sitting at the desk put down the book in his hand and raised an eyebrow.
"Uh... So to speak......" The absent-minded Isaac shrugged, not forgetting to glance behind him before closing the door: "I can't sleep a little bit, so I just want to... You didn't sleep anyway, so why don't we talk?"
"If you want to talk about the 300 million silver coins, I've already told you - Loren Turin lied to you, he won all the money himself, and you don't need my permission. ”
The expressionless girl's eyes were calm: "Besides, I don't need you to apologize to me, because my goal has been achieved - thanks to you, all my debts have been paid off." ”
"I know this... It's better that I'll know when those little fools asked me to apologize to you. Isaac rolled his eyes, then sat straight in front of the "black-rimmed glasses", tilted his head and showed a very fake smile at the corner of his mouth:
"But I still feel like I owe you an apology. ”
"Do you not understand the lingua franca of the Empire, or do you not understand the language of humans at all?" Lena sarcastically said, "Don't you understand? I deliberately provoked you and asked Loren Turin to apologize and pay off my debts." ”
"Isaac Grantham, I took advantage of you, understand?"
"Hmm... That's a bit hurtful......"
Isaac crooked his mouth, too nervous to look at the face of the "black-rimmed glasses", and his restless hands didn't know where to put them.
"So you don't have to apologize to me at all, and I won't accept it, because the matter has nothing to do with you at this point, and you are just an inconspicuous pawn that I use to achieve my goals. ”
The girl snorted lightly and stopped looking at him, but opened the book in her hand again and flipped through it: "This is a deal between me and Loren Turin - he helped me pay off my debts, and I came forward as his witness, that's all." ”
"You don't accept it...... I'm sorry, but what does this have to do with whether you accept it or not?"
Isaac stared at her incredulously, with a look of course on his face, "Correct, it's not to 'make me apologize to you'...... Forgive me for pausing, do you understand what 'moral condemnation' means?"
The girl who bowed her head and was silent had a new understanding of someone's unbelievability.
This quote comes from a scripture of the Church of the Holy Cross...... Thanks to my two devout parents, otherwise I wouldn't have known anything like this that the devil didn't believe...... In short, if a person is not forgiven, he will be in a semi-permanent state of 'self-confession' until he forgets about it. ”
"Hmm... I'm listening. The girl coped without raising her head.
"I mean 'I need to apologize to you and then get your forgiveness', not that you need to get my apology... Got it?"
"You're a complete idiot. Lena muttered quietly.
"I can't agree with that... But arguing with women is not a gentleman's doing, so I'll just don't remember the villain, and pretend you didn't say that......"
“......”
Isaac shrugged, "But since we're talking about you and Loren, how about we move on to the two of you?"
“...... What else do you want?"
After a moment of tranquility, the "megalomaniac" who was muttering just now did not continue, and the room was quiet and could only hear the sound of "black-rimmed glasses" flipping through the book.
A quarter of an hour passed......
The girl with a numb expression raised her head, but what she saw was Isaac with a tangled face, and she couldn't help but snort coldly: "How... Aren't some people going to talk about me and Loren Turin?"
Isaac seemed to be hesitating, and the impatient "black-rimmed glasses" had already gotten up and left with the book in his arms, and walked to the bed: "If nothing happens, I'm going to get ready to sleep......"
"I know you're going to lie to him. ”
The girl's voice stopped abruptly, and she froze in place, and behind her came Isaac's helpless sigh:
"You promised to testify for Lussac that you were lying to him... Because this stupid junior has no hope but you. ”
“......”
"You have done something very excessive, Miss Lena de Salion. ”
"You told him?"
"No, you're the first to know about it... Of course, counting yourself is the second. ”
"Why?"
"Which 'why'?" Isaac looked back at her in confusion, "It's 'why didn't you tell him'... Or is it 'why do I know?'"
"All. The "black-rimmed glasses" who turned around still had a numb expression: "But I'm going to listen to the second one first." ”
"Oh... Well, I can't hold it anymore anyway. Isaac gave a relieved expression, "Miss Lena de Salion, I'm a occult wizard, and it's my job to study them in a world of chaos and never a conclusion. ”
"So every time someone tells me something that's extremely unusual, or has obvious holes, I get very sensitive. ”
Isaac said word by word, with a pause, "Your plan is almost perfect, and it looks natural...... Most importantly, the whole thing doesn't seem to have much to do with you... I think this may be the blind spot of Loren's junior brother, making him mistakenly think that someone else is trying to stop him, but he doesn't think that all of this may have been arranged by you. ”
"The gambling in the casino, the chance encounter with the Earl of Charn, the big gamble, some indescribable hint... That's right, he told me about it but didn't tell Ain, and I promised to keep it a secret for him... The Assassins, the Tavern, and finally accepting his terms. ”
"Cause, process, and effect - a perfect combination, Senior Loren paid off your gambling debts for you, and cleaned up the Chamber of Commerce and those assassins in front of you, and it is natural to think that you will stand firmly by his side... That's right, after going through so many things together, you will definitely have some tacit understanding and friendship, and it seems that there is no reason why you should not stand by his side. ”
What he didn't expect was that all of this was just your arrangement - or even you were just a pawn used by someone to lure Loren's younger brother into falling for it, and there was someone else behind the scenes. ”
“............ Do you have proof?" It was a long time before "black-rimmed glasses" uttered the sentence.
"The purpose of the existence of evidence is to enable those who are intellectually simple to see the problem clearly, or who have one-sided and subjective assumptions, to recognize objective facts. Isaac looked at her with a determined look in his eyes:
"I'm definitely not that kind of person, and although Junior Loren is simple-minded, I believe he should be able to do that too. ”
Lena de Salion slowly looked up at Isaac, and there was no trace of light in her red pupils.
She was ready to ignore the megalomaniac and turn to leave alone.
"Wait, what are you going to do?"
"Didn't you say I was lying to him?" the girl turned to look at him, her voice trembling slightly, "Very well, we'll go tell him about it now." ”
"What?!No, this is absolutely not possible!" The impatient Isaac directly blocked the door, and his tone was resolute to the extreme: "You must not tell him about this, I will not allow you to do this!"
“......”
"Your testimony is Loren's last hope, and I know him better...... He never says anything, but he's actually extremely proud, and if you really tell him right away, this guy will definitely do something unbelievable!"
"Like, for example, the robbery of the prison! simply disrupt the entire Imperial Judgment so that it can't proceed normally... Anyway, every time he is about to lose, this kid will risk his life or do terrible things, and even let many people die in vain and don't care, at that time he just thinks about winning!"
Isaac's tone was extremely serious: "I couldn't help him before, or I didn't know how to help... But this time I'm definitely not going to let him do anything!"
"That's... What are you going to do?"
"You still have a 'why' that you didn't ask. Isaac preemptively said, "Don't you want to know?"
Lena de Salion walked up to him and looked at the guy she seemed to know well, but didn't know at all, and her eyes were full of doubt:
"Why... Didn't tell Loren?"
"Oh... This one, this one is simple. Isaac shrugged:
"I like you. ”