By the time Eugen arrived at the Po River Line, the situation on the Po Line was on the verge of getting out of control, with dozens of people falling ill every day on average in the quarantine area, and the number was growing.

Even the outbreak of the epidemic in Verona, the support point of the quarantine zone, has been mobilized, and all the soldiers in the forward zone have been mobilized into the quarantine zone, and a ban has been issued in the city, no one is allowed to leave their houses, and indiscriminate quarantine measures are imposed.

The streets of the city were full of gloved soldiers covering their mouths and noses, carrying corpses on stretchers and sending them to the cremation area for centralized cremation.

As the temperature rises, the corpses decompose extremely quickly, emitting a foul stench within a day, and becoming a puddle of rotting after three days, which is extremely difficult to dispose of.

In some cases, soldiers had to use flammable materials such as fire oil to cremate the bodies on the spot, but even so, the epidemic could not be effectively controlled.

Even among the soldiers, sickness began to appear, and panic gradually spread among the army, and when the soldiers completely broke and began to flee, the Po River defense line was destroyed.

Fortunately, Eugen's return has greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers of the anti-disaster army, both the soldiers and the citizens of the city have a certain blind trust in Eugen, and they believe that as long as Eugen rushes back, all problems can be solved.

Even Count Sartre attached great importance to Eugen's return, and just two hours after Eugen entered Verona, Count Sartre's men came to the door and asked Eugen to come over.

Eugen had no reason to refuse, so he followed.

After entering the castle of Count Sartre, he turned left and right along the way, and finally came to a room in the depths of the castle.

This room is transparent on all sides, and the sunlight shines into the room without hindrance, illuminating the whole room transparently.

Walking into the room, Eugen found that most of the important people of Count Sartre's family were gathered in this room, including Count Sartre himself, the eldest son of Count Sartre, and the second son who had been taught by Eugen, and more than a dozen other family members.

Seeing Eugen walk in, Count Sutter greeted him, and shook Eugen's hands cordially, with some tears in his eyes, reflecting a little white in the light.

Eugen found that this old earl, who was known for his toughness, actually had a rare sense of weakness on his body at this moment, he was like an old and desperate male lion, the wrinkles on his face were piled up, and he looked at Eugen with a certain sense of sadness.

"Eugen......" Count Sutter began, his voice so hoarse that he could barely hear what he was saying.

Eugen's name was called, and Count Sartre choked up and couldn't speak, he bowed his head in front of Eugen and pulled Eugen to the back of the room.

The faces of the people in the room all looked up at Eugen with the same sadness, and they all looked up at Eugen, then lowered their heads again, and fell into silence, as if mourning, as if praying.

With a chuckle in his heart, Eugen suddenly realized that something extremely bad seemed to have happened, and seeing the scene in front of him, coupled with that unknown sense of confusion, Eugen felt like a big stone was blocked in his heart, and he was very uncomfortable.

Finally, Count Sartre pulled Eugen through the crowd and walked to the inside of the crowd.

In the center of the room, there is a stone platform carved from marble, with various reliefs carved on all sides, from the crucifixion of the wicked to the devil's demagoguery.

And on the stone platform, there was a person, a woman, lying flat......

She wore a gorgeous red dress, embroidered with gold thread on the delicate and intricate patterns, this long skirt looked a little old, and the overall style was a little vulgar, which did not conform to the taste of the aristocracy.

But Eugen still recognized this long dress at a glance, the last time I saw the long dress, it was still a snowy day covered in silver, in the rough mountains and rocks and dead trees, a red dress bloomed like a beautiful poppy, the red was so bright and bright, like a flame, through Eugen's pupils, a forever indelible imprint in his heart.

But now, the flame was piled up like a pile of rags on a narrow stone platform, as if it had lost its temperature, lost its soul.

The Earl's third daughter, Caterina, looked very small under the background of a wide long skirt, such a small lump, huddled on the stone platform, her black hair fell from the side of the stone platform, and her beauty was tightly wrinkled, and it could be seen that she was suffering some kind of terrible pain.

In Eugen's impression, Caterina is so heroic, her beauty is very unique and difficult to taste, just like the fire burning on the flag, the flowers blooming on the Gobi Desert, and the swifts flying in a thunderstorm, stoic and beautiful.

But now, she could no longer maintain that appearance, she became weak and helpless, and unsightly black marks appeared on the plain white skin near her neck, and her cheeks showed a faint flush from the high fever.

This flush reminded Eugen of the sunset he had seen that day, and now, it was about to dissipate forever.

Caterina seemed to sense Eugen's arrival, and she struggled to open her eyes and look at Eugen as if she had exhausted all her strength.

Her eyes were as bright and beautiful as they had been before, and illness could destroy her body, but it could not take away the light from them.

Looking at Eugen, a smile slowly tugged at the corner of Caterina's mouth, as if she had obtained the greatest satisfaction in her life.

Then, she exhaled softly and closed her eyes forever.

There was a cry in the room, and no one was crying, but there were silent tears, as if fearful of disturbing the sleeping soul.

Eugen and Caterina don't get along much, and the only thing that impresses them the most is that night in the cave, a flaming woman, and a hairy boy who tries to restrain himself.

A tear slowly slipped from the corner of Eugen's eye, slid down her cheekbone, and finally converged on her jaw, slowly falling to the ground.

Seeing Katerina's last smile, Ou Gu realized how important he was in her heart, and before that, Eugen only thought they were nodding friends.

How deep will the friendship between the two people be established after getting along overnight? This is an unsolvable proposition.

Just in Katarina, just one night is enough to make her fall in love with someone forever.

This love was so silent and heavy that until the moment before she died, she endured the pain, waiting for Eugen to come.

Eugen didn't know anything about it, and by the time he did, the Iren had already died.

At the age of twenty, he had already tasted something called loss......