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The scorching sun, so rare, so ...... No, it shouldn't.

On days like this, it should be rainy and cloudy.

But if it's rainy, gloomy, lonely, and cold...... Mo Shi probably won't be able to muster up the courage to come here.

The Edelweiss perched on its owner's shoulder, singing carefree and praising the bright sunshine.

"Let's go to a quiet place. Mo Shi said, "Perhaps, near the library building." ”

Opal Zirconium looked at him. He was still the gentle, silent young man of Beya, the fourth son of a certain earl, who loved herbalism rather than law or rhetoric, and he was different, and he looked at Mo Shi as if they knew each other, as if they were compatriots and friends.

Finally, he smiled palely.

"You've always been so gracious, Mr. Morse. As he spoke, he grabbed Mo Shi's arm and followed his footsteps in the direction where the library was located. He stretched out his hand from below to hold him, in the realm of snowwalkers, this is the posture of a child, a woman, a subordinate, a dependent. This concession and compromise, this mildness, as if they were really friends.

"You've been so good to everybody, Moshi," said Opal, "but you see, they never liked you. Even the person you are seeking justice for, that Jianan, he doesn't like you. ”

"I didn't become who I am to be loved for. I'm not playing any image. ”

"Are you implying that 'me' is acting?" Opal laughed, but didn't go any further, and instead said, "Mr. Moshi, I said that you seem to want to save everyone, and you seem to want to do what only a god can do—"

They walked forward, nodding slightly at the oncoming students who were frightened by the sight of Mo Shi.

"But do you know what's going on right now? The poor kids, all the kids in the Academy, the kids who are forced to participate in those things, they're going to be sentenced, they're going to lose the opportunity to beg for school, they're going to lose their jobs, they're going to lose their lives...... But those who persecute them, they are great nobles, they are favored by God, they are just revived, they are reduced to some property, and that's it. ”

"I had no choice. Moshi replied, "It was wrong from the very beginning. ”

"What's wrong?"

"It's not me who is at fault. He paused for a moment, biting the tip of his tongue and saying it with a bloody stint, "It's not you, either." ”

Opal seemed a little taken aback. But it didn't stop moving on.

"So, what's wrong?"

"It's so filthy on its own. ”

Moshi heard Opal laugh, with a strong irony.

"I see. He whispered.

"At first I thought bullying was just a special case, but apparently I was wrong. And since that kind of bullying is not a special case, and even the least severe one, then ......"

"So, it seems, compare that to the man who imitated Heeron, but did not have the will of God, and therefore had to slaughter his 'brother' with his own hands—his sin no longer disturbs your sleep?"

Yes.

Indeed it is.

But Mo Shi was silent. He knew that if he took a stand, it would mean that something would be completely destroyed. And he realized that he was not willing to let go of those anachronistic rulers.

They came to the back of the library and stood in front of the two huge water tanks.

The lid of the slate was closed, and only a thin layer of dust showed the marks of scratches, proving that what happened in front of Mo Shi last night was not a reflection of the ghost's recurrence. Opal lowered the bird on his shoulder and placed it on the stone slab.

The Edelweiss obediently stood on the edge of the stone slab and pecked with its short beak for a while.

"Kanin Madarao. "He's the cousin of Jianan Ji, and their mother is a sister. Your name is Opal Zirconium, but you weren't born to Count Zirconia's wife, and your mother was Madarao before she married Count as a side chamber—the three of you are related by blood. ”

Opal's expression was no longer as quiet as ever.

"Jia Nan has nothing to do with this matter. Opal defended the boy, "He didn't know anything. Before he came here from his hometown, he didn't even know what Jianing was dying for. ”

"But you know. ”

"Yes, I know. Opal suddenly calmed down again, as if because the topic had returned to himself, "I came to the center after my mother's death. I borrowed to stay at a relative's house. ”

"Is Jia Nan the fuse? It's because you saw that Jia Nan was also being bullied by the students of the White Academy like his brother, so you decided to do it. ”

"Perhaps. ”

"Perhaps...... You mean, you've been planning for a long time. ”

"I'm just a Beya, a child born of a little duke's side chamber, and if I hadn't been prepared and practiced, how could I have slain those rough and strong Afaya? Opal said with a smile.

Mo Shi did not have an organ that received sex hormones outside the body, he could not smell it, so he could not experience it.

"However, as you said, planning is planning, action is action, and opportunity is opportunity. They often do not go as one would like them to be, but develop independently. Sometimes it's a hindrance, sometimes it's just a smooth ride. ”

He looked up.

Mo Shi knew that he was looking at the window on the third floor of the library. Last night, Mo Shi was standing there.

"Why are you here?"

Unfamiliar voices.

He turned his head sharply and saw a young guard standing in the shadow cast by the library, standing on the avenue and looking at them: "Lord Mo Shi, the two priests asked us to invite you to the interrogation room. ”

"Okay, I'll be over after lunchtime. ”

"Do you need me to accompany you?" the guard looked around, apparently sensing that this was a quiet and eerie place.

"No, you don't. Mo Shi smiled, "My friend and I are walking here. ”

So the guards left.

"You're not afraid?" Opal asked. Still with a sense of innocence, "Staying with a murderer like me, in a place like this, aren't you afraid?, by the way, I almost forgot that you're not just a good apothecary - your magic, that's where your true glory lies." ”

Moshi hated Opal's calmness, but could do nothing about it.

"Tell me what you're going to do next. Mo Shi looked at the water tank, imagining the posture of the corpse inside, feeling sick to his stomach and cold, "Now someone has reported that another student from the White Academy is missing. ”

They were no longer side by side, and Mo Shi didn't know who had consciously taken a step back.

"I'm going to kill the sixth and seventh people tonight. Then I killed myself, just like in the Holy Scriptures, when Hiren repented of the curse he had made, and wept blood to death. Opal's expression was calm, as if telling an unrelated story.

"In that case, I'll have to catch you so that you can't kill them, and yourself. ”

"Don't you like the plan I told you about?" said Opal, "I thought you'd like it." ”