"What are you talking about? Mr. Holmos, don't you think that kind of thing is too heavy and too luxurious for us?"

Lorenzo also turned into a cute dog in Irene's eyes at this moment, but this dog was a little different from the others, it had sharp fangs, fierce eyes, and hideous muscles.

Sometimes it's hard to even classify him as a dog, not so much a dog as a monster in the form of a dog, but this monster is also pitiful, so pitiful that Erin wants to reach out and touch his head.

Looking at each other, Lorenzo also realized that he was ridiculous, Erin had completely confused all this, and it didn't matter to her whether it was or not.

"So what is the reason for you to come back? You can run away, and with your ability, it will not be difficult to find a place to live incognito, right?"

Lorenzo remembered something, I don't know how many times such a conversation was repeated, but this time was the closest to the truth.

Tearing through layer after layer of disguise, one lie after another, Erin has no way back at this moment.

"Before that, you don't need to defect from the Iron Law Bureau, Ivar is a great achievement, you may be promoted and raised...... So what made you give up on this?"

"I'm tired, Mr. Holmos. ”

Erin said a little confused.

"We're all the living dead, aren't we? we're already a walking corpse, we can still talk and breathe, but we're doomed, and all we're doing now is delaying it.

Like you, you're a powerful witcher, but are you going to slash and slay for the rest of your life, or are you destined to die in some battle? Actually, I know this, I'm destined to die in some failed action, but if I think about it, I'm just repeating everything about this terrible life, whether it comes early or is delayed very late, it doesn't change anything. ”

Erin looked very tired.

"Rather than this, it is better to end this sooner rather than later. ”

The room was eerily quiet, the smoke was slowly rising, enveloping the two of them little by little, it was a good scene, Lorenzo was a little relaxed, there was a noise outside the house from time to time, and everyone was still trying to clean up the house.

Under the peaceful atmosphere, the tide of sorrow surged.

Lorenzo looked at Erin with some sadness, and it was only then that he realized the despair in the woman's heart.

Erin knew too much about the so-called emotions, and after she knew too much, she saw through them all, and she could easily show the others the side they desired, the masks overlapping each other, not distinguishing each other.

She was like a drowning person, she was powerless to get out of this murky sea, and she didn't want to sink and die like this, she was caught in the middle, and struggled in pain for a long time.

"I heard you're still a priest?" asked Erin.

"It used to be. Lorenzo replied.

"I haven't been to church yet, and many times I've wanted to go into the confessional and tell the priest about the sins I've done, but I don't have the courage to do it. ”

Erin seemed to think of Lorenzo as a priest and babbled on and on.

"Some things are too difficult to figure out, just like you, you have killed too many people, life is nothing more than a thing that you can destroy at will, and so am I, the so-called love is just my tool, I am addicted to it, and I have long been unable to distinguish the difference between it and the so-called tool. ”

"Sounds terrible. Lorenzo said.

"It's okay, I just feel a little sad. ”

"Sad?"

"Yes, sad, I'll probably never be able to figure out what 'love' is, it's like a simple formula for me, you see the moon too, he's been played around by me, I know very well how to please people, how to capture them, even the violent Ivar didn't hide from it. ”

The cigarette burned out, and Erin put the cigarette butt on the bedside table next to her and watched it burn quietly.

"In the end, all this is just an illusion given to us by ourselves, the blood flow is faster, the heart is beating harder, the brain is secreting that intoxicating substance, and sometimes it is a fault to be too awake. ”

"You're so perfect, Erin, so perfect that you barely feel like a person anymore. Lorenzo said.

"I'm also aware of that, I have a lot of identity presuppositions, you know, if you like passion, I'll become passionate, if you like cold, I'll become cold, sometimes I almost forget who I am. ”

Erin thought for a moment and then said.

"I'm not Irene, I'm not Erin Adler. ”

Erin's voice slowly lowered, and it was then that Lorenzo noticed that she had been staring at her, and then she slowly approached, reaching out and brushing Lorenzo's face.

"I haven't tried to tame monsters yet, though. ”

"I suggest you'd better not do that. Lorenzo warned.

"Just kidding, I'm tired of this," Erin withdrew her hand and grinned, "I've been hard to be interested in since Ivar, I've killed a lot of people like this, but this time it's different, I suddenly feel some kind of guilt, I'm sad, I'm going to save Ivar."

It's not for any love, it's not for any profit, I think you know what I mean, right?"

Erin asked.

Lorenzo didn't answer, he saw himself in Erin, chasing the demon's self.

"You're trying to redeem yourself, but can you really do it?"

Lorenzo tried to kill all the demons, and no one told him if it was right or wrong to do so, and if he would achieve the future he wanted, but he did it anyway, because he thought that this would fulfill his wish.

It's like a weird ritual, like drinking hot water to heal you from a cold, obviously there is no necessary connection between the two, but many people just believe that drinking hot water will get better.

The same is true of Irene, she thinks that if she can get Ivar back, maybe she can end this life like the living dead, she can get the so-called salvation, and as for the outcome, will it really be the way she wants? Lorenzo didn't know, no one knew.

"But if you don't try, who knows what the answer will be?"

That's Erin's purpose, pure and somewhat ridiculous.

"I'm going to save Ivar, I'm going to say goodbye to this damn life, and who cares about the rest?"

Erin said frankly that this was a secret hidden deep in her heart, and at this not-so-bad moment, she told Lorenzo all this to Lorenzo, who had some connection with the clergy.

A woman who has committed the most heinous crimes, a woman who is obviously not much less guilty than herself...... Priest?

Erin smiled at this, it was a good confession, although it was rudimentary, but it was enough.

"I'm starting to get interested in Ivar, the guy who can make you lose your way, and it's going to be fun. Lorenzo said.

"Ivar? there's nothing special about him, he's just a puppy with no disability, probably because he looks weak, he likes to bark and bark to show his strength, he rarely trusts anyone, but he's willing to walk behind my ass, even though he struggles to walk. ”

Erin said slowly.

"And what about Haybed? You still haven't explained why you're so afraid of Haybed, why?"

Lorenzo asked at this moment.

This time Erin didn't dodge, and after hesitating for a while, she said slowly.

"I'm just guessing about Haybold here...... Will you believe my guesses? I just almost killed the moon, and I don't think you will trust me anymore. ”

Thinking of this, Erin said with some sadness, she didn't know what would happen next, and now her life and death were completely up to Lorenzo.

"You might even feel like everything was just my show, and I'm trying to get you to let your guard down and then attack again at some point and kill all of you. ”

was still amiable just now, but now the words are sharp again.

Lorenzo asked, tilting his head, thinking for a moment.

"Then why didn't you kill the kestrels? lest you offend me completely? In fact, if I hadn't replaced the bullets, with Winchester's might, the kestrel would have died.

No, if I swap out the bullets, you might have killed the kestrel too, after all, there are so many weapons in the case. ”

"Then I want to ask you, are you trying to kill the moon? you have long anticipated my potential actions, and you have to ......"

Erin thought of something, her words stopped, her pupils narrowed slightly, reflecting Lorenzo's mysterious pupils.

"Yes, the question comes back to you, I gave you the chance to kill the kestrels, why didn't you do it?"

Lorenzo asked in a low voice.

"Or is Miss Erin Adler an abusive person who wants to rub her head when she sees anyone?"

Erin's expression stiffened for a long time before she slowly eased, and she was defeated in front of Lorenzo.

"I'm starting to hate you. ”

"I thought everybody was going to like the bad guys. Lorenzo disagreed.

Erin's gaze was a little dazed, she stretched out her hand as if trying to grab something, but she didn't have anything, she could only withdraw her hand in some frustration.

"Ivar is smart, smart enough to deceive himself, and the moon is a stupid thing, and if he is too stupid, he will end ...... He's pure. ”

"Pure?"

"yes, don't you think it's good, he's not like us, he doesn't wear any mask, you can read his bad heart directly from his bad expression. ”

Lorenzo couldn't tell the difference, but he remembered the scene on the train when he came, and in fact everyone was under a lot of pressure, but only the kestrel was a neurotic who kept banging on the triangle and scolding to jump out of the car.

This...... Also a plus?

"This is a pure and pure person, if there were more such people, the world would not be so bad, but you also know very well that such a person will not live long, he can live until now, probably really lucky. ”

"Is that so? I hope the kestrel will learn from you. Lorenzo said.

"What he couldn't learn, if he really learned the lesson, then he should have killed me directly, not let me live, that's what he should have done. Erin replied.

The rising smoke gradually cleared, and as the effect of the medicine wore off, Erin faintly felt the pain that was coming, and Lorenzo was also aware of it, he said.

"It's addictive if you use it too much, so bear with it. ”

He thought for a moment and said again.

"Irene, I can trust you, but it comes at a cost. ”

"At what cost?"

Erin asked, somewhat curious.

Lorenzo didn't answer, he stood up, walked over to Erin's side, and lowered his body so close to her that his face was extremely close to her.

"Let me see your heart, and then I will know whether your guess about Haybod is true or false. ”

The gray-blue eyes were close at hand, like a mirror, and Erin saw herself in them, embarrassed herself.

"Inside, yes, but will you believe it?"

Erin clearly misunderstood what Lorenzo meant, she had opened up to many people, but everyone had been deceived by her.

"Yes, there you have no reservations, there is no longer a so-called mask to speak of. ”

Lorenzo said as he reached out and pressed Erin's face, his fingers forcefully pulling open her eyelids, forcing her to look at herself, Erin felt a vague uneasiness, and then she saw it.

In the eyes like the deep sea, in the deepest darkness, there was a firelight, blazing white and pure fireworks, as if a scorching sun was hiding in it.

"It's beautiful......"

I don't know if it was the stinging eyes, or the sincere remorse, Erin looked directly at the scorching sun and shed tears, and it was at this moment that Lorenzo felt it.

Countless emotions hit his will, and he saw the phantom of a woman, from child to adult, from innocence to wearing a mask.

Everything is presented in his eyes, and there is no reservation.

"No! Lorenzo!

Erin struggled suddenly, she didn't know what Lorenzo was doing, but she felt it, someone ripped through layers of masks, trying to peek into the deepest secrets of her heart.

But it was too late.

Erin's struggles gradually stopped, and everything returned to peace.

A cool breeze swept over Irene's face, and she looked around in confusion, and she found herself on top of a fishing boat, and not far away Lorenzo was lying on the railing, looking at the beautiful dusk at the end of the sea.

"I remember ...... here"

Erin's hand brushed gently across the cabin, the real touch bewildering her.

"Yes, it was here, at the end of Ivar's journey with Ivar, that the ships of the Iron Law Bureau intercepted us after night had completely fallen......"

She looked at Lorenzo, and Erin couldn't figure out how it could happen all again before her eyes.

"Where is this?" asked Erin.

"The depths of the soul, you could call this the Gap. ”

Lorenzo didn't look back, and his voice came slowly.

"So you saw it all?"

Erin asked again.

"Well, I've seen it all. ”

Lorenzo said as he turned slowly.

He didn't have the will to destroy Irene, so the memories Lorenzo saw were also incomplete under this incomplete [gap] invasion.

It was just a refraction of one glimmer of light, but it was from the remnants of this corner that Lorenzo saw everything.

The light of dusk brightened Lorenzo's face, and Erin froze, emotions intertwined, and Lorenzo looked at Erin expressionlessly, but tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.

"I believe you, Erin Adler. ”