Angelo sat alone at the bar in the dining car, Phoebe went to work, Asaga went out to find Ensign Hayashi, and Mr. Aizawa stayed in the seventh carriage as he had been. Today, he is passing the time alone. Outside the window, there were dark clouds and heavy rain was gathering momentum. Angelo cleaned the entire carriage and researched new desserts. After all the work was done, he began to read the "Chunqin Copy" recommended by Chaoge.

"The Manuscript of the Harukin" is a novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, which tells the story between the servant Sasuke and the harunky haru girl, a lone and lonely luthier. Sasuke was physically and mentally tortured by Harukoto, but he was always loyal to him. The novel was not long, and Angelo read it in one sitting. The complex relationship between Sasuke and Chunqin, who is a master and servant, a master and apprentice, and a lover, is a bit deformed in Angelo's opinion. But he wasn't incomprehensible. Isn't there a complicated relationship between him and Phoebe?

"Angelo." Hearing his friend's voice, he closed the book.

"Roddy, why do you have time to come to me today?" Angelo smiled in response. Angelo's smile is different from Roddy's, Roddy's smile is half-true, while Angelo's smile is heartfelt, like warm sunshine, which can dispel the haze in his heart.

"Today, my new assistant is officially working, of course, I have to push all the work to him!"

"New assistant, is it the seventh carriage Ishikawa-kun?"

“Binggo！” Roddy gave a thumbs up.

"That's a bit of a problem...... Angelo looked at Roddy, worry written across her face.

"It's a little troublesome, but it's still manageable." Roddy smiled, meaningfully. "He's coming, which means that the Duke is starting to suspect me...... Well, the Duke has never trusted anyone anyway. ”

Angelo couldn't help but feel worried when he looked at this black-market-born friend who had been working between the Authority and the royal family for many years. He knew that the city of Roddy was quite deep, and he acted in a dashing manner, and he had never been on a business trip for many years. But he also knows that Roddy is frivolous and arrogant in his bones, how can he always "keep to himself"? I can't guarantee that one day I will be the target of public criticism.

"That night, you asked me and Phoebe to stay to protect Zhen'er, right?" Angelo asked.

"Do you think I'm such a good person?" Roddy smiled.

"Also? Who else has doubted? Angelo brought Roddy a cup of tea, along with his new cake.

"Chao Gebei." For some reason, Roddy's tone was a little smug. "Then Xiao Nizi is very observant."

"Are you sure that the person who took Zhen'er off the train that night was Ishikawa-kun?"

"Nine times out of ten." Even Roddy didn't dare to jump to conclusions right away. "Zhen'er came to ask for help, and it happened that the book was lost, and then she suddenly arranged a new assistant for me. It must have been premeditated for a long time. It stands to reason that the task of taking Zhen'er to the black market should have fallen on me, but unfortunately the duke didn't trust me, and nominally arranged a new assistant for me, but in fact he wanted to put Ishikawa-kun by my side, first, to complete this task for me, and secondly, to stay and continue to monitor me. ”

"So you expected that something might happen to Zhen'er."

"But the duke is trying to blackmail Second Lieutenant Lin, and I only know about it." Roddy picked up the fork, slipped the cake, and kept sending it to his mouth.

The rumbling thunder continued, and in an instant the rain poured down. Angelo sighed, now that the Duke can even transfer the personnel of the Authority, I am afraid that the road will become more and more difficult in the future. Roddy must have understood this in his heart.

"Roddy, which camp do you belong to now, the Duke or the Authority?"

"Hmm......" Roddy's handling of things is like playing a game, it doesn't matter if he wins or loses, he enjoys the thrill of the process. Of course, whichever side is interesting, it will fall to whichever side. ”

Angelo was dumbfounded, he shouldn't have asked this question. Nine out of ten sentences in his friend's usual life don't know whether they are true or false, and even if he asks so seriously now, he won't answer seriously.

Angelo thought it was ridiculous that she would suspect Roddy. If Roddy really fell to the Duke, how could he possibly find a way to protect Zhen'er? But what is certain is that Roddy is not dead set on doing things for the Authority.

"Angelo, do you still think I'm a good person?"

"Of course." He didn't even think about it. "I don't know what you're up to, but I know you've been secretly protecting us."

"Lift me up too much!" Roddy snorted.

"Phoebe, Asaka and Mr. Aizawa's books are all protected by you, and although you said that you would threaten me with my identity, I haven't seen you leak the slightest rumor for so many years."

"I'll still threaten you if necessary." Roddy pretended to be serious, but Angelo knew him too well to see through him at a glance.

Angelo is not from this world, he is still alive in this world, the so-called invader. The sixth law of the New World clearly stipulates that it is forbidden to harbor intruders. Once discovered, the harborers are convicted and the intruders are expelled from the New World.

Roddy found out that it was an intruder just a few days after he and Angelo met, but instead of reporting it to his superiors, Roddy found Angelo privately and asked him to do something for him. At that time, Roddy had just been transferred to the memory warehouse, and the work was complicated, and he happened to need someone to share the work for him, so he took Angelo's identity and let him take on most of the work for himself. But since then, Roddy has really not done anything that can be called a "threat".

"By the way, you're too lonely here today!"

"It's not that you don't know, I've always been very lonely here, and it's been a little more lively after the song came......" Angelo suddenly understood Roddy's intentions. Chao Ge went to Ensign Lin's. ”

Luo Di is a person who never asks directly about what he wants to know, but knocks on the side, waiting for others to take the initiative to tell him. In this case, he had just come from the memory warehouse, and it was impossible for him not to know that Phoebe was working there now, and he also knew that Mr. Aizawa would not usually show up. He was waiting for Angelo himself to tell the whereabouts of the song, and Angelo understood this.

"Chaoge is really a man of action." Roddy said.

Angelo was thoughtful, he felt that the current Roddy was a little strange, to be precise, after the song came, Roddy has been a little strange, and he can't tell what is wrong, but he feels that Roddy is different from the past, and the current Roddy seems to have greater ambitions and a clearer purpose.

"Luo Di, you seem to be particularly concerned about Chaoge's affairs."

"Is there one?" Roddy grinned, no one could peek into his sincerity from his demeanor.

"You seem to know Asaka very well."

"You're too careful." Roddy smiled and stopped talking.

Luo Di understands Chaoge, and he doesn't know a little bit. He knows that Chaoge likes loose and neutral clothes, likes to drink hot milk and honey at about half past eight in the evening, and is used to going to bed late, and his favorite painter is Monet, and his favorite cartoonist is Yoshihiro Tomiyatsu, who knows a little about literature and art, likes small animals, doesn't like sports, doesn't like to communicate, and hates to join in the fun...... All Chaoge's preferences, habits, and even the trivial things of her life since she was a child, Luo Di couldn't be clearer, but these are all secrets buried in his heart. He originally planned to guide Chaoge to realize his wish and not interfere too much in the affairs of this world. As a result, she still unintentionally got involved in the strife of this world. Roddy knew that he couldn't stop Asahae, who had made up his mind.

Roddy likes Chaoge, not dramatic love at first sight, but from a long, long time ago, so long that he is blurry. He likes Chaoge's persistence and willfulness, kindness and indifference, shrewdness and clumsiness. I like the way she reads quietly, I like the way she bites her fingers and thinks about it, I like the way she just runs 800 meters and she is out of breath, I like the way she says she is embarrassed and angry, and I like the way she cares about her friends...... Roddy has been watching Chaoge, both before and now. After a long time, the water flows for a long time, but I don't want the world to be unpredictable, and the flashy old things are finally Nanke's dream. He and Chaoge can't go back to the past.

"Angelo, in fact, Chaoge has come to this new world ten years ago, and she has been sleeping for ten years." After a long silence, Roddy spoke again.

"Ten years ago?" Angelo was a little surprised, "It took her ten years to accept the laws of this world. ”

"Yes, I've read her books, and she's a complete rebel."

Not all those who end their lives in this world can be reborn in this world right away, and those who do not want to accept the laws of the new world will begin to sleep after entering the new world and will not wake up until they are willing to accept it.

"Now Chaoge has begun to want to understand this world, she has gone to find Ensign Lin, and in the future, I am afraid that she will be deeply involved in the struggle between the Administration Bureau and the royal family." Angelo was a little worried. "Roddy, will you stop her?"

"No, and it can't be stopped." Luo Di smiled lightly, of course, he would never let Chaoge become anyone's pawn, and he would not let her suffer a little more damage. For this, Roddy is willing to sacrifice everything. That day, at the auction, he covered Asaka's eyes and also caught her tears. His heart was pinched hard, he didn't expect that the tears of the girl he liked would make him so sad, so self-blaming and sad.

"Angelo, don't you think the world is terrible? The Authority, royalty, heh, it's ridiculous. Our fate lies in the hands of these people. "Roddy was inexplicably excited, and the flamboyance and indulgence that had been suppressed for many years were slowly revealed, and under the elegant face was the opposite arrogance." It's boring like this, and my life is just a bet, a bet on this game. And I'm fed up now! Who would want to be slaughtered? No one can control me, I want to be the leader of this game, and everyone wants to be my pawn! "Outside the window, dark clouds rolled and obscured the sky. Roddy stood up, like a god, despising the world and all beings.

"Roddy, you're crazy!" What Angelo feared, it eventually happened.

"yes, I'm crazy. But Angelo, you're not going to leave me alone, are you? Roddy's tone was almost threatening, and it was Angelo's inability to abandon him as a friend.

Angelo broke out in a cold sweat on her forehead, but deep down she was moved by Roddy. There seemed to be something dusty in his heart, and he seemed to be longing for a earth-shaking change, and the more destructive this change was, the more excited he was in his heart.

"Even if I don't help you, you won't give up."

Angelo's chest thumped, and he knew it was an irrepressible excitement. Perhaps, in essence, he and Roddy are the same madmen.