Chapter 5: The Whispers of the Tower of Babel (17)
Angelo returned, as if nothing had happened, and with the lies of the Count and the Viscount, that the Viscount's condition had improved.
There are four members of the family, and everyone knows the truth, but no one is the first to mention it.
The Earl privately invited Miss Su, who said that she was willing to exchange Arseni back. Chelsea were happy, Phoebe was very high-minded, and the Earl got a little redemption from it.
A fairytale-like ending is within reach, but it all seems too smooth.
In the following month, Angelo gave up all aristocratic studies and stopped attending social occasions. He spends his days at the Earl's Court, either talking to Madame Chelsea or spending time with Phoebe, and occasionally goes hunting with the Earl.
During this time, strange things happened in the Earl's domain - two young men were killed by wild beasts in the woods. The survivor who went to the woods with the two young men said that they had gone to the woods that night to play a game of courage, and as soon as they entered the woods, they heard the howl of the wolf, and he was too timid to go deeper into the woods, and quit the game. But the other two were adamant that there were no wild beasts in the woods, and insisted on continuing the game, but they did not expect that the two men did not return the next morning. The survivors then asked the townspeople to search in the woods, but they did not expect that the two men had been killed by wild beasts.
Although there have been many supernatural events in this forest before, I have never heard of a wild beast. Half of the faces of the two corpses were bitten off by the beast, the internal organs of one corpse were completely hollowed out, and the hands and feet of the other were all bitten off, and the scene was very bloody. Next to the carcass, the hair of the beast and a huge footprint were found, which were those of a wolf. However, judging from the size of the footprints, the wolf was huge, at least five times the size of an ordinary wolf.
Soon, rumors began to spread in the territory that there were werewolves in the town, and every full moon night, they would turn into huge wolves and prey on lost passers-by. So no one dared to go out at night.
The Count and Angelo began to investigate the matter, but no clues were left at the scene except for wolf fur and footprints, and there were no eyewitnesses. Angelo asks Ed the black cat through Phoebe, asking him if there really are werewolves in this world, and Ed says that he has heard of it, but has not seen it with his own eyes.
Angelo plans to spend the night in the forest with her men on the next full moon night, and nothing happens. This case has completely become an unsolved case, whether it is the police or the earl, no one can find any clues, so they can only stop it.
At the same time, Phoebe noticed that Angelo was not the same as before, he became absent-minded, and would be in a daze when reading a book, and asked him if he was not feeling well, and he said no.
Angelo spends most of his time with Chelsea and Phoebe, and Miss Su agrees to exchange Atheni back, which will take months to prepare, perhaps Angelo wants to spend more time with Mrs. Chelsea, so he gave up all classes and socializing. Phoebe thinks so.
The weather is getting cooler and winter, and Phoebe tells Angelo that she sees the Snow Elves visiting the world. The snow elves walked across the land with their canes in hand, and soon it snowed heavily.
Angelo and Phoebe go outside to play in the snow, Angelo hits Phoebe with a snowball, Phoebe is not to be outdone, and hits back, her blonde hair shining in a patch of white.
Tired of playing, Angelo fell into the snow, and Phoebe learned from him and fell into the snow.
"Don't follow me, you'll get sick."
"Don't, if you want to get sick, you can get sick together." Phoebe pouted.
Angelo's vision was filled with tiny snowflakes that came from the distant sky and fell on the hustle and bustle of the world, leaving white loneliness.
"Angelo, has there been any progress in the Werewolf affair?"
"No, oh......"
"Angelo, it's not like you, in the past, if something happened in the town, you would definitely go all out to find a solution...... But this time, you don't. ”
Angelo smiled and reached out to hold a snowflake.
"Maybe there's been too much going on lately, and I'm a little tired."
"When you're tired, you have to rest." Phoebe jumped up from the snow, she grabbed Angelo's hand, "Get up, I'll go back, it's too cold to lie in the snow." ”
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Angelo got up and patted the snow off her body.
Phoebe suddenly laughed: "I remembered when I was a child, every time I fell in the snow, it was you who coaxed me to get up, but I didn't expect that now we have a switch." ”
"yes," Angelo's eyes flashed as they had spent time together as children. When it first snowed, Phoebe clamored to go out to play, ran out to play and didn't want to come back, and every time Angelo half-coaxed and half-persuaded her to make her obedient. Another time, they spent too much time outdoors, and as a result, they both caught a cold, and after they caught a cold, they secretly ran to the fire and slept together.
"It would be nice if I could stay forever when I was a kid." Angelo murmured.
"Why do you suddenly feel like this?" Phoebe blinked wide. "We can go out and play together on every snowy day in the future. I thought, even if I became a grandmother and Angelo became a grandfather, I would still drag Angelo out to play. ”
"By that time, we won't be able to walk......"
"It's okay, then we can watch the snow together." Phoebe's expression was very serious, "I've figured it out these days, Angelo, I don't want to marry, I want to stay in the Earl's Palace, you can't kick me out in the future." ”
Angelo smiled helplessly and nodded, but did not speak.
He looked at Phoebe, who opened up the conversation and gushed out. Suddenly, he reached out and grabbed Phoebe's wrist, and the next second, took her into his arms.
"What's wrong?" The long-lost hug made Phoebe panic.
"It's nothing, just the thought that it's been a long time since I've hugged you like this. Why aren't you as coquettish as you were when you were a kid? ”
In Angelo's arms, Phoebe blushed.
"Cause...... Because now we're all grown up......"
"Phoebe, can you be spoiled with me again like you did when you were a kid?" Angelo asked.
"Angelo, you're weird today." Phoebe waited for Angelo's answer, but didn't. So she slowly spoke embarrassedly: "Can Angelo touch my head?" ”
"Hmm."
Angelo could be heard responding softly, and Angelo's hand could be felt gently caressing his head.
"Phoebe, take care of yourself and your mother in the future. Don't be greedy for the cold and don't cover the quilt when you sleep at night in the summer, don't hold back any sad things in your heart, you can tell your father and mother, don't be bumped into by others when talking with Ed, and don't sneak out at night, and ......"
"Angelo, it's strange that you're saying this as if we'll never see each other again. Did something happen? Phoebe interrupted.
"Nothing." Angelo's eyes were wet, and he scratched Phoebe's nose. "I stayed at the Viscount's house for too long before, and I didn't nag you, so now I'll make up for it."
In the next second, both of them laughed, like children.
"Angelo, can you hug me again?" Phoebe asked with a grin.
"Absolutely."
Phoebe threw herself into Angelo's arms, rubbing against his clothes.
"Angelo, can you touch my head?"
"Of course you can ......"
Angelo's tears ran down her cheeks, silently.
Rewind time to a few months ago, in order to protect Phoebe and Lady Athenie, Angelo stayed at the Viscount's house and asked Jill to go back to inquire about information. Jill comes back to tell Angelo that everything is resolved, and just as Angelo's unexpected situation is going very well, he meets Miss Sue.
"Miss Su, is there a way to get Mrs. Aseni back?" Angelo asked politely.
Miss Su was interested in him and replied, "Yes, but there is a price. ”
"At what cost?"
"I don't trade at a loss, I was willing to help the Earl when I made a deal with the Earl and exchanged something for him."
"Changed for what?" Angelo asked.
"I can't tell you this. I only make one trade with everyone, and if you want to trade back for Atheni, you can also trade with me. Miss Su replied. Her eyes are extremely charming, inducing the other party to give her the answers she wants.
"Okay, what do you want?" Angelo agreed almost without hesitation.
"What I want is what matters most to you."
"What do I want most?"
"Yes, the most important thing for you humans is different, for you, the most important thing for you should be ......" She paused deliberately, selling the guanzi, "It should be family ......"
"If it were family, I wouldn't have agreed."
"Don't worry, you listen to me first. I don't want their lives, I want your memories...... Memories of family. You will never be able to reunite with your family, and even if you do, you won't recognize each other......"
Angelo pondered, not answering immediately.
"What? Are you ruthless? ”
"No, it's not. If you want to torture me, you might as well take my family's memories of me and leave me alone......"
Although it was only a short conversation, Angelo had already seen through Miss Su, and Miss Su would not have anything that could be called sympathy or affection. She plays with the world, observes human beings, and only cares about seeing interesting things.
"That's ...... Seems pretty good too. ”
Sure enough, she agreed. After all, such an ending is more interesting to her.
"Do you have any more requests?" Miss Su asked.
"Let me and my family live for a few more months, this is my last request."
"Okay."
Angelo accepted the deal with a wry smile because he wanted everyone to be happy. If he was the only one who forgot his family, Phoebe and the others would definitely go back to him, even if it would take years, decades, and they would be willing. If Phoebe finds herself, only to find that she has lost her memory, she will suffer from it. Angelo didn't want to see Phoebe in pain, and if so, she might as well take on everything. Even if Phoebe and the Countess no longer knew him, he would silently protect them somewhere.