Still in that dimly lit room, the figure shrunk in the corner was sitting in front of a dresser full of wine, her body slightly tilted, supporting her body with her left elbow, her tank top and shorts could not hide her figure, but from behind her her body was a little thin, like a plum blossom in the snow.

She was holding a bottle of wine in her right hand and feeding it to her mouth, and drank it in large gulps, as if trying to get herself drunk, but soon the wine on the table was cleaned, red and white, and all drunk.

But even so, she still felt that her mind was still very clear, and more importantly, the memories were like black sheep running out of the sheepfold, and began to churn.

"Hey! …… Not...... No," she poured into her mouth with an empty bottle on her face, only a few drops of residual liquor dripping onto the clothes on her chest.

She tossed the bottle back on the table, only to knock over an identical empty bottle. Suddenly, the room was filled with the sound of clanging.

She pushed aside the stool and stood up, although she was not completely drunk, but her body still shook a little after drinking a lot of wine, she came to the door, and was about to push the door out, and after thinking about it, she took off a coat that was completely unsuitable for the season from the hook behind the door and draped it over herself, and went out with her slippers.

She pushed open the door and saw the sky darkening outside, and at the end of the hallway, the setting sun cast a dim red light, like faint blood. She was stunned, and suddenly remembered that the sky was like this that day, and countless figures went one after another to fight a battle that she knew was impossible, and everything was only because of her own wrong decision......

"Suck ...... Whew......"

She took a deep breath of air, cleared the distractions in her mind, and just lowered her head a little gloomily, and walked a little shaky towards the downstairs.

This is a splendid looking complex in the center of the city, surrounded by a few kilometers of gardens that guard the tall buildings in the middle, but there are very few people inside, just because this is the land bought by the European Imperial Palace, and basically every big city has the same piece.

The purpose of these buildings is to give those shipwives who have retired from the front line for various reasons a place to recuperate.

Walking downstairs, I saw a large, luxuriously decorated living room like a European nobleman, with exquisite furniture and hand-woven carpets, which can make people feel resplendent at a glance, and it seems that people often come to clean up, so it does not seem unpopular.

But she just glanced at it casually, as if she was not at all interested, and walked towards the door.

As soon as she arrived at the door, she heard a key insertion, the sound of the lock being opened, the door was pushed open, and a blonde girl with a ponytail, red half-rimmed glasses, a white uniform with short sleeves and a black pleated skirt and a crew hat pushed open the door and walked in. With some cleaning tools in his hand, it looks like he is here to clean the room. And of course she also saw her coming down from the upstairs a little embarrassed.

“…… Yo! Ella...... Long time no see"

Ella looked at the person in front of her, her expression was complicated, now she looked like a complete wastewood, the long hair that was originally like gold has now become dull and yellow, she used to dress herself meticulously, now she is casually draped in a completely untimely coat stained with wine stains, and she looks like a nervous patient in a tank top and shorts casually, and most importantly, the once shining light in her eyes is now gone, like a extinguished lamp, lifeless.

Ella straightened out her mood and said to her with a smile, "Sister Li, are you going out?" ”

"Me? …… Well, get out, get out for a while. Richelieu scratched his head without an image, and walked out as he spoke.

"Are you going out for a walk?" Ella asked with a grin, but disappointment still flashed in her eyes.

"Well, it's just walking, going out for a walk." Richelieu turned his head, unwilling to look Ella's eyes, now close to the gap between the door and Ella.

“…… Then you don't have to go, I've already told the proprietress here that she won't buy you any more wine, go and take a shower with me. Ella said, taking Richelieu's hand.

But Richelieu took a step out and avoided it.

“………”

There was a long silence as Richelieu stood outside the door, and Ella maintained her outstretched hand.

“……”

Ella withdrew her hand and looked at the figure with her back to her, and finally a wave of sadness came up.

"Sister Li! Why do you always have to do this, you know it's useless to run away? Will you come with me? Everyone doesn't blame you, they really don't blame you, as long as you go home, everyone will help you. Ella's eyes filled with tears and she cried out.

Richelieu's body trembled, but he didn't look back.

"I ...... You don't have to worry about it, you won't use it in the future. After Richelieu finished speaking, he left in a hurry, and his steps were a little stiff.

Ella stood still, tears welling up in her eyes blurred her vision, and the blurred figure in her eyes disappeared around the corner.

After all, she couldn't help it, threw down all the cleaning tools, sat on the ground and hugged her knees, and cried, the cry sounding heartbreaking.

Richelieu hid in the corner, leaning against the landscape wall, looking at the dim sky at the moment with some distraction, and tears also dripped silently down her cheeks in her eyes, but she didn't make a sound, at this moment she and Ella were only more than ten meters apart, but it seemed to be a world apart.

"I can't go back!" Richelieu slowly stretched out his hand and spread his five fingers, only to see some dark purple lines in his white palm, if Hao Lin was here at this time, he would be very surprised to find that this pattern was very similar to the one in his heart. It's just that the meaning is completely different.

The lines on Richelieu's hands indicate that she has been eroded by the deep sea, even more so than Lexington, and if she unfolds her outfit at this point, she will find that her outfit has turned completely black and is beginning to grow like bone spurs or sharp horns.

She didn't know how long her will would last, and after months or weeks, or even days, she would fall into the depths, and then forget her beliefs and turn her back on everything she had protected.

She knew that Ella was good to herself, and even spared no energy to build a projection from the front line to take care of herself. They want to go home by themselves, but she knows that her deep-sea transformation is irreversible (Hao Lin: Meow Meow? Now she just wants to hide and spend her last few days, and then she'll make a voyage to the deep sea and sink herself in a corner that no one knows.

Escaping was shameful but useful, and she didn't want anyone to see her in the depths, because she must have been ugly at that time.

Thinking of this, Richelieu wiped away his tears, wrapped his coat tightly, and walked slowly outside.