The large room was eerily empty, and everything was quiet, so quiet that you could clearly hear the cold wind outside the window, the wood in the fireplace crumbling, and the clock moving slowly.

It's really comfortable and peaceful, nestled by the fireplace in winter, and there are people with you, even time seems to slow down.

In the end, like a silent sea that did not dare to be disturbed, Lorenzo nestled in the sofa and looked at the girl under the window.

It was almost dark, but there were no lights in the room, and the dim light was falling through the window, making it difficult for Lorenzo to see her.

"It's been a long time since it's been like this. ”

Seleuc sighed suddenly, with a shallow smile.

"We shouldn't have been together like this in a long time since I became heir. ”

Lorenzo thought for a moment.

"Do you mean the time you slumped up in the warehouse and vomited to death?"

The journey back to Invig with Seleuce was fraught with hardship, and Lorenzo struggled to get two tickets back to Invig, where the two of them lived together in peace, but the silence was due to hellish seasickness.

Seleuc couldn't help but smile when he heard this, it was a rare and good memory for her, although for Lorenzo, he didn't really want to experience it a second time.

"What kind of guest would that be?"

Breaking the peaceful silence, Lorenzo asked.

"One...... Surprise your guests. ”

Seleu replied that she seemed to like to bother Lorenzo.

"Aren't you a detective? ”

Looking at the lazy dog nested on the couch, this person is like a fog, you never know from what angle he will give you a surprise.

"That's not reasoning, Seleuc, it's just a deception. ”

Lorenzo shook his head, he wasn't really a great detective, but the trick was clever enough to make everyone think he was a "detective".

"Then why don't you keep using deception? There's always a way to get what you want. ”

Seleucus looked back at him, and there was no extra light, but the blue pupils seemed to be releasing a glimmer of light, as if the pupils of the beast were shining in the night.

"Just like you lied to me in the first place, you said you were my cousin, come and take me home......"

This is what Lorenzo said to Seleuc many years ago in winter, and the girl let down her guard and returned to Invig.

It was a meeting of fate, and you thought you were alone, but in the midst of the gray, someone held out a hand to you.

"Deception needs to be used flexibly, such as different moments, different angles. ”

Lorenzo replied lightly.

"This is what I taught you. ”

During that not too long journey, Lorenzo taught her many strange things in order to make things easier for herself, to pass the time, or to give Seleucus some ability to protect herself.

"Yes, a convincing deception. ”

Seleuce said slowly, she was very good at this, and even said that with that talent for seeing through the heart, she did it even better than Lorenzo.

"So you were ...... It's a lie to me, too, isn't it?"

The sound sounded, like a stone being cast on the silent water, stirring up a slight ripple.

"In many cases, deception is not only the trick of the trickster himself, but also requires the cooperation of the other party, but it is not easy to get a deceived person to cooperate with your trick......

"Unless you know what she wants......"

Lorenzo picked up Seleuc's words.

Like a weeping woman whose husband has gone to the front line and does not know whether he is alive or dead, then the best way to deceive her is to hide her husband's life and death in the words, because this is what she wants to know.

People's subconscious will protect themselves, sometimes even if they know that it is a lie, but in order to make their hearts feel better, people will easily believe the lie, even if it is full of flaws.

Seleuc and Madame van Loude are a good example, an old woman who lives alone, presumably she must have longed for the attention of her juniors, and Seleuc found this point, like a cunning fox, perhaps Madame van Loude also knew all this, but it was like a tacit performance, a short dream, which she enjoyed very much, and did not want to break.

"Yes, let a vigilant person leave with you at ease...... That's the best deception. ”

For a helpless beggar, care that never exists is the best deception.

Seleu said calmly, her expression still frozen and cold, and you could never guess what she was thinking from her appearance.

Like a traveler who is about to freeze to death in the wilderness, even if you are deceiving him to escape the cold, he will not care more.

"You...... Are you angry?"

Lorenzo asked tentatively.

At the first sight of Seleuc, he knew that the little girl was a troublesome and that he had to find a way to calm her down...... He thought it was an unimportant lie.

"Lorenzo, you're such a surprise guy. ”

Seleucus did not answer directly, she looked out the window, the twilight of the old Dunling was always so magnificent, the clouds were dyed bright orange and red, and stretched to the end of the horizon, and countless pillars of smoke rose from the chimneys, like the pillars of stone that supported the heavens and the earth.

"How?"

Lorenzo replied casually, he was thinking about how to change the subject, he had never been good at strange topics in his youth.

Take it easy and reach out to grab the dessert on the side, at least enough to eat and drink here.

"Haven't you realized it yet?"

Seleucus then said, and in that brief look at each other, it was as if she had seen all of Lorenzo.

"What do you mean?"

Lorenzo put down the dessert that was about to be stuffed into his mouth, a little confused and a little curious.

Seleuc did not continue the previous topic, she took the initiative to change.

"The human sense, although you are smiling now, is just your disguise, and it is just a cold machine under this skin. ”

As if commenting on an exhibit, Seleu said seemingly casually.

"You should know that Eve, right?"

The girl who saved herself, during the confrontation with Imam Lawrence, Lorenzo and Lorenzo clearly knew her.

"Hmm. ”

Lorenzo affirmed.

"Haven't you thought of it yet?"

Seleuc was a little surprised, not knowing whether Lorenzo was really so dull or cold.

"You were going to give up on her, such a good girl, just give up...... That's too cold, isn't it? ”

She looked at Lorenzo, who was a wonderful man who would show you kindness, but when it came to his goals, he would not hesitate to abandon you, as if the experience between you was nothing more than a dispensable illusion.

"Lorenzo, you must have broken someone's heart. ”

It was a desperate moment, the blade of death was under her neck, like a drowning person thrown into a glacier, she was about to die, and the only one who could catch was Lorenzo, and Lorenzo chose to give up on her at that moment.

The gray-blue pupils seemed to freeze, and he looked at the shadow by the window, not expecting that Seleuc would mention this.

Lorenzo knew what he had done, of course, and he had been avoiding it ever since, trying not to think about it.

"At the time, it was the optimal solution. ”

"Is it just because of the 'optimal solution'?"

Seleuc said with a bit of sarcasm.

"Actually, you're an even colder person than I am, Lorenzo. ”

Like an inhuman creature, he tries his best to imitate the appearance of a normal person, but when the real target appears, he fades his disguise and resembles a terrifying beast.

"But as you can see, fighting against demons and that kind of thing, the superfluous feeling is just a stumbling block. ”

He replied almost none.

The lesser of two evils, if sacrificing an Eve in exchange for the death of Imam Lawrence, this is a fitting fit.

It's a bloody deal, and all of them don't feel anything.

"So that's why you're the way you are?"

Seleuc came suddenly, and she looked down at Lorenzo, as proud as the majestic sculpture, the dim light on her face, clear and clear.

Lorenzo didn't shy away this time, he looked directly at Seleuc and nodded.

"You dare to look at me. ”

Seleuce smiled, sometimes Lorenzo was like a shy child, afraid to look at others, and even more so with himself.

"I just don't know what to do with people, smiling or flat? ”

"That's why I like to deal with demons, just swing a sword and hack them to death. ”

Like a weathered old man, Lorenzo said with a pretending of vicissitudes.

"So you're always alienating everyone...... Is it because of demons?"

An incomparably precise blow hit the crack in the armor.

"You don't want to be involved with anyone because of the disaster you brought about?"

Seleuc is always like this, she can clearly see where you are hiding, and then drag it out and beat it violently.

"You can see the results, Eve only knew me for long, and she almost died at the hands of the demons. ”

Lorenzo looked away, he said.

"We call it 'connection', and the more you get involved with demons, the more dangerous it becomes......"

Suddenly remembered Arthur, he wanted to send Eve away because of the demons, like an iron wall, separating the demons from his daughter's world.

"You're suppressing your feelings, Lorenzo, you're alone, but you're trying to turn yourself into a cold weapon. ”

Because of this, he became withdrawn and tried his best to disguise himself as normal.

She concluded.

"Are you enlightening me?"

Lorenzo suddenly felt like he was being taught a lesson by a child.

"Probably. ”

"And what shall I call you, Dr. Seleuc? This is the first time I have been to such a luxurious psychiatric clinic. ”

He began to sneer, softening the solemnity a little, but Seleu stared at him with a serious face, and this distraction did not work for Seleuc.

After a long silence, Lorenzo said slowly.

"Sense affects reason. ”

But sometimes in life, lies and feelings are more important than logic and reason. ”

Lorenzo was stunned, and he didn't know whether he was lamenting that children could also say big things, or something else, he laughed and said casually.

"Seleuc, there are some things you don't understand, and everyone will have different problems. ”

"Troubles exist to solve them. ”

"But there are many things that go unanswered. ”

Lorenzo hesitated as he spoke, and when he said these things, even he himself was shaken, can the so-called demons really be eradicated? It was like a journey with no end in sight, and even Lorenzo didn't know how long he could last.

Suddenly, the slender hands grabbed Lorenzo's collar, and there was a hint of anger in the ice blue light.

After a long stalemate, Lorenzo was like a dead pig, unfit for the somewhat serious atmosphere, and she seemed to know that this would not lead to any results, so Seleuce let go of Lorenzo and stepped aside to turn on the light. The sky outside the window had darkened.

"You're like a patient who refuses treatment, Lorenzo, paranoid. ”

The doctor gives the patient a medical certificate.

"You lack a goal, a goal that will keep you alive. ”

"How is it possible, my goal has always been sticking to it. ”

Demons, eradicate all demons, Lorenzo has never changed.

"Is that really a target? Lorenzo, you must have given up your human share for it, right? ”

Seleuc muttered.

"The lesser of two evils. ”

Compared to that grand goal, the only people are not worth mentioning.

Both of them were silent, and in the end they parted unhappily.

Seleuc, who seems to be closed, has opened his heart instead, and Lorenzo, who is relaxed and a little neurotic, is a serious autistic child.

It's like what hell fatalism excuses himself, in order to eradicate the demon Lorenzo doesn't care about any of this.

Suddenly, the doorbell rings, and the next chapter is taken on for this unpleasant conversation.

"Get ready, Lorenzo, the guests are here. ”

Seeing who it was, Seleuc made up her mind, and she went out to meet the guest.

Lorenzo sat upright and tidied up his clothes to make himself look less messy.

According to Seleuc, it was she who introduced herself to that guest, and the honorarium was handsome.

After a while, Seleucus walked in again, followed by Yahweh, the old butler with a pile of letters and books in his hand, which he placed steadily on the low table beside Lorenzo, and then stood aside like a guard, solemn.

"Where's the guest?"

Lorenzo asked, a little puzzled, but before he could ask more, Seleuc sat down across from him, and the two of them stayed together again.

Looking at this familiar girl, Lorenzo seemed to know who this guest was.

"I will be the representative of this commission to consult with you. ”

Seleucus opened the letter as he spoke, and Lorenzo asked suspiciously.

"Who do you represent?"

"Stuart group. ”

Seleuc replied softly.

"Lorenzo, you're on a big mission this time. ”

With that, Seleucus handed Lorenzo the open letter, which had originated with the members of the Stuart Mission, and they had mailed it here to report the same thing.

"Hounds?"

Lorenzo looked at the description in the letter, and in the dark of night all the members of the Stuart were seeing strange hounds, their hoarse howls, and they surrounded everyone's residence.

"We thought it was a hallucination at first, but it can't be that everyone has the same hallucination, right? ”

Seleuc said.

Not to mention, the group's members are all over Invig. ”

"When did this happen?"

Lorenzo asked, frowning.

"I don't know. ”

Seleuc turned over more letters, which were all feedback from the members.

"We were confused at first, and we didn't know where to investigate, until I found out about the demon......"

"You think it has something to do with demons?"

Lorenzo became alert, to which Seleuc nodded.

"That's what you taught me, to rule out all the impossibilities, and the remaining options, no matter how weird they are, are the only answers. ”

It was just a word to pass the time when the journey was boring, but Seleuc still remembers it.

"Do you have any clue then?"

Lorenzo was a little interested, like a beast that smells blood, he will always hunt down the demons.

Seleucus did not answer, but looked at Yawei, and saw that the old butler was entangled for a moment, picked up an ancient book, and handed it to Lorenzo.

"Do you know the curse that hangs over Stuart?"

"Cursed?"

Lorenzo thought it was a little strange, it stands to reason that the slightest scandal of this kind of big family would be stirred up to the sky, let alone any strange curses, but he had never heard of this in his time in Old Dunling.

"My family has been serving the Stuart family for many years, so long that our family can be regarded as a living Stuart history, so I know a lot of secrets that the outside world does not know. ”

Yawei said slowly.

"It's a curse from the Baskervilles. ”