Five days later, the railcar stopped at a station south of Asgard, and a few minutes later a light carriage departed from the station, skirted the outskirts of the city, and finally entered the estate along the mountain road.

The door opened open and soon closed in the night.

Lola pushed open the door and heard the sound of the tide.

The manor of Nuoda is full of people and bright lights. Someone on the doorstep walked down briskly, reaching out to help Lola out of the car, like a considerate and gentlemanly butler.

"Professor Lola, it's hard work. ”

"Richard, did you smile so considerately when you were at the Academy?"

Lola said lightly: "It's a pity, it's still too fake, and it's the same as your boss, it's disgusting." ”

Richard's expression twitched, and he couldn't help but look away: "I'm just a public servant who receives a dead salary, and it's a temporary worker who doesn't even have an agreement, so don't embarrass me." ”

"Really, I'll go to the fifth department another day and talk to your boss?"

Lola asked rhetorically, but Richard didn't dare to take it, but just led her by half a step.

He looked cautious and cautious, as if the person next to him was not a graceful and elegant aristocratic girl, but an aether bomb that could explode at any moment, an ogre troll who chose to devour people.

There have been too many people who have fallen into blood mold because of this recently, and he doesn't want to be one of them, even Maxwell has no temper, let alone a small employee?

As early as the day after Ye Qingxuan's accident, the principal found that when his personal barber shaved himself, all the shaving cream in the box was replaced with a miserable green poison that sealed his throat with blood...... The threat is beyond words.

The devil knows how many hints and self-destructive impulses this woman has planted in the minds of many people, and if she wants to go crazy, half of Anglo will jump with her into the fire pit.

Fortunately, Ye Qingxuan did not die, and she had no chance to go crazy.

Along the way, Richard was furious by the cold gaze behind him, and couldn't help but speed up and move along the roads and corridors of the manor.

The sound of the tide is gradual, with the cold wind of early winter, and the greenery on both sides of the road has been dyed with a layer of hoarfrost and gradually began to wither.

"He's waiting for you inside. ”

Richard pushed the door open for her, took a few steps back, and quietly left.

The light behind the door fell on Lola's face, and the gloom and madness in her eyes disappeared, and her expression changed and hesitated, like a timid little girl.

"Lola?"

A slightly hoarse voice sounded from behind the door: "Don't stand at the door, come in,"

In the room behind the door, it was empty, and the strong smell of disinfectant still remained, and the sound of the tide came from the window. Lola walks in, only to notice the temperature of someone living here.

Finally, she looked out onto the terrace.

On the terrace, an emaciated figure sat on a chair, silently watching the tide beyond the terrace, his white hair reflecting the moonlight, and he didn't know when it had become very long.

In just half a month, it was like a long time, and Lola could vaguely distinguish his appearance, but she was almost unrecognizable.

She sighed softly, picked up a thick blanket from the back of her chair, and covered him.

Ye Qingxuan's wrists were thin and pale, and there were still traces of pinholes and drips. Sensing Lola's gaze, he hid his wrist under the blanket.

"Let you see the joke, I could have been in a better state today, but the doctor was unwilling to prescribe a medicine that worked, so I could only raise it slowly. ”

Lola didn't speak, she didn't have to think about it, she knew what medicine Ye Qingxuan wanted the doctor to give him.

Those medicines that seem to have amazing effects are all at the cost of overdrawing the body and life, and if it is changed at other times, it will be forgotten, with Ye Qingxuan's current physical condition, eating that kind of thing is simply killing himself.

Without hearing Lola's voice, Ye Qingxuan smiled, changed the subject, and stretched out his hand to point beyond the railing.

In the distance, the tides are surging, and when they collide with each other, they make a distant and quiet sound. In the distance, the lights of the coastal city are like stars, reflected on the sea, like stars falling into the sea, majestic and quiet.

"This is Maxwell's private property, isn't it? I don't know now that guy is so good at enjoying it. ”

He sighed softly: "No wonder he always likes to cry poor." Such a good manor, if it were me, I would have to buy the funds of the embezzled school. If we don't have enough money to turn around, we can write a report letter to the royal family and get a bounty. ”

“......”

Lola pursed her lips and didn't speak.

She looked down at Ye Qingxuan, stretched out her hand, and touched his white hair, Ye Qingxuan looked back at him, her eyes were quiet, not like the immature teenager when she first met.

It is like a statue of iron and stone, angular, silent and quiet, no longer naïve, and no longer weak.

For some reason, seeing such a look, Lola couldn't help but feel sad.

"It's good to be alive. ”

She reached out and stroked his hair and hugged his shoulder from behind: "I originally wanted to see you beat you first, you have to be obedient, and I won't beat you in the future if you are obedient." ”

"Yes, I see. ”

Ye Qingxuan nodded, raised his hand, patted the back of her hand, and just let her hold herself, staring silently at the broken moonlight in the sea.

After a long time, he hesitated and asked softly:

"Lola, can people still live if they don't have a heart?"

Lola froze and looked up at him.

After Xiao Yuan was shattered, Ye Qingxuan, who had lost his heart, was no longer able to continue, not to mention becoming a musician, even if he continued to live, it was already very difficult.

The Knights Templar spared no expense to rescue him, and how much precious material it took to save him from his near-death state. The doctor told her it was a miracle that he survived.

But no one knows how long this fragile balance will last.

Everyone is waiting, but how long can Ye Qingxuan wait?

Ye Qingxuan looked at Lola, his eyes pleading, waiting for her answer, as if waiting for the final judgment.

"Yes. ”

She stared at Ye Qingxuan and whispered, "It's just that you don't have a heart, believe me, Ye Zi, you will live." ”

"Yes? That would be great. ”

For some reason, Ye Qingxuan laughed and looked comforting: "That's great, I'm still worried about being treated as a freak." ”

He reached out and lifted the velvet blanket and unbuttoned his coat, revealing his chest

In the part of the heart, there are still fine suture marks. But underneath the sutures, there was a faint red glow burning quietly.

It took the place of the heart and continued to beat in his chest, sustaining his life and breathing, keeping him alive from death and struggling from hell.

"What is this?"

Lola stared blankly at his heart, her gaze penetrated the flesh and landed on it, and she saw the bright red crystal embedded in his body, which was the embodiment of countless complex music theories, replacing the organs that Xiao Yuan had integrated into the shell.

She was incredulous, almost suffocating.

"That's probably what keeps me alive. Ye Qingxuan pressed his heart and murmured softly.

It is the crystallization of miracles, the creation of legends, the power that alchemists have dreamed of for a long time, turning iron into gold and giving life to the dead......

- Philosopher's Stone!

Ye Qingxuan closed his eyes, and once again remembered that immature face, the girl who woke up from a dream looked at herself, showed a smiling face, and stretched out her hand, wanting to touch his face.

"I remember you. ”

She recognized herself, so she placed the Stone of the Philosopher, who had saved her, into his arms.

"Don't die, Ye Qingxuan. ”

It was the last whisper she whispered in her ear.

Therefore, Ye Qingxuan survived, even if he lost his heart and Xiaoyuan was broken, because of the life given by Elsa.

"Pull me, Lola. ”

Ye Qingxuan re-fastened the button and raised his hand: "The rest time is over." ”

Lola pursed her lips and reached out to pull him up from the chaise longue, but she didn't feel much weight, his body was as light as dry wood.

Ye Qingxuan put on his coat, leaned against the wall and slowly led the way in front, and finally, pushed open the door downstairs.

In the wide hall, there was a quiet busyness.

A dozen hurried-looking note-takers leaned over a desk in the corner to take notes, scrutinizing cartloads of materials from the stacks, leaving floors of manuscripts and finally marking the huge map on the walls.

On the other side of the hall, half of the wall was forcibly torn down, destroying the original uniform and exquisite decoration style. In its place was a giant 'tuner' that had just been shipped.

Stelae-like tuners wedged into the earth, metal wires sticking to the outer walls of the manor and extending into the sky, catching the complex signals of the Aetheric Sea and transmitting messages. Several precept musicians are making minor adjustments to make sure it works properly.

Richard stepped forward and handed him a letter that had just been delivered, the seal of the letter was covered with black fire paint, and Ye Qingxuan frowned.

"The people of the Brotherhood of Whale Hunting failed and did not stay. ”

Ye Qingxuan nodded: "After all, it is a smuggling group at sea, and you can't expect too much after you go ashore, do they have anything to say?"

"They wanted the remaining half of the money. ”

Richard shrugged: "However, after your deputy, Mr. Watson, cut off their noses, they returned all the advances. ”

Ye Qingxuan took the letter opener, and after opening the letter and reading it, his expression was clear: "They want to make money, but they don't want to get into trouble, so they decided to deal with the side that seems to be the easiest to deal with...... Richard, we give money so happily that we are seen as weak and bullied.

Just cutting off one nose is probably not enough. ”

Richard seemed to know a lot about that 'former military doctor', and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "If you say that, I'm afraid that the part other than that guy's nose can't be left." ”

"I know that this is a job to make money, what do you do with your life when you make money?" Ye Qingxuan lowered his head, tore up the letter, and threw it into the trash.

"Where are our guests now?"

He looked up at the huge map in front of him.

On the map, there are blood-red red dots, like a winding road with blood. From south to north, it zigzags towards the center of the earth, the holy city.

It's not ......

"It's not far off, Colt, and you're going to hold on. ”

Ye Qingxuan smiled, he leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, as if he had been thrown into the huge map, stretched out his hand to pluck the chess pieces, full of expectation, and whispered:

"Must ...... Hold on a little longer......" (To be continued.) )