"Not true. Catherine, who was in grief, was suddenly stunned, seemed to remember something, bit her lip lightly and said, "Vivien, help make the lights brighter a little, I think there is a problem here." ”

Vivian was stunned and turned the crystal energy lamp to the brightest, and asked puzzledly, "Eldest sister, what's wrong?"

Catherine didn't answer, looked around, dropped her backpack and sat down on it, raised her voice and said loudly, "Pannis, I know you're not dead. I don't know how you did it, but you can just use your so-called little trick to slip out of the sealed room and go straight out of the house, and you can't do it here? Or do you think we're so easy to cheat that we'll be fooled again and again?"

"Hey, that makes sense. Lina and Vivien looked at each other and nodded: "If that's the case, you must not let go of this guy who deceives others to be sad." ”

"You two shut up. Catherine glared back and continued to say loudly, "I knew you were going to leave suddenly and quietly, I thought about it from the time you kept explaining various exploration techniques to me along the way, and I know why you did it, hehe, you were scared, didn't you?"

"You are slowly accepting us in your heart, you are missing the time you spent with others, you are enjoying the feeling of being cared for and trusted, but these are the things you want to resist the most, so you make that kind of indifferent appearance every day, so you reject others with all kinds of hurtful words, so you suddenly disappeared when you found that you were slowly softening, and you were ready to run away secretly, I guessed right, wasn't it?"

"I can guess why you want to play dead and hide, but I'm still here to tell you that you're a coward, coward. ”

"Hehe, why, don't you dare to come out and refute it? Okay, I'll tell you here why you're a coward. ”

"I don't know what happened to you before, and I don't know why you always call yourself a sinner, but it's the same no matter what happened to you before, you are now, you have been a coward all these years, because you don't even have the courage to face your past. You think you've been punishing yourself all these years? You're wrong, you're actually running away, you don't have the courage to face up to everything you've been through, or to paraphrase your words, you don't have the courage to face your sin. ”

"Do you think that living every day is atonement? Do you think isolating yourself from the world is atonement? Ha, don't be kidding, you don't even have the courage to face the past, what courage do you have to atone for your sins. Why do you think you wake up from nightmares every day? It's because when you wake up every day, you escape from reality and escape from the past, and after you fall asleep, your real heart can't resist looking at these things, stupid, idiot, the more you escape, the more pain accumulates. ”

"You build a shell in your heart, and you are careful not to break it. But you know what you're behaving like? You're like a kid shivering in the quilt because he's afraid of the dark, and he's afraid that the quilt will show a crack. Do you think for yourself are you stupid?"

"The most extreme thing is that not only do you not have the courage to face your past, but you have even developed to the point that you don't even have the courage to reject us in person, so you will hide in this way of playing dead. Isn't it hard to say to us? Don't you dare to do this? Coward!"

"Huhu, I wanted to scold you so happily a few days ago, only in this way can I wake you up. What's wrong? Come out and refute me, don't you even have the courage to argue for yourself?"

"You haven't come out yet, I know you're a little skilled in any profession, and you certainly can't shadow stealth, and if you make up your mind to hide, we won't see you. But don't forget, there are five of us here, and the passage is so narrow, and the five of us hold hands and grope all the way from the water where we came in, do you think you can escape?"

"Even if you can escape, none of the five of us know the way, can you rest assured that we will run around in the lower caves?

"And, most crucially. Catherine stood up, crossed her hands on her hips, and shouted with great momentum: "You bastard, don't forget that the mission items are still in your backpack, you come out for me, give me 100,000 gold coins, no, no, no, hand over the life force mixture to me!." ”

After Catherine closed her mouth, no one spoke again, and there was silence for a while, except for the sound of Catherine's slightly rapid and heavy breathing due to talking too much, which could be clearly heard in the passage. The silence continued, but Catherine did not look anxious, and remained motionless with her hands folded.

The sound of an object breaking through the air sounded out of the passage after an awkward silence lasted for nearly a minute, and an object was slowly thrown out of a shadow by the wall, and flew in an arc in the air towards Catherine's head. Catherine frowned when she heard the wind, didn't even look at it, and subconsciously took a few steps to the left to avoid the falling object.

"Hey, don't hide, catch it. Pannis's familiar voice rang out from the shadows with surprise and anxiety.

"What?" Catherine seemed to suddenly become sluggish, and was completely unresponsive to Pannis's words, and was stunned for a moment before remembering to reach out and take it. Unfortunately, it was too late, and a small box slashed past her and fell to the ground.

"Ah!!!h

"What's wrong?" Lina, who had just healed her leg, looked at Vivien, who was screaming, at Penny, who suddenly appeared, at Catherine, who was stunned, and at the box that fell to the ground, and muttered "Sure enough, bastard", and then ignored them, turned her head and continued to treat Nicole.

"Hehe, hehe, hehe. Looking at the box that had fallen to the ground, Catherine stared at the place where the box flew out with a somewhat dangerous gaze, and said in a very gentle but oppressive voice: "Dear Pannis, can you tell me what this familiar looking box contains? I hope you won't tell me that it contains 100,000 gold coins, no, no, it is a life force mixture." ”

"Ugh. Pannis smiled awkwardly, walked out of the opposite direction of Catherine's gaze, and scratched his head: "Actually, I hope not." However, Vivien said that there is a shock-absorbing magic circle in this box, and it may not be broken. ”

"Have you forgotten that I can't have too much impact in the last sentence?" Vivien shook her head sharply and shirked her responsibility.

Catherine squatted down, gently picked up the box and opened it, the crystal bottle lay quietly in the wooden box, but it had been cracked into three petals, the beautiful red-green liquid in the bottle had already leaked, and the liquid that flowed out penetrated into the texture of the wood, leaving only a shallow layer at the bottom of the box.

Catherine stared at the broken bottle with complicated eyes, and after a while, instead of going crazy as Pannis expected, she sighed softly: "The 100,000 gold coins in my hand are gone." ”

"Whew, my metal analyzer, my poor metal analyzer. ”

"Woo, my big bed, my big bookshelf, woo woo, poor fellows, you still have to squeeze into the little bookshelf. ”

"This, I didn't mean to......" Pannis was just halfway through speaking, meeting the sad eyes of the three girls, he couldn't say any more, and bowed his head in resignation: "Okay, I'll compensate." ”

"No, you're right, it's not your responsibility. Catherine sighed sadly: "It was my fault that I didn't catch it." ”

"It's not your fault. Pannis raised his head: "You scolded right before, I shouldn't have shirked responsibility." It's really my fault, and I'll make it up to you. ”

"100,000 gold coins. Catherine shook her head: "You don't have so much money, how can you compensate you." ”

"Or else. Lina flipped a few pages of the book in her hand, and seemed to be reading the lines in the book: "You join our Nelly Adventure Group to work for us, and your compensation to us will be deducted directly from your salary, and you can't leave our adventure group until you pay off all the compensation, what do you think?"

"It's a good idea. Vivien was the first to clap her hands in agreement: "So that you can compensate us for our losses, and we can also supervise your work at your side at any time, so that you don't squander your money as before, not bad." ”

"Uh, this ......" Pannis hesitated as he looked at the trap the girls had dug for him.

"Or is it that the compensation you mentioned before is actually just a casual comfort and comfort for us? The resolute knight girl showed weakness and sorrow at this time, and said in a low voice: "If this is the case, then it doesn't matter, it is just a matter of saying that compensation is not compensated, you brought us all the way in, and just now you saved us all, we, we, alas, we should not bring up the topic of compensation." ”

"No, I promised. Pannis looked at Catherine, who was crying, looked at Lina and Vivien's expectant eyes, gritted her teeth fiercely, knowing that there was a trap dug in front of her, so she could only close her eyes and jump in: "I'll join." ”

"Really?" Catherine's big eyes, which were a little distracted, finally regained a little regain a little brightness, and looked at Pannis expectantly, "You really agreed to join Nelly's adventure party?"

"Yes, I join. Pannis's expression was complicated, and he sighed helplessly: "Until the compensation owed to you is paid off." ”

"Yay!" Very abruptly, the three girls who were still in a depressed mood just now jumped up and cheered, and the three white and tender palms tacitly exchanged in the air: "Success." ”

"I knew it. Pannis stroked his forehead and muttered in a headache, "I knew it was going to be like this." ”

Catherine's low and sad aura had long since disappeared, and she walked up to Pannis with a joyful face: "Welcome to join, Pannis, please take care of it in the future." ”

"Whew, thank you. Pannis looked up at the sky, not knowing what he was thinking: "Hopefully I haven't made the wrong decision." ”

"You won't regret it, I promise. Catherine patted Pannis's shoulder with confidence, and said slightly apologetically, "However, I'm sorry just now, I scolded you for so long." ”

"Nothing. Pannis smiled bitterly and said, "Moreover, you are right, you scolded me awake, I am really a cowardly coward." I hated who I used to be, but I didn't expect that I was still the same coward as I was before, and I never changed. ”