The sound of gurgling wheels crushed the silence of midnight, and came from a distance along the long street of the business district, and the monotonous sound was like a lullaby hummed by the mother next to the bed, making the night in the capital of knowledge more quiet. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The two crystal lamps on the left and right sides of the carriage emit a cold white light, illuminating the dim streets at night, and the streets that are used to seeing during the day look so strange and strange at night.

Catherine lowered the curtains, separating the inside and outside of the carriage into two worlds, the orange and yellow lights in the carriage were bright and warm, very different from the darkness outside the carriage.

"It's not too far. Catherine tilted her head to the side, covered her mouth and yawned, rubbing her eyes, and said, "I haven't actually done anything all day, but I still feel so tired." ”

"So as soon as I got in the car, I told you to sleep in the car for a while, but you just didn't listen. Unlike Catherine's dignified sitting posture, Pannis was half-lying on the cushion with his legs crossed, his back against the wall of the carriage, spread out on the cushion like a mollusc, his eyes half-open and half-closed, and he said leisurely: "Actually, it seems as if you have not done anything for a day, but in reality, there is nothing more tiring than attending a large banquet, and I would rather wander in the forest of death all day than spend my energy with those people at a banquet." ”

"Do you think so too?" Catherine said happily with a smile in her eyes, "I feel distressed every time I attend a formal banquet, and I have been like this for a long time. It is said that I have always received an aristocratic education, and I should like those nobles very much like a similar life, why do I feel this way? And you, too, I remember you mentioned, you were raised very strictly, and the education was aimed at a standard aristocracy, so you can also be perfect in and out of all social situations, as you do in front of people today, but like me, don't you also have such a feeling of distress and tiredness?"

"Because we have the heart of an adventurer. Pannis said lazily: "Compared with the nobles, we actually have the soul of an adventurer, and even if the etiquette is standard, it can't hide our hearts." ”

"What's the difference?" Catherine asked softly, "I've also seen many adventurers who have changed their status as nobles after success and started to enjoy another life, and it seems that there is nothing uncomfortable with it." ”

"Of course, there is a difference, the real adventurer, while carrying the responsibility, has a heart that yearns for freedom, free and unrestrained, this is the reason why everyone would rather be accompanied by danger and death, but also take adventure for a living, think of the neutral place under your feet, the efforts of more than ten generations, isn't it for this freedom?" There is nothing wrong with those who put aside their identities as adventurers and integrate into aristocratic life, but they are not true adventurers in their hearts, unlike us, who have nothing to restrain our freedom except for their responsibilities to the world and others. ”

"That's right, but in the end, you're bound by responsibility. Catherine sighed and said faintly, "It is impossible to be truly free. ”

"Oh, where is there any real freedom, responsibility exists for everyone. Pannis hesitated for a moment before saying: "Everyone has their own responsibilities, everyone has something that must be done, there is no escape, no shirk, no matter how big the price of this matter is, no matter how reluctant the heart is, it must be completed." ”

"What about when it's done?" said Catherine meaningfully, "will she be bound by other responsibilities?"

"Of course, there is such a thing as responsibility, which cannot be shaken off in a lifetime. Pannis said without a little hesitation: "It's just that after it's done, it's another responsibility that binds us again." ”

"Another responsibility?" the knight girl said thoughtfully, chewing on Pannis's answer, "That's fine, but does this responsibility really have a chance to be fulfilled?"

"Who knows?" Pannis's answer was as unpredictable as ever: "Maybe there is a chance, maybe not, no one can give an answer in advance." Give your best, let time judge success and failure, when the answer is revealed, enjoy the joy of success and the regret of failure, it is precisely this uncertain future that is the charm of our adventurers' lives, isn't it?"

"Oh, maybe so, who knows. Catherine held her chin and looked at Pannis with a smile, and replied equally noncommittal: "However, there is one thing in your words that is undoubted, it is true that everyone is burdened with their own responsibilities, everyone has something to do, no matter how hard and tired it is, he must persevere, even if everyone can't understand it, even if it makes many, many people disappointed and regretful, he must do it, because it is his own responsibility." ”

"Yes, that's the weight of responsibility. Pannis closed his eyes and sighed, "I can't escape the responsibility." ”

"Since you can't escape, you can only face it bravely. Catherine seemed to be speaking to Pannis, but beyond that, it seemed to be referring to someone else, making it impossible to guess the exact meaning of her words: "Only by facing it bravely can you have a chance to fulfill this responsibility." ”

"Well, more than a hundred years have made me understand the weight of this sentence better than anyone else. Pannis nodded, "Running away will never solve the problem, there is only one way to solve the problem, and that is to face it head-on, no matter what the cost." ”

"It's a fate that can't be escaped. Catherine said, "But this fate, everybody is carrying, everybody is the same. ”

"Huh?" Pannis was stunned, the girl's voice was suddenly very close to him, as if ringing from his ears, he opened his eyes in a hurry, and Pannis saw a gorgeous pretty face clinging to his face, two hot red lips, heavily covering his lips, the girl's movements were so clumsy, his lips even hit her teeth, but it was this clumsiness that made his heart feel a long-lost throbbing.

The time for the lips to touch is very short, just a few seconds, but for the two people, a moment is eternal, lip touch, lip separation, just a moment, but it is like a thousand years, when the two separated, Pannis caressed his lips in a trance, completely stunned on the seat.

"Remember your words, after this responsibility is completed, it is another responsibility. And remember my words, everyone is carrying their own responsibility, everyone. Although Catherine's cheeks were crimson, her spirits were very excited, and she pushed the car door and jumped out of the car, and said loudly, "We are home, dear Mr. Pannis." ”

(To be continued.) )