Esther walked into Dunn's office with a wooden box in her arms, her expression so sad that Dunn had never seen her look like this.

"What's wrong?"

Esther just shook her head: "Captain, I want to give you this box, if something happens to me at any time, I hope you can help me give this thing to Klein." ”

Dunn took the box, got up and brought it to the cabinet next to him, "What's in it, can you tell me?" ”

Esther choked in her throat, but finally reached into her arms and took out a folded piece of oiled paper: "It's the recipe for 'monster', the sequence of Ademisole, and the box contains some of the materials we have collected." ”

"Y- where did you get the recipe, you still collected ......it," Dunn resisted the urge to pull out the box and open it again, and looked at Esther in disbelief.

"It was an accident, but I did get this recipe by accident, so I'll leave it to you, Captain." Esther handed Dunn the piece of oiled paper with the recipe on it, and hung her head in despair as she tried to walk out of Dunn's office.

Dunn certainly wouldn't just let her go, "Wait, Esther. ”

He pointed to the chair next to him, "Sit down?" I think you have something to say. ”

Esther stared at her chair in silence for a moment and shook her head, "I didn't ...... In fact, Mr. Neil seemed to notice something strange about me. ”

Esther pulled the broken knot out of her pocket, and she had rubbed it so hard that it was unrecognizable.

Of course Dunn knew what this knot was, and the knot that Esther had given him was still tied to the key in his pocket, and the gift he had made and given away was destroyed like this, so it was no wonder that Esther was so sad when she walked in. Old Neil could have left it without it if he was afraid, so why would he destroy Esther's mind like this?

Esther tightened the broken knot again, retracted it into her pocket, and curled the corners of her mouth as if casually: "Actually, I should have known that sooner or later there would be this day, Captain." ”

Dunn's calm and deep gaze pierced Esther's reluctant smile: "Of course not. ”

He walked over to Esther and patted her on the shoulder in fear, "You've been one of us for a long time, Esther. From the first time you fought with us. ”

After a pause, Dunn's brow furrowed again: "As for Old Neil, I'll pay more attention to his condition." He didn't necessarily lose your gift out of fear, maybe something happened. ”

Esther recalled Old Neil's gentleness and indulgence to her, as well as her patient and meticulous teaching, and Old Neil's laughter when she drank coffee, and she had great confidence in Dunn's words: "Possibly, I'll make up another one for him!" He should have told me a ......."

Dunn smiled and nodded, shaking the piece of oiled paper in his hand, "I'll help you deliver this recipe to the Templar." If the authenticity and validity are verified, perhaps Ademisol can officially join the Night Watch and learn how to control his powers. Isn't that what you want? So that he no longer has to be bothered by those babbling and hallucinations. ”

Esther nodded desperately: "Thank you, Captain!" Then please! ”

Reluctantly, Dunn returned to his desk and began drafting a new telegram to the Templars: "It would be nice to tell me sooner, it would be considered a merit to be able to turn in the recipe, and the Templars won't care how you got it." ”

"Got it! Then I won't bother you, Captain! Esther smiled and left, and Dunn was willing to help her in this matter, so that the sentimentality in Esther's heart was dispelled a lot.

After Esther left, Dunn stared at the door for a few seconds, as if he had forgotten something.

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember, so Dunn shook his head and continued to tap on the telegram he had sent to the Templar.

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The next morning, Esther sat in the reception hall with a refreshing drink with more milk than coffee, and Rosanne was flipping through the Tingen Morning Post. Esther was stirring the fifth spoonful of sugar into her cup when Crane walked through the door of Blackbra Security, looking in a good mood and smiling very kindly.

"Good morning." Roseanne saw Klein walk in and looked up to greet him, "Old Neil is sick, and we were going to visit him at noon." ”

Esther took a sip of the overly sweet milk coffee, "Send him some lunch and fruit or something." ”

"Old Neil is sick?" Klein's face was full of surprise, but soon his eyes showed thought, as if he remembered something.

Roshan nodded vigorously: "He asked the captain for leave yesterday, I talked to Esther, and I felt that his spirit was really not good yesterday." ”

Klein bowed slightly: "Then let's go at noon." Alas, old Neil is also very pitiful, his wife died early, and the children don't know which city they are busy in, and now they are probably lying at home alone, and there is no one around to take care of them. ”

Hearing Klein's exclamation, Roshan's eyes widened, and she asked in amazement, "When did old Neil get married?" ”

"I went to Old Neil's house before, and I noticed a piano in the living room last month, and he told me that his late wife loved music......" Crane's voice gradually lowered, and he had a premonition that something was not right.

Esther also put down her coffee cup and looked at Roseanne blankly: "I also heard him mention it recently, about having a wife who has passed away. ”

When the two of them said this, Roshan's eyebrows also furrowed, but her tone was uncertain: "But in the first half of the year, Mrs. Orianna and I would go to Old Neil's house as guests, and there was no piano in the living room at that time." I can even remember vividly remembering that I asked him why he had been single, and he replied that he had not met the lady who made him want to marry......"

Klein's body was visibly tense, and his spiritual instincts made that bad premonition stronger and stronger: "Roshan, how long has it been since you visited Old Neil's house?" ”

This question was answered by Esther: "I haven't been to Old Neil's house, but I have an impression of that point in time. She had been busy since about June, and she didn't visit Mr. Neil again. ”

Roseanne nodded, agreeing with Esther's words, "That's right, that's probably that time. Because Viola chose to leave the company, the work of the civilian staff was much busier. I'm either staying up late or catching up on sleep, and I don't have time to visit Old Neil, after all, we all have shifts, and Esther can't replace us yet. ”

Crane pulled a half-penny coin from his pocket, tucked it between his thumb and middle finger, took a deep breath, entered a meditative state of divination, and flicked it up after reciting the phrase seven times in his heart.

The brass-colored penny spun and flew up and down, landing on Crane's outstretched palm.

Klein's face immediately turned bad, he didn't dare to delay, and said quickly: "Old Neil's current situation is not right! I'm going to inform the captain! ”

Seeing Klein running briskly down the stairs at the back door, Roseanne turned to Esther anxiously, "Old Neil, he's not really out of control, is he?" Although he is always stingy, he is a good person, he will joke with everyone, and he will not really be angry with people, no, it shouldn't be ......"

Esther thought back to the broken knot of peace, and made a judgment in her heart, but she did not reveal her uneasiness, and instead comforted Roxanne: "Don't worry, I'll go with the captain and them to visit old Neil now." He didn't have any obvious abnormalities during this time, and he didn't act excessively, and it may be too late for us to rush over now. The Goddess will surely bless us. ”

Esther would never mention the goddess so seriously, and her firm words eased Roshan's nervousness a little: "Yes, the goddess is above, old Neil must not have an accident......"

Esther gave Rosanne a friendly hug, then let go of her and stood quietly by the door. Esther didn't have to wait long, and went out with Dunn, Crane, and Loyon, called Cizer, who was the coachman, and the group rode in a carriage to the address of Old Neil's house.

Dunn also had a seal in his hand, the quiet hair of "3-0611", Esther had seen this special seal many times, but the thought of using it against old Neil made her feel a throbbing pain in her heart.

Dunn even took out the "Half Dawn" and handed it to Esther, and everyone had already anticipated the worst in their minds and prepared for the worst.

Esther silently took the half-severed sword, but held it in her hand and did not take it into her arms.

Halfway through, Dunn looked out the window at the street and pedestrians, and whispered about the past:

"When Neil Sr. was young, he actually had a couple who were about to get engaged, and they were quite close in love, but his lover suddenly became seriously ill, and general medicine could not do anything about her condition. At the risk of revealing the secrets of the Extraordinary, Old Neil tried to save her with ritual magic, but failed, after all, Old Neil was only at the beginning of the occult at that time.

According to archival records, the night watchmen at that time were wary of Old Neil's situation, and they feared that Old Neil would get out of control because of this. Thankfully, he eventually came back to his senses and didn't show anything abnormal. ”

Crane couldn't help but draw a crimson moon on his chest and prayed in a low voice, "May the goddess protect him." ”

Dunn and Luo Yao followed suit: "May the goddess bless him." ”

Esther didn't make any moves, she just clenched her fist on her knees a little bit, secretly hating why she couldn't have noticed the strangeness of old Neil earlier, and noticed that the peace knot she had sent had been destroyed.

The gloomy clouds on the horizon dissipated into the warm afternoon sun, and the wagon of the Nightwatchman stopped in front of Old Neil's house, a detached house with a warm and simple color scheme, a light brown roof that was as soft as milk coffee, and stood quietly in a garden with beautiful roses and golden mint.

Esther, however, felt only apprehension in her heart, and after stepping out of the carriage, her eyes became more and more determined and persistent.

Either way, I'm not going to let old Neil have an accident.

In order to protect the fate of the night watchmen in Tingen, it was all worth it.

A golden glint crossed her eyes.