In the carriage, Aaron said with some uneasiness: "What you said to Mary before was not just a joke, was it?" ”

Esther was silent for two seconds, and the smile on her face faded: "This matter...... We'd better wait until we board the steam train. ”

"You need to let Alexander and Thoma know about it too, lest your covert influence on me lead to miscalculations or emotional influences?" Aaron asked rhetorically.

Esther nodded: "Although it can't be said to be such a serious consequence, but after this period of time, we get along well." Before entering that Quaternary ruin, I felt compelled to tell you about it in the open. ”

Aaron nodded, motioning for her to continue.

"It's about whether or not I want to go back to the 'Clover' in the future, and I will most likely give up on returning to the ship. As for the reason, I'll tell the three of you together later, so I don't have to say it a second time. ”

Aaron didn't speak for a long time, and it wasn't until he was almost at the station that he chuckled softly, "So when we're done exploring that ruin, where are you going?" ”

Esther had made a decision in the past two days, and had heard that Crane was going to take advantage of the invitation of the "world" to follow the "Admiral on the Stars" to go to sea, and Klein also told Esther that if she couldn't get there, she would ask the messenger to give Esther the items that needed to be decontaminated, and the four-headed Miss Messenger could help deliver a small number of items.

So Esther was quick to give her answer: "I'm probably going back to meet my friends." There are no specific plans, but for me promotion is the first priority. If I feel like I'm going to get the opportunity I want to stay at Intis, I'm going to stay for a while. ”

Aaron suggested another direction: "In the Quaternary period, the capital of the 'Tudor Empire' was in Trier, and the angelic families that supported the establishment of the 'Tudor Empire' had control over the path of the 'thieves'. If you want, consider talking to my teacher. ”

Esther's heart tightened, and she shook her head again and again: "No, no, I will definitely not investigate those angel families, but it is not as easy as completing other tasks for your teacher." ”

She had an inexplicable sense of resistance to Trier, not to mention the Quaternary family who she never wanted to deal with again in her life.

Aaron smiled and didn't say anything more. The remaining distance was only a few minutes, and the two quickly got out of the carriage.

Alexander was already waiting here, and he changed into a very simple dark gray classical robe, which quite set off his scholarly temperament. Coupled with the books and thick glasses he was holding, Alexander looked more like an old pedant who didn't travel far.

Looking at it this way, it is really hard to imagine that Mr. Alexander's darker skin is all sunburned at sea...... Esther muttered to herself.

Not long after waiting outside the steam train platform, Thoma arrived.

Half an hour later, the group was already seated on the steam train, and the ticket Toma had bought turned out to be a first-class seat, and four fairly spacious seats were just opposite each other, occupying a corner of the carriage, with a small table for miscellaneous items or snacks in between.

"We'll take a break at the hotel halfway through, and no one can stand the thirty-hour steam train ride in a row, at least my bones can't take it anymore." Alexander handed Esther a copy in Vrsack to pass the time, God knows where he got so many books, and his suitcase always seemed to contain different books.

"You just say that, it's okay to live for a few more decades with our bodies and bones." Thoma leaned against the window with his eyes closed and fell asleep.

Aaron sat beside him, and Esther sat across from Thomas, next to Alexander, who had begun to concentrate on the contents of the book, and he seemed to have bought a new book in Stellansburg, with a slightly strange smell from the brightly colored cover.

Aaron raised his eyebrows and turned to Esther: "You have to be careful, if you read too much, you may be like Mr. Alexander, and it will not be good to wear glasses." ”

Esther immediately put down the hand that was gently rubbing her right eyebrow, and laughed dryly: "Haha, I'll pay attention, at least I'm not to the point where I'm nearsighted......"

Alexander, on the other hand, did not look up at all, and was so absorbed in the words of the book that he did not seem to hear Aaron's joke at all.

A few hours later, when it was dark, the mist-spewing car drove into a small town, and the group found a nearby hotel and had dinner there.

Esther had a separate room, Alexander asked for a separate room, and Thomas and Aaron eventually found an ensuite with a second bedroom.

Because neither of them would sleep on the sofa, they argued for several minutes at the front desk, and finally Alexander finalized the suite, which Aaron paid for anyway.

Aaron didn't really mind, in addition to being very stingy with his private collection of fine wines, he was always generous when paying for everyone, he just wanted to quarrel with Thoma.

According to Alexander, "Before Aaron was wanted by Byam, he had enough savings to spend for decades. ”

"So there's a lot of water in the 10,000 gold pound bounty of 'Goldfinger'?" Esther smiled.

Thoma had a gloomy face, and he was very dissatisfied with Aaron's deliberate provocation: "In terms of his strength, when he is not on the 'Clover', he is quite lacking in actual combat effectiveness, and at most he can avoid frontal combat in various bizarre ways, or make the opponent unlucky." ”

Esther nodded thoughtfully: "It's okay Mr. Aaron, it's also a very powerful ability to make the enemy drink water and choke to death." ”

The smile on the corner of Aaron's mouth was very reluctant: "Thank you for being so dedicatedly comforting, I will definitely work hard in this direction." ”

"I'm serious." Esther said with a straight face.

"I don't think it's ...... at all"

But before everyone dispersed to rest, Aaron had everyone gather in his and Thomas' suite, which had a small living room and a chair that Esther had dragged out of his room, where all four could sit down.

Aaron raised his chin at Esther: "Now that everyone has arrived, if you didn't finish talking to me at noon, can you say it now?" ”

Esther sat up straight in her chair, and her serious expression made the most casual Aaron have no quipping thoughts: "If you explain directly, it is difficult for you to have a corresponding concept, so let me ask a question, how long has I been on the 'Clover'?" ”

Aaron replied without thinking, "How can it be almost a year......"

Thoma interrupted Aaron with a sneer: "What you have around your neck is not an ornament, Aaron, use your brain. She has not been on the ship for half a year at all! It's only been a few months. ”

Alexander twinked his glasses with his knuckles, and instead of speaking in a hurry, he got up and pulled out a small notebook from his suitcase before sitting back in his easy chair.

After flipping through the palm-sized notebook, Alexander's face also showed a little surprise: "It's two months?" From January 21st to yesterday, exactly two months. ”

This time, Thoma and Aaron said in unison, "How is that possible!?" ”

Esther clapped her hands, causing the surprised trio to turn their eyes to herself: "Alexander and Thoma have seen me use a very strange power on that small island of Nahuat, the effect is similar to 'reversing time' but it is incomplete. ”

Alexander's afterglow swept over Aaron, who looked uncertain: "The only thing I can confirm is that it is a fairly high-level ability, which is the price you can pay for borrowing that extraordinary power?" ”

"Perhaps, I don't know, but as I build connections with others, the perception of 'time' in others is constantly distorted."

"It turns out that it's not just the charm of the 'swindler'......" Aaron closed his eyes and looked at Esther again, "You should be giving more than that." ”

Esther smiled and nodded at him, "I can't intersect with the fate of others. ”

Thomas retorted the sentence before Aaron: "Fart! You're sitting in this room talking to us, can you still be a dummy! ”

Aaron leaned back on the couch and grasped the fleeting inspiration: "Time? ”

"The average person will completely forget about contact with me in about a week, and the extraordinary person may be a little longer, but it will only be about ten days. I haven't been in contact with demigods for long periods of time in my life, so I'm not sure where to go to make memories. Esther said softly.

She also took into account the various intersections with "Zoya", so she added: "What I know so far is that extraordinary beings who have reached the angelic level, or have the protection of the gods, are also immune to this influence of unknown origin. ”

Alexander rubbed the cover of the notebook in his hand: "Do you mean that no matter what happened or how long we have known each other, it is included?" ”

"Yes."

"You are indeed 'saying goodbye' to Mary," Aaron hung his head, "if you don't remember at all, two people have lost the intersection of fate, then when they meet again, they will be no different from strangers......"

Thoma pinched his brow twice irritably: "I can only say that such a joke is not funny!" You really can't be trusted at all! ”

Alexander, who had always been the calmest of the three, reacted much more calmly than the other two: "No wonder you asked us about the time we spent together. If it weren't for these previous doubts, it would probably be difficult for us to take your current words seriously. ”

"I've noticed that you have a habit of keeping track of certain things in your daily life, and the addition of suspicious people on board, such an important thing, I guess you must have left a corresponding record."

Alexander reopened his notebook, not knowing what he was reading, for he stopped talking, and the atmosphere in the room grew more and more oppressive.

Esther cleared her throat, "Well, that's roughly how it is. ”

Aaron raised his head, his expression had returned to normal, but his eyes were slightly evasive: "My teacher can still remember you, she has not reached the level of an angel." But I'm not sure it had something to do with something on her hands. ”

"She has a high-level item from the 'Destiny' pathway in her hand, and she noticed the movement I caused earlier."

Alexander nodded: "You came to tell us this before you went to explore the ruins, I understand that you want to confess to us and give us peace of mind." But I have to say that it would be more appropriate for you to tell us about this later. ”

Esther's expression was calm, even a little indifferent: "Although it hasn't been for a long time, Mary is indeed a good friend. I rarely say goodbye to my old friends like this, so my emotions have taken a toll and I'm used to it. ”

Thoma was already the only one in the room with an ugly face: "You don't look very sentimental. ”

A gentle smile appeared on Esther's face, "It doesn't affect my sane way to talk about it. ”

Aaron's gaze swept over her smile: "I see, I'll talk to my teacher after this is over, you don't have to go back to the 'Clover', it's more troublesome for others to explain your existence." ”

Esther stood up, "Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Aaron. ”

As she returned to her room with her chair, the remaining three people in the room looked at each other.

"She's really dangerous, but she's constantly showing us her sincerity, she's so contradictory, Miss Hamel." Alexander added something to his notebook again.

Thoma sneered twice and did not speak.

Aaron also got up from the sofa: "I'll write to the teacher now, but there is a high probability that nothing will come of it...... Such an extraordinary impact is simply unheard of. ”

After Aaron left, Thoma looked at Alexander, who was still writing: "Don't you think it's normal for her to be so sensible?" ”

Alexander's pen paused: "She was very abnormal. ”