The whistle sounded, and the smoke-filled front of the train pulled out of the station, carrying passengers to the east.

Esther sat in a window seat in the second-class carriage with her suitcase, thirteen hours before arriving at Tiris.

Thanks to the identification given to her by Thoma, she didn't have to waste more gold and time on the carriage, and the carriage industry in Intis was already on the verge of being squeezed out of business by steam trains, and the "old-times" way of traveling had no advantage other than the need for identification.

Aaron eventually gave Esther a small crystal ball, and Thoma laughed at Aaron for a while at his painful appearance, but luckily Esther's suitcase still had a place to stuff the gift.

What Alexander gave Esther was a book, a diary of the Poet Rune's observations of the falcon, much to Esther's surprise.

"I think you'll like it." Alexander said.

At this moment, Esther is sitting in the seat that sways slightly with the body, and she now wears a pair of leather gloves that show her fingers when she goes out, covering the pattern of her palms and the backs of her hands, and this is the gift of her palm, "Peregrine Falcon"*:

"I have always longed to be a part of the outer world, to go to the outermost, to stand on the edge of all things, to let the filth of humanity be washed away in the void and silence......"

Her gaze wandered between the lines, quickly immersed in the modest narrative.

But Esther's quiet reading didn't last long, when a man with bright blond hair approached and coughed lightly.

"Can I sit here, please?" He asked, pointing to the empty seat next to Esther.

Esther looked up, the man's blonde hair was slightly over the shoulder, clearly unkempt, and disheveled in a mess at the back of her head.

He wore a long, black trench coat with a high collar, bandages over most of his face, only one left eye was exposed, and a beard on his chin made his appearance more vicissitudes than his voice.

The corners of his mouth curled, and his amber eyes were very bright, swirling with interest over Esther's face before landing on the book in her hand.

Esther didn't say yes to him, but remained silent, she felt an inexplicable familiarity with this person, which made Esther feel a little vigilant in her heart.

The young man, who was only about a young man, smiled even deeper, and sat down very calmly in the empty seat next to her:

"Then I'll take your acquiescence. Where have we met, beautiful lady? ”

Esther shook her head and smiled back with a gentle smile, "I'm not from Intis, I'm afraid it's not possible." ”

The young man also shook his head in the same way, and the amplitude was exactly the same: "I see, I guess you are from Rune." ”

Esther flashed the name of the book in her hand: "You recognize it by this book?" ”

"Of course, this essay is not bad in Rune, and I have a very favorite passage in it." The young man looked at Esther intently, as if observing every subtle change in her facial expression.

This look made Esther feel more familiar, and she was still calm on the surface: "Which one?" ”

The young man narrated and seemed to be quite familiar with the book:

"All birds feed on living flesh and blood at some stage of their lives. Think of the songbirds that watch from the sidelines, the carnivores that leap briskly on the grass, the assassins of worms, the killers of snails. We should not sympathize with their singing alone, forgetting that it is killing that sustains it. ”

Esther pinched the corner of the page, and her hand, which had just tried to turn the page, suddenly froze.

She turned her head in disbelief, looked at the young man's right eye covered by a white bandage, and was stunned for two seconds before slowly standing up: "Sorry, I need to go to the bathroom, do you mind letting go?" ”

"I don't mind because you don't need to." The young man blinked, his expression full of curiosity like that of a bystander watching a human show, such as the crow that would land on a street lamp.

"I do know you." Esther's hand landed on Logan's Claw, which was hidden in her lower back.

"That depends on who you're talking about, Luna."

The name Esther is used in only one place.

The memory went back and became clear in an instant, and Esther immediately recognized who the body of the man in front of her was, Calvin Lepres, the apartment in Lily of the Valley Street, who had crossed paths with her and inexplicably tracked her "audience", should now be a "psychiatrist" in Sequence Seven.

His hollow right eye also had a scar from a raven's scratch, which is why he wrapped it in a bandage.

What left Esther speechless the most was, why on earth was he here?

No, the more important thing is that the ...... of this body is now used

"Aren't you in Beckland? Or overseas. ”

"Don't be so nervous, Calvin is an Intius, and you seem to remember that."

"I'm not talking about him, it's—" Esther swallowed the words that followed, her face growing confused, "You're not the body. Yes, He would not have appeared in Intis by such an 'accident', if it was the ontology, He would have done it directly. ”

"Calwin", or Amun, the doppelganger who occupies this body, looked back at her with a smile: "Of course not, I'm in a little trouble. But now I was surprised to come across the source of this little trouble. ”

Esther closed her eyes and instantly entered that state of unconventional perception, and after noticing the twisted fragment of fate on "Calwin", she took a closer look at it for a moment, and the silver river that had been disturbed was like a cocoon binding a worm of time.

Esther had eaten and absorbed the fate of Calwin himself twice, and although it did not reach the level of destroying the spirit, Asther did not expect such a consequence, but instead limited the doppelganger who wanted to parasitize deeply.

Perhaps the power of those points of light was more extensive than Esther had imagined, which left a trace of doubt in her heart.

Esther reopened her eyes and looked at the unlucky Amon clone in front of her with a smile: "Why, was you dear master of the house put on a side?" ”

"The body reminded me not to be directly parasitic, but it's boring to stay in shallow parasitism for a long time." "Calvin," he said rightly, "if you wanted to kill me like that, I wouldn't resist, but the body might notice the anomaly in me." ”

The little smile on Esther's lips disappeared immediately: "Let me guess, this is not credible. You don't resist because Calwin is in a bad state, and it's easier to lose control when you do it with me, which means that 'you' will lose control with you. ”

This time, the smile on the lips of "Calvin" slowly disappeared: "Speculating and analyzing the truth through my tone and expression cannot be called 'guessing'." It's not credible, but it's true, you've reverted to 'Zoya'? ”

Esther sat back in her chair in silence, not obsessed with leaving here, this Amon clone was not in the right state, which meant that Esther had some other opportunities.

She was more worried about the other people on this steam train, if they did it here, they couldn't be sure what would happen if the other party lost control, and when the carriage derailed because of the battle, it would attract the attention of Amon himself, and it would be a snowball disaster.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Esther said.

She doesn't have to answer any questions, unless she wants to mislead or pry out the right information.

This is also a unique way of communication between "thieves", and everyone can shut up together when it is difficult to cheat each other.

But "Calvin" did not have the consciousness to shut up at all: "Why don't you look happy at all when you reunite with old friends in a different place?" It's not appropriate, and I'm going to feel very sad. ”

He deliberately accentuated himself when referring to himself, and Esther heard the malice in it, and shook her head indifferently:

"You're not Calvin, what's there to be sad about. And I heard that you shouldn't remember 'Zoya' as a doppelganger, this is a new internal family announcement? ”

"Calwin" pinched his bandaged right eye socket, which seemed to affect his wound, and the corners of his mouth twitched upward: "Ha, you keep denying yourself to be 'Zoya', but you know so much about our mode of action, is this how you play the fraudster?" Deceive yourself? ”

Esther picked up the book in her hand and considered a plan to stun the other party with it, but the weight of the book was not heavy enough: "I'm not 'Zoya', and I didn't deliberately play anything, I don't need and shouldn't." ”

Esther has realized that the way ordinary extraordinary people digest potions and run into extraordinary properties is not suitable for her, and even the more she tends to play the "thief" mentality, the more dangerous it is to shake her self-awareness, and the pain in her eyebrows has become more and more intense recently, which is one of the reasons why Esther is not in a hurry to "absorb" the monocle.

"You found out pretty quickly. It's a shame that I know there's someone in Trier who has set up a gamble to guess how long 'Zoya' will be able to hide. I bet in May, and I hope you're a bit more aggressive. ”

Esther's hand squeezing the book harder and harder: "You guys are really boring......"

"If it wasn't me who met you, there probably no one else in this car anymore, you should be happy."

"You can't parasitize someone now, don't you deserve it?" Esther's expression was very sincere, as if she was hoping that it would not rain tomorrow, rather than provocatively provoking the other person's pain.

The doppelganger next to him smiled very brightly: "Of course I'm here to ask for help, is 'Zoya' here?" ”

"Don't use me as a microphone, I can't get you to communicate with Him." Esther spoke with a look as rigid as a piece of wood.

She would rather be a wood now, so she doesn't have a strong desire to attack and run around.

"Calwin" thought for two seconds, but he didn't know what came to mind: "Why don't we be honest with each other." You see, I came alone as a 'person' and did not inform anyone else, which is enough to show my sincerity. ”

Esther's smile twisted a little, "Do I look stupid?" Honest with you? ”

"yes."

Esther wasn't sure for a moment whether this Amon clone was agreeing with the previous sentence "stupid" or the later "honest", and his answer was quite sincere.

There are still two hours before the steam train arrives at the next station.

Esther snorted, "Okay, you say, but don't expect me to believe it." ”

* Peregrine Falcon. Beck, translated by Lesben, the original text of the black song thrush in the following text is the European song thrush.

(End of chapter)