Banabe lay on the ground, looking up at the distant starry sky overhead, but instead of staring at it for long, he closed his eyes: "If you want to go to Olavi Island, take me with you." ”

"I only have one ticket." Esther replied.

"But I'm afraid you'll run away, and there are lies in the nature of 'thieves'."

Esther put it bluntly: "It's just your personal impression, and every 'thief' is different. ”

"Have you ever lied? Fool strangers, cheat close ones, cheat your friends and loved ones, or even cheat yourself? Banabe put his arms under his head so that he could lie down more comfortably.

Esther couldn't refute it, her own silence making the previous words ridiculous.

Banabe shrieked, he propped up the knee of his right leg, rested his left foot on it, and shook it slightly: "Ha, in fact, no one can do it without lying. We all live by lies, good or bad, or simply perfunctory. ”

"I always feel that talking to you will be too brain-consuming, and it will be short-lived." Esther said with a little depression.

"Didn't you play the role of a 'decryption scholar'?"

"If I had a choice, I would never choose 'Thief'."

Banabe seemed to think it was funny: "Why, someone else poured the potion directly into your mouth?" ”

"Pretty much." Esther also raised her head, looked at the starry sky with the red moon, felt slightly dizzy and immediately withdrew her gaze, "But since you look so indifferent, then I will parasitize you tomorrow." ”

“…… That was not what I meant. ”

"I can probably guess what you're going to do. You want me to trick a passenger on the same boat to come over, or even I directly parasitize the other party, and you wait to answer in the dark. Then when you take his ticket and disguise yourself as him, you can step on the passenger ship like me. ”

Banabe quickly chimed in: "That's right, you see that our plan isn't very good, and we don't need to-"

"Then why bully innocent passers-by?" Esther smiled kindly, "It's more convenient for me to parasitize you directly, so we only need a ticket." ”

"You're an extraordinary person, do you care about an ordinary person being stripped of his clothes and thrown behind the fish factory?" Banabe's eyes were still closed, but his brow was raised.

"I'd love to."

Banabe's brow gradually relaxed: "Well, you may be a special kind of 'thief', who can make people unconsciously believe that you are sincere. ”

He seemed to let down some of his guard and didn't say anything more about the parasitic choice.

Esther jumped out of the hammock and finally gave up her place to Banabe: "Then you can rest first, see you in the morning." ”

Banabe rolled over and jumped up from the beach, patting the sand on his tuxedo, he had waited too long for this moment: "Normally, you should say 'good night' to someone at this time, right?" You really have a lot of quirks. ”

"You're the least qualified to say that about me. See you in the morning. Esther was resolute, did not change her words, and walked towards the tavern.

She knew that with this man's suspicious and alert character, if she stayed on the sidelines, Banabe would rather stay up all night and talk to her than sleep and rest.

"Okay, see you in the morning."

Banabe glanced at the red cloak that fluttered in the sea breeze, and her figure seemed more illusory in the faint light of the fire, reminding him of a kite with a broken string.

The fire stacked with barbecue sticks faded and was blown out in the evening breeze.

Kook. When Banabe lay down in the hammock, he couldn't help but think of such an evaluation.

He yawned and kicked off the ground with his legs hanging from the hammock, swaying slightly.

The goodwill and malice of the "thief", how can anyone distinguish between the true and the false? I should have been more vigilant, maybe she'll parasitize me while I'm sleeping.

If the promotion to "Secret Puppet Master" can go smoothly, the next step is "Sophistry Master", if I can reach the demigod as soon as possible, I may be able to get some say and find a way to get out of ......

Banabe's consciousness gradually became drowsy.

It was as if he was in a dream, and the sad harmonica sound echoed in his dream.

——

As soon as the morning sun broke through the sky and reflected the light spots on the waves, Banabe opened his eyes.

After straightening the gray-rimmed glasses that had been tilted to the side, he first sensed his own situation.

You can still move freely, but the ability to be stolen has not come back for the time being, at least about twenty-four hours, and it is still too early to recover the ability.

Then Banabe looked up and saw a figure in a red cloak, sitting by the sea, right in a place where the tide would not be drowned.

Banabe took his backpack to his hand and walked over to the figure: "You sat here all night?" ”

Esther hunched her back and hugged her legs, her pale eyes looking at the sea level were very indifferent: "No, I went to the store to sit for a while before I came out, and his grilled squid is not spicy enough." ”

"Then you might like Fenerport, there are a lot of dishes with chili peppers."

"Yes, I had the idea of going to Ducey Bay and even going to Fenerport a long time ago, and I discussed it with people, but that was a long time ago......"

As she spoke, the corners of her mouth curled slightly.

Banabe threw the backpack onto his back, covered his face with his palm by the way, and gently kneaded it twice: "Should we go?" ”

Esther stood up, and when she looked back, she found that Banabe had just lowered his hand, and his face was squirming and changing—

His skin became fairer, his black hair elongated and turned into a gentle soft gold, the edges and corners of his bones were shrunk, and his features became delicate and delicate, with long eyelashes hanging from his pale eyes.

When he, or her, laughs, even two shallow dimples appear on his face, which makes people feel even sweeter.

Esther looked at it in a daze for a long time, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help twitching: "As a parasite, you really provide a very thoughtful and considerate passenger service. ”

"Thank you~" Banabe's voice changed.

"I'd be more grateful to you if you didn't use my face, I just want to punch you right now." Esther rubbed her right eye socket vigorously, and a vicious breath blocked her chest.

"Why? Why do you even want to fight yourself? ”

"It's so weird! It's such a strange feeling to see someone else become yourself! And why are you still so tall? I'm not that tall! ”

Banabelle straightened the neckline of his tuxedo: "Because my clothes will not fit, and I haven't changed too much else, don't be burdened-"

A satchel was swept into his face, cutting off all the words that followed.

The next moment, the red cloak slowly floated down on the sand, and a glowing cloud of lark light flew up and crashed into Banabe's forehead.

Banabe subconsciously raised his hand and touched his forehead: "I always feel that this doesn't seem to be a normal 'parasite' form, have you been polluted by something?" Or did you take the wrong potion? ”

In his head, an impatient female voice replied, "For the first time, I knew that my own voice could be so annoying. ”

The smile on Banabe's face was very satisfied, and he wiped his eyes, the bridge of his nose, and the position of his chin, and his eyes turned a vivid grass green, and his chin was slightly elongated, and his nose was much higher, and he instantly broke away from the face shape that he had pinched out with Esther.

His previous actions were, of course, deliberate.

Banabe picked up the red cloak first, but out of a spiritual instinct, he didn't put it on directly, but folded it and tucked it under his arm.

Then "she" lifted the satchel on the beach and carried it on her back: "Speaking of which, I don't know what your name is, how do you call you?" ”

"Esther."

"Really?" Banabe asked casually.

"Are you suspicious...... Aren't all true and false the same? ”

Banabe smiled brightly, and put it on his newly pinched female appearance, which was less of the original arrogant temperament: "It seems to be true." ”

Esther didn't answer him, and the more she talked to Banabe, the more strange it seemed to her, and she was filled with helplessness.

What a weirdo...... With this in mind, Esther took control of Banabe's right hand and pulled the ticket from her satchel.

"Ten o'clock from Pier 9? Then we still have time to go to the next street to buy some food, here to the dock to take a taxi carriage, an hour is enough. ”

After a pause, Banabe's smile showed a bit of flattery: "For the sake of my more thoughtful passenger service, this breakfast and fare are ......"

Esther was rather speechless: "Didn't you win a table of money?" Really didn't leave any of them, all of them were stored at the front desk of the 'Makai Hotel'? ”

"Actually, I won what I ate last night by playing cards with someone else."

"You're dodging my questions."

"I really don't have much money on me......"

Esther could discern the "true meaning" contained in the language, and could hear that Barnabe was telling the truth. She sighed and compromised:

"Okay, I can pay the bill."

——

At 9:40 a.m., Nass Pier 9.

Matteo carried a rather heavy bag, which he clasped under his hands to relieve the pressure on his shoulders. Vika stood beside him, hands in his pockets, always with unconcealed worry on his face.

"Do you think she's really coming? I always felt like she was going to disappear as soon as she left. Vika couldn't help but ask, trying to find some negation from Matteo's words.

"The temperament she gives people is like this, it's not your delusion." Matteo yawned.

He had been packing his things last night, and finally counted them again at home before stuffing everything he thought would be useful into his backpack.

Vica took two uneasy steps around the dock, and after a few more minutes, the sailors of the liner began to beckon the guests waiting at the dock to board the ship.

Vika glanced at the not-so-large crowd: "Let's wait?" ”

Before Matteo could answer the question, a slightly hoarse and delicate voice came from the side: "Maybe you don't have to wait. ”

The two of them immediately looked back and saw that it was a tall woman they didn't know, wearing a red cloak that they were familiar with, but her emerald green eyes were slightly lazy.

"Esther?" Matteo subconsciously asked.

Banabe didn't respond to the call, but just flashed the ticket to the two of them like a cigarette between their fingertips: "Let's go." Vika, Matteo, go to Olavi Island. ”

(End of chapter)