Esther didn't answer Aaron's question "Have you seen it?" and just stood in silence.

After a few seconds, Aaron instead said, "Sorry, it seems like we're meeting for the first time, and sometimes I'm like this, and I see something strange." ”

Esther's lips moved, still saying nothing—they had seen it, but they didn't know it.

Alexander stood up from the round table, put down the book in his hand, walked over slowly, and stretched out his hand to Esther:

"Hello, you can call me Alexander, the lady behind me is Mary, which of you is the new crew member who will be boarding the 'Clover'?"

Mary heard her name being spoken, and quickly followed Alexander to her feet, she tried to smile a friendly smile, but her stiff cheeks were so stiff that Esther could easily see her nervousness.

Mary would have a similar expression every time she heard Alexander say that she was going to study something, but not as vigilant as she is now, as if a wild fox in her territory was about to enter a stranger's territory.

Esther stepped back to the side, grabbing Matteo's arm and dragging him in front of her.

Matteo hurriedly took a big step, he took Alexander's outstretched hand, and touched the rough fingerprints after touching a little hard callus on it: "Hello, Mr. Alexander, I am Matteo...... Matteo Brown. ”

Alexander's eyes widened slightly, and he looked at Matteo several times, comparing his face with the people he had seen in the depths of his mind: "You can't be a cultist of the Eternal Sun, will you?" ”

"I'm not, my father is." Matteo let go of Alexander's hand.

"Gaspar Brown?"

Matteo looked at Alexander in amazement, he had never heard his father's name spoken, and even in Nas, his father's name had always been "Brown".

Alexander lifted his glasses and smiled kindly: "I've heard of it, I haven't been in contact with it, but it's been many years ago." He's ...... now."

"It's been years since my father died." Matteo whispered, and the atmosphere of the conversation immediately became much heavier.

Things turned out somewhat unexpectedly, but she remembered that Alexander was from the "Church of the God of Steam and Machines" and was a native of Intis. Matteo also said that his father was a young and promising believer, and that it was normal for him to cooperate with each other, and that he might have heard the name of him.

Alexander patted Matteo on the shoulder, and his gaze fell on Esther again: "So this lady is ......"

Esther just smiled and nodded, but before she could say that she could prevaricate the other party with the identity of "Hamel Brook", Aaron had already waved his arms and said first:

"It's light! It's the dreams I've told you, the ones I've had, the traces of the 'Clover' that don't exist—"

Alexander suddenly patted his head and interrupted Aaron's incoherent words: "Wait a minute. ”

Then he turned and rummaged through the suitcase, leaving Esther, Mary, and Matteo staring at each other.

Mary had no choice but to clear her throat: "Ahem, anyway, Matteo, right?" You've heard of the Extraordinary, right? ”

"I am the Extraordinary, the 'Singer' of Sequence 9." Matteo also reached out and offered to express his kindness to Mary.

His generous behavior seemed to make Mary quite satisfied, and she nodded at Matteo: "Okay, when you get on the boat, I will be responsible for briefing you, and we will have time to get along in the future." After all, Mr. Alexander is very busy, and he can't trouble him with such trivial things, someone has to be responsible. ”

When Mary said this, she deliberately raised her head and pointed her nostrils at Matteo, who was much taller than her, revealing a unique sense of superiority over newcomers.

This made Matteo tug at the corners of his mouth: "Thank you." ”

Aaron quietly moved next to Esther again, which alerted Esther: "Don't come close, just say anything, Mr. Aaron." ”

Aaron kept rubbing the tube of blood in his hand, and if it weren't for the black cloth covering his eyes, Esther could see Aaron's eager eyes that almost glowed.

Aaron's fanaticism is also reflected in his tone: "But I have definitely seen and seen it, I must know you, I have such a hunch!" I know I shouldn't have been, I'm acting very rude right now, but ......"

Esther chuckled: "Ha, you just said that you saw it in a dream, that may be a special experience that you have, after all, how can everything in the dream realm be taken seriously?" ”

The person who answered was not Aaron, but Alexander, who was holding a notebook and walked back to the side of several people, his gaze penetrating Esther's eyes, wanting to peek directly into the true feelings under the mask: "We should have met you, Ms. Hamel Brook." ”

There was silence for a few seconds, and Matteo was aware of something unusual, but only quietly observed the expressions of several people, especially Esther's indifferent and gentle gaze.

Matteo always felt that Esther and Barnabe had something in common, not because they were both extraordinary people who were stronger than him, but because of the superficial "attitude" that seemed to be frivolous, but they both used disguises to cover up their lower hearts and close themselves quite isolated.

Esther noticed a little worry in Matteo's eyes, and immediately showed a soothing smile and looked at Alexander: "That's the deal I made with Mr. Aaron, Matteo will be handed over to you." ”

She turned around and just wanted to walk in the direction of the door, but Aaron, who was covering his eyes, was the first to react, and quickly reached out to clasp Esther's shoulder, and Esther's fingers moved, and her figure had reappeared by the door:

"I'm sorry. It's a pleasure to meet you, Aaron, Alexander, Mary. Please say hello to Thoma for me, I'm leaving. ”

The sound of Teyana's shell shattering sounded, like a dice that shook and collided in a dice cup, but never opened the lid to verify the number. The door of the café was slammed shut, and the wooden sign that said "Temporarily closed" shook twice.

Alexander closed the notebook in his hand and put it into a blank memory of the embarkation and departure of "Hamel Brooke": "She knew every one of us. ”

Mary pointed in the direction of the front door, puzzled, "But I'm not impressed at all." ”

"That's her anomaly, and one of the things that prompted her to leave the Clover." Alexander took the notebook into his arms and patted Aaron on the shoulder, "Don't be in a daze. ”

"She's really gone...... Aaron's voice was full of disappointment, but soon he raised his hand and removed the black cloth from his eyes, revealing a pair of unusually bright gray eyes.

Aaron looked at the tan-haired young man, raised his face solemnly, and stretched out his hand to the other party: "Re-introduce yourself, Aaron Delasco, the captain of the Clover." Welcome, newcomer. ”

Matteo took the hand that had been handed to him, "Thank you for your willing...... Well, allow me to board the ship. ”

Aaron grinned, "You should be thankful for the guidance of fate. ”

Matteo's impression that Aaron was "reliable" suddenly fell back to the original point of "not normal".

——

Esther walked down the streets of Byam, always feeling empty in her hands, so she pulled out a ticket. She pinched the time and place marked on it in Rune:

Pier 3, tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., Byam to Port Prieze.

Should I feel like home? But Rune is not my home, Beckland is not, and neither is Tingen.

There are just a few people there who make me want to meet, and I don't know how they're doing after all this time. The hermit will be on the sixth, and the return voyage will only take a week, and the time is completely in time.

I can go back to Tingen first, and considering that the boat ride has to go against the current, it is better to choose the steam train......

Klein's reply said he had gone to Beckland and that the address had been given to me. But it's very surprising that he actually moved to the North District. I really didn't see him for three days, and he was willing to move to such an expensive place and bought a house......

Esther had been in a trance, just following the general direction, heading around a few streets near the docklands.

When Esther lowered her head and put the ticket back in her satchel, she took a shortcut into an alley, where she was confronted by several tall men. However, as if they didn't see anyone in front of them, they rushed straight at Esther, obviously with malicious intent to intercept her.

However, what followed was far beyond their expectations.

The petite lady seemed to have tripped over something, and she stumbled through them by coincidence, breaking away from the encirclement of the three.

By the time they had come to their senses, she was naturally walking to the other side of the alley, a few steps before she was around the corner.

"How do you make her ......," the man on the left was stunned for a moment.

The man walking in the middle touched his pocket, suddenly cursed, and then turned his head and ran to the other end of the alley: "She stole my wallet!" ”

The man's several insulting words had already reached his lips, but before he could scold, the vigilance he had cultivated from holding a knife at sea all the year round made him realize that something was wrong.

He had taken several steps, and at this distance, he should have left the alley long ago, and threw himself behind the woman—she was even standing at the mouth of the alley, looking back at the three men on this side, and the smile on her face was mocking.

The man suddenly stopped, and even pulled his companion hard: "Something is wrong. ”

"Why didn't you chase after you?" Esther asked softly, and she even took a step back into the alley.

Then he appeared directly in front of the three of them, looking at them from the bottom up.

The instinct of vigilance against the strange bit the man's nerves violently, causing him to drag his companions back harder: "Go, go!" ”

Looking at the backs of the three of them running away from this gloomy alley in panic, Esther grimaced in disgust.

However, after weighing the purse in her hand, she was in a much happier mood than when she left the coffee shop.