Troublesome, but not too much trouble.

Esther thought so when she walked into the hotel, and she probably couldn't get rid of her temporary soft-heartedness.

The rabbit had the audacity to tug at the corner of her sleeve, her cheeks flushed with excitement, and Esther wondered if he had been drenched in a fever.

But the rabbit didn't say a word on the road because of his timidity, and it seemed that his stomach was full of things he wanted to ask, but he stubbornly held back, restraining his curiosity, not wanting to arouse Esther's boredom.

"Esther," the rabbit said the name again, remembering it so firmly that every time he pronounced it, the rabbit seemed to remember something.

But by the time he tried to remember, the fleeting fragments were long gone.

Esther only has her own identification, but she has enough "acting skills" to convince the other party, standing at the front desk, Esther's face is full of apologies:

"This is my cousin, this bastard, the goddess is above, and he secretly ran away from home and ran so far from Beckland! I forgot to bring his identification, can I do me a favor? We're going to have to leave tomorrow by steam train, and it's raining so hard today that we can't catch up with ......."

The wrinkled woman at the front desk looked at the boy twice, and when she saw that he subconsciously hid behind the lady, she immediately nodded funny: "It's okay, it's just a child, do you want a single room or a double room?" ”

"A single room is enough, you are so kind, it's a pity that we have to save some expenses, thank you so much!"

The woman waved her hand, chatted casually with Esther, and teased the rabbit hiding behind her. But the rabbit kept shrinking his head, and simply nodded in response, and just fooled it away.

Esther turned around twice and walked up the stairs with the rabbit on the key with the iron ring in her hand: "Wait a while, you can take a shower first, and wash your hair well." ”

The rabbit pursed his lips, did not speak, and followed Esther honestly.

When the two of them went upstairs, a middle-aged man happened to be walking downstairs, he was wearing a long coffee-colored trench coat and a black soft-topped gentleman's hat, although his hair was gray, but there were not too many wrinkles on his face, but the towering hooked nose and deep eye sockets made his original ordinary appearance gloomy.

As he passed by the two, the middle-aged man glanced at them more, and then his gaze stayed on Esther.

Esther also turned her head sideways to look at the gentleman, and asked silently with her eyes.

The middle-aged man showed a polite and restrained smile, and even gave way to the other side of the stairs very gentlemanly and took off his hat: "Good afternoon, ma'am, I wonder if the rain outside has stopped?" ”

Esther didn't have an umbrella in her hand, and she left the white umbrella in the bucket at the door of the hotel. However, she and the rabbit's clothes were still partially wet, and even though Esther had stolen most of the water damage, their trouser legs and shoe edges were still wet.

The other party may just be a little confused about his appearance like others, thinking of this possibility, Esther also smiled back gently: "It's still raining lightly outside, if you bring an umbrella, you shouldn't worry too much about getting wet." ”

The rabbit looked at the middle-aged man vigilantly, before seeing Esther, he obviously had no intention of getting out of the way, and this staircase was enough for people on both sides to pass together, which made the rabbit subconsciously feel that the other party was very strange.

Esther was aware of this, but didn't really care: "Thank you, then we'll go upstairs first." ”

The middle-aged man leaned over slightly, behaved quite politely, and did not continue to talk, but watched the lady walk upstairs with the boy. Even when the boy passed by, the middle-aged man only smiled very tolerantly, without showing the slightest dissatisfaction.

Esther sniffed, smelling a faint salty sweet smell as her cuffs suddenly tugged tight.

Esther turned her head in an instant, just in time to see a trance in the rabbit's eyes, and she reacted quickly to pull the boy so that he did not fall directly down the stairs.

As she looked back at the rabbit, she glanced at the staircase, where the middle-aged man was pretending nothing had happened, putting his hat back on top of his head.

The corners of Esther's mouth gradually hooked, and she raised her hand and rubbed her right eye socket twice casually.

This simple little action immediately stimulated the other party.

A hint of horror appeared in the middle-aged man's originally indifferent brown eyes, and he turned his head and left, quickly taking a few steps down the stairs, and the last two steps almost jumped directly.

He jumped out of the stairwell almost in a puff of smoke.

The rabbit came back to his senses, heard the movement of "plop" behind him, and subconsciously turned his head to look, and found that the middle-aged man did not know when he had left.

Led by Esther, the rabbit continued to follow her up the stairs.

The rabbit pinched the brim of the cap in confusion: "I just ...... What's wrong? ”

"It's fine, it's just that the gentleman is a little ill-intentioned, but it's been resolved."

The rabbit squeezed his eyes hard and closed his mouth blankly, not asking anything more, fearing that he would make an annoying impression on Esther.

After entering the room, Esther immediately "stole" the rainwater from the two of them and threw it into the drain.

The rabbit saw Esther's strange ability again, blushed with amazement, and looked at her expectantly, embarrassed to let her show it again.

However, at Esther's urging, the rabbit did not pester her and ask how to do it, but honestly went into the bathroom.

Esther sat in the easy chair in the room, thinking carefully about what to do, bringing the rabbit would not affect her, but she could not always carry a child, and she should always find a way to put him down......

A terrible thought popped into my mind.

Anyway, Rabbit has been doing this business, does she want to consider making him a "thief" too? But exposure to the dangerous and extraordinary world seemed too early for such an eleven-year-old child.

Forget it, let's wait until the Tarot meeting on Monday, please make a fake identity, this is Port Prydz after all, Mr. "Hanging Man" has connections, and it won't cost much, and if you have an identity certificate, you can stuff the rabbit into any store and let him learn some crafts.

The "thief" is still a thief after all, and the extraordinary is too dangerous after all, so don't involve a child.

Anchor......

Esther stretched and glanced at the drizzly window, where the overcast sky was clearing.

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No one followed behind him, especially when he didn't see another figure wearing monocles and wandering, and the middle-aged man in a coffee-colored trench coat was relieved to lift his vision.

He passed by the umbrella barrel in front of the hotel and stared at the white umbrella for several seconds.

The umbrella looked pleasing to the eye, prompting him to steal it, but his "spiritual intuition" suddenly developed a faint vigilance.

He eventually picked up his black umbrella, and the suspicious lady, if not a "blasphemous", had a high probability that she was a member of the June rally, because only the "thief" would know......

Well, maybe she was just deliberately intimidating herself because she was dissatisfied, otherwise she could have taken out a monocle directly, or even herself could have taken out a piece.

The middle-aged man shuddered at the thought of this, and his pace through the light rain gradually slowed down, gradually regaining his usual graceful demeanor.

Just like the middle-aged man himself, he parasitized a new host two months in advance, and in early May he went to Port Prieze early under the pretext of "vacation", hiding himself from the crowd of people.

This is a normal situation, no "parasite" will use his original appearance to participate in the gathering of the "Hermit of Destiny", what is the difference between walking naked into the ball of nobles and celebrities?

The threat is not only from the outside, but also from within a small team full of "fraudsters", there can be no "group interest" at all, and everyone has their own plans.

If it weren't for that terrible king of angels, it wouldn't have become like this, forced to unite......

The middle-aged man sighed and stopped a rental carriage pressed against a puddle.

Twenty minutes later, he walked to the front door of a townhouse.

This house looks very ordinary, except for the mailbox and the front door, which are painted all black, which is slightly depressing, and there is no difference from the house next to it in other places:

A simple two-storey building with a small garden in the backyard and a small balcony on the second floor is quite suitable for a family with small savings.

Similar houses can be found everywhere in this neighborhood, and many sailors who have sailed from Pritz Harbor will consider buying a similar settlement for their families after saving up funds.

The middle-aged man did not go directly to ring the doorbell, but after ringing the door three times, he rang the doorbell, and after the doorbell stopped, he rang the doorbell twice, and rang the doorbell again.

The black wooden door has a pattern on it, which is twisted up with white wire, and at first glance it looks like a strange-shaped flower. There are three slender petals on the top, but the left and right petals form a spiral upward, and there are two streamers-like extensions below, overlapping each other for half a circle, and turning into a downward pointer.

The ghost orchid is the totem of this special family, but in these years, not many people know about it.

It took another dozen seconds for the door to be opened inward, and a face with a high nose and lake-green eyes appeared behind him, his blond-brown sideburns covered the sides of his cheeks softly, only the ends were slightly upturned, and the round glasses without frames made the young man look polite.

When he opened the door, the young man looked surprised: "Long time no see, Uncle Gad, what is it that made you come to the door and use the code to contact me?" ”

The young man retreated to the door so that the middle-aged man could enter the house.

"I remember the rally was next month, I didn't expect you to come so early."

The middle-aged man waited until the door was closed before he spoke: "Benjamin, you have been in Port Prieze, have you noticed anything unusual?" ”

"No, our way of gathering is very secretive, and we change locations every time, which has always been our unwritten rule."

The middle-aged man came to the living room under the guidance of the young man, who quickly made a pot of hot black tea and poured a cup for each of them.

Perhaps it was the heat of the tea that calmed the middle-aged man's nerves, and he slowly breathed a sigh of relief: "Maybe I'm too sensitive, if it's really a 'blasphemer', I can't be let go in front of you now......"

The young man raised his teacup at the middle-aged man and winked playfully:

"I say this every time I open the meeting, and everyone who comes to the meeting is so nervous. Monocles are also popular among the general public, and I have a friend who lives in Makai County who also likes to wear them, but it's okay, not all people who wear monocles are parasitized by Him. ”

The middle-aged man shook his head in extreme disapproval: "No, no, believe me, our two families are scattered and live apart, and we rarely even keep in touch, just to avoid that terrible guy, ...... to Him"

"I know, Uncle Gad, every time you have told me that in private," the young man blew and blew on the rim of the cup, shaking it gently so that a faint mist covered his eyes, "He is the sworn enemy of us 'thieves,' an insoluble deterrent. ”

The young man smiled, and the pair of green eyes that peeked out from behind the hot water seemed to become darker:

"As the descendants of the House of Jacob, of course, we must take it as our duty to continue the family, and live carefully -

"You have to tell me these words every time you have a meeting, and I can memorize them."

Before the middle-aged man could speak, the young man hurriedly asked, "But what did you encounter, why are you so nervous?" ”

"It's a woman who doesn't look like a native of the Northern Continent, with light blonde hair and pale eyes, more like the facial features of the legendary elves. There's a good chance she's also a 'thief', and she's got a young brown-haired boy with her, and that kid is an ordinary thief......"

The corners of the young man's mouth curled into a more curved arc, but he just pursed his thin lips and did not interject.