Chapter 196: Water Droplets Outside the River
Esther didn't explain much to the rabbit, but after telling him to stay calm, she tapped the boy's forehead lightly, and a few dots of light floated softly in, but quickly flew back to Esther's head.
The light swirled around the inn room like a storm, and then dyed the silver strands back to laurel yellow.
Asther left a gap in the door of her room, tossed the key on the coffee table, and walked over to the rabbit.
The rabbit was still there, and he touched his forehead blankly, and looked around again, but then Esther reached out and grabbed the boy's shoulder, and stole the distance between the two and the roof of the hotel.
The rabbit had experienced such a sudden scene change, so this time it was a lot of adaptation, and it also maintained the balance of landing in the midst of tension. The rabbit moved his gaze to the humble rooftop of the hotel, and naturally saw the young man who walked straight over.
The moment the two looked at each other, the rabbit's head emptied, and then the stolen thoughts and memories returned to their original places, he instinctively shivered, and subconsciously wanted to step back, but Esther's hands were still on his shoulders, and the rabbit had to shrink back to her.
Benjamin was still staring at the rabbit, but he said to Esther, "The good fortune you left him is still there, untouched?"
Esther nodded, "I've checked, no, and there's no sign of anything unusual in the house."
Benjamin smiled and lowered his eyes, "I told you that he should have come at me."
Before Esther could speak, Benjamin stepped forward again and grabbed their arms from left to right: "Then...... Bridge District?"
"Okay," Esther didn't suggest, just reminded in a whisper, "Rabbit, don't be too nervous, it's easier to feel nauseous when you're nervous."
"Wait, he just said Bridge District? What the hell—"
The transfer process without any real landing under his feet quickly made the rabbit swallow all the doubts back, and felt that what he had eaten at night could be turned out at any time. The rabbit didn't even know if it was just a side effect of the rapid change around him, or if Benjamin was deliberately trying to make him embarrassed.
When the surrounding environment finally stabilized, the rabbit subconsciously grabbed Esther's cloak, so as not to lie on the ground because of weak legs, he was not an extraordinary person's physique, and now the sequelae of vertigo are much more serious than Esther.
Esther patted the rabbit on the back and looked around for the first time, and the three of them stopped in a dark living room, the curtains were tightly closed, and there was no light in the room.
In the living room in the dark, the furniture on display is also covered with a white dust cloth, but even the cloth has a lot of dust, and the house looks like it has been around for a long time.
Benjamin's expression was still indifferent: "This is a property in the Bridge District. Because I barely set foot in Beckland, I haven't taken care of it for a long time. We'd better leave it as it is, just talk briefly, and get out as soon as possible."
Benjamin said this, casually lifting the white cloth covering the couch, the dust had been deceived by gravity, and it was clinging to the cloth without even the slightest sign of falling off.
"That's what 'deceiving the mentor means......" Esther noticed this and whispered, "Sequence three?"
Benjamin's smile was full of appreciation, but when it matched with his cold eyes, it resembled pure mockery: "Clever, but limited. Sit down, there's really nothing to entertain you this time."
Rabbit frowned before Esther, but he realized that something was strange about it, suppressed his disgust for Benjamin, and remained silent.
Benjamin lifted his glasses, and the room was brighter a little, even if the living room was still dark, and he could see his surroundings with the eyes of a rabbit.
The rabbit was glad that his pale face could hide in the dark, but now he only felt embarrassed.
Esther glanced at the rabbit and took out the oiled paper bag from her satchel: "The last name is my own opinion, if you don't like it...... Then I can change it when I have the chance."
When the rabbit took it, he kept his eyes on Esther, and didn't even look at it, "I don't care, thank you for doing it for me
of these things."
Seeing that both of them were standing in place, Benjamin simply sat down on the sofa by himself, supported his head with his right hand, and supported his temples.
Benjamin's gaze circled between the two of them: "Why, you were persuaded by me to give up this little tail that dragged its feet completely?"
The rabbit raised an eyebrow, but his voice was high-pitched when he sneered, and it was clear that he was not as confident as he appeared: "It was my own decision!"
Benjamin was calm, he smiled and looked at the rabbit, "You had to make this decision, and I kindly gave you a hint. She'll leave you behind, you know?"
Esther suddenly pressed the rabbit's shoulder, pulling the boy whose temper was provoked again: "Don't bother to listen to Benjamin, he just wants you to be angry with him."
Benjamin looked up and dismissed the statement: "Is it in my best to be angry that he is angry? I don't have a habit of being cursed."
Esther's brow furrowed, "One of the basic rules I have with the thieves is not to listen or look at what they do on the surface, but to judge by the end result or purpose, and the appearance is always just the appearance."
"Very much in line with the idea of 'decryptors directly analyze weaknesses, you have been in contact with 'thieves before,'" Benjamin asked rhetorically, the smile on his face fading, "Then you should also know that the trust I am asking you for is very unrealistic."
Hearing Benjamin's hidden concern behind this sentence, Esther did not respond to this sentence, but patted the rabbit on the shoulder: "Like I said before, have you thought about it?"
The rabbit subconsciously grabbed Esther's cuffs: "I ......"
"You know, he's the least of the choices." Benjamin interrupted the rabbit and looked at Esther, "Is this really good?"
Esther always felt that Benjamin had something to say, but she didn't understand it—Esther didn't understand where his emotion came from: "Because it's his right to choose, it's his life, why can't it be up to the rabbit to decide?"
Benjamin stared at her quietly for a moment before looking away and staring at the gloomy and heavy curtains: "yes, why not? That's why he ......."
His whispered words were clear in the room, and he did not deliberately avoid Esther's meaning, and Benjamin suddenly became mysterious today, which was gradually overturning Esther's previous impression of him, even his intention.
The rabbit grabbed the oiled paper bag in his hand and pressed it to his chest, where there was the knot of hair that Esther had given him. The rabbit always felt that it was also something very important, and whatever its effect was, it symbolized a good dream that he had encountered.
He let go of Esther's sleeve and looked up at her.
The hazy light still seemed to linger on the ends of Esther's hair, but it was only a rabbit illusion, because the room was faintly glowing.
The rabbit took a deep breath, and his pale face was bloodshot again because of nervousness, especially on his ears: "It's okay, I have a name now, and I have identification, no matter what I do, I won't starve to death......
"You can be a thief too, it's a promising business, trust me." Benjamin interjected, his expression softening, but a mocking smile still hung on his lips.
Esther gave Benjamin a blank look and patted the rabbit on the shoulder, "I've put a hundred gold pounds in the oil-paper bag, and you decide what you want it to do."
The rabbit peeked at Benjamin out of the corner of his eye, and Benjamin was looking at him, not Esther, which made the nervous boy shake his head:
"Maybe I'll go find a bakery or a restaurant and be an apprentice, I don't know exactly what I want to do, but that sounds at least better than a thief."
The rabbit clutched the oil-paper bag in his arms, which contained enough money for him to leave the East End and find a place to settle in the Bridge District, and a smile finally appeared on the boy's face.
It's just that the rabbit's short breath when he speaks proves that his heart is very shaken, far less determined than when he said he wanted to make a decision: "I have this, enough, enough for me
Finish...... You've helped me so much, Esther, thank you."
"Maybe it's a coincidence of fate, if I hadn't met you in Pritz Harbor, I wouldn't have thought to help you." Esther's smile was gentle, sincere, "You helped me once, too."
In the Great Smog of the East End, Rabbit's prayer pulls Esther and helps her maintain herself, which is the source of Esther's later idea, so she maintains her connection with Vika and Matteo in another strange way.
Strictly speaking, they weren't even her followers, lacking the stability to act as "anchors", but such a loose perception protected Esther from being affected.
At least that river of fate will not engulf her will again in the short term.
"Me? When?" The rabbit subconsciously asked, remembered something, and scratched the back of his head twice with a wry smile, "That's right, I've forgotten about it."
Benjamin cleared his throat: "You will also forget about the current situation, and it is useless to ask."
This time, instead of retorting or getting angry, the rabbit pursed his lips and nodded, his gaze wandering between the two, and he silently recited the words "extraordinary" and "thief" a few times in his mind, but the rabbit looked a little depressed at the thought that he would eventually forget about them.
So the rabbit looked at Esther and whispered, "So is this also a type of stealing?" Steal my memories?"
"Not when I was in the Eastside, but now I am." Esther calmly answered the boy's question.
The rabbit looked at Benjamin, "You can do it too?"
Benjamin just stared at the boy lazily and refused to even answer the sentence.
The rabbit took two steps forward and stood next to the couch, "Then you will steal my memories...... I don't want her to do it."
"Why?" This is Benjamin's question.
"Because she's as hesitant as I am."
The rabbit turned around and smiled brightly at Esther.