The good news is that sunlight doesn't count as "firelight".

In fact, this is very unreasonable, in Angel's common sense, the sun's light and heat come from the energy produced by nuclear fusion that occurs all the time inside the star, and what humans see is the visible light it emits, and the heat they feel is infrared, which is essentially "light" in a broad sense, in this case, she should also be afraid of the daytime sunlight under the negative effect of the "magic pocket watch".

And she was now standing at the door of the Black Thorn Security Company, the morning sun shining on her face, but it did not make her feel afraid and afraid.

The bad news is that there is a gas lamp in the hallway leading to the second floor of the security company.

How dare these people light gaslights, isn't flame the greatest threat to human beings in this world?

If the gas leaks and is ignited by flames, and the flames pour into the gas pipes, the whole building, the whole block, will be blown up......

Angel wanted to pull out his pistol and knock out the gas lamp, which could burn down the entire house, but then remembered that the gunpowder ignited and the bullet burst out of the chamber, so he hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to fire.

……

"Good morning, Miss Angel, I didn't expect you to come back from the port of Enmatt so soon, why did you stand at the door and never go in?"

Klein, who stayed up so late yesterday that he was almost late, got out of the public carriage and came to the gate of the Black Thorn Security Company, and was about to go upstairs, only to find Angel standing on the side of the street with his head down and hovering unwilling to enter the door.

He hurriedly tidied up his clothes that were a little messy because of the brisk walking, and said hello.

When the other person looked up, Klein was surprised to find an emotion in her eyes.

Fear.

In the eyes of this "assassin", who has excellent marksmanship and hand-to-hand combat skills, and can calmly deal with the mid-sequence extraordinary and save his companions, this is the most unlikely emotion.

"What's going on? Feeling unwell? ”

Crane asked, taking two steps closer.

“…… Crane, are you afraid of fire? ”

Angel's voice sounded extraordinarily weak and pitiful, causing Klein to gasp.

"What kind of fire do you mean? The wildfires that burned down the entire mountain forest, the fires that burned half of the docks a few years ago, are still ......"

"No, it's that kind of fire."

Klein followed her outstretched finger and saw that the other party was talking about a gas lamp lit in the hallway.

"In broad daylight, why is there still someone gaslighting?"

He replied as if he didn't understand, thinking that he would have to mention to Miss Roseanne later that everyone was responsible for saving gas.

"Yes, how can anyone dare to turn on the gas lamp, aren't they afraid to blow up the city of Tingen?"

Angel muttered, staggering, her body swaying a little away from the gaslight.

"Ah, what?"

Crane was confused, and he realized that he didn't seem to be on the same channel as the other party.

What really happened to the port of Enmat? Why did she come back from a past trip and the whole person seemed wrong?

Crane felt as if it was getting hotter, and he took off his top hat and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

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"Roshan, please turn off the lights in the reception hall."

Crane pushed the door open and shouted to Roseanne, who was standing behind the reception desk sorting out papers.

"It's okay, I'm fine."

Angel said boldly, she bypassed Klein, pushed open the door of the reception hall, and stretched her foot to walk inside, but the foot did not fall for a long time, and her expression changed and changed, and finally retracted the door.

"It's better to close it......" Klein added with a wry smile as he looked at Roshan with a puzzled expression.

"Angel, what's wrong?"

Although full of questions, Roshan obediently walked out of the reception desk, went around the reception hall and turned off a few gas lamps, leaving only the sunlight outside the window as a light source The reception hall did not become darker, but had a touch of tranquility that was different from usual.

"I don't know, but she seems to be showing some kind of photophobia."

After the lights were dimmed, Angel breathed a sigh of relief and entered the reception hall, as long as there was no fire in her sight, she behaved as usual, and found a sofa to sit down steadily, her expression was no longer panicked and frightened.

"Photophobia?" Luo Shan also sat on the sofa and asked curiously, "But the sun is shining on the street, if she is really afraid of light, how did she come to the company?" ”

"Sunlight shouldn't be counted, she's afraid of fire, like gas lamps, or ......" Crane looked around and saw that the kettle in the corner was boiling water on the stove, so he pointed over and continued, "...... The flame of that kind of stove. ”

Following his point, Angel's face turned pale again, and her body trembled.

"I'm going to turn it off! Turn off ......"

Roseanne jumped up from the couch, rushed to the fireside, extinguished the fire, and returned to the couch with a half-hot kettle.

"I'm really sorry, I'm not in good shape right now, but I'll be fine in a few minutes."

Angel removed a small brass pocket watch from his wrist and opened the lid to check the time, Klein curiously leaned over to find that the pocket watch was actually counting down, and it seemed that there were less than five minutes left before the hands returned to zero.

"Smack-"

She closed the lid and leaned back against the couch with her eyes closed, as if she had made up her mind to wait until her anomaly vanished before doing anything else.

Although Roseanne looked dazed and wanted to ask questions several times, she finally held back her curiosity, and she whispered to Klein: "Crane, the captain said that he would go to his office after you arrived, and Angel was too, but she ...... You'd better go first. ”

"Okay, I'll go over now, please take care of her."

Crane glanced at Angel hesitantly before nodding, straightening his coat and hat, and walking towards Dunn's office.

……

"It's really okay now, you see."

Angel looked at Roshan who was following her with a worried face, and "clicked" to turn on the switch of the gas lamp on the wall, allowing the flame to gradually ignite, spilling warm light around.

Just now, I actually thought that this little flame would burn the entire city of Tingen?

It's incredible, is this the inferiority complex that the "magic pocket watch" brings me?

"Well, it doesn't look like there are any symptoms like this......

There was hesitation in Roshan's tone, her gaze moving back and forth between the gaslight and Angel, and finally convinced herself, nodding her head, but then asked suspiciously.

"But weren't you fine the other day, why did you suddenly become like this?"

"You can think of it as a negative effect of an extraordinary ability, like the captain's memory loss, like Leonard, they don't need to sleep."

Angel doesn't know how to explain the negative effects of magical items, so she can only pass it on.

"How can not having to sleep be a negative effect? I would like to have that ability too! Putting the kettle on the stove and turning the switch back on, Roshan retorted, "If I could only sleep four hours a day, I wouldn't have dark circles from staying up late." ”

"The captain's dark circles are not small during this time, and it seems that the ability of the 'sleepless' will not satisfy you."

Angel stared at the blazing gas flame for a few seconds, and after making sure that she was no longer afraid of the fire, she returned to the couch and sat down.

Roseanne guarded her kettle, waited for the water to boil, made a pot of coffee, and followed back to the center of the reception hall, pouring Angel and herself a cup each.

The aroma of coffee instantly filled the room.

Angel has become talkative again, and Roseanne makes a strange expression that mimics her fire-fearing movements, making her laugh and threatening to knock Rosanne on the head.

"Ahem—"

A deliberate dry cough came from behind the partition, allowing the two of them to quickly return to a precarious sitting position.

Klein waited for the two ladies to tidy up before he walked out from behind the partition and asked, pretending to be unaware, "Miss Angel, it looks like you're back to normal?" ”

"Ahem, yes, I bothered you just now."

Angel hurriedly thanked Klein, if it wasn't for the help of this enthusiastic gentleman to turn off the gas lights in the hallway, I'm afraid she would still be wandering downstairs, waiting for the negative effects to subside.

"It is a gentleman's duty to serve a beautiful lady." Crane exaggeratedly took off his top hat and gave a gentlemanly salute, causing the two ladies present to laugh before resuming his serious tone and telling Angel to go to Dunn Smith's office.

"The captain is reading the telegram from the port of Enmat, probably a report of what happened there in the past few days."

The two of them arrived at Dunn's office door one after the other, and Klein whispered.

"Thanks, I'll keep an eye on it."

Angel nodded, ready to knock on the door.

"By the way, there's one more thing," Klein said as if he had just remembered that he had something to say, and raised his hand to stop Angel knocking on the door, "Are you free on a Monday afternoon next week?" Around 3 o'clock, that's what I told you last time. ”

Last time...... "Moretti Family Celebration Relocation Dinner"?

Angel was a little puzzled, he couldn't go up at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and lunch and dinner were not suitable, could it be afternoon tea?

But since the other party had already sent out the invitation, Angel was still ready to nod her head in agreement, but she suddenly remembered that she needed to participate in the "Tarot Meeting" every Monday afternoon, and although Mr. Fool was allowed to take temporary leave after teaching everyone ritual magic, she was not ready to be the first person to "eat crabs".

"I'm sorry, I've already scheduled something else on Monday afternoon, I can't get out of it, can I arrange it for the evening?"

She replied to Klein apologetically.

"Sure enough...... It's okay, then make another appointment, this time in the afternoon is really not suitable for ......"

Klein seemed to have expected that she would not be available on Monday afternoon, so he nodded knowingly: "I've delayed you a little, you can go and report to the captain first." ”

"Okay."

Angel knocked on the office door, and waited for Dunn Smith to open the door before opening the door and walking in.

Just before the door closed, she swept her gaze over Klein behind the crack in the door, and saw that the other party's eyes were deep, and his expression was looming in the shadow of the top hat, still standing outside the door, not knowing what to think.

Hey, I originally wanted to cut everything into two 3,000-word chapters and two 2,000-word chapters.,It turned out that the broken chapters were too good (not),I feel like I can't cut it.,Then let's send it together.。 There is a chapter in 1 minute.

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