After determining the plan, Zhou Mingrui suddenly had a backbone, and panic, wandering, and uneasiness were all curled up in the corner.

It was only then that he was in the mood to scrutinize the fragments of Klein's remaining memories.

Zhou Mingrui habitually stood up, closed the pipe valve, watched the wall lamp slowly dim until it went out, and then sat down again, unconsciously rubbing the brass wheel of the pistol, while holding the side of his head, quietly "aftertaste" in the crimson dark, like the most attentive audience in the cinema.

Perhaps due to the impact of the bullet passing through, Klein's memory is like broken glass, not only has it lost its coherence, but it is also obviously missing content in many places, such as where the exquisitely crafted revolver came from, whether it was suicide or homicide, what exactly the phrase "everyone will die, including me" in the notebook meant, and whether he participated in strange things two days before the incident.

Not only have these specific memories become fragments and are mutilated, but even the knowledge mastered is the same, judging from the current state, Zhou Mingrui believes that if Klein returns to college, he may not be able to finish his studies, even if he has only been away from campus for a few days, and he has not relaxed himself in the slightest.

"In two days, I will attend an interview at the history department of the University of Tingen......"

"The universities of the Kingdom of Rune have a tradition of graduates not staying on campus...... The tutor gave a letter of recommendation from the University of Tingen, the University of Beckland......"

......

Zhou Mingrui was silently "watching", the red moon outside the window was slanting westward, gradually sinking, until a faint light appeared in the east, and the horizon was dyed golden.

At this time, there was movement in the inner room, and soon, footsteps leaned towards the isolation door.

Melissa woke up...... She's as punctual as ever. Zhou Mingrui smiled slightly, affected by Klein's memory, he had a feeling of looking at Melissa as his own sister.

However, I didn't have a sister of my own...... He then complained.

Unlike Benson and Klein, Melissa did not complete her education in the Sunday school of the Goddess of the Night, and when she was of school age, the Kingdom of Rune promulgated the "Elementary Education Law", established the Lower and Middle Education Committee, and provided special funds to increase investment.

Within three years, a number of public elementary schools had been established, with the exception of a number of church schools, which strictly maintained the principle of religious neutrality and were not involved in disputes between the Lord of the Storm, the Goddess of the Night, and the Church of the God of Steam and Machines.

The tuition fee of three pence a week in a public primary school is quite expensive compared to a Sunday school where only one copper penny a week is used, but the former only studies one day a week on Sunday, and the latter attends classes six days a week, which is low to almost free.

Unlike most girls, Melissa has been fond of gears, clockwork, bearings and other things since she was a child, and aspires to be a steam mechanic.

The eldest brother Bensen, who had suffered cultural losses and understood the importance of education, supported his sister's dream just as he supported Klein to go to university, after all, the Tingen technical school can only be regarded as a secondary education, and there is no need to go to a grammar school or public school to accumulate.

In July last year, fifteen-year-old Melissa passed the entrance exam and became a member of the steam and mechanics department at the Technical School of Tingen, raising her tuition fee to ninepence a week.

At the same time, the import and export company where Benson worked was affected by the situation in the southern continent, both profits and business volume shrank significantly, and had to lay off more than one-third of its staff.

It's not that Klein didn't want to help his brother with the burden, but he was born as a commoner, and he was admitted to an ordinary grammar school, and as soon as he entered the university, he strongly felt his own shortcomings, such as the ancient Fersak language, which is the source language of all the countries in the Northern Continent, for the children of the aristocracy and the children of the wealthy class, it is something that must be learned from an early age, and he did not come into contact with it for the first time until college.

There are many, many more similar aspects, Klein used almost all his strength, often staying up late and getting up early to barely catch up with others and graduate with medium grades.

The memory of his brother and sister jumped in Zhou Mingrui's mind, until he turned his hand and the door of the inner room creaked open, and he woke up and remembered that he was holding a revolver in his hand.

It's a semi-regulated item!

It will frighten the little ones!

And, the wound on my head!

Seeing that Melissa was about to come out, Zhou Mingrui hurriedly opened the desk drawer while holding down his temples, threw the revolver into it, and smashed it with a bang.

"What's going on?" Melissa heard the movement and looked over suspiciously.

She is in the most youthful stage, even if she can't eat anything good, her face is thin and slightly pale, and her skin is still full of radiance, exuding the breath of a girl.

Seeing his sister's brown eyes probingly, Zhou Mingrui calmed down, picked up the things close to his hand, and then calmly closed the drawer to hide the existence of the revolver, and the touch of his other hand at the temple position made him sure that the wound had healed!

He took out a silver-white pocket watch with vine branches and leaves from the drawer, and the lid popped open with a slight press on the top.

It is the father of the three siblings, the most valuable item left by the Royal Army sergeant, but second-hand goods are second-hand goods after all, and in recent years, there have been problems from time to time, even if they have been repaired by a watchmaker, which makes Benson, who likes to take it to raise his status, repeatedly embarrassed and simply lost it at home.

It has to be said that Melissa may really have a talent for mechanics, and after mastering the theoretical knowledge, she began to tinker with this pocket watch with the help of the tools of the technical school, and recently announced that it had been repaired!

Zhou Mingrui watched the watch cover pop open, saw the second hand pause, and subconsciously turned the top, intending to wind the pocket watch.

However, he twisted a few times, but there was still no sound of the winding tightening, and the second hand remained motionless.

"It seems to be broken again. He looked at his sister without saying anything.

Melissa glanced at him expressionlessly, walked over quickly, and took the pocket watch.

She stood still, first pulled up the button at the top of the pocket watch, and after only a few turns, the sound of the second hand moving was heard.

Normally, shouldn't pulling up be the adjustment time...... Zhou Mingrui's expression suddenly became sluggish.

At this moment, the bells of the cathedral in the distance rang out, six times in a row, distant and ethereal.

Melissa listened attentively, raised the button on the top of the pocket watch a little higher, and then twisted it continuously to adjust the time.

"Alright. She said briefly without a hint of emotion, then pressed back to the top and returned the pocket watch to Zhou Mingrui.

Zhou Mingrui smiled back embarrassedly but politely.

Melissa gave her brother another deep look, turned and walked to the cupboard, grabbed toothbrushes, towels and other items, pulled the door out, and went to the communal bathroom.

Her expression just now had a taste of disgust and helplessness. ”

"Caring for the eyes of my mentally handicapped brother?"

Zhou Mingrui shook his head and chuckled, closed the cover with a click, and pressed it open with a snap.

Repeating this action, he thought of a question in his mind.

Without a silencer, Klein committed suicide, well, for the time being, he committed suicide, and the movement of his suicide was definitely not small, and Melissa across the wall was unaware of it.

Was she sleeping too soundly, or was the very incident of Klein's suicide full of weirdness?

Smack, open, click, close...... When Melissa returned from washing, she saw her brother's unconscious movement of opening and closing the lid of his pocket watch.

Her gaze was once again mixed with helplessness, and she said in a sweet voice:

"Klein, you take out all the rest of the bread, remember to buy new ones today, and meat and peas, you're about to go to the interview, I'll make you pea stew with lamb." ”

As she spoke, she moved the stove out of the corner, and boiled a pot of hot water with the help of the remaining charcoal.

Before the water was about to boil, she opened the bottom drawer of the cupboard, took out a jar of inferior tea leaves, and sprinkled a dozen or so pieces into the pot, pretending that it was real tea.

One person poured two large cups, Melissa and Zhou Mingrui shared two rye breads over tea.

No mixed wood chips, not too much gluten, but still not tasty...... Zhou Mingrui is now weak and hungry, relying on tea, and forcibly swallowing the bread while slandering.

After a few minutes, Melissa finished eating, tucked away the black hair that hung down to the vest, looked at Zhou Mingrui and said:

"Remember to buy new bread, only eight pounds, it's hot, too much and easy to spoil, and lamb and peas, remember!"

Is it really caring for the nerdy brother, I have to emphasize it again...... Zhou Mingrui smiled and nodded:

"Okay. ”

Regarding the pound of the Rune Kingdom, Zhou Mingrui thinks that it is close to the pound he is used to, that is, 0.5 kilograms, according to the comparison between Klein's flesh test memory and his own.

Melissa didn't say anything more, got up and cleaned up, packed the last loaf of bread for lunch, put on the shabby gauze hat left by her mother, picked up the bag she had sewn for books and stationery, and prepared to go out.

It's not Sunday, she's got a whole day of class.

It takes about a fifty-minute walk from this apartment to the Tingen Technical School, there is a public carriage, one pence per kilometer, the maximum limit is 4 pence in the city, and 6 pence in the suburbs.

As soon as she opened the door, she paused again, half-turned and said:

"Klein, don't buy too much lamb and peas, Benson may not be back until Sunday, well, remember the bread is only eight pounds. ”

"Okay, okay. Zhou Mingrui replied helplessly.

At the same time, he silently recited the word "Sunday" several times in his heart.

In the Northern Continent, the year is similarly divided into twelve months, ranging from 365 to 366 days per year, and the same seven days in a week.

The former is the result of astronomy, which makes Zhou Mingrui suspect that this is a parallel world, and the latter comes from religion, because there are seven orthodox gods in the Northern Continent: the Eternal Sun, the Lord of the Storm, the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, the Goddess of the Night, the Mother Earth Goddess, the God of War, and the God of Steam and Machinery.

Seeing his sister close the door and leave, Zhou Mingrui suddenly sighed, and quickly shifted his mind to the transfer ceremony.

Sorry, I really want to go home......

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