Ember Gun

  Chapter 155 The Hound of Baskerville

  The huge room looked very empty, everything was quiet, so quiet that the cold wind outside the window could be heard clearly, the wood in the fireplace crumbled and the clock moved slowly.

  It’s really comfortable and peaceful. I’m nestling next to the fireplace in the winter, and there are people accompanying me. Even the time seems to slow down.

  In the end, it was like a sea of ​​silence that did not dare to be disturbed, Lorenzo was lying on the sofa, looking at the girl under the window.

  The sky was getting dark, but there were no lights in the room. The dim light fell from the window, making Lorenzo a little bit unable to see her clearly.

   "It hasn't been like this for a long time."

   Seleuc suddenly sighed, with a slight smile.

   "Since I became the heir, we shouldn't get along like this for a long time."

  Lorenzo thought for a while.

  "Do you mean the time you vomited to death in the warehouse?"

The journey to bring Seleuc back to Inervig was full of hardships. Lorenzo took a lot of effort to get two tickets to return to Inervig. At that time, the two people were also getting along in such a quiet way, but The silence at that time was due to the **** of seasickness.

  Seleu couldn't help but smile when she heard it. For her, this was a rare fond memory, although for Lorenzo, he didn't really want to experience it for the second time.

   "What kind of guest would that be?"

   broke the peaceful silence, Lorenzo asked.

   "A...a guest who surprised you."

   Seleuc replied that she seemed to like to trouble Lorenzo.

   "Aren't you a detective? Use your magical reasoning."

  Looking at the lazy dog ​​lying on the sofa, this person is like a cloud of fog, you never know from what angle he will give you a surprise.

   "That's not reasoning, Seleu, it's just a cunning trick."

  Lorenzo shook his head, saying that he is really not a big detective, but the trick is subtle enough to make everyone think he is a "detective."

   "Then why not continue to use deception? You can always deceive what you want."

  Seleu turned his head and looked at him, there was clearly no extra light, but those azure blue pupils seemed to be releasing dim light, seeming to be the pupils of the beast, reflecting light in the dark night.

   "Just like you lied to me at the beginning, you said you were my cousin, come and take me home..."

  In the winter many years ago, Lorenzo said this to Seleu, so the girl put down her defenses and he returned to Inervig.

  It was really a meeting dictated by fate. You thought you were alone, but amidst the gray, someone reached out to you.

   "Deception requires flexible use, such as different moments and different angles."

  Lorenzo answered faintly.

   "This is what I taught you."

  During the not-too-long journey, Lorenzo taught her a lot of weird things in order to make things easier for herself, to pass the time, or to give Seleu some self-protection ability.

   "Yes, a convincing trick."

   Seleuc said slowly, she was very good at this, and even said that with the talent to see through the soul, she did better than Lorenzo.

   "So you... was a lie to me, right?"

  The sound sounded, like dropping stones on the surface of still water, causing slight ripples.

   "Many times, deception is not only the skill of the deceiver, but also requires the cooperation of the other party. It is not easy for a deceived to cooperate with your deception..."

   "Unless you know what she wants..."

  Lorenzo followed Seleu's words.

  Like a crying woman, her husband went to the front without knowing his life or death, so the best way to deceive her is like hiding her husband’s life and death in words, because this is what she wants to know.

  People’s subconscious mind will protect themselves. Sometimes even if they know that it is a lie, in order to make the heart feel better, people will easily believe the lie, even if it is full of flaws.

Seleu and Madame Van Lud are a classic example. An elderly woman lives alone, and she must be eager to care for her younger generations. Seleu found this point, just like a cunning fox, perhaps Madame Van Lud. She knew all of this, but it was like a tacit performance, a short dream, she enjoyed it very much and didn't want to break it.

   "Yes, let a vigilant person leave with you in peace... That's the best trick."

  For a helpless beggar, care that never existed is the best trick.

   Sai Liu calmly, her expression is still frozen, you can never guess what she is thinking from her expression.

  Like a traveler who is about to freeze to death in the wilderness, in order to avoid the cold, even if you are deceiving him, he will not care more.

   "Are you... angry?"

   Lorenzo asked tentatively.

  When he saw Seleu's first glance, he knew that this little girl was a troublesome ghost and had to find a way to calm her down... He thought that was an unimportant lie.

   "Lorenzo, you are such an unexpected guy."

Seleu did not answer directly. She looked at the scenery outside the window. The old sunset was always so magnificent. The gloomy clouds were dyed bright orange-red by the setting sun, extending all the way to the end of the horizon, and countless plumes of smoke emerged from the chimneys. Rise, like the stone pillar that supports the sky and the earth.

"How to say?"

  Lorenzo replied casually. He was thinking about how to change the subject. He has never been good at puberty strange topics.

   Let yourself relax, reach out and pick up the desserts aside, at least eat and drink here.

  "Are you still not aware of it?"

   Seleuc said immediately, in that short glance at each other, she seemed to see all of Lorenzo clearly.

"what you mean?"

  Lorenzo put down the dessert that was about to be stuffed into his mouth, a little confused and a little curious.

  Seleu did not continue with the previous topic, she took the initiative to change it.

   "Human emotions, although you are smiling now, but this is just your disguise, under this skin is just a cold machine."

  As if commenting on an exhibit, Seleu said casually.

   "You should know that Eve, right?"

  The girl who saved herself, Lorenzo and she obviously knew each other during the confrontation with Master Lawrence.

"Um."

  Lorenzo affirmed.

   "You haven't thought of it yet?"

   Seleuc was a little surprised, I don’t know if Lorenzo is really so slow or cold and ruthless.

   "You were going to abandon her at that time, such a good girl, give up if you say you give up... This is too cold."

She looked at Lorenzo. This kind of person is amazing. He will show kindness to you, but when it comes to his goal, he can abandon you without hesitation, as if the experience between you is just It's just dispensable illusion.

   "Lorenzo, you must have broken people's hearts."

It was a desperate moment. The blade of death was under her neck, like a drowning man thrown into a glacier. She was about to die. The only thing she could catch was Lorenzo, and Lorenzo At that moment, he chose to abandon her.

  Gray-blue pupils seemed to freeze, he looked at the figure by the window, and he didn't expect Seleu to mention them.

  Lorenzo certainly knows what he did, and he has been avoiding these since then, trying not to think about it.

   "That was the optimal solution at the time."

  "Is it just because of the ‘optimal solution’?"

   Seleuc said somewhat mockingly.

   "Actually, you are a more indifferent person than me, Lorenzo."

  Like an inhuman creature, he tried his best to imitate the appearance of a normal person, but when the real target appeared, he would lose his disguise, like a terrifying beast.

   "But you have also seen that the extra emotion is just a stumbling block against things like monsters."

  He answered almost mercilessly.

  The two evils are the lesser one. If the sacrifice of an Eve can be exchanged for the death of Master Lawrence, this is too appropriate.

   is simply a **** transaction, and no one has any emotions.

   "So this is why you become like this?"

  Seleu came over suddenly, and she looked down at Lorenzo, proudly like that majestic sculpture, with dim light hitting her face, bright and dark.

  Lorenzo did not avoid this time. He looked straight at Seleu and nodded.

   "You dare to look at me."

   Seleuc smiled. Sometimes Lorenzo was like a shy child, not daring to look at others, and even more with himself.

   "I just don't know what expression to use to treat others, smile or plain? Sometimes the interaction between people feels heavy, Seleu."

   "That's why I like to deal with demons. I just need to hack them to death with a sword."

  Like a weather-beaten old man, Lorenzo said pretending to be vicissitudes of life.

   "So you are always alienating everyone... is it because of demons?"

   An extremely accurate blow hit the gap in the armor.

   "Because of the disaster you brought, so you don't want to get involved with anyone?"

  Seleu will always be like this. She can clearly see the hidden parts of you, then drag it out abruptly and beat her.

  "You have also seen the result. Eve just knew me not long before she almost died in the hands of the demon."

  Lorenzo looked away, he said.

  "We call it ‘connection’. The more you have a relationship with demons, the more dangerous..."

  Suddenly remembered Arthur. He wanted to send Eve away because of the demon, like an iron wall, separating the demon from the world of his daughter.

   "You are suppressing your emotions, Lorenzo, you are alone, but you are trying to turn yourself into a cold weapon."

  Because of this, I became withdrawn and tried to pretend to be normal.

   she concluded.

  "Are you enlightening me?"

  Lorenzo suddenly felt like being taught by a kid.

"probably."

  "Then what should I call you, Doctor Seleuc? It's the first time I have come to such a luxurious psychology clinic."

  He began to babble, which made the serious atmosphere a little relaxed, but Seleu still stared at him earnestly. This method of diverting attention didn't work for Seleu.

  In the long silence, Lorenzo said slowly.

   "Emotions affect reason."

  "But sometimes in life, lies and feelings are more important than logic and reason."

  Lorenzo was startled, and didn't know if he sighed that the little kid would also be able to tell the truth, or something else, he laughed and said casually.

   "Seleu, there are some things you don't understand. Everyone will have different problems."

   "The troublesome existence is to solve it."

   "But many things are unanswered."

  Lorenzo hesitated for a while. When he said these things, even he himself was shaken. Can the so-called demons really be eradicated? It was like a journey with no end in sight, even Lorenzo didn't know how long he could last.

  Suddenly those slender hands grabbed Lorenzo's collar, a little anger in the ice blue light.

  Stalemate for a long time, Lorenzo was like a dead pig, and she didn't cooperate with the serious atmosphere, and she seemed to know that this would not be the result, Seleux let go of Lorenzo and walked to the side to turn on the lights. The sky outside the window has darkened.

   "You are like a patient who refuses treatment, Lorenzo, you can't be paranoid."

  The doctor issued a medical certificate for the patient.

   "You lack a goal, a goal that will keep you alive."

   "How is it possible, but my goal is always sticking to it."

   Demons, eradicate all demons, Lorenzo has never changed.

  "Does that kind of thing really count as a goal? Lorenzo, you must easily abandon your identity because of it, right."

  Seleu muttered.

   "The two evils are the lesser."

  Compared with that magnificent goal, the only humanity is not worth mentioning.

   Both were silent, and finally broke up unhappy.

  Seleu, who seemed to be closed, opened her heart. Lorenzo, who was relaxed and somewhat neurotic, was a serious autistic.

  What kind of **** fatalism is used to justify himself, in order to eradicate the demon Lorenzo doesn't care about it at all.

  Suddenly the doorbell rang, opening the next chapter for this unpleasant conversation.

   "Get ready, Lorenzo, the guests are here."

   Without seeing who the visitor was, Seleu made a conclusion, and she went out to greet the guest.

  Lorenzo sat up and tidied up his clothes to make himself look less messy.

  According to Seleu, she was the one who introduced herself to the guest, and she was well paid.

Not long after, Seleu walked in again, followed by Yawei, the old housekeeper holding a pile of letters and books in his hands, and steadily placed them on the low table next to Lorenzo, and then Stand aside like a guard, with a serious expression.

  "Where are the guests?"

   Lorenzo asked with some doubts, but before he could ask more, Seleu sat opposite him, and the two stayed together again.

  Looking at the familiar girl, Lorenzo seemed to know who the guest was.

  "I will discuss this entrustment with you as a representative."

  Seleu opened the letters while talking, and Lorenzo asked suspiciously.

  "Who do you represent?"

   "The Stuart Group."

   Seleuc answered softly.

   "Lorenzo, this time your mission is important."

   Speaking of this, Seleu handed the opened letter to Lorenzo, which was from a member of the Stuart regiment, and they mailed it here to report the same thing.

  "Hound?"

  Lorenzo looked at the description in the letter. In the dark night, all the members related to Stuart saw the weird hounds. They screamed hoarsely, surrounding everyone's residence.

   "We thought it was an illusion at first, but it's impossible for everyone to have the same illusion, right."

   Seleuc said.

   "Not to mention, the members of the group are all over Inverweg."

  "When did this happen?"

   Lorenzo frowned and asked.

   "I don't know."

  Seleu turned out more letters, these are feedbacks from the members.

   "We were at a loss at first and didn't know how to investigate until I found a monster..."

  "Do you think this has something to do with demons?"

  Lorenzo became alert, and Seleu nodded.

  "This is what you taught me. Eliminate all the impossible. No matter how weird the remaining options are, it is the only answer."

   is just the words to pass the boring journey, but Seleu still remembers it even now.

   "Then do you have any clues?"

  Lorenzo raised a bit of interest, like a beast that smells blood, he will always hunt down the demons.

   Seleuc did not answer, but instead looked at Yawei, only to see that the old butler struggled a bit, picked up an old book and handed it to Lorenzo.

   "Do you know the curse that hangs over Stuart?"

   "Curse?"

  Lorenzo felt a little weird. It stands to reason that a little bit of scandal of this kind of big family would be fired, let alone any weird curse, but he had never heard of this in his old days.

  "My family has served the Stuart family for many years. For a long time, our family can be regarded as the living history of Stuart, so I know many secrets that the outside world does not know."

Yawei said slowly.

   "This is a curse from Baskerville."

  (End of this chapter)