Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 25 Parasites

  During lunch, Kellerman came back. She came back in a hurry, but she didn't do anything after she came back. She just stayed by Verak's side, obviously looking at Verak specially.

   After lunch, Kellerman went to Veraker's room, and Veraker flipped through the books that Fletcher asked to read with a certain style.

   This is the first Thomas family to come in after Verac moved in, except for Fletcher and the servants. Kellerman glanced at her brother's former residence, and it was the same as she remembered, without any changes: "How do you remember?"

  Verak turned to look at Kellerman, and put down the book: "It's almost the same, now I just read some more books that Mr. Chris read before his death to further strengthen the disguise."

   "Then I'll test you." Being bored here, Kellerman decided to test Veraker, "What does my brother hate and fear the most?"

"Riding a horse." Verac blurted out, "Mr. Chris went riding with you when I was a child, because the horse suddenly lost control and fell down, and then he had to rest at home for three months before he could get off the ground. Since then, he never dared to ride a horse again, even if In the upper class circles, it is a sport that everyone knows."

   "What's his favorite?"

   "Listen to music. He goes to classical concerts every Tuesday, rain or shine. There are also many records in the bedroom, and he knows countless musicians and performers." Verac replied.

   After hearing this, Kellerman didn’t respond, and she didn’t know whether the answer was to her liking: “Let me tell you one more piece of information that isn’t in the brochure, which may be useful in the future.”

  Verak listened attentively.

"I don't know if Chris's friends know it, but I'm the only one at home who knows about it. Chris admires a person named Bolin Elizabeth very much. He once told me in private that he wanted to know Elizabeth, but unexpectedly ..."

   "Elizabeth?" Veraker was familiar with the name, "I should have seen it in the newspaper... It seems to be a stage actress who often appears in newspapers, magazines and calendars."

Kellerman said "Yes": "She first performed on stage at the age of sixteen, and she conquered the audience with her outstanding beauty and superb acting skills, causing a sensation in Laizein. From that day on, Elizabeth became a hot Star, as long as she participates in stage plays, it is often hard to get a ticket. A few years ago, Chris was taken by his friend Colin to watch one. Chris, who was not very interested in stage plays, unexpectedly because of Elizabeth, started to go to a stage play she participated in every week..."

  Kellerman talked about how Chris developed admiration for this stage actress who fascinated Brecy, and how he tried to contact and pursue the process.

   This is the past that Verak did not know about in the previous life, and it sounds a little different now.

  According to Kellerman, Chris is progressing quite well, and has had several dinners with Elizabeth—this alone is almost impossible for anyone to do. Therefore, Elizabeth should also have a good impression of Chris, and if it continues like this, it may be a happy ending.

  However, four months ago, Chris, who was very close to Elizabeth, suddenly cut off all contact with her, killing the still hazy love.

   This made Kellerman very puzzled and felt sorry for his brother.

   After Verak heard this time point, his face remained unchanged, but his heart was shaken tremendously.

  Because it was the time when Francis died four months ago and Chris led the rebel organization without hesitation. The timing was too coincidental, and Chris suddenly broke contact with Elizabeth without a reasonable explanation. Verac could only look at the two things together.

  The most likely reason is that after the death of Francis, Chris realized that what he was doing was against this powerful entire country, and it was a matter of dying at any time. And the danger reached its peak after he succeeded Francis as the leader of the organization.

  If I have the same day as Francis, then not only will I die, but my family and Elizabeth will be in trouble, so I choose to stay away and not get involved.

  I don’t know if this was Chris’ real thought at the time, anyway, Verac guessed so, so he couldn’t help but have a higher opinion of Chris.

  In this city, there is a group of people who are younger than Verac, have a more sense of responsibility, and are incompatible with this era. They originally had huge wealth and the best life, but for the sake of the fairness of others, they broke away from the camp of vested interests.

  Villac remembered a sentence he saw yesterday when he casually flipped through Chris's "Theory of Equality".

  Chris said in "Theory of Equality": The rich people who firmly control the poor and squeeze them without a bottom line and grab huge benefits are the most disgusting parasites in this society. They whitewash their ugly deeds in a high-sounding manner, discredit the oppressed poor, and make the poor look down on themselves and feel that they are parasites over time.

   When Fletcher went to Tsward to take Verak and others away, he once said contemptuously, "It's hard to imagine that there are thousands of such parasitic slums in Bresci alone."

  At that time, Verak didn't have any thoughts of rebuttal, because even he himself felt that their dirty, uneducated, and despised poor people were parasites of this society. What Chris said awakened him. They rely on their own labor to make money and strive to get everything they want. Why are they called parasites?

   Who is parasitic on whose body?

   Who exactly can't live without?

   Who is bullying whom?

Verak knew it very well, but he didn't understand why the previous self, who knew it clearly, still let himself down, thinking that he was a parasite, and he was born with half his head short. A sense of fear arises.

why is that?

  When the idea of ​​wanting to get an explanation came up, the first three words that popped up in Verac's mind were: Theory of Equality.

  Perhaps all of this can only be explained to him by Chris's "Equality". Open up his doubts and awaken his mind.

"This is a very regrettable thing." Kellerman sighed. After she confirmed that there was nothing suspicious about Veraker, she didn't bother to stay and watch any longer. "Just listen to it casually, in case his friend Bring it up, and you can handle it too."

   "Miss Kellerman, I've made a note." Verak nodded.

   "Read carefully, I'll go first." Kellerman left the room.

  Villac shook his head, and took out the list from the drawer, but he hesitated for a while before flipping through it, and finally read "Equality" first.

  (end of this chapter)