Chapter 2012 The Witch’s Joke and Changing Destiny
The originally leisurely breakfast atmosphere on a snowy day suddenly became extremely cold as if a cold wind had been poured into the room. Tifa's elegant tea-making movement paused, and the black-haired head maid put down the teapot in the silence of the two witches.
, gave the other maids in the restaurant a wink, and signaled everyone to leave the restaurant together, but the duchess raised her right hand to indicate that there was no need to avoid it.
Her lazy look completely disappeared:
"Tifa, there is no need to prepare breakfast for Miss Edwards."
"Miss Edwards was the title yesterday. It is more accurate to call me Ms. Edwards now."
Meghan looked at the cold-faced Duchess with a smile:
"It doesn't matter whether you want breakfast or not. Anyway, our sisters had a full supper last night."
She winked at Miss Carina:
"Duke, you know that Qiangzhuang's dessert is delicious, right?"
The red-haired witch took a deep breath and instantly understood that this was a "little joke" made by the other party in revenge for the banquet she held in Green Lake City:
"Meghan, what did you sisters do?"
"Of course I did what you did, or do you want to hear me describe the details?"
She didn't seem to understand Carina Cavendish's emotions:
"But I have to admit that Xia De tastes really good."
The maids tried their best to control their expressions to prevent themselves from being punished by the furious Duke for taking the first step with their left foot after the guests left. But Miss Carina was not angry at all, but she was still a little angry. She adjusted her breathing slightly and frowned at
Megan:
"You act like a child who stole someone else's toy and then shows it off. Megan, Megan, where did you put the dignity and elegance of the great witch? Use this childish method to retaliate against me,
This is ridiculous."
She pointed to herself:
"Look at me, I'm the first, but I haven't shown it off to anyone."
She nodded to Megan as she spoke:
"Yes, I'm the first."
Megan just smiled and said:
"Isn't your last joke childish? But you looked down on me too much. I didn't come here to show off to you. It was indeed too childish. Carina, we may have had unpleasantness before, but at least now, we
They are real sisters, aren't they? Although you have hidden good things and don't share them with us, at least now, we all know this sweet and tempting little secret."
"Meghan, Audrey, what do you want to say?"
The red-haired witch picked up the tea cup, took a sip gently on the edge of the porcelain, and waved to the maids, indicating that they should continue preparing breakfast.
"You and I can both see it, Xi Wei, Emma, Vanessa, and those young witch apprentices."
Megan glanced at the good-looking maid standing aside:
"Many people are staring at Shade, and I got ahead of the worried girls, but I still hope that we can keep this secret, and maybe we can cooperate. At least the two of us are on the same side now.
"
"I didn't expect that you would have such courage. I originally thought Vanessa or Emma would be next."
Miss Carina said, but after looking her up and down, she shook her head:
"I thought that your courage before the Battle of Green Lake was derived from the pressure between life and death. I didn't expect that you would still be thinking about it after the battle."
"No, no, I am not as brave as you, Duchess of Saladir."
Megan said with a smile, and also picked up the tea cup:
"This is Madam Peacock's black tea? It's really luxurious. It can only be seen in the palace noble manors of Tobesk. So now, Carina, do you agree that we can advance and retreat together?"
Miss Carina thought for a while:
"What do you call me?"
"Sister Carina?"
A smile broke out on the Duchess's face, and she didn't mention that she was a half-elf who was much older than herself, but stretched out her hand to her:
"If Xiwei knew about this, she would probably be furious. She is the second great witch who knows Shade."
Megan reached out and held her hand, and then the second hand that appeared at the wrist also held her:
"In my opinion, although the witches of the Sixth Age have got rid of most of the shortcomings of the witches of the Fifth Age who were arrogant and lustful, in terms of advantages, they only lack the boldness and courage of the witches of the past."
"After all, this is no longer our era."
The two let go of their hands. Miss Carina lowered her head to look at the breakfast on the plate in front of her, then suddenly raised her head and asked Megan:
"There is something I am very curious about. I hope you can answer it for me. This is also related to our knight."
"whats the matter?"
Megan asked curiously, thinking she wanted to ask about the changes in her body after spending the night with Shade.
The duchess looked at her seriously:
"Well, since a second hand can appear on your wrist, and your eyes can appear in any strange place. So, can your tongue stick out of your vagina?"
"Pfft! Cough cough, cough cough."
Megan really squirted out all the black tea in her sip, but it's not to blame for her losing her composure. Even the usually calm black-haired head maid had a strange expression at that moment.
The other sullen-faced maids hurriedly came to change the tea sets, tablecloths and breakfast on the table. Only Miss Carina was holding the tea cup, tapping the porcelain cup with her little finger, tilting her head and looking at the snowy scene outside the window.
"Carina, you! You!"
The corner of her mouth curled up into a smile, and she felt that this morning was actually not that bad:
"You see, I'm better at making jokes than you are and you forgot to call me sister."
(Little Mia is running.)
It's snowing not only in Tobesk, but also in Green Lake City, but it's just fine light snow, so you only need to put on a thick coat early in the morning and you don't have to worry about catching a cold.
The snow does not affect the bustle of the Green Lake train station. After the Green Lake negotiations were terminated, this ancient city no longer has as many outsiders as there have been in the past few months. But this Monday, the train station was still exceptionally busy.
Noisy. Army soldiers in uniform who have been recruited into the army will say goodbye to their families today and go to where their motherland needs them.
Similarly, this morning was also the day that Dr. Schneider and the other two left. Their train was expected to leave at nine in the morning, so the three of them and Shade arrived at the train station early, and happened to meet the young people who had enlisted in the army at the door of the train station.
Gather together with your luggage.
Because of the witch's generous spending, Shade booked a first-class ticket for the three of them. Each person has his or her own private box. This is the most comfortable way to travel. Everyone has a lot of luggage, so Green Lake Hotel
The female owner, Ms. Helena Green, who was recently rumored to have inherited an island with her brother, sent hotel helpers to help transport the luggage.
The departure time of the train taken by the young soldiers was twenty minutes earlier than the arrival time of the train the three doctors expected, so both parties entered the train station together. In addition, there were other passengers in the train station, so each
The noisy voices everywhere made this snowy morning seem a lot more lively.
Next to the platform, the troop carrier has stopped on the track. The white steam mist sprayed from the gap between the wheels under the carriage makes the scene on the platform even look a bit dreamy and blurry.
There are people saying goodbye everywhere, young wives hugging their husbands, old mothers urging their sons, young girls holding the hands of their fathers and mothers, and young men walking alone but hesitantly carrying their children on their backs.
Luggage is looking forward to its own future.
There were voices almost everywhere in the steam mist. Shade and his party standing next to a pile of luggage were not very eye-catching. Durut Giles, wearing a black deerstalker hat, was helplessly floating aside.
The girl didn't understand the workings of the steam train very well, while Rusty Edwards was talking to the helpers at the hotel, telling them to move his suitcase carefully.
Obviously the priest came with only two suitcases, but left with four more suitcases. No one knew what was in the suitcases he brought back from the wilderness.
Everyone's luggage was piled on the platform. Shade and Dr. Schneider, who was wearing a long black coat and traveling attire, were talking on the other side of the luggage, checking the train schedule and the time they would arrive in Tobesk.
The diffuse steam mist made it almost impossible for them to see the priest and Durut Giles on the other side, and the noise and farewells around them made everyone have to speak louder. Beside Shad,
The doctor's black suitcase was placed on the pile of luggage by Little John, whom Shade was very familiar with.
The boy who used to live in a trash can with his puppy has now completely settled in the Green Lake Hotel. After washing and putting on decent clothes and a brown hat, the boy has adapted to life in the hotel.
, and after learning that Shade was leaving the city and would only come back occasionally, he enthusiastically joined the team to help transport the luggage.
In fact, with his physique, he couldn't carry too much luggage, but Mr. Sauron Green knew the story between him and Shade, so he agreed to come with him to say goodbye, and asked other helpers to keep an eye on the boy.
This kind of place is still too dangerous for children.
"Sir, this is the last suitcase."
The boy smiled and reported to Shade, and Shade also smiled and asked:
"Very good, you completed your work successfully, do you want me to give you a tip?"
As he spoke, he was about to take out his wallet. The boy was so frightened that he quickly waved his hand:
"No, no, I'll go see if old Jeff has parked the carriage. I heard before that there is a fine if the carriage is parked in the wrong place. Oh, sir, Ms. Green asked me to give you a letter.
."
As he spoke, he took out another letter and handed it to Dr. Schneider, and then left temporarily with another helper.
The doctor held the letter and watched the boy disappear into the mist:
"Is he the boy you were talking about?"
"Yes."
Shade was also looking at Little John's back.
"Detective, did you know? You changed a person's fate."
The doctor said with admiration:
"If he hadn't met you, I don't even dare to say the probability that he would have survived to adulthood."
Although it is cruel, it is also a fact of this era.
"He is not the only one whose destiny I have changed."
Shade does not deny what he did:
"I can't save everyone, but at least I can help those I know. If he didn't live in the dumpster at the back door of the Green Lake Hotel, but lived in another dumpster across the street, I would
You shouldn’t do those things.”
"Being able to help the people you meet is the most that a good person can do in this world."
The doctor commented, raised his hand to straighten his hat, and took out his notebook to calculate the time. He had been away from Tobesk for too long. When he returned, he had to deal with all the patients he had not seen. He meant to provide psychological guidance.
"So who are the good people who can even help people they haven't met?"
Shade asked with a smile. The hot and humid steam mist made his skin feel dirty moisture. The fine snow floating in the sky was temporarily unable to blow to the platforms on both sides of the track.
"Be considered a saint. Each of us has a limit to our power. If we want to help everyone in need, we would be too greedy. Even if we are a good person, we cannot be too greedy, so we must know our own limits and not
Just give."
This middle-aged psychiatrist does have his own unique way of looking at the world and life.
Shade nodded thoughtfully, feeling that what the doctor said made sense. He looked up and saw that the young soldiers who were saying goodbye by the train had begun to get on the train one after another. The steam mist became thicker and thicker, and it seemed that they were about to drive:
"Is this mobilization in Green Lake City a normal mobilization, or a temporary mobilization of additional troops?"
"Not sure."
The doctor shook his head and looked at the train wrapped in steam. This was the steam boiler releasing excess steam to prevent the boiler from overheating or the pressure rising to dangerous levels:
"But these young people will definitely have to experience a real battlefield. The situation between the two countries is getting more and more tense now. If a war really breaks out, I don't know how many of these young souls in front of us will be able to return to their hometowns exhausted.
"
The young people who boarded the train waved their arms out the window, and the relatives and friends who came to see them off were also loudly saying their last words of advice.
Priest Augustus, Durut Giles, had completely disappeared into the thick steam mist, and it seemed that only Shade and Doctor Schneider were left standing together in the world.
This scene is fantastic and confusing, like a dream, but it seems more real than ever:
"What does war mean to children like Little John, to these young people who still don't know the cruelty of the battlefield, and to those of us who are temporarily staying out of it?"
"Detective, this topic is a bit too big."
The doctor looked at the scene in front of him sadly:
"But at least for that boy, you saved him from future famines, wars and plagues, from the possibility of becoming a gang member in the future, and from the possibility of dying from disease and hunger. He may be
When he grows up, he becomes a mechanical engineer, a university scholar, or just an ordinary person, but he will also influence more people, meet his lover, get married, have children, and live an ordinary or extraordinary life.
."
The blue-eyed middle-aged man looked at the steam mist in front of him and thought of this, and couldn't help but smile:
"Fate is really charming. If either you or him chooses the wrong option, he will not be able to show up at the train station at this time to help me carry my luggage."
"Speaking of luggage, doctor, why don't you open that letter and read it?"
Shade asked again. The letter that Ms. Helena Green asked Little John to deliver was sandwiched in the notebook by the doctor.