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January 1, 1350, morning.

Melissa carries a canvas tote bag and goes to and from several nearby bookstores.

The municipal library in Tingen will not reopen until a week after the New Year. Although Benson suggested that Melissa rest at home during this period, enjoy the time of faith and stay in Tingen, Melissa is a little free.

If you don't live there and just rest at home, it would be a waste.

It happened that the air was good these days, so she slept and woke up naturally, planning to go to a familiar bookstore to borrow some books to read.

On the first day of the New Year, there were not many people on the street, but there were still many people on the lower street. To the people there, the New Year seemed to be just a change of time and date, and there was not much to look forward to.

"History of the Kingdom of Loen" is not good. This book is too thick and large. Although it is suitable for passing time, it cannot be read in a few days.

Melissa has always been more consistent about starting and ending. Based on the simple idea of ​​not wasting anything, she will read all the borrowed books and then return them.

"Engineering Guide"? Melissa's eyes lit up, and she quickly pulled out the book and turned to the last page. She was a little disappointed when she saw that it was published fifteen years ago. This was already a somewhat old version, and there was something wrong in it.

Many machines are outdated, and new versions of books are already available...

Melissa's eyes dimmed slightly.

However, as her living conditions gradually improved, she was able to gradually accept some "wasting time" leisure activities. Therefore, although she walked around the bookstore several times, she could not find any newer teaching materials than the two books that Klein gave her.

, but Melissa still borrowed two books to pass the time, one for herself, and one for Benson, "Overall Management"... I don't know if Benson will need it, maybe he will be more willing to talk to her.

Future colleagues drink coffee and plan their work together.

She carried two books of moderate thickness to the counter, and quickly paid the deposit, and gave her two pence for rent.

——If it weren’t for the significant improvement in living standards and the prospects for a better life for herself and Benson in the future, Melissa would never spend any money on it.

She carried the canvas bag she sewed and left the bookstore. When she took a casual look, she saw more people on the empty street. On the bench across the street, a gentleman bought a newspaper boy's daily newspaper and was reading it. A man passed by in front of her.

There is a gentleman who looks familiar but I don’t know where I have seen him.

The gentleman biting the sausage bread also seemed to notice her from the corner of his eye. Before Melissa turned her head awkwardly, their eyes met. These green eyes gave her a great sense of familiarity.

In the flash of lightning, she suddenly remembered the source of this familiar feeling.

"Were you...the...police officer at that time?"

The person on the bench turned the newspaper back a page and moved it down two points. Sost looked at it from behind the newspaper.

The green-eyed police officer also responded in shock:

"Are you Miss Moretti? I thought I had the wrong person."

Leonard's expression of surprise was half-truthful, but what he said was actually the truth.

Because he has been away from Tingen for more than three months, and he has been away for as long as Klein died. He has only met Klein's sister Melissa once, and it was in an extremely sad environment. As the bad news, he

The deliverer, she was the recipient of the bad news... In that kind of environment, no one would be in the mood to pay attention to the other person's appearance, not to mention that Leonard at that time lacked the courage to even look directly into the other person's eyes.

And in that terrible meeting, even with the memory of an Extraordinary, Leonard could only remember Melissa Moretti and Benson Moretti as two labeled shadows, and one was the thin one.

, some are introverted and silent, sensible but still children; one is older, tired, and looks vicissitudes of life due to prematurely assuming the heavy responsibility of the family.

They are all sad.

And now, more than three months later, Leonard didn't take a closer look last night. Today, when he had an "accidental encounter", he realized that the other person's face was rosy, his complexion was much better than then, and he walked with his chest and head raised.

The sun has become much brighter, and there is no longer the lingering gloomy feeling when we first met.

Klein, your family is living a good life. They may have gradually gotten over the haze of your departure, and are about to go to Backlund to have a new life, under the gaze of the goddess... Leonard thought silently.

Surrounded by his companions, Leonard dared to speak in his original voice, but he was unwilling to speak too much, and subconsciously lowered his voice to sound hoarse like he had a cold:

"Happy New Year, you look good, Miss Moretti."

"The air in Tingen City is getting better and better. How is the situation recently?"

Melissa hesitated and replied politely: "Thank you for your concern, everything is fine with us, Mr. Officer." - She suddenly realized that she did not know the other person's last name, and she felt even more embarrassed.

The police officer whose name I don’t even know spoke in a familiar manner:

"Recruitment advertisements have been published in newspapers recently. Have you considered going to Backlund?"

He thought this sentence was quite appropriate, but he felt that Melissa's favorability seemed to have dropped, and he was suddenly confused.

Since they received the Archbishop's revelation after the great smog, they have been paying attention to the Moretti family in the past few days. They even know clearly how many meat dishes are included in the Moretti family's New Year's Eve dinner. In addition, they once and Ke

As a colleague of Ryan, Leonard naturally felt familiar and there was no psychological burden in greeting and communicating with him.

And he was completely unaware that his only label in the other person's heart was "Klein's colleague", and he had only met him once. In the nearly half a year from when Klein entered this department to his death in the line of duty, he had never been in contact with him, and he had never been close to or even close to him.

Like a stranger.

In Melissa's mind, the gentleman should say hello and say a few words and then leave.

Obviously they are not familiar with each other at all, and they don't even know each other's names. It is somewhat rude to stop him on the way back. Even if he thinks about it carefully, it is a bit scary.

Melissa shook her head and did not answer. She wanted to use this attitude to make the police officer retreat. However, the other party scratched his head and remained silent for a while, as if he realized what she meant, but he seemed not to.

"Tomorrow, I will be transferred to Backlund, so I said more."

When she said this, it sounded a bit like parting, and Melissa felt a bit embarrassed to be harsh, but she was also going to Backlund.

Leonard accepted the advice and said as if unintentionally: "I have worked in Tingen for so many years, and I am still a little reluctant to leave. But the department is short of people now and is pressing hard. I looked at the tickets and paperwork they ordered for me.

, just take the steam train No. 3, which is the day after tomorrow..."

The information contained in this sentence could no longer be ignored by Melissa. She clearly remembered the ticket Benson bought last night and whispered with some surprise:

"Mr. Police Officer, are you taking train No. 3 to Backlund?"

Leonard nodded: "Yes, the first shift in the morning is relatively fast and cheap. By the way, my name is Leonard Mitchell."

If Leonard and Moretti's family were more familiar, or if Melissa were more lively and outgoing, then maybe it would be time to joke, "Maybe we are in the same car." But Leonard didn't, and Mei didn't.

Neither did Lisa. After conveying this news so that tomorrow's "encounter" again would not be too sudden, Leonard said a few simple words and said goodbye to the other party.

"Captain, let me confirm again."

After seeing Melissa's back disappear at the end of the street, Leonard walked over to Sost who was reading the newspaper and sat on the bench.

"I am indeed in the same carriage as them and seated next to them, right?"

Sost felt in his pocket and took out a brand new printed ticket.

Leonard took it, there were three in total, with three names.

Considering that this was an important trip, and the drive lasted four hours and the departure was very early, it was inevitable to catch up on some sleep in the car. For the first time, the Moretti family chose a first-class seat. Two Morettis

Sitting across from each other in the third row on the left side of Car No. 4, he sat alone on the right side of the car in the same position in the third row - he was alone, and the seat opposite was broken.

Because except for him, everyone else coincidentally did not buy a ticket and could only sit in other carriages. This was very 0-08.

Dai Li was very upset about this, and then bought a ticket for carriage No. 6. She actively participated in this operation, threatening to twist off Ince Zangwill’s head and give it to her spiritual babies.

When the ball is kicked.

The Necromancer looked at the ticket, turned around and smiled at Leonard: "Then I will hand over this important task to you first."

Leonard was greatly aggrieved. He had no interest in kicking the Ince head ball: "Ms. Daly, isn't this bad?"

This was simply a clear invitation and a joke... Leonard couldn't help but clenched his fists when he got the news, his blood began to boil, and hatred began to grow. Benson Moretti and Melissa Moretti

Is a relative of Klein, Ince Zangwill takes revenge

They are certainly meaningful, but Leonard Mitchell is not only an eyewitness to the Battle of Tingen and one of Ince Zangwill's pursuers, but also a companion of Klein, the Red Glove of the Church of the Night, targeting himself

, killing yourself will also bring shame and anger to the Church of the Night!

Because of this, Leonard calmed down like never before. He was a "special person". He told Klein, although now in retrospect, he feels more sadness and emotion than shame.

Facing Ince Zangwill's provocation, the other Red Gloves felt it was difficult, but Leonard felt that this was a unique battle - with the old man here, it was completely possible to save his own life. If the old man had been more

strength, then it is possible to save Benson and Melissa.

However, Leonard felt that the old man would be happy to "test" him and would never do anything unless his life was in danger.

Ever since his brain and spirituality began to activate together, using trippers from time to time in life to exercise his reflexes seems to have become a retirement hobby for the old man.

And he also has a kind of awe of high-sequence (although he doesn't take it seriously, but he probably still has it), but it is not the old man who is in awe (Pallez was furious), but the power that the old man represents. Will the old man be willing to

Willing to protect the ordinary people in the car and the Moretti brothers and sisters, Leonard is unwilling to take the gamble.

When this bastard isolated himself, did he know that he still had the old man as a life-saving god? 0-08 Do you know? 0-08 Can you arrange the old man? If not, then Ince Zangwill's

The special move is most likely a smoke bomb. After all, the unspoken secret in the Church of the Night is that Ince Zangwill, who failed to be promoted, hates the "Eye of the Goddess" Illya who was successfully promoted in the same batch.

But everyone didn’t know about the old man. Perhaps Ince Zangwill’s purpose was to mobilize everyone’s attention and let everyone pay attention to Leonard, while ignoring Illya, who faced the same danger as 0-08.

High sequence!

What if it can? If 0-08 can influence the old man, then there will be real problems on his side. He will become the main target of a demigod carrying a level 0 sealed object, not to mention that this carriage is full of people.

A car full of ordinary people.

Leonard thinks this is more likely.

If this is the case, then he should consider how to protect a car of ordinary people and himself as much as possible.
To be continued...