"I'm sorry?" Nord felt that Verak had become a stranger, and he seemed to be a different person. His tone couldn't help but become cold, "What's the use of saying sorry to me? Can Dempsey survive? Can we still go back?
Before?"
"I can't." Verak rarely showed fatigue in front of others.
Originally, he could habitually deceive Nord and defend himself, but he hated that kind of disguise. Nord was the only place where he could retain the truth at present. He didn't know that if he deceived Nord, what would happen to him?
You are still not yourself.
Although he now knew very well that Nord was extremely disappointed in him, he was still relieved and the burden on him became lighter.
But he didn't know whether making this choice was equivalent to passing on part of his pain to Nord, or whether it was selfishness that seemed more pitiable.
"Tell me what happened." Nord asked with a trembling voice.
Verak simplified the whole story and told Nord in detail.
After listening to Verak's story, Nord fell silent. This was beyond what he could understand, and it was difficult for him to tell whether every choice made by Verak was wrong or right.
"What I want to do now is to take revenge on Fletcher, and then take you out of here with a large amount of money." Verak thought of the story of the three little sheep he had told Daniel. At that time, he had a strong feeling
Impulsive, no matter how difficult and dangerous the road ahead is, no matter what happens, he will definitely, definitely, definitely reach the world he longs for, and then turn around and bring in Nodra, who has always trusted him.
"Verak." Nord's eyes were blank, "Do you think...it's worth it?"
"I have no way out." Verak said.
"If you hadn't asked someone from the Equality Society to kill Demps, he would have helped Fletcher get rid of us sooner or later, right?"
"I know Fletcher very well. Even if Dempsey helps him, he will not fulfill his promise in the end. He will kill everyone who knows the secret, so that the secret will be sealed forever. No
It will threaten the Thomas family."
Nord got out of bed, passed by Verak, came to the closed window, and looked out greedily through the small gap: "Did you send someone to look for me more than a week ago?"
"That's right, after Dempsey's betrayal, I couldn't be sure whether you would be eliminated without compromise, so I have been trying to figure out your situation. I finally learned of your whereabouts some time ago, and I started to think of a way.
I’ve just met you, but I didn’t expect it to be delayed until now…” Verak walked to Nord.
"What should I do now?" Nord turned his head and looked calm.
Verak understood this calmness. This calmness was produced by the collision of countless emotions. It was not the rain and the clear sky, but dead silence: "I can't save you yet. If you go out, the Thomas family will 100% contact you."
On my body. So Nord, you have to hold on for a while longer. When I finish the deal with Paramount Company, I will bring someone to rescue you. We can go to Dunman's Old South York to start a new life."
"I will wait for you, Verak." Nord sat down and stared at the closed door intently, "But I will not follow you to other places. When you finish what you want to do, I will
I’ll just go back to Tswold and continue living my life.”
"Why?" Verak couldn't understand, and his voice was a little higher. "If I go back to Tswold, what's the point of all I've done? Continue to live a poor life, continue to be looked down upon by those people, and be looked down upon by them.
Called parasites, lowly inferiors, trampled under their feet, manipulated, and humiliated?"
Nord didn't move an inch.
"Don't you want to drink Imbit wine, don't you want to live a life that only nobles can enjoy? Now this kind of life is only one step away from us, and you want to turn around and leave?" Verak suddenly felt a little funny.
"That kind of life is not suitable for us, or it is not suitable for me. I admit that I once longed for it, and I would pretend to eat like the rich people in the restaurant in the noisy, smelly slums. But that is not me.
Deserve it.”
Verak took a deep breath and sat in front of Nord: "You may not know how much money I can get. Let me tell you this, as long as the deal with Paramount is successfully reached, plus my early accumulation
, we finally got two million gold grams. That was not a silver gram, let alone a copper gram. It was a face value you had never seen in the slums. It was a wealth that we could not get even after a hundred thousand years of hard work! With that
With money, you can drink as much wine as you want, and you can also trample those who look down upon you under your feet and tell them who is stronger now!"
"What's wrong with twenty gold grams?" Nord said calmly.
Verak's slightly ferocious face froze.
"You can buy such expensive wine when you are full." Nord repeated what Dempsey had said to him, "These upper-class people are mentally ill, and we still have to live our lives peacefully."
Verak laughed angrily, with a look of disdain on his face: "So now you agree with what Dempsey said? But the irony is that you, who have always envied the aristocratic life, still insist on your own principles, while Dengpu who disdains the upper class society
Puss, for money, can side with Fletcher and be ready to push us into the abyss!"
"Do you think Dempsey is the only one who has been changed by money?" Nord asked.
Verak didn't know how to answer this question.
"Verak, look at what you are like now. If one day, although I have not betrayed you, I still affect the implementation of your trip plan, what will you do?"
Nord's gaze was as blazing as the sun in an instant, and Verak did not dare to look directly at it.
"I will find a way to get around you." Verak did not answer directly.
"Hopefully...if there ever comes a day."
Verak calmed down: "Nord, I came here at great risk today not to argue with you. You are the only person I can trust in this city and this world, the person who can keep me true...
…”
"I understand, Verak. In fact, if I were put in your position, it is hard to imagine what choice I would make when faced with Dempsey's betrayal. I am not resenting you.
At this point, it's not a personal problem. I just saw through some things and found that I was too naive and that the world I longed for was actually not a beautiful world. It was filled with spiritual stench and was not something I could tolerate.
"Nord said.
"...I respect your choice." After a while, Verak stood up and came to the door, putting his hand on the doorknob, "Unfortunately, I have no way to turn back... Even if there is, I will still go on at all costs.