Since the beginning of autumn, the areas around Paris seem to have fallen into a long rainy season. It has been rainy for a week or two in a row. The cold raindrops and the raging autumn wind have caused the temperature to drop quickly everywhere, making people feel the cold weather in advance.
The chill of winter.
The same is true today.
Bianca di Florini strolled through the narrow streets and walked toward her apartment alone.
There were thin raindrops floating in the sky, and the visibility became very low. It was an embarrassing moment for pedestrians. Bringing an umbrella would be cumbersome, and not bringing an umbrella would be awkward, so almost every passerby cursed secretly.
The weather was bad, and while walking in a hurry, no one stopped to observe the surrounding situation.
However, Bianca looked calm and composed. She was wearing a gray skirt and a heavy cloak. Because she did not bring an umbrella, the wool of the cloak was stained with fine raindrops, which gathered into a cloud as she walked.
A slightly larger water droplet fell to the ground.
She was wearing a hat, and the low brim of the hat made it difficult to see her face. Only the cold wind blowing in her face and the hair under her hat swaying slightly could remind passers-by of her gender.
No one spoke around her, and no one stopped to look at her in particular, but Bianca felt as if someone was watching her secretly.
This is a kind of perception she has accumulated in various fights and decisive battles over the years. She can instinctively detect certain dangers.
But even so, she didn't feel timid in the slightest, and even her steps didn't falter at all, and she walked calmly along the street.
Agnes, are you really here? She asked secretly in her heart.
Just a week ago, she made an appointment with her apprentice here to have a decisive battle, and the loser would either die or be left to his own devices.
She had no reason to back down from her apprentice's challenge. The reason why she set the time a week later was to make it easier to handle the matter at hand - and she did handle it in an orderly manner.
And she came back here today just to fulfill this agreement.
Although she seemed very confident in front of her apprentice, with an arrogant look like I will definitely kill you, Bianca would not underestimate her opponents. No one understood Agnes' talent and ability better than her, and she had been doing it for many years.
It was she who witnessed the growth of her apprentice bit by bit.
She, who had always been happy about this at that time, never thought that one day the two of them would reach this point?
Bianca knew that this would definitely be a tough battle. Although she believed she could win, she also believed that there was a real possibility of losing.
But this "possibility" not only did not make her fear or shrink, but instead inspired her deep-rooted desire to win. This desire supported her to constantly refine her skills, allowing her to experience them in battles again and again.
The fun of bloodlust and violence, and this time, of course, is no exception.
In her previous experiences, she had already given up on life and death, so naturally there was nothing to fear this time.
Agnes, let me see how far you have grown!
In the cold drizzle, Bianca quietly returned to her apartment with calm steps.
Maybe right now, maybe an hour later, she will see her only apprentice here, and then fight with her for her life.
She casually took off her wet cloak and threw it next to the weapon shelf, then picked up a sword from it, then stood in the wide hall, quietly waiting for the verdict of fate.
Although she seemed leisurely and casual, the sword she held tightly in her hand was shining with the cold light of the blade, which was enough to show the master's true mood at this moment.
She didn't wait too long. Soon, there were slight footsteps on the stairs. The footsteps spread all the way from the stairs to the door and finally stopped.
Are you coming? Bianca's breathing became a little tighter.
However, the visitor seemed to pause at the door, and then knocked gently.
This is definitely not Agnes, because Agnes has the key.
What's going on? How could someone come here to visit me? Did something happen to Agnes?
"Who?!" Bianca shouted.
"It's me...Master Bianca." A delicate response came from outside the door.
Bianca recognized that this was not Agnes, but soon she figured out who it was.
"Alice?!" she asked in surprise.
However, now that she recognized that it was Alice, she naturally wasn't so wary. She walked forward and opened the door.
Sure enough, after opening the door, she found that it was Alice standing in front of her.
However, compared to her usual exquisite dress, Alice now looked sad, with tears even hanging from the corners of her eyes. She looked like she hadn't slept well in several days.
What Bianca didn't expect even more was that Alice was not alone. She was holding a child in her arms - her daughter Xia Lu.
Upon seeing this scene, Bianca suddenly fell into doubt.
"Alice, what are you doing here?" she asked coldly.
"I...I heard from my sister about the duel between you and her." Alice replied anxiously, "Master, why did it happen like this??"
Bianca was a little displeased when the news leaked out, but then she thought about it. Agnes was different from her. She had close relatives. Since there was a life-and-death duel, she would definitely tell her family about the funeral arrangements. This was also
Human nature.
When she thought of this, she felt relieved.
"There are always many things in the world that are strange. Why bother to know why... Even if you know it, it won't change anything." So, she sighed softly, "She challenges me, I accept the challenge, and then we prepare.
Just one fight and things will be as simple and clear as that."
"You two have been master and disciple for more than ten years, how can you speak so heartlessly?" Alice cried again when she heard this, "Don't you care about the past friendship?"
Alice's questioning made Bianca frown again.
How could she not care about Nian? If she hadn't cared about Nian, she wouldn't have reminded her apprentice so many times. But since the apprentice was going to be stupid, how could she back down?
"Sentiment... is really ridiculous. Isn't it true that she doesn't care about affection?" She sneered, "Then I'll give you sisters another chance. When she comes over, you persuade her to admit her mistake and stop. I can do anything.
It didn’t happen.”
After hearing Bianca's answer, Alice cried even harder.
"I...I have tried to persuade her countless times, but she just doesn't listen! She has gone crazy!"
Her cries were so sad and mournful that even though she was a woman, Bianca felt a pity for her, but her will naturally would not be shaken by such cries.
"Since you can't persuade her, why do you think you can persuade me? If she wants to fight, then I will accompany her. There is nothing more to say." She replied coldly, "Alice, instead of doing this useless work here
, it is better to put your energy in a more meaningful place - you are here today, just in time, you can be a witness for us, in case your sister dies, you can also take her back and bury her yourself... it is better than
It would be better for her body to be defiled by someone else's hands."
Although from Bianca's heart, this was comforting, there was no doubt that to others, it was a harsh mockery, and Alice was no exception, so she cried even harder.
Already.
"You...how can you say that! Don't you know? If Agnes dies, how will I be affected?"
Seeing Alice crying even harder, Bianca felt like she didn't know what to do with her for a moment.
At this time, Xia Lu happened to see her mother crying, so she started crying too. The crying of mother and daughter made Bianca feel even more annoyed.
"Okay, if there's nothing else, please leave first. Come back when we're done. You can either take people away or collect the bodies. I'll leave it to you to clear the place." She impatiently urged Alice to leave.
However, Alice seemed to have no intention of leaving immediately. She reluctantly raised her head and looked at Bianca with her tear-filled blue eyes.
Perhaps because she felt Bianca's unshakable determination, she knew that this battle was inevitable, so she seemed even more painful.
"Master, I also heard that you want to take my daughter away?"
"Yes." Bianca nodded, "I am only Agnes's apprentice, so if she dies, then I will have no apprentice. She has caused me such losses, so she should compensate me——
I think Xia Lu is good, so I’ll choose Xia Lu.”
It was obviously a fallacy, but she said it so confidently. If it hadn't been because it was about her daughter, Alice would have been dumbfounded, but now she naturally couldn't laugh.
"You're going too far, aren't you? You took away my sister, and now you're going to take away my daughter..." She seemed to muster up the courage to complain to Bianca, "Have you not considered my feelings?
"
"Why should I consider your feelings? We are not relatives to begin with, and we don't owe you any love." Bianca asked doubtfully, "Besides, being my apprentice is something no one else can ask for.
It's fate. I chose Xia Lu because you gave birth to such a beautiful daughter. You should be happy. This is my great recognition of you."
Alice was so angry that she almost exploded after hearing such unpleasant words.
Not to mention that she had already made up her mind. Even if she hadn't made up her mind, after hearing what Bianca had just said, she would have wanted to teach Bianca a lesson herself.
But the more angry and resentful she became, the more fragile and devastated she became, "But what should I do after I lose my daughter? Think about it, if I lose Agnes and I lose Xia
Lu, how should I live? I will really die... And don’t you think about it, if Xia Lu grows up and knows that you killed her aunt and caused her to be separated from her mother, she will
What do you think of you? Do you want to fight to the death with your apprentice again?"
Huh? That's true? Bianca was suddenly stunned.
She was reminded of a blind spot in her thinking.
She had always wanted to make up for the loss of her apprentice, but she had never thought about how Xia Lu would view herself when she grew up.
Even with her brain circuitry, she could imagine that this must be a life-or-death feud and she would take revenge on her.
"What you said makes sense..." she murmured to herself.
"Really, you've thought of it too, right?" Seeing Bianca's hesitation, Alice seemed to have grasped some life-saving straw, and quickly continued to persuade Bianca, "So I beg you to think twice, don't let me lose my last life again.
The pillar of life..."
As she spoke, she pulled Xia Lu, who was still crying, and together they bent down and begged Bianca.
"We can't let her take revenge... we can't let her take revenge..." Bianca ignored the mother and daughter's pleas, and instead fell into thinking, "So... wouldn't it be better if she didn't know?!"
She used her "normal" thinking and came to a conclusion.
Then she looked at Alice coldly and laughed.
"So, you two, mother and daughter, came at just the right time, nothing could be better...hahahaha..."
Then, she stretched out her hand and said to Alice, who was still crying, "Give me your daughter."
"Master?!" Alice sensed something was wrong, so she hugged her daughter. "What do you want to do?"
"Isn't this obvious? I can't let her take revenge on me, so I can't let her know about her elders. In this case, won't it be solved if I take her somewhere else to raise her?" Bianca calmly said
He replied, "So you save me trouble. I can take her away after the beating..."
She wanted to capture Xia Lu first, and then take her away after the decisive battle with Agnes, and then leave.
"Don't do this!" Alice seemed frightened, and her already pale face was even more miserable at this moment. She stumbled back, and then begged again and again. "Have mercy on me! Please..."
"Stop resisting, you will only make yourself suffer." Bianca walked forward step by step.
However, because she was afraid of hurting Xia Lu, she did not get angry and just closed the distance between the two people.
She was not worried about Alice's resistance. Look at the pear blossoms with rain, how could such a delicate and beautiful woman have the ability to resist her?
As she expected, when she approached and faced with her pressure, Alice seemed to have a nervous breakdown. Her legs softened and she almost fell to her knees, "I beg you... please...
, don’t take away my daughter..."
"Humph, it's useless. What can you get by begging?" Bianca sneered. "I will never teach Xialu to become a hothouse flower like you."
And just when she got in front of the mother and daughter, ready to bend down and snatch away Xia Lu, her instinct to face danger made her freeze.
Then she noticed that there seemed to be some metallic reflection coming out of Xia Lu's back.
That was Alice's hand, and in her hand... was the black muzzle of the gun!
Alice's hands were slender and white, which formed a strong contrast with the black metal. It was shocking but also had an enchanting beauty.
Before her brain could analyze the current situation, Bianca's muscles tensed up instantly and she immediately stepped back.
However, she still slowed down. At this time, the distance between the two people could no longer allow her to escape safely.
Alice was still kneeling on the ground, but her eyes now lacked any pleading or pain, only cruelty and coldness.
Her physique is not very good, and the education she received since childhood did not allow her to wield swords or guns. She even hates weapons herself, but for the sake of her sister and daughter, she is willing to take up arms.
A few days of training is certainly not enough to make her a perfect marksman, but it is enough for her to hit the opponent at such a distance without the opponent being prepared for it.
She had been planning this for a long time. She knew that bringing Xia Lu over would distract Bianca, and she also knew how Bianca would reply to her...
Yes, right now...!
"boom!"
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