Little Wellington was the young nobleman possessed by one of the twin demons. After the incident, a large number of people were arrested by the church because of him. This incident was not as excusable as Miss Lindsay's illegal channeling. As far as Jenkins knew, none of the people who were taken away were ever freed again.
He didn't expect Quick to talk about the matter of Autumn, and he presumably knew a certain amount about that group of people.
"Speaking of which, I still don't know who the mountain villa in the mountain belongs to. Since we want to borrow someone else's villa for vacation, we must thank you in person."
The fourth card has been dealt, Jenkins thinks he has a great chance of winning, Quick looks like he is going to lose, and Garcia looks very confident.
"The villa belongs to the Mandela family, but Little Mandala and his sister didn't come this year. It is said that they are infected with the flu that is prevalent in the city. May the gods bless them, this year's flu is really terrible."
Garcia muttered, waiting for the last card with piercing eyes.
"The flu is not the only strange thing that happened this winter. A few days ago, a meteorite fell in the city. I have never heard of such a thing."
Quick also added that he shrugged and didn't look at the last card, probably thinking he couldn't win:
"It's almost like the city is cursed."
"How could our city be cursed? There are five churches of the Orthodox Church, and no evil force can affect them."
Jenkins said, and Quick smiled apologetically.
"Fabry scam, meteorite, flu, earthquake, factory explosion, silver vertigo, serial disappearances in summer (referring to octopus), kidnapping in autumn (referring to demon event), consecutive blood moons, last year's abnormal The clocks stopped (referring to the clock being broken by Jenkins), and the air in the city is getting worse... God, in this way, the city of Nolan has indeed suffered a lot of misfortunes in the past six months."
The ladies listened to the sighs of the men and raised eyebrows at each other.
"But no matter how bad things are, they will eventually be fixed. I have no doubts about that."
At this time, the three people at the card table had each received their own five cards, and Garcia smiled and showed Jenkins his hole cards:
"Look, after losing all afternoon, the hermit finally showed me his smile."
"is that so?"
Quick will also reveal his hole cards, and his five cards happen to be of the same suit:
"Look, mine seem bigger."
He had been pretending that his hand was bad just now, it seemed that it was a disguise, in order to let Jenkins and Garcia relax their vigilance.
"No, wait a minute."
Jenkins didn't look at the last card either, he was trying the inspiration divination taught by Miss Audrey.
"I think I won, oh, your card is indeed big enough, but according to our play, it is not the biggest."
He pressed the index finger of his right hand on the back of the card, closed his eyes and hesitated for a while, then flipped the card off and threw it on the table, making a loud "crack~" sound.
"oh."
This time he still won the victory, but unfortunately he still didn't guess the content of the card correctly.
Playing too much card games can also feel boring, especially on the train where the range of movement is limited.
In the second hour of the train's departure, the snowflakes outside the window disappeared, which showed that everyone had moved away from the snowfall range of Nolan City and was heading further.
The excursion cars had no dedicated kitchens or lounges, and Jenkins felt his friends quickly slipped into the moody moods that often come with traveling.
He himself felt bored, so he stood at the window and looked out.
Before entering the mountains, the train will travel for a long time in this endless wilderness, without any stops in the middle, so even if you want to take the opportunity to stop, you will have no chance to take a breath.
"The boringness of traveling is a bit beyond my expectations."
A woman's voice came from behind, it was Hathaway.
"There are still two hours until we reach our destination. I think I can bear it. Compared with the boring journey to Beldyran, I should be lucky to be able to talk to you at least now."
"When you go to Beldyran, why not find a companion to go with you? Accepting the Queen's award is a very honorable thing, and no one will refuse your suggestion to invite a companion."
"But I have no friends."
he answered.
"No, you have."
Jenkins felt the woman behind him approaching him, which made his heart beat a little faster. But the woman didn't stick behind him as he expected, but just took a step closer.
"From the first day I knew you, you acted lonely."
With so much light both outside and inside, the glass only reveals part of Jenkins' face and Hathaway's eyes. Those eyes were so beautiful Jenkins couldn't even look at them.
"Really? No, I'm not alone."
Yes, he still has chocolate.
"I've always wondered, what are you worried about? For your age, Jenkins, you show so much worry."
The woman took another step forward, and Jenkins could even faintly feel the heat of that body. This is of course an illusion, his senses are not yet so sensitive.
"Sorry, I think I'm going to the bathroom."
He frantically found an excuse, leaving only the cat standing on the table next to Hathaway looking at each other. I don't know when, probably recently, he has discovered that his attitude towards Hathaway and Hathaway's attitude towards him are very strange. It may be love or it may be friendship, but Miss Michel is also his friend, so what can he do
"He's always like that, isn't he?"
The woman asks the cat.
"Meow~"
Probably meant to agree.
The small town of Tobe is an ordinary town in the Kingdom of Fidiktli, with ordinary names, ordinary residents, ordinary locations, and ordinary scenery. It is said that there have been no vicious cases here for 13 consecutive years, and even the members of the small town police station have been abolished. Jenkins doesn't know whether this statement is true.
When the train stopped safely at the small town station, it was still not dark outside. The young people who came to travel couldn't wait to get out of the dull carriages to breathe the fresh air of the countryside.
The town of Tobe without a large factory has a pleasant scenery, but it is a pity that it is difficult to find this in winter. The station in the town only stops three trains a day, so the station is very small, and the head is bald. The station master just waited for the train to leave with a flag, and then returned to the warm station master's office. He didn't even look at the person who came from afar. guests.
PS: Regarding Jenkins' relationship with Hathaway and Miss Michael, there will be a little change in this volume's travel. I know that some readers are not very willing to watch this kind of plot, so I will inform you in advance.