Why it never ends

Chapter 78 One Step

Hesta opened the door suspiciously.

Calvin was the only one outside the door. He was wearing a short-sleeved shirt from the base, and he was carrying a bag of mangoes, a bottle of wine and a white cardboard box with a red bow in his hand.

Their eyes met, and neither of them spoke for a moment.

After a while, Calvin coughed suddenly. He held his breath and spoke the opening words he had prepared for a long time.

"(Respectful) Good afternoon, Miss Hester."

Hesta had a serious expression—she had memorized this passage in her textbook just now.

She scratched the back of her head a few times, and replied with some stumbles, "(honorary speech) hello, don't worry... well, Mr. Gringoire, what can I do?"

Calvin: "(Respectful speech) I'm sorry that I only came to visit now. In fact, I have come to see you many times this month, but you are not here every time."

Speaking, Calvin lifted the gift bag in his hand.

"(Respectful speech) I am here today, not only to apologize to you, but also to express my gratitude to you. These are some of our thoughts, please be sure to accept them."

For a while, Hesta, who was standing at the door, had a lot to say.

For example, did the "we" you just said refer to you and Sean?

All things related to Sean, let’s go through the story like this, I don’t want to pursue anything further.

As long as Sean stays away from me in the future and stops making annoying little moves, there will be nothing else between us.

Take all these things back, there is no need for this.

but……

Hesta rubbed his palms together.

What are the honorific conjugations of so many verbs...

"Miss Hesta?" Calvin raised the object in his hand a little more, "(Respectful speech) These are some wishes from us, please be sure to accept them."

Hesta reached out and held his forehead, hesitant to speak several times.

"(Respectful speech) What do you want to say?" Calvin asked.

Hesta frowned and thought for a long time.

After an awkward silence, Hesta looked up at Calvin.

"(Respectful)...would you like to come in and have a cup of tea?"

……

After entering the room, Calvin sat down quietly. Although Hesta just said "tea", she turned around and made two cups of hot chocolate—the tea and coffee in the dormitory had just been finished. There is only hot chocolate.

Calvin was a little hesitant to say that he could just drink the water himself—the hot chocolate at the base was too bitter, and although this bitterness was called "mellow taste" by others, he and Sean had never been used to it.

However, Hesta had already put the cup in front of him.

"Please use it," Hesta said softly.

Calvin took the cup with both hands, "(Respectful) Thank you, I—"

"I appreciate your kindness." Hesta interrupted Calvin's words first. At this moment, the scene finally changed from the entrance to the living room. She had to seize the advantage of the home court and change the language from honorifics to everyday expressions first. .

"How is Sean, is he recovering well?"

"It's not very good, but it's not a big problem." Calvin looked at her, "Ms. Morley told me the ins and outs of that day, thanks to you—"

"You don't need to thank me," Hesta pulled out the chair and sat opposite Calvin, "If it wasn't for me, Sean wouldn't have appeared there, although I did save him, but that was just a matter of course... ...Is it even? As long as he doesn't come to trouble me because he hates me, I'll be thankful."

"Probably not," Calvin replied. "He's changed a lot since he started giving computer security classes to the city hall—I mean the good ones. Miss Valenti thinks it's your fault." .”

Hesta thought she had heard it wrong, so she repeated Calvin's words with doubts, emphasizing the word "credit".

Calvin nodded, "It was Miss Valenti's suggestion that I came to visit today. In fact, I wanted to come and see you alone a long time ago, but I was worried that this would make things more complicated..."

Calvin held the handle of the mug, and the mug slowly circled in his palm. He stared at the pattern on the mug, carefully deliberating every sentence, so he spoke slowly.

"You know, there are often things like that. Originally, it was just a grievance between two people. Because more and more people are involved, it becomes more and more complicated and more dangerous..."

"Well, I understand, I understand..." Hesta half-cast his eyes, and suddenly remembered many past events in Duanming Lane, "Indeed, such things often happen."

"I tried to make some efforts. For Sean, the base often gave me such orders, such as restricting Sean to do something—"

"Liz told me," Hesta looked at him, "Hands and feet are on Sean's body, and you can't stick to him 24 hours a day."

Calvin didn't expect Hesta to give an understanding so easily, which made him a little overwhelmed.Calvin sank his shoulders, let out a sigh of relief, straightened his waist, and leaned forward slightly, "In short, I'm here to apologize for our previous offenses, and I hope to get your forgiveness."

Hesta frowned slightly, "...do I need to sign any letter of understanding?"

"Oh, no, no need." Calvin shook his head hastily, "Sorry, I may have caused some misunderstandings, because the paragraph I practiced before was all spoken in honorifics, and now I don't need to change my position. Uh, I don't know how—”

Hesta suddenly laughed.

Calvin stopped immediately, looking at Hesta with some puzzlement.

Hesta thought about it for a while, and spoke very slowly: "(Honorific) You are also studying "Social Etiquette and Safety Regulations in the Third District"...isn't it?"

"Yes." Calvin nodded quickly - this course is quite useless, and it is an elective course, so basically no one would take it, but it is different for reserve soldiers like Sean who frequently violate the regulations.

Thanks to Sean, Calvin has taken this course three times in the past two years.

However, these terms have little use in daily life, so these long-gone languages ​​and etiquette are forever forgotten for Calvin.

Hesta pondered for a moment, "(honorary speech) I'm also learning this by myself recently, because Mrs. Lavitt gave me a set of textbooks, but language, language, if you don't speak often, you can't learn it. I don't know if you mind being... um, being..."

"...A partner who practiced with you?"

"Yes." Hesta nodded immediately, "That's what I mean, do you have time?"

"Yes." Calvin answered simply and neatly, "I should be free this time every week, including after the rest week is over."

"Me too." Hesta breathed a sigh of relief, and she stood up, "Then let's say that? Starting next week?"

Calvin stood up and stretched out his hand to Hesta, "It's an honor."

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(End of this chapter)