Embers of Embers

Chapter 168 Reasons
"Are you pretending to sleep?"
Yawei looked at the small ball on the bed, although he didn't make a sound, but after taking care of Seleu for so long, he knew very well that the girl had woken up.
Seen through, Seriu sat up slowly, she slept well this time, and she looked much more refreshed.
"It reminds me of when you first got home."
Yawei said with some nostalgia.
Seleu, who returned from Gaulnaro at that time, was full of distrust towards the world. For her at that time, she didn't even know what the Stuart family was, and she didn't even have that concept, like a wild cat, Hiding in various corners of the mansion, even sleeping is uncomfortable.
This situation lasted for a long time before it got better, as if the girl had trusted the world again, or perhaps she had learned to disguise herself.
"This is what Lorenzo taught me. If you feel something is wrong when you wake up, just pretend to be asleep and observe the environment."
said the girl.
Lorenzo was perhaps the guy who had the greatest influence on her life. The second-rate detective instilled a lot of strange knowledge into Seleu, and this knowledge still affects her actions to this day.
"He said that he learned this from countless beatings. It's like being caught by the enemy and locking you up. As soon as you wake up, you will be tortured. In that case, it is better to keep pretending to be dead with your eyes closed, and you can avoid it. The pain of flesh and blood.”
It sounds completely baseless.
"It's a bit surprising. It doesn't seem like what the guy said."
Yawei was also very happy when he saw that Seliu could cheer up.
In Yawei's impression, Lorenzo has nothing to do with neurosis. In his opinion, Lorenzo is a very dangerous guy, and all of this is just a disguise.
"Indeed, Lorenzo is essentially a demon hunter. These are just what he learned at the Royal Academy of Arts. He said that rather than keeping a cold face, this cheerful appearance can blend in with the crowd."
Seleu recalls and judges Lorenzo, his bad and flawed character.
"So where am I now?"
He raised his head and looked at the room. There were no extra decorations, just cold steel and pipes. It was as if it was inside a huge machine, and someone had built this room in the gap of the machine.
"I don't know. They blindfolded me on the way here. It seems that they don't want others to know about this place."
Yahweh replied.
"I am also a shareholder, why don't I have any power?"
Seliu was talking and laughing, but her expression was still so cold. In fact, she knew very well that she was not a shareholder. It was just that the purification agency found her more difficult to deal with and gave her a step up.
That is a purely violent organization. They are only responsible to the Queen in the Platinum Palace. No one can order them except the orders from there.
Efficient, decisive, cold, abandoning all cowardice and hesitation, abandoning all the bad qualities of human beings, and therefore can build a barrier of hope in the flood of demons.
Sighing, Seleu became the center of the vortex this time. Although she didn't quite understand why, thinking of this, she recalled the last fragment of her memory, the demon hunter who came menacingly.
"Where's Lorenzo? Why isn't he here?"
"He left us right after he got us here."
said the old housekeeper.
"You seem to like him very much. Even if he treats you like this, aren't you angry?"
Forcibly using a sedative would make anyone a little angry, let alone Seleu. She is the future duchess. Everything Lorenzo does can be seen as a provocation to the family.
"Of course."
She got out of bed and felt fine. She could run and jump. There was nothing serious.
"Of course I won't be angry...I trust him very much."
Seryu said.
"Actually, Yawei, I understand what you mean. I am the heir of Stuart and the future duchess. I have power and wealth, everything that others cannot get in their lifetime... I should be proud and fearless, right? ?”
Yawei looked at her silently and said nothing.
"You find it very puzzling, why do I still like to run around with that psychopath even though the family is so kind to me?"
"I understand all of these...but, I never felt that I really had these, Yawei."
Seliu sat back on the bed and looked at the closed iron door. It seemed to be locked and could only wait for someone to open it from the outside.
"I am a beggar just because I am lucky to have Stuart's blood. It is not me who is noble, but the blood flowing in my body."
"So, even now, do you still feel that you are a beggar?"
Yawei stood up slowly and sat next to Seliu. His old face was a bit sad. He seemed to want to say something and asked hesitantly, as if there was some secret that was about to escape uncontrollably.
But Seliu didn't answer these, but continued talking.
"My most unforgettable time was actually my escape journey from Nalo, Gaul. It should have been my happiest day."
"Is it because Lorenzo rescued you from there?"
Yawei looked at her with some confusion.
That was an age of youth and ignorance, where all feelings were the purest and most passionate.
Ordinary girls were dancing in their favorite dresses, but it was such a helpless environment at that time. Perhaps Seleucid fell in love with Lorenzo at that time.
"No, it's not."
Strangely Seleu denies this conclusion.
"It was that moment."
She emphasized.
"It was very cold, and those guys were not friendly. I didn't have any relatives, and I was just a helpless beggar... That should have been my most desperate moment."
The past that was forced to be recalled, the dilapidated and cold alleys, a branch world where Lorenzo did not exist.
"It was just because of that moment. Let alone Lorenzo, even if a wild dog took me out, I would always like it. It was just that moment, and then he happened to appear."
A psychopath kicked open the dark door with Winchester on his shoulders, and light shone down.
"Well... although he just wants to get that nice reward."
Seliu said helplessly, that lunatic deceived him all the way and risked his life to bring him back, just for the reward... But it was still worth remembering.
"Even though you said so much, I still can't like that damn guy."
Yawei said calmly.
Seleu smiled at this.
"You don't have to force yourself, you don't have to like everyone, and you don't have to be liked by everyone... just one or two is enough."
Although humans are social animals, there are not many connections between people. At some point, you will find that although you see many people every day, there are only a few people you can really get along with all the time.
"Then...does he really deserve your trust?"
Yawei asked, he seemed to understand the girl somewhat.
The girl's smile gradually froze, she hesitated, and then shook her head.
"Lorenzo Holmes is a very strange person. In fact, he is a real autistic child. The meaning of his existence... is too fragile."
"Everyone has a meaning of existence. In order for me to continue the Stuart family and inherit that noble glory, you need to assist me and complete your own mission. But Lorenzo is different. In fact, the meaning of his existence is just It’s about eradicating demons, but can he really do it?”
"Like an untouchable dream."
Seleu looked at the hidden soul. He was bathed in the sun, transparent and clear.
"If you look closely at his room, you will find this. There is no sense of 'life' in Lorenzo's room. For him, it is just a place to sleep. He can bring a shotgun if necessary. Just leave and never come back.”
"Besides the ultimate goal, there is nothing worth worrying about, not even me."
As he spoke, Seliu looked at Yawei beside him. The old butler had been serving the Stuart family all his life, witnessing their rise from glory to demise, from prosperity to near extinction.
The years were engraved on that old face. Perhaps because he had witnessed too much, his soft face was hardened and there was no excessive expression.
"I'm so sorry."
Seliu said suddenly, and then hugged the old housekeeper. Now it seems that Yawei's body is quite strong, but Seliu couldn't even hug him.
"what happened?"
Yawei doesn't understand. Seleu is usually not as sentimental as he is now.
"I just feel very sorry. Didn't you spend so much money to hire Lorenzo just to keep Stuart going? But I always don't like it and cause you trouble."
"What you feel now is like your instructions before you die, you know?"
"Probably, I just feel like there are a lot of things that you won't have a chance to say if you don't say them out loud."
Seliu hugged Yawei and looked over his shoulder at the cold wall.
From Yawei's point of view, there are only him and Seriu in this room, and the rumbling mechanical sound coming from who knows where.
But in Seliu's ears, the faint barking of dogs echoed, refusing to bring peace.
It was a sound only she could hear.
The beacon has been planted, and the constantly reverberating pressure is eroding Seliu's will, just waiting for her most exhausted moment to take advantage of it.
She is just an ordinary person, but at this moment she is being watched by the invisible thing, which is everywhere, chasing Seleu.
Seliu didn't want Yawei to worry about anything. He was just an old housekeeper. When faced with the demon, he might have suffered a cardiac arrest due to the fear of erosion before he even took action. Sure enough, he was very helpless as he got older.
After letting go of Yawei, Seliu forced a smile and said.
"But you have to give hope to that witcher, right, I think he's pretty good."
She said this, and then the door was opened, and the faint barking disappeared for a moment, as if something was coming, they retreated out of fear.
Lorenzo stood at the door with a dull expression, and Arthur stood behind him. It seemed that a decision had been made between them.
The atmosphere was a bit depressing, as if a storm was coming.
(End of this chapter)