From Prisoner to Si Chen..

Chapter 455 Gift

Chapter 455 Gift
"Fuck the mission!"

Barbara scolded unceremoniously.

"You are different from me, Tolina... Your law was not formed voluntarily. All the pain was only imposed on you. Why lie to yourself?"

"But at least, I volunteered to suffer for Mr. Gillan."

Torina smiled slightly.

Barbara heard her subtext and felt a sense of helplessness and pain.

At this time, Tolina said faintly:
"Even if I didn't volunteer, so what? A Virgin Mary should behave like a Virgin Mary. If I refuse, will I not suffer?"

"From the moment the Dark Law was born, my fate was sealed."

“It will neither age nor die, but will forever remain in darkness and silence, silently enduring endless suffering for the world.”

As she spoke, Torina looked up at the night sky.

"Omer was born in response to a wish, crawled out of the womb of the god of love, and held up a torch for the world... Then what about me? I was also born in response to a wish, but I was pulled out of Omer's womb and forced to burn myself."

"In this endless nothingness, only Mr. Gillan can feel my pain, and only he once said that he would take me out to see the sun."

"Yes, he is weak."

"Perhaps only this kind of weakness and ignorance can make him make such an arrogant and unrealistic promise."

Torina smiled, and her clear eyes fell on her good friend Barbara.

"But I believe him."

"You are truly hopeless, Torina."

Barbara said solemnly.

She felt inexplicably sad.

Because their mission and ascension methods are similar, they have the best relationship among the twelve zodiac signs.

Barbara actually felt uneasy when she saw the changes in her friend, and this change was caused by the young man named Gillan.

This could not help but make Barbara even more annoyed.

"Since you've asked for mercy for him, I won't do anything."

She said expressionlessly.

"But that's all, Tolina. If he hadn't tried his best to protect Lilia and wiped out a trace of Pal's will, I would never let him go so easily..."

After saying that, Barbara stood up, turned around and left.

A beam of light descended from the sky, and the woman with short red hair stepped into the light. Finally, Barbara's voice came again:

"Finally, I would like to remind you that although Pal has been hiding due to our injuries, the Eclipse Society has been active recently, probably to help Him recover as soon as possible..."

"Only by eliminating this organization as soon as possible can we have more time to find Pal's hiding place."

As the beam of light gradually dissipated, Barbara's voice disappeared and her figure disappeared as well.

Tolina looked in the direction her friend left and remained silent for a while, seemingly not caring much about those last words.

Immediately, he smiled and whispered:
"You don't really hate Gilan that much, right? Otherwise, why would you allow a strand of your law to fall into his hands?"

The garden fell into silence again.

half an hour.

Father Jiaoyi walked over slowly, stopped behind the wheelchair girl, bent down and whispered:

"My lady, Gillan Iros has arrived for a visit and has just arrived at the gate of Castle Black."

Tolina raised her eyebrows, her eyes showing surprise.

...

Not long after.

The wheelchair girl was pushed by the housekeeper and waited quietly on the platform at the top of the stairs.

A young man with purple eyes walked slowly towards them, carrying a cane.

When he saw the two of them, he was startled at first, then he took off his hat and saluted.

"Long time no see, Miss Torina."

"haven't seen you for a long time……"

The wheelchair girl placed her hands lightly on her skirt, her black hair like a waterfall, and looked at the young man with a smile.

"Welcome, Mr. Gillan."

When the young man approached, Tolina found that he was holding a large paper bag, which was bulging.

She couldn't help but feel curious, so she asked:
"what is this?"

"I promised you before that I would bring some delicious food... In addition, there are some interesting gadgets."

Gillan raised the paper bag and smiled politely.

"So you still remember."

Torina narrowed her eyes and smiled.

"Of course." Gillan shrugged. "I never forget the promises I made."

"I look forward to it, sir."

The girl covered her mouth and smiled softly.

Then, Gilan was led to the inner garden. He was a little surprised when he saw a steaming teapot on the table.

"Ms. Torina knew I would be here today?"

"Miss will wait here every day..."

Father Jiaoyi, who was pushing the wheelchair, said in a deep voice.

But before he could finish, he noticed that the girl turned her head and glanced at him with eyes as calm as water.

Qiao La's heart trembled, and he immediately stopped talking.

"I water the flowers and make tea here every day... I just happened to have researched a new kind of flower tea recently. I hope you like it, sir."

Tolina motioned for Jorah to push her over to the table.

Soon after Jilan sat down, the girl had already skillfully brewed a pot of fresh tea and poured a cup for both of them.

"It's called 'Aspirations', please."

"Thank you."

Jilan picked up the teacup and took a sip.

A taste much more bitter than black coffee immediately filled my mouth.

He raised his eyebrows and looked at the girl in front of him. She had a smile on her pale face and her black eyes flickered slightly, as if she was expecting something.

At this moment, for some reason, Jilan inexplicably felt a strong bitterness, which was extremely sour.

“Very bitter and sour.”

“It’s like waiting, right?”

Torina smiled.

"Endless darkness, endless waiting."

"No..." Gilan shook his head.

He felt the lingering taste in his throat, yet tasted a hint of magical fragrance and sweetness.

"It's more like anticipation, anticipation for a ray of light to appear in the darkness, full of hope."

Hearing this, Torina laughed.

She knew that only the person in front of her could appreciate her tea.

"So do you like it?"

"Can you tell the truth?" Gilan asked with a smile. After seeing Tolina nod, he apologized, "Compared to this cup of 'Longing', I prefer the previous 'Late Night' and 'Scarlet'."

Torina was startled.

Then the purple-eyed young man laughed and said:

"It's too bitter. I'd like to add a little sugar to it if I can."

Tolina felt her heartbeat quicken.

"Yes, sir," she said in a low voice, lowering her eyes.

Gillan opened the paper bag he brought and took out a box of mints.

Immediately, he opened two pills and put them into his and Torina's tea cups respectively.

"Try again?" Gilan gestured.

Tolina picked up the teacup with great interest and took a small sip.

Then, he smiled.

“I like this special taste.”

"And these..."

As Jillian spoke, she took out small paper boxes from the paper bag and opened them all considerately.

These paper boxes are printed with cartoon characters of "Hank's Mom's Specials", which are quite cute.

"Snowflake cake, grilled bacon, fried meatballs, sausage burgers, splayed bread, and liver cheese... These are some snacks from the imperial capital, Muse City. I tried them once before and thought they were good. Miss Tolina, would you like to try them?"

"of course."

Torina readily agreed.

Father Jiaoyi behind her saw this and was about to open his mouth to remind her, but suddenly he saw the young lady turn around and said with a smile:

"Mr. Jorah, I seem to have forgotten to close the tearoom window."

"Yes, miss, I'll go right away."

The Black Castle steward took a deep breath and touched his chest in a salute.

Then he turned around and left silently.

When there were only two people left in the quiet garden, Tolina began to taste the snacks brought by the young man with great anticipation.

She first scooped a spoonful of snowflake cake into her mouth with a silver spoon, and then showed a look of surprise.

“So sweet and delicious…”

Then, Torina tasted the rest of the food one by one, praising the snacks with different textures and flavors.

Jilan watched and sighed secretly.

This is the kind of street snack that can be found everywhere in the empire, but the girl in the wheelchair has never eaten it before.

To her, it was all a surprise.

"Thank you, Mr. Gillan."

Torina said softly, wiping the corners of her mouth with an embroidered handkerchief.

Gillan shook his head.

He took out some more sundries from the paper bag.

"This is Prue, Imperial chess, hand-held camera, kaleidoscope, phonograph doll..."

"Are these the toys that people in Bremen like?"

Tolina carefully picked up the miscellaneous items on the table, examined them one by one, and asked curiously.

"Well, you could say that."

Gillan laughed.

He explained to Torina how to play with these gadgets, and the smile on the girl's face never stopped.

In the garden, her clear, bell-like laughter could be heard from time to time.

"Hello."

Tolina held a gray rabbit plush doll, pressed its left paw according to Gilan's instructions, and said something tentatively.

Then, turn your head and press your right paw.

"Hello." The stuffed toy vibrated and made a sound similar to Torina's.

"It turns out that the world is so interesting..."

Torina held the doll in her arms, seeming to like it.

Like a curious baby who had never seen the world, she picked up a few postcards on the table.

"This is?"

"Oh, this is a postcard hand-painted by a friend of mine when he was traveling. The scenery on it comes from the western countries. For example, this one is a windmill garden, and this one is the Chronos flower sea..."

Gilan explained casually.

The wheelchair girl nodded silently. She looked at the hand-painted scenery on the postcard and whispered:
"What a beautiful painting... I wonder how beautiful the real scenery would be."

She raised her head and asked curiously:
"Is this friend of Mr. Gillan also a gentleman like you?"

"No." Gillan shook his head. "She is a noble lady named Flamel Nicola."

"Oh……"

Tolina nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

For some reason, her original interest faded a little, and she put down the postcard in her hand.

"By the way, I brought a gift for Miss Torina during this visit."

Gillan laughed.

"Gifts?" The wheelchair girl was puzzled. "Aren't these the gifts?"

“A real gift.”

As Jilan spoke, he took out a piece of film that was about three centimeters long and two centimeters wide.

Put it gently on the table.

Torina looked at the film and was stunned.