The cold-faced earl doesn't want to trigger the plot

late at night.

Riber, Chris and Evanna gathered in the room where Lysa was.

Lysa, who was lying on the bed, still didn't wake up.

Although she has a haggard face, she can see that the position of her right arm is sunken under the quilt.But at least he was breathing evenly, and he was indeed out of the dangerous period.

With crude equipment, limited medicine and technology, Lysa, who was seriously injured at the time, was able to stabilize her injury in a short time.Riber didn't know whether the evaluation should be based on the good medical skills of Ewenna and others, or Lysa's life is hard enough, or that the magical world has magical powers.

All in all, it's a good thing.

Even though, she didn't spend much time with the Kaitou, and no matter how she justified, she was a criminal.

But Riber still doesn't want Lysa to leave this world forever.

Looking at Lysa who seemed to be asleep, she looked beautiful even though she was discounted a little.Then, he looked at Chris beside him.

Riber shook his head unconsciously.

Some beautiful ladies just like to frequently dress up as various men.And some men...

Forget it, don't mention it.The total mention is also quite tired.

Sighing, Riber cast his gaze on the two notebooks that Ewenna held in her arms.

Almost a month.

Now, finally, it's time to solve part of the puzzle.

Volume Two: Chapter [-], Evanna's Notebook

"If you feel tired, it's okay to come back tomorrow to discuss these matters. After all, Lysa hasn't woken up yet."

Sitting around the table, Riber, who was drinking tea as usual, did not cast his eyes on the notebook in the center of the table, said so.

"It doesn't matter. I think it can't be delayed any longer. Rather, I don't need these notebooks, and I can explain the hatred between me and the 'Dismemberer'. It's just a very poor excuse to say that I took the notebooks. I am grateful to Mr Riber for not pointing this out before and for giving me enough time."

Ewenna, who lowered her head slightly, spoke calmly, then took a deep breath,

"Now, I'm ready to tell the two of you what I'm burdened with. I also sincerely hope that I can get your help. It's just... this is really not an interesting thing, so I will probably only Let Monsieur Riber down."

Listening to Ewenna's words, Riber didn't answer but waved his hands lightly to express "you're welcome" and "don't mind".

And watching the conversation between the two, Chris on the side showed a suspicious look.

Huh?

what happened?Why doesn't the atmosphere between the two feel right?

Mr. Riber's side is okay, he still looks taciturn and indifferent.It's just that there is some concern for Miss Ewenna between the words, even to the point of being slightly redundant.

But the change on Miss Yiwenna's side is completely different from before.

Chris began to observe Evanna carefully.

Then I felt that Yiwenna's always fierce face was much softer now.

At this time, Ewenna was really willing to tell her past, and she was willing to let go of her insistence on asking others for help. Obviously, it was not just because he and Riber showed sufficient investigative ability in the various events of this day.

The most important thing is Ewenna's name for Riber.

According to this period of getting along, Chris also learned that Riber has some special habits.For example, preferring to call someone by their first name rather than their last name.Also, I would rather be called "Riber" than "Camprete".

It's not that Chris hasn't gotten along with the old aristocrats.So I know that when addressing the old nobles, not only should they address the family name that represents honor and history, but it is also best to bring a series of messy titles.Otherwise, it is very easy to irritate the other party.

Even the old aristocrats, with a gentle look, said "just call them by name".But you can't really take it seriously.Because, that was just the old aristocrat showing his magnanimous and gentlemanly side in front of outsiders, not that he really didn't care.Therefore, people who take it seriously foolishly will not only not become closer to the old nobles, but will be marked down in their hearts by the other party, and even arouse inexplicable hatred.

However, Chris could tell that Riber really didn't care about this matter.Even when an ignorant little guy called him by his first name, Riber didn't show the slightest irritation.

Whether he really doesn't care or pretends not to care, others may not be able to, but Chris can't tell the difference.

After all, no matter how well you pretend, once you are reminded of the things you care about, people will instinctively react.For example, the stiffness of the body, some unconscious habits, subtle changes in expression and so on.If it is more detailed, the flickering of the eyes, the shrinking of the pupils, etc., can also be used as proof.

Therefore, there is no doubt that Riber is really a very peculiar old noble count, and he really doesn't care if others call him by his name.

But even so.It is also difficult to directly call out the words "Ribel".

After all, the sense of oppression brought by Earl Riber's identity and temperament will never disappear no matter what.

So, either it is heartless, or there are other emotions or emotions in the heart that can overcome the pressure and fear that are always present.

Otherwise, Ewenna would never be able to use the title "Mr. Riber" in a short period of time.

So, let's talk again.

What happened between the two of them?

Chris, who has a strong thirst for knowledge, looked at Ewenna curiously.

At this time, Ewenna also noticed Chris' gaze.Then, she frowned slightly, squinted at him and looked away.

Um...

Sure enough, it was Miss Evanna.

It wasn't that Miss Evanna's personality itself had undergone any sudden changes.

Chris recorded it in his heart.

After making enough mental preparations, Ewenna spoke up.

"The things about me, we must first start with my father. Looking back now, my father is actually a very strange person. He rarely speaks and always has a straight face. In my impression never laughed, and always locked himself in the house..."

Listening to Ewenna's description, Chris unconsciously turned his gaze to Riber.

These characteristics are simply describing the Earl who is always indifferent.

Then, Chris found that Ewenna seemed to have noticed this too, and then moved his gaze over.

This...

Didn't Miss Ivana realize that these traits were common to her as well?

In this way, Chris suddenly noticed that the other two people in the room who never showed a smile on their faces, and him, a person who always put a smile on his face so that he lost his seriousness, could just produce a kind of coordination when they cooperated.

However, he only has one person, so who should he coordinate with?

Um...

There seems to be no need to think about it.

After all, one of the two is unfamiliar.

...

...

"The things about me, we must first start with my father. Looking back now, my father is actually a very strange person. He rarely speaks and always has a straight face. In my impression I have never laughed, and I always shut myself in the room, and I am unwilling to communicate with others. But... my father is really gentle to me. It can be said that as long as I make a request, my father even You can go and pluck the stars from the sky."

In Lysa's ward, Riber quietly listened to Ewenna's story.

Even knowing that her inner activities are too active at this time, some don't respect Ewenna very much.But these things are natural, and Riber can't help it.

Apart from accusing Ewenna's father of being a weirdo, how could there be such a weirdo, and getting along with such a weirdo would probably be very hard.

He also cared about Lysa in the room.

Although, Ewenna wanted Lysa, who was also chasing her, caring for her and paying a lot for her, to hear the "truth" about her out of kindness.

However, is it really okay for such a noisy comatose patient...

Forget it, he's not a doctor anyway.

"I always thought that my father always looked in pain because of his broken leg. So, since I was a child, I wanted to be a doctor and heal my father's leg. But in fact, the reason why my father has been in pain ...but not because of old injuries."

As Ewenna said, she opened the first notebook.

She deliberately showed it backwards to Riber and others.After seeing the text in the notebook, Riber couldn't help feeling a little creepy.

"I'm guilty, I'm a sinner."

This is a very common sentence, and it is only written in ordinary ink, not a blood book or something.

Where is the horror?

Probably the horror is that on a small page, thousands of words are densely packed.

The words are all the same.

"I'm guilty, I'm a sinner."

The same sentence, a large number, dense, and messy, is really quite impactful.

After calming down for a while, Riber finally let the tingling feeling in his scalp disappear.

This...

If in his previous life, he only put the content of this page on it, would it be published as a chapter of the web article?

Amidst the stunned gazes of Riber and Chris, Ewenna slowly flipped through the notebook.Then, almost all the pages are densely packed with "I'm guilty, I'm a sinner".

Good guy, if the content of this notebook is broadcasted in its original form, there will be no need to think about updating it for a few months, right?

While turning the page forward, Ewenna continued to tell.

"It was the spring of last year. The Greenwater Medical School I attended has a tradition. That is, before the spring vacation, a collective coming-of-age ceremony will be held. Although there are still about two years before my actual adult birthday. Months. But because I met the requirements, I participated in the ceremony and got some gifts prepared by the medical school at the ceremony. Although they are all small objects of little use, they are still very commemorative."

Ewenna said with a look of nostalgia.

In fact, it only happened a year and a half ago, but to Ewenna, it was really as far away as an event that happened a long time ago.

What Ribel cares about is that the adulthood of the Xinmei Kingdom is 17 years old, so Yiwenna, who became an adult last year, is actually one year younger than him?

He couldn't help but look at Ewenna a few more times.

This...Ewenna really grew up a bit, reserved.

"I took those small gifts home and gave them to my father. Then, when my father received those gifts, he showed a smile that he had never shown before. It's just... At that time, what my father showed was already It's very strange. Because he kept saying 'thank you' to me. Yes, just like the records in these notebooks, the same words were said countless times. Then, while talking, he started to cry and changed into ' Sorry' until he collapsed."

At first, Evanna was still calm.But at the end, she couldn't hold back the heart-wrenching grief.

"It was also the next day. When I woke up, I found that my father had left a suicide note, and then...hanged myself."

This abrupt turning point made Riber and Chris, the two listeners, widen their eyes.And Riber couldn't help stretching out his hand to the neck that seemed to be hurting slightly.

...

...

The first of the five stages of grief is denial.

Seeing her father who committed suicide suddenly, Ewenna naturally didn't want to admit it.

She was unwilling to admit her father's death first, and then her father's suicide.

As a medical student, she directly dissected her father's body, and found out in despair that there was really no other reason for her father's death.

why?

Why is this so?

Even though, a family with only her and her father from beginning to end cannot be strictly defined as "happiness" in the eyes of the public.However, she really didn't hate her family, and she didn't feel any hardship.Moreover, isn't the future still full of light and hope?

Why, her father would choose suicide, the cruelest way of farewell?

Yiwenna desperately searched for the reason, searched through all the things and records left by her father.Then, referring to some clues, he visited the entire Greenwater City, looking for his father's past.

On the way, she learned of the existence of Orient Town.

I remembered that she used to live in that place when she was a child, but for some reason she forgot.

Pursuing the incident in the small town of Aurette, a name called "Dismemberer" gradually surfaced.

In the meantime, she gradually recalled that when she was very young... the life that surrounded her was not what it was later.

She thought of the figure of her mother, who had long been blurred in the depths of her memory, and her father, who was beside her with healthy legs.

No.

wrong!

Ewenna recalled with horror, according to her father's former acquaintance, her father was a veteran on the battlefield, and his leg was also lost in the war.

However, there has been no war in Xinmei Kingdom for more than 30 years.

Then if her father lost a leg more than 30 years ago, who is the "father" with sound legs?