Have they been hypnotized by me?

Speaking of which, what she studies is indeed a banned book for people in this world... After all, it is very dangerous. The dangerous unknown makes people curious, and they can't help but try it, so it is forbidden, so it is called "forbidden book" .

And now that he is placed in the Forbidden Library, it is obvious that he was not like this before, but it is different now.

Has Echidna given up on that border hut?If so, he should be in the Earl's Mansion in Mezas Territory now.

Echidna...did she also go to the other side of the world?

Although she had expected it, after all, Echidna is a genius in research, and she wants to help him as much as Artoria. In this case, it is not a strange result to use some method to get there. .

However, once you go there, you can't escape using normal methods.

Because of the gap in the world, the attraction of existence on the inside of the world is extremely strong. The existence of the people in Nan Zhukong's own world is attracted by this side.

Therefore, they are now at a standstill.

Even if people from this world enter it, it is difficult to escape. Even if their existence belongs to this world, they can only maintain their form in it - if they want to come out, they need to rely on summoning spells.

When she entered it, she was probably helping him prepare for things there... She had to go there if she had time.

In the next few years, I will have to wake up occasionally and travel to various parts of the world...

Well, that's about it.

By the way, Beatrice should be here.

Thinking of this, he focused his eyes and looked somewhere.

It was in the middle of two rows of bookshelves. In the middle of the two rows of bookshelves, there was a step stool. On top of this step stool, there was a girl holding a book.

It was a book with a pure black cover. Nan Zhukong felt that it was somewhat familiar...

Where is the familiarity?Nan Zhukong himself was not very clear.

Echidna, she seems to have made such a book.

58, I make a promise to you

Immortality is sometimes not a good thing, loneliness... is the enemy.

Beatrice, today she was also looking at this blank book in the empty forbidden library.

Mother asked her to wait here for "that person" she wanted to follow.

"Ha... one day, you will be able to realize your own feelings, and then wait for that person. By then, you will not have to protect the Forbidden Library and the Sage in it." Echidna said.

Not long after the nominal "father" fell asleep, mother asked her to guard the Forbidden Library and made a verbal contract with her, and she went to the "inside of the world".

Then, she began to guard this forbidden library, following the agreement between her and her mother, and always guarding it - elves are very good at keeping contracts.

Waiting for "that person", wanting to know who that person is, then...she might be able to understand her mother's mood.

About the reasons why Mother did what she did, about the feeling of loving someone passionately and giving everything for that person.

She has read her mother's notes. Once she goes there, she will not be able to return through ordinary means unless the final goal is achieved...

Why... why do you have to wait so many years for someone? Why do you have to go to that place for someone? Is it really that important?

She wanted to ask, but before she could ask, her mother's eyes told her...it was indeed important.

Enthusiasm, love, devotion, desire...these feelings were intertwined into an idea that she was willing to give everything. Driven by this idea, she did just that.

but why?Why?Why?

That person...why would he do this for that "father"?

He was obviously just a gentle and serious guy teaching her how to cook, so why...

Not only did she do this for him, but she also wanted her to protect him...

I have mixed feelings...I can't understand...I want answers...

I want... the book my mother made to give her the answer.

But... now, I can no longer give an answer.

There is no way...

Because the book has not been updated for a long time, and there is no longer anything written on it about her own future and Beatrice's future.

A book that can predict the future, this [Book of Wisdom] cannot predict her future. Does this mean that she has no future?

What to do if there is no future?What should I do?I... don't know...

Ha...I really want to think about nothing...

In this case, you won’t feel lonely after 100 years.

Ah... I am not as strong as my mother...

Beatrice lowered her head, with a blank [Book of Wisdom] in front of her eyes.

Touching the book cover, two hot tears slid down the cover...and then turned cold.

Ah...it would be nice if I could die. In that case, I wouldn't have to protect this place anymore.

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Nan Zhukong stepped forward.

"Long time no see, Beatrice." Nan Zhukong greeted the girl.

"..." The girl turned away and wiped her face with her sleeves without saying a word...

"Beatrice?" Seeing that the girl didn't answer and was still wiping away tears, Nan Zhukong called her again.

Nan Zhukong understood the moment he saw her like this.

I'm afraid Echidna has been gone for 100 years...

So...just leave Beatrice here alone?It's really...a bit ruthless. Echidna is a bit ruthless towards everyone except him...

At this time, Beatrice also woke up.

"Betty is fine... I was yawning just now, don't get me wrong..." Beatrice still refused to turn her head and look directly at Nan Zhukong. She just awkwardly explained her action of wiping tears just now, which was a little awkward. Hard-spoken...

But the girl has always been a tough-talking guy, so it's actually quite normal to behave like this...

"Then why don't you turn around and look at me?" Nan Zhukong said.

"Because...because...because I don't want to see you." After stumbling for a long time, she managed to say her lame reason.

Just don't want to see him?I am afraid that he will see his embarrassing side...

"Echidna...has been gone for a long time." Nan Zhukong said, and he suddenly mentioned the girl's pain point...

"..." Betty was silent again...

"..." Silence...

While silent, she was trembling...

The two little hands holding the book turned white from excessive tension...

"You are not allowed to say... you are not allowed to mention my mother... you are not allowed..." Beatrice... was indeed troubled and sad because of Echidna's incident.

Not to mention, she is now facing Nan Zhukong, the guy who "stole" her mother.

"Betty...As expected, I still hate you. My mother has been away for 100 years and left me here alone...I don't care at all...But my mother loves you...Why? What does that feel like? , why would Mother do that... I hate you..." Choking, Beatrice couldn't hold back her tears anymore and fell down drop by drop.

After staying in this forbidden library for 100 years, alone...

Echidna's matter has always been her obsession, and the "person" Echidna asked her to find is also...

But how should she find these two things while staying in the Forbidden Library?

She initially thought that maybe the [Book of Wisdom] given by Echidna could help her find the answer.

However, now the [Book of Wisdom] has long ceased to write her future, and she has fallen into deep confusion.

Obsession and confusion are intertwined, making people feel powerless and sad...

The result was that she projected her emotions on Nan Zhukong, the person Echidna had invested her feelings in.

Echidna doesn't love her, Echidna loves this guy.

Echidna found him, but she... Beatrice didn't find him...

The anger in my heart, the anxiety and fear caused by loneliness, all of this seems to be endless.

Elves are not born with a longevity mentality, let alone an artificial elf that is closer to humans.

These emotions were projected onto Nan Zhukong, making her feel that Nan Zhukong was the culprit of everything...

She really wanted to put all the responsibility for these things on Nan Zhukong, and then get spiritual liberation...

Her pear blossoms and rainy appearance were heartbreaking. Nan Zhukong looked at her, thinking about how to face her next and how to comfort her.

To be honest, he didn't care about the girl's venting and disgust towards him at the moment, because he understood that the girl's hatred was not directed at him...she just wanted to find a place to vent her emotions.

The loss of not getting Echidna's attention, the sadness of being alone for 100 years - she just couldn't help it and wanted to vent it out.

If she wants to vent, in this case, there is still hope... If she can't even vent her emotions, it will be difficult for her to open her heart.

If that's the case, then just comfort the injured girl and cheer her up.

Beatrice glanced at Nan Zhukong, and met his eyes full of care and worry...

She was blank for a moment, and she didn't know what to do.

At first she wanted to vent her emotions, but when she saw the look in his eyes, she suddenly regained her sense.

Then, anger, sadness...all these emotions seemed to be sucked in by his eyes.

She calmed down and realized something - she was just acting out her anger.

Nan Zhukong himself had nothing to owe her, Nan Zhukong had no obligation to care about her, and she had no right to resent Nan Zhukong.

But she vented her emotions on him, saying she hated him...

However, even so, Nan Zhukong was seriously worried about her.

Now, he probably wants to comfort her... He really wants to comfort her - his eyes told her so.

There is no malice, pure concern...and a hint of love that radiates from him.

This feeling calmed her down and slowly recalled the few days she spent with Nan Zhukong 100 years ago...

"Sorry, Betty...I couldn't calm down...Brother, brother." She remembered that 100 years ago, she had asked Nan Zhukong for cooking advice. At that time, she was suffering from not knowing how to call Nan Zhukong. Then Nan Zhukong asked her to call him..."brother".

At this moment...could she also call him this name?

Still eligible?I just treated him like that, said bad words to him, said I hated him...

Can you still call him brother?

"It's okay, I don't care... Little Beatrice has been alone for so long, it's hard to resolve her emotions, I know... Really, how could Echidna really leave you behind... ." Nan Zhukong's voice was gentle and sweet, and so were her movements...

He gently touched her head, and she had just calmed down... Her body trembled when her head was touched, feeling strange.

Just like 100 years ago, when his lecture ended, I felt like I was scratching my head.

Nan Zhukong...brother...is he [that person]?

Under Nan Zhukong's gentle treatment, the girl actually had such thoughts.

A girl's heart can be opened very easily. For so many years, a lonely heart lacks people who treat her tenderly...

Therefore, it is easy for her to have a favorable impression of people who show kindness to her...

Nan Zhukong's behavior just now won her favor, which made her have such a guess.

However, this speculation was quickly denied by herself.

No, it's impossible. My brother is my mother's partner. As for myself...it's impossible.

He should be... just a brother who has no blood relationship with me and has a verbal agreement.

Besides, it would be even more impossible for her mother to ask her to wait. Her brother had been by her side from the beginning, so there was no need to wait...

Brother...he can't be.

Echidna's identity and words bound her, she couldn't be sure, she didn't dare to be sure...

But...the feelings in my heart still cannot be suppressed.

Once she has this idea, she will be eager to prove that Nan Zhukong is "that person" in her mind.