I didn't go back to my room at about 4 a.m. to rest. When the gray light appeared outside, Kasia opened her eyes. The irregular rain became heavier, drifting diagonally on the windows, drawing curved transparent lines.

Looking at the small green space that had been exposed behind the glass, Kasia got up and went to the hall, where Dya and Waters were still resting. Without bothering, Cassia could feel the tiredness on them. Using simple ingredients frozen in the kitchen to make food for three people, Kasia left a message for himself to go back to the military school after eating, took an umbrella, and left the villa base.

It's still early in the morning, there are no pedestrians on the streets of the residential area, and there are relatively few vehicles. Walking all the way to the end of the road, Manoma's unaffected bustle is truly revealed.

Stopping a limousine, Cassia made his way to the Victory Building in the heart of the city, where he took another limousine to the Blanco Mountains, where the military school was located.

The wind and rain became much larger in a form visible to the naked eye. Cassia was glad she had chosen to bring an umbrella. Getting off the bus at a barely deserted stop on the road in front of the school, Kasia held up an umbrella and walked step by step on the sidewalk separated by white lines on the side of the road.

The black clouds in the sky were blocked by the high mountains of the Blanco Mountains, almost blocking there, superimposed on a thick layer. The drizzle also turned into raindrops, and the umbrella surface made a dull "tick-tock" sound, which instantly enveloped Kasia inside.

Still thinking about last night's events, several of Deya's and Waters' proposals were nothing short of exciting. The information of those forces is now honestly in his coat pocket, and whether to let Sotagan help clean up these forces is also something that Kasia is considering. After all, letting the people who are most familiar with the rules of the dark world do these things can be extremely efficient and not cause some unnecessary trouble. His eyes were on the ground in front of him, where a thin layer of rain had accumulated, and the patent leather shoes were already full of fine and dense droplets.

The footsteps also stopped at this moment, and in the sight of the oblique hammer, another pair of feet also wearing patent leather shoes appeared at some point. The two paws of the shoes are very large, and the open upper shows this. It wasn't covered with rain like Cassia. The upper of the shoe shone with a dim light, and Kasia saw a shadow of herself with an umbrella inside.

"Mr. Kasia, I've been waiting for you here for a long time. ”

"Mr. Hesley, we haven't seen each other for more than a month. There was a brief look of surprise on Kasia's face, and then he returned to his senses.

Turning around, the two followed the road back to the small station waiting room not far away. There is no one here, the air circulation system transports warm air, and the glass-encrusted walls almost isolate the sound of rain from the outside.

"Surprised to meet me? Look at you. Hesley put down his umbrella and found a place to sit down. This time, I changed into a laid-back outfit, my hair was cut, and my face looked younger. It was only then that Kasia remembered that Hesley was the same age as herself.

"Thought I'd go straight to Yeterin?" said Hesley with a smile, "After all, when we first met, our conversation revolved around her alliance. ”

Kasia nodded: "You are also from the Webley family, I think it is much better than waiting for me here and going directly to Yeterin, in all aspects." ”

"In all respects?" Hesley understood what Kasia meant, "Yesherine is not wrong to be the leader of your alliance, but you also have similar rights. I think you know this fact very well in your heart, and you will not object to it. It's the same with anyone, but I simply think that it's at least much easier to talk to you than Ye Jielin. Jetlyn and I are in the same family, and we must have understood each other. When discussing something, it is inevitable that there will be unexpected troubles. ”

"And 、、、," Hesley's voice intensified, "I am waiting for you this time for other purposes. Look at you, Mr. Cassia, you don't seem to know much about the Webley family's situation. Or about Yeterin, do you care too much about her? Of course, it's just literal. ”

Kasia fell silent, just listening, unable to find a rebuttal. Hesley also said a point, and now that he thinks about it, what he knows about Yeterin seems to be limited to what Yeterin himself said.

Hesley didn't give Kasia more time to think, and he continued his unfinished words: "Yeterin's father is the patriarch of the current Webley family, as you should know. It's just that the time as patriarch is not much, and in less than a few years, the deadline is before the war, and her father will step down from the position of patriarch. Although the family has become unpeaceful now, everyone knows that it is impossible for her father to stir up this family that has gone through a thousand years of history, especially in a period like this. Everything had to be relatively smooth until the war came. Every family of the Quartet chose to do so, and the Empire would be the time in a few years for them to really start their activities. ”

"Yeterin's current situation may have gotten a lot better because of Delrin's death. But it is still fraught with instability. I don't have an absolute sense of belonging to Webley and don't want to be involved in it. Of course, it's perfectly fine to think I'm scared and take the initiative to avoid trouble. That's what I think about myself. My own strength is too small, and the decision to go to the periphery of the extreme region has made me return to the empire, without a stable life, and the power under my command is completely zero, and in the relationship network in the family, I am just an inconspicuous person with a little strength. Compared to the current Yeterin, I have almost no sense of existence. But that's exactly what I wanted, because it's just about personal strength. ”

"So you found me?" Kasia asked rhetorically, confused.

Hesley made a helpless expression: "I was born in the Webley family, and I know very well the difference between an individual and a family, or a group of influences. In an environment like the Empire, a single person will not end well. There are too many walls that cannot be crossed by the strength of one person. When you are weak, it is not undignified to ask for help as a matter of course. There is an agreement between us that if you and Jetrin can survive this mission, I will join you, which is my recognition of you and Jerin. In my understanding, the nature of alliances is mutually beneficial, and there are no absolute rules for protecting and being protected, and for the exchange of resource interests. And the future development of the alliance will not be stable, and when I look for prey, it will become much easier, at least for the reason, there will be no more trouble. ”

"Because of Jetrin's own instability, you chose me in the end?" Karsia didn't know what kind of expression to show. If he talks about stability alone, he may have too many uncertainties in his own as much as Ye Jielin.

"It's so simple, I don't like complicated things. Heslie was unexpectedly serious, "You are a member of the Jeterin Alliance, and joining your forces is no different from directly entering the Jetyrin's Alliance, in my opinion." It's just that in terms of relationship, I want to try not to be directly involved with Ye Jielin. It could be regarded as a compromise of self-preservation, if the family really acted on her father's relationship, at least I could have received less targeted at that time. It's a better outcome for you and me. ”

"And you can also tell Ye Jielin directly about this later, and she will approve of this approach. As I said earlier, you don't care too much about Jetrin. It's just that I think it's better not to let Ye Jielin know about this matter, and it is the most ideal result to be limited to the two of us. When all the information about something is known, it is no longer a threat, I don't know if you think so. ”

Hesley moved his body to find the most comfortable position to sit in, and quietly waited for Kasia's answer.

"I don't seem to have a reason to say no. "It's just that the person who was supposed to talk to you and come to an agreement was changed from Jetlyn to me." ”

The expression on Hesley's face said, "That's right," he nodded and said, "You also have your own power, and your strength is also the strength of the Yeterin Alliance in another sense. Everyone will be crumpled in the future, and unless a single person can reach the level of the Knight King, I don't think he will be able to overcome the solid walls built by the forces of the four directions. ”

"So, now that we're allies, or maybe it's up to you to hold a position in your power. As long as I don't restrict my freedom too much, as you did in the Jeterine Alliance. ”

"Allies are all right, we are all equals. Kasia said immediately, but the words of Waters suddenly appeared in his head, and he looked at Hesley and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Hesley is interested in the Knights?"

"Knights?" Hesley waved his hand, "Mr. Kasia, you should understand that it doesn't matter to me what form an alliance will take. It's always the cohesion of the alliance that matters. ”

"As a courtesy, you are welcome to join the Steam Knights as the fourth member. ”

"It's an honor. Hesley and Kasia stood up at the same time, "Hopefully, we will soon be able to build trust between us." ”

Entering the metal tunnel, Kasia put away her umbrella and pondered whether she had made the right decision not long ago. Subconsciously touched the pocket of his clothes, and the document placed in it was no longer there.

"My family sent me to seminary, but it lacked what I wanted. After more than a month, I was finally able to move my body. There was an invisible light on Hesley's face, and it was then that Kasia realized for the first time that Hesley was no different from someone like Jeterine, or Orvilia. The body has been influenced by the family since childhood.,For things that don't have much to do with you.,As long as you find a reason for their approval.,You can accept it immediately.。 It's just that Hesley is more persistent in such reasons.

As he concluded: "We are all such people, even if we are killed a hundred times, there is nothing that should not be done." It's like that between the surgeons, sooner or later they will bump into each other. Maybe there is no right or wrong, and even if there is, the biggest effect is just to make yourself feel more at ease before you start. There are different positions and views, and the dead are the easiest object to talk to, and everyone is afraid of trouble. ”

Shaking off what he was thinking, Kasia entered the inside of the military school and walked to his dormitory. After the first school mission, there are fewer new students on campus, and I heard that the attrition rate is considerable, and more people can continue to stay in the school for a while compared to their own students.

Coming to the corridor on the seventh floor, Kasia, who was standing in front of the door, looked at the footprints on the steel door that were slightly sunk in, and sighed that Ye Jielin's strength was getting bigger and bigger, and at the same time, he also thought about the sentence "You don't care too much about Ye Jielin".