So, the night was barely spent sleeping, and in the middle of the night, Kasia tiptoed out of bed, lit the gas lamp on the table, and took out the books he had brought back from the military school to read. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info But his head was so chaotic that he couldn't read a single word, and there were only countless ghosts in his eyes. But he couldn't sleep, he saw the black box lying quietly on the edge of the bed, and after making sure that his mother and sister would not wake up, he opened the box lightly, took out a short machine gun inside, and dismantled it a dozen times with the light of the gas lamp in the slightest sound. Then he got tired of it, put it in the salute box again, and repeated the meaningless thing with other firearms. Now it seemed that only the cold sensation on these objects could cool his hot head. It was only when it was almost dawn that he barely rested.

The head has not undergone a reasonable rest for such a long time, and the body of the surgeon has also experienced a bad reaction. Dizzy, his temples felt as if they had been hammered, and his heart beat with a burst of pain. But he still got up early, and Kasia couldn't sleep at all.

The sky was dark from the window, and the heating pipes had not been repaired for a long time, and after the bronze bell was replaced, it became the only sound in the room.

Mother had already gotten up and was making breakfast in the kitchen, which was so crowded that there was barely a little extra space. Her younger sister Lilia was still curled up in the quilt by the fire, leaving only a small head exposed, and her eyes were closed tightly, and she had not yet woken up.

"Wait a minute, you can eat. Mother heard Kasia's movement as she got out of bed, and the voice came from the kitchen.

With an "um", Kasia walked over to the door and removed several locks, splitting it through a gap.

It seemed that snow was starting to fall again, and the cold wind was desperately trying to get into the house. The road also turned white, and the sound of large forging machines falling could be heard intermittently in the whirring wind. The iconic columns of black smoke also became bent, almost clinging to the heavily corroded tin roof of the factory.

After breakfast, the snow outside still hasn't stopped, and it looks like it will last for a few days.

"When the snow stopped, I got out of here. When Kasia said this suddenly, her mother didn't react, because where she lived didn't seem to matter to her anymore. You can feel the changes in Kasia somewhat, but that's all for the better. The fatigue accumulated over the years in his body, and most of his perception was paralyzed, and he hardly noticed the transformation of the core of Kasia's body.

Only Lilia could feel as if Kasia was living far away from them. Even in her eyes, the Cassia in front of her was a real presence that could be captured.

The toys that Kasia had brought from Manoma had made her happy for a long time, but for a few days when it snowed, Lilia still looked confused for some time. Looking into Kasia's eyes as if she was looking at a painting, there was a feeling of reading a textbook. She felt that her brother was obviously by her side, but sometimes she felt that she would be separated from her brother the next moment.

The temperature can be clearly felt in the palm of the hand, and the breath can be heard with the ear, but Lilia just feels that the brother next to her does not seem to live with her. It seems that there are two parallel Lilia in the world, and now this brother belongs to the other Lilia, and the brother who belongs to him has left by train and has not returned. She remembered that when she used to go out to play, she used to look in the direction of the station, hoping for the shadow of Cassia to appear around the corner.

Of course, Lilia doesn't have a detailed concept of parallelism in her head right now. She just felt that a "toy" like her brother seemed to have been replaced by another one before she knew it.

A few days later, the snow that had been going on for several days finally stopped, the skies were clear again, and new cumulus clouds were brewing in the Lilac Mountains. When he picked up the dusty shovel that had been placed in the corner and went out to shovel the snow, Kasia realized that the neighbors around him had changed several families. Most of the previous life has not changed, and most of the families who settle down here are ready to live here until they are buried in their graves. But it seems that all the changes have been concentrated in the past year, and the familiar people have gone a lot, and the new neighbors are surprised to see Kasia who came out to shovel snow.

There were also many old neighbors who had worked in the same steam factory, and they were surprised that Kasia had come back so early and greeted each other. From them, Kasia also learned a little bit of recent news, whether it was human or just about the small town.

Most of the dozens of people who had been on the retrain together to schools around the empire did not return. Of course, the twenty or so people born into the nobility were no longer willing to return to this small city. Compared to the small cities in the Empire's frontier region and the cities outside, the gap is not a star and a half to describe correctly. While they are enjoying a life that is more convenient and far more luxurious than in a small town, it is also a hopeless gap for them, like the difference between above and below a cliff. The outside world is vast, and the new things that appear in front of them make them feel like they are obsolete things. On top of that, nobility in a small town is no longer important in front of other students in a big city. They became the bottom, and this was the last thing they could bear. They began to miss life in a small town, where the use of electric lights was something to be talked about with pride and to accept the envious and jealous eyes of others.

But also afraid to go back. When they returned to the town, they were afraid that they would not have the courage to leave again.

And like Luo Wei and Irene, who were both civilians with the same identity as Kasia at the beginning, they also informed their families through letters that they would not be returning for the holidays. Whether it is summer vacation or winter vacation, I stay in the regional city where the school is located.

Of course, it's not that they don't want to come back, just like those noble children, they also feel how huge the gap between regions is, and they know that above the noble children in the small city, there are still higher status existences. If you don't come back, you don't have the money, the cost of the relisted ticket is not a small amount, they were born as civilians, and living there has dragged down the whole family. There is also no definite amount of tuition and other fees for each year. Returning to the town in the next year or two is still something to be planned. Not everyone is like this.

After shoveling the snow, Kasia looked at the bright sky and sighed.

In the afternoon, on the empty street, Kasia dragged her suitcase, and her mother took her sister Lilia's hand, and glanced at the small house behind her that had been freshly painted for a long time. Then they walked together to the only dilapidated train station in the town.