"Another one?" Thales asked.

Having said this, Cecilia smiled mysteriously, leaned over the car window and stuck her head out, face to face with Thales on the horse.

"I am the daughter of the former Lord Protector of the South Coast, Leinster Kelvindill, and the sister of the current Duke, Jenn Kelvindill. I am a descendant of Iris, the noble family of Tianhuang, and the unique Princess of the Emerald City. I can inherit and

The property I have used is enough to buy a city, and the family tree I can touch and connect covers the entire kingdom. The value and significance of my political marriage far exceed that of any woman from eight to eighty years old west of the Blood Gate Fortress.

"

Her eyes were deep and her expression was playful, which made Thales feel a little embarrassed:

"So, yes, even if I have slept with a hundred men before marriage, even if I have miscarried fifty children on the delivery bed, even if I dance naked on the highest wall of the Emerald City every day, even if

I walk around the market with a "one copper coin at a time" sign hanging on my butt. As long as I am Cecilia Kevin Dill, when I get married, I am destined to be pure, beautiful, and virtuous.

It’s worth a historian to write a book about it.”

Her choice of words made Thales frown.

"And if I am just a deformed girl born to a poor farmer," Heeley looked at his gloves, his eyes were lost, "even if I started reciting the Sunset Sutra from my mother's womb, served the Sunset Goddess, and wore a chastity lock all my life, it would still be wrong.

Destined to be dirty, degraded, humble, neglected, and despised by others."

"So, why should I care?"

Seeing her like this, Thales couldn't bear it, but he finally resisted the thought of speaking out to explain.

He gritted his teeth and forced a smile:

"Okay, the doubts are cleared."

Hillai raised his head and saw Thales tutting and shaking his head, sighing with emotion and helplessness:

"You are indeed Jen's sister. No, in some parts, you may be more 'Kevin Dill' than him."

"The stick-wielding part?"

"No - can't you just be more careful with your words?"

"This is not a pornographic joke, don't get it wrong."

"Don't imitate me!"

After a confrontation, the two of them were silent for a while, each thinking in the rhythm of the team's march.

A few minutes later, Hilley glanced at Thales tentatively:

"Then...we are reconciled?"

Can he be coaxed?

"No!"

Thales' expression changed when he heard this:

"No, uh, that's not right, I mean, we didn't have a 'quarrel' or a 'reconciliation' in the first place, we just, just..."

"Then you are finally willing to talk to me properly?" Xi Lai looked at him with shining eyes.

Finally, Thales sighed helplessly.

"Okay, I, I uh... I just..."

"I'm sorry." Heilai's mood changed.

Thales' expression changed, slightly surprised.

She... apologized?

She actually apologizes?

Did I hear it wrong? Or is the world setting wrong?

"I... I'm sorry. I know what happened yesterday put a lot of pressure on you, especially..." Hilley's voice trembled slightly, but she still tried to keep looking at Thales, "You have every reason to avoid it.

Drive me."

Thales felt the contradiction in the other party's heart, and he subconsciously denied:

"No, I'm not avoiding it, I just..."

Thales did not say the next words.

It just takes time to prepare to face you.

And your crazy 'friend' who is chaotic and can launch a brutal attack when he finds a weak point, until a living person is torn apart from the inside out, from soul to bone.

The faces of Thelma and Coria flashed through his mind one after another, causing him to subconsciously tug on his collar to make his breathing easier.

"In contrast, after facing the soul bone Jacques, you can still remain sane and speak rationally and calmly, which surprises me even more." Heilai whispered.

Hearing that name, Thales felt an uncomfortable feeling again.

"What about you? How long has it been? How did you meet it? How did you get along with it..."

Thales looked at Hilley's expression and understood something.

"You're not going to answer me, are you?"

"I will, I promise," Hilley took a deep breath and looked seriously into Thales's eyes, "when the time comes."

Thales looked back at her quietly for three seconds.

"Of course." Thales came back to his senses and looked forward.

Wait until the time comes.

"But is it your last resort? Because the consequences of summoning it are quite serious and uncontrollable, like drinking poison to quench your thirst?"

"Absolutely." Hilley shrank back into the shadow of the carriage.

Thales was silent for a few seconds.

"I understand," the young man rubbed the scar on his left hand, "I know that feeling."

"Yeah, I'm very doubtful." She chuckled, not knowing her emotions.

"Does your brother know about this?"

Xi Lai was silent. After a while, her voice came faintly from the carriage:

"Can you keep it a secret?"

Thales looked at the dark carriage and hesitated for a long time.

Can the matter about Heeley... be used as a bargaining chip to blackmail Zhan En?

For example, "Miss Kevin Dill resorted to evil spirits and hooked up with the devil"?

Force him to take a step back and accept his own conditions?

After all, Zhan En’s most precious sister is her, isn’t it?

Then maybe, maybe before the secret department really takes action, he has one last chance to get involved and interfere with the situation in Emerald City?

Thales took a deep breath.

He looked quietly at Xi Lai's carriage.

After a few seconds, he finally sighed.

No.

Thales shook his head in his heart and denied:

He has already tried this kind of effort.

Kevin Dill does not succumb to the enemy - this morning's confrontation with Zhan has confirmed that the Duke of South Bank is soft rather than tough. Not only will such a strong advance be ineffective, it may be counterproductive, and the gain will outweigh the loss.

What's more, the person he used to threaten him was Zhan En's most untouchable baby sister.

Yes, it was like this several years ago: Zhan even wanted to get rid of himself even at the cost of destroying the alliance with the Corleone family and the Kingdom of Night, just because...

Nonsense.

A voice emerged from the bottom of his heart, mocking him mercilessly: This is just you making excuses for your weakness, Thales Bright Star.

It's just self-deception.

Thales trembled slightly.

Where does all the foresight and hindsight come from? There is only one reason why you don’t want to do this and use her as a bargaining chip:

You can't bear it.

You can't bear to see that girl's life broken again.

I couldn't bear to see her shocked expression when she was betrayed.

Thales closed his eyes.

Just like those people whose lives were shattered countless times because of your every move.

The voice in his heart was naked and cold, leaving him unable to refute.
To be continued...