Allen and his little bones [Western Fantasy]

It was three o'clock in the afternoon, and the afternoon sun was warm, making it a perfect afternoon tea time for relaxation.

But in Arman Barton's blue-roofed hut, the atmosphere has nothing to do with words such as "relaxation" and "leisure". The expressions of the three people sitting around the coffee table are serious and dignified. Paper documents, they are spread out on the coffee table, a notebook with slightly yellowed paper but not blurred writing inside is spread out on top of all the documents.

"...I didn't expect..." Armand Barton spoke softly, staring at his own handwriting on the notebook.

He seemed to be at a loss as to where to start. After he said this without going to the village or back to the store, his voice paused again, then he closed his eyes, took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and pinched the bridge of his nose In the middle: "Sorry, I may be a little confused for the time being, and I need a little time to sort it out."

"You don't need to apologize." Allen said, "We can understand, you can tidy up for a while, we still have plenty of time this afternoon, so don't worry."

Hearing that, Yarman thanked Allen, and his gaze passed over Eli's body again uncontrollably, pausing on Eli's face that was too similar to the girl in his memory, and then, he pinched the bridge of his nose with his hand Move to the center of the brows and temples, as if externally massaged to assist the brain in sorting out and recalling information.

In the past half an hour, Allen started the topic with Jiulisa's file, and straight to the point revealed the real purpose of the visit.

This file, which was obviously taken from the experimental group back then, made Arman Barton's expression change instantly. He was sure that the entire group had signed a confidentiality agreement with the Val family, and the information would not be leaked easily, even if the experimental group later Disbandment, except for some researchers who belonged to the Val family, the rest of the people left and scattered, but if someone tried to leak the data after the team disbanded, or tried to bring the data to other forces after the Waal family stopped the experiment , continue to study, all such behaviors will be restrained and punished by the power of the contract, and if anyone tries to take this risk, Val, who is the contracting party, will also get the information at the same time, and can trace the contract breaker himself through the touched contract .

Then, under such strict contract control, how could two young human beings who were obviously born after the experiment was stopped get the internal information of the experimental group, and even got the information of the only successful body that year ?

Arman Barton was startled by "Eliza"'s face that was too similar to Jiulisa at the gate of his small garden, and when he heard "Eliza"'s name, his mood was quite complicated for a while , another burst of heart palpitations, and then he watched Alan take out the file, which still belonged to Jiulisa...

If it wasn't for the black-haired young man named Alan Worf who asserted that he had identified the wrong person, that Eliza was his unmarried partner, and that she was indeed two people with the Julisa he knew, Yarman would have almost given up on being a researcher. With logical thinking, he suspects that the girl next to Alan is actually the real Jiulisa who has changed her name and surname.

After all, as a successful experimenter, Jiulisa Winter was able to achieve independent element replacement back then, and "not getting old" has never been a problem for dark creatures.

Omitting the prophecy, the curse of the Vaal family, the end land, and the parts of Hall and Lawrence, Allen has prepared a background story in advance that covers some facts and avoids most of the important information, as his The reason why she and her unmarried partner "Eliza" tracked down Jiulisa's information.

"Forgive me for the limited content I can say." Allen said after tracing the motive, "I can only assure you that this file is definitely from a legitimate source, and I have not used any means to defraud it from anyone or Snatch it over, the instructor also understands what I am doing, I am inconvenient, or don't know what to say, you can consider asking him later."

Rao Arman was still in astonishment at that time. He looked at the file in shock, and after hearing this, he couldn't help but raise his head, and looked at Alan seriously for a few distracted glances.

After making sure that he didn't find any inappropriate expressions on the face of the black-haired young man, Arman sighed and actually smiled: "I've heard Anthony mention you several times."

Allen: "No."

Yarman said: "He has always praised himself for teaching you well, thinking that you are a student who is particularly in tune with him, and believes that you are very similar to him in many ways."

Allen could tell that the old gentleman in front of him hadn't finished speaking, and he didn't answer, but just kept his eyes on the other party, expressing that he was listening carefully.

Yarman continued: "I saw you for the first time today, and I thought he was bragging. You look more serious than Anthony, and you can't see anything like him in character... But what you said just now, I Suddenly, I noticed the similarities between you two."

Allen quickly recalled what he said, and found nothing wrong, so he asked humbly: "You mean I said that I may not be able to tell you something, do you suggest you consider asking your instructor?"

"Yes." Yarman smiled and shook his head, not completing his true thoughts.

In fact, he was referring to the fact that Allen shifted the main responsibility to Anthony in a few words, making the other mentor—his nephew—suddenly shoulder the responsibility of "being questioned".

The young man on the other side acted confidently and confidently "piercing the master" without knowing it, just like his nephew who cheated his relatives and colleagues every now and then.

Perhaps because of such an interruption, Arman's tense mood relaxed a little in the following conversation. He easily recognized the authenticity of the file presented by Allen. After exploring the reasons for the details back then, he only pondered for a moment, then turned around to fetch two files and a notebook.

Right now, among the piles of small documents on the coffee table, only the file of Jiulisa was taken out by Allen.

The other materials stacked next to it all came from Yarman.

"Although the contract is still in the statute of limitations, I still have something to show you, and I can tell you something." Arman said when he spread out the information.

Both Allen and Eli said they were all ears.

Before visiting Arman Barton, Eli also discussed with Allen, wondering how much valuable information they could get from the old researcher.

Hearing that all the researchers signed a contract with the Val family back then, and that the research content and materials were not allowed to be circulated without authorization, Allen had already lowered his expectations by a notch. He was prepared to hear not much valuable content. It doesn't hurt to be prepared.

However, although Alman was unable to reveal the details of the experimental process and the theory of element replacement, he found a lot of information from his memories in other places—such as the disagreement between Jiu Lisha and the team. .

"I didn't expect that Jiulisa didn't stay at Val's house in the end." Arman said when he adjusted his mood and continued the sentence "I didn't expect" that he had only said halfway before. Such a sentence.

Allen and Eli caught the key word "Val" at the same time, and they exchanged a glance quickly.

Eli's "Julisa syndrome" is probably over. He held Alan's fingertips and the fingertips were still cold, but at least the knuckles were no longer too stiff.

Relying on a coffee table and a long hanging tablecloth to cover it, Mr. Yarman's gaze was still on the opponent's notebook.

Allen rubbed Eli's fingertips calmly.

As if trying to warm it up a bit.

Yarman was completely oblivious to the little actions of the two young men. He pondered for a moment and continued: "After all, it is an experimental team formed by the Val family. Even though the recruitment of team members is for the whole continent, you all know , there is a "communication wall" between Karbi, Angelo and Theodore, and it is difficult for the news circulating in Karbi to be transmitted to the two major human kingdoms. It won't spread to Calby either. I happened to be a deviant back then, and I was considered a "pro-dark faction". Because I have been paying attention to that end, I was lucky enough to get the news, and then submitted the application with the mentality of giving it a try. "

On the coffee table, under the notebook, was one of Arman Barton's application drafts back then.

Hearing him say that he was "deviant" and a "pro-dark faction", Eli's mood had indeed calmed down a lot, and he even had the leisure to look sideways at Allen after hearing this.

Originally, he was just going to take a glance, but Allen turned his gaze faster.

Their eyes met for a short while, and Eli had the feeling of being caught peeping for no reason, and quickly turned his eyes away.

Yarman, who found nothing, continued: "There are quite a few humans in the experimental group, including me, there are only three people in total, and Jiulisa is the only experimental volunteer among the three of us, and the only female. , so I noticed her at the first sight back then, and I was deeply impressed by her. She said that she was from Anqiluo, but because it was difficult to have aversion to dark creatures since she was a child, she felt that she was out of tune with the people around her, so when she arrived at school I came to Osmond when I was young, and I am a graduate of the same school in a different class, because of this alumni friendship, we got to know each other quickly and got along pretty well."

When it came to "Impressive", Arman's voice sounded the same as before, but Alan's ear twitched.

He had an intuition that the elder on the opposite side might be more than just "impressed" by Eli's mother, and this intuition was a little stronger when he heard the "fit in" later.

But Yarman's expression seemed to be actively suppressing his emotions, except for a little nostalgia.

He touched Alan's eyes lightly, and smiled very restrainedly. Alan unconsciously stroked Eli's fingers, and was suppressed by this smile.

His attention turned to another important piece of information.

"Mr. Arman." Allen politely expressed that he had doubts, and asked the elder opposite to temporarily stop talking for a moment.

After Yarman nodded slightly, indicating that he had some questions but said it was okay, Allen asked: "You just said that there were three humans in the experimental team including you. I would like to ask you and Jiulisa Wen Besides Te, who is that other person? Does he have a good relationship with you and Ms. Winter?"

Arman was slightly taken aback, and then a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

Eli remembered the researcher information that Neil Wahl gave him and Allen. He very much hoped that he could also concentrate on the matter at hand and recall the content of the information carefully so as to correspond to Yarman’s words. It is indeed a difficult task.

... Allen seems to regard his fingers as some kind of object that can be used to play with when thinking. Just now, he just rubbed and pinched it occasionally, which would have been a bit more than before.

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……Meow.