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However, she resolutely isolated herself, refusing anyone close to her to take care of her. G was anxious about this, stayed outside the isolation area for several days, tried to break in several times, but was finally stopped by reason.

Auriella broke into his field of vision in such an emergency.

She appeared in Bruni Manor in the early morning of a certain day, still wearing that clean black long dress, carrying a suitcase in her hand, and hurriedly chatted with the army commander in charge of guarding the quarantine area before being allowed to enter quarantine area. G recognized her identity in time, stepped forward quickly in surprise, and grabbed her before she entered the isolation area.

"Wait—" His tone was quite bad after being tired for several days, and his action of pulling her arm and dragging her to him was also very rough, "What are you doing here?"

"Mr. Gatling." Auriela blinked, unable to hide the surprised expression on her face, but still quickly glanced at the commander, and explained to G quickly: "I have applied for the quarantine area. medical work."

She applied for a medical job in the quarantine area? G suddenly suspected that the young girl had been kicked in the head by a donkey.

He didn't have the patience to tell her that as Arnold's subordinate, she shouldn't come out to cause trouble at this time, and he just ordered irritably: "No, go back."

But he also forgot that it was precisely because she was Arnold's subordinate that she had the right to disobey his orders.

"Please don't worry, Mr. Gatling." She broke away from his hand, "I have been infected with the plague dozens of times since I was a child, and I was able to escape death every time." After a pause, she touched the neck again Hanging cross pendant, "The priest always said that if it is not the blessing of Satan, it must be the favor of God."

After explaining in such a low voice, she no longer gave G a chance to stop herself, turned around and hurriedly stepped into the isolation area.

He was left vainly outside the quarantine area, frowning and cursing.

Half a month later, with the help of doctors and nurses, Wendy Carter Bruni got rid of the shackles of death. G was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard the news that Auriella fell ill.However, Arnold has always been stern and selfless. Even if the housekeeper in the family contracted the disease because he entered the epidemic area to share the medical work, he did not take special care and left her in the isolation area.

On the contrary, G has not forgotten the appearance of Auriella walking into the isolation area under his nose that day.He couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and when he finally saw Arnold at a family meeting, he couldn't help but walked up to him and tapped his index finger on the table: "How is the butler in your family?"

The platinum-haired man who had always been at odds with him didn't look up, his eyes still stayed on the newspaper in his hand: "Not out of danger yet."

"...Tsk."

Arnold flipped through a page of the newspaper in his hand. Compared to G, his expression was normal, and his tone was very calm, "She has her own measure."

As it turned out, the man was almost never wrong in his judgment.

When G visited Arnold's residence again a month later, it was the young girl with black hair and black eyes who came to open the door again.

"Mr. Gatling." She greeted him politely from behind the door, rosy and looking well.

The restless anxiety finally disappeared, and G nodded slightly to her as a response.

Probably because of this incident, the name Auriela more or less left an impression on the guardians of the Pengo Lie family.In addition to her surprisingly good cooking skills, Giotto liked her very much, and often "borrowed" her from Arnold at small gatherings, and invited her to have dinner with him afterwards.

And Auriela usually puts on her coat and leaves after cooking. Facing the invitation of Giotto, the leader of the mafia family, she often just refuses without batting an eyelid: "No, Mr. Giotto. There is no interest in men's dinners, and I believe you don't think there will be a common topic between us."

Giotto, who was rejected by her, was always very helpless, but he still turned his head and joked: "G, has my charm no longer existed?"

"Don't you know that all of Arnold's subordinates have antibodies against your charm?" G was smoking a cigarette, occasionally pinched the center of his eyebrows, and sometimes had the urge to press the cigarette butt on this old friend's forehead, "and , Giotto...how many times have I told you not to tie her here again. Do you think Arnold really doesn't know?"

Calculated in this way, there are also a few years that can be called a happy time.It's a pity that Giotto retired and moved, and Arnold moved to Switzerland with his family, so there were fewer days of such gatherings. G and Auriella are not familiar, so naturally there is no connection.I just heard about it by chance, about her not getting old.

The last time G and Aurora met was at Aurora's funeral.

He was nearly sixty years old at that time, and she had an immortal body as he had heard, standing quietly among the crowd in a long black dress.He took a look at her from a distance, and found that she was just like the first time he saw her, she looked like a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old.

It's just that the expression between the eyebrows and eyes is silent, and the temperament is completely different from before.

He suddenly remembered what she had said.Perhaps whether it is the physique that can escape from the plague or this body that will not age, it is more like Satan's blessing to her.

G walked to her side, looked at Sierra Vido standing in front of the grave, and stubbed out the cigarette butt in his hand.Auriella seemed to have noticed it too, but she didn't turn her head to look at him, but said slowly: "I watched Miss Aurora grow up, and never thought that she would die at the age of 33."

"This is her own choice." He stuffed his hands into his trouser pockets and looked at Aurora's tombstone in the distance. Two other figures gradually appeared in his mind, "Sometimes life is not easy enough, and what you gain is not as good as what you lose .It's even better for them."

"...Mr. Gatling is talking about Miss Anna and Miss Wendy." After a moment of silence, Auriella accurately read his mind, "I don't know very well. Maybe it's because I haven't had such a hard life. Right." She paused and sighed slightly, "Although I really want to comfort Mr. Gatling, as a person who also feels sorry, I really can't find the right words. I'm sorry."

"Tsk." Couldn't help reaching out and rubbing her hair roughly, G taught her a little impatiently: "Little girl still has a long way to go, don't speak in the tone of an old woman too early."

Not expecting him to do this, Auriela was slightly taken aback, and then touched her black hair subconsciously. "That's right." She muttered flatly, "After all, even Mr. Gatling, who failed in love twice, already has a family. I'm still young."

His eyelids twitched, "...You better shut up."

Auriela is not a person who likes to confront others, so after poking the other's sore foot, she obediently shut her mouth.The two stood side by side in silence until the funeral was over.

"Mr. Gatling." She finally spoke again when the priest presiding over the funeral left. "If all the people you cherished have left you, and you are still alive...then what are you living for?"

What do you live for? G took out the cigarette and lighter, lit a cigarette skillfully, and waited until the smoke rings slowly overflowed his lips and teeth, and then slowly and firmly said his answer: "In order to wait for the next person I cherish to appear."

Auriela beside her was stunned for a moment, her tense shoulders relaxed immediately, and she stopped talking.

In the early morning of the next day, G took the first train to leave, and it was naturally Auriella who came to see him off.It was raining lightly in Zurich early in the morning, and the station was sparsely populated in the early morning. He turned around before stepping into the carriage, and what he saw was her figure wrapped in a black windbreaker standing on the platform.The umbrella in her hand was still dripping, her long hair was coiled neatly behind her head, and her palm-sized melon seed had a calm expression on her face. She just stood still in the background of misty drizzle, looking alone.

"Hey, Ollie." He still raised his voice and called her, "If you feel that you have become timid, just remember my words—no matter how long it takes, as long as you meet someone who makes you willing to bear the pain The person who will accompany him to the end," he paused for a while, and looked into her eyes from afar to make sure she could listen to his words without missing a word, "just chase him before he leaves you, you know?"

The whistle of the train sounded, and the conductor urged him to board the carriage. When he turned around, he saw her standing there, slowly curling up the corners of her mouth, and smiled at him: "I see."

Later, when the train started to move, G was leaning against the window, and out of the corner of his eye, he could catch a glimpse of Auriella still standing there, silently watching the carriages drive away into the distance.

He could probably imagine that watching the people around her leave like this, she would go through countless times.

I just hope she doesn't completely lose the courage to face it.

At least don't leave regrets in the long years because of timidity.

19. Eight...

Although I was told to stay at home, but after a long time, there will always be times when I can't be idle.

Fortunately, things will come to me on their own initiative, so I won't be left idle.While learning about the incident from the disciplinary committee, I also rarely received a call from my assistant Gabriele.

"The Avengers Prison wants to buy information on the whereabouts of some escaped prisoners." I have worked with me for many years, but he still can't overcome his old problem. I must report to you about the matter of the Avengers Prison... so I want to ask for your opinion."

I turn on the computer, "Jailbreak