Autumn in Eden

When a person was slandered by them for not bribing seniors in time, the superior finally believed their words and fired him.She saw a girl whose brain wave frequency was abnormal after reading an unknown book, which caused an early warning on the monitor and was taken away for treatment.

In the end, she was the only one left.

She used the extremely empty office alone, watching the daily changes in the garden downstairs when she was bored.Tall maple trees cast shadows on the interior walls, and she always mused over those plants when the report hit a bottleneck.

"Should I stay here and work?" She thought, "Mom doesn't want me to leave. Although she misses me very much, she cares more about my livelihood and status." As for Ophelia...she has You haven't called me for a long time.But... just don't bother her.will cause her trouble.she thought so.

What a boring life.

Filled with all kinds of meaningless research and reports, you can't do the research you like.

But... in order to be able to be promoted to the technical director, I'd better... endure it.

I don't want my future to be too ugly.

Still...very tangled.What choice should I make.

She will definitely follow her own ideals, even if it will make her covered in bruises.

She once said that she wanted to do her best to change all of this, so in order to change, she could give up her long-awaited music major and choose to enter the national center to obtain information that was beneficial to her goals.

She is too specific.And I don't even have a general goal, I just take one step at a time.

"It's really decadent." She sighed.

It's just to live a decent life, I only want to get the position of technical director, and I only hope that one day I can have a high status and be respected in this society.

I never thought about fighting for that status for others, and never thought about how unreasonable the world's system is.

I'm not the kind of easily excitable physique, so it doesn't matter what I think.But it's still a bit dangerous.

She doesn't want to think about those institutional and social issues anymore.Every time she thinks about it, she feels guilty and blames herself deeply.

"No matter what, I have a good life, a stable job, a gentle family and many friends."

I'm afraid I was influenced by that guy when I was in college.But after working, I found that I was really naive back then.She...is the same.

Ophelia's world is really idealized.Ideal to a degree that few people can understand.

That kind of world... simply cannot be realized.Therefore, we can live in the present moment with peace of mind.

Her job is the only one that doesn't need to be monitored, maybe that's why she chose that job.

Now I have already lost my original ambition, and I only hope to live a quiet life.

I hope that when I wake up in the morning, the world is still the same as yesterday.

I'm tired of change.Really... so annoying.

☆、Chapter 8

(Two years later.)

"Congratulations, Miss Leonora Evans. Because of your outstanding performance, you have been awarded the post of technical director of the General Factory of the Republic. I hope you will continue to work hard."

Leonora, who received the medal, smiled happily. She stood on the podium and took a photo with the steward.

After two years, she finally reached her dream position.She excitedly contacted her family to inform them of her promotion.

Her parents were very excited and said they would tell all their relatives and friends about the incident.

Over the years, she has gotten used to her parents' personalities.She allows them to show off their accomplishments.

Perhaps it was because she herself was not good at showing off in person, so she did this.

After chatting with her parents, she continued to text Ophelia.

For two years, she has not contacted herself.But she still keeps texting her, every day.In the past two years, there have been nearly a thousand.

"I've been promoted to technical director, Ophelia. I'm so excited to go to the celebration with my colleagues tonight. Are you still busy?"

For half an hour after sending it, she waited for a reply.But there is no response.

"Really. She definitely won't reply. What am I thinking?"

Old habits are really hard to break.

When she was in college, Ophelia would reply to all the text messages she sent within half an hour.Never exceeded that time.

Now, I still yearn for the old life so much.

However, it was never seen again.

Her choice of career is not as free as mine.

What the hell is she going to do.

Thinking of this, Leonora looked at the time, got up and went to the hotel to attend the celebration.

Her colleagues are very kind, and there is nothing unpleasant in working together in the past few years.It's just that she hates her boss.

So she assured her colleagues that she would never be that kind of person.

However, she also knows that the technical director does not have much power to participate in the planning and policy formulation of the factory.

She thought, no matter what, she must try her best to justify the name of this profession.

An alchemist is not a scholar who can only study the kind of machine that restricts people.

"But what else can we study besides that kind of machine."

We don't lack anything.There are tools for everything.

All that remains is to use the tool to use the tool.

Whether humans will be satisfied, she doesn't know.

But she always has new tasks.

Like now.

The factory supervisor sent her an urgent message, his tone full of urgency.

"Don't worry, what's the matter?" She said while starting the car.

"Do you know Ophelia Brunhilt?"

"Ophelia? What happened to her?"

"She... broke into the main control room of the factory, what should I do?"

"The factory has ten people on duty at night, and the general control room needs permission to enter."

"But she killed everyone!"

After hearing this sentence, Leonora's mind went blank.

"No...how could she..."

"Go and see, I'll give you permission to pass the army. That guy seems to be doing something, but I'm on vacation from today, and I'm in another city now. You go and solve it?"

"I will."

Leonora hung up the communication, adjusted the speed of the car to the maximum, and drove at high speed.She hopes to arrive at the factory earlier to meet the person she hasn't seen for a long time.

She hated why she chose to dine in a hotel far away.

While she was waiting at a traffic light, a video call came in.

But it was obviously a large-scale message, and everyone she could see had received that message.

From Ophelia Brunhilt.

In the video, she was sitting on a chair in the main control room, with the body of a staff member she had seen behind her, still bleeding.

Ophelia's expression was an arrogance she had never seen before, she sat there like a medieval queen.

Her long golden hair was pulled up, and she was wearing a pure white uniform.She looked at the camera and started her speech.

"Citizens of the capital, I'm sorry to disturb everyone. I'm Ophelia Brunhilt.

I am sitting here, not for anything else, just hope that our great government can promise me a few conditions.That's all.I have shut down the equipment of all air factories except the capital, and when the Ming Dynasty comes, people in other cities will die due to lack of oxygen.If you agree to the following conditions, I will open the device. "

"You terrorist, a guy who doesn't care about human life, what are you going to do?"

"I said, I want you to promise me a few conditions."

"What conditions?" The government spokesman was anxious, hoping to resolve this matter as soon as possible.

"First, I demand the shutdown of all analyzer equipment. Second, I demand the restoration of the seats of the other parties. Third, I demand the restoration of the honor of the Modling family that you smeared 150 years ago. They did not do what you said things."

"Haha, I thought who it was, it turned out to be just a dog advocating the restoration of the imperial system. Who will listen to you. Now the army is outside the main factory, you can figure it out."

"I think it's easier for you to see. Don't forget that the switch is in my hand."

"You... actually threatened us!"

"Also, the entire staff of your Institute of Psychoanalysis stopped listening to you a long time ago. They will make their own choices. Haven't you noticed a sudden drop in crime. What a fool."

"When I catch you, I will make you suffer!"

Leonora rushed to the factory while watching the video.

The army arrived one after another, and she was allowed to enter by the government as a persuader.

The main factory at night should be quiet and silent, but now it is filled with the sound of sirens.She was poured into the expectations of the people of the country, and she walked to the control room step by step with difficulty.

The stone road, which is so familiar on weekdays, seemed to be several kilometers away. She gradually moved away from the lights behind her and walked into the darkness, leaving only a back figure for the army in the end.

She kept wondering how Ophelia managed to operate the controls.

Later she remembered the pictures she had sent her studio.

"It turns out that she has read it all. But why didn't she reply to me?"

Ah...you can't think about that now, just convince her not to do that as soon as possible.

She quickened her pace, climbed up to the third floor, and walked left into a dark corridor.

She saw two bodies lying on the ground.That was the colleague who once greeted her with a smile, but now died at the hands of her friend.

She angrily pushed open the door of the control room and yelled at the people on the chair.

"Do you know what you're doing? Why are you doing this? Why are you killing people?"

Ophelia turned her head. "I told you. For my ideals. It's just a price. They tried to stop me."

"So you kill them? Have you lost your humanity?"

"I did this after careful consideration. Leonora. Don't get excited, I think your mental index has exceeded the normal range."

"I don't care about that. Ophelia. Tell me what the hell you're doing and who you are."

Ophelia smiled.

"I'm Ophelia. I've always had my father's name, but my mother's name was Merdlin. I don't think it's a very popular name in this country. The whole family goes by the name Merton. Sarah you know Plus, he's my relative."

Her eyes widened. "Are you a descendant of the royal family of the previous constitutional period? What is your relationship with that old fox Saga? There is a big gap between him and you, I can't believe it."

"He is my grandmother's younger brother, and he is also the one who betrayed the whole family. Of course I am different from him because I did not betray."

"I don't know exactly what betrayal is, but everything you do is sinful. You can't bet on everyone's life just to realize your wish for restoration."

Ofelia looked at her for a long time, as if re-examining this person.

"Did I say that I plan to restore the restoration? You really have a problem understanding."

"Then you plan to restore the system of 150 years ago?"

"No. Neither the original nor the current one is perfect."

"Then why don't you live a normal life now? Why do you want to change when you say that no regime is perfect?"

"How should I explain it to you... The political system in the constitutional period was not perfect, but at that time, everyone was working hard to perfect it and make it perfect. In the current political system, no one has perfected it. Everyone thinks that this It is the ultimate, the most perfect. It is terrible to call it perfect just because there is a psychoanalytic system."

"...you've changed so much, Ophelia."

That was the only thing Leonora could say now.

In the past, she would never have such a tough conversation with her.Nor would it make such an aggressive point of view.And... She would never kill someone so cruelly.

What has she experienced in the past few years?

"People are subject to change, and there are few people as innocent as you."

"So, you plan to sacrifice everyone in the Republic for the sake of a perfect system?"

Ofelia stood up and walked over to her, but she took a step back.

"Are you planning to sacrifice this generation, or the next ten, twenty, or thirty generations? This is a choice, and I have no choice."

"How do you know it won't get better after a few generations?"

"It's obvious. Someone will break this situation, and if it's not me, someone will come out for it. I'm just replacing the posterity who did it."

Revolutions require sacrifices.If I don't want others to sacrifice, I have to use my own life to bear all the crimes they should bear.

I will protect all who follow me.I will not let them be punished.Because after I die, they are the ones who will succeed me.

"I still believe in this government." Leonora said, at least it gives us a peaceful environment. "

"Peace? Is this peace... It's ridiculous. Have you seen Franklin's hometown? Do you know what he has been through? What he said is only a small part. I don't understand why people are divided by intelligence level, That is an insult. We just happen to be born as A-level, if it is another level, we are not qualified to stand here and talk."

"Most people are still fine, and that's enough."

"How many people do you know who have given up their favorite career for various non-self reasons? They can become geniuses in the field they like, but they don't have the opportunity. You are a rare lucky person, so You can say things like that. I don’t know what happened to you in the past few years, but compared to your state in college, you are like a machine.”

A machine to justify the wrongs of the government.

Leonora burst into tears when she heard this.

She couldn't stop shaking, tears kept streaming down.

"sorry."

"Excuse me? What's wrong with you? Are you all right?"

She approached Leonora, trying to comfort her.

"I'm really useless... why I still don't know anything... I think what you said is right, but I dare not! I dare not resist! You... will definitely not succeed, you know. I don't I hope you will be hurt, but you did commit a crime. I hope you can admit your mistakes, and then the death penalty can be exempted." She looked at the other party with pitiful eyes, "Is it possible?"

"You will use this method too. I hope it is not fake."

"Of course not. I can't predict the future." She wiped away her tears and said in a small voice, "You... really don't plan to turn back, I can guarantee that they won't do anything to you."

Ophelia's eyes were full of sadness.

How could it not be to me.You still took them at their word.Poor Leona.

But what neither of them expected was that part of the army broke in the next moment.

A group of heavily armed men pointed their guns at Ophelia.

"Restore the air supply quickly, or we'll shoot."

She didn't waver, but just squeezed Leonora's hand tightly, suggesting that she should not be afraid.

"Give you a few seconds and restore the air supply immediately, or we won't spare you."

She watched the approaching people loaded their ammunition and slowly approached them, and she also broke out in a cold sweat.

Suddenly, she picked up the dagger she had thrown on the control panel, still stained with blood, and pointed it at Leonora's neck.The people on the opposite side were all stunned, not knowing whether to continue aiming.

"Don't come here. One more step, and this knife will end a hero's life," she said.

But Leonora felt her trembling hand.

"Are you...really planning to kill me...?" She said to Ophelia in a weak voice, "Can you..."

"Don't talk for now." She leaned into Leonora's ear and said, "Go."

In this way, she took the "hostage" to face the military police sideways and walked towards a nearby dark room.

"Don't follow me. Otherwise, I will kill her. I know she is very important to you, so please wait outside. Thank you for your cooperation," she said.

Leonora's hanging heart did not let go until the knife left her neck.She slumped on the ground, gasping for breath, looking at him with eyes that were wet from overstress.

How could she have forgotten that Ophelia was also a murderer.

Sure enough, he was blinded by the so-called friendship and sympathized with her.

She can kill those ten people without hesitation, and adding her one is not a problem.

Her elegant and gentle character at the beginning has long been obliterated, and most of what is left is decisive and decisive.

This is...Ophelia as the leader.

She suddenly realized that she could come here not only by relying on her alone.

She must have allies with high hacker skills, friends who can contact the government, and people who promote her... Otherwise, she would not have come to where she is today, and she would not have come here.

Because there is no source of intelligence, she will be killed by the factory's security system.

She looked at each other silently, hoping that Ophelia would give her an answer.

"Don't look at me," Ophelia said. "That's the most effective way to get rid of them."

"So you will use my life as a bargaining chip?"

But she didn't answer her question.Sitting on a chair in the dark room, she sighed.

It took a long time before she spoke.

"You see it."

"What do I see?"

"You said I'd be forgiven. But that's not what you do to forgiven people."

"They can forgive you for what you did today, but they shouldn't forgive you for killing someone. This should be your punishment for killing people."

Ophelia smiled mockingly.Even in the darkness, Leonora could still see her expression.

"why are you laughing?"

"I just laughed at you for not knowing anything."

"I……"

Ofelia came to her side before she could speak and held her against the wall with a dagger.

"Do you know the laws of this country?"

"Is this a compulsory course? Everyone knows it."

"I didn't say that. I wanted to ask you what the customary law actually applies. You must not know."

"Then you speak. I will listen, please remove the knife."

Of course she didn't remove the knife.

"My father is a member of the Security Service. He told me many real cases. Now, I can tell you that in this country, murder is punishable by ten to 50 years, but treason, rebellion against the rule, Sentenced to lethal injection. Do you understand, my Leona?"

☆、Chapter 9

Honora hadn't really heard of it.In her memory, homicide has always been the death penalty. As for treason... she has never heard of anyone wanting to betray this country.

"How could you...that is to say, you must die? In various senses?"

"You know so little. That's why you believe their nonsense."

Leonora finally lost control of herself and cried.

She threw herself on the opponent's body, unable to hold back her tears.

"I'm sorry... I was wrong... I really don't know... what should you do now, there is no way out, isn't it..."

"Then I can only plead guilty. It is impossible for those who are engaged in reform not to have the awareness that they must die."

"You clearly know that you will die, why do you still come?"

Ofelia kicked the knife away from her feet. "I don't think you'd let yourself be involved. But, I miscalculated, didn't I."

"Why didn't you notify me before you did this? Maybe I can stop you in advance, so you don't have to..."

"I'm sorry," she said, walking over to Leonora and hugging her. "I originally refused to contact you because I didn't want you to be involved."

"It's too late now. I've already been involved. Don't forget that you were still contacting me when you entered the institute..."

"That should be a final farewell. Leonora, you are the only family I recognize after my family. So, be happy. I hope you can forget me during those two years, obviously I Miscalculated."

"I didn't expect that I would have such an influence on you. I'm sorry, Leonora. Not in the future."

Yes, not in the future.because……

From now on, she will definitely leave this world forever.

The government will not let her go.Her crime of murder is not important, the main thing is her crime of treason and instigating treason.

She looked at Leonora, who was about to cry, and patted her on the back.

"Don't cry. I know what I'm doing and I want people to recognize the fact that the current political system is not perfect and there are a lot of things that need to change. But very few people seem to understand."

"Let's go. Didn't you ask me to admit my guilt? I'll just go. If a person must be sacrificed in the reform, then let me do it."

"Are you...are you ready to give up?"

"That's right. I failed completely this time, and it seems that I won't be able to do it if I don't give up."

So saying, she left the room, leaving Leonora alone in the dark.

If Leonora knew what would happen to her if she went, she would never have allowed her to confess.

The elegant blond woman was put on handcuffs with electric shock function and was slowly taken out of the scene.There are flashing lights and loud sirens all around.Many reporters came to interview, but were stopped by the army.

To everyone's relief, she restored the air supply before walking out.

She becomes a hero.But Ophelia was sentenced to death.

In just one short hour, the fates of the two went in completely opposite directions.

The next day, Ophelia asked to see her one last time before she died.

The woman was still smiling, comforting her with her gentle tone, don't be sad.

"You have your choice, and I have mine. It's just that I failed. You don't have to worry about it, and you don't have to blame yourself."

"From now on, forget about me. I can only bring you despair."

"No, you don't. I can think of a way to get you out of the death penalty, okay, don't talk about it." Leonora leaned on her shoulder and said to her while weeping.

"You can't think of it. You have nothing, and they won't listen to you. Don't be sad, maybe we can meet in the future. I believe in the afterlife."

"I shouldn't have let you go!"

"What's the point of saying this. Don't cry. From now on, you have to live your own life and treat me as someone who never existed. This is my own choice and has nothing to do with you. "

At this moment the bell rang, indicating that it was time for the execution.

Two tall men walked in and took her away, leaving only Leonora chasing after her. She kept calling Ophelia's name all the way, hoping that the executive officer would let her go.

But who would pay attention to her needs.She is just a commoner.

Ophelia was standing outside the execution chamber when she was injected.There was no sound in the room, and she heard nothing.

After a few minutes, several people came out.

"Are you her family member?" a doctor asked.

"It's kind of like that," she said. "she……"

"Miss Brunhilt kept smiling and was in no pain until she passed out. My condolences."

"……Thank you."

Leonora didn't know how she got out of here and back home.

The small villa she bought not long ago on St. James Street is located in the quietest part of the street, surrounded by trees, very suitable for living.

She locked herself in her room, didn't leave for a week, didn't eat much.

She was immersed in pain and choice.

It wasn't until the appearance of Franklin Elliott that she returned to normal.

He took her to psychiatric therapy.

Leonora's brain waves are relatively stable, so even though she has been thinking about systems and choices for a long time, she still cannot be detected.

But Franklin didn't take her there because he was worried that she would be found mentally unstable.

That was Ophelia's will.

The director of the prison gave him the will written by Ophelia before her death.

According to the will, if she becomes abnormal, she must be taken for treatment to make her forget everything related to her.

She also said, I'm so sorry that I almost involved you in this matter.

As an official of the Ministry of People's Livelihood, Franklin provided her with a lot of news.Include a list of all those who can be mobilized.He kept it a secret, no one knew.

The current Institute of Psychoanalysis, because it is not known who the real participants are, has been disbanded and some people have been re-selected.

Of course, the crime rate has also returned to that level.

Leonora had been ignorant of all this.She just lives in her own small world and sighs, once she knows part of it, she will collapse.

"Still too fragile. Leonora."

Franklin brought Leonora back from treatment a month later.

She really didn't remember anything.

Franklin breathed a sigh of relief.

Now, she should be able to live a normal life.

"She is a lucky person who has always lived under the protection of God. There are people who live for her and people who die for her. But she herself will never realize it."

This is sadness.

As the doctor said, Leonora gradually remembered everything about herself after a few years.

But after the pain, she still chose to forget.

She cannot live in shadows, especially shadows of her own making.

She was treated again.At her 42 years old.

This time, she never recovered.

☆、Chapter 10

It's another early autumn season.

Leonora was walking on the stone pavement of Rue Saint-Jacques, stepping on the leaves of the sycamore trees that had been scattered by the rain last night.

She just got off work and was getting ready for her daily afternoon tea.

"Sure enough, eating vanilla Keluli is more in line with my mood today. Well...for tea, I'll order rose black tea."

She was in a good mood, and even though today was humid after the rain, she couldn't let her down.She smiled and said hello to the approaching neighbors, admiring the fallen leaves near and far and the clear sky without clouds.

She walked towards the restaurant for afternoon tea, but found that the boss was frowning and talking to the waiter.

"Who abandoned this child? It's really cruel. What should we do, send it to an orphanage or find someone to adopt?"

Leonora walked over curiously.

"Let me see it please?"

"Of course. The little one is a girl, still asleep."

She lowered her head to observe the child carefully, and suddenly felt that she gave her an extremely familiar feeling.

"boss."

"what happened?"

Leonora looked at the boss seriously and cleared her throat. "Can I adopt her?"

"When... Of course you can. You can carry it."

The boss is glad he got out of trouble.

Leonora took her home after tea.

"By the way, what should I call you?"

She thought for a while, and suddenly a name popped up.

She picked up the baby and smiled at her.

"Your name is Ophelia."

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