[Hunter] Flowers and Hymns

In the early morning of Atlan, the sun also seemed to carry the fragrance of powder.Chiya walked down the stairs of the hotel, just in time to see Veronica sitting at the table holding a glass, on the table was a bottle of yellow roses, the petals were warm yellow, with soft pink around the edges , a cowhide notebook with a slightly old cover was spread out on the table, the sunlight reflected the paper into a soft yellow color, she raised her head between the light and shadow, and smiled at Qi Ya.Kiya noticed that she was holding a large handful of broken white pills in her hand.

"what are you eating?"

"It's just some vitamins." She poured the pills into her mouth, picked up the glass and washed them down, "Nothing special."

"Then why do you have to break it up before eating?"

"It's just a little personal habit." She rubbed the glass, "My sister always doesn't like to take medicine when she's sick, saying that the pills are too big and her throat hurts when swallowed, so I have to break the pills into pieces every time. Only then can I coax her to take it. Over time, I also developed the habit of always breaking the pills before taking them."

"...You really pampered her."

"Because she is a younger sister, isn't it a matter of course?"

Veronica looked at him in surprise.Qi Ya staggered and covered his face.

"Of course not! Who gave you the illusion!" His face became very bad, as if he remembered something bad, "Like my brother, if I told him that...he would just break it apart I poured all the medicine into my mouth."

"Yes...is that so?"

"I said you...you wouldn't be patting your sister's bedside and singing her lullabies every day when you were a teenager, right?" Seeing Veronica's expression, Qi Ya felt a chill, " Isn't it? You really did that?!"

"D-Of course I can't sing a lullaby! She's already in her teens, and the lullaby is too childish...I even read poems to her!"

"Is there any essential difference?" Qi Ya felt powerless, "You dote on your sister too much..."

"But I didn't." Veronica felt wronged, "I hope my sister can always be happy. Is this spoiling?"

"...Your mood is right. But your behavior is too..." Qi Ya turned his head awkwardly, "Forget it, I'm not in a position to say anything about you, and those in my family are not normal people."

"Different families have different ways of getting along." Veronica put her left hand on her cheek and put her elbow on the back of her right hand, "It's not normal for my parents to be like me. If you put Cosette in their hands, She will die soon, so they can't let them touch her. As for the parents' love, I'll just make up for it."

Veronica recalled in a trance a long time ago when the young Cosette cried and asked her why her parents didn't like her.And at that time, I was not very old, so I could only let my sister sit on my lap, hug her and think for a long time before I figured out how to tell her—"Because, parents don't necessarily have to love their own children, right?" .”

Little Veronica hugged little Cosette, and slowly told the "truth" she had learned from her parents.

"It's not like a child will love her after birth. There are as many parents in the world who hate their children. Doesn't Aunt Catherine also hate her son? So there is nothing special about 'Mom and Dad don't like me' of."

Veronica, who has lived in this family for two years longer than Cosette, knows better than her sister what a family is like.

"But Aunt Liz likes her child very much." Cosette asked aggrievedly.

"But Aunt Liz is not our mother." Veronica touched Cosette's head, "Aunt Liz likes her children, but father and mother hate us...that's all."

"Then if I behave better, will my parents like me?"

Cosette's big watery eyes looked at Veronica hopefully, but Veronica could only shake her head quietly under such yearning eyes.

"Cosette doesn't have to do anything—it's not because Cosette will be hated for what she did." Veronica kissed Cosette tenderly on the cheek, "but because, those two people have been together since the beginning , just hate the children they have with each other. So no matter what we do, it's useless."

"So, Cosette just needs to continue like this. Even if my father and mother don't like you, I will always like you. I like Cosette, and I like Cosette the most."

Cosette still had tears in her eyes, but she laughed because of this sentence, and put her arms around her sister's neck.Extremely attached, she pressed her wet cheek to her sister's face.

"Then Veronica shouldn't be sad either. I also like Veronica the most."

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Veronica withdrew from the memory, looked at Ki Ya with amber eyes, and smiled.

"Besides, Cosette is so cute, I can't help but spoil her a little more."

Qi Ya rolled his eyes to express that he didn't want to continue talking to this sister-in-law.

Veronica put away the notes on the table and put them in the small wooden box beside her.Qi Ya glanced at her box, except for a few changes of clothes and toiletries, there were all strange little things in it.

"What's in that box?" He asked curiously.

"This is a memory box." Veronica touched the box, "My sister and I both have one of these boxes. Whenever we encounter something meaningful, we will put something meaningful in it. For example, this is the commemorative picture of the art exhibition when I met the painter who painted the portrait of my sister; another example is this, the hunter I met last time in the Cassie Forest He is a rare person who can see me, he saved my life, this is the leaf in that forest... Ah, yes, yes, and this."

Veronica took out another train ticket from the box and shook it in front of Chiya.

"This is the train ticket for the day I met you, so that I can always remember the day, where and when I met you."

Qi Ya froze for a moment, then turned his head awkwardly.

"...What's the use of keeping such things?"

Although he said so, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, looking very happy.Veronica looked at him with a smile on her cheeks, and suddenly reached out and picked a petal from the rose in the vase.

"Okay, then let's keep this as a collection."

"Favorite what?" Qi Ya was puzzled.

"To commemorate the first friendly conversation between Qiya and me." Veronica nodded her eyes, "Didn't Qiya be wary of me before?"

"That's because you are suspicious." Qi Ya leaned back in the chair relaxedly, with his hands behind his head, "We have a strange physique, speak strange words, and have a strange face …It’s not normal to doubt you, I’m not that idiot Xiaojie.”

"It's true... But, my face is so strange." Veronica touched her face, very dissatisfied, "I like this face very much."

"You like this face only because it looks like your sister." Qi Ya sneered, "You guy, you don't like yourself at all. I wanted to say it before, except you are talking about your sister When it comes to things, the smiles are too fake. Although you always laugh and laugh, but you are rarely really happy."

Veronica's smile faded from her face.She lowered her eyelids slightly, and her eyes didn't know where to go. It was a very emptiness expression.After a moment, she smiled again.

"I've been spotted by you, I really can't help it, Qi Ya is so powerful."

Qi Ya frowned and said, "Don't laugh if you don't want to laugh."

"I'm sorry, I'm just used to it." Veronica rolled her eyes, "And my father has a very serious mental illness. Do you know persecution paranoia? He has that disease and always thinks we all want to kill him." He, so that he can inherit his inheritance, he feels that if others don’t smile at him, or fake smile at him, they must have some ulterior motives, resent him and want to harm him. So in front of him, if you don’t smile at him If you don’t, he will probably be beaten to death. That’s probably how I developed my habit. If Qi Ya doesn’t like it, I can change it.”

"..."

Qi Ya was silent for a moment, then turned his head away.

"up to you."

Veronica smiled softly.She reached out and patted the table, motioning for Qi Ya to look over.

"By the way, I'm going to the Laurel Tower today to look for clues about my sister, do you want to go together?"

Qi Ya shook his head: "Xiaojie and I are going to see an Eudemons exhibition, you can go by yourself."

"Okay then, I'll go first."

Veronica stood up, and Chiya noticed that she was wearing a white shirt today, with a rose cross pattern embroidered with red silk thread on the back.The pattern is very delicate and special, so Qi Ya took a few extra glances.

"Goodbye, Chiya."

She smiled and waved to Qiya, then turned and walked towards the door of the hotel. The bright sunlight engulfed her almost instantly. From Qiya's perspective, she seemed to have disappeared into the sunlight.

Qi Ya was startled, and then laughed at his wild thoughts, turned around and went upstairs to call Xiaojie, holding Veronica's box in his hand, ready to put it in her room.

They still have to go to many places today.

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35:[-] p.m.

Fei Tan walked alone on the streets of Queen Street, his face was buried behind a high collar with a skull pattern, and his dark golden eyes stared coldly ahead.

That noisy woman went to see some opera by herself, it seemed to be called Frankenstein or something, Feitan wanted to arrest someone and torture him in the basement, but suddenly found that a video game he liked very much had a sequel, and it was on sale The day is today, so I plan to go out and buy a game disc to play back.In Atlan, only Queen Street sells this Two-dimensional product.That's why he's here.

A figure flashed before his eyes, but Feitan's excellent dynamic vision still allowed him to capture the blood-red pattern on the other's back.

His steps stopped suddenly.

"A trap?"

Squinting his eyes slightly, he muttered to himself, and then, a tyrannical arc emerged from the corner of his mouth.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter what the purpose is."

The sharp umbrella tip protruded from under the clothes, and he caught up with the figure in the blink of an eye. The cruel cold light flashed in his eyes, and he laughed hoarsely.

"—After you catch it, ask slowly."

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BGM: WINO-"Sun は 夜も辉く", this is my favorite song among the old hunters.

The translation of the lyrics is as follows:

So on this road as long as each other's language

Melt one by one and infect you with this breath

So the sun still shines at night to guide us

In the street where dreams fly, I think of the bell of goodbye

Birds walk on the ground, the sea flows to the sky

The sinking soul nods around

Such a sun still shines at night with dreams in my arms

Urgently want to be in your eyes and never leave

The endless singing can even pass through thoughts

My heart is always open for your eyes

There is no such hasty reason to just disappear

If there is a goal to pursue, it is here

The endless singing can even pass through thoughts

My heart is always open for your eyes

Endless blue sky my mind is blank

There is no end to endless light, my heart is empty

☆、September 2003, 9, Atlan