working hard

The afternoon was so leisurely for Esther that she missed being busy in the bakery.

She unravelled the coloured thread, and according to the weaving technique in her memory, she put the thin threads out of the ring and passed them through each other. The black and gold bracelet took shape little by little. Esther picked up these two colours at random. She felt that adding a little more colour would make it look better than just black and white.

After all, it is just a test product, so there is no need to waste too many lines.

But something unexpected happened in the middle. Esther heard hurried footsteps outside the door, but they were not running towards her room, but went deeper into the corridor, and then left quickly.

Esther poked her head out, only to see an empty and dim corridor, with the candlelight on the wall steadily illuminating the limited range of vision.

Listening to the

 footsteps, one is Mr. Dunn, and the other is lighter than him. He seems to be wearing shoes with heels. Is he more likely to be a woman? Esther didn't deliberately count the time, but when Dunn's tired footsteps sounded, it was after she had finished weaving most of the bracelet.

It took a long time, at least an hour. According to what Mr. Neil said before, they should have brought something with them to fight.

When the meal was delivered in the evening, Daly came down with Dunn. As soon as she asked at the door, Esther opened the door happily: "Ms. Daly!"

Daly quickly put away the scowl on her face and showed a gentle smile: "Good evening, Esther, this is the dinner we brought you. Are you okay staying here today?"

Esther took the paper bag: "It's good, but a little boring. Maybe I'm used to being busy in the bakery, and now it's hard to relax when I'm free."

Daly breathed a sigh of relief: "I went to see Wendy and she said to take care of yourself. Everything is fine in the bakery."

"Won't you feel... uncomfortable staying here?" Daly hesitated for a moment, but decided to ask.

"No, to be honest, I feel quite calm." Esther picked up the bracelet on the table and showed it to Daly happily, "This is a handicraft I am making. When I get familiar with it, I can give it to you too. One will definitely bring you good luck."

Seeing that the smile on Esther's face didn't look fake, Daly was also a little confused: "Then do you need me to bring you something? Books are fine too. Old Neil has a lot of them over there -"

Many occult books.

Dunn suddenly cleared his throat, and Daly's voice stopped abruptly. She took back what she had not said just now. She shook her head in distress: "Okay, I remember there are a few novels at Luo Yao's place. I'll go and talk to her." Borrow it."

Esther noticed Dunn's attitude and quickly said to Daley: "It's okay, Daly, I have a book to read myself. I'll tell you if I need it."

"The senior deacon sent by Backlund Church will arrive tomorrow. He will help check on your situation. We will definitely help you. This is our duty as night watchers."

What Daly said was very serious, but the content was a bit subtle and deviated from the situation when Esther was suddenly taken down. This made Esther couldn't help but glance at Dunn, feeling that the captain, who looked very stable, was hiding something from Daly.

Esther nodded to Daly: "It's okay. Mr. Smith also delivered the things for me. I'm in good condition now. Don't worry about me."

Daly wanted to say something else, but Dunn coughed twice. She immediately took half a step back, and the two of them nodded to Esther and left the ground.

Esther glanced thoughtfully at the backs of the man and woman before closing the stone door.

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Daly followed Dunn and left the Chanis Gate. Although she was full of questions, her trust in Dunn kept her silent.

So Dunn spoke first: "Daly."

"Captain, I'm here."

"Do you remember how long you and Esther have known each other?"

"It's not short, a year - no, more than half a year?"

Dunn's face became increasingly ugly: "No, absolutely not."

Daly's brows gradually wrinkled: "When I asked Langsa before, her description was also very vague."

Even the answer was not much different from hers, but now that the connection was made, something was wrong.

"I asked Cornley to ask again today. Ronsa's answer was already one year, but Pastor Lost's answer was only four months. Except for taking Esther to the classroom for the first time, he didn't do anything else. Communication, it's only when I see Esther every Sunday that I remember there is such a student."

"Four months...that means Esther's contact didn't last that long at all. Is there something wrong with her memory?"

Dunn nodded solemnly: "So far, I'm not sure whether it's just the memory that's been affected or just the impression of Esther, but the longer you are in contact with Esther, the more familiar you will feel, and it will occupy her in your life. A corner that's not obvious."

"But the person involved didn't feel unreasonable at all."

Dunn sighed: "Yes, I can see that, at least not now. But we can't guarantee the future situation, so we have to watch Esther stay inside Chanis Gate in the short term. The church said to wait for Sisi Deacon Ma arrives in Tingen, and he will be responsible for sealing Esther's overflowing power, and Deacon Sesima will decide the rest."

"Is she going to be okay?"

"We cannot guarantee," Dunn shook his head and explained too rationally, "It is our responsibility to protect Tingen. Since Esther appears here, we must bear the brunt of this impact. At least so far, Esther has not Cause too serious an incident."

Daly didn't speak, but anyone could see her depression.

"Esther's essence is closer to a living sealed object."

Daly looked at Dunn with surprise and sadness: "How is that possible!? She is obviously - obviously an ordinary living person! At most, she is an extraordinary person!"

Dunn's voice gradually became lower: "This is the message on the telegram of the temple, and I have verified that she has no dream that can be entered. In fact, I shouldn't tell anyone, but I think you have the authority. I know, after all, you are already at Sequence Seven and will be transferred to Backlund soon..."

Daly looked at Dunn blankly.

Dunn didn't look at her: "I hope you can train yourself with peace of mind and let go of this matter."

Daly suddenly wanted to go up and pinch Dunn's face, yell and ask this slender head whether he cared about her or not, but she knew that even if she did that, she would only get a firmer rejection from Dunn. , because that is the hysteria that only immature little girls can have.

In the end, Daly just laughed twice: "Okay, okay, I will work hard, captain."

So the relationship between us can only be that of captain and team member, has it ended with friends?

Really unwilling.

Dunn didn't say anything, and he didn't even say "one more thing" before he turned around and entered his office, and the door closed in front of Daly's eyes.