Why it never ends

Chapter 270 Funeral
Victoria took the book in Villefort's hand, flipped through a few pages, and finally stopped at the title page.

"Even if these photos are indeed from the assassin's death notice," she looked up at Villefort, "it seems that they are not sure that they were sent to you? There are no pictures on the photos, and this book is a gift from you. The viscount's gift—”

"...No, it's for me." Villefort sank into the sofa, he kept biting his lips, and closed his eyes with some pain, "I understand..."

"What do you understand?"

"Sorry." Villefort took a deep breath and stood up, "I want...to be alone for a while."

……

In the afternoon, the news of the death notice had spread throughout the manor.

Villefort shut himself in the bedroom, seeing no one but Alvira.Victoria and the others discussed the next countermeasures, and Hesta stood by alone as a non-combat mercury needle.

The whole day, Sophie sat alone in the huge hall, she wanted to do something, but she didn't know what to do, the time wasted in this hesitation and anxiety, until Alvira came out of the bedroom in the evening.

She immediately stood up, "Aunt."

Alvira smiled, and Sophie noticed the haggardness on her face.

Just as Sophie was about to say something, seeing that Alvira had already waved to the housekeeper not far away, she fell silent again.

Alvira ordered something in a low voice, the butler nodded repeatedly, and quickly turned to leave. Sophie approached at this moment, "Are you okay?"

"It's not very good, but it's not bad." Alvira raised her lips slightly, "Go upstairs to see your uncle, I think he needs your company very much now."

"...Do you want to take Joey over?"

"I've already talked to the butler just now." Alvira replied, "You go."

"Then you—"

"I'm going out for a walk," Alvy Lawin said, "I've been bored in the house all afternoon, so I'm going to get some air."

Sophie stood there, she had a thousand words, but she could only watch Alvira leave.

Also watching this scene was Hesta standing on the second floor. When Alvira disappeared in the hallway, she also disappeared in the shadow of the corridor.

……

"What? Hold the funeral in advance?" Victoria thought she had heard it wrong. "What are they doing... I can't understand it again."

"Since we already know that the assassin will come in twelve days, and every previous assassination has been successful, we should prepare for the funeral in advance and bid farewell to our relatives and friends while we are still alive," Si Lei explained, "I guess it should be this means."

Victoria laughed - Villefort's attitude is good enough.

"When is the funeral?"

"It seems that there is no special event, but I will send condolence invitations to all my friends, and those who are willing to come will come to Tan Yi to see one last time within five days," Si Lei recalled for a moment, "I think Alvira is also taking care of Jiafa tonight. I sent an urgent letter, asking the lawyer to come to the manor tomorrow, and she and Villefort went through the will again in the afternoon, and found that some details have not been explained—it should be prepared with the mentality of death."

Su Lei looked at Victoria with a subtle expression, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing..." Victoria raised her eyebrows, "I just suddenly feel a little... angry?"

"I think we'd better weigh this matter again," Su Lei said softly, "If we really want to hold this funeral, whether it's at Tanglar's manor or back to Villefort's duke's mansion, it will be brought in a short time. Lots of visitors, and there's bound to be public opinion about this—"

"Let's do it."

"what?"

"Let him do it." Victoria repeated, "What if he really dies in the end?"

"..." Su Lei looked puzzled, "You were a little angry just now, I thought you were angry at Villefort for not believing your mercury needle?"

"That's really angry, but what should we do? Rich and Schmidt were indeed lost. There's no reason for people to just believe that the mercury needle can save him from the assassin..." Vik Doria supported her head, "Maybe it really can't be saved?"

"Victoria!" Su Lei stood up angrily, "What are you talking about? Listen to what you said? Is this what you should say as the person in charge?"

The sound of the dispute spread from the conference room on the first floor to the living room. Although the content was vague, one could still feel Su Lei's intense tone. Ende and Zoe frowned at the same time.

The manor is quieter than ever tonight. The guests who came to the manor for the Queen’s Day were called by the police for questioning one by one because of Roger’s case yesterday. After returning, they stayed in their respective residences and did not go out. A few people have decided to leave tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

In addition, Villefort and Danglars did not show up tonight, and the whole house suddenly felt a little cold.

Suddenly footsteps came from the second floor. The two looked up and saw Hesta coming downstairs.

"The kettle in my room is broken. I'll come down to get some water to drink." Hesta said softly, "Are you on duty tonight?"

"Yeah." Zooey nodded, and she pushed the kettle on the coffee table towards Hesta, "Drink this."

"Thank you."

A few more words of fierce quarrel came from the conference room in the distance, and then quickly disappeared.

"It was Officer Su Lei's voice just now?"

"It should be." Ende nodded, "She seems to have chatted with Alvira in the evening, and she is conveying opinions to Victoria right now."

"Alvira came out of the room?" Hesta asked.

"Well, she came out," Ende replied. "She seemed to go to the garden alone and cry for a long time, but Calvin found out. He didn't know what to do, so he asked Si Lei to take a look."

"Do you think Victoria is a bit strange today?" Zooey suddenly looked at Ende.

"A little?"

"Only a little?" Zooey frowned, "When Avinash and the others fought passively, how angry was Victoria? But look at the attitude she gave us when she assigned tasks this afternoon. Vinash a virtue—”

"Don't say that, maybe she's a little tired?" Endai raised her hands, as if to press down on the sudden flames on Zoe's body, "After all, we have been failing before—"

"What has been failing? Rishi courted his own death, Schmidt was tricked by Avinash, and the last two people were robbed from the underground base by someone from the inside. Which step here is our 'failure' ? We found out that the assassin could grasp our coordinates as soon as we arrived, and we designed a thorough encirclement and suppression plan based on this. If the operation of the Golden Crow Palace did not encounter the solar wind, we would not let the assassin run away like that!"

"Zoe..."

"I don't understand why the higher-ups want to recruit security all of a sudden!" Zooey said angrily, "So what if a person who relies on his own ability to run amok in a livable land becomes a mercury needle? This kind of person really Can you become our companion? Why can't you fight firmly, and what value is there to engage in this kind of recruiting trick halfway apart from disrupting our normal combat rhythm?"

After saying this, she looked at Hesta, "...Sorry, I'm not targeting you."

(End of this chapter)