Why it never ends

As the evening approached, Tasia heard someone knocking on the door. She opened the door and saw Jacqueline standing outside.

As soon as the door was opened, Jacqueline immediately grabbed her hand, "You must help me, Tasia..."

"……What's wrong?"

"No one can be my guardian...they are not qualified." Jacqueline looked at her pleadingly, "I dare not go to Helen, I don't know where that police officer Su Lei is right now, I just I can only come to you... I can only come to you! Help me—”

Jacqueline's voice was only a few points higher, and it woke Philip who was lying on the bed.He screamed Tasia's name, and Tasia hurried back to the bed.Jacqueline tried to help, but only made the situation more confusing, and she resigned herself to the door until Tasia reassured the frightened Philip.

Tasia came back to Jacqueline: "What do you want me to do, register you as a risky passenger?"

Jacqueline nodded again and again, "I asked Gustav to read the regulations on risky passengers... There are only four rules in it, which is too easy compared to the "Detailed Rules"!"

"It's not that easy," Tasia said worriedly, "just the diet—"

"I usually don't eat much more than that! And General Bernhard said that as long as there is a guardian around, these rules are negotiable!" Jacqueline showed a weak smile on her face, " Bernhard ate a lot this morning, didn't he?"

Tasia hesitated to speak, "... Who have you looked for?"

"As far as Fayence and the others, six or seven of them have tried. I don't know why none of them work. The crew in the medical room said that Fayance and the others are not qualified, but I asked her what the so-called 'qualification' is. And refused to tell me!"

Jacqueline took a deep breath and adjusted the volume of her voice.

"Adams hasn't come back yet, maybe Adams can... But I'm afraid I might not see him before nine o'clock, then I—"

"Don't worry," Tasia held Jacqueline's hand, "You sit down first, this matter is really not as difficult as you imagined..."

"It's almost six o'clock, I have no time!" Jacqueline almost cried, "If I can't find a guardian, I will have to go to the banquet alone, in case something happens—"

"Listen to me!" Tasia interrupted the panicked Jacqueline loudly.

Jacqueline's voice stopped abruptly, and Philip, who was not far away, also sat up. Tasia stroked his back and pressed him back on the bed.

"Jacqueline, do you still remember Helen and Gustav's dinner?" Tasia said softly, "She talked about it in the restaurant before."

Jacqueline shook her head, tears were already on her cheeks, "...I was too scared, I didn't listen to it at the time."

"Okay, listen now, the night Helen and Gustav went to dinner: she was the guardian, she took her dangerous passengers to the dinner together, and she wore a gemstone brooch the whole time, and the next day she and Gustav Stave appeared in front of us safely.

"Although it is still not completely sure that this is absolutely safe, it is always right to follow this model," Tasia whispered, "You have tried to find a guardian now, have you tried to find yourself? What about the risky passengers?"

Jacqueline still shook her head, "Someone already suggested this to me this afternoon. I also asked Fayance and the others, but they were not willing to be risky passengers... Oh, there are indeed a few people who really want to find a guardian, But they all want to find Hesta or Su Lei, and no one is willing to register with me..."

"Then you can ask Bernhard or Gustav, if you don't want to go alone, maybe they—"

"Please, please..." Jacqueline raised her head, "You are always so gentle and understanding, don't let me find someone else, can you be my guardian—"

"Calm down!" Tasia grabbed Jacqueline's shoulders, she could clearly feel Jacqueline's instant trembling, Tasia tried to make her voice sound firmer, "I know you are now Terrified, and I know how excruciating the fear is...but it's not real!"

Jacqueline's teeth trembled slightly, "...what?"

"A lot of this fear is just our imagination, we are scaring ourselves!"

"But you also encountered a security check last night—" Jacqueline's voice was inconsistent, "You, you said that you escaped from the stairwell alone, if you hadn't met the bartender, you might have... "

"Yes! But I'm still here, aren't I?" Tasia held Jacqueline's hand firmly, "I gave Philip the safety brooch, but something happened to Philip in the end, so I'm still fine." Yes—I've been thinking about it for a day today, and I feel that the risks borne by the role of guardian may not be as high as it seems, and the responsibilities of risky passengers may not be as few as it claims..."

A little stunned and angry flashed across Jacqueline's face, "After all, you still don't want to help me!"

She shook off Tasia's hand and raised her hand to wipe away the tears, but more tears fell instead.

"I really don't understand...why are you all unwilling to help me! Are we not partners? Are we not comrades? Tasia! When René blackmailed me, you were willing to stand up and speak for me. How much did I think you were?" Will be on my side-"

Jacqueline's voice became louder and louder, and Tasia couldn't stop it until Philip on the bed suddenly started crying madly, and their conversation had to be interrupted again.

Taking advantage of Tasia to prevent Philip from hitting his head against the wall, Jacqueline resolutely left the place, no matter how Tasia called her name, she never looked back.

……

As the last sun set on the sea, Rico pushed Hesta into the underground luggage room.

The expected dilapidated scene did not appear, the place was still clean and quiet, and Anna's collections were still well placed on various display shelves, obviously no one had touched them.

The two came all the way to Anna's study room, the door was ajar, and there was no one behind.

They walked along the path among the bookshelves to the center of the study, and Hesta suddenly noticed some pieces of paper fixed by iron nails on the table. She picked it up and looked at it, and found that it turned out to be Bree's daily illness—— Bree hadn't woken from his coma, but the ship's infirmary hung him to this day.

"I almost forgot about Bree," Hesta flipped through the pages one by one, "how could there be such a thing here, who sent it..."

Suddenly, a glass shattered on the ground. Hesta and Rico looked up at the same time, and saw an afterimage of Meyer flashing behind the small door not far away.