The Divine Hunter

  Chapter 36 Diary

  Roy followed Vivien to the living room on the third floor of the school. She would live in this room when she stayed at the school at night. And the principal of Cardell, the homeless student, the room is next door. But now there is no one.

  The woman led him into the house. The inside of the house looked much shabby and shabby than the outside. The surrounding walls were cracked in many places, and moldy black spots were everywhere.

  The furnishings in the house are simple, with only a pair of tables and chairs, a wall clock, a pair of full-length mirrors, a wooden bed covered with blankets... a large brown wooden box is placed on the wall in the back.

  After Vivien opened the wooden box with the key, he took out a pile of crumpled, yellow inferior paper, and then separated a small pile from it and spread it out on the wooden table.

  "After reading these diaries, you can understand a little bit of my feelings."

  Roy nodded and began to read silently. Vivien sat next to her, with a trace of tension in her beautiful eyes, explaining to him the words he had learned from time to time.

The handwriting on the paper was originally slender and beautiful, but the quill pen used for writing was the worst. The poor quality of the ink caused the handwriting to stick together from time to time, turning into a black and ugly mass, which greatly damaged the diary. The neatness and beauty of the text, but does not affect reading.

  "May 12, 1256

  Today, the drunkard turned the house upside down. He really didn’t find a crown, had no money to buy wine, and the tavern owner would not let him continue to use credit. He finally awoke for a day, and the conscience that had been soaked in alcohol for a long time seemed to have recovered a little bit.

   is simply a dream scene! Our family of four was sitting in a dark and damp hut and used a smoked fish to celebrate my poor mother's birthday.

   Merciful Prophet Raby Oda, please grant me mercy and bless our family to have such a birthday next year. "

A family of four?

  Roy rubbed his eyes, wondering if he had made a mistake, Vivien, her drunk father, her delirious mother, and—

   "There were guests in your house at the time?" Roy glanced at Vivien, "Or is this a typo?"

"In my memory, my mother's birthday never invited any guests. To be more precise, since I can remember, no one has been a guest except for the debt collector. As for the clerical error you said," Vivien The pretty face is very calm, "I have been in charge of the arithmetic classes at the Cardell House. If three and four are not clear, what face do I have to stay? Keep reading."

  Roy held his temper and turned his attention to another diary, which was much shorter.

  "January 20, 1257

He and Mifen had a fight because Mifen scolded our father-that guy drunkly ran to school to ask me for money during school hours, and sprayed dung in front of everyone. He was more than a sparrow. The thugs and traffickers are also disgusting and offensive.

  I agree with Mifen, that drunkard is a complete bastard. "

  Roy is very curious, who is this "he" referring to? Judging from the information disclosed in the text, "he", like Vivien, also called the drunkard his father, so it is indeed possible that he is Vivien's real brother.

  " August 19, 1257

  Today, Principal Cardell, my most respected elder, talked to me. First of all, he affirmed my contribution to the school over the years, and then encouraged me to continue to work hard and strive to train more outstanding students. My ultimate goal is to get an outstanding graduate into Osenfurt University. This is a feat that even President Cadell could not accomplish!

  Then, the principal told me about... and told me tactfully that we should care about... As a relative, even if I ignore any student in the school, I should not ignore him. It was then that I suddenly realized that my drunkard father, my often confused mother, and me, all unknowingly ignored him... "

  "Did you find it?" Vivien's slender finger suddenly clicked on a line of the diary, "This place, there is something missing."

   "Yes, it's really weird." A trace of confusion flashed in Roy's eyes. "There are two places in this diary that have been left empty to talk about ‘who’? Do you care about ‘who’ appropriately?"

   These two blanks were obviously left out deliberately. It seems that there should be two names originally?

  Vivien breathed a sigh of relief, "Sure enough, I am not alone in thinking so. It is obvious. What else is missing except for my brother's name?"

   "Look again, there are a few more."

Vivien found a total of eight diaries, most of which have the same characteristics. A mysterious "him" runs through the whole story. Strangely, none of them mentions the specific name of "him" or portrays "he". His appearance, characteristics and age.

  However, it is obvious from the diary that "he" is close to Vivien and his family, and he used to go to school at Cardell House.

  The last entry in the diary is October 4, 1258, which is less than half a month away from today’s date.

"The drunkard drank too much again, began to lose his temper, slapped me, pinched my neck and asked me for money. I felt that he would really strangle me. I pushed him away before suffocating. Crying and escaped from the house.

  …Worrying about my safety, I followed along. We ran to school together and chatted all night.

  That night, the hornbeam dropped a lot of leaves. "

  ...

  Roy lay back in the chair, closed his eyes and rubbed his temples, sorting out the messy information in his mind.

  His first feeling was that the content of a diary was completely contradictory to President Cardell’s statement in the afternoon. Headmaster Cardell did not admit that Vivien had a brother, so how could he ask her to care about this non-existent person.

  And Roy recalled the scene at the time, and Principal Cardell didn't seem to be lying at all. On the contrary, it was the woman next to her. This startled, somewhat neurotic performance made him even more suspicious.

  An idea suddenly appeared in Roy's mind. Principal Cardell, Uncle Trois, Henk of the Mill, and diaries all proved that Vivien had a drunk and domestic violence father and a mentally unstable mother. Adding the two inducements together, does this woman with impeccable appearance and personality have some kind of mental illness herself?

  If this is the truth, then everything makes sense.

  Compared to the statement that Vivien has a mysterious brother, Roy is more willing to believe that there is a problem with her mental state.

  Roy watched the other person's look, the woman's towering chest was up and down, her breathing was short, and her beautiful eyes were full of expectation.

   "In the diary after October 4, 1258, did he still appear in the diary?"

"No longer,'he' completely disappeared from my world." Vivien shook her head slightly, her pretty face could not hide her disappointment, "Even earlier, "he" only appeared before 1256. , But I think the diary interval before this is too long to be of reference significance."

  Roy's index and middle fingers tapped on the desktop, "After October 4th, what number is the nearest diary?"

   "November 1st, New Year's Day."

  Roy took a deep breath after listening, "So it's very likely that'he' was between October 4 and the New Year. In less than a month, an accident happened."

"Yes, I think so too." Vivien trembled, "Roy, what do you think now? From the perspective of a witcher apprentice, do you believe me? Or do you believe me like everyone else? He is a lunatic, who made up a ridiculous family member who only exists in his imagination."

  Roy thought about it for two seconds, thinking that he could not stimulate the opponent.

   "There are many weird things in this world that cannot be explained by common sense, so Sister Vivien, I trust you. I will take the time to investigate the whereabouts of ‘him’."

Although Roy had a general idea in his mind, he could not jump to a conclusion. After all, he only got a confession from Vivien alone. He had to find more conclusive evidence to support his conclusion and prove that all this was Vivien. Conjectured.

  The woman stroked her chest and let out a long sigh of relief. With a touch of touch in her beautiful eyes, she held Roy's hand tightly.

   "I have heard of the rules of the demon hunter, and I will be ready to pay."

"No, I'll talk about remuneration later." Although Roy doesn't want to be a bad guy, but for a person like Vivien who is almost selfless and dedicated to the Cardell House, if he has the ability, he will still help him. a bit.

  The premise is that there is not much danger. He remembers the principle of the Demon Hunter, and don’t choose an invincible goal. He needs to do a preliminary survey first.

  "Then please, help me find out "him". But you must first pay attention to your own safety. Don't disclose it to others."

"I understand."

  ...

  (End of this chapter)