Caroline, looking tired and slouched in the sofa, sipped her hot tea.
(What were you doing last night? I couldn't sleep a wink.)
Seeing Jared enter the room, Caroline looked up in dismay and grumbled.
"A little something."
（What did you do with that girl in your room, as Serenity just told me?)
Although she was questioning, Caroline didn't show any interest at all, it seemed that the breakfast was more important to her. Caroline knew Jared well enough to know that even if he did lock the girl in her room, he probably wouldn't do anything to cause concern. Jared had only briefly explained to Caroline what he'd gotten from Layla, and after that, after throwing the fainted Layla back into the dungeon, Jared had questioned Yuri and the rest of the group to prove that Layla wasn't lying. As a matter of fact, all of them originally planned to travel through the Forest of Undead, deep into the human's dominion, in the hope of finding the legendary mercenary group that was said to be the only one that could live in the human's society and gained respect. It was the second home that the wandering orcs wished to return to.
But unfortunately, before this Yuri and his party were deceived by a group of traveling merchants, they coaxed Yuri and so on, and swore that they knew if they could find the mercenary group whose whereabouts were a mystery. Yuri and his party were tricked into going on the road, but halfway through the journey, they suddenly turned against each other, not only killed several of their companions who had been weakened by running away, but also intended to take Leila and sell her.
It must be said that Yuri and his companions have not had the best of luck.
(Can I use it?)
"Should be no problem, as long as I hold Leila, then they will have to be good and work for me ... Please give me that piece of bread, no jam."
But that wasn't the most difficult problem. Yuri's troubles were sudden, but they didn't affect the original plan.
（Hostage-taking is not the behavior of a gentleman, Jared.)
Caroline passed the bread as if it were nothing, spread with a thick layer of sweet black strawberry jam.
(Besides, I think you'd better go and see that ... is called Miss Wendy, the situation that day is really too sudden.) After that, you haven't seen her since.)
Jared bitterly swallowed the bread in three mouthfuls, and then drank the morning tea in a mouthful, and then wiped his mouth with a napkin and stood up. Scratching his head in embarrassment, although the events of that day were just a show, but Wendy was hurt and punished this thing did make Jared feel a little embarrassed inside. After all, before carrying out this plan, he did not consult Wendy and Serenity and their intentions, coupled with Jared subconsciously believe that these people and Kelly assassination this matter is not directly related, so he never thought there is a need to tell each other.
But that didn't mean that Jared was a cold-blooded animal, no matter which way he looked at it, the punishment that Wendy received was unjustified. Originally he should have found time to talk to this almost never contacted the Tower of Heaven's representative, after all, now is a very special time, Jared needs to strengthen their own and the Lord of Heaven's connection. It was a very urgent matter to make a good relationship with the intermediary. But the reason Jared didn't do it was simple.
He forgot.
Wendy was so lacking in presence that she didn't stand out like Kelly or Serenity, or even the opposite of them. It wasn't that people didn't feel her presence, but they just didn't "care" that she was there. It was a strange feeling, and in fact, Jared was able to detect Wendy's value in the light tectonics every time she approached, but was quick to "ignore" it. It's as if one doesn't care about the clutter in the corner.
So as much as Jared wanted to talk to Wendy sometime, as soon as he was distracted by something else, he'd forget about it.
Fortunately, Caroline was apparently more relaxed, but it seemed that she wasn't completely unaffected, at least when Caroline reminded herself of Wendy's name just now, it was also rare for her to remember it after a little flashback. This was also a rare occurrence for Caroline.
"I'm going to ... where is her room now?"
Trying to find Wendy was difficult in some ways.
Because of the lack of presence of this girl, even if Jared asked the people in the castle, he could not get any answer. Kylie and Serenity were also unable to give any definite information, and it was only at this time that they realized that something was wrong. Come to think of it, as the most popular school in the academy, the students under the Lord of the Heavens should have been very popular, but it seems that they have never heard of Wendy's existence, and now that they think about it, perhaps they simply did not pay attention to it, and thus forgot about her existence.
"What an oddball ..."
Jared, who couldn't get an answer even after asking everyone, scratched his head in frustration, although he had also searched the entire castle with his Tectonic, but he also didn't get any answers. Or in other words, the Tectonic might have caught her presence, but Jared had subconsciously ignored it.
In that case, Jared had no choice but to take the oldest and most inefficient method of all - searching room by room. In the end, when Jared came to the room next to Caroline on the third floor, he quickly realized something was wrong.
Since it was still in the construction stage, the entire castle was not decorated luxuriously, and all the rooms were empty except for the servants' room, and a few of them. But in this room, there was a wooden bed, and spread with clean white fabric, everywhere is heavy books. Jared scanned the room subconsciously to make sure it wasn't Serenity's or Kelly's room before he called out.
"Ms. Wendy?"
"What can I do for you, Lord Guardian?"
The sound at his feet startled Jared, and he immediately took a reflexive step backward, while trying his best to suppress his urge to summon his Rune Armor. Only then did he realize that Wendy was sitting on the ground at his feet, holding a heavy book in her hands and looking up at Jared quietly. She hadn't suddenly appeared here, but had been here all along, and Jared was sure that he had definitely looked at her when he looked around, but had immediately ignored her presence.
It's an amazing skill.
"This ..."
Jared had no choice but to keep his eyes on Wendy, lest he suddenly turn in some other direction, and when he came back he couldn't find the man in question.
"It may be a little late, but I apologize."
"?"
Wendy didn't say anything, just cocked her head and stared at Jared as if she didn't understand him.
"If I explain it clearly, then the Lord of the Heavenly Cthulhu may not treat you ...."
"The Lord Guardian does not need to apologize to me ."
Wendy replied quietly .
"I was just taken for granted, and I don't have any independent feelings about it."
"Rightfully so?"
Jared was a little surprised that he didn't quite understand what Wendy meant, especially with the normal-to-normal "rightness" of her tone.
"I am the puppet, the puppet of the Lord of the Celestial Sky, I am only responsible for transmitting her meaning, I am me and I am not me. I don't need any independent and autonomous feelings, I am a puppet, and completely and utterly carry out the orders of the Lord of the Celestial Sky."
Wendy said in an indifferent tone as if she were a newly awakened robot who was introducing her performance to a guest.
"Therefore, no matter what the Lord of the Heavens does to me, I will not have any autonomous feelings. Whether it's happiness, anger, or sadness, it has nothing to do with me, so the Lord Guardian doesn't have to worry about me getting hurt. I'm just a walking object."
"You ... are human, aren't you."
Jared finally realized why almost everyone ignored Wendy's existence, this young girl didn't consider herself a human being at all, according to her own words, she was just a tool that could move and convey the will of the Lord of the Heavens. She doesn't need a heart, she doesn't need feelings, and she doesn't respond to others' feelings. Jared finally realized why Wendy hadn't done anything at all when Stephen had betrayed her. She would only follow the orders of the Sky Lord, in fact, no matter whether it was Jared who killed Stephen or Stephen who killed Jared and the others, if there was no order from the Sky Lord, then Wendy would not have reacted at all to what was happening in front of her.
"So if you wish, the Lord Guardian may view any part of my body at will to confirm your doubts. This is not within the scope of what the Lord of Cthulhu forbids."
Wendy's white, flawless cheeks showed no sign of expression, as calmly as if she were talking about something completely unrelated to herself.
"... or forget it."
There was a moment, Jared really up to try to push down Wendy, and take off her clothes to see if this girl will really not react to the idea, but that was just a moment, Jared quickly gave up this idea. And the face of this in front of this beyond the common understanding of the scope of the girl, Jared can only helplessly back on track, talking to themselves.
"I came to find you there is another thing, I think you have the Lord of the Cthulhu Heaven has learned the development of the matter, frankly speaking, these guys will act so quickly is a little out of my expectation, I originally thought they would be in the Lily City to pull each other for a period of time ... Anyway, I hope you can in the I hope you can keep your mouth shut while those guys are here, and don't divulge any information about Kylie being alive, Serenity I've already instructed ... Any questions?"
"Lord Cthulhu commands me to follow your orders to the letter, Lord Guardian."
"Uh ..."
Now that he had said what he needed to say, although he didn't get the expected response, but since Wendy said so, Jared could only nod his head. He shrugged his shoulders helplessly, then turned around and left Wendy's room.