Chapter 262 Get on the Bus First and Buy the Ticket Later (6K)

In the darkness of the Lightless Prison, the mysterious tree house in the center of the fluorescent forest seemed to be covered by an invisible barrier.

The atmosphere inside was completely closed, and the outside world could not detect any movement inside.

This was Herbert's way to prevent Eliza from discovering his whereabouts, but now it also hindered others from exploring here.

No one can know what happened in this thing.

Whether it is life or death, the outside world knows nothing.

Fortunately, the situation in the secret space did not go to crisis, and there were even some things that made people think about it.

Humans and dark elves overlapped in an ambiguous posture.

Herbert leaned back slightly, and looked up at the dark elf sitting on him with a smile.

And Sfanny leaned forward slightly, as if she was half lying on him.

Although Sfanny's right wrist was held by Herbert, judging from the posture of the two at this moment, it seemed that Herbert was suppressed by Sfanny.

"..."

After hearing Herbert's straightforward words, Sfanny raised her eyebrows, without moving her body, just staring at Herbert's eyes, and after a while she slowly said: "What do you mean by this?"

"No special meaning, just let us throw away those hypocritical temptations and speak directly from the heart."

Herbert smiled and said easily:

"Sfanny, you are a smart person, and so am I. We don't have to waste time testing each other."

"You can't fool me, and it's hard for me to fool you. Testing here and there is a bit boring."

In the previous conversations, although the two people seemed very polite, they were actually secretly testing each other, looking for each other's bottom line, and thinking about how to maximize their own interests.

This is actually understandable, and there is nothing to say.

After all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and no one dares to guarantee that the other party is the person they know. In-depth communication is necessary to draw conclusions.

The process of becoming friends is to understand each other, test each other, and finally find a position that suits each other and can be accepted by both, and finally write down each other's positioning.

If they are compatible enough, they can become friends.

If they are not suitable, they will become strangers again.

If the two people are extremely compatible in all aspects, then they may become close friends.

This process generally takes a certain amount of time.

"Instead of spending this time doing such boring things, I would rather chat with you more, listen to your past experiences, and get to know your heart in depth... Oh, don't worry, I don't want to target you with these."

"It's just that I think we can become a little more intimate, I mean spiritually."

Yes, Herbert now feels that the progress with Sfanny is a bit... too slow.

Especially when he realized that the dark elves' concept of time was very different from his own, he was even more reluctant to waste too much time on it.

For ordinary humans, it may take three months, half a year, a year, or even two or three years to fully accept each other.

But as immortal species, the elves' concept of time is very different from that of humans.

They are too slow to warm up.

The time spent together can be multiplied by ten times, or even fifty times!

Herbert can't spend 150 years to build a good relationship with Sfanny.

Not to mention that the dark elves are the most cautious among the entire elven clan.

As a cruel race that always needs to guard against their relatives stabbing them in the back, they are better at plotting betrayal against each other and rarely make friends with others.

Since the conventional way of getting along is not suitable, another method needs to be adopted.

"In my opinion, we might as well skip the stage of 'getting to know each other'."

Herbert smiled very brightly and kindly, and said with a smile: "We can directly become close friends who trust each other."

This way is called-marriage first, then love!

Ahem, no.

Get on the bus first and buy the ticket later?

Well, it doesn't seem right.

First get rich and lead... Ahem, this is even more wrong.

No matter what, it's not "cooking the rice before the rice is cooked", that progress is really too much.

Although Sfannie imagined that Herbert would make certain requests and have some strange ideas, she didn't expect the progress to jump so much.

You know, the two were still testing each other before, and Herbert gave her a warning when they were fighting secretly.

But now, Herbert, who was obviously in the upper hand, suddenly changed his mind and said to her: "Come! Be my best friend!"

Are you... okay?

This change was really too big and too bizarre, making her somewhat unable to cope.

"You said... best friend?"

Sifannie chewed on the word in her mouth, her expression was a little out of control, and she felt a little absurd in her heart.

No kidding, Sifannie didn't even have a close friend in her life, but now a best friend suddenly appeared.

And the relationship between the two was unilaterally declared by this "best friend".

What on earth...

She continued to lower her body, completely pressing on Herbert, and her other hand pressed on his chest.

Sifannie lowered her head, frowned, stared at Herbert, not knowing what he was thinking.

What conspiracy was there?

"What do you mean?"

When Herbert saw her like this, he smiled even more happily, and even raised his head slightly.

"Haha, you finally no longer call me 'you'."

Herbert's sudden words made Sifani look startled.

But before she could react, Herbert continued: "Of course, it is reasonable for you to have doubts. Being close friends does not mean that you and I have truly become close friends."

"But I hope we can treat each other as close friends."

"By the way, do you know what is the most important thing about a relationship like a best friend?"

Sifani frowned and hesitated, then slowly shook her head: "What is it?"

What is it?

wealth? strength? Or inferiority?

"It's trust."

Herbert's eyes were calm and he said firmly: "Only when both parties can trust each other without reservation and without the slightest suspicion, no matter what difficult circumstances they are in, can they become true friends."

Because of trust, close friends can share their deepest secrets and show their vulnerability without fear of being laughed at or betrayed.

Trust is a deep emotion that gradually settles after a long period of getting along and experiencing the baptism of wind and rain together.

It is the cornerstone of a close friendship and is absolutely unshakable.

But now, Herbert's approach is to reverse the effect and turn the cause into a cause, based on the premise that the two become close friends, and then in turn build such trust.

"..."

After listening to Herbert's words, the dark elf's brows wrinkled and relaxed, relaxed and wrinkled again, and his expression changed repeatedly.

Svanie was quite confused by his radical approach.

She really didn't understand why Herbert did this...

When Sifanie looked into Herbert's eyes, she subconsciously wanted to dodge.

Because she even felt fear.

And she hasn't had such emotions for many years.

The last time she felt fear was when she tried the forbidden ritual for the first time as a minor and [Evil Desire] watched.

At this moment, when Sifanie was stared at by Herbert's light eyes, she actually felt the same trance as before.

She felt as if she was being watched by the gods!

! ! !

The Third Commandment can block the sight of gods.

This is one of the reasons why Sifanni has been reluctant to leave here and would rather stay here to conduct research.

As long as she stayed here, she could stay away from the malicious prying eyes of that fallen being.

At this moment, under the long-lost fear, she even felt that the flesh and blood clone's breathing became a little faster.

Boom!

My heart skipped a beat.

And when Sifanie took the initiative to adjust the physiological changes of this body, her body was gently pulled and fell forward, directly lying on Herbert's chest.

That warm and solid chest made all her body's instinctive reactions disappear at this moment.

The flesh and blood clone's heartbeat stopped beating wildly, and its breathing instantly became calmer, and its entire soul felt a strange sense of peace.

This, what is this?

In a daze, Sifanie heard Herbert's gentle whisper: "Is it strange?"

“Does kindness from others make you uncomfortable?”

Sifani:?

Wait, that’s not what I’m afraid of! ! ?

Don't get me wrong, it's your gaze that scares me, not your kindness!

you……

Sifani had a lot to say, and she was complaining like this in her heart, but feeling the warmth coming from Herbert's body, she was in a daze for a moment and did not refute.

She became quiet and did not argue, but slowly felt the emotions conveyed to her by the young man.

“It’s okay to feel strange, it’s okay to even be scared.”

Herbert seemed unaware of the changes in Svennie's heart. He held her in his arms, patted her back gently with his palms, and comforted her softly:

"Don't be afraid, I will teach you."

"I will teach you how to be friends with others, not as a disguise for betrayal, but as a true friend."

He felt Sifani's body changing from resistance to gradually adapting, his smile was particularly pleasant, and he said softly:

"And in order to do this, let's start with our best friends!"

That’s right, in order for you to have friends, let’s start with your best friends.

"..."

As for this "unreasonable" and absurd request, Sifani did not answer.

There was no agreement, no rejection, just silence.

But silence itself has actually shown its attitude in many cases.

Neither of them spoke, and they just continued to stay in silence for a while.

What is Svenny thinking?

fear? Suspect? hesitate? laugh?

Or do you think of nothing?

Herbert stared calmly at the ceiling of the tree house, guessing Sifani's heart, and shook his head slowly and invisibly.

In any case, he has succeeded in this step.

After a while, Svanie was the first to break the silence.

Although she was still a little greedy for the warmth, she still resolutely pushed Herbert's chest with her palms to push herself up to keep herself away from this strange emotion.

But he did not get off Herbert's body, but continued to maintain the posture of sitting astride before, looking down at Herbert, and asked softly with a complicated expression.

"What exactly do you want me to do?"

Herbert originally wanted to be more reserved, but he couldn't help laughing after hearing her words.

Ha ha.

At some point, the positions of both sides reversed.

Not long ago, it was Herbert who was asking Svanie this question.

But now, it was her who asked such a question.

"Huh? Don't you understand? I want you to be my best friend..."

"Okay, I already know, you don't have to say anymore."

Sifani interrupted Herbert's behavior of "getting it and being nice" and said seriously: "I mean, what do you want me to do after you make me your 'best friend'?"

She looked a little disgusted and rolled her eyes at Herbert.

After Herbert's tossing, she unconsciously took off some of her disguises and revealed some of her original character.

"Of course I want you to tell the truth."

Herbert gave up and told his real purpose: "I want to know the truth."

"For example, why are you targeting your sister? What is it about her that deserves your attention?"

Stella Moore.

Now the patriarch of the Dark Elf Moore family, a powerful evil being.

But compared to her identity, what Herbert cared more about was the relationship between Svennie and her, and what kind of grievances there were between them.

Sifani has been in the Third Discipline Center for such a long time, and it can be said that her earthly connection has been broken.

In Herbert's eyes, Svennie was actually very cold.

She only cares about her own experiments and her own research, and doesn't care about anything else in the outside world.

Even the blood of her relatives is nothing more than a sample for an experiment in her eyes, part of a complete research.

However, for such a cold-blooded existence, why did he change his mind after coming into contact with those people?

Herbert didn't know the past between her and Stella, but judging from his intuition and the current situation, there were probably two possibilities.

Or, Stella and Svenni have irresolvable hatred and are afraid of being thrown into jail.

Or, Stella...may be an important part of Sifani's research.

Herbert was leaning toward the latter, but he couldn't completely ignore the possibility of the former, so he had to ask Sifani clearly.

"Also, I need to know what I can gain from helping you? And what the risks are relative to that."

This is also the focus of Herbert's attention.

Herbert actually had no objection to helping Svanie.

After all, he was not familiar with Stina, and there was some enmity between the two of them, so there was no problem in taking action.

However, brothers still have to settle accounts.

The bustle in the world is all for the benefit of coming; the hustle and bustle of the world is all for the benefit of the future.

Even if you are a close friend, whether you help or not depends on the pros and cons of this matter.

If it's just a small favor that doesn't matter, then it helps.

But if the price to pay is too high, you still need to think more.

"And, lastly...if I don't help you, what dangers will I face?"

Herbert asked many questions one after another, without beating around the bush, abandoned any false pretenses, and stated what he wanted straightforwardly.

Reasons and pros and cons of doing it.

"..."

Sifani probably didn't answer. She narrowed her eyes and asked a little amusedly: "So, what you want in the end after going in such a big circle is that what I tell you is not lies or concealment?"

Herbert nodded seriously and said: "Well, it can be easily understood, but compared to these, what I hope to gain more is your trust."

And listening to this serious answer, Sivanie suddenly felt like laughing.

"Hehe, hehe..."

But it's not a sarcastic kind of ridicule, but a bit speechless, but more of a bit emotional.

Really, what are you talking about as a close friend?

You guy, don’t you just want me to tell the truth?

If you only want this, why would you go through such a big circle... Hahaha.

Sifani suddenly felt in a good mood, shook her head slightly, and said with a chuckle: "As for those questions of yours, I can indeed answer them truthfully as you wish."

"My relationship with Stella is somewhat complicated."

Her eyes became a little distant, recalling the years in the distant past.

"Because of our blood relationship, we were identified as competitors from birth and have been compared to each other since childhood."

"Those people want us to compete against each other and one will be the winner and the other will be the slave of the other."

"In their eyes, this is an extremely normal thing. No dark elf can resist such temptation, haha."

Thinking of this, Sivani couldn't help but laugh.

What a ridiculous bunch of guys.

"It's just that they were disappointed, and I'm not interested in that kind of thing."

"Herbert, you may be able to notice that I am actually a little special."

Perhaps because of Herbert's performance today, Svanie did not shy away from talking about her special features.

"I have no interest in anything other dark elves desire, whether it's killing or conspiracy, I don't care about it."

"I don't want to gain power over others, I just want to complete the research that I am curious about."

"So, I defied their arrangements."

"But... Stella is different. She is considered a perfect dark elf."

"As I said before, Stella is a combination of all the characteristics of a dark elf that you can imagine."

"Evil, greedy, crazy...a perfect dark elf."

Listening to Svennie's description, a dark elf with a similar appearance to her but with a different temperament gradually appeared in front of Herbert's eyes.

According to Sifani's description, this Ms. Stina seemed to have integrated into her own body all the emotions that her sister lacked.

He is a very typical dark elf.

But just when Herbert thought that Stella was taking the template of Tian Shen Feng Aotian, Svanie suddenly curled her lips and said disdainfully: "My dear sister, you are good at everything, but your strength and talent are not very good."

Herbert: Huh?

What's going on?

Why is the direction of this story different from what I thought?

Sifani saw the surprise in Herbert's eyes and sneered: "Stella's strength is not worthy of her ambition."

"Before I advanced to Legend and went out to study alone, Stella planned a total of 3,724 attacks on me."

"Including but not limited to sneak attacks while I sleep, poisoning my food, applying poison on my experimental equipment, attracting a wave of rampaging monsters, joining forces with others to besiege me, etc."

"As for the results of those attacks and killings... haha, none of them were successful."

Thinking about it, this was the same answer. Svennie was sitting leisurely on Herbert's belly at the moment.

But right?

After working on it for a long time, you turned out to be the real Feng Aotian!

Facing the "adoring" gaze cast by Herbert, Svanie just smiled lightly and said casually: "I'm just not interested, and she has no talent."

good!

This guy is so good at pretending!

OK, stole it.

I'll show off like this next time!

When Herbert was about to applaud Svennie, he suddenly noticed something and let out a light sigh.

"Eh? Wait, that's wrong... I remember you said before that Stella is very powerful now."

The dark elves who came to die before were also forced to go to a dead end because of Stella's persecution.

And the terrifying existence they described was much more powerful than the current Sifani.

Overtaking on a curve?

"Yes, she is very powerful now, more powerful than ever before."

"She successfully assassinated the great mistress who had the legendary peak strength, and she did it in front of everyone."

"As for the reason why Stella was able to suddenly transform, from a guy with no talent to becoming so powerful in just a few hundred years... have you guessed it?"

Hundreds of years are a short hair!

Although Herbert wanted to complain that the adjective "short" could never be used for hundreds of years, he still pondered for a moment, frowned and said:

"So, you mean... gods?"

Sifani nodded slightly and said softly:

"Well, she must have received a gift from the gods, and if I guessed correctly, Stella... became the favored one of [Evil Desire]."

After mentioning this god, Sivani's expression became much more serious.

"Of course, I am not biased against that being. Although He is greedy, evil, crazy, and taboo, I have no conflict with Him. I even defrauded Him of some benefits back then."

But how was it deceived? What exactly was defrauded? She didn't elaborate.

Even so, Herbert also heard some special meanings from Svanie's words.

Svenny was not afraid of Stella, but she was obviously afraid of the God of Evil and Desire in her heart.

"Stella has now become a favored one, and her will no longer belongs to her own."

"Even if I don't go to her, she will definitely come to me."

"She will devour the blood of all her relatives and eventually become the apostle of evil desires."

"Besides, Stella will not let you go, she will definitely find you."

Sifani looked at Herbert and said slowly:

"Find you."

"Then, kill you."

"No, before that, she will probably perform a sacrilegious ritual to defile your purity and offer your defiled purity to Him."

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