Scarlett kept crying silently like that while Leislet merely watched her, not knowing what to do or say to her to make her feel better.
Even though she considered her as her rival in love, that by no means makes her not feel pity for Scarlett. In fact, deeply in her heart, she liked Scarlett's straightforward personality and her seriousness when she needed to do something.
It was one rare trait to find people like her in this world and especially in this era where lies were the new truth.
So, with a slightly complicated expression, Leislet sat down.
She then looked at the window where she could clearly see the full moon illuminating the whole city like a small sun.
"You know…" she began.
"Why do you think this city is always in an eternal nighttime?" She asked.
Hearing the question, Scarlett lifted her head up and wiped her tears before looking at Leislet with a weird expression.
"Is this some kind of existential question?"
Her response made Leislet chuckle and then look back at the moon. Her melodic voice filled the place again.
"Fufufu. Maybe it is after all. So, what's your answer?"
"Was it some kind of soul force effect?"
Leislet shook her head and urged her to find another response to the question.
"Was it a weird device?"
Again, Leislet shook her head. However, this time, she spoke again.
"You aren't close. This place…Evernight is like this because of a curse."
"A curse?"
"Yes, a curse. People who lived here a long time ago were a bunch of lazy fuckers. They hated working every day and gaining some money. So, inside of them, they wished for every day to be nighttime so that they could rest and never work again."
Then, Leislet stopped speaking suddenly which made Scarlett look at her.
"And?"
"A strong entity appeared one day and found this city and the people in it to be not worthy of the sunlight and the clear blue sky. So, he used his powers and turned this place into an everlasting night."
"That's… dark."
"Fufufu no pun intended? Anyway, this was indeed bad and made people finally value the clear part of the day more than anything else. However, by that time, it was already over for them. Or so many people thought…"
"What happened?" Scarlett asked again.
"See that moon over there? That was their salvage from this curse. That moon appeared and became their eternal source of light so that they never fall into the abyss of darkness again and lose themselves."
Scarlett nodded her head and fell into deep thought then said what she had in mind from the moment Leislet started telling this story.
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Because…it's very similar to your case. You think that you are already beyond saving and that your heart and mind were clouded with sadness and insanity. But, look at that moon. Hasn't Acht always been that moon to you? Wasn't he always that undying source of light that kept you away from losing yourself? Think about it, Scarlett. You might assume that it is over. But, sometimes, reaching rock bottom means that the only way you go now is up."
Scarlett's eyes widened in surprise at her own words. She couldn't stop herself from going slightly chaotic as her mind ran through these words again and again.
Each time, these words were getting engraved in her soul and made her feel that her soul was recovering step by step.
Then, after a few minutes of silence, Scarlett muttered.
"Maybe you are right. Hope is still present for me and I will fight for it." She muttered.
As for Leislet, she merely sighed under her breath and then thought to herself.
'Why did I even help my rival? Did I go nuts?' She thought to herself.
Then, she stood up and dusted her clothes slightly before looking at Scarlett and saying.
"Now, that our small talk is over. We need to leave this place before anyone comes back and we get screwed. Let's go."
Scarlett nodded her head and the two left the place as quickly as possible. Before that, they made sure that no traces were left of them. Not even a small hair was still inside that room.
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Meanwhile, Acht and Nightingale were still inside the chamber.
"It says that the preparation phase will take 32 years, right? Does that mean that the war is very close?" Weltz asked.
However, no one could answer exactly since they had no idea about when did this project start or why it started in the first place.
It could've started yesterday just like it could've started 32 years ago. Each possibility was available to them.
"Just from the condition of these capsules and the aura in this place. This is definitely not something that was created recently. And by not recently I mean not in the last 2 decades." Jack said as he took a peek at the capsules behind them.
"I see. So our best chances are that we have a few years before the invasion starts?" Torn asked.
"Theoretically…yes, that's pretty much it." Jack nodded his head.
However, as they were conversing like that, a ring came from Lenny's device. He pulled it out and a serious expression appeared on his face.
He then clicked on the button and said.
"What is it?"
"My apologies, Boss. But, The hunter association found the hidden base. They came here looking for sir Acht. I wasn't able to identify who it was."
The man's words made the atmosphere heavy as everyone grimaced at the information.
Just the thought that their base was found could make them stop anything they were doing and rush back.
However, they didn't have that possibility on their hands at the moment as the trip back will take hours.
"We will be back. Just deal with them if you can." Lenny answered.
"Understood."
Then, the line was cut and Lenny said to the other team members.
"We are leaving now. We will come back to this place after we deal with this problem."
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