Chapter 1071 Siegfried

"Ugh……"

In a shanty house, a white-haired young man sat on the edge of the warm bed that he should have been enjoying, with his hands on the back of the chair, looking at the beautiful girl who was still unconscious on the bed with boredom.

I took her back out of pity.

Judging from her outfit, she should be the Valkyrie of Destiny... What bad luck, I have already made up my mind not to have anything to do with Destiny anymore.

However, if you leave an injured girl in the wilderness, you are not a manly man...

"..."

While the white-haired young man was still daydreaming, the girl on the bed slowly opened her eyes, "Where is this...?"

"This is my home."

Hearing the girl's voice, the white-haired young man spoke. In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, he made up a lie, "I saw you injured and lying in the wild last night, so I brought you back."

"My name is Siegfried, and I'm a... um, private detective." The young man pointed his thumb at his chest, showing his big white teeth, a sunny boy. "You haven't eaten anything. If you're hungry, here's a bowl of fish soup I cooked."

Siegfried handed over a bowl filled with an unknown liquid called "fish soup". Under Cecilia's big eyes, a dead fish head emerged from it.

"Thank...thank you, Mr. Siegfried."

Whether out of politeness or because she was really hungry, Cecilia took the bowl, took a sip of the soup, and immediately felt tears coming out.

"So sour!" Cecilia couldn't help but say.

"..."

Siegfried was self-aware of his cooking skills. Hearing Cecilia's comments, he scratched the back of his head sheepishly.

But Cecilia did not put down the bowl just because the food in the bowl was unpalatable. Instead, she continued to slowly put the remaining fish soup into her stomach. Siegfried was watching her during the process.

The girl's profile looked particularly soft in the sunlight coming in from the window, like a fairy in a painting.

He ate food given by a stranger without hesitation, and didn't even consider the possibility that I had poisoned the food... Fortunately, the soup I made was just a little unpalatable...

Thinking of this, Siegfried began to talk: "Don't call me sir, I'm still very young. What's your name? Did something happen to you last night?"

"Sorry! I haven't told you my name yet. That's so rude. My name is Cecilia." Putting down the bowl in her hand, which had nothing left except the fish head and bones, Cecilia responded quickly.

It’s just what happened last night… Cecilia recalled it in her mind, lowered her head and felt a little guilty, “I’m sorry, I can’t tell you what happened last night… By the way…”

Thinking of Cheng Lixue and Patrick who were traveling with her, Cecilia didn't know their current situation after being knocked away, and hurriedly asked Siegfried beside her: "There were two girls with me last night, have you seen them?"

"You're the only one I saw," Siegfried replied.

"Is this so..."

Cecilia lowered her head and prayed silently in her heart, "Ms. Cheng, Ms. Highsmith, I hope you are safe..."

"..."

Siegfried smelled trouble from Cecilia's words. He walked out and said, "Since you have something to hide, I won't ask any more questions. You don't have to force yourself to tell me what happened last night. I hate being dragged into trouble anyway. It's safe here, just rest and heal your wounds here."

But before he could even walk out the door, he heard a rustling sound behind him. It was Cecilia who climbed down from the bed, enduring the pain in her body. "No... No, I still have a mission to complete. I must return to the headquarters as soon as possible..."

"The mission is more important than your own life?!"

Siegfried, who had his back to Cecilia, narrowed his eyes. He ran out because he didn't want to risk his life for his destiny. Cecilia's words were particularly harsh to him.

"Oh...I hate this."

Siegfried rubbed the back of his head as if in trouble, which was his habitual action. "Hey, I changed my mind. Since you are in a hurry to leave, let me give you a ride. You are injured and penniless. If you rely on yourself, it will take a long time to get there."

"No, I can't cause any more trouble for Siegfried... Siegfried." Cecilia wanted to refuse, but Siegfried came to the bed again, leaned his upper body closer to her, and put one hand on his chest like a gentleman. "Escort is one of the jobs of a private detective. And more importantly, when you return to the headquarters... I will charge you related fees."

The last sentence took on a different meaning. Siegfried showed a mercenary smile and put his hand on Cecilia's shoulder, leaving the latter with a puzzled look.

"cost?"

"It may be a bit expensive. But I'm a private investigator, not a volunteer. The cost of treatment, accommodation, and the soup you just drank... a total of 30,000 marks."

Siegfried stretched out his fingers and counted them one by one, but he didn't know where he had the nerve to include the bowl of "fish soup" just now. "I won't let you go until you return the money to me. Got it, Cecilia~"

……

"…Is this like looking for something without any effort, and then finding it?"

In a restaurant in a certain town, a white-haired boy bit a straw in his mouth and squinted his eyes at a man and a woman who got off a motorcycle outside. The two took off their helmets, revealing two faces that the boy had already engraved in his memory.

Ever since Siegfried escaped from Destiny four years ago, the people in Destiny were given a mission—to bring him back, preferably half to death.

As a person who often goes out, Zijing naturally received this task, but she did not force it. After all, the world is so big, and Otto did not want to spend a lot of manpower to find a rebellious young man who caused trouble.

Moreover, Siegfried, the heir of the Kaslana family, has been nailed to the Kaslana family's pillar of shame because he ran away from home four years ago. Otto will not care about him much.

But... Cecilia and Siegfried, how did these two people get together?

Zijing searched the memories of the two people's files in her head, but found no intersection. Then she looked through the memory of Cecilia's recent mission... escorting something to the second laboratory. Cecilia was one of the three Valkyries responsible for the escort, and Cheng Lixue was among them.

Is this a secret date after completing the mission?

No, these two people don’t look that close, and besides, is Cecilia injured?