【Nain】To the unknown

If God has turned away from us, then to whom do we pray.

Before the bell of the seminary rang, the boy's body fell from the tall tower. He was wearing a soft white nightgown, just like a fallen angel whose wings were folded off in mythology. The sound was swallowed by heavy bells.

On the cold ancient granite ground, fresh blood spreads in the grooves, like the veins of bright red leaves.

Srain Zazbarum Troyet looked down at the boy's body from where he fell, with eyes that would suggest beautiful emeralds, although there was no warmth in those eyes.

"Hey, have you heard? A seminary student committed suicide!"

"Ah, no wonder there are so many police cars parked outside."

"I heard it's that Slein's junior, they live in the same dormitory..."

Inaho stopped for a while when he heard the name, and was overtaken by Cam who ran all the way from behind, and hit him hard on the back, making Inaho staggered a bit.

"It hurts, Cam."

"Morning, Inaho! Do you know something big happened in the seminary?" Cam ignored Inaho's complaints, and it's normal to be more aggressive when facing the grade school bully, because he can't crush him in other aspects .

"I heard." Inafan nodded, "No wonder Sister Xue went out early this morning and didn't even eat breakfast."

Aldnoah College is a modern institution of higher learning. Its founders, the Wasser family, have foreign aristocratic blood, and the college still retains a seminary, which is rare.

The time of the seminary seems to be stuck in the Middle Ages. The solemn leaden gray stone walls surround the solemn Gothic ancient buildings, the cross-vaulted corridors made of huge stones, and the sunlight shines through the pointed windows inlaid with stained glass. The monotonous ground casts colorful lights and shadows.

There are only boys in the seminary. They wear black uniforms like aristocrats. Inside are always white shirts, which are always buttoned to the top. There are silver crosses hanging on their chests. Their faces are born with indifference and arrogance. , Most of them are blue-blooded nobles with blood certificates, with ancient and noble family names, the humblest are those boys sent from other monasteries, but perhaps only they are truly born to serve God.

The Seminary is independent in the entire college system, and rarely attends classes with ordinary students. It seems out of place in the youthful modern campus, so they are nicknamed "Martians" among ordinary students to ridicule their pretensions extraordinary.The two sides dislike each other. Among them, the theological student who is most hated by ordinary students is Slein Zazbarum Troyet, and the ordinary student who makes the seminary students lose face when they hear it is called Kaizuka Ina sail.

Because Inafan from the student union took away the 14-year chess championship of the Seminary, and Slein took away the shooting competition that was always in the pocket of ordinary students. Fortunately, the first place in the fencing competition in the same session was still won by theirs. The ace school master Inafan won, but the seminary did not lose their traditional school debate.

Last year's Academy Cup competition was generally considered a tie, although in the end it was won by the ordinary students with more domineering points. Inaho came on stage as a representative. The audience received the trophy, and the students in the audience cheered loudly. The seminary group was as black-faced as the dead dog that had been raised at home for ten years.

"The Martians are in big trouble this time. A student committed suicide. It's a big news in ordinary schools. The self-proclaimed Holy Spirit Seminary won't be slapped in the face for such a thing. That boy is a freshman. , I don’t know if it’s because of being bullied by that annoying Slein..."

"That's enough, Cam." Inafan stopped him from continuing, "Death is already very pitiful, so don't talk about unfounded guesses."

In fact, Cam didn't have any malicious intentions, but he was a little nervous. At this moment, thinking of the death of a boy who was one year younger than himself, he suddenly felt uncomfortable.Cam changed the subject, "Ah, that's right. Inafan wants to have lunch together? Yunzi said that she brought back homemade food today, and she must challenge you, an all-round pervert."

"Not at noon, Miss Selam has something to ask me." Inafan said, fortunately he was also expressionless at this time, what an honor to be invited by the goddess of the academy!Speaking out, even Slein Zazbarum Troyet from the seminary would be jealous. An ordinary boy like him would probably be excited for a month!

"It's called Selam, so affectionate..." Yunzi came out from the side sourly, and Nina, who appeared with her, patted her shoulder thoughtfully, which probably meant "this is not your problem, Yunzi. The opponent is too strong."

During the conversation, they walked near the seminary. A light-blond boy came out of the large archway formed by the multi-layered doorposts. He was wearing a small black waistcoat with gorgeous dark patterns on the fabric, and the snow-white shirt had no A trace of wrinkle, although his roommate had just died, he didn't seem to feel much, still like a little knight who just got off his horse and was about to meet the princess, awe-inspiring and noble.

As soon as he appeared, the ordinary students who were still joining in the fun near the seminary broke up. Cam said in a low voice, "Wow, there it is! Slein? Zazbarum? Troyet!"

"He's not a monster." Nina complained softly.

"You know he's a monster when you shoot a match with him! Damn, how can he be so good at marksmanship for a man who aspires to be a priest!" Showing persuasiveness, he turned to another person for approval, "Right, Inaho!"

"Coat..." Inaho said suddenly.

"what?"

"He's not wearing a coat." As soon as Inafan finished speaking, a tall young man chased him out with a black coat on his arm.

"Master Slein, you forgot your coat." Hakulet said.

Slein smiled slightly troubled: "Don't call me that, Senior Hakulet. And, thank you." He reached for his coat as he spoke, but Hakulet took a small step back, bowed and shook Opening the coat, he firmly stated that he would put it on for Slein himself.

There were people coming and going outside the seminary, pushing and jostling would only attract more attention, so Slein turned his back generously and asked Hakulet to put on his coat for him.The improved autumn and winter coats of the seminary quite reveal the youthful and flexible waists. The back hem is just an inch above the knees. The whole is like a dress. The black and white colors express respect for God, and everything else shows the general and elegant appearance of the nobility. grace.

"If anyone dares to offend you, please let me know." Hakulet said seriously.

"No, just go to the police station to record a statement." Slein smiled.

"Then I will wait for Lord Slein's return with peace of mind. I will never give up the vacant bed in Lord Slein's room to anyone." Hakulet inexplicably ignited his fighting spirit.

"This is really unnecessary."

"I bet they have an affair." Cam, who saw this scene, said firmly, "I heard that there are many such pairings in the seminary, should it be said that it is the interest of the nobles? But as far as this is concerned, Slein is an annoying bastard. It should be very popular..."

Cam felt that Inaho seemed to be glaring at him, and quickly shut up.

Slein walked towards them, followed by Hakulet who insisted on sending him to the school gate, because there is only one road, the two sides will inevitably meet, and the two factions will still meet frequently in the school, but the king Seeing a meeting at Wang's level instantly made the air around him tense.

Those ordinary students who ran far away looked here frequently, Inaho walked in the front with a blank face, Cam concentrated on preparing for the battle, Yunzi and Nina exchanged glances nervously.

The two sides passed by each other and walked over without looking sideways.

Cam said angrily: "Inafan, you didn't show him some color! I misread you!"

"Don't be so childish, Cam."

"Inaho, I think you're always talking for that bastard who hangs his eyes! Are we on the same team?"

Inafan didn't intend to talk to him anymore.Yunzi looked back at Slein's back, and said in a low voice: "It feels very heartless. It seems that nothing happened to him when the student in the same dormitory died. Normal people will be sad."

"No." Inafan said, "I forgot to take my coat when I went out, so I must be very restless."

"But his face is really pretty, so beautiful that people can't help but stare at it!" Nina was excited like an innocent girl.

"I agree." Someone agreed.

"Huh?!" Cam and Yunzi stared at the expressionless Inaho with wide eyes.

Because the police said there were some relatively private issues, Slein agreed to come to the police station in person.The nobles always have a lot of secrets, so the nobles don't like the police station.In the eyes of the nobles, commoners are not qualified to judge them at all. Noble blue blood flows in their veins, and only the royal family and gods are qualified to judge them.

But Slein is not an orthodox aristocrat. His parents are commoners. His father is a famous scientist and a professor at Aldnoah University. Therefore, he has followed his father in and out of the Vaser family's villa since he was a child. Miss Ram has a childhood sweetheart, so he is eligible to become Zazibarum's adopted son after his father's death.

A child of a commoner who wants to become a nobleman is beyond his control in the eyes of those who claim to be of pure blood. He must humbly grow up under the eyes of those people, and then hold the strength and dignity in his own hands. inside.Those things have to be fought for by oneself. He walked all the way, constantly armed himself, and hid his softness and conscience in the deepest and deepest place. He is no longer the child who can cry. That child has been killed by him , in order to let the current self live.

Weak people cannot survive, such as the dead boy.

"I didn't do anything wrong." Slein said to himself, he thought of the boy's pale face in a pool of blood, and suddenly felt that his hands seemed to be stained with the cold breath of death, he held the cross and said silently, "Forevilmen will be cutoff. shall be cut off).”

He did no wrong, he just killed the evil.

……

"Thank you for coming to assist in the investigation." The young policewoman said, she had smooth and beautiful black hair, and her uniform made her look very capable.The boy in front of him had a more delicate face than hers, with elegant brows, which made the policewoman feel a little embarrassed about the next question.

"Do you know the friendship status of your roommate?"

"He is my junior, and we have different class times. What I can tell you is that he is a gentle and good boy, but it is better to ask his classmates about his friendship status." Slein looked at it first. The policewoman's identity card, Jie Zhongxue, this surname made his heart skip a beat.

"What we want to know is not the general situation of making friends." Jie Zhongxue paused, "What we want to ask is whether he has been in contact with anyone in private? As his roommate, you should be easier to find out about this than others .”

"I believe he doesn't have a girlfriend." He looked at his hands on the table, fingers clasped together lightly.

"What about the boyfriend?"

Slein looked away from his hands and asked slowly, "What are you implying?"

His tone was soft, without the slightest threat. Although the young man behaved so elegantly, modestly and politely, Jie Zhongxue felt that the atmosphere in the room suddenly became heavy, just like the eve of heavy rain, the air was full of heavy, cold The moisture will make people feel a chill.

She forced herself to come back to her senses, and pushed the information in front of Slein: "The autopsy report showed that the deceased had sex with men before his death. There were lacerations in the anus and rectum, and bruises on the inner thighs. We suspect that he had been raped. Excuse me. Did you notice any unusual behavior the deceased did before committing suicide?"

——Senior Slein, I don't want to do this...

——Senior Slein, I'm so scared...

——Senior Slein, please...

——Senior Slein, Senior Slaine, Senior Slaine...

The hoarse crying voice of the young man echoed in his mind. He was a child in the choir, and his voice should be as sweet as the sound of nature, but he could clearly hear the rust-like bloody smell from that voice.

"No," Slein said. "If I remember anything, I'll let you know."

"Please wait a moment, I haven't finished asking." Seeing that Slein was about to leave, Jie Zhongxue said hastily, "I want to know if there is anyone of the same sex who was close to the deceased in the seminary? Besides classmates and friends, there are also seniors." Or teachers and the like, you are a seminary, so you also have contacts with priests in normal times, right?"

"What are you implying? I thought he committed suicide." Slein asked, looking calmly at Jie Zhongxue.

"As far as I know, God's teachings do not allow suicide." Jie Zhongxue didn't flinch, she looked into the young man's green pupils, and waited for his answer.

"God can't save those who are weak in heart." Slein said, "Your speculation is absurd, because God watches over everything there and does not allow evil to happen."

Aldnoah College has a beautiful glass greenhouse, which is like spring all year round, with a hundred flowers in full bloom. There is also a pond. In the middle of the water is an ivory-white European-style pavilion, which is carefully arranged. The dining table covered with lace tablecloth is decorated with precious silver. Cutlery and decorative flowers.

Sitting at the dining table was the school manager's granddaughter Esther Elam, and at the other end was Inafan.Facing the flowers and the beautiful girl, Inaho took out the bento box he brought at home, and said in the same tone as usual: "I'm starting."

It's not the first time he's been invited to eat in the greenhouse, but the girl who usually said something like "Inaho's bento today is also delicious" and "Can I have an egg roll?" was surprisingly silent today, she saw Looking at the smoked salmon salad in front of him, holding the cutlery without moving.

"Is it about the seminary, Miss Thurlam?"

"Well, Inaho knows it too." The girl had a sad look on her face, "That's a very good boy. I heard him sing in the church. At that time, I thought, 'Ah, this must be the angel from the mural painting. I walked out from the top...but he died, Dean Zazibarum said he committed suicide, and grandpa also told me not to think too much...but..."

"Does Miss Thurlam know something?"

"I eavesdropped, that child..." The next words were really hard for the girl to say. Although she looked weak, her inner strength would never lose to anyone. "That child has been sexually abused. I heard it with my own ears. As Dean Zazibarum told Grandpa, the child was covered with scars, and..."

Aesiram's face turned red slightly, and after a long time, he said in a low voice: "After the child died, they found a small amount of semen in his body, but Dean Zazibalum hid this evidence, and he asked Grandpa to Don't worry, he will let this matter end here, they seem to be protecting someone. Inaho, that child is too pitiful, I..."

"You want to know the truth of this matter, even if it might bring disgrace to the Academy and your family?"

"I hope you can investigate privately. I can only trust you, Inafan." Aesiram sighed, "I am also selfish. I love this college and I love my family. In the future, I will will take over the academy, but if we wait until then to do something, it will be too late."

"Yes, I see." When he agreed to this, Inaho's expression was no different from that of agreeing to "flatten the finished milk carton before throwing it away", but the girl knew that he had agreed and would abide by it Cigna people.

"I will find a way to grant you permission to enter the seminary." Aesiram said, "Also, I am also worried about Slein, can Inavan help me pay attention to him?"

Esther Ilam bowed her head to express her sincere request. She is well aware of how delicate the relationship between ordinary students and seminaries is. It may be a bit too much for Inafan to make such a request...

"Well, I'd love to."

The blunt reply made Aesiram look up unexpectedly, and the usually expressionless young man seemed to smile. He was already good-looking, but when he smiled, even she was stunned.

When leaving the greenhouse, Inafan met Slein again. He was walking towards the greenhouse with a flower in his arms. It was a blue rose.

"If you want to find Miss Selam, she has already rested." Inafan said, implying that you don't have to bother to go there.

"It's Miss 'Aisai Ram', how long are you going to continue to use this rude address?" Slein corrected with a frown. Miss Ram invited him to lunch.

"It's just a title, and she herself said it doesn't matter."

"..." Slein felt a little annoyed in his heart. He knew that he cared about this guy extraordinarily. He just wanted to defeat him at the beginning. care.If he continued to think about it, he would only get more and more confused. Slein ignored Inafan and wanted to go around, but Inafan stood in front of him.

Slein looked at Inafan, even though he didn't have pure blue blood, he still possessed the majesty of a nobleman, and his tone was full of nobility that could not be disobeyed: "I put down the flowers and leave. You have no right to prevent me from entering the greenhouse."

"Are you really just here to send flowers? Or do you want to ask Miss Selam what she and I talked about?" Inafan was not intimidated at all, and he has always been like this. In his eyes, the gorgeous titles of nobles and fast food restaurants There is no difference in the name tag of the waiter, which is why the noble students of the seminary hate him so much.

Slein remained calm, but he was a little surprised. He sent flowers from the heart, because he passed by the flower shop and saw today's blue roses were very beautiful, but at the same time, he did have the plan that Inafan said.

When Slein was silent, the distance between the two became quite ambiguous unconsciously.

"You want to know if her looking for me is related to that suicide incident?" Inafan was very close to him, almost speaking against the corner of his lips.

No one has ever been so close to him before. Slein tried his best to maintain a calm expression. If he retreats or dodges at this time, he will appear weak, right?Absolutely can't do this, he has a premonition that once he shows weakness in front of this person, he will be bitten by the vitals.

But even that is a little too close, right?What is this guy trying to do?There was a hint of confusion on Slein's calm expression.At this time, Inafan retreated, and Slein secretly heaved a sigh of relief, only to realize that he had been holding his breath.

"The rumors are indeed false." Inaho nodded.He is indeed an inexperienced guy, and he is completely defenseless in this situation. I don't know whether to be thankful that he is too innocent, or worry that he is too dull.

Slein is still confused, and Inafan has already left.When Slein came back to his senses, he found that Inafan had taken his blue rose with him.