Mystery: The Witch and the Calamity

"Dong dong", a short knock on the door suddenly sounded.

Dunn suddenly opened his eyes, exited from the "nightmare" state, and gave Klein a solid dream.

He looked outside the door, only seeing a vague figure, and secretly said strangely:

"Klein is sleeping, and Frye is taking care of the sealed item "3-0782". If something unexpected happens, he won't knock on the door slowly. Who could it be?"

He raised his vigilance, got out of bed silently, slowed down, opened the door, and accidentally found a very familiar face, but she should never be here at this moment...

"How did you come?"

"Psychic" Daly stared at Dunn for several seconds, smiled, and said:

"Can't I come to you? Are there other people hiding in your room, and you don't want me to go in and find out?"

Dunn frowned slightly, and said seriously: "Nighthawks are not allowed to leave their jurisdiction without permission."

Daly crossed her arms and said emphatically, "After being transferred to Backlund, I have memorized the Nighthawks Regulations by heart, and don't forget, it was you who wrote me the letter."

Dunn didn't know how to refute for a while. He was not a person who was good at words, let alone facing Daly, so he had to silently make way for him.

Daly let out an inaudible "hum", stepped into the room, looked around, and said deliberately:

"I thought you were doing something shameful in the room!"

Dunn knew she was joking, so he didn't refute. He gently closed the door, and continued to care in his own way:

"About the issue on my letter, you don't need to make a special trip, you can communicate through the messenger...Your promotion speed is very fast, and you have the opportunity to become a high-ranking member of the church. There is no need to be affected by such a small mistake..."

Miss Daly sat quietly on the stool like this, looking straight at Dunn with a warm smile on her face until the latter's voice became lower and lower.

"Finished?" she asked with a smile.

Dunn licked his dry lips and replied, "It's over."

"Then come and sit down." Daly said, pointing to the chair next to her.

Dunn hesitated for a second, then sat down obediently, and the two faced each other, only one foot away from each other.

"About the issues mentioned in your letter, that little guy named Klein will explain to you."

Daly first answered Dunn's doubts: "I came to you because there are more important things."

Then, she summoned up her courage, looked at the man in front of her seriously, and asked softly:

"Dunn, do you know me? About my past."

Dunn's eyes paused, as if he was asked a certain question but he completely forgot about it. He lowered his head and replied softly:

"Know some."

Daly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a deep tone:

"Maybe you don't know enough details, but don't worry, I will tell you tonight..."

As the memories-like words slowly flowed out of her mouth, she found that she became more and more calm, as if she had unloaded a heavy burden on her body, and seemed to be tearing up her mask bit by bit, slowly revealing the hidden truth in her heart. Self, and the pain that should have been piercing the heart was replaced by another kind of stable and sweet expectation.

We believe that there is always time to do and say what we want with others...and then one day, something happens and we just stand there with one word in our head: what if.

Dai Li didn't want to hide in the middle of the night by herself one day, thinking about what if... So, she made up her mind to appear here, talking about the past that she had never mentioned to anyone.

In the room of just the two of them, silence reigned, even for several minutes.

Finally, when the candlelight was flickering and the shadows of the two were stacked together, Dunn broke the silence.

"Why are you telling me these things?" He asked "perplexed".

Daly smiled suddenly, not with a joke, not with ridicule, just that kind of sincere smile:

"Do you like me like this?"

Dunn was defeated by the two staring at each other. He looked away first and did not answer directly. Instead, he spoke after silence:

"I'm older than you, not as good as you, always forgetting things, my hairline has started to move back..."

"Puchi"...Daily couldn't help laughing, she covered her mouth, and said with curved eyebrows, "Go on."

Perhaps it was the atmosphere that was set in place, or because he was moved by Daly's sincerity. Dunn said a lot of words after a long absence, without pause, as if he had thought about it countless times in his mind.

After the tail of his last word disappeared into the air, Miss Daly said earnestly:

"I like you very much."

Dunn raised his head in surprise, almost touching the tip of Daly's nose, who was so close at hand, subconsciously took a step back, and blurted out:

"but……"

Daly pressed him step by step, pushing him to the wall, leaning his hands on the sides of Dunn's body, trapping him in place, and said "aggressively":

"I don't want to hear it but, I just want to know the answer right now."

Dunn's heart was trying to jump out of his throat, he looked flustered, and said to him from left to right:

"Klein is next door, don't wake him up."

"So, what's your answer?" Daly asked again unmoved.

Dunn was burned a little hot by her burning eyes, he said slightly stumbled:

"Hi... like it, but..."

"But" Dunn didn't say the words after that, because his two lips were suddenly blocked by another softer and moister lip.

He opened his eyes wide, his hands pressed against his sides helplessly, and then he was grabbed by a pair of delicate little hands and placed on the back of the person in front of him. Their bodies became hot at the same time, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

After a long time, their lips parted, and Dunn blushed and said, "Fry...Fry is still waiting for me to take over..."

Daly licked her lower lip, blushed slightly, and said, "It's okay, there are still a lot in four hours."

"Woooo..."

…………

The next morning, the sun rose as usual.

The first thing Ince Zangwill did after waking up was to come to the desk in the bedroom in his pajamas, and then with an ugly face, he found that there were more than a dozen lines of writing in the blank space of the notebook.

He opened the wooden box next to him, and "0-08" was lying there quietly, as if silently laughing at himself.

Picking up the notebook, after reading it, Ince Zangwill frowned, as if he didn't quite believe what was written on it.

He picked up "0-08" and continued to write in the blank space:

"'Psychic' Daly didn't dare to stay in Tingen for too long..."