All of a sudden, her longing for Lothar overwhelmed her.
Essie had told her before that she would be able to see Lothar. Not just a body without a soul, but him as a living breathing human.
Too many things had happened the day before that resulted in her pushing away her thoughts about Lothar, however Preslie's words had now caused such thoughts to rise again within her.
She suddenly did not want to think about who was telling the truth
She only had one thought in her mind, which was to see Lothar.
She couldn't wait to see him.
Yesseca didn't have the time to eat.
She suddenly stood up and said, "Preslie, please ask for leave for me. I need to go."
After saying that, Yesseca left.
Preslie was taken aback.
She thought to herself, "What's wrong with Yesseca lately? Why does she keep asking for leave?"
Yesseca went back to the mountaintop.
She saw Essie.
Essie was preparing a fire in the cabin.
The current weather wasn't considered cold, but it was particularly chilly on the mountaintop. Essie decided to be prepared.
She was flowing through the stream of her thoughts while setting the fire when she saw Yesseca come in.
Essie became excited. "Did you give the medicine to Selina?"
Instead of answering Essie, Yesseca anxiously said, "I want to see my brother. Please let me see him, Essie."
Essie's excitement faded away.
Yesseca was too simple-minded. Her eyes were so clear, a simple glance would be able to tell anyone what she was thinking of.
Such as now, after listening to Yesseca's words, Essie knew that she had not fed the contents of the bottle to Selina.
Essie sat down again. "I can't let you see your brother. He's just a body without a soul, there's nothing to see."
Yesseca was short of breath. "No, even if it's just a body without a soul, I still want to see him. Essie, please let me see him!" "No." Essie looked at Yesseca coldly. "I promised to let you see him if you gave Selina the medicine. I would let you see the real him, not just his soulless corpse."
Yesseca bit her lip. "Essie, I can't do this. She saved my life, I can't do this to her!"
"You can't do it even though she took your brother's life?" shouted Essie.
Yesseca bit her lip even harder.
She couldn't respond.
Essie looked at Yesseca with contempt. "If that's the case, don't expect to see your brother. Since you didn't give Selina the medicine, I'll never let you see him. I won't even let you see his soulless body. Lothar doesn't need a sister like you!"
Her words hurt Yesseca.
"Essie, you don't have the right to do this! He's my brother. Why can't you let me see my brother? Why?!" she shrieked.
"Because!" Essie looked at Yesseca with a sharp gaze. "If it wasn't for me, Essie, your brother would have turned into dirt. I was the one who preserved his body."
Yesseca deflated.
She stared blankly at Essie.
After a moment of silence, her voice was stained with a tearful tone. "Essie, please let me see him. It doesn't matter what you told me, I can't do what you want me to. Selina saved me, I can't kill her. I know that if I give the medicine to her, something will happen to her heart. Without a heart, she will die, and I can't hurt her..."
"But she killed your brother, didn't she?" Essie glared at Yesseca.
Yesseca took a step back. She didn't answer Essie's question but shook her head desperately. "I can't do it, Essie. I really can't do it. When I had a fever, she came to see me even after giving birth, Essie, I can't..."
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