"You know, Brooks... You probably won't see her this time."
In the port of Calais at the northern end of France, three figures are standing on the empty wharf, opposite the undulating Dover Strait.
This is a very familiar place. After all, Maka and others made many waves here when they were in trouble in Britain.
However, under the eyes, it seems a little too calm... Even lonely.
Since Britain was completely destroyed in this disaster, the French Bloch family and the French Muggle presidential palace, who knew that the land near the other side of the Strait could face the massive invasion of corpses at any time, had already completely emptied many cities in this coastal zone.
At this moment, not to mention the port of Calais, Calais itself and several nearby towns have become empty cities. Except for a few groups of wizards sent by all sides to continuously observe the situation on the other side, I'm afraid there are no others nearby.
As for the three people who suddenly appeared on the dock today, their nature is somewhat different from those force spies who are timid and dare to look far away.
"John, I understand."
Looking at the back of the suit standing slightly in front of him, Brooks nodded gently, regardless of whether the other party could see his actions.
"And I know very well that Miss prince never liked me. I saw her across the street in New York that year, but her first reaction was to avoid... From that moment on, I knew I had no hope."
"Then you can't put it down?" John, who turned his back to his brother, shrugged slightly, "At that time, you were all young, but now, you and she are already adults. Of course, if you really can't let go, say it again - most of your family don't support it, and I can still support you... Just Brooks, I can say so now. I may not necessarily go to England this time..."
"John!"
Although they are brothers, and the age difference between the two is not small, it is probably because of John Stewart's always out of tune temperament. For Brooks, the brother is not just like an elder, but more like a pair of good friends.
Since Brooks was a child, John often took his brother around and caused a lot of trouble to the adults in the family. The elders often said that brooks, an honest child, would sooner or later be spoiled by the famous and unreliable guy in the family.
But unexpectedly, not only did Brooks, who was simple and honest since he was a child, not be spoiled, but John, who has been known as "unreliable" for half his life, didn't refuse this near death mission.
Of course, the act of leaving suddenly in the middle of the way shows John's unreliability all the time.
"John," Brooks continued after a pause after interrupting his brother, "since I'm all here, I might as well go with you."
Where are you going? Of course, it's in front of England, which is opposite the Strait. Looking at the distant sky from here, the gray line is particularly clear, completely dividing today's blue sky and the same blue sea into upper and lower halves.
Across the sea, there is a dead land, which is the so-called "gone without return".
"Hum," John still didn't look back at his brother, who was almost brought up by him. He just turned his back to him, hummed and smiled with some meaning, and then slowly said, "get home."
"John!"
The voice from behind seemed a little unconvinced.
"Brooks," John said, looking at the waves on the sea, holding his arms and leaning his shoulders, still so foolishly, "Not surprisingly, you are the next 'workshop leader' of the workshop, but why am I so worried now? If you do this again, I'm afraid you will become as unreliable as me... If you don't even rely on the future leader of the family, you know? I'll be dead and won't be at ease."
Although John's tone was still so frivolous and careless, the word... Especially the last sentence, made Brooks feel incomparably heavy.
Yes, Brooks, as the most talented and successful young wizard of the Stewart family, will almost certainly become the master of the stonemason workshop in the future, that is, the director of the Stewart Family Institute. This time he came to Europe with John, but he followed him secretly, otherwise the family would not let him come to such a dangerous place.
In fact, John's daring to bring him here is obviously going to be under a lot of pressure. But he really loves the youngest brother in the family... And to be honest, this time, even if the pressure is great, John doesn't care, because the final destination of this trip is Britain.
However, John can go to England, but Brooks can't - at least not now.
"When I find a way to send everything I see there, I'll give it to you, Brooks. I hope you don't let me worry." John said. "Of course, maybe I'll be the first person who can escape from it. Now no one knows the situation there, and everything is uncertain!"
In fact, the latter sentence is more like an unfounded comfort. It is not only comforting his brother Brooks, but also comforting himself.
John's strength is really good. He is one of the few people in the whole Stewart family. Otherwise, the family would not let him go for so many years. Now, even though few people take the initiative to accept this task because of the high risk, it is not easy to pick someone in the workshop to join the team.
Unfortunately, compared with the current situation in Britain in the intelligence, even John has no confidence to complete the task alive.
"... save your life! Don't you still want to see Miss Prince again and fight for it? This time, we don't have much time, and her brother is obviously not ready... When you come back next time, you may have a chance!"
No matter how much truth you say, you can't compare with love. John, who is also from Brooks's age, naturally knows better. Instead of persuading him with things such as family continuity and family inheritance, I'm afraid it's better to use a TIA prince.
"Go back! It's time for us to meet the team," John finally ended the fraternal dialogue with an indisputable attitude.