"We'll be together forever!" the Art Teacher said as she hugged Fern, wanting to give him some strength.
She and Fern had been together for several years. During that time, they had already discussed marriage.
If nothing unexpected happened, they would get married at the end of the year.
They had chosen that time partly because the aftermath of the war would have completely died down, and partly because Fern's work in Slem would be on the right track by then.
There would be a peaceful world and a respectable job. Fern was also in his twenties and nearing thirty. He truly ought to start a family.
According to certain traditional customs, Noel was still unmarried, so Fern shouldn't get married so soon.
But in reality, although Noel wasn't married, he had two lovers.
As for marriage, it wasn't easy for him, because of his thick criminal record! Fern and the Art Teacher, on the other hand, had a very good relationship. Everyone believed they would stay together until the end.
Fern was somewhat dazed, but he quickly came back to his senses. He leaned forward slightly and returned her embrace.
Words answered with words.
"Yes, we'll be together forever."
After a dozen seconds, the two separated. The Art Teacher looked at Fern with a heartfelt smile.
Because she believed she had reformed Fern.
Fern was undoubtedly a very troublesome problem figure. His file was even thicker than Noel's, because he liked to toy with those people, breaking them apart before leaving one piece here and another there.
Whenever the investigators discovered one of the pieces, they would create a thick case file around that fragment of a corpse.
With so many case files put together, they would certainly be far more numerous than Noel's.
The Art Teacher knew very