Chapter 1256: Wonderful
Eucali still did not quite understand what Hazel meant and merely followed along with the hypothetical. "But what if I simply have no eye for picking stocks at all—"
Halfway through, Eucali suddenly realized that leaving her homeland, her mother, and the relatives she knew so well, and throwing her life away into an unknown world... probably looked no different from gambling in her mother's eyes.
Before coming to District 12, she had been told that this place harbored vicious diseases, the shadow of war, and tangled struggles between local powers... Yet from the moment she arrived in District 12 until that bloody night descended, those days had been as wonderful as a dream. Those dangers had seemed to exist only in "theory," and she had nearly forgotten that she was in a place known for chaos and peril.
Of course, she understood that a life soaring ever higher could not continue forever, but... when everything truly happened, that was often another story entirely.
Hazel was choosing a stock, while she was choosing a fate.
"...No eye for what?" Seeing Eucali suddenly drift off, Hazel could not help pressing her. "You said you simply had no eye for picking stocks at all—what?"
Eucali shook her head—yes, perhaps she truly had no eye for picking stocks. But as for coming to District 12, learning to fly, meeting so many friends, and even taking part in the farm's teaching work, she had never doubted the value of this life. Even though these past few months had been nearly wasted and filled with pain, she had never regretted setting foot on this path.
The only thing that made her waver, that filled her with unease, was probably one question:
Just look at the people staying on this farm! Did an