Silver Blade and Rose

Zals stayed in Edwin's room for no reason, because he had been resting on the bed and went to bed early, he woke up naturally the next morning when it was light, and went downstairs with an empty glass to think about it. Pour a glass of water to drink.

His right hand still couldn't move, and there was a faint sore itching, Zals tried his best to ignore it, opened the door and went out on tiptoe, and walked in the direction of the stairs.Because there were no shoes under the bed, he walked barefoot on the well-swept floor until he walked to the door of his room, only to find that something was wrong—his room door was closed, and it looked like someone was inside.

Because there is the only computer in No. 179 in the room, he has not been in the habit of locking the door during this period of time. He usually keeps the door open when he is not in the room, but now it is locked.

He was a little puzzled, and thought of a possible answer in his mind, so he quietly turned the doorknob and pushed open his door silently.

Sure enough, Edwin was lying on his bed under a thin quilt, and slept soundly.

Zals watched for a moment, without disturbing his sleep, then quietly closed the door and walked down the stairs.It was still very early, and there was no one in the kitchen. There was a folding bed in the corner of the living room, and Hyde...Earl Elvins was lying on it with all his clothes on. He was not asleep and was looking at the ceiling with his eyes open.

"Good morning, Earl." Zars opened the refrigerator door, "Would you like a cup of coffee or tea?"

He couldn't use his right hand, and he opened the refrigerator door with his left hand a little clumsily. He couldn't help laughing, shook his head helplessly after laughing, and took out an opened box of juice from it.Elvins responded and said, "Just pour me a glass by the way, whatever you took."

Zals then took two cups, filled each of them, served him a cup first, and then turned around to take his own.Elvins sat up from the folding bed, took a sip from the cup, and added as if remembering something: "You can also call me Ivan, you don't have to be so unfamiliar."

He said so, Zals did not refuse, smiled and said: "Okay, Ivan."

Each of them held a glass of juice, each sitting on the sofa, silent for a moment, without speaking first.Zals didn't know what to say, and Elvins didn't know what to say. He didn't find out until Hannah's room at the corner of the stairs sounded an alarm, and the room began to rummage in chaos. He changed his wording, and said, "I've already..."

Before she could say what was going on, Hannah was blown out of the room like a gust of wind, and went straight to the kitchen. People had already entered the door, and found something strange in the living room, and turned back to look at them.

"Early in the morning." Her eyes circled twice between Zars and Elvins, and she asked in confusion, "Why are you chatting here if you don't sleep?"

She just heard last night that a distinguished guest came, a friend of the boss, and Zars came out of the "Forest of No Return" and fell into a ball in the boss's room. Fortunately, there was no injury, only Zals Si is a seriously injured patient.She and Mun were busy for half the night, boiling water and buying medicine. Finally, Zars's injury stabilized, and she had time to pay attention to this distinguished guest who came back with him.

The distinguished guest is good-looking, tall and tall. Although he is wearing a tattered overcoat, it does not affect his demeanor.He stayed in Edwin's room in a daze at first, seeing them busy and busy, and then he got up and asked, "Can I help you?"

Edwin, who was sitting by the bed, raised his head, as if he finally remembered that he was there, stood up with a slight nod, and said, "Come with me first."

They entered the study and stayed alone for more than an hour. When they came out again, the person who was a little confused about the situation had changed his expression, frowning and silently looking at Zals lying on the bed.

"I really want to thank him," he said in a deep voice, "without him, I'm afraid I would still be wandering inside, and I don't know that there is an offering of Onsastre in the temple—where did you get such a treasure? Although the strength is not strong, but the intuition is very accurate, and it is easy to gain the trust of others, let alone me, the beast in the forest does not easily trust humans."

He disappeared early, and he just heard Edwin mention the exile. He thought Zars was found by himself, but Edwin shook his head and said flatly: "I helped a human, he recommended here."

Zals didn't know the truth about being recommended to 179 Rockhill Street, but Edwin knew his origin clearly: the head of the York City Police Department was almost killed in an accident, and it was he who happened to give his hand At that time, not long after Grant "died", the other party contacted the Exorcist Association and knew that he was short of an assistant, so he unilaterally promised to find a suitable candidate for him.

Edwin didn't take this promise seriously at first. It wasn't until more than a month later that Zals came over with a letter of recommendation, leading Cerberus and knocking on the door with a blank expression on his face. He didn't realize that the guy was serious. .

He didn't tell Zals about this, and he doesn't plan to tell Ivan now, so he changed the topic after a brief explanation: "Tell me how he got hurt."

Ivan frowned, and glanced at Munn and Hannah, who were busy next to him. Edwin raised his eyebrows and asked them to go out first, before Ivan told what happened after meeting Zars in the forest He said it again, but very presciently concealed the part where he used Zars as a bait to lure out the forest guards, and only said that the forest guards attacked them but were caught.

"Let's be clear first, I didn't kill it." He was afraid that Edwin would blame him for killing the forest guards and they almost couldn't get the key out, so he clarified first, "Just walked away for 10 minutes, and the time to drink saliva , When he came back, he was in a daze holding the corpse of the beast."

"Understood." Edwin interrupted him a little impatiently.

He didn't know that there were so many twists and turns in the forest. If he had known in advance, it would be absolutely impossible for Zals, a fledgling rookie, to go in by himself.Fortunately, the man is back now, but the part of his arm that was burned by the black flame has not been extinguished. If he doesn't find a way quickly, Zalls' right hand may just be abolished.

Seeing why he was frowning, Aiwen said helplessly: "I also had burn marks on my body when I was injured and fell into the forest, but I healed myself quickly. It should be because my level is higher than Unsastre's. Black Flame has limited damage to me. But Zars is different, he is a human being, and he didn't get any better after drinking my blood. I can't think of any good solution for the time being..."

"There is a way," said Edwin, "but ask his own opinion, and wait until he wakes up."

Ai Wen didn't suspect him, and nodded: "Then re-bandage him first, and give him some medicine?"

Edwin waved his hand, indicating that he would go if he needed some medicine, and he took a cigarette from the cigarette case after a long absence, walked to the terrace, closed the door, and isolated himself from the room.

He didn't smoke often, and he didn't even have a lighter on him. He snapped his fingers nonchalantly, lit the cigarette with a flame that shot out of nowhere, took a deep breath, and exhaled a round smoke skillfully.

Edwin watched the smoke ring drift higher and higher, and finally disappeared into the night sky, suddenly frowned, and extinguished the cigarette that had just been lit.

He hasn't been this irritable for a long time.

Although he exaggerated to Aiwen that he had a solution, in fact, he didn't know if the method he thought of really worked, because before today, no one should have tried this method.And if he told Ai Wen about this method, the other party would definitely not agree, and maybe he would use half of the elders' airs to stop him, just thinking about it would give people a headache.But even so, Edwin believes that this is the most feasible and least time-consuming method at present, and there is no one, so he wants to do this.

But that's just what he thinks, it's related to Zars's life, he can't go beyond the other party's personal wishes and make his own decisions, he must wait for him to wake up before asking for his opinion.

He had to settle this matter, because Zals was injured entirely because he was too complacent, and he should take full responsibility and compensate the other party.

In addition, there was an indescribable subtle feeling bothering him.

He thought for a while, trying to distinguish what this strange emotion was, until the moon emerged from the clouds, and the watery moonlight sprinkled on the terrace and on his face, and he suddenly realized it.

He was worried about Zals.

Zals drank a glass of juice downstairs, ate Hannah's baked bread, burped a little, and stood up: "I'm going for a walk."

"What are you going to do?" Hannah grabbed his left arm and stared at him fiercely, "You don't even look at your hands, what are you doing wandering around now?" Zales couldn't help laughing, and broke free With his left hand, he patted her on the head lightly: "I don't need to walk with arms, don't worry."

Although he only slept for one night, he felt like his whole body was rusted, and he urgently needed a little exercise to get back in shape, so he wanted to go out for a walk.It's a pity that Hannah grabbed him and refused to let him go. Zars explained to her for a long time but failed to let her go, so he had to reluctantly give up.

He went upstairs with a glass full of water, thought about it, and decided to go back to Edwin's room first.Unexpectedly, he walked with his head down and didn't pay attention. When he entered the door, he happened to bump into Edwin who had entered the bathroom to wash at some time. He touched the pendant in the other party's hand and fell to the ground.

That's the amulet that Aiwen made, "Hunter's Cloak", what did Edwin do in the bathroom with it just now?

Doubts are all doubts, Zals was too embarrassed to let him pick up the things he dropped, and hurriedly bent down and lowered his head following Edwin's movements——

His lips came into unexpected contact because of this mechanical coincidence, and lightly brushed Edwin's cheek.

Zars froze for a moment, straightened up as if he had been electrocuted, his face started to burn almost immediately: "I'm sorry, I..."

Not on purpose.

But... it seems to feel pretty good.

It took him half a beat to realize what he was thinking, and couldn't help but patted his face with his left hand, feeling like he was dreaming.

Otherwise, why would he have such thoughts about Edwin?

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." He apologized to the other party again.

Edwin didn't take the accident seriously, reached out to pick up the pendant, and said calmly, "It's okay."

He was still wearing a nightgown, apparently he had just woken up, Zars glanced at him, subconsciously said: "Do you want to have breakfast, or sleep a little longer?"

"No more sleep," Edwin said casually, and added as if remembering something, "I can't sleep."

Zars was stunned for a moment. He had already looked away unnaturally, but when he remembered something, he raised his eyes and stared at him again, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Edwin had already passed him to the balcony door, dropped the pendant on the table, turned his back to him and asked, "Does your hand hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt, it's a little itchy." Zars said honestly.

He thought Edwin was going to say something to comfort him, but he waited for a while, and the other party just said in a flat voice: "Come and sit down, I have something to discuss with you."