Silver Blade and Rose

Zals slept for a long time this time, and when he woke up, the sky was bright outside, and he didn't know which noon it was.Sitting on the edge of the bed, seeing him open his eyes, Mu En hurriedly brought a glass of water, said with a sigh of relief, "You've been sleeping for almost a week, and I'm almost turning into a mushroom by guarding you here."

He was afraid that Zals would be hungry when he woke up, so he prepared water and food beside him, but the treatment was not as good as usual, only dry bread and energy drinks, full of satiety but really worrying about the taste.Zals was indeed so hungry that he didn't have the heart to pick anything. He quickly ate two pieces of bread and downed half a bottle of drink. Only then did he seem to come alive, and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Is your arm okay?" Muen asked himself, "Is there any other discomfort?"

As soon as he reminded him, Zals paused for a moment with the hand holding the drink bottle, and only then began to pay attention to his physical condition.

His right arm, which was unconscious before, can move freely, and he could use his right hand to twist the bottle cap just now, but his whole body seemed to be crushed and reassembled by a sledgehammer. There's a subtle tingling sensation, it doesn't affect movement and it's not too serious, but...

He remembered that when he first started to grow taller, he couldn't sleep every night because of the pain in his legs, but the pain was similar to that now.

Looks like he's having another round of growing pains since he turned 20.Zars thought dumbfoundedly.

He knew that this must have something to do with the contract ceremony that day, but he didn't show it on his face, he just asked Mu En who was sitting on the chair beside the bed: "Where's the boss?"

"Oh, the boss is out on business." Munn didn't hide Edwin's whereabouts, "Grant came and took that annoying guy away, and the boss went out with them, saying that he had something to do Come back at night. Sir Elvins is downstairs, do you want to call him?"

Zales shook his head.

"Go to work, I'll get up and wash up now."

Mu En has a lot of work of his own every day. Now that he is awake, of course he can't let the other party take care of him anymore.Recalling what happened that day, Zals had a lot of doubts and speculations in his heart, but because Edwin was not around, there was no one to ask or talk to.

After Mun repeatedly confirmed that he was in good health and left, he also got up from the big bed in Edwin's room and went to the bathroom to wash and change clothes.The door of his room was ajar, and it was not closed according to his usual habits. Zars pushed the door and went in, and found a large paper bag containing new clothes on the bed.

Zals picked it up and took a look. At first he thought it belonged to Edwin or Elvins, but he didn't expect that there was a note in the bag besides the clothes, with lines scrawled on it.

"To Zars: Change your clothes and wait for me to come back."

It wasn't signed, but it was Edwin's tone.Zals hesitated and turned the bag over to pour out the contents. A coat and an inner T-shirt fell on the bed together.

The jacket is a loose style, and Zars can't tell whether it is expensive or not. Anyway, it feels good and looks like a very simple tooling style.He picked up the clothes and rummaged through them, but couldn't find the tag, so he temporarily gave up his idea of ​​looking at the price, and changed into the suit according to Edwin's instructions.

The t-shirt was a simple white with no pattern, but it fit just like the dress shirt from last time.There was no trousers in the bag, and Zals had no choice but to wear his own jeans and military boots. Fortunately, Muen had thoughtfully washed all the clothes he wore from the forest for him a few days ago. Not very sloppy.

Zals put on the black coat, went to the bathroom and brushed his hair casually after getting wet in the bathroom. After thinking about it, he took the car keys before going downstairs.

Mun just happened to come out of the kitchen with a plate and beckoned him to eat pasta with creamy tomato sauce. Zals shook his head: "I'm full just now, let's sit with you for a while."

He opened the door of the refrigerator, subconsciously wanting to grab a can of beer, but found that the bottom layer that was originally full of beer was empty, and there was nothing left.

"Have you finished all the beer?" This matter was a bit bizarre, and Zars couldn't help asking Muen who was sitting at the dining table.

He usually drinks beer alone on No. 179, so he still has an impression of the remaining amount in the refrigerator. A few days ago, there were at least seven or eight cans of beer in this compartment. right.

"Oh," Muun just remembered, "that Xuesting Fern drinks every day, and the boss took away the last can... Didn't he give you a drink? He said he wanted to give it to you before he took it upstairs of."

Zars was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly when he remembered the undrinked beer that day.

"Give it to me, but I'm injured and can't drink."

He had to settle for the next best thing, brought out a can of soda, and had a late lunch with Munn and Hannah.Hannah made three servings of pasta and couldn't finish it, so he also ate a small half of it. He felt a little full, so he stood up and stretched his hands and feet, and said, "I'll take Kerr out for a walk first, and when the boss comes back, you can eat it again." Call me."

Hannah looked up at him: "The boss has taken the dog away, you should wait at home."

"Ok?"

Zars was a little surprised, this was the first time he saw Edwin take Cerberus out, what did he do?

"I said I went to find something for Grant." Hannah said casually, rolling up noodles with a fork and stuffing them into her mouth.

"Then did he say what he was going to take me for?" Zales asked.

"I didn't say anything," Hannah didn't look up, "Maybe I want to take you out to work."

After she said so, Zals took it as a new job, and when he was sitting on the sofa waiting for Edwin to come back, he sent Lilian a message: "I will go home to see you and Bill in a few days. Is it empty?"

Lillian called him back within half a minute.

"Why are you going home all of a sudden?" She asked happily and worriedly, "Do you have a vacation? You seem to be very busy recently. You have gone far away."

It was quite a long way, and the "Forest of No Return" was in nowhere in the world, so I almost lost an arm every time I went back and forth.It's just that he couldn't look at his phone at all these days, and it was Muen or Hannah who replied to the message for him, which saved Lilian from worrying.Zals thought so in his heart, but he only said: "I'm on a business trip, maybe the signal is not very good, I didn't pay attention to the phone, so I just replied the message."

Lilian hummed, as if she was finally relieved, and asked again: "Then you are back?"

"I'm back," Zales added, fearing that she might be worried, "I still have some follow-up chores to deal with. I'll go home when I have time."

Knowing that nothing happened to him, and now she has free time, Lilian grabbed him and chatted for a while, during which she mentioned Grant. She said that she hadn't seen him since that day, and later heard from people in the gym that he resigned directly by phone, even without salary. no.Zals guessed that Grant was continuing to make preparations to rescue his father, but he couldn't tell Lilian about it, so he just said this, so that she wouldn't trust young men of unknown origin so easily, and told him the address of his home .

"But I wrote that on the membership information of the gym. He checked it himself." Lilian said innocently, "I don't have any thoughts about him, although he is indeed handsome."

Someone next to him cleared his throat with a strong sense of presence, and Lilian said displeasedly: "I haven't finished talking yet, that young man is about the same age as your son, what do you mind?"

She argued with the person next to her in a low voice, and then reluctantly gave up the phone receiver.

"When will you be back?" Bill asked on the other end of the phone.

Zales looked up at the calendar, today is indeed a working day.

"Maybe tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, you have to settle things thoroughly before you can rest." He said, "You didn't go to work today?"

Bill was suspiciously silent for a while, as if he was considering whether to say it or not, but finally told him the truth: "I fell on the construction site last week and had a broken bone. Now I am resting at home with a cane."

He is an engineer, and he does always run to the construction site at work, so it is not surprising that he accidentally fell down.When Zals was in junior high school, Bill fell from the third floor while working. Fortunately, he hung on the edge of the scaffolding and only rested for a week. If he went a little further, he might have retired just like that.Not surprised that he was injured, Zars said helplessly: "You have a good rest, I will go home as soon as possible."

Although he didn't say anything, after hanging up the phone, Zales checked several medicines that were good for bones, and decided to go to the pharmacy at night to buy them and take them home another day.

In fact, he originally planned to go back tonight, but Edwin went out and took Cerberus away with him, as if the situation was urgent and serious. He didn't know if the other party needed help, so he should wait first People come back and talk about it.

He didn't wait long at No. 179. Half an hour later, there was the sound of a car engine outside the door. Cerberus got out of Grant's car and ran all the way to Grant's arms who were waiting for him, mad with his head like a century apart. rub him.Zals was almost knocked over by it, knelt down and reached out to touch it, couldn't help but smiled and asked, "Why are you so enthusiastic all of a sudden?"

Although the big dog liked him very much in the past, it was rare that when it showed such enthusiasm, it was so strong that it knocked him back and forth, like a small cannonball.

"You have a devil's breath," Edwin, who walked into the yard, heard his question and answered his question, "It will get closer to you."

Zals looked up at him. He was wearing a long black windbreaker with a high-necked white sweater inside. It looked like he had just gone to a cold place, and he even had two buttons on the windbreaker.

He vacillated between the two questions of "when is your vacation" and "where did you go?", and finally chose the third one to ask: "You asked me to wait for you to come back, where are you going?"

As for why he has a demonic aura on his body, Zars thought it must have something to do with the contract. Anyway, Edwin can teach the spell that conceals the aura again later, so I will not ask for the time being.He looked up at the car parked at the door. Grant was sitting in the driver's seat talking to Elvins who had come out of nowhere, but Edwin ignored them and motioned him to let go of Cerberus and stand up. .

"Didn't I promise you to accompany you home?" He looked Zars up and down, seemed to think it was okay, nodded slightly and said, "Let's go."