Silver Blade and Rose

Obviously he lent the bed to Edwin to rest for a while, but when Zals woke up, he found that he was lying on the borrowed bed instead.

Edwin was sitting in a nearby chair—he had dragged it from his own room—and was fiddling with a gun.

It was different from the one he gave Zars when he entered the forest last time, it looked heavier, and some symbols that Zars could not understand were engraved on the gun, and Edwin was loading bullets into it.He sat up from the bed, moved his shoulders that were stiff from sleep, and waited for Edwin to stuff the clips in before opening his mouth: "When did you wake up, and why did you move me to the bed?"

"Seeing that you were sleeping soundly, I didn't wake you up." Edwin said, handing him the pistol, "Hold it for self-defense, there are not many bullets, so save it."

His bullets always seemed to be insufficient, Zals couldn't hold back, and asked, "What's in the bullets?"

"I really want to know?" Edwin glanced at him, but didn't hide anything from him, "It's the blood of Hydra, it's very poisonous, be careful not to hit yourself."

Zalston felt that the gun was like a ticking time bomb, he went down to find the holster and put it in, and felt relieved after buckling it on.

Edwin smiled: "It's not so flammable and explosive, don't worry."

Although Zals slept peacefully, his hair was a bit fluffy, and every time he woke up, he was disheveled.With slightly curly hair that was messed up in sleep, he said helplessly, "I'm easily frightened when I just wake up. Don't scare me with such scary words."

He went to wash his face and saw that it was almost dawn outside. He thought he didn't eat dinner, so he just slept for a few hours, which was a bit of a waste of time.After he tidied himself up and went back to his room, Edwin was still there, as if waiting for him to come back, said something about lunch and then assembled and left.

Zals wanted to say something, but Edwin had already closed the door. He stood at the door of his room and looked at the door panel at the end of the corridor for a while, but he still couldn't catch up.

He seems to be a little clingy lately, specifically Edwin.

This is not a good sign, and he still has questions that he hasn't answered.

He shook his head vigorously, changed his clothes, and before the night faded, he went downstairs and took Cerberus for a morning run.

When he came back an hour later, he happened to meet Grant who got up and came out to breathe.The latter took a sandwich from somewhere and was eating it. Seeing him coming back with the dog, he said, "It really likes you, I can tell."

Zars was bending over to fill Cerberus' bowl with dog food, but he couldn't hear what he was saying: "What?"

"Say you're lucky, both it and its owner like you," Grant said.

Forget about Cerberus, he doesn't know if Edwin likes him, but Grant always feels that something is wrong when he says that.Zales frowned and said nothing.

"It's still very young, at the age of a Cerberus, it's only equivalent to a toddler less than two years old." Grant looked at Cerberus, who was eating dog food with his head down, and said, "I treated him well before, and he returned the favor. Give me kindness, but the day I broke the seal on the 'door', it rushed over and bit me desperately."

Naturally, his current body has no scars from being bitten, but he still pointed it out to Zals in a serious manner.

"That's when I realized that Edwin really kept him here as a gatekeeper, not the gate of hell, but the small door in the room." Grant said, his tone was a little emotional.

"You said it yourself, it's still very small." Zales shook his head, "Maybe it's just instinct driving it to do this."

"Who knows?" Grant shrugged, finished the last bite of the sandwich, and didn't bother with the question any more, and asked him instead, "When are you leaving? Will Edwin delay the time with the excuse of not being ready?" Bar."

"We said we'll meet after lunch." Zales said absently, still thinking "Both it and its owner like you."

"That's good."

Grant nodded, turned around and was about to leave. After he turned around, Zals looked up and found some blood on the hem of his clothes.

"Are you hurt?" he asked behind Grant's back.

Grant turned his back to him and waved his hands to indicate that he was fine, but he did not explain whether he was really injured, and just left.

Zals didn't understand why Edwin said to meet after lunch at first, but he didn't realize it was because Edwin wasn't home until he didn't see each other during lunch.

I don't know if they went somewhere through the closet, or they went out alone without them noticing.

He was helping Hannah with the dishes in the kitchen, and he turned a corner to ask Muen a little worried. The latter thought about it and gave him a somewhat surprising answer: "Boss seems to be going to the Exorcist Association." It's time to go through the formalities."

"What's the procedure?" Zals asked puzzled.

"There are more people here, and the 'door' in your room is going to be opened, of course you have to report to the humans first, if something happens, they can quickly send someone to take over the finishing work." Muen He said without changing his expression, took away the stack of plates in his hand, and put them on the table, "There seems to be other things, but he didn't say anything, so I should be able to handle them myself."

"Why didn't he call me?" Zars was a little frustrated for no reason, "Didn't we all act together recently?"

"Maybe I want to give you a surprise?" Elvins who came in from the living room took the conversation and said.

"...don't be joking."

Zars was powerless.

"I'm not joking," Elvins took a French fries from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth, probably because he put too much salt, he frowned, and then swallowed with a normal face, "Abel recently It's quite abnormal, maybe I can buy a bunch of flowers from outside and give it to you."

Zales: "..."

Although it was a joke, it was too scary to imagine.

Hannah rushed out of the kitchen carrying the soup pot like a gust of wind, put the pot on the dining table almost by throwing it away, then took off her gloves and said, "Eat."

Zals turned his head to look at the suspicious bone-in meat in the pot, and hesitated for a moment: "What is this?"

"Pork, of course," Hannah rolled her eyes. "Would I make you soup with dead thighs?"

The bone was indeed a bit like that, and Zals secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he might indeed be hungry, and he had the illusion of being hungry.

They had lunch together, and when Zals was done eating, he stayed to help clear the table, and Elvins and Grant disappeared.After he put all the dishes into the dishwasher, washed his hands and came out of the kitchen, he happened to run into Edwin who came back from the outside.

Edwin was wearing a dark overcoat that looked expensive at first glance. Before taking it off, he threw the paper bag in his hand to him: "Take it."

Zals caught it subconsciously, but didn't rush to look at the contents inside. Instead, he looked at his clothes first, and then asked, "What is this? Munn said you went to the Exorcist Association."

"Your salary card and entry information, as well as the fake identity given to Ivan." The temperature in the room was high, Edwin took off his coat and put it on his arm, and unbuttoned two shirt buttons, "In the future, your salary Just hit the card directly, no need to go through the formal process through the association."

This is a good thing. Two months ago, he wanted to buy a wedding anniversary gift for Bill and Lilian. When he paid the money, he remembered that he still had a bank account for receiving salary. After checking, he found that he only received the first two months. The salary, the latter is still going through the process.I have to say that in addition to the Exorcist Association, the speed and work efficiency of government agencies and local banks are also very impressive.

He poured out the contents of the paper bag. Besides his information and bank card, there was a folder, which presumably was a fake identity for Elvins.

"He will often travel between hell and here in the future. It is easier to move with a false identity, just like me."

Edwin explained in due course.

Zals nodded. He knew that Edwin had a fake identity. Not only was it real, he even took out a passport when he was staying at the hotel in Hope County.But the first half of Edwin's sentence...

"If you often go back and forth between hell and here, won't you be restricted by the 'gate'?" he asked.

"I am an anchor point, and I can summon people or things from there as long as I want to." Edwin said, "There is no need to go through the 'door', because part of my soul is connected to the Sombra Temple, not just Ai Wen, as long as the other clansmen of Setannahuo come to the Black Crystal Palace, they can come if they have my wish."

This is a very convenient way, at least the Sombra Hall should be safe, and it won't be attacked from there.

Zars nodded thoughtfully, and then realized another meaning in his words.

"So you're still here, aren't you?" he asked Edwin.

"Of course," Edwin raised his eyebrows, "I'm still being exiled. In terms of human time, I will stay here for at least 200 years. Where do you want me to go?"

After receiving his affirmative answer, Zars didn't say anything, but felt inexplicably at ease.

In fact, he wanted to ask something else, but they were leaving soon, and Edwin would be back anyway, so he didn't need to be in a hurry.

"Okay," Edwin patted him on the back, with a reassuring smile in his tone, "Go and call Grant and Ivan to your room, let's have a pre-war meeting."