Silver Blade and Rose

Zals had a good night's sleep in Edwin's bed.

How good is it?When he woke up naturally at 07:30 the next morning, he looked at his mobile phone. He couldn't remember what time he fell asleep. The last picture he remembered was Edwin kissing him on the forehead, and then put He was placed under the quilt, and he lay down beside him.

He woke up early, of course Edwin was still asleep at this point, he opened his eyes and saw that beautiful face before he was mentally prepared, Zals was shocked, remembering what happened last night, and blushed again Get up and put on your coat.

Edwin fell into a deep sleep and was not awakened by the sound of him getting up, like a male version of Sleeping Beauty, with the duvet covering the shoulders and revealing only the snow-white neck and shoulders.Zars glanced back at him, and found a light red hickey on Sleeping Beauty's neck. Thinking that it was his own masterpiece, he was a little bit embarrassed belatedly.

The large woolen coat was placed on the bedside table, and he stepped on the carpet with his bare feet to put it on, and spent some time looking for the slippers that he had kicked to the bottom of the bed.After barely tidying himself up, Zals opened the door, and the next second, a Kururu rolled in from under his feet.

He and Kururu stared wide-eyed for a few seconds, realizing what it was thinking, and explained consciously: "I borrowed here last night."

He used the word "borrowing", and he didn't know if Kururu understood, so he hurried to his room-the time limit was approaching, and he had to talk to Elvins about Grant.

It seemed that Elvins really didn't need to sleep, he was still sitting in the room, tossing a coin boredly, the snake was coiled up in the cage and fell asleep, Zals didn't wake it up when he entered the door.

"Morning." Elvins said without looking back, the angle of the coin tossed upwards was a little bit off, and it fell directly towards Zars standing at the door, who subconsciously stretched out his hand to catch him before turning around , using the most common tone, "How did you sleep last night?"

"...Not bad." Zales said hesitantly.

The quality of sleep was indeed good, but the facts that happened before that were not suitable for telling Elvins. After all, he and Edwin were still in an underground relationship, and he was half responsible for keeping the secret.

Elvins didn't know that there were so many strange scruples in his heart, he was still thinking about the joke he made yesterday, and told Zarles half-jokingly: "Actually, yesterday I was talking about the relationship between you two. Talk to ya...Edwin."

Zars froze for a moment: "Huh?"

"He doesn't seem to understand that I'm joking..." Elvins looked like he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. He couldn't help it, and raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Do you think everyone here is blind? , Can two people who obviously have no love experience play an underground affair under our noses?"

He said it bluntly enough. Although Zars didn't know what kind of joke he and Edwin had made, he had already realized what Elvins meant—he had already seen it, and time might Even earlier than they determined the relationship.

I don't know whether it's his innate sensitivity or his intuition as Edwin's only friend, but it's all been seen, and Zals doesn't think that the other party is cheating him, so he nodded and readily admitted.

"Actually, it didn't take long, it was just..."

Elvins made a pause gesture, expressing that he was not interested in the details of their relationship: "I don't need to know this, it's just that I lack the affirmation of the parties involved, and I'm relieved now."

"rest assured?"

Zars didn't quite understand.

"I've been friends with him since I was a kid, and almost no one knows more about him than I do—except, of course, Herrett." Elvins' eyes fell on the coin lying in his palm , as if seeing the past through it, "After I was brought here by you, I began to observe all the people who lived with him, and finally came to a simple conclusion: he lives here relaxed and happy, before seeing it with my own eyes, I can't imagine it at all."

He seemed to be talking about what happened to him, but Zals understood that he wanted to talk about Edwin in his own eyes.

"He has a withdrawn personality and likes to be alone. At first, it was Seltan who asked me to talk to him, and then I really wanted to be friends with him. During the time when we grew up together, I saw him on his shoulder. Too much to carry and it's crushing him, and there's nothing I can do to help. I've gone to Sitana, hoping he'll take some of the blame off of Abel, but he says it's impossible because Abel took the initiative to take all these on himself, insisting that he stay in the Sombra Palace and be the loneliest king.

"I thought it was his territory from then on, so when he decided to take you to the Sombra Palace, I knew you were special to him. He was willing to tell you about his past and pain, I am also willing to share with you the soul weapon inherited from Herlett, apart from liking you or even loving you, I can't think of any other reason to explain this."

Zals opened his mouth, not knowing how to respond to his firm tone, and he said after a while: "I couldn't figure out why Edwin liked me before. He told me a lot. I still didn't understand it at the time." , but later lying on the lawn downstairs and looking at his balcony, I suddenly figured out something."

In fact, it is very difficult to count out one, two or three reasons for liking a person. He himself can't even explain it clearly, let alone why Edwin likes him.Rather than struggling with this kind of issue all the time, it seems more suitable for them to accept the other party's feelings calmly and follow the heart to talk about a love without burden and pressure.

Edwin was like the crescent moon hanging over the trees, so what?

Just as long as he likes it.

Elvins didn't delve into what he had figured out, and felt that he had done his job as an emotional mentor. After a moment of silence, he changed the topic to another direction.

"Do you think he'll come back?"

He turned his gaze to the "door" emitting faint blue light, and asked in a low voice.

Of course, this "he" did not refer to Edwin they had been talking about just now, but Grant who had not returned as promised.

From the agreed [-] hours, there was only less than two hours left.

Everyone at 179 Rockhill Street tacitly did not mention this matter in the past 20 hours. Only Elvins, who was an outsider and was entrusted to guard the exit, could ask this question straightforwardly.

Zars and him looked at each other for a few seconds, and said honestly, "I don't know. But I hope he can come back."

He actually has no idea how strong Grant is. All the information he can find is the files left by the other party when he was still working in the Exorcist Association. However, Grant is different now. Rescue people on a special site.

Even so, he still hoped that Grant would succeed.

If the goal that he has worked hard for for more than ten years and is desperate to achieve fails, perhaps Grant will think, what has he got in exchange for all these years of hard work?

He seemed to have nothing left, and he could only do this to make his life easier.Zales also felt that his thoughts were a bit too self-righteous, but he still hoped that he could successfully rescue his father and return to a relatively normal life.

It's not sympathy, but I hope he can live a better life, that's all.

"Sometimes I think you are like a sympathetic leader of the White Land Saint Party, but you are too naive, more like a daydreaming child." Elvins interrupted his beautiful fantasy mercilessly, with a speechless expression , "If I had known that Abel liked this, I would have caught a cub for him from a human kindergarten and brought him up to be my lover—"

Inexplicably attacked as a kindergartener Zars: "?"

Before he had time to defend himself, he heard Edwin's voice coming from outside the door: "You two seem to be very busy, playing talk shows here so early?"

The next second, a man in a nightgown appeared at the door, yawned lazily, glanced at Zals first, and then asked under Elvins' playful gaze, "What time is it?"

"...It's eight o'clock." Zars glanced at the alarm clock on the table.

Edwin nodded, and said casually, "There is still an hour and a half."

He was the one who made an appointment with Grant, so he was naturally very familiar with the deadline.Zales wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he still didn't speak.

This was an agreement between Edwin and Grant. He shouldn't open his mouth to let one of them break the contract. Moreover, the time is not up now. Grant still has one last chance, and maybe he doesn't need his help.

As an outsider who was entrusted with the task, Elvins acted more indifferent than Edwin, and his attention was entirely elsewhere—"Abel, have you looked in the mirror since you got up?"

Edwin:"?"

Zars: "!"

Edwin grabbed Zars, who was trying to escape in fear of crime, and took him away to the bathroom to look in the mirror.

After they left, the smile on Elvins' face faded, and he took another look at the "door" that was still open.

Edwin asked him to take care of it out of safety considerations. After all, there was an accident when he opened the "door" last time, and the entrance was opened in a very conspicuous position. Many low-level monsters would pass by, and demons would also pass by. Will be attracted, not everyone can be a gatekeeper.However, he has sat here for so long, and there has been no movement for nearly thirty hours. It has to be said that the situation is really shockingly abnormal.

Will it really end so easily?He couldn't help thinking.

He is not an optimist like Zales who thinks about the best in everything. Some things will always develop in the worst direction. I don't know if this is the case.