Silver Blade and Rose

He slept soundly this time, and when he woke up again, it was already lunch time.Zals got up from the bed, washed his face, and came out of the bathroom, only to find that Edwin's door was open, and there were faint voices coming from inside.

He didn't mean to eavesdrop, and subconsciously walked near the door, wanting to remind Edwin that he didn't close the door, but heard the person inside mention his name.

"I know what you want to do," said Grant's voice, "but Zalls doesn't know, does he? If you take such a risk, it's like pushing him into the fire pit. It's uncertain whether he can come back. I suggest you tell the truth first. Make it clear and let him choose whether to go or not."

Zars outside the door froze for a moment, swallowed the words unknowingly, and stood outside the door without moving, wanting to hear what they were saying about him.

In fact, he could feel that Edwin still had something to hide from him, and he also knew that it would be imprudent for him to agree to take risks without knowing the truth, but he felt that Edwin would not harm himself, and he was very fond of the "forest of no return" in the description. Interested, so I agreed to go in and save people.

He didn't dare to tell Lilian or Bill about this matter. Anyway, even if he went to the police station, he would encounter dangerous tasks. If he didn't tell them, he would save them from worrying, and it would save him the time and energy to explain in the future.

Lilian was worried that he would be engaged in a high-risk industry. She thought that he was now working as a personal assistant for rich people who needed someone to take care of her income. I intend to, but I certainly can't tell her at this time.

He has an inexplicable self-confidence, thinking that he should be able to walk out of the "Forest of No Return" alive.If this confidence came true, he planned to go home and tell Lilian what he was doing recently.

Zars had no intention of knocking on the door, and was about to leave after listening to a few words of their conversation, but the person inside the door suddenly noticed his presence and stopped him: "Zars, wait a minute."

Not Edwin's voice, but Grant's back to him.

Zars stopped in front of the door in embarrassment. He didn't have any other thoughts. Now that he was discovered, he could only admit that he was eavesdropping...

"You let him hear it on purpose." Grant turned to Edwin and said.

Edwin was noncommittal. He stood still and watched Zals who turned around slowly. He seemed to think that it would be no harm to let him listen, so he took the initiative to make room for him to come in.

He was already like this, Zals couldn't leave anymore, so he entered the room cooperatively, stood between the two of them and thought for a while, and asked first as usual: "...What are you talking about?"

"Talk about what the hell he wants you to do. Don't you even care about that?" Grant said gruffly.

Edwin's expression was normal, as if Grant had just said something innocuous and didn't have much to do with him.He put the empty coffee cup on the head of Kururu next to him—the latter was jumping and trying to cross the direction of them to the terrace, but now stopped in place tremblingly, for fear of dropping Edwin's cup— —Then reached out to Zals: "Give me something."

Zars obediently took the necklace off his neck and handed it to him.

Edwin took the necklace and showed the pendant to Grant: "What is this?"

"The 'hunter's cloak' you got from Fern." Grant found his behavior a bit boring. "How can I not know this thing? I even told you that it exists—"

"No," Edwin said lightly, "This is Ivan's stuff."

Seeing his blank eyes, Edwin added: "You should be more familiar with his other name, Earl Elvins of Hell."

Sure enough, Grant knew the name, and blurted out: "The Dark Messenger—"

"He's dead, and the body hasn't been found yet. No one knows whether he's really dead or just pretending to be dead." Edwin said. It should not put Zars in danger."

"Since it belongs to him..." Grant pondered for a moment, then felt something was wrong again, "But it's just an invisibility cloak, what can it do?"

Edwin was tired of explaining this question, shook his head and threw the necklace back to Zals: "You can use it for him to see."

"Didn't it say it won't take long?"

Although he was puzzled, Zales used it in front of Grant's interview, and after seeing the astonished eyes of the other party, he understood: Edwin wanted to use this to dispel Grant's suspicion of him.

Since he met Grant, everyone in No. 179, especially Edwin, has been wary and suspicious of Grant.He didn't think there was any problem with this, after all, Grant had lied to them first, but he had always had a vague feeling that Grant hadn't lied to them since he came back this time.

There was no evidence, so he never said this to Edwin, but as time went by, he felt more and more that his feelings were true.Grant might still want to use them for his own ends, like going to hell to get his father back, maybe something else, but this time he didn't lie to them again, and even showed concern for him who didn't have a relationship .

"It would fool the exorcist, but the people in the Forest of No Return are not..." Grant said.

"Someone has to try it." Edwin raised his eyebrows and looked at him. "If you think he can't do it, why don't you try it?"

Grant knew he was motivating himself, and said helplessly, "If I could go, it would probably be more useful than him, but it's limited. It's a pity that I can't. The reason is the same as your reason for not going."

He didn't have much confidence in his mind being clear of distracting thoughts. It's not that no one has entered the Forest Exorcist Association. Some people were trapped in the early years. They sent people to rescue them, but they went to several times without returning, and finally gave up. up.He didn't think he was any better than those who had entered the forest, and he might even be more likely to be recruited - what's in it is unknown, but it is undoubtedly a great test of people's mind and concentration. Most of his life is spent worrying and worrying about his relatives, and he was even once occupied by obsession. No one knows whether there will be any tests after entering the forest. A newcomer like Zals who has no painful past, in this respect It does have an advantage over him.

Moreover, Edwin seemed to take him seriously. Maybe Zals was holding other props that he didn't know about. He was no longer number 179, and he really didn't have the right to dictate Edwin's decision.

"I can do it." Zals also followed his words.

"You'd better be ready," Grant glanced at him, "otherwise something will happen if you go in, and the people outside won't be able to save you."

Zals remembered Edwin's previous villain's speech, thought for a while, and still didn't bring this up in front of Grant.

What if Edwin was just joking?

Grant nodded, didn't say anything else, and walked out the door after saying a few words, leaving the two of them in the room.

Zals glanced at Edwin, and waited for Grant to walk away before speaking: "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

Even Grant could find him standing outside the door, and Edwin couldn't be unaware of it. After all, Edwin wanted him to hear what Grant said in the room just now, but Grant didn't notice it. , I said everything I thought in my heart.Edwin may not want to speak, or he may be too lazy to speak, anyway, Grant asked him to talk, so he simply let Zals listen.

Everyone had talked about the danger of entering the forest alone, and he was already mentally prepared. Zars knew in his heart that if someone else could try, it would not be his turn.

Edwin was silent for a while, as if seeing some hesitation, he finally said, "Come with me."

He led Zals into the study, went down to the bottom, and then opened a secret door next to the bookcase, motioning him to go in.

Zars had only stayed in the study before, and didn't know there was a darkroom in it.Edwin turned on the light, took him to a cabinet inside, and said, "Open it and have a look."

Zals opened the cabinet door, and there were several things hanging inside, including cold weapons and hot weapons, and some things that looked like hidden weapons for self-defense, such as sleeve arrows and knuckles.He looked around and didn't understand what Edwin was going to do. He opened the door of the cupboard and turned to ask him, "What are you doing?"

"Choose a suitable one." Edwin stood on the spot with his hands behind his back, his eyes wandered around the weapons in the cabinet, and fell on one of the small pistols, "How is your marksmanship?"

This involves the professional field of Zars.He took off the pistol that Edwin was looking at, weighed it in his hand, and felt that it was not bad, and then said: "The shooting project of the graduation exam is the first, how is it?"

It was the first time he spoke with such confidence, Edwin couldn't help but smiled, raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you want to try?"

"Yes," Zars agreed without much hesitation, and then realized that it was a bit difficult to achieve, "but...where can I try?"

After a while, they returned to Edwin's room.Zals held the gun just now, before he could recover, Edwin opened his closet, reached out and pushed him in.

It's hard to say what kind of feeling it was, Zals felt like he fell into a thick cloud, fell lightly for a while, and finally landed on the hard ground.He opened his eyes and looked around, and found that after the clouds and mist cleared, a wide and hard field was revealed.

It turned out to be a shooting range.

"Moving the target is a bit troublesome, let's try this first." Edwin's voice sounded behind him.

The falling distance was just right, Zals raised the gun in his hand, fired the safety, and pulled the trigger on the opposite target.

After the bang, there was a hole in the target.

Nine rings.

His grades were actually pretty good, but Zales still frowned, looking down at the gun he was holding.

The weight of the bullets fired from the gun just now was different from common bullets. Before shooting, he thought it was the weight of the gun itself, but he didn't expect that the bullets were different.He didn't know this enough when he fired, and his hand froze when the bullet ejected, so he missed it a little.

"Is the bullet a special material?"

he asked Edwin.

The latter did not answer, stepped forward two steps behind him, took the gun in his hand, and fired at the target.

ten rings.

Hit the bullseye, as accurate as the result of automatic shooting after aiming.

"There is something added to the bullet, which can hurt things in the forest." He returned the gun to Zars and explained, "Ordinary guns don't work well, you have to get used to it."

Zals was about to say something, but he threw another box over, and there was a muffled sound of metal colliding inside.

"There are only so many bullets for the time being, so use them sparingly."