Silver Blade and Rose

It was past two o'clock in the morning, but the gray house at No. 179 Rockhill Street was still brightly lit, and the living room was even full of people.

Edwin seemed to have just taken a shower, and was dozing off on the sofa in a nightgown.His hair was only half-dried, with occasional water dripping from it, and Hannah in a nightgown brought a large towel to cover his head, and then brought Munn and Zales each a cup of tea.

"You must not have closed the door properly when you were cleaning during the day." She dug out a snack box from the drawer under the table, opened the lid to get biscuits outside, and said to Mu En, "Otherwise, how could something get out?"

Mun scratched his head: "But Zars stays inside, he seems to be fine..."

Zars was sitting next to him drinking tea, but when he heard this, his back suddenly felt a little cold.

"What's in my room?" He thought and thought, and finally couldn't help asking.

"This is what we are going to explain to you," Munn handed him a plate of small biscuits, and then said, "Your room was lived in by our last colleague, and he was in charge of it before." Gatekeeper, so the 'door' of this city was opened in his room. Later he left, and we couldn't find his next one right away, so the room was vacant for a long time, and the boss allocated part of his strength to guard it."

He only talked about the problem of the room, but still didn't clarify what the "door" is. Hannah took over the conversation and explained: "The so-called 'door' is actually a point connecting two worlds. There are more than ten such 'gates' guarded by different people, and we are in charge of the one in York City. Occasionally, due to the weak period of the guard's strength, or some accidents, sometimes there may be differences. Things from the world escaped through this door, just like this night."

She spoke more clearly than Munn, and this time Zals generally understood.As for whether what they said is in line with natural science, he was just attacked by an unknown creature on the street more than an hour ago, and he has silently put the matter behind him.

Zals has always been a big-hearted person. He used to accept all kinds of urban anecdotes quite well, and even did relevant research on them.But there is one thing that he is more concerned about. Just now Muen said that the "door" in his room is now guarded by Edwin, so...

"So the thing that escaped from the 'door' tonight is because of..." He looked at Edwin who was sitting aside and hadn't spoken until now, and didn't continue.

"Yes, because the boss fell asleep, the seal on the 'door' was a little loose, so the little thing that didn't matter just ran out." Muen patted Cerberus lying beside the sofa, "It's okay You go out with it, or you might get hurt."

He said it lightly, but that "insignificant little thing" is already at the level that bullets can't hit, Zars said helplessly: "Please, I was almost killed by it, this is also an insignificant little thing, that door What else is there?"

Hannah smiled meaningfully and said, "I think it's better for you not to think about it."

"It's okay. You'll know how to deal with these little things after seeing more." Muen didn't answer, got up and took a thick book from the cabinet next to him, and put it in front of Zars with a "bang". "This is a collection of some common monsters, and there are some ways to deal with them. If you have time, you can read them from the front to the back."

The book was as thick as a dictionary. Zars brushed off the dust that had accumulated over the years, and saw that the title on the leather cover was in words he didn't know, and the words "Low-level Monster Illustrated Book" were faintly written underneath.

He accepted this dictionary-like picture book, and asked again: "So, my job in the future is...?"

"Occasionally, there will be monsters escaping from other places in York City and causing various losses. We will send people to deal with it after receiving such reports. Recently, there is a shortage of manpower, so Hannah and I stay behind, and the boss is responsible for going out to solve the problem." Mu En Shrugged, "Although the boss is very strong, he has no common sense in life, and sometimes falls asleep suddenly. It will be very troublesome in case of accidents, so we have to find him an assistant—"

Zals also knew what happened next. They have been borrowing people from the association to help. Sanchez became a regular customer at 179 Rockhill Street and Edwin's personal driver; The newcomer, Zals, was the one recruited by them regardless of luck or misfortune.

"Now you have a general understanding of who we are," Muen said, "The boss is very strong, but he needs someone to take care of him, and he has no fighting power once he falls asleep, so you may need to find a way to protect yourself in case of danger... "

These are all true, and he doesn't want Zals to face unknown dangers without precaution, so he explained in advance before the work started.They searched for suitable candidates in many places, and finally an old friend recommended Zals to them, saying that he was smart and alert, with good adaptability, so they sent an invitation to Zals through the other party.

But now it seems that the old friend played tricks on Zals, did not directly tell him where this place is, and did not explain to him the danger of this job in advance. Mun hesitated for several hours, and finally decided to I decided to explain all the key points to him, and then let him decide whether to stay or not.

He looked at Zals, waiting for the other party's reply, but the latter patted the monster illustrated book and said with a smile: "I will study hard."

...It seems that he is worrying too much.munn thought.

"Then make up the welcome ceremony for you another day," he looked at the wall clock on the wall, "It's too late today, everyone should go to rest first."

"It's time to sleep, I'm sleepy." Hannah yawned and got up from the sofa, and pushed Edwin, who was still dozing beside him, "Boss, go upstairs to sleep."

Edwin opened his eyes, saw that they had finished explaining and could be disbanded, so he got up and went upstairs on his own.His hair was still a little wet, but Zals hesitated for a moment, and still didn't remind him.

Everyone packed up their things and prepared to have a rest. Zars hugged Cerberus's head, intending to send it back to the doghouse and go upstairs, but Munn called him from behind.

"Welcome to join us, Zars."

In all fairness, life at No. 179 is much more comfortable than at school.

Zals has the habit of exercising in the morning and evening. When he gets up early in the morning, he will take Cerberus with him and pour him a bowl of dog food when he comes back. Usually breakfast is ready on the dining table when he enters the door.There seems to be a cook here who never sees the deity, but the food tastes good. Zars subconsciously doesn't go into the identity of the cook, and eats three meals a day as much as possible with peace of mind. After a few days like this, Actually got used to it.

Hannah usually doesn't deal with him very much, and basically sits alone in the room under the stairs, and only comes out when eating; Munn is always busy, doing everything that the housekeeper should do. The shower gel in the bathroom at the end of the building was about to run out, and he could replace it with a new one as soon as possible.Although Edwin lives in the house, Zales hardly sees him. He seems to spend 16 hours a day in his room, and the rest of the time Zales sleeps and doesn't know what he is doing.

In general, everyone in No. 179 seems to have their own affairs to be busy, but it seems that they forgot to arrange work for him, allowing him to experience a period of leisure time.Although Zals wanted to stay and experience the thrilling new life in Muun's mouth, the few days he lived here were so comfortable that he occasionally thought he was on vacation.

Zals took a can of beer from the refrigerator and went to the yard to play a ball game with Cerberus for a while, and happened to meet Sanchez who was driving over to deliver something.The latter parked the car at the gate of the yard, stuck his head out of the car window, greeted him, and asked, "Are you still used to living here?"

"It's okay, but I haven't started working yet, it seems a bit too leisurely." Zales threw the ball to the dog, got up and walked to the car to talk to him, "Do you need help? Apart from physical work, it seems that there is really nothing to do now I'll do it."

"No physical work, but you can help me take this upstairs to Edwin." Sanchez handed him a box, "Thanks, I won't go to school, and I have to go to the elementary school to pick up my daughter from class."

Zals readily agreed, watched him reverse the car and left, took the box up to the second floor, stopped at the door of Edwin's room at the end of the corridor, and knocked on the door politely.

No one answered.

He knocked twice more and asked, "Edwin, are you there?"

Just like the day he first came, knocking on the door of No. 179 always seemed to take a long time. Zars knocked twice, and even began to wonder if he was not in the room. Edwin slowly came over to answer the door: "What's up?"

He didn't seem to wake up, he didn't even fasten his nightgown, his hair was messed up, he seemed to be unable to keep his eyes open when he opened the door in a daze, and finally regained consciousness, frowning and looking down at Zal Sis, looking in a bad mood from lack of sleep.

Even though he was in a mess just after waking up, he still looked pleasing to the eye. Even the dust floating in the air due to the action of opening the door seemed to have its own special effects, as if he was shooting some pictorial.

"Uh, Sanchez asked me to bring this to you."

Zals handed the box over slowly. Seeing him like this, he felt that he might have disturbed his sleep, so he apologized and prepared to go back to his room.Edwin unpacked the box behind him, frowned after unpacking it, and stopped him again: "Get ready, I'll go out with me in half an hour."

This was the beginning of the first anomalous incident he participated in solving as Edwin's assistant.