Two Gains for One Person

"Wind Wolf Basic Sword Drawing Technique— Upper slash!"

Parr's attack this time was different. The moment he launched the attack, the white light on his body spread to the black sword. As the black sword waved, it drew a mark in the gray fog.

Sizzle.

A sound like flames entering water rang out. Caught off guard, the gray fog shield that popped out from the old ghost's body was directly split into two.

"Wind Wolf Basic Sword Drawing Technique— Slanting Slash!"

Parr's sword momentum changed, and the second move followed closely behind.

"Ah!"

A shrill scream rang out, and a crack that emitted white light appeared on the translucent body of the old ghost. His mouth was wide open, and his eyeballs were about to pop out. His facial expression was extremely distorted and malevolent, and it was obvious that he had suffered great pain. The pain had penetrated deep into his soul, so much so that he could not even resist.

Parr did not stop. He had no respect when it came to cultists. Besides, the old ghost was no longer a living person, so it was better to bury him!

"Wind Wolf Basic Sword Drawing Technique— Horizontal Slash!"

The third move was launched, directly splitting the old ghost into two.

"Ah!"

The old ghost let out a short scream, and then a bright white light emerged from his body. When the white light disappeared, the old ghost was also gone. At the same time, the gray fog enchantment around him began to disappear slowly.

"It's finally over."

Parr closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He put the black sword back into its sheath and walked towards Edith. He reached out and grabbed Edith's arm. Just like what Edith had done to him earlier, the bright light on his body also spread to Edith's body.

…

"Blood Moon Slash!"

Reinforcements always arrived after the battle was over. John jumped from the roof in the distance and attacked the gray fog enchantment that was beginning to disappear.

Bang!

The gray fog enchantment completely collapsed. It dissipated into the air after a gust of chilly wind, revealing the two people lying unconscious inside.

"Little boy!"

John's face revealed an anxious expression. He rushed to Parr in quick steps. After checking for a while, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Parr was fine, but he looked as if he was drunk. Edith, who was beside Parr, was also fine. She had just fainted due to exhaustion.

"What about the enemy?"

After receiving the news, George held back the powerful Bronze-level zombies while John rushed over. After confirming that Parr was fine, he narrowed his eyes and glanced around. He became vigilant when he saw Massey, who had turned into broken ice.

"A ghost!"

John, who was experienced in fighting cultists, immediately saw the reason for Massey's condition. He vigilantly sensed his surroundings, but he did not find any trace of a ghost. Could it be…

John turned his eyes to Parr and then quickly sheathed his sword before rushing towards the direction of the Bluestone City's Church.

"Please tell me I'm wrong!"

…

"No, no, they're not possessed by the ghosts. They're just tired."

Larry, the Bluestone City's Church leader, withdrew his hand that was glowing with white light. He smiled and shook his head at John, who was waiting beside him. He said in a relieved voice,

"It seems that you arrived in time. The ghost ran away before it could harm them."

John let out a sigh of relief once again. Then, he walked to the unconscious Parr and fiercely rubbed his head.

"You little brat, you're really bold. You actually dared to fight with a Peak Knight Apprentice and even won. You're fortunate!"

The encirclement of cultists in Bluestone City finally ended in the middle of the night. The results were gratifying. In the eyes of John and the others, apart from a ghost that ran away, none of the cultists had escaped.

After that, the patrol captain of Bluestone City, George, led his men to seal off the area. The Church's personnel began to search inch by inch, trying to find the "escaped" ghost. It was doomed to be a futile effort. Anyway, Parr could not yet reveal that he was the one who killed the ghost.

…

Edith only fainted because she had exhausted too much of her physical strength. The following day, she woke up and sat up from the bed in the treatment room. She looked out the window at the clear sky and the warm sunshine. She could not help but think of the final thing that happened last night.

"Edith, see? I did it."

After killing the cultists, Parr sat next to Edith with a smug look on his face. He reached out and grabbed her arm. White light spread over, preventing her from being hurt by the gray fog that had not yet fully dispersed.

Edith did not say anything. She just stared at Parr in a daze. After a long while, she suddenly smiled. Then, she moved her weak body and leaned against Parr. Her eyes slowly closed. With a tired and relieved expression, she said softly,

"Yes! Little boy, you are so awesome!"

'Why did she call me a little boy again? She could have just called me Parr!'

The smug look on Parr's face disappeared, and he began to go crazy in his heart.

'No! You must stop calling me that from today onward!'

Thinking of this, Parr asked tentatively, "Edith, do you still remember the bet we made before?"

"Yes!" Edith nodded slowly. Her pink hair tickled Parr's nose.

"It's good that you remember."

Parr rubbed his nose and smiled again.

"I request that you address me as a big brother from now on."

"Why should I do that?"

Edith opened her eyes again. She sat up straight and turned her head to look directly into Parr's eyes. She said with a smile, "The winner of our bet is the one who killed Massey. I was the one who did that! So, you can continue to be my little boy!"

After saying that, Edith closed her eyes again and leaned on Parr.

Parr was stunned, then he pushed Edith away. "No! Wait, I killed Massey!"

"You killed the ghost, not Massey. I was the one who gave Massey the last blow."

Edith closed her eyes and whispered, but no matter how she looked at it, she felt like a scoundrel. But on second thought, she was right! A ghost was a ghost, and Massey was Massey. The name of that ghost was not Massey.

"This..."

Parr was speechless. 

"Hahaha."

Opening her eyes and glancing at Parr, Edith covered her mouth and laughed secretly. Then, when Parr looked over, she quickly stopped laughing and asked Parr a question.

"Do you have any plans to join the Bluestone City's Church?"

"No."

Parr shook his head without hesitation. He wanted to travel all over the world. Thus he could not permanently stay in the small Church of Bluestone City.

"But you are so strong."

Edith wanted to persuade him again, but Parr interrupted her.

"Edith."

Parr's voice became serious.

"Edith, please don't tell anyone about what happened tonight."

Edith was silent for a moment, and then she asked another question instead of answering, "Little boy, why don't you want to join the Bluestone City's Church?"

"Because the world is so big, I want to see it all!" Parr revealed his dream.

"The world is so big. Do I want to see it?"

Edith repeated it as if she was mumbling to herself. Then she nodded, narrowed her eyes, and said, "I know. I won't tell anyone about what happened tonight. This is a secret between us."

"That's good."

Parr let out a sigh of relief and then reached out to rub Edith's hair.

"Also, don't call me little boy anymore. Call me Big Brother!"

"Big Brother!"

Suddenly, Edith actually called him. Parr turned his head in surprise and saw Edith reaching out her palm with a smirk.

White pollen blew over. Parr rolled his eyes and fainted. Before his consciousness fell into darkness, he seemed to have heard Edith say something.

"Since you can't tell anyone about what happened, it's best to say that you fell unconscious during battle."

After Parr passed out, Edith's eyes were almost closed. She used the last of her strength to rub the blood on her leather armor onto Parr's body. She made it look like the two of them had passed out after a bloody battle with Massey.

…

"Is everything over?"

After replaying the events of last night, Edith got out of bed. The white sheepskin armor on her body was stained with blood and smelled terrible, so she had to go back to her room to take a shower.

Creak.

At this moment, Larry pushed the door open and walked in. When he saw that Edith had woken up, he smiled:

"Edith, you're awake? Do you feel uncomfortable? Dizzy? You..."

"Stop, teacher. I'm fine."

Edith quickly stopped old Larry's nagging. Her body glowed, indicating that she was fine. Then, she walked to Larry and looked at the old man who had taught her for five or six years. Her lips moved, she wanted to say something, but she was too embarrassed to say it.

"Edith, just say what you want to say. Hesitation is not your character!" Larry showed an amiable smile.

Edith lowered her head and was silent for a moment. Then, she took a deep breath, looked up at Larry's wise eyes, and said, "Teacher, I don't want to be a Doctor anymore. I want to be a Knight of the Church."

"I see!"

Larry did not ask why. He just looked into Edith's eyes and said encouragingly, "Edith, if you are sure, then do it! I won't stop you because your talent on the path of a Knight is much higher than that of a Doctor!"

"Well, thank you, teacher!"

…

Roar!

Parr suddenly opened his eyes at dawn and sat up from the bed. He was dazed for a while, with sweat all over his head. He had that strange dream again, where he saw the wolf's head. He was scared awake by the wolf's roar.

"That's strange."

Scratching his head, Parr came back to his senses and looked around. At this time, he was in an unfamiliar room. There were green-gold stone walls, tables, chairs, furniture, and mattresses on the wooden bed.

"Where am I?"

Parr got off the bed and walked to the window to look outside. Then, he confirmed that he was in a guest room in the Quinna Chamber of Commerce's headquarters.

"Have I been brought here by Uncle John?"

Returning to the bed and sitting down, Parr recalled what happened last night. Then, he shook his head and opened the data panel to take a look. The first thing that came into his eyes was the notification that had not been turned off since last night:

"Beep, Life Energy Points have been detected. Do you wish to absorb it?"

"Yes."

"Beep, absorbing."

"Beep, absorption completed. A total of 50 Life Energy Points and 100 Spiritual Energy Points were obtained."

"Massey's ghost. Two gains for one person. Not bad!" Parr praised. Then, he turned off the notification and looked at his own data.