Chapter 118 This chapter is about Leonard

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Leonard pulled up the collar that covered his chin, sternly faced the full-length mirror, and tried his best to create an official look.

His waist was straight as never before, his hands were close to the seam of his trousers, the metal Holy Emblem of the Night on his chest was shining brightly, and his tie was tied meticulously, even the top button was buttoned.

This outfit paired with a serious expression gave him a completely new look, exuding a capable and reliable aura that made people willing to ignore his young face and believe that he was a senior police officer.

Although it looked like that, he broke the skill after just six seconds. He pulled the collar out unaccustomedly, wanted to roll up his sleeves, and pulled out the tightly stuffed clothes.

Not even comfortable.

He twisted in front of the mirror for a while, but in the end did nothing and kept the outfit that changed his image completely.

"Old man." Leonard whispered, "Do I really want to be like this in the future? I'm so used to it. It feels so awkward to walk."

After saying that, he felt a pain in his head, and Pales used Leonard's hand to slap the brain that had no long memory, without any concern that it would make it less intelligent.

The old parasite said angrily: "You should thank yourself that you were still in the armor at that time! Didn't you notice that there was a crow on his shoulder? That is a mythical creature. He is blind, and crows don't have this problem!"

"If that armor hadn't blocked your face and breath, you should have put on a monocle when you looked in the mirror today!"

Leonard rubbed the painful area with his hand, and still muttered a few words without giving up: "We may not encounter it again..."

Pales snorted, and Leonard also shrank his neck, looked at the sky and whistled, pretending that nothing happened. It was rare for him to be stubborn. He also knew that what he said was very unconfident. After all, it had only been three months, and he

I encountered that terrifying demon again!

——Obviously, he didn't know that he also met a "passerby" on the night when he was tracking down the devil dog, so in fact, they met again not long after Tingen God descended.

…………

Two days ago, after he woke up from the hospital bed, the old parasitic man reminded him: "He has remembered your voice, so don't talk anymore."

Leonard was startled at that time and almost asked. When Sost, who had just brought hot tea, saw him, he swallowed back half of the words he said, and listened to the old man continuing to talk in his mind.

:

"I have taken away the relevant memories. This is for your own good."

"What?!"

Leonard was anxious, but he couldn't help but speak out, and saw Sost looking at him in surprise. After the two of them stared at each other for a few seconds, Sost asked patiently: "What do you think?

Are you dissatisfied with the church's compensation measures? You are an injured person and you can raise your opinions if you have any."

It turns out that Captain Sost was talking about this just now. Thank God, I was almost exposed... Leonard breathed a sigh of relief, pretending not to hear the old man's cold snort that he hated iron for not becoming steel, and held up the bandage on his head and face,

With a smile on his face, he said to Sost: "No, I didn't hear you clearly. I was injured and my ears are a little less sensitive. Can you say it again?"

"Hearing loss? Do you want to get checked?"

"No, no, no, I feel better now!"

"...That's good." Sost looked at Leonard suspiciously for a while, feeling that his surprised attitude was very suspicious. Leonard simply tried his best to widen his eyes to make himself look innocent and simple, and added

He was more or less off-kilter during the day, so Sost didn't take it seriously and just regarded it as a remnant of the disaster. The young man was a little emotional.

He cleared his throat and continued to repeat the notice from above: "Archbishop Anthony heard about your heroic demeanor of not being afraid of danger (Leonard's toes began to clasp the sheets), and expressed his praise for you. According to the regulations, you should have been given some rewards and

It’s a substantial subsidy, but considering that you fought bravely after I made the decision to retreat temporarily to avoid the edge, it was suspected of violating the order, so the merits and demerits were balanced, and the reward given to you was revoked.”

Sost's voice rose a few degrees.

Leonard nodded vigorously to indicate that his hearing was restored.

"During this mission to chase demons, you faced the enemy twice and successfully killed Jason Belial once. But then you acted recklessly and not wise enough. You were wearing the sealed artifact '1-42' at the time, so

It can't be because of the 'Desire Apostle''s ability to disturb emotions before death, but because of your personal reasons, can you tell me?"

After Sost finished speaking, he looked at Leonard seriously. Leonard wiped his itchy nose with his fingers and calmly talked nonsense:

"Because I was a little confused at the time and mistook the stranger for the combat target Jason Belial."

Pales couldn't help but make a sound like he was being choked.

It's better to lie than to go to jail. Leonard's expression remains unchanged, his face is as thick as a city wall. Pales was about to make a few sarcastic remarks, but saw Sost nodded thoughtfully: "I understand.

Already."

Sost had already guessed that the negative effect of 1-42, in addition to slowly cutting the user's body with the sword light, would also affect the user's spirit. Leonard only had more than thirty seconds left at that time, wearing the

The time of 1-42 has almost reached the limit. It is not impossible for a misjudgment to occur under the double negative influence of the mind and body. On the contrary, it is very reasonable.

After all, Leonard's behavior has always been very calm and casual, and even Sost was shocked by the explosive emotion at that time.

If it is affected by negative effects, it is normal.

"So, Captain Sost, is there anything else?"

Leonard wanted to chat more with the old man, and by the way, he complained about why he had his memory stolen when he begged like that, so he started to see the guests off.

Sost just thought that the injured had not recovered yet and needed to rest, and did not care. He directly talked about the work-related injury allowance. He took out the document stamped with the emblem of the goddess from the handbag he carried with him, and saw that Leonard's arm was weak.

So, he thoughtfully chose the most important sentences and read them:

"The work-related injury allowance is 200 pounds, and the church will reimburse the medical expenses. Unfortunately, the credit for 'killing Jason Beria once' was offset because of your recklessness and is not included in the credit. But you don't need to be too sad, Archbishop Anthony has always been very concerned about it.

You, I praised you in the file submitted to the temple. If you perform well in the future, you will soon earn enough merit for promotion."

Leonard's eyes lit up when he heard the 200 pounds, and the final promotion was the icing on the cake. However, as a single man whose food and accommodation are provided by the church, there is a high probability that the 200 pounds of money will be deposited directly into the bank. The church

He also paid for the potions, so he didn't have to look for recipes to buy materials. He didn't have much expenses except for food, and a few pounds would be enough for at least a week, so Leonard didn't have any specific concept of large amounts of money.

It’s almost like “I can go to my favorite restaurant every day for three meals a day for the next six months.”

Sost read the document to Leonard and took it back, saying that he would put it at Leonard's residence later.

Then he opened the door and left. Leonard got down to the ground and stretched his muscles a little. He felt that his internal injuries were almost healed, and only some flesh wounds caused by 1-42 were left on his body.

Seeing that he was almost fine, Leonard finally felt relieved. He thought that the hospital was not a good place to talk to the old man, so he put on his hospital gown, limped out of the ward, and went through the discharge procedures. Discharge procedures

It went very smoothly, and the church's subsidy arrived in time, which solved the problem of not having my wallet with me when I was injured and hospitalized.

Now in winter, food can be stored for a long time. Leonard bought two or three days' worth of food at a time and rested peacefully in the dormitory.

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Back to the present, Leonard turned around in front of the mirror a few times, tightened his shoelaces, and said uncertainly:

"Wouldn't it be weird if I suddenly changed my style?"

"You also know that you are sloppy if you can't button your buttons properly?"

Pales complained for no reason: "Be a little self-aware, kid, I'm doing this to let you live a few more days."

"That day when you were fighting the devil, why did you rush forward when your head got hot? Not only did you say that you almost died, but you also forced me to take action to save your life. If He hadn't rushed to do other things, you and I, and your companions and children

, no one can survive, and you don’t even have time to pray.”

"I know, I know, you've been reading these words for two days."

Leonard posed and quickly accepted his new image: "Do I look like Your Majesty the Sword of the Goddess?"

"Your Majesty Sesima's signature look is to pull up the collar and look straight ahead, which is very oppressive. I found that it suits me quite well."

"Old man, look, am I handsome?"

Pales: "Haha."

Pales: "I understand now. You kid doesn't understand the seriousness of the matter at all. You just stay here and play dress-up games with yourself."

Leonard looked sideways in the mirror to see the effect, roughly pulled his hair back, and said in a normal tone: "After all, there's nothing else I can do except not speak in public, old man."

"As you said, I am too weak, so weak that I can't even control my emotions. I almost lose control when I meet Him. Only by not knowing Him can I save my life without knowing anything.

.”

Leonard recalled the day he chased and killed Jason Belial, and saw that the target he struck with his sword was a blurry gray figure, and it was impossible to accurately determine the gender, height and shape.

And when he recalled that when He spoke to Captain Sost, his voice was also processed by Pales. Every word was picked out and put together from what other people said in Leonard's memory, sometimes male and sometimes female.

, sometimes loud and sometimes small, weird and hoarse, it makes people get goosebumps when listening to it, and it is extremely effective in making Leonard unable to judge what he heard.

The parasite erased all possible clues, and Leonard only knew that he was almost killed by "him" again - no, if it weren't for the old man, he would have died twice.

Pales felt the changes in Leonard's thoughts and emotions and remained uncharacteristically silent.

Leonard breathed out: "Old man, I am very grateful to you. Even if you were trying to protect yourself, you did save me twice."

"I thought about it carefully. Since you said that He is face-blind and recognizes people by their voices. As long as I don't speak or change my voice, I can avoid them. Then I suspect that He has not really remembered who I am from the beginning to the end. He

I only remember you and use you to confirm me."

The Nighthawks uniform was tailor-made, and the size of the clothes fit perfectly, but Leonard still felt that the buttons were a bit tight. He put his hand on the buttons, paused for a long time, and then slowly lowered them to hang by his side.

"In other words...old man."

"He doesn't have the person 'Leonard' in his eyes at all. He only knows you, and feels that the person carrying you is me."

Leonard's voice was trembling: "Old man, you can continue to be a parasite on me. It doesn't matter if you steal a few years of my life."

"Because if you go to someone else, whoever you go to is 'Leonard', who will die for me... It was my impulse that made the situation worse. In this case, you just stay
To be continued...