"One is the Gospels, which established the Gospel Church, and the other is the Book of Revelation, which established the Demon Hunting Order. ”

In the study, Arthur looked down at the text on the paper, which was the information he learned from Lorenzo's mouth, but he was just a witcher after all, although it was a Medanzo faction, but it was also a security guard standing guard, and the more confidential part, this witcher knew nothing, but at least it allowed Arthur to see the framework of all this mystery.

In a brief whisper, Arthur's gaze was solemn, fixed on the word.

Northern.

What is there in the north? Vikings, ice seas, cold winds, eternal night and polar day......

In the eyes of ordinary people, these are the things that the north has, the forbidden area of life, and only those who are not afraid of death are willing to venture there.

From Arthur's point of view, he certainly knew what was going on in the north, the ascetics called the Secret Keepers, but he didn't expect it to be related to the origins of the Evangelical Church.

After a long silence, he decided to give up thinking about their connection with the Secret Keepers, after all, once it involved the Secret Keepers, it would become extremely complicated, and the last time the Purification Mechanism came into contact with those mysterious Keepers was a year ago, when Merlin himself went to the north, but the Secret Keepers did not see him, and the hapless alchemist was almost frozen to death on the ice field.

He had a headache and rubbed his temples, looking very distressed.

"Alas, a book, to be honest, is too simple to hide a book in such a vast land. ”

Since Lawrence's death, the first task of the purification agency has been to search for the whereabouts of the Book of Revelation, but so far they have found nothing, and with the passage of time, the mission from Emerald has fled, Cardinal Migar...... All of this seems to point to the book of Revelation, a book that no one has ever seen in person, becoming the center of the vortex.

"You look like you need a break. ”

Blue Emerald walked over from the side and brought tea for Arthur.

After Lawrence first appeared, everyone realized the terrifying individual combat ability of the witchers, they were strategic weapons that could walk on their own, and it was easy to assassinate some important targets, after which Arthur added bodyguards to all the important people.

Although it still seems a little powerless against the witcher, but at least it can have a little sense of security, this time it is the blue jade who is responsible for protecting Arthur, but compared to protecting Arthur, the blue jade is more like a nanny at the moment.

"Oh oh oh!

Arthur said and took the tea.

Although Blue Emerald said that she cared about Arthur, her expression was extremely cold, in her words, according to her career plan, she should have played some rich man to death by now, and took his inheritance to bask on the beach, instead of serving Arthur here.

"Alas, with a lady by your side, time flies. ”

Arthur glanced at the time, and Eve was almost back from work.

"I think every minute is a long time. Blue Emerald said unceremoniously, which made Arthur a little embarrassed.

"Don't do that, you look like an annoying boss. ”

"Isn't it?" Unlike the others, Blue Jade was abducted into the car by Arthur halfway, and if he didn't work, Blue Jade would be sent to prison.

"Do you still need someone to protect you? What are you, after all...... Captain Invig!"

Blue Jade continued, showing no restraint in front of Arthur, but her mouth was broken, and the task Arthur gave her could still be carried out efficiently.

Captain Invig, as a product of the Ranger program, Arthur is a deteriorated version of the witcher in terms of physical fitness, although not as powerful as the witcher, but in the mortal body, it is also an extremely outstanding group, sometimes Blue Jade is thinking, there is really a crisis, is it to protect Arthur, or Arthur to protect himself?

"I've got you a job, and now they're still working overtime to search for kestrels, and you just need to be with me. ”

The disgust on Blue Emerald's face made Arthur feel even more uncomfortable.

"With you, feel your twilight male hormones?"

Arthur was so embarrassed that he never thought that Blue Jade could be so venomous.

"Okay, okay, I'll admit that you came for another purpose. ”

Arthur, who has always been strong, is rarely a little weaker, as if something requires Blue Jade.

"What's the matter?" Blue Jade didn't expect Arthur to really need herself, she had sneered at Arthur before, and disrespected this boss very much, the purpose was to get out of this madman's paradise as soon as possible.

"You're a lot like Eve. ”

Arthur put the papers away, and it looked like the end of the day's work.

He manages the absolutely violent body of the Purification Agency, and can mobilize countless heavy firepower for long-range artillery bombardment at a single order, Arthur is too powerful, but such a person is not omnipotent, such as for his rebellious daughter.

Thinking of this, Arthur felt a headache.

"Wait a minute......

Hearing this, Lan Jade's eyes became even worse.

"It's not what you think, I mean yours...... The personalities are very similar. ”

Arthur's words hesitated, as if he was thinking about how to explain this to the blue jade.

"She's like a childish adult, and you're like her, but without that childishness. ”

"It's like you haven't experienced the beating of society, right?"

Blue Jade said precisely.

"Hmm...... Almost. Arthur nodded in the affirmative, and then he sighed.

"The Phoenix family is almost dead, and it's just me and her, and the purification agency is still a high-risk department, and when I die, she'll be alone...... Eve doesn't understand this, she wants to know what she is, but sometimes the truth puts her in danger. ”

Arthur's expression was very low, as a martial nobleman, too many people in the Phoenix family died in the Glorious War, just like Eve's brothers, who also gave their lives when the war was about to end, and Arthur lost all his children at that time.

"Like Lorenzo?" asked Emerald Blue.

The cause of everything seems to be Lorenzo, the appearance of that guy and the fact that everyone is in trouble, but Arthur shook his head, it was very rare, he didn't blame Lorenzo.

"It's not his fault, as Merlin said, the connection with the demons and the darkness, Eve survived by them, but again, the connection has existed for a long time, and my years of efforts have only postponed it, and even if Lorenzo hadn't appeared, maybe another person, another thing, would have brought her back into the embrace of darkness. ”

Arthur was very sorrowful.

"I was worried about her, as she thought I was overly spoiled, and without that, maybe she would have been caught by the darkness earlier. ”

Blue Emerald felt Arthur's worries, the distress of a father, not the head of the purification agency.

"If only my father were like you. Lan Jade said lightly, that memory, heavy and light.

"He's a good man, but war can easily change people, and no matter how strong his will is, he will be shattered under the fire of his head. Arthur said.

Blue Jade looked a little surprised, as if she didn't expect Arthur to know about her father, she said with some chagrin, "It's a shrike, right, I only told him." ”

During the operation in Endtown, the two of them were besieged by demons, and when they were about to die, they confided in each other, or read their wills, and it was then that Blue Jade confided in the shrike about her unknown past.

"Not a shrike, do you really think that the purification agency will not investigate your past?"

The corners of Arthur's mouth lifted slightly, and he didn't look steady at all.

"Although it is said that the net removal agency will accept those who are able, there will be some background checks. ”

Lan Jade was silent, she killed her father with her own hands, and thought she had done the right thing, after so long, she didn't know whether it was right or wrong, just replied briefly.

"That was my mistake. ”

"People make mistakes, some mistakes can be saved, but some mistakes are irreparable. Arthur said slowly.

People will always do wrong things, but some wrong things are like shadows that keep chasing you, always reminding you of the pain and alerting you.

"I don't want Eve to be my mistake. "Since the death of Arthur's wife, all he has had is warmth for her.

"Actually, you can tell her. Blue Jade seemed to know these secrets, and although she hadn't joined the Purification Mechanism very early, she had vaguely heard about them.

"How do you tell her?" said Arthur, looking distressed, "tell her that it was because of her that her mother died? ”

Arthur doesn't usually smoke, but at this time he couldn't help but take out a box of cigarettes from his drawer, which looked very old, and even the cigarette paper was a little wrinkled and yellowish.

"I haven't smoked since she died...... To be precise, there are very few smokes, and only when there are times like this can't help but come to one. ”

Arthur lit the tobacco from an unknown number of years ago, and the choking smell rose, but he smoked it unconcernedly.

"Eve is a little naïve, childish, and has a strange sense of justice...... Actually, this sounds pretty stupid, but sometimes this damn world is like that, and people in the right place are laughed at. ”

Arthur slowly recounted, perhaps he was really tired from his work these days, as if he was pouring out his boredom for so long.

"Insidious and cunning guys live long. ”

He sighed, "But ...... It shouldn't be like this, the world shouldn't be like this, but sometimes I think Eve wants to be a police detective, and it's stupid to punish evil and promote good. ”

Arthur's words are full of contradictions and self-deprecation.

"When I thought about it, I suddenly realized this, I was so scared, I had been in the dark for too long, and I had become such a person. ”

He looked at Blue Jade, his tone full of helplessness and fear.

"I have also been 'corrupted' by demons, and my ideas have become so dirty, and the so-called 'punishing evil and promoting good' has become stupid in my eyes, it shouldn't be like this, I shouldn't be like this. ”

For some reason, Arthur suddenly thought of Lorenzo, that neurotic is always a mouthful of bad words, but sometimes those bad words are strangely philosophical.

"I've become like this, boring adult. ”

Thinking of this, Arthur laughed instead, if it weren't for Lorenzo always taking Eve on adventures, he still liked this detective, no matter how terrible the situation, he could tell some bad jokes to liven up the atmosphere, so that even if he died, he became less depressed.

The blue jade on the side said calmly.

"When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you. ”

"It's not just staring, Blue Jade, we're already in the abyss, and beneath the mortal skin, that flesh and blood heart has become as hard as iron. ”

The cigarette went out, perhaps due to the prolonged storage, and it failed to ignite completely, so Arthur threw it on the ground and crushed it with his foot.

"But Eve can't, she can't go into the abyss, she's a good child, innocent or childish, it's all hers, and she can't let those filthy things get their hands on her. ”

"You are like a towering tree, blocking all the wind and rain, and she grows safely under your protection...... But one day the tree fell?" asked Blue Jade.

The words were like cold rain, extinguishing Arthur's newfound anger, and the old man collapsed in his chair with a depressed expression.

"Yes, what if I die? People will always die, and who will take care of her when I die?"

Arthur muttered to himself, the man who commanded thousands of armies was essentially just an ordinary person, an ordinary old guy.

"My family, my friends, my acquaintances are dead, in the glorious wars, or in the clutches of demons...... The only few people who can be regarded as acquaintances are also Merlin's kind of goods, and those alchemists are the real hearts of stone, with no desires and no desires, only the truth. ”

I don't know how many times I've sighed tonight, Arthur said slowly.

"Well, it's been a long time since there has been such an emotional catharsis, and the older you get, the more you are, and many things are difficult to explain. ”

He looked at Blue Jade and said, "Can you please help me then?"

"I don't know how to help you. "Blue Jade has never been entrusted with such a task to deal with family disputes?

"Your personalities are very similar, just talk to her more, Eve doesn't have any friends, after all, sometimes identity can become a bondage. ”

Blue Jade continued to be silent, looking a little helpless, and then Arthur continued.

"Count your performance and bonuses. ”

Blue Emerald was even more silent, and after a long time she said, "Will she understand you?"

Arthur didn't want Eve to know that, he didn't dare to think about what would happen to Eve if she knew the truth, it was a somewhat naïve and childish girl, the cruel truth might turn her into the same heart of stone, there was no shortage of flowers like her in the world, but for Arthur it was the only one.

"Yes, Eve will understand, it's only a matter of time. Arthur looked confident, and he looked at the blue jade.

"Don't you understand your father too?"

Blue Jade was stunned, she didn't know how to answer, a strange sour feeling overflowed from the iron stone, as if everything was back to that snowy night, the man fell drunk in the snow, and her mother pleaded bitterly, but she was silent.

"Perhaps. She replied.