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Gently moving his body, half of his body seems to be bandaged, although it still hurts, but it should still be intact, so that he will not be unable to get out of bed in this life.

The spiritual hall does not seem to have fully recovered, and the sea of consciousness is completely chaotic. The numbness of the scalp and the constant irritating labor pains in the temples seemed to be a side effect of drying up energy.

The wrists and ankles seem to be shackled, and if someone were to attack them now, they would not even be able to resist. You can also hear the sound of people walking behind you.

Loren, who struggled to open his eyes, tried to look around him—the black curtains, the heavy desk, and the stacks of parchment scrolls, and he could almost be sure that he was in Dalton Kander's study.

If he said this, the footsteps behind him ......

"Awake?"

"Mentor...... "Somewhat pale due to ischemia, Loren just asked softly, and then nodded slightly.

"Don't you want to explain?" The black-haired wizard looked at him mockingly, but there was no smile on the corner of his mouth: "Keep pretending to be stupid, maybe you can escape!"

Loren smiled bitterly, is it still useful to explain how to pretend to be stupid when it comes to this? Farnesis may be driven away by his own rhetoric, but it certainly can't be in this case.

"I don't have anything to explain, you're sure you know. ”

"Not going to defend himself?" Dalton still didn't want to let him go, "You're not a man who is keen on death. ”

"I'm grateful to them, but I'm not going to argue about it this time - you won't believe it anyway, even if I do, and if you do, you'll think I'm hiding something, so just shut up. ”

Shrugging his shoulders, Loren pursed his lips as if he didn't care at all.

The black-robed wizard was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Very wise." ”

"It is a great pity that the person who finally decided what to do with you was Abbot Peter. The corners of Dalton's mouth twitched slightly: "My task is only to make sure you live." ”

"You're going to be disappointed, aren't you?" said Loren.

"Disappointed?" Dalton snorted coldly, pointing his wand at Loren's bandaged body, "Your ribs are broken in half, your vertebrae are almost shattered, your right arm is pierced, and you have ...... with severe blood loss."

The black-robed wizard counted them one by one and waved his hand: "These are all things that can be recovered in the short term, and there will be no after-effects - at least under my treatment and judgment, it is impossible. ”

"But......" Dalton's eyes narrowed into a slit, and his right hand took out an empty bottle from under his robe, "I warned you about the side effects of sedatives. ”

"Because of your extraordinary constitution, the sedative did not cause you fatal trauma, but it also caused immeasurable damage to your mental temple, draining your energy too much, and hallucinating in the short term - as for the long term, it is difficult to predict, but it can never be intact. ”

"Can I still be a wizard in the future?" asked Loren, a little scared.

Dalton's expression twitched.

"Unfortunately, these fatal factors will not affect your wizarding career. ”

Unparalleled joy welled up on Loren's face, and Dalton, who was holding his forehead, turned around directly, not wanting the vulgar smile to stain his eyes.

"Also, there's one more thing. Dalton Kander, with his back to Loren, put his hands behind his back: "Originally, I wouldn't even think about it. ”

"I warned you that if someone knew that you were my apprentice, or even merely involved with me, you could be hunted down by someone. The black-robed wizard's words carried certain memories in them.

"There are not only wizards among these people, but also many of the most powerful, and it will be no more difficult for them to kill you than it is for an ant to be crushed—even so, would you still be willing?"

"I've never regretted it. Loren, who was sitting on the bed, smiled and straightened his waist, leaned forward and bowed: "Mentor!"

The figure of the black-robed wizard trembled slightly, and it took a moment to return to normal.

"You made the wrong choice. ”

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"He really cares about you. ”

A neat black dress with a red background, silky white blonde hair, handsome but slightly pale cheeks, and blood-red eyes exuding an evil luster.

Loren slowly turned his head and saw the boy who appeared at some unknown moment sitting behind Dalton's desk, still holding the book about vampires in his hand.

"Even though I know that I asked, it was just a vain question. Loren's deep gaze fixed on Asriel's face, "What exactly is your purpose?"

"I thought you already knew. The young man casually threw the book aside, supported his head with his arms propped up on the table, and showed a hint of cunning in his eyes: "Isn't it?"

Loren raised an eyebrow in dismay—he guessed a little, of course, but definitely not all.

"Given that we are friends, and that I almost lost my life for your 'friend', I feel obligated to tell me the whole truth. ”

"Hey...... I can't help it, who made us friends?"

Asriel spread his hands helplessly, shaking his head "pretending to be mature": "Actually, you guessed right, for some reason I don't have my own body, that's why I begged you to help me - as for why it's a vampire? ”

Because vampires have a higher degree of mutation, they are also more susceptible to the power of the Void. So for Asrael, there is no choice.

"Now that you have a body of your own, I think our friendship can almost end here. Loren said with a formulaic smile, "I don't know what you think?"

"You're going to abandon me so soon?" The young man suddenly paused, and then showed an extremely aggrieved expression, and even tears appeared in his blood-red eyes: "Is Asriel doing something wrong?"

Why do you say as if you have abandoned it from the beginning......

"But it might disappoint you, dear Loren. It only took a second for Asriel to smirk into his face, "It's impossible to get me to leave...... At least for the time being. ”

Looking at the other party's expression, Loren suddenly had a bad premonition.

"As you know, I'm almost half a vampire now, though it's a little different. But there are many things that are impossible to change - for example, I am almost a newborn baby by vampire standards. ”

"It doesn't matter if it's just a child or something, maybe it can make Asreal a little cuter. But now I'm so fragile that I finally have a body of my own, and I don't want to go back to that cold cellar again. ”

"So, I used a little 'special' means. ”

Special means...... I felt like my hunch was about to come true.

"I have connected myself to your spiritual temple. Asriel's "pure and harmless" smile made Loren want to strangle him!

"Simply put, if something happens to Asrael. Dear Loren, you too will be a straight fool. The boy curled up in his chair with folded hands blinked.

“............ That's what you had planned, right?"

Loren sneered, his temples jumping.

"How could I hurt you, Loren, we're friends. Asriel had a sincere smile on his face: "You don't seem to realize what that means. ”

"What does that mean......" Loren's eyes widened suddenly.

"With me, your spiritual temple will no longer be limited in any way. The corners of the boy's mouth slowly hooked: "Do you know what that means?"

This means that you can theoretically master countless high-level spells!

The consternation on Loren's face slowly faded, revealing a formulaic smile, and he stretched out his right hand towards the young man: "So...... I wish us a happy cooperation?"

"That's nature. The boy squinted and smiled, "We're friends!"