Chapter 09: Negotiation (2nd Update)
Gently placing the tea cup by cup on the coffee table, Dora in armor watched cautiously at a lich, an angel, and a succubus as they negotiated.
The curtains had been drawn, and in broad daylight, candles were lit in the room.
The coffee table is the only intact piece of furniture in the whole room. The others even had missing legs on the couch they were sitting on.
"Knock knock!" came the shouts of the guards outside the door, "Paladin, Paladin, what's wrong, do you need our help?"
"It's okay, Lord Paladin is just ...... Train!" Dora shouted at the top of her voice.
"Training, training in the room?"
"How else would it be a paladin?" another voice muttered, "It has to be different, doesn't it?"
"That's right. Let's go, it's okay. ”
"Excuse me, Paladin!"
The guards of the Lion King's Palace, who were talking outside the door, left.
Silence, and silence for a long time.
Jones held his breath in his armor and stood obediently to the side in a cold sweat, at this moment, he was more stressed than ever. After all, whether it is a lich, an angel, or a succubus in this room, they can strangle him with one hand. The point is that they will fight again at any time, and there has already been a fight just now.
Gray turned his face to Catherine and asked, "Are we really not going to take this opportunity to hold down this demon?
"We can't do that, Gray. Catherine said helplessly: "Heaven and hell have a truce, I can't make a move." In the case that she did not break the contract, I made a move, which means that I broke the contract. ”
Vivien sat obediently, looking at Gray with a blank look, looking harmless to humans and animals, innocent and aggrieved.
Unfortunately, the succubus' charm is useless against the Lich. Or more accurately, the lich doesn't understand the charm.
Gray said awe-inspiringly: "Why do we make such a pact? Isn't it the task given to us by the Holy Spirit to destroy evil? We should fight the evil forces to the end, not make a pact with them!"
"Yes, but only if it can be destroyed. You used to think the same way, and then we fought for tens of thousands of years. Catherine spread her hands and said, "Angels need rest too, don't they? you have to allow us...... Take a breath of relief. ”
"But it's been a long time!" Gray exclaimed, puzzled.
Vivien burst out laughing.
All eyes were on her at once.
Vivien quickly put away her smile and continued to pretend to be pitiful.
Catherine took a deep breath and continued, "There is a truce between angels and demons, and neither of us can directly intervene in human affairs. Under normal circumstances, we can't even directly harm any human being. At the same time, we have an agreement with the Lich Council. It was a three-way agreement that neither of us could make a move on the lich until they had done something harmful to us. So, even if she stays here, it won't hurt you in any way. ”
"But am I going to take a demon with me to promote chivalry?"
After thinking about it, Vivien whispered, "You can try to think so. There is such a lost little succubus, she has grown up in the abyss since she was a child, and she doesn't even know what goodness is. Now, she's in front of you. This is an opportunity given to you by the Holy Spirit, and an opportunity given to her. Maybe you can...... Influence her? yes, there's a succubus that needs your influence, doesn't that sound like a good acceptance?"
"Forehead ......"
"Is it written in the Bible that a lich can't be a paladin?"
"Nope. ”
"That's right, so you became a paladin. Does the Bible say that demons can't be saints?"
"No, there isn't. ”
"So, you get the idea. Vivien looked at Gray and said, "What an inspiring thing it is for a lich to throw himself into the light. The greatness of the Holy Spirit is demonstrated. And a demon goes to the light, even more so. Now, the opportunity is in front of you! Do you want to be the greatest paladin of all time?"
"That sounds like a point. Gray hesitated.
Catherine didn't say anything, and the black cat was in trouble.
I saw the black cat open Gray's mask and burst out of his armor, and shouted in a furious voice: "You are sophistry! Gray is because he truly believes in the Holy Spirit, and you! have another purpose!"
"Oh, ghost cat. Vivien smiled sweetly, looked at the black cat, and said, "I have to remind you that we demons have a pact with angels, and we have a pact with lichs. But with the ghosts...... Ghosts, such lowly creatures aren't qualified to make a deal with us. ”
"Uh...... Hahahaha, hahahaha. The black cat hurriedly changed his words: "I said it wrong, I just said it wrong." Gray, she has a point, really! I've been convinced! Lichs can become paladins, demons can become saints, and they are simply invulnerable! True paladins should be ...... to influence demons."
The sound stopped abruptly, because the black cat suddenly got a chill from behind. Looking back, he found Catherine looking at him coldly.
"Black cat, we angels don't have an agreement with ghosts. Catherine smiled and whispered.
For a moment, the black cat was completely stunned.
This is a proposition! It's really going to kill you!
Its gaze went back and forth between Catherine and Vivien, back and forth, until at last it could only retract its tail aggrievedly, bow its head, and slip back into Gray's armor, close its mask, and cry out, "I'm just a poor ghost, I'm sick in the head!
Jones secretly swallowed and lowered his head.
That's what scares him the most. There is an angel and a demon standing next to you, and no matter what you do, you will always offend one. What's worse is that both of them are strong and can strangle you with one hand......
Gray looked at Catherine.
Helpless, Catherine could only sigh and say, "My suggestion is, let her stay, we can't get rid of her." It's better for an opponent to be right under our noses than if we don't know where she is, right?"
"Can I influence her, then?"
"Forehead......" Catherine's head suddenly got a little stuck, and she swallowed dryly and said, "Yes! If you can do it, I'm proud of you." It's true. But I must warn you that no demon has ever been transformed. ”
"No lich has ever been a paladin. Do you see the connection?" Vivien added in a whisper, "You're the first lich to be reformed, and I might be the first to be reformed. In doing so, you'll become the greatest paladin of all time. ”
Gray thought for a moment and said solemnly to Vivien, "I can accept you staying, but you must promise not to do anything to hurt others again." Just like them. As vampires, they now only drink pig blood. ”
As he spoke, Gray pointed to Jones and Dora on the side.
Jones took a step back in fright, slowed down, and then nodded and shouted, "Yes, we only drink pig blood now!hahahaha! We only drink pig blood!hahahaha!
Laughing and laughing, tears came down. The voice was full of sadness.
"Deal! I don't even drink pig blood!" Vivien held out her hand.
"Okay, deal!" Gray held out his hand as well.
Across the coffee table, the two shook hands, and then sat back in their seats.
Gray continued, "Also, starting tonight, you will be educated in Catherine's holy faith with me, and you will come with me to church every week. ”
"Uh...... Are you kidding?" Vivien froze.
"No, I'm serious. Gray said solemnly: "I know that your purpose is not simple, you are still tempting me. It's a game where you want to tempt me to fall, and I want to influence you to sublimate. We play fair. But if you don't agree to receive a divine education every night and go to church, then I will give up on the idea of proselytizing you. I won't listen to anything you say. ”
"I'm a demon, and you're going to let me go to church?" Vivien laughed.
Gray, however, didn't find it funny.
"Do you think I'm joking?" said Gray seriously, "I'm a lich, and there are two vampires and a ghost cat here, and we're all going to worship." ”
Vivien's smile slowly faded, and her eyes crossed to Jones and Dora.
"Yes, we ...... Worship is done every week. ...... before drinking pig blood every day Pray!" Jones choked up, already in a self-defeating manner.
Vivien's expression froze.
The black cat quietly poked its head out and added, "I do it every week, too!
"it...... What the hell are you?" Vivien blurted out, slowly straightening up, her eyes wide, and looking at the unknown creatures in front of her with a look of incredulity: "The Lich's guardian angel, the Lich Paladin, the vampire who drinks pig's blood and prays, the ghost of worship...... That's not what Zeda said at first. ”
She didn't recover for a long time, so she could only ask for help from Catherine, who looked relatively normal here: "You...... Don't you say a word?"
"What do you think of my thoughts?" Gray asked.
After hesitating for a long time, Catherine could only say embarrassedly: "I think, this idea ...... Not bad!"
All of a sudden, Gray was more confident.
Vivien was shocked.
A room full of strange creatures were looking at her with blank faces. Jones, of course, watched with tears in his eyes.
"How about joining our warm family?" asked Gray Justice, awe-inspiringly.
"You give me a few seconds to think about it. Vivien held out a hand, lowered her head, closed her eyes and breathed deeply.
"You can think about it for as long as you want, anyway, as long as you agree, I'll let you stay with me. Then together we will touch you with the power of love. ”
Finally, Vivien took a deep breath, raised her head and gritted her teeth, and said, "Okay! I agree! In order to complete the task, the demon lord will definitely forgive me!"
"Deal!"
Across the coffee table, the two shook hands again.
Well, this is perhaps the most ridiculous agreement ever made between a demon and any other creature.