Chapter 11 Mutual Commitments (This Chapter is Two Changes)
After discussing the vampire's weaknesses, Xavier did not ask any more questions, but the priest looked at the girl on the bed and asked Xavier:
"Boy, after going through this incident, what are your plans for the future?"
In the face of the priest who saved Caroline, Xavier had nothing to hide, and probably painted a picture of his future goals.
Probably that he would go to the Swordsman Guild to learn the arts, and then go to the Knights' Conference, which he had repeated countless times.
And the priest, who did not interfere with him, silently listened to Xavier's words, and waited for a while before smiling and asking:
"What about the girl? will you let her live on her own?"
Hearing this, Xavier suddenly realized that there was a problem.
In his previous plans, there was no place for Caroline at all!
Because at the beginning, he actually understood Caroline's intentions, but he never dared to face it, and wanted to avoid it.
So subconsciously, he didn't put the girl on top of his plan, and even initially thought that he would be separated from the girl after arriving in the capital.
If you think about it that way, I'm really a scumbag...... Xavier couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
After going through so many things, and being with the girl for a few months, it is absolutely impossible for you to say that you have no feelings at all, not to mention, she is still lying in bed for herself, bearing undeserved pain.
This feeling, maybe it's guilt, maybe it's pity, maybe it's a lot, Xavier doesn't know.
But at this moment, after listening to the priest's words, he had only one feeling.
Reluctant.
He didn't really want to be separated from the girl, so much so that he wanted to go on like this forever, and he didn't know how to describe it.
So, am I in heat?" Xavier thought to himself, and then shook his head at the priest:
"I don't know ......"
"Young man, it's not that you don't know, but you can't bear her at all, but you feel that you can't abandon your responsibility. Hearing Xavier's words, the priest directly pointed out his true thinking, causing the black-haired swordsman in front of him to instantly lower his head.
"Father, you know it, that's why I'm so embarrassed at the moment. Xavier gritted his teeth.
"Oh my God. Hearing this, the priest immediately became angry, picked up the scripture he was carrying with him, and patted Xavier directly on the head, "How old are you, you can't even choose this basic thing, do you want me to teach you?"
"If you are determined to become stronger, you should train hard, and then get good results in the knights' conference, and then come back openly, proudly, and bravely to welcome the girl, don't you understand such a simple truth?"
In the face of the priest's slap in the face, Xavier didn't expect that the kind him would suddenly become like this, he was stunned for a moment, and then nodded emphatically, and said: "I understand what you mean, only if I get good enough results in the knights' conference, can I bring a better future for Caroline!"
"It's good to understand. The priest nodded in satisfaction and took back the book from Xavier's head, "It just so happens that I have an offer now. β
"Would you like her to learn magic from me? She is quite close to the Mother Goddess, and belongs to a girl with good talent. I can teach her all my experience. β
"And, if you want to come and visit her, you can do so at any time. Of course, if you lose in the Knights' Conference, I won't let you take her. β
"Of course you can. Xavier quickly replied gratefully, "However, Caroline's consent is still required...... I can't make decisions for her. β
"Well, yes, young man, you will listen to the opinions of young girls, this is the quality of a good man, you ask her intentions, and then answer me. The priest smiled kindly.
"By the way, I see that the girl is about to wake up, so I won't disturb your two-person world. β
Then, as he had done last time, the moment Xavier opened his eyes, he opened the door and left like the wind.
Really...... Obviously he is a strong man, how can he still behave like this, Xavier couldn't help but look at the door and smile bitterly, and then put his eyes on Caroline on the bed.
I saw that the girl's thoughts gradually returned to reality, and then she slowly opened her eyes and saw Mr. Xavier, who was quietly watching her in front of her.
"Caroline, are you alright?" Xavier asked with a classic nonsense.
He didn't think that since the girl could wake up, it meant that she must be fine!
Of course, this is more often just a sense of concern, so that the girl feels his care.
"I'm fine, Mr. Xavier. Caroline whispered a few words in response to Xavier's concern, and then asked the same question to the black-haired swordsman in front of her.
"What about the gentleman, is he okay, have you been hurt by a vampire?"
"You're probably the one who should be worried about that. Xavier gently rubbed the brown-haired girl's hair, causing a slight flush on her face, but he didn't resist the action, "You were hit by a vampire, but it's good that the priest managed to use magic to save you, otherwise I don't know what to do." β
"Priest, Mr. Xavier, do you mean the priest I found? is the one standing with the garrison?" replied softly as the girl stroked her hair, her head down.
"Yes, it's the priest. After all, it's all up to you, if you hadn't come to my rescue, if you hadn't called for reinforcements, I probably wouldn't be here at this time. β
"No, no, no. Caroline shook her head slightly, "This is all the reason why you are so powerful, Sir, Caroline has no credit." β
"You don't have to be so modest in front of me. Xavier couldn't help but smile lightly and took his wandering hand back, "And, Caroline, can you check your wound and see if it's healed?"
Hearing Mr. Xavier's instructions, Caroline naturally went to do it, and then gently touched her right breast, and found that the pain on it had long since disappeared, and the wound seemed to have recovered.
"Well, Mr. Xavier, it should be all right. β
"That's good......"
However, while inspecting the wound, Caroline found that the clothes on her body did not know when they had been changed.
Moreover, the blood stains that should have flowed on his body, as well as the sweat nearby, seem to have been cleaned by others......
This made the brown-haired girl suddenly think of a possibility, but quickly shook her head to erase it, looked at Xavier with a red face and asked softly:
"Yes, Mr. Xavier....... Me, where's my clothes?"
"I'm washing. Xavier touched his nose, "I'll take it and let the washergirl wash it." β
It's just that in the next moment, he found that Caroline's face showed a lovely shy flush, first confused, and then quickly understood that the girl opposite had misunderstood something!
Immediately, he hurriedly waved his hand and explained:
"Uh, I didn't change it for you, I asked the goddess official of the church to change it for you, don't get me wrong!"
"Ahh Caroline's first reaction was a little stunned, but when she saw Xavier's anxious expression, she couldn't help but bared her teeth, smiled and said, "I believe you, Mr. Xavier, please rest assured." β
"That's good. That's good. Xavier hurriedly exhaled a long breath, he didn't want the girl to misunderstand what kind of perverted pervert he was, and then lightly touched the cold sweat on his forehead, and waited for a while before changing the topic:
"Then again, Caroline, didn't you ever worry about not being able to find a job in the capital? The priest suggested to you whether or not you should learn advanced magic under him, and then you would not have to worry about life. β
In his opinion, this is a good destination for Caroline, after all, she can eat and live for nothing, and it can meet the girl's own talent.
Moreover, when the girl learns advanced magic, she will be able to appear as a priest, so that she will have greater prestige and restore the reputation of the Bettiner family.
But this was obviously not the proposal that the girl wanted to hear, and she did not answer the question directly at all, but raised her head and asked:
"What about you, sir?"
"I, ah, I must continue to go to the Swordsman Guild, look for the captain's master, and then ......"
He didn't say any more.
Because in his gaze, there was a girl's disappointed and lonely expression.
In an instant, he understood what Caroline was thinking.
She was afraid that she would abandon her.
Immediately, he directly picked up Caroline's hands, grabbed them hard, looked into her eyes seriously, and said:
"Fool, did you misunderstand something. Just because I'm looking for the captain's master doesn't mean I'm going to abandon you. β
"Anyway, every once in a while I will come to you, and I will get good enough results in the knights' conference to become a real knight, so that I can come to marry you with honor and pride!"
"So, before that day comes, Miss Caroline, will you wait for me?"
Suddenly, the flush on Caroline's face reappeared, but instead of taking her hands away, she turned her head and didn't dare to look directly into Xavier's gaze:
"Mr. Xavier...... I, I didn't say I would grant you such a request!"
Xavier couldn't help but smile in his heart, then shook his head, pretending to show a painful expression, "Ah, Miss Caroline, you actually rejected me, I'm going to find a big lake to fall into......"
"No, don't talk nonsense!" Seeing this pompous appearance, the girl immediately understood that this was teasing her, and couldn't help but open her eyes slightly, and flattened her mouth: "When Mr. says this, a girl will be stunned." β
"And how are you going to trust me?"
"Tick me!" Caroline said with a mischievous expression.
This is the first time Xavier has seen the girl show such an expression, is this her nature? Or is it just that it can't help but be revealed at this moment?
So in the next moment, he smiled and forcefully remembered the appearance of the girl in front of him in his heart, and sincerely hooked the girl's fingertips, and promised: "Don't worry, everything I say to you will never be false." β
This moment, the two fingers that are implicated, signify commitment, belief, and a lifetime.
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γMission Accomplished!γ
Xavier, who was sleeping in his own separate bed, closed his eyes and turned on the system in his mind after coaxing Caroline to sleep, and immediately received a large number of prompt sounds.
[Mission Rating: C (Skill Point -1)]
[Comments: Vampires were found, but none of them were stopped.] The girl is injured, and the host should be partially responsible. γ
[Reward: Skill points x2, Swordsman level experience points x20.] γ
Faced with this evaluation, Xavier was not surprised, after all, when the demon incident happened, he killed the demon spirit, but because Jill was injured and failed to discover the truth behind his back, he received a 'B' rating.
So today, it's quite normal to get a 'C' rating, after all, his performance is worse than last time...... It can only be said that it is a bit of a pity to lose a skill point.
Then, he set his sights on the swordsmanship level.
[Current Host Sword Skill Level: Junior Swordsman (210/1000)]
In addition to daily training and system bonuses, Xavier found that his experience points were inexplicably more than a hundred.
There was only one reason, Xavier was thought to have successfully 'defeated' a vampire and rewarded him with 100 XP.
Although it may not sound reasonable, after all, Xavier did beat out the ashes of others, and it is not unreasonable to make such a reward, and it can be regarded as a great luck in misfortune......
Because, after this accumulation of experience points, Xavier is now only 800 experience points away from leveling up, and when the time comes, he will have the opportunity to increase his attack power again, and when he reaches a sufficient level, he will be able to truly eliminate the two vampires!
Of course, to achieve this goal, skills are also indispensable, Xavier focused on the skill bar in the next second, to see where his two skill points could be spent.
Originally, he wanted to use all the skill points to increase his attack power, but he later found that two skill points were only a drop in the bucket for him at present, and they couldn't help him improve his attack power too much.
Because the two most effective skills to increase attack power, 'Blood' and 'Blood', have already been learned by him, and as for the other skills, he doesn't have enough skill points to learn at present.
Moreover, his own muscle energy, as well as the sharpness of the steel sword and silver sword, actually did not fully exert the value of those two skills at all, so he planned to wait for him to arrive in the capital, on the one hand, to strengthen his training, and on the other hand, to find a good master to build a good enough blade for him.
As for these two skill points, let's spend them on archery for the time being...... Immediately, Xavier didn't think too much about it, and set his sights on the follow-up second-level skill 'Poison Arrow' of 'Self-aiming'.
This is actually somewhat similar to the 'stinger' of swordsmanship, but it is a long-range effect, and the host can poison the arrows and paralyze the enemy.
It should be noted that it can also be combined with the Level 2 and Level 3 skills of the 'Poison Strike' line, so that a single arrow can both bind people and increase their attack power.
At the same time, it also has an additional note, when the host hits the enemy in the back, there is a chance to reach an instant stun, and when the time comes, combined with the effect of 'Connection', Xavier's sneak attack and infiltration level will be further increased!
Sure enough, there is a lot of cooperation between different skills....... Xavier thought to himself, the key is whether you can use it all.
Thinking about this, he didn't hesitate any longer, put the two skill points to use, and slowly fell asleep, preparing for the trip to the capital in a few days.