A brave man may not live, but he cannot die

Chapter 43 Grave Digging Plan
Quinn returned to the apartment as the Eternal Church bell rang ten times.

Ten o'clock at night.

When he opened the door, the room was pitch black.

"——Didn't I tell you not to go out during this period?"

A faint, unhappy voice came from the living room. In the darkness, a fire was burning flickeringly.

"What did you do?"

Quinn turned on the light and saw Ankua sitting on the sofa with a cigar that was almost finished in his hand.

The ashtray was full of ashes, it seemed he had been waiting for a long time.

Quinn smiled brightly and raised his hands, holding two bags full of take-out boxes.

"It's time for dinner again, brothers!"

Ankuya's face was full of black question marks.

Quinn ran to the table and opened the lunch boxes one by one: medium-rare steak, seared Chocobo leg steak, baked Swift Crab with cheese, and roasted baby potatoes with butter and garlic.
"Don't worry, it's not poisonous. I personally supervised the cooking in the kitchen. I haven't eaten all day. Come on, have a bite—"

Quinn didn't care about the dirt, he grabbed the steak with his hands and stuffed it into his mouth, eating in a very Indian style.

The fresh juice mixed with the rich aroma of butter overflowed in my mouth. It was indeed a steak that cost one pound. If I ate a few more bites, I would go to hell, wouldn’t I?

Really fragrant.

"No." Ankua was a connoisseur. He knew from the marks of grilling on the steak that it was cooked by a master chef. "Where did you get the food?"

"Um, Lakeside Restaurant," Quinn said while eating.

".?"

Ankuya's expression gradually turned sad and angry - he usually had a cool and expressionless face, and it was rare for him to lose his composure like this. It was just like a father who came home exhausted after working all day and found that his son had secretly used his credit card to spend 648 yuan on ten orders in Genshin Impact.

The steak costs one sovereign pound a piece, and there are two pieces in the takeaway box.

Ankuya's mouth moved slightly, and he trembled for a long time, but finally sighed helplessly.

"—You should save some money. My salary can't sustain this kind of squandering. I also have arcane expenses on a daily basis. If this continues, I'll have to take out a loan..."

This chief steward, planted by the demons in the human world, has a rather melancholy air of an old nanny who nags people with her advice.

"I didn't spend any money, it was just a treat from a lucky guy." Quinn chuckled, "I asked if I could take it away, and he told me to order whatever I wanted. Grindelwald's teacher is really popular."

Ankua frowned.

"Sucker? Who?"

While eating, Quinn recounted everything that happened today.

From going to the station for questioning, to the letter from the academy delivered by owl, to Tatsuya Murata knocking on the door, to the entire conversation with Borna at the lakeside restaurant, Quinn told every detail.

Except for the time he went to the bookstore to buy books on bravery.

According to Ankuya's personality, as long as it was related to the demon clan mission, he would do his best to complete it without omission. But he prepared so many books for Quinn, but there were none related to the hero, which was very strange.

Ankua never actively discussed the history of the heroes, nor did he explain to Quinn how the Demon Kings of previous dynasties were defeated. He also made no mention of the wars against demons waged every few hundred years, as if the Demon Kings would be defeated automatically as long as the heroes appeared and developed.
Quinn wants to know what the demons and demon kings are.

Is it true that the hero's mission is only to defeat the Demon King?

It wasn't enough to just ask Ankuya, he also needed to know what the humans in this world thought.

Ankuya listened silently, taking a puff of his cigar from time to time.

"Bornar is the second-in-command of Golden Wind. If nothing unexpected happens, he should be a Transcendent. You're being reckless. You should have discussed this with me first."

"This is Ike Capone's gang. I want to go check it out." Quinn took out the pistol he always kept in his pocket, twisted the trigger on his index finger, and shrugged. "If there's any danger, I can still run."

He actually had another consideration, which was the system's divination.

The sudden employment letter made him doubtful about divination.

If the divination is true, it means that I will not die before that day comes.

Now it seems...that the bet was right.

Ankuya sighed softly. "Although the Mista is a Transcendental item, its special features are limited to its aiming and trajectory. In terms of bullet power, it's not much different from an ordinary pistol. This type of weapon can only be used against Low-Sequence Transcendental beings. Even some Low-Sequence combat classes are not afraid of pistols if they're prepared. It's best to be cautious."

"What the hell is Superman? Those from mid-sequence onwards can withstand bullets, right?"

Ankuya had said that Sequences 9 to 7 were all low-level, not significantly stronger than ordinary people. However, anything above that level was beyond the comprehension of mortals.

"Not that this isn't the point." He said seriously, "So, what did you discover during this trip?"

"It's a shame I didn't meet Ike Capone."

Quinn thought for a moment and said, "As for his gang, well, I don't know how ordinary gangs in this world operate, but his gang is indeed a bit strange. I need to observe it further."

"Golden Wind." Ankua frowned slightly. "How dare they try to steal the Star Flower from the academy... The school administration has been tracking down the source of the starlight these days, but I didn't expect it to be the work of the mafia."

"Could it be that the Star Flower is the ingredient for the Stardust Potion?"

Quinn had already guessed it.

Ankua nodded.

"Star Flower is one of the raw materials for Stardust. Strange, they only found you today. How did they make all that Stardust before? There must be a traitor in the academy."

"My information has also been leaked. There must be a mole. Oh my god, how can the mafia be so evil..."

The two undercover demons were filled with indignation in the apartment.

"What about the deal he proposed? Should I reject it?"

"Why refuse?"

Ankua said slowly, "Promise him. Bargain with him and ask for 120 gold pounds in exchange for a Star Flower. I'll help you get it. This way you can establish a good relationship with Golden Wind and get in touch with Ike Capone."

"Why add 20 pounds? ...Oh, I understand——"

Quinn made a well-founded guess, "You want me to raise the price so that I appear greedy and they'll ask for more?"

"No."

Ankua flicked his cigar and said, "I'm broke, so I'll pick up some pocket money along the way. The extra 20 gold pounds is mine."

"."Quinn raised his thumb and said, bro, you are this one.

"Not long after receiving your letter, I also saw the news of your recruitment in the school administration department. I didn't expect Amamiya Ningning to choose you."

Ankua paused, seemingly unsurprised. "If that's the case, it saves me a lot of trouble. Get ready. The opening ceremony is just a few days away, and by then you need to become a qualified arcane assistant instructor."

Quinn took out a long gift box from the bag. It was the joining gift that Borna gave him.

"Ike Capone said this thing was given to me. I haven't opened it yet. How about you check it out?"

As the saying goes, if you don't take advantage of a good opportunity, you are a bastard.

It turns out being xxn is so cool. I'll keep the gift, you take the kindness. Don't say those weird things anymore.jpg
Ankuya took the gift box, stared at it for a moment, and then opened the lid.

There was actually a magic wand inside.

It is about 15 inches long, as slender as a branch, brown and black in color, with six joints on the stick ranging from large to small, giving people a weird and dead feeling.

Ankua held the wand, the light of mana illuminating the entire wand. After examining it for about half a minute, he nodded slightly and said, "No problem. A flawless elder wand. Two engraved grooves are a generous gesture."

"How much is it worth?" Quinn asked subconsciously.

"500 gold pounds, about that. The Elder Wand used by the Second Hero is also made of elder wood, but his was obtained from the Styx of the Deadborn Cult. This one can't compare, but it's still usable."

"Fuck, are all the gangsters so rich?" Quinn said immediately, "Let's sell it on Xianyu. With the money, we can go to the Lakeside Restaurant and have some Crazy Thursdays—"

"Why sell?"

Ankuya examined the wand and said, "Once you become a transcendent, you can use this thing."

"Becoming a transcendent? Don't you still need the ashes of a brave warrior? Uh."

Quinn was startled. Since he had received the acceptance letter, didn't that mean
"Three days later, on the day of the opening ceremony—" Ankuya's lips curled up slightly: "I'll take you to dig a grave."

(End of this chapter)