Have you had enough, Miss Vampire? It's time to get down to business.

That night, Lor slept soundly for the first time in his life.

Isabella was so excited that she turned all her attention to Meimei. She fed her and showed her around, and she didn't know how long this went on.

When I woke up in the morning and passed by the next bedroom, I saw two people sleeping soundly in the same bed... Meimei was curled up at the end of the bed, and Isabella's sleeping posture was as bad as ever, and she had kicked the quilt off the bed.

Lor sighed softly and walked into the open door.

He placed one hand under the young lady's waist, and with the other hand he grabbed her feet that were stretched out over the edge of the bed, straightening her unbearable sleeping position.

During this process, Isabella mumbled in her sleep:

"Stupid, stupid Lor... who told you to peek at me..."

If you don't want me to see, why don't you keep your legs together, Miss? Tsk tsk, you really don't have the grace of a lady at all.

Lor tucked the quilt in for her while complaining in his heart.

Then he pulled out his wallet and placed a few gold coins next to Isabella's pillow. He figured her allowance was pretty much gone, and with the new family member, there were a lot of things for the kids to buy... So, he left the shopping to the eldest daughter.

At the same time, Meimei, who was curled up in the bed, raised her head slightly, murmured vaguely in her throat, and rubbed her sleepy eyes with her little hands.

"Sorry to disturb you?" Lor said softly, "It's still early, go back to sleep."

"Ouch..."

The little girl responded softly and then crawled into Isabella's bed.

Lor got up and left the room, closing the door. He thought that it seemed that the relationship between the two of them was quite good, and the little guy was not afraid of Isabella at all now.

Go downstairs to the restaurant.

The doll Roland stood on tiptoe, lifted a plate high above his head with great effort, and pushed it onto the table. On the plate was a bottle of jam and slices of bread.

Although it has many complaints, it actually plays the role of "live-in servant" quite well.

The only drawback is that, as a flammable creature, it is very afraid of fire and dares not get close to the stove or fireplace, so only cold meals can be prepared. If Lor wants to eat something hot, he can only cook it himself.

"The child looks quite like you," Roland said suddenly. "Especially the area around the nose. It's like they were cast in the exact same mold!"

Luo Er was holding a glass of freshly poured milk in his hand. He stumbled and almost lost his balance.

"Um, did you misunderstand something?"

"Don't be embarrassed, young man... No, I mean, master!"

Roland said seriously:

"Many young couples have the same problem as you. Even after being together for a long time, they still haven't been able to conceive... Back when I was still a man, I also used the 'magic medicine' to help several couples!

"But it's obvious that your methods are superior! You created a child in the blink of an eye. What extraordinary methods did you use? It's incredible!

"I couldn't believe it at first, but considering that crazy girl... no, I mean, Lady Isabella! Considering Lady Isabella's extraordinary strength and her ability to easily repair my high-level spell structure, I guess nothing is impossible for her!"

It seems there is a big misunderstanding.

Lor shook his head helplessly and said:

"Don't speculate. That child is, uh... Isabella's sister."

"I understand. It's really hard to explain to the neighbors that a child suddenly appears." Roland the Doll nodded solemnly. "But let's be honest, Lady Isabella looks so young. If she walks down the street holding her child, people will definitely mistake them for sisters! I'm not just complimenting her, it's the truth!"

The corners of Lor's mouth twitched slightly, and he thought, forget it, he's too lazy to explain.

You continue to misunderstand.

However, Roland's words reminded Lor.

Isabella will inevitably have to take Meimei out in the future, and there is a high possibility that they will be seen by colleagues from the church... Well, she has to help her make up a reasonable identity in advance.

……

After breakfast, Lor completed his daily "Praise the Holy Light" task as usual.

Although the obsession that resided in the "Flowing Light" had disappeared, Lor could still feel the strong urge to open his arms to the sky...

Fortunately, this process is also beneficial to Lor. It helps to sort out the spiritual power in his body and speed up the acquisition of new skills, so he has no complaints.

"Holy Light, Holy Light, why are you Holy Light?" Looking at the rising sun, tears of emotion welled up in Lor's eyes. "Ah, sunlight can be deflected into seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, blue, and violet... But it is precisely because of the existence of Holy Light that all these colors appear so brilliant!"

Half an hour later, Lor suddenly understood something.

Some originally vague knowledge gradually became clear, and two new second-level divine arts gradually took shape in Lor's mind -

"'Powerful Words'... can, to a certain extent, exert a mental influence on a target through short, commanding words...

"Well, the effect is somewhat similar to Isabella's hypnosis, but not as strong... The advantage is that you don't need to make eye contact with the target at close range; it works just by speaking.

"'Painful Touch'... As the name suggests, it causes excruciating pain to those it touches. While it doesn't cause actual damage, it effectively interrupts enemy movements and spellcasting... The downside is that it's ineffective against spirits, undead creatures, or enemies with a high pain tolerance..."

Lor's mood brightened.

I mastered two new second-level magics early in the morning, which is a good start for today!

In total, he has mastered five second-level divine arts, namely "Purification Field", "Curse Removal", "Talking with the Dead", and the newly learned "Words of Power" and "Painful Touch".

Although Lor's actual combat experience is not rich enough, but in terms of spiritual power level and number of skills, he now surpasses most members of the Gordon City Exorcist Team!

Thinking of this, Lor left home contentedly.

Today, he still has to be on duty.

However, Lor did not go directly to church, but wandered around the streets for a while.

This is to confirm some guesses in my mind.

Ever since he completed the "binding" with the scarecrow last night, Lor has been able to feel the strong connection between himself and the prop... However, after leaving home for a while, this feeling suddenly disappeared.

"Hmm, it seems that there is a certain distance limit for the item to be effective... I am about two hundred meters away from home now?" Lor said to himself.

Before going out, he left the scarecrow at home and did not take it with him.

Next, Lor turned in another direction and after several confirmations, he finally determined that the effective range of the "Escape Scarecrow" was a circle with a radius of about two hundred meters.

This way, I feel more confident.

After all, it concerns your own life, so it is never too cautious.

[Lor, everything has been going really well for you lately.]

At this moment, the wise voice in my mind suddenly spoke:

"So-called duty is just spending time at the church, leisurely, right? Gordon City is so peaceful right now, there's no way a sudden mission would come knocking on our door."

hiss--

Hearing this, Luo took a breath of cold air.

Now that you say that, you must be busy today.

37. He's pretty nice.

On duty with Lor today is a second-level exorcist named Stanley.

The exorcist team in Gordon City consists of eight people, including Captain Ronina.

So far, the people Lor is more familiar with are the captain, Vivian, senior Joyce, and Ms. Helen, who loves gossip and is familiar with everyone.

As for the other three members, Lor didn't have much dealings with them.

After all, he has only been in the team for a short time, and it has only been four months so far.

In addition, the profession of exorcist is relatively free, and most of the time they do not stay in the church. Even if they are in the same workplace, there are not many opportunities to meet each other.

As for Senior Stanley, Luo remembered having spoken to him only twice. One was when he had just joined the company, and the other was at the pre-war meeting held a while ago to deal with "Vampire Lucinda".

This person has been a member of the Gordon City Exorcist Team for three years and is considered a very experienced senior... but his personality is a bit strange.

After arriving at the church, Lor went directly to the duty room.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw a burly bald man sitting upright at the table, staring at the door with a serious expression.

"Good morning, Senior Stanley," Lor greeted.

"Yeah." The bald brother nodded.

"The weather is nice today, the sun is shining brightly..."

"Yes."

"..."

This is Mr. Stanley.

If you can end a conversation with one word, never use two.

He is extremely taciturn.

That alone would be fine, but his appearance, especially his striking bald head, always exudes a strong presence, making it hard to ignore him.

In short, wherever he is, even the air around him becomes heavy, making everyone fall into awkward silence.

"Uh, senior, would you like some tea?" Lor continued to talk with gritted teeth.

"Need not."

Stanley glanced at the transparent glass on his table, which contained bland boiled water.

By the way, next to the cup was a piece of hard bread, a boiled egg, and two pickled cucumbers. It seemed that this was the lunch he prepared for himself.

If nothing unexpected happens, he is probably planning to sit there like this all day until he gets off work in the evening.

A man without any sense of life...

It's so scary.

If I stayed in the same room with this senior for the whole day, I would probably suffocate to death.

Lor thought to himself.

Fortunately, according to the voice in my head, I will definitely not be idle today. Most likely, someone will come to report a crime... Then I will volunteer to go out and investigate...

At this moment, Stanley suddenly took out an envelope from his pocket:

"Lore."

"Huh? What's wrong, senior?" Lor was startled.

"Housewarming gift."

"Ah? This... is a bit embarrassing, isn't it?" Lor declined out of politeness, "I didn't invite everyone to dinner or visit my new home or anything like that..."

He thought to himself, the news of my move spreads pretty fast... Since even Senior Stanley knows about it, this gossip must have spread throughout the church...

"Take it."

Stanley spoke again in a commanding tone, his voice full of authority.

"Ah, yes! Thank you, Senior!"

Luo Er panicked and walked forward involuntarily, respectfully taking the envelope with both hands. When he opened it, he saw a bank check for five gold coins.

Others are quite nice.

……wrong.

Thinking of his strange behavior of not resisting and obeying Stanley's words just now, Lor finally realized what was going on.

Senior, did you just use the "Powerful Words" technique on me? To save yourself the hassle of pushing the money into my pocket, you even resorted to using a second-tier divine technique?

"May you have a baby soon." Stanley said again.

"Ah, well... thank you for your good words." Lor came back to his senses and began to wonder, thinking that he should not use the power of words to threaten me this time?

At this moment, Captain Luo Nina appeared at the door of the duty room.

Today's captain is still as neat, elegant and heroic as ever.

But at this moment, she frowned slightly, and seemed to be worried about something.

"Stanley, Lor, something's happening."

Captain Luo Nina quickly glanced at the two people in the duty room and said straight to the point:

"Last night, while Vivian was clearing out the water ghosts in the river, she accidentally discovered a monster's lair... The monsters lurking there aren't very powerful, but there are quite a few of them.

"The lair is located deep underground, connected to the river. Although the monsters haven't caused any harm to the city residents so far, they are still a potential threat and cannot be ignored.