Volume 2 Chapter 1 Part3 (1/2)
Illusions, Lies, Truth Volume 2: Human Doll Contract Part Two
Original novel in Chinese by: 御 我 (Yu Wo)
Chapter 1: The Busy Patient Part 3—The Conflicted Friend—translated by lucathia
Theraised an eyebrow and pointed his right hand at the corner with two of his fingers held together Slay, which was drifting beside hiht at the bloodstained shadow in the corner A single strike was all it took to sever the shadow's head A head wrapped ininto drifting ashes together with the body that had been kneeling there Just like that, the shadow disappeared without a trace
Jiang Ziya was stumped and asked in confusion, ”Why did you wipe him out so suddenly?”
Lu Yang shrugged as he said, ”That was an illusory familiar of the lowest caliber It doesn't have much awareness and is around the sa about the in this ward I bet it's uncoht?”
cockroach… Jiang Ziya was a little speechless If the average person saw that kind of thing, it would at least warrant an entire ghost story Yet, to my friend, it's no different than a cockroach?
Lu Yang sat on the bed His two hands had been rewrapped Although he couldn't avoid being nagged by the nurses, s in response couldn't hurt
”Re his shoes off, Lu Yang lazily lay down on the bed
”Fine!” Jiang Ziya hurriedly drew the curtains shut to prevent bothering the other people Although the elder in the opposite bed had poor hearing, there was still the married couple next to them
He had to do soh he had one ar in bed He even crossed one leg over the other Just who is the patient here?!
After pulling the curtains shut, Jiang Ziya sat down, took out his notebook, and began writing the essay He didn't even bother to take out his dictionary After all, if he wrote it too well, the teacher would figure it out, considering Lu Yang's abilities
”What do you think is going on withZiya asked worriedly as he wrote
”He's probably a practitioner, too”
Jiang Ziya glanced at Slay, which was floating to the side, and asked doubtfully, ”But he didn't seem like he could see your sword”
”It's not strange if he can't Not all practitioners have that kind of ability” Lu Yang gave Jiang Ziya a look and said, ”It's stranger to be able to see so clearly, to the point of knowing that Slay is an ancient Chinese sword”
”You don't need to ree I am!”
Lu Yang began s ”You're only able to see, while the sword is er one?”
Jiang Ziya lifted his head and asked curiously, ”Exactly what age were you when you started doing these things?”
”I can't really say I'd been tagging along with e I hen I started participating” Lu Yang thought it over for a bit and surmised, ”Probably around ten or so A few years before I had Slay, I began offhandedly whacking a feeak illusory familiars”
”Your parents also do this kind of thing?” Jiang Ziya was surprised He had never heard Lu Yang talk about his faht it up However, Jiang Ziya had never thought that they would also be demon slayers Is this a family business, after all?
”Come to think of it, where are your dad and randparents were there No one mentioned your parents”
Lu Yang shrugged and said, ”My dad and mom have been overseas for two years Before then, they never ca about in Taiwan, or they would be overseas”
Hearing such a detailed explanation, Jiang Ziya felt a bit nervous In the past, Lu Yang had never spoken so much about his family He hurriedly said, ”If you don't want to talk about what's going on at home, you don't have to”
”There's no difference now Before, I just didn't dare to say anything” Lu Yang said helplessly, ”If you had asked about my parents' professions, could I have told you that one of them is a Taoist priest, and the other is an exorcist?”
”…Your family sure is complicated”
”Yours doesn't see huffed, ”If I kneould be like this, I wouldn't have needed to keep it from you There were many times when I was stuck in barrier dih and didn't kno to crack I was often detained If you could have taken a look for me, it would have saved me who kno much effort”
”I can help you?”
Jiang Ziya perked up Lu Yang had helped him so many ti on with Xiao Xue, al now that he could help his friend, he felt relieved that he could finally repay this debt!
Lu Yang sat up and asked seriously, ”Ziya, are you really willing to help me?”
Jiang Ziya nodded Even though he wouldn't choose to slay demons if he didn't have to, he had incurred a debt, and he was really worried about Lu Yang getting caught so often He had no choice but to bear with it and do it
”Why are you doing this kind of thing?” Jiang Ziya asked in great concern If he could, he would still prefer repaying the debt through a ht shi+ft at a convenience store!
”It's like how you're an employee at a bookstore It's a part-time job!”
”You get paid?” Jiang Ziya was shocked He had thought that it was because Lu Yang's faood or some similar reason
”Mostly, but there's the occasional pro bono case”
Jiang Ziya asked curiously, ”When do you do pro bono cases?”
Lu Yang painfully recounted, ”Like when I accidentally discover an artifact de resentment, yet hasn't hurt anyone yet, or no one has discovered the ”haunting,” and so no one spends any money to commission me, but can I let him harm others? In those kinds of cases, I can only do free work”
After saying that, he added on worriedly, ”When I do charity cases, you better not ask ive you money on paid missions”
Hearing that, Jiang Ziya rolled his eyes at hi hadn'tpaid Just as he was about to say that Lu Yang didn't need to pay him, he suddenly realized that he could take ”another form of payment”
”Promise me you won't kill Xiao Xue, and I'll help you”
At first, Lu Yang couldn't figure out who Xiao Xue was, but immediately afterward, he understood that it was that artifact demon He roared on the spot, ”You proet rid of her Are you going back on your word?”
”It’s not the sa with me to save you, and she even blocked a bullet forwith the promise from earlier to kill her? That's too heartless!”
”Do you lared at hi your life!”
”Xiao Xiao saved my life and even yours!”
”What's with the arguing? I can't sleep like this!” The man next to them yelled
They fell silent but glared at each other, neither willing to back down
Lu Yang lowered his voice and said, ”Ziya, you haven't seen an artifact dele person in the family was left alive Think of your sister, your brother-in-law, and Jiang Jiang”