Chapter 20 (1/2)

The demon hunters seemed to have an immense pressure on Vivian. Although she tried to appear calm, even someone who was as slow as Hao Ren could see that she was actually deeply troubled.

Vivian’s offer to leave if demon hunters showed up in the city to protect the innocent touched Hao Ren. Although legends portrayed vampires as both cunning and cold-blooded, Vivian seemed to be different. Hao Ren did not know about other vampires but at least, the one he knew was not bad.

Of course, being touched was one thing but facing the consequences was another. He could not allow Vivian to leave just like that. He even had a three page contract with a Goddess in his pocket! How would he explain to Raven 12345 if the two unusual creatures were to really leave his house? “Don’t stress about it and just stay here. There’s no need to worry even if the demon hunters are around, I’ll find a way…”

“Where do you get this confidence from?” Vivian looked at Hao Ren, curious about the reason why this person who was scared of trouble just this morning, suddenly had a sense of accountability. “If you’re saying all this just to comfort me, I don’t need it. Just don’t think too highly of those demon hunters as they’re not fully humans. They are not very considerate when it comes to fights.”

“Well… something was up this afternoon and I think both of you can’t just leave as you please.” After some consideration, Hao Ren concluded that there was nothing to hide. Fishing out the contract from his pocket, he showed and explained the afternoon’s events with Raven 12345 to the two magical creatures in front of him.

Lily was confused as usual thus, useless whereas Vivian read through Hao Ren’s entire contract seriously. She was in deep thought as she listened to Hao Ren recall his experience and she was aghast. “Everything… you said is true?”

Hao Ren shrugged. “Of course it’s true. I have nothing to gain from lying to you.”

“I’ve heard of this multiverse concept from you humans.” Vivian said while waving the sheets of paper in her hand. “I can’t help but say that this ‘science’ things of yours is quite interesting. So, this means that you met advanced beings who claimed to be rulers of the multiverse. They have a specialized organization that manages each and every universe called ‘Space Administration’. Then, there’s a self-proclaimed Goddess called Raven 12345 and she found you to ask you to be her assistant. To sum everything up, you’re now…” Vivian looked at the contract, reading it word by word., “An agent of Bastard Barrio at EN35 in the Space Administration of the Xi Ling Empire, a part-time staff outside the administration awaiting confirmation…”

Cold sweat broke out on Hao Ren’s forehead. This coming out from someone else’s mouth sounded more impressive than reading it by himself.

“Landlord, I know that you’re under a lot pressure right now…” said Vivian in a grave and earnest tone after some deliberation.

“I’m dead serious,” Hao Ren answered with a bitter smile on his face. “I’ve had to use several hours to take all of this in, imagine you. But no matter what the overall condition of the Space Administration is, Raven 12345 is not someone we can easily mess with. I’ll let you meet her if you don’t believe me. This shouldn’t be breaking the rules and regulations.”

Vivian knew that Hao Ren was serious and not fooling around from his expression; she frowned and thought carefully. “I’ve never heard about this organization before and I’ve lived for… Oh, I’ve lost count. But I’ve never heard about a Space Administration since the Bronze Age. However, I’ve heard a lot about Gods but most of it was just humans using it to frighten other humans. Also, the Raven 12345 that you mentioned does not sound like a Goddess to me…… This is weird. Where did they come from?”

Hao Ren nodded his head. “I’ve asked her about this. Raven 12345 said she did not take notice of the things on earth as humans were developing at an alright pace on their own. She even had no clue about atheism and would just hire an assistant to take care of minor matters on earth. That’s why humans don’t know about the celestials. Oh, she often uses the word ‘celestials’ to represent the Gods and I find this a weird thing.”

“Try not to think about this first. So in a nutshell, this Raven 12345 is the one who asked you to take care of the mutants staying here right?” Vivian asked as she handed the papers back to Hao Ren. “This shows that she’s not an ally of the demon hunters and its good news to me. It would be best if she could help when the demon hunters show up.”

Hao Ren shook his head. “I think this is quite unlikely. According to her, the empire rarely interfere with the workings on earth. They will not interfere unless us humans decide to destroy all of our descendants. However, I’m sure that she’ll contact me in the future. Let’s ask her only when the time comes. I was in a rush this evening and I did not have the chance to ask a lot of questions.”

Hao Ren let out a hollow laugh and mocked himself, “Well, you know me. My brain is a mess like glue.”