Chapter 137

The latter was holding the glass the Doctor had drunk from, and then waving it in front of her.

"Doctor, you've used this to drink alcohol, haven't you?"

She nodded hesitantly, but Zuo Jian then picked up the cup and drank it all in one gulp.

"Hmm... there doesn't seem to be any virus in my saliva... so I guess I'm really not sick?"

'Look, he seems to be... subconsciously losing his sense of distance between people. Perhaps it's been like this for a while, but you mistakenly thought it was "intimacy" between you, which led you to not realize it until now.'

The Wraith stood up, squinting as it looked at Zuo Jian beside it.

"What exactly... are you trying to say...?"

'I understand this state. In fact, you were once in this state, or rather, you were in this state too, experiencing the complete loss of all the concepts that come with emotions.'

"Wait, what do you mean?!"

'Ah, yes, although I don't know why, it's obvious that he's gradually becoming like I was before.'

"How could this be..."

"Is there any solution?!"

'There are methods...'

The Wraith smiled slightly and slowly leaned close to the Doctor's ear to whisper something.

Zuo Jian, who was Zuo Jian side, watched as the Doctor suddenly sat up on the sofa, and saw her face inexplicably turn red again.

... So you really do have some kind of illness, right?

Glug...

The Doctor swallowed hard, asking in disbelief.

"Really... really okay?"

"What do you mean, 'can't' or 'can't'?"

Zuo Jian squatted down in front of the Doctor and asked with some doubt.

"I..."

'Since he doesn't seem to care anymore, why don't we consider going down and taking advantage of him?'

The Wraith's voice, like a demon's whisper, manipulated the Doctor to slowly reach out and place his hand on Zuo Jian's shoulder.

See? It's pretty good, isn't it?

It's not difficult to rediscover humanity.

But before you go any further, why not give yourself some advantages first?

Maybe... out of guilt, I'll win?

Right?

The Doctor placed his hands on Zuo Jian's neck and slowly approached.

!?!

"Zuo Jian!"

Laurentina was on the road, suddenly felt a chill run down her spine and spread throughout her body, causing her to instinctively turn around and grab Zuo Jian's hand, calling out.

"?"

The sudden shout even caused several of Zuo Jian's scattered consciousnesses to react simultaneously.

"Um?"

The Doctor stared Zuo Jian for a moment, then suddenly turned his head as if looking at someone else.

In an instant, the other person's dramatic movement seemed to arouse the Doctor's sense of shame. She immediately let go and sprang onto the sofa like a startled cat.

'Sigh, I can't concentrate.'

The Wraith shook its head in disappointment.

Chapter 95, The Doctor's Plan

"Ahem, anyway... let's discuss the two Drak girls you picked up first."

The Doctor pushed open Zuo Jian, trying to turn his head away and stop thinking about what had just happened.

The latter, having apparently completed its examination and realizing that the Doctor showed no signs of illness, retracted its tentacles.

She looked up, glanced at the other person's pupils, and then immediately picked up the glasses that had fallen to the ground and put them back on.

Although they were just non-prescription glasses, their only purpose at this moment was to conceal her restless heart.

"Hmm, that's true. I really do want to talk to you about those two Drak girls."

Zuo Jian spoke, sitting up straight and adopting a serious posture.

The Doctor nodded slightly; when discussing serious matters, she could quickly become serious.

Ding-dong--

The elevator doors slowly opened.

The pale golden-haired Drak girl slowly stepped out from within.

Loughshinny glanced curiously at the surrounding corridor; judging from the decor, it didn't seem like the kind of place that couldn't afford soundproofing.

And...

Her steps gradually came to a stop, and the strange sounds from before disappeared.

Should we go back?

Pull

Fushini glanced at the tightly closed door at the end of the corridor.

It seems the sound is coming from inside.

However, it has stopped now.

But if it rings again later... she briefly imagined her sister going crazy.

Perhaps we should go and talk to the people inside and ask them to be careful not to make the sound ring again.

Having made her decision in her heart, Loughshinny stepped forward and quickened her pace toward the door at the end.

Soon, as she stood before the door and was about to knock, a high-pitched female voice pierced through the wooden door and reached Loughshinny's ears.

Do you know what you're saying?!

"Zuo Jian, are they Drak, or rather, the adopted daughters of Earl Warwick, who was practically the spiritual leader of the Tarans during his lifetime!"

"Do you know what this means?! There are no more suitable candidates than the two of them!"

Loughshinny was taken aback as she listened to the female voice behind the door recounting events related to the Drak bloodline and the Tarans.

... Yeah.

Is it really true, just as my sister said?

They had long ago realized that the two women were not some roadside Vouivre, but rather the so-called "Red Dragons" Drak...

So... they're all the same...?

Loughshinny was puzzled. She couldn't understand many things, such as why her sister would kill the teacher, and why the teacher said he had never regarded them as his children.

All she knew was that... it seemed everyone, once they learned of her bloodline, was always thinking about how to control them, how to exploit them.

Why?

They seemed to envy the blood flowing through her veins, and the two horns on her head that symbolized Drak.

But why... does Loughshinny feel that her birth is nothing but a curse?

They lost their parents because they were Drak.

Because they were Drak, the teachers never treated them as family.

Because they were Drak, the older sister killed their teacher, Earl Warwick, first.

And now, it's also because they are Drak.

That's why they were taken in again.

Is it simply because they need to utilize their bloodline, which is called Drak?

Loughshinny's hand hovered in mid-air, above the doorknob.

Perhaps my sister is right; they ultimately cannot...

"But they are just two children! Doctor, this is simply unacceptable!"

In an instant, a man's voice came from inside the room, pulling Loughshinny back to reality.

That voice... is it the man who brought them back?... The tone is a little off, but... for some reason, Loughshinny is certain that it is the man who brought them back before.

"Using two children to achieve one's own goals, especially when such behavior undoubtedly pushes them into the center of a vortex of risk and crisis! This behavior... I cannot accept it."

"Then why did you bring them back?"

"I just... felt that we shouldn't leave them there unattended."

"What about the Tarans? Are you planning to abandon them? Just leave them like that?"

The Doctor leaned back in his chair and asked a somewhat pointed question.

"Of course not... I... I'll find a way to take their place."

"Finding another adult Drak won't be easy, especially Zuo Jian the other one probably doesn't have the same Tarans bonus as these two."

"Excuse my bluntness, Zuo Jian, but this land isn't so gentle that children won't be exposed to cruelty."

"On the contrary, it is precisely because they are children that they are more likely to experience suffering. Moreover, they are Drak, born different from ordinary races."

"Whether it's their use of Originium Arts or their physical strength, they far surpass those of ordinary races. You don't need to consider them as the weaker party."

The Doctor, with his hands crossed and resting on his chin, spoke to Zuo Jian.

To be honest, under normal circumstances, she probably would have just followed Zuo Jian and died.

But who told him to bring back Drak that wasn't just an ordinary Drak?

She was also the adopted daughter of the Earl Warwick.

At least to outsiders, they were the Earl's daughters.

With this added advantage, she couldn't help but consider arguing with Zuo Jian more.

Because it would be such a waste to give up on this condition just like that.

But...

"I know..."

Zuo Jian leaned Zuo Jian in his chair, glancing somewhat indifferently at the gray, gloomy city outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

For a moment, something seemed to flash in my eyes.

He then slowly began to speak.

"But... two children, two children growing up in this environment, experiencing in the last period of their lives before adulthood a life of exploitation based on value... isn't that just too much..."

"Cruel."

"So this is what you plan to do? I've already told you, finding another Drak isn't an easy task."