Chapter 0042 – I’ve Had My Share of Bad Luck – Absolute Returns

When I returned to my place, I was surprised to find an unexpected guest waiting for me.

It wasn’t anyone else, it was the one he had met earlier in the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon’s study, the One Flower Sword Venerable.

Even more surprisingly, she had a table of wine and food in front of her.

“Mr. Li, after a hard day’s work, have a drink before you go.”

“Then I’ll be respectful, Elder.”

I sat down across from the One Flower Sword Venerable. I tried to mimic the relaxed look I had when I faced the Blood Sky Sword Demon, but inside I was very nervous.

“I thought you didn’t drink?”

“This wine is not for me, it’s for you.”

“Thank you, Senpai.”

She poured me a glass of wine.

Without a moment’s hesitation, I picked up my glass and drank it down.

“You just drink it? Aren’t you afraid I’ll poison the wine?”

“I haven’t checked, but I’m prepared for anything.”

“Oh? Tell me about it.”

I open my mouth and spit out a small mouthful of highly poisonous wine. The poisonous wine not only detoxifies the poison, but drinking the wine in the mouth also neutralizes the poison.

“When did you ……”

“When I greeted you just now, I had already snuck a bite in my mouth.”

“How dare you steal a dram of poisoned wine right under my nose?”

“It’s a good, highly poisonous wine, it’s small, and I’ve usually practiced how to talk with something in my mouth without anyone noticing.”

A trace of appreciation flashed in the eyes of the One Flower Sword Venerable.

“With all due respect, I know that senior is not kind to me. Under these circumstances, how could I possibly drink the wine you gave me without any defense?”

I confessed that I had contained highly poisonous wine beforehand, and the one-flower sword honored instead was not in a good position to have an attack. She just pursued:

“So when you drink with the Knife Demon, do you also contain the highly poisonous wine?”

“That’s not true.”

The face of the One Flower Sword Venerable was suddenly gloomy.

“You don’t trust me?”

“I went through quite a lot when I had my first drink with Blade Demon Elder.”

“We’ve been through a lot between us, too.”

“No, nothing happened between us.”

My tone was so resolute that Swordsman Ichika couldn’t help but retort:

“I was the one who recommended Zhang Hu to join the Yellow Springs Pavilion in the first place.”

“You recommended Zhang Hu in order to curry favor with Senior Blade Demon, so that I wouldn’t get too close to him. Are you really doing this for my good?”

Instead of being aggressive, I slowed my tone and said:

“I hope that there will be some stories between me and senpai as well, so I’m willing to drink the wine that you handed to me, unpoisoned.”

“You don’t have to say those words.”

“I mean every word.”

“In your heart, it’s clear that there’s only the Blade Demon!”

“If Senpai were me, who would you like to have in your heart?”

I picked up the wine pot and poured myself a cup of wine, not containing any more of the highly poisonous wine, to show my trust in her. Only then did One Flower Sword Venerable’s face ease up a bit.

She has always been high-minded and proud, so naturally she doesn’t want to be compared to the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon. If she is given a choice, she certainly wants me to think more highly of her. As for poisons and whatnot, naturally only those vulgar people would use them.

“Mr. Lee.”

“Elder, please speak.”

“Name your terms.”

“I want you to help me become a Heavenly Demon, and, I don’t want you to use this as a condition for me to break off my relationship with Senior Blade Demon. I only have one request.”

“Mr. Li, how in the world can you get help without paying for it? Only parents help their children unconditionally.”

One Flower Sword Honored refused my request and got up, ready to leave. As she walked to the door, she turned around as if she suddenly remembered something and asked:

“Did you really give a knife demon a birthday present?”

“A thousand times over.”

Her eyes flickered slightly. Though she pretended to ask the question carelessly and casually, I knew that she actually cared about it.

“What did you send him?”

I picked up the bottle of highly toxic wine on the table.

“That’s it.”

“You’re willing to give it up.”

“Because he’s worth it.”

The One Flower Sword Venerable seemed to want to say something else, but in the end, he didn’t say anything and turned around to leave.

I went back to my room to change, only to find another visitor in the yard.

Surprisingly, it was father! After the two Demon Lords, Father is here as well. If I had to give today’s title, it would be “Encounters with Big Brothers”.

“What brings you here?”

“Came to see how you’re doing.”

It was the first time my father came to my place. Between father and son, there always seemed to be a lot of “firsts”: the first time we hunted together, the first time we ate together, the first time we came to my place. ……

“Come inside and sit down.”

“What’s there to get into where a big man lives.”

“Then I’ll bring out a chair for you.”

“No, it’s been a long day of sitting.”

“It’s also true, I remember that the magic doctor used to say that sitting for a long time hurts the body, and the longer you sit, the shorter your life span will be. You should also pay attention to rest when you are working in the eunuch chair.”

I walked over to my father and stood alongside him.

“What, you want to live a long life?”

“Of course I want to, I want to experience more of life’s pleasures. It’s not too late to die when I’ve experienced enough.”

I turned my head to my father.

“What about you? Don’t you have any other wishes besides becoming a Heavenly Demon?”

“No.”

My father’s tone was so firm that I even felt that it wasn’t that he didn’t have any other wishes, but that he had so many that he didn’t know where to start.

“When there is an opportunity later, I would like to take you to the Central Plains as my guest.”

My father gave me a sidelong glance.

“I’m not talking about attacking the Martial Alliance.”

My joke finally amused my father, and he broke into a rare smile.

“I just want to show you how people live there. Are you interested? Why don’t we go and see it together when we have the chance later? I’ve heard that the snowy mountains are very cool in the summer.”

Father didn’t say anything, just quietly watched the sunset in the distance.

“I met, on the road today, the One Flower Sword Venerable. She said that she would support me in becoming a Heavenly Demon if I was willing to cut ties with Sword Demon Senior.”