Chapter 168 Cleared (End)

Samuel sat on the sofa in the room, his chest heaving violently.

The scenes of the past unfolded in his mind page by page, and he tried to find the truth in the details.

It is known that Samuel has a heartbeat and a heart, and inside Mr. Herman's chest cavity is Samuel's heart soaked in poison, and Arnold is a living dead.

Question: Whose heart is in Samuel's chest?

The answer is obvious.

The only thing in his chest could be Arnold's heart.

—I was going to ask you for Arnold, who holds a very important treasure.

——You probably won't agree to my taking back this treasure.

So this is what Bishop Cassius meant.

Samuel chuckled twice.

Arnold lied to him. The nugget was not with Pan, but with Arnold himself.

Bishop Cassius also hid it from him, and it was probably Bishop Cassius who put the nugget of gold into Arnold himself.

Neither of them wanted to tell him the truth: it was Arnold who used his own heart to extend his life, and Arnold himself died, and now he is resurrected by the nugget.

In a trance, Samuel recalled the epitaph he saw on the day when he was forced by the butler to preside over Arnold's funeral.

【Your heart is as strong as gold. 】

Samuel decided that he would find a chance to ask Bishop Cassius why he gave Arnold such an epitaph.

Samuel was convinced that Bishop Cassius had written the epitaph for Arnold.

What a big mistake! This is the truth.

Samuel closed his eyes and waited until his emotions calmed down before calling Arnold back.

"Samuel, you're looking for me," Arnold said.

When Samuel opened his eyes and saw the red-haired puppy's golden eyes, he couldn't help but feel his heart tremble again.

He said, "You have beautiful eyes, better than Mr. Herman's."

Arnold said happily: "Ah, yes, I think so too. It may be inherited from my mother. I have seen her portrait. She also has a pair of gray..."

Arnold's voice suddenly stopped.

Samuel curled his lips and added for him: "She also has a pair of gray eyes."

Arnold's expression was more vivid than at any other time, even more flustered than last night when he was exposed.

The radiant golden eyes kept glancing around.

Samuel was in a very complicated mood. Like Arnold, he remained silent and didn't speak for a long time.

After a long while, Arnold finally managed to squeeze out the difficult words from his throat and asked him, "When did you know?"

"Just now." Samuel replied.

Just now, Samuel should have been talking to the Son of God and the others.

"Have you seen my father's body?" Arnold asked.

"Yeah, I see." Samuel praised him. "You're a true genius. In the same situation, [Samuel]... I couldn't hold on, but you still had the energy to activate the Alchemy Formation, placing everyone right at the center of the formation. Amazing."

Samuel was praising him sincerely.

But Arnold thought he was talking nonsense because he was angry and sad.

So the red-haired puppy stepped forward, held Samuel's face, kissed his eyelids soothingly, and when he saw the tempting little mole on the tip of his nose, he kissed the tip of his nose again.

"I'm sorry, Samuel," Arnold said. "I'm sorry you had to see that."

"It must be hard to see your own heart, right? I was planning to keep it a secret from you, but you still saw it."

"Were you scared?"

"Don't think about what happened that day anymore. I promise to protect you from now on and not let anyone threaten you."

They looked at each other quietly.

It was Samuel who looked away first. He lowered his eyes and big tears fell down.

Like crystal beads that have broken off the string.

Arnold was frightened. He tried to comfort Samuel in a panic, but he was not good at speaking and failed to appease him for a long time.

Samuel cried quietly for a long time.

It's really hard for him not to be touched——

It was just a glimpse before death. Even though he knew that the body had changed its owner, Arnold gave him the heart that was endowed with magical powers by his teacher.

Because Samuel's heart had long been corroded by poison, his original body was poisoned to death, and he, the person who accidentally came back to life, could not survive.

Arnold gave him the only chance of survival at that time.

If it weren't for the variables of Bishop Cassius and the gold nugget, Arnold would have died completely, or turned into a walking corpse like those ordinary zombies outside.

Samuel couldn't help but be moved.

His heart was beating fast, and he guessed that when Arnold stuffed the alchemist's heart into his chest, he also threw in a lemon.

Now, the lemon was squeezed hard, and sour juice burst out, making Samuel breathless.

He suspected that this body was tear incontinent, otherwise why couldn't it stop crying?

What? The little dog actually gave so much to his master silently without saying anything.

Do you want to make the master feel guilty to death by doing this suddenly?

Samuel was now just thankful that he hadn't been too harsh on Arnold without knowing the truth, otherwise the puppy would have been so sad...

Baba gave his heart away, but was beaten by himself every day.

Samuel finally stopped crying.

This was the first time he showed vulnerability in front of Arnold. After the initial panic, Arnold realized that he needed to vent, so he stopped talking and just patted his back gently.

Arnold's protective instinct was unprecedentedly strong. He promised, "I promise that I will never let anyone bully you in the future. After we deal with the living dead tonight, we will leave."

"I can't leave." Samuel spoke with a strong nasal tone and ordered Arnold to pour him some water.

After drinking a glass of water, Samuel's throat, which was clogged with tears of excitement, finally recovered and he went to the bathroom to wash his face.

Even after washing his face, his eyes were still red.

"Arnold, thank you," Samuel said. "I was... you clearly didn't know me. You could have easily suspected that I was a demon who had taken the body of the Samuel you knew, but you still saved me."

"I don't regret it at all," Arnold said. "I guess it was love at first sight."

Arnold didn't know the term battle-damaged beauty.

But what he actually saw in Samuel was not the body, but the strong soul that was fighting for survival on the verge of death.

If he had suspected it was a fledgling complex before, now, after knowing the truth, Samuel no longer doubted Arnold's feelings for him.

I'm afraid even Bishop Cassius couldn't do this for the original body...

"Let's get back to the topic just now." Samuel said, "The nugget gold is actually in your body, right? Don't be surprised, it's stupid. Since it's in your body, then we can't leave."

"Why?" Arnold wondered.

"Because the nugget isn't from the Archon's Palace, it belongs to the Vatican... Never mind, you're just stupid. What I mean is, I can't return the nugget to the Vatican right now, and I don't dare run away easily because at least Cassius knows it's in your body, and I can't guarantee he won't tell anyone."

"He probably won't tell anyone. Uh, I just ran into him outside, and he asked me to tell you that he knows you're not the same person he knew before. He won't hurt you, and he hopes you can live a good life instead of the old Samuel."

Samuel was silent.

The clearance came unexpectedly.

The thing he was most worried about was solved so easily?

So why did he need to run away? Mr. Herman was dead, so why not stay in Golden Town and run a small business and enjoy a peaceful life?

Wait, he's the interim consul now...

Samuel began to think about the possibility of entering politics.

It's just that Arnold's identity and the nugget gold in his body make it difficult to deal with...

Arnold was smart for once. He noticed Samuel's hesitation, thought for a moment, and asked, "Don't you want to leave now?"

"Yeah." Samuel nodded. "I've always wanted to run away because I was afraid the Vatican would arrest me because I wasn't the original Samuel. Now I don't have that worry anymore, but the nugget gold is a big problem."

Samuel wanted to stay, and Arnold had no objection.

He thought for a moment and told Samuel, "I have an idea. Do you agree?"

"Hmm? Go ahead."

Arnold told Samuel that he saw the god Pan use gold to restore the sanity of the insane orcs in the dark forest.

"Just now outside, Cassius said that the Holy Son came here because he had a more difficult matter to resolve. I guess it's related to this."

"..." Samuel was speechless. "Has anyone ever taught you not to gasp when speaking? Why didn't you tell me such an important thing earlier? Why would I be reluctant to part with ten tons of gold? Tomorrow I'll raid your uncle's house, your aunt's, your uncle's, and your aunt's. Their gold mines will all be mine, no, all yours. Why would I care about those ten tons of gold?"

Samuel just wanted to beat the stupid puppy up.

As I said, puppies only have the strength to suckle, and they really can't do anything else!

Samuel stood up suddenly.

"Where are you going?" Arnold asked.

"Go out."

"Why are you going out?" he asked again.

"Why are you going out to work? Hurry up! We're going out to clean up the mess your teacher left behind, and then send those two giant Buddha statues away. Before we leave, I have to give you a gift to smooth things over..."

As he said that, Samuel went to the closet to look through his clothes.

He was in a particularly good mood now, the best he had ever been. He felt that the future was bright. He no longer had to worry about his identity, and he could also solve his work problems...

It started in hell but ended perfectly, and Samuel was filled with joy.

While he was rummaging for his magic robe, a young and strong body came up from behind.

"Samuel, then we...I like you."

"I know."

"What I mean is, I want to be with you. You like me, right? You're willing to give away ten tons of gold just for me."

"I just feel sorry for you."

The two of them stayed together for a long time, but Samuel never gave Arnold a direct response.

He felt that Arnold was too stupid. How could his little dog brain not understand that all the tacit consent he had given before was actually an agreement?

They struggled to open the door and went out through the main entrance.

Walked down the corridor and went down the stairs.

It scared the butler and servants who were still busy.

It was amazing! The young master who had been dead for several days was resurrected.

He also sticks with Sir Samuel, his nominal stepmother.

They walked out the door and headed towards the residential area where the zombies were most concentrated. As they huddled together, the hoods on their heads fell off.

Some people who were hiding behind their windows saw the two men and were shocked.

Gossip with family members:

"Have you heard? That Arnold is alive again!"

"Hasn't he been dead for several days?"

"His stepmother is quite capable..."

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Tomorrow I'll write two extra chapters about fake stepmothers (Samuel didn't really marry Mr. Herman), and I've been posting twice a week lately~

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