Chapter 43

Elphis was feeling the most distressed about the secondary personality. He was very patient at this moment. After hearing what the other party said, he readily agreed: "Okay, Honorable Samuel, can I ask you a question?"

Retreat to advance? Samuel suddenly realized that the reason why his attitude changed so quickly was because he wanted to find out more about Him first.

This kid is quite good at pretending. The tenderness and distress in his eyes seem real.

The young man leaned against the wall and raised his chin slightly, indicating that the other party could ask if he had any questions.

Elphis was not trying to pry, he was just curious: "What level of magic have you cultivated? Did you learn it from the teacher who taught Winster swordsmanship?"

Samuel didn't intend to respond to the question of realm level. He snorted and laughed, "Which ant is qualified to teach me?"

Hmm...wait, the teacher that Winster made up seems to be Him? Samuel's smile suddenly froze...did He just insult Himself?

Elphis' eyes widened in disbelief, and he exclaimed sincerely, "Did Samuel figure this out on his own? He's talented and smart, he's amazing!"

At the same time, he also felt distressed. The other party seemed to be more capable than him despite being so young. He wondered how many crises he had gone through to hone his skills.

The young man's voice was clear and gentle, his smile was sincere and beautiful, with a hint of surprise as if he had discovered that his child was a genius. Every child would like this look of him, but... Samuel was not a child. The Lord God shuddered almost imperceptibly, and for the first time in his long life, he experienced what it felt like to be corny.

Samuel looked at him solemnly, then approached the human sitting beside the bed, bent over to face the young man, and reached out to his fragile neck... Strangely, the kid didn't hide? Did he trust Him so much?

Pleased by the young man's well-behaved and docile appearance, Samuel ruffled the long hair on his neck and said, "Are you trying to make me happy so that I can let Winston out?"

Elphis breathed a sigh of relief in his heart without showing any expression. Since the two personalities shared memories and Winster had not reminded him of the existence of the secondary personality, it meant that Samuel was not a dangerous person who would kill indiscriminately.

In order to gain the trust of his third brother, he let down his guard and took a gamble, hoping that it would have some effect...

The young man shook his head when he heard that. "I'm very happy that you are willing to appear in front of me. I'm also very sorry that I only met you today and couldn't take care of you and protect you earlier. This is also your body. I have no right to decide who uses it. Just discuss it with Winster."

"..." The half-smile on the Lord God's lips had already frozen - what was this brat talking about? Protect Him?

Samuel looked at the young man deeply, then stood up and looked down at the human sitting relaxed beside the bed. "You are no match for me, so there is no need to protect me. However... if you want to take care of me so much, I will give you a chance to be a servant of God."

Elphis: “…”

Children in their middle school years are arrogant and overly conscious. If they have abilities that surpass those of ordinary people, they think they can do anything. Samuel believes that he can become a god in the future... and there is nothing wrong with that.

Samuel has a different kind of cuteness from Winston's sensible and clingy side. The silver-haired young man smiled and said, "Okay."

Although the kid was so obedient, Samuel didn't feel happy at all. He had some simple understanding of Elphis. He thought that he was smart and cold, and was used to pretending to be good to gain the favor of others. He was definitely not a kind person, and he didn't know what plan he had set up to deal with him.

Thinking of this, Samuel didn't plan to teach this human a lesson. He was bored anyway, so he let him see what the other party was up to...

"By the way, this is for you."

Samuel's train of thought was interrupted. He was silent for a moment, then took the palm-sized scroll and sensed it - a teleportation scroll? Winster's memory told him that this thing was quite rare.

The slender and flexible fingers turned the scroll twice, "Are you sure it's for me, not for Winster?"

After all, the same space ring has a greater chance of being used up by that useless guy Winster.

"No, this is a gift for you. The royal city is too dangerous for you. If you encounter a strong enemy, use the scroll and leave quickly. Don't be stubborn."

The young man, who exuded a dangerous aura, looked at him seriously and said, "Since you said it was given to me, then Winster can't use it."

Elphis curved his eyebrows and said, "I'll remind him."

Samuel chuckled, "So nice to me?"

"Well, I said I would protect you." Since they are in the same body, he loves Samuel and treats him as his younger brother. As long as Samuel is not a bad boy, Elphis will treat him equally.

The black-eyed young man gave a wicked smile. Didn't Winster hate his brother for favoring others? He wondered what his reaction would be if he showed up now.

When Samuel gets bored, he will even watch his own fun.

So He sank into consciousness without warning and replaced Winster back.

If it were someone else, it might be difficult to notice the change between Samuel and Winster. After all, they both treated outsiders with disgust and annoyance. However, their attitudes towards Elphis were very different, so when Winster came back, he was recognized by his brother at a glance.

Winster stared blankly at Elphis who was sitting on the bed. He knew what had just happened and felt mixed emotions, not knowing what to say first.

It’s certainly a good thing that my brother doesn’t find Samuel’s presence weird and isn’t wary of him, but why should he be so nice to that guy!

Seeing the good kid standing there stupidly after he came back, Alphis snorted, stood up, walked over and pulled his cheek, "You knew about Samuel's existence a long time ago?"

Although his tone was quite gentle, due to his guilty conscience, Winster always felt that his brother was angrily settling a score with him.

The tall young man nodded stiffly and explained: "I didn't hide it from my brother on purpose. I was just worried that the guy would hurt you after being exposed..."

Elphis spoke for the secondary personality: "Samuel is very defensive, but he has a good character. Winster should get along well with him and not hurt each other's consciousness in the fight for control of the body." He seemed to be quite shy. He would hide away in shame after receiving a gift or hearing a few nice words. However, middle school students all care about their reputation, so he only thought about this in his mind and did not say it out loud.

Winster's eyes widened, unable to believe that his brother had gained a new favorite after just a short while away!

Based on his understanding of his brother, he knew that he would only pity a child in a miserable situation. Winster guessed that his brother might have some misunderstanding about Samuel, but he hesitated to speak and did not dare to tell Samuel's true origin, fearing that the guy would suddenly come out to stop him again...

Winster nodded reluctantly. How could he compete with Samuel for control? That guy would appear whenever he wanted. But he didn't want to make his brother worry, so he didn't say much.

"Brother, please don't give him anything anymore. Samuel doesn't need it."

Winster took out the teleportation scroll from his space ring and handed it over, refusing to admit that he and Samuel were the same person. He was not so shameless as to accept it even though he felt he would not use it.

Elphis shook his head to refuse it, "This belongs to Samuel, don't touch it, or he will be unhappy." The secondary personality seemed to be quite overbearing, and he probably didn't like others touching his things.

"……?"

Winster began to suspect that he had fallen out of favor.

Elphis took out another teleportation scroll, "This is for you. Brother is not partial. One for each of us."

Fortunately, I have made a lot of money over the years, otherwise how could I buy so many good things.

Hearing this, the gloom on the young man's face was quickly swept away and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Winster did not take the scroll. He wanted his brother to keep more good things for himself.

Elphis was suddenly hugged by his brother.

Winster put his arm around his brother's shoulders and rubbed his chin on the man's shoulder affectionately. He felt that his brother was really good. No matter how many scary secrets he had, his brother would never look at him strangely or distance himself from him.

"Brother, I like you so much..."

The young man's deep, magnetic voice sounded greasy. After Samuel was touched by it, Elphis also felt goose bumps all over his body.

He raised his hand and touched his brother's dog head, "Yeah, I know, I know, brother also likes Winster... and Samuel." The secondary personality lacks love, he must remember to treat everyone equally!

Winster: “…” As if he heard something strange.

The young man pursed his lips in dissatisfaction, thinking that his brother still treated him like a child... Never mind, when he grows up a little more, his brother will slowly treat him as a reliable adult.

Elphis: "What level of magic have you learned?"

"I don't know. Only Samuel can use it. I can't feel the elements."

"???" What is the principle behind this? Elphis was very surprised and planned to ask Samuel to explain it to him later.

After talking for a while, his brother wanted to focus on practicing magic, so Winster reluctantly left and returned to his dormitory.

——

On the day when Winster came to the academy for the examination, Elphis learned from a chat with teacher Jared that there were two outstanding students here who wanted to become knights of the Holy See. However, according to his problem, he would forget the names he had only heard once that evening.

Elphis didn't care. He always took things as they came when it came to finding a bodyguard... no, finding a knight.

On the third day of school, someone walked up to him and said, "Good day, honorable priest."

In the audience, the silver-haired young man turned his gaze away from the arena below and fixed it on the swordsman classmate next to him who looked quite imposing.

The man in front of him was about 1.9 meters tall, with muscular body, strong facial lines, narrow and upturned eyebrows, fierce temperament, and mature beyond his years... To be honest, Elphis felt that this man had an arrogant appearance and liked to look down on others. It would be more appropriate to provoke him with an arrogant attitude. Unexpectedly, he was quite polite. Elphis thought to himself, it is true that you cannot judge a person by his appearance.

"Good day, we are both students, please don't call me that, just call me by my name." Don't remind him of his awful job all the time! "Are you here to challenge me?"

Raymond had a sincere and solemn face. "No, I just want you to get to know me. I am Raymond Harold, a one-star greatsword master. Before I appeared here, I had challenged the top ten exchange students in Aurelion except you, and I never lost a single one. I wonder if I am qualified to be your close knight?"

So it was him... Elphis had heard Jared mention this person before. Although he forgot his name, he was very impressed by this man's talent in swordsmanship and his career plan of joining the Holy See. He felt that this guy's career plan... was difficult to comment on, but he chose to respect it.

Rockefeller's people have failed to persuade him over the years, and Elphis doesn't intend to waste his time trying to change other people's dreams.

The young man curled his lips and said, "My knight? You are excellent. In time, you will surely become a powerful protector that many parties will want to fight for. There is no need to decide who you will be loyal to so early."

"After you graduate, I can introduce you to become a guard knight of the Holy See. It won't be too late to decide your affiliation after you learn more about the priests."

Raymond clenched his sword. He had prepared the reason for his desire to join the Holy See many years ago, but he didn't have the chance to say it. He just felt like something stuck in his throat... Shit! Why did this guy agree without asking anything? He didn't check the background of someone who joined the Holy See? Didn't he have any curiosity at all?

No... He seemed quite smart before, why is he so confused?

Elphis would require every branch to do background checks when recruiting, but he was too lazy to care who wanted to join the Vatican. The reason was that he simply didn't care about the Vatican.

Raymond certainly didn't want to be a guard knight who could be ordered around by anyone with a little status. He thought that the sooner he made his position clear, the easier it would be to gain the other party's trust. This guy would either be the Pope or the Archbishop in the future, and he didn't look like someone who liked to order people around, so it was worth choosing him!

Thinking of this, Raymond placed his right hand on his heart and bowed slightly: "I made up my mind to become a member of the Holy See many years ago. I have been paying attention to the priests over the years, but only you, your wisdom, strength and noble character deeply impressed me. Please let me be loyal to you and protect you when you eliminate evil and darkness. I will offer my humble help."

“…”

The voice was loud and passionate, and the expression was solemn and serious. That was the line... Elphis moved his lips, wanting to refute something, but he didn't really want to speak.

The silver-haired young man sighed almost inaudibly, "I'm glad to have your approval, but I can't promise you yet. Can I give you a reply after I leave Rockefeller?"

Raymond held his breath in his heart. He had been thinking about the words of surrender all night. This was the first time he spoke nicely to the human race, but this kid was so unrespectful!

But he had no choice but to force a grateful smile, thinking that he would beat up those exchange students to vent his anger first.

Elphis chatted with Raymond for a while, and he was a little confused. Why did he remember that Teacher Jared mentioned that it was another person who wanted to be his close knight? Wasn't Raymond the one who wanted to join the Holy Knights? Or did he remember it wrong?

After a few days, Elphis was recalled to the Vatican.

It was a rare occasion that the other three candidates were present recently. Not long after he returned to his own small temple, the three of them came to him one after another.

I won’t talk about Abner, he has always been kind to others, but among all the people in the Holy See, Daphne, who is the most arrogant and indifferent, is only willing to smile at him. Elphis can guess the reason...

When a noble child with status and talent is obviously very comfortable, but is tied to the ship of the Vatican and ordered around, the royal nobles are also putting pressure on her to stay here and become the archbishop. Her words and actions are restricted, and Daphne has been fed up with it since she was a child.

Now that a more talented Elphis has appeared on the noble side, Daphne obviously feels a lot less pressure and of course she likes him.

As for Daniel, he never liked Elphis. He probably came to join the others because he didn't want to be alone. As soon as he arrived, he sat there and sighed in disappointment, "El is very popular with the people, which is great. I don't have such great charm. Did I do something wrong..."

Blablabla... No one wants to pay attention to him, the whole atmosphere is ruined. Sometimes Elphis wants to confess directly - except you, no one wants to be promoted, so you really don’t have to care about us!

But Daniel probably wouldn't believe it. After all, he was the one who always said "it doesn't matter whether you can become the Son of God or not".

After Bishop Edgar finished dealing with today's affairs, he came over with a sullen face to find the candidate he had called back.

After all these years, it was the first time that Elphis saw the bishop's face look so ugly. It was not until the old man slammed the staff as tall as a man on the ground and snorted at him that he realized it.

Uh...could he be called back to be scolded?