Chapter 48

Elphis tentatively reached out his hand and pinched Winster's cheek. The tall young man looked at him in confusion, without showing any resistance. He was still so well-behaved and gullible, not like... Hey, it seems that the one who claims to be a god only has a secondary personality.

But if Samuel is a god, what about Winster? Would the gods of heaven and earth be so good-tempered that they could coexist with another soul? It's definitely impossible!

Winster felt inexplicably guilty when being stared at, "Brother, what's wrong?"

Elphis took his hand back, "It's okay, I just saw that you were different from usual, and I thought it was Samuel who came out."

Winster was not surprised to hear his brother say this. His nature was similar to Samuel's. He didn't care about this, but he didn't like his brother mentioning that guy's name.

"Why did you take so long to be called away? Did you run into any trouble?"

"No, I was just told some interesting things."

Elphis glanced at the cleaned table. Austin ran away after finishing his meal. He had no patience at all. He deserved that he couldn't eat the melon he brought back.

Just now, his attention was focused on preventing the dean from snooping around him and hearing his secrets, so he didn't eat much. Elphis ordered two light afternoon tea meals, and then picked some melons to share with Winster.

He was not worried that Winster would leak these things out, as his younger brother might not be interested in them. However, he might want to know what he had just done, so Elphis just brought this up as a topic.

As expected, Winster showed no mocking or surprised expression throughout the whole process, and responded to his brother's words in the same gentle tone as usual.

Elphis sometimes had the illusion that the other person was older than him and was always tolerant and doting on him.

"Since the Archbishop doesn't follow the priest code, you don't have to be too restrained in what you do in the future, brother."

Elphis chuckled. He didn't feel constrained at all. After all, he just wanted to learn magic and explore the other world. Other than that, he had no other desires.

If this batch of archbishops are so indulgent, then the previous generations might not have been so celibate. Maybe some popes in the past would also secretly make money and keep mistresses. So why should they set the rule that prohibits marriage?

Could it be that this group of people is trying to create an image as noble and holy as gods in order to win people's hearts?

"Or do you think your life is too peaceful, so you want to play the role of a pseudo-believer in the place closest to the God of Light to seek excitement?"

A joking response came from the side, "The candidate for the Son of Light as my servant can be regarded as an act of betrayal. Will you find it more exciting to see Ashburn in the future?"

Even though it was the same tone of voice, Samuel always spoke with a touch of extra flamboyance and arrogance, so there was no need to observe; the moment he opened his mouth, Elphis could tell that his secondary personality had emerged.

Now Elphis' heart tightened when he heard the word 'servant of God', but he remained calm and spoke to Samuel in the same manner as before: "Who is Ashburne?"

"Why, the God of Light doesn't even want to tell his believers his own name?"

The silver-haired young man immediately showed an amazed expression, "Samuel actually knows taboos, he is so knowledgeable!"

Anyway, he didn't dare to ask Samuel how he knew it. No matter whether the secondary personality was related to the Dark God or not, as long as this layer of window paper was not broken, he could continue to treat the secondary personality as a middle school brother who needed to be pampered and coaxed!

Samuel lazily leaned back in his chair, reached out to take the cup in front of him and took a sip, then frowned, what is this sour and sweet thing? He raised his eyes and looked at the young man sitting next to him with a faint smile, "Wine."

Elphis took out the strong liquor produced by the elves from the space ring, and poured a small half cup and handed it over, "Winster doesn't drink on weekdays. Your body can't drink well. You should drink less."

Samuel didn't care about the amount, and he wasn't a drinker, but he had difficulty controlling his body, and it was boring to just sit there, so he wanted to tell his little servant to do something.

The strong liquor burned his throat, and the feeling was more obvious to this human body that was not yet accustomed to alcohol. Samuel squinted his eyes in enjoyment. He liked this kind of stimulation.

Elphis looked at Him and asked with a smile: "Winster said that you found the outside world boring and haven't come out for a long time. Did you find the secrets of the Holy See interesting today?"

"It's not interesting."

What those humans did behind the scenes was irrelevant, but considering that the followers of Ashborn were so hypocritical and dirty, and that Elphis often hung out with the people of the Church, he might develop bad habits in a few years... Samuel came out to warn the little servant of God -

The dark eyes met the gentle and clear deep blue eyes. The Lord God stretched out his hand and pinched the little boy's fair cheek, saying clearly, "My servant of God, you must keep your body and soul clean, understand?"

The god didn't know how to use his strength. Elphis reluctantly covered his hand and took it off. "It hurts."

There was a conspicuous red mark on the young man's cheek. Samuel had only touched the boy's hair before and had never had any more contact with him. He just remembered that the other party had pinched his face when he came in, so he did the same thing. He did not use any other means, which was already very tolerant.

"As a servant, shouldn't I be punished for touching my master?"

Besides, Samuel thought he didn't use any strength, but he was pinched red like this? The Lord God immediately gave Elphis a speechless look that said "you are so fragile".

"......?" Every word was flawed, and Elphis's fists hardened.

Originally, he had never paid attention to Samuel calling him God's servant, but now that his background was suspicious, Alphis finally realized... Could he really have a strange identity? !

"Servant? I've been so good to you, am I just a lowly servant in your eyes? I would rather be your believer."

At least his status would be higher. If he said he wanted to be a brother, he would definitely be ridiculed, so Elphis took a step back and offered himself as a believer.

Samuel supported his head with one hand and looked at the young man. He used to be dismissive of those followers and didn't care whether they really believed in Him.

However, Elphis was somewhat special to Him. Before He got tired of him, He planned to keep him by His side to entertain Him. Because He regarded him as His property, His requirements for Elphis were of course higher than those of His subordinates.

"If you don't have faith, you can't be a qualified believer."

Just like the previous tea party, Elphis instinctively felt that he couldn't talk too much about the issue of faith.

The young man curved his eyebrows and looked loving, "But my feelings for you are deeper than those of believers. They always want to get something from the gods, but I only hope that your wishes will come true and that everything goes smoothly and happily. No matter you are noble or humble, strong or weak, I will always be with you." Because he is a good brother.

Elphis continued to coax the child in a gentle voice: "Such feelings and beliefs are different. If Samuel doesn't think it's important, just pretend I never said these words. A servant is a servant. Anyway, no matter what, I will treat you well."

Samuel had never heard such a green tea speech before. He frowned, because he could not recognize the loving eyes of the other party. He just felt that he felt itchy and weird somewhere on his body when being stared at by the little brat, but he could not tell why.

If anyone made him uncomfortable, Samuel would take revenge on the spot.

He lightly hooked his fingertips, took the small bottle of liquor on the table, and handed it to the silver-haired young man who was sitting upright, "Drink it."

Elphis was stunned for a moment. What was he doing? Could it be that this guy had heard the saying "deep feelings lead to deep drinking"? So he was testing his feelings with wine?

A direct refusal might make the other party unhappy, so he just took a sip politely.

Not knowing how the elves, who always had a light taste, could make such a spicy liquor, Elphis frowned, not hiding his discomfort at all, "It feels like my throat was cut by a razor blade. I don't like it and don't want to drink it."

Samuel's brows relaxed, finally revealing a little joy.

He knew that the kid didn't drink alcohol on weekdays, let alone this kind of strong liquor, so he let him drink. Since he was already in pain, Samuel let him go in a good mood, "You should be thankful that my temper is much better than before. Don't say those weird things in the future."

Elphis: “…” Why couldn’t he keep up with this kid’s train of thought?

No matter what he meant, the silver-haired young man nodded obediently in front of this secondary personality whose background was unknown.

In fact, he had over-expressed his dislike for the bottle of wine, but he said that just to test Samuel's bottom line. Now it seems that the other party is quite tolerant. Hmm... he can try again in the future!

Even if the secondary personality is really related to God, it can't be used as a servant. If I can coax him, I will coax him. If I can't, I will distance myself from him. Just thinking this -

"Brother, did He bully you?!"

Elphis came back to his senses and turned his head to see Winster coming back, looking at him with a gloomy face.

"?"

The young man blinked blankly and said, "No." Instead, his words and actions were all purposeful. In comparison, Samuel only seemed to have a bad temper, but his mind was quite pure.

Winster stood up and took a half step closer, reaching out and touching his brother's face. The red mark there had disappeared, but the color in his memory was still glaring. He wondered how hard that guy had hit him!

Stroking his thumb across the other's cheek, Winster gritted his teeth and said, "Next time He touches you, just open His hand."

Elphis felt that this scene was a bit strange, but he couldn't figure out why. He could only comfort his brother, "Samuel didn't mean it. He was already holding back. This is not bullying."

Winster was not only angry about this, but also because his brother said so many nice things to that guy, but what was Samuel's attitude? ! Damn it, damn it, damn it!

Thinking of this, Winster's handsome face became more gloomy. He was not only angry, but also aggrieved - his brother had never said these words to him.

Here, Elphis was coaxing his jealous brother. In the private room not far away, Abner had already left secretly, leaving only the teacher and the student still talking.

"Teacher, don't we tell El about the belief in creating gods?"