(TN: Apologies, I'm currently unwell, bedridden,this virus has been eating my insides XD which is why my updates are low.)
The female secretary wiped her hands with a piece of paper and checked her appearance in front of the mirror.
"Another long day …"
She muttered, then turned around and left the washroom.
The washroom returned to silence.
A few moments later.
The male officer appeared again.
He looked around, drew a Card, and muttered: "Check!"
The Card flew out, then turned into a small machine that emitted a light to scan the entire washroom.
[Everything is normal!]
The machine reported.
"Fuck, did I really make a mistake? There was clearly someone who wanted to enter the men's washroom, but ran into the women's washroom instead."
The male officer muttered.
He felt a bit disappointed, but had to leave.
The washroom returned to silence.
One minute.
Three minutes.
— — – seven minutes.
A uniformed man with a full beard came out of the washroom, pulled down the brim of his cap, then quickly headed for the stairs.
There was no one around.
The man walked from the 13th floor to the 1st floor, then went out the side door and followed the path to the mailroom.
Two officers were already waiting here.
They put the stacks of letters on the ground and impatiently asked:
"What time is it, why are you only here now?"
The man smiled apologetically, then waved the letters in his hand: "My apologies, I went to get the General's letters, please leave them here, I'll take care of it."
The two officers were already impatient, so they didn't even look at him and simply left.
The man slowly took out a key, opened the door, put the letters away, then locked the door again and walked out of the HQ.
No one asked him anything on the way.
After all, the mailroom was the lowest level of existence in the HQ, so no one paid too much attention to it.
Only the guard at the side door casually asked: "Where are you going?"
"Let's eat breakfast."
The man answered, then left the HQ and quickly disappeared on the other side of the street.
About 20 minutes later.
The door to the HQ's mailroom opened again.
A man with the same full beard stood at the door, looking around.
"Strange"
He was a bit confused, trying to recall what happened before, then touched his body again.
— — There were no wounds.
"Who would want to deal with a letter carrier like me … no one would believe me even if I told them"
The man shook his head, feeling a bit troubled.
If I report this, I'll definitely lose a layer of skin.
If I don't report this, once someone finds out, I'll be dead.
Would he be silenced?
As he was thinking, he saw a male officer walk in.
"Hello, are you sending a letter?" the man asked.
"Where is your other colleague?" the officer asked.
"Who?"
"… When did you come back here?"
"I didn't go out?"
The officer looked at him and finally realized the truth of the matter.
He rushed out of the mailroom and quickly ran to the side door of the headquarters, but he slowly stopped.
Outside the door.
The streets were packed with people and carriages.
Where are we going to find the imposter?
The officer stood in place and thought for a while before helplessly saying,
"Bastard."
…
Royal Academy.
In the boys' dormitory.
Libertas was not there.
Liu Ping stood in the dormitory with a card in his hand.
[Flesh Hunting Hound: Fire Fang]
[Eighth rank.]
[Purgatory Creature (Pet).]
[It has three abilities....]
Liu Ping thought about it and threw the card out.
Bang!
The Flesh Hound quietly appeared.
"Is it time to eat?" It licked its nose and asked.
"No, I want to ask you to help me see if there's anything wrong with this room" Liu Ping said.
"Why, is someone trying to frame you?" Fire Fang asked.
"I guess so, but I have no clue," Liu Ping said.
Fire Fang sniffed around the room and shook its head. "I didn't find anything."
"Are you sure there's no problem here?" Liu Ping asked.
"No, after all, I'm not a dog that specializes in searching for things, so I don't have any talent in this area," Fire Fang said.
"Then why did you sniff for so long?"
"I'm a dog. Sniffing means that I've tried my best."
"… Okay."
Liu Ping sighed.
Fire Fang looked at his expression and said, "I advise you to find some guys who specialize in collecting information and searching for things. They're usually very good at this kind of situation."
"… I have such a friend, but I don't know how long it takes to wake her up."
Liu Ping took out another card.
Advance Card.
On the scale of the card, there was already a "7" written on it.
And the total scale of the card was "10".
Once the scale is full, he can try to contribute this "10" to the War Machine in exchange for a chance to advance — — -
Or use it to replenish the heroic spirits' power so that they can wake up earlier.
"I'll give it a try. Since I've already accumulated 99% of my power, I might be able to succeed."
Liu Ping held the card and silently muttered in his mind:
"Contribute to the 9 Lives Cat Demon: Zhao Chanyi."
At the very next moment.
The scale of the card returned to zero.
Lines of burning text appeared in the void of space:
[You've contributed the 7 points of Soul Points and physical strength that you've recently accumulated to Zhao Chanyi]
[Current progress: 99%]
[She's about to wake up]
[Please continue to work hard]
— — She still hasn't woken up!
Liu Ping sighed and unwillingly took out Zhao Chanyi's card.
On the card, a white cat was curled up, basking in the sun under a roof.
"99%, it's been almost 2 weeks, why hasn't she woken up yet?"
Liu Ping muttered.
Suddenly, he recalled something.
In the past, Zhao Chanyi told me that she wanted to eat fish every day.
For heroic spirits, fulfilling their wishes is a very important thing, like some sort of invisible contract — — -
"Fish, huh …" Liu Ping muttered.
Suddenly, the white cat's eyelids twitched.
— — She's about to wake up, but not yet.
Can I speed up this process?
Liu Ping stayed silent for a few moments, then suddenly shouted: "Zhao Chanyi, I've bought the fish you wanted to eat! Get up now! "
The cat got up and looked around with a pair of blue eyes.
She suddenly noticed Liu Ping.
"Where's the fish?" the cat hurriedly asked.
Liu Ping was prepared — — -
Ever since the [Sequence] notified him that Zhao Chanyi had accumulated 99% of her power, he had prepared quite a bit of food.
"Come out and eat!"
He opened the cupboard and took out a large bag of dried fish, putting it on the table.
Bam — —
The card turned into a white cat and lightly landed on the table.
She began to eat without hesitation.
"Tch, is this kind of dried fish really worth calling me here to eat!?"
The white cat scoffed disdainfully as it continued to gobble up the food.
"Don't eat it if you dare," Liu Ping coldly said.
"Ahaha, I'll let it go today, we'll go eat something fresh next time." the white cat said.
10 minutes later.
The white cat's belly was round from eating, lazily lying on Liu Ping's bed and stretched out its paw:
"This bed belongs to me from now on, Liu Ping, find another spot for yourself."
"Sleeping right after eating? Get up, we have work to do. "Liu Ping said.
"What work?" the white cat asked.
When Liu Ping was about to answer, the white cat suddenly opened her eyes wide.
It stood up and looked at Fire Fang: "Liu Ping, when did you take in such a dog?"
"While you were sleeping," Liu Ping answered.
"There's something wrong with it," the white cat said.
Fire Fang opened its mouth and growled: "What do you mean there's something wrong with me?
Little white cat, I think you just haven't found your spot yet."
Its aura was fully released — — -
An illusory frame appeared in the void of space around it, while a number appeared on its top left corner: 8.
A rank-8 Flesh Hunting Dog!
The white cat squinted her eyes, squatted on the edge of the bed, and licked her paw indifferently.
Around her, an illusory box appeared, and in the upper left corner of the box, there was a number: 30.
A rank 30 Divine Reflection Demon King, Nine Lives Demon Cat!
— — Liu Ping had already calculated, instead of working hard to level up, it was better to wake up Zhao Chanyi earlier.
He had become a Warden Knight.
In battle, he had to contribute all his power to his pet, Hero Spirit, and his comrades.
Even if he worked hard to level up, he wouldn't be able to surpass rank 20 in half a year.
A rank 20 Knight, giving all his power to a rank 8 Flesh Hunting Dog and letting it be in charge of battle — —
This wasn't a good idea.
Of course, the Flesh Hound could also level up.
But he was only a student of the Imperial Royal Academy, how could he have so many resources to level it up?
Then …
If he could awaken a powerful Heroic Spirit in a short period of time, it was actually more important than leveling up himself!
After the white cat finished licking her paw, she looked down at Fire Fang and asked: "Dog, what did you just say?"
A sharp cold light flashed across the white cat's paw.
Fire Fang's body stiffened, its tail slowly tucked under its butt.
"Big sister, I'm only two years old, I don't know anything, please don't take it to heart."
"Oh right, what's wrong with me, I'll change."
"Big sister, calm down!"
Fire Fang smiled and slowly lay on the ground.
(TN: Fire Fand is my favorite character XD)