novelraw Chapter 259: Saying No with Their Mouths, Honest in Their Hearts
Chapter 259: Saying No with Their Mouths, Honest in Their Hearts
Chapter 259: Saying No with Their Mouths, Honest in Their HeartsLynn took a deep breath and forced a wry smile:
“All right then, does that mean I’ve cleared this round? Do I still have the qualification to continue the examination?”
White Night gazed at him with a meaningful smile, then rose to his feet.
Just as Lynn was puzzled,
White Night solemnly extended his hand toward Lynn and smiled:
“No, Lynn, you no longer need to undergo further assessment, because from this moment on, you are officially a Night Doctor.”
Lynn was astonished.
White Night smiled, “This is my privilege. As long as someone triggers that ending, I can let them be directly promoted. Of course, I’ll only provide one slot. Do you accept?”
There was a brief silence.
Lynn then stood, took his hand, and lifted the corner of his mouth:“Quite an honor.”
…
Unexpected, yet reasonable.
After saying farewell to the other trainees and the examiners, Lynn followed White Night out of the Trial Hall.
They walked to a towering building at the very center of the City of Night. The guard at the gate immediately dropped to one knee and saluted White Night before opening the massive, Western-fantasy-styled doors.
“Let’s go. I’ll take you to meet our Matriarch.”
White Night led Lynn, striding through the doorway and down a deep corridor that sloped downward.
“Not every newly promoted Night Doctor has the qualification to meet the Matriarch, but you are different. After meeting her, I believe you will gain a lot.”
Lynn nodded.
He had already learned from Raven.
The leader of the Night Doctors seemed to be a twelve-winged holy angel from the upper realm.
To be honest,
Lynn still felt a little nervous.
After all, creatures like angels he had only ever heard about in legends.
“By the way,” Lynn turned and glanced at White Night’s head of gray hair, saying:
“I want to ask, that younger version of Wang Tao who talked with me in the classroom earlier, were you controlling him?”
White Night paused, a trace of discomfort flashing across his eyes, and replied:
“No… it was just one of my marks, not me.”
Lynn hesitated, “So did you hear everything I said?”
White Night put on an expressionless face and refused to answer.
Lynn hesitated again, “So have you decided?”
White Night’s eye twitched slightly, “Decided what?”
Lynn adjusted his glasses and said earnestly, “Of course to marry your White Moonlight. You said she’s almost grown up. Don’t you really have any intention at all? Huh?” Ｒáℕo͍ΒËs̩
White Night: “…”
“Though it might be intrusive, from a same-clan perspective, I suggest you give it a try. Didn’t you also say earlier? Don’t worry about failing, if you want to do it then do it. Isn’t that right?”
White Night: “…”
“Isn’t she gentle? Isn’t she pretty? Isn’t she lively? Isn’t she pure?”
White Night: “…”
“I suppose you don’t want to see her kissed, hugged, and lifted up by someone else, do you?”
(╯‵皿′)╯︵┻━┻
He couldn’t help it, he nearly couldn’t hold it in!
White Night clenched his “╬” fist with a clicking sound, veins on his temple throbbing, but he finally held back.
Hard!
Hardened!
His fist had hardened!
He closed his eyes, grinding his teeth with a clicking sound:
“This topic stops here! Understand?! It stops here!”
Lynn glared, “Uh… okay then.”
“…”
An eerie silence fell.
White Night strode ahead with a stiff face, Lynn followed thoughtfully behind.
Only the sound of their footsteps echoed through the long corridor.
They walked until they reached the corridor’s end.
Another towering door came into view before Lynn.
“Go in.”
Having composed himself, White Night reached out and pushed the door open with force. A blinding curtain of light streamed out from inside.
He turned, looked at Lynn seriously, patted his shoulder and said:
“I’ve reported your case to the Matriarch. She will personally confer the Night Doctor title upon you. Behave well, and remember—do not offend the Matriarch, understood?”
Lynn nodded, “Completely understood!”
White Night smiled and nodded, “Good. I’ll wait outside. After you meet the Matriarch, I’ll explain some details about the Night Doctors to you.”
Lynn nodded, then turned and strode toward the door.
After about ten steps,
Lynn turned his head, looked down the corridor at White Night, adjusted his monocle and said earnestly:
“Are you sure you won’t reconsider? An older husband with a younger wife isn’t so bad. How about I keep an eye on your wife’s situation for you when I go to Earth? I have a friend there.”
“Shut up!”
White Night, clearly a bit exasperated, picked up the Staff in his hand and was about to throw it at him.
Lynn quickly took a few steps forward to avoid being hit.
Clang—
The door closed.
White Night rubbed his temple, breathing deeply a few times to calm the vein in his temple that was thumping wildly.
He fell silent.
He opened his pocket watch and looked at the yellowed, singed photograph inside.
He stared at the sweet smile of the girl in that photo.
He closed his eyes.
Clenching his hand slightly.
…
[ Ding! You triggered a special quest: White Moonlight in Your Heart: Complete a match between White Night and the target girl. Quest rewards: White Night Affinity +200, Skeleton Coins +2000, Special Reward x1 ]
Lynn froze in the hall.
Then a smile crept across his face.
Of course!
Wasn’t that caused by stirring his heart by talking about it?!
If it didn’t stir his heart, how could my System quest have been triggered?
Heh heh heh—
Saying no with his mouth, but honest in his heart.
So tsundere!
Looks like I have another reason to go to Earth. Raising Wang Tao’s affinity can only help.
Lynn, feeling pleased, walked deeper into the main hall.
…
At the very depths of the hall.
Chains knocked against one another, producing crisp sounds that rang through the chamber.
An attendant dropped to one knee and said, “Matriarch, the trainee recommended by Mr. White Night is waiting outside. He seems to be the suspected Plague Doctor youth Mr. Raven mentioned earlier.”
The hall fell deathly still.
After a long moment,
A grand, holy voice resounded.
“Let him in.”
“Yes!” the attendant bowed his head.
Clang—
With the door opening again,
Lynn stepped into the deepest part of the hall. He lifted his head and looked ahead.
In the darkness, he could faintly sense a gaze settling on him, scrutinizing him.
The crisp clinking of chains echoed through the gloom.
Lynn immediately felt an unimaginable aura envelop him.
It sent shivers down his spine.
A Root-level aura?
Lynn’s breathing quickened slightly. His expression turned grave, and he dared not be careless.
Indeed!
It was unquestionably a Root-level aura.