Doctor of Science's Journey into Another World

Chapter 556: Parting with the Demon Hunter

As the two suns tore through the night sky, the stars and the bright moon faded away, and morning arrived.

In the Church of the Goddess of the Bright Moon in the southern part of the Suville Royal City, a silver-white light was slowly dissipating, and Bai Hao completed the purification of the last person in the demon hunter team.

Although Claire No. 1 prioritized those close to her, she put herself last.

"What?" Bai Hao looked at Claire No. 1 who had a look of disbelief and chuckled.

"It's so comfortable. The muscle cramps, the splitting of my leg bones, the heartache, the steel knife stuck in my head...all disappeared. It's hard to imagine. I'm really not used to it. Is this Yun Zheng..."

Bai Hao stretched his body while listening to Claire No. 1's incoherent sighs. After a while, he said in a gentle voice: "You just recovered your body to a normal person. The pain you endured on a daily basis has been cleared away by Yun Zheng. Congratulations, Captain Claire, you won't die in a few years at least."

Claire No. 1 is already forty years old this year, which is the old age of a witcher. With the continuous harm from violent magic, he basically will not live past the age of fifty. There is nothing that can be done about it.

Through the purification just now, Bai Hao could even judge that Claire No. 1 could only live for two or three years at most, and then his tattered body would collapse. As long as Claire No. 1 died, the other nine Claire team members would be buried with him.

Bai Hao disliked both violent magic and symbiotic contracts, and could even be said to hate them. The Baiyang sect's practices on demon hunters were no different from those of an evil cult. Although they uphold the righteousness of demon hunting, it does not mean that their way of doing things is correct.

Only looking at the results and not the process, this is the Baiyang Sect, exactly the same as the gods they believe in.

At the church entrance, the two Claire teams stood neatly in two rows. When they parted, the twenty demon hunters saluted Bai Hao one after another. This was not the noble salute of the Central Plains, but the highest salute unique to them, the Beixu soldiers.

"After this separation, you and I will become complete enemies. When we meet again, we may have to fight each other. Although it is regrettable, everything is unpredictable. We have different standpoints and we are protecting different things. Everyone, take care!"

After saying that, Bai Hao also bowed respectfully. From the perspective of demon hunting, he admired the demon hunter team very much. It was a pity that the current demon hunting team had lost their original intention and were doing some profit-seeking things in order to satisfy the ambition of Pope Baiyang.

"Thank you!" Finn No. 1 said sincerely.

Bai Hao was a little surprised, because this was the first time Finn No. 1 spoke since last night. Bai Hao even thought that he was under some forbidden spell, but this was a good thing, after all, Finn No. 1's emotional intelligence was amazing.

Claire No. 1 had a complicated expression. He understood the meaning of Bai Hao's words, but that was why he felt uncomfortable. He had to give top priority to Pope Bai Yang's orders, even if it would offend the benefactor in front of him who had healed all his team members.

According to the current development trend of the Shuangyang Alliance and the Three Religions Alliance, hostility is inevitable because the conflict of interests is so obvious. Even if Claire No. 1 no longer participates in politics, he more or less understands the current tense situation.

"Take care of yourself too!"

Even if Claire No. 1 had thousands of words to say, they could only sum them up into these four short words. Although this farewell was not forever, it was better than forever. When they met again, the two would turn from friends into enemies, and saying more would only leave them as ties.

"Lord Viscount Campbell!"

Qiqi walked slowly to Bai Hao, her face flushed. She was the only one who did not call Bai Hao the Son of the Bright Moon but called him Viscount. Although Bai Hao was a little curious, he didn't mind.

"I, I can..."

The corner of Bai Hao's mouth twitched, he felt that Qi Qi was going to tell another joke to suit the situation, but this was their last farewell, so after thinking it over he decided to indulge her, so Bai Hao nodded gently before Qi Qi finished speaking.

Come on, I'm wearing a thick robe, I can bear it no matter how cold it is.

"Boom!"

Bai Hao opened his eyes wide because Qiqi actually kissed him, not on the cheek but on the lips.

"You, you..."

"Hehe, this is my first kiss, Viscount Campbell, goodbye!" After saying that, Qiqi ran back to the back of Claire No. 1 with her flushed face, looking like a girl in love.

In Claire's team, No. 3 looked at Qiqi with some longing, and subconsciously glanced at No. 6 beside him. He licked his lips and wanted to say something, but because he was too timid, he ended up saying nothing.

"what?"

Xiao Liu looked up at No. 3 who looked embarrassed and said casually, "If you want to kiss me, just do it. It's not like I won't let you kiss me."

Number Three was shocked when he heard this. He really didn't expect that one day he would hear these words from Xiaoliu's proud mouth, so he immediately lowered his head excitedly and kissed Xiaoliu like a chicken pecking at rice.

After the kiss, No. 3 looked around nervously, as if he was a thief. The Claire team members nearby grinned upon seeing this, and No. 8 even gave him an elbow. But no one said anything. The tacit understanding of more than ten years made silence more powerful than words at this moment.

"Hey!"

Xiaoliu tugged at the corner of No. 3's clothes, blushing as he whispered, "Come to my room tonight, I'll discuss some things about the mission with you... Remember, remember to take a shower before coming back, do you hear me?"

"Yes!"

Number Three shouted excitedly, as if he had accepted a mission, but he soon regretted it, because not only all the members of Claire's team looked over, but even Finn's team and Bai Hao not far away also looked over.

"Stupid, idiot, the noise is too loud!" Xiaoliu turned his face away and said angrily.

In the Finn team nearby, Finn No. 9 walked up to Finn No. 1 and asked, "Captain, why are they touching their lips together? Is this some new farewell ritual?"

Finn 9 is a cute red-haired girl. Although she is not yet twenty years old, her every move and gesture is extremely mature. She does not have the youthfulness and liveliness of a girl at all. She exudes the extremely solid style of Finn's team.

"Uh, this, that... Actually it's not a farewell ceremony, it's just, how should I put it, it's probably a show of mutual respect, um, that should be it."

Finn No. 1 had an unnatural expression on his face. He was the oldest and although he had never experienced anything sexual between a man and a woman, he still understood a little bit. He was too embarrassed to explain to Finn No. 9 in front of so many people. Finn No. 1 was extremely concerned about this little sister who was more than 20 years younger than him.

"Oh, captain, let's kiss too!" As she said that, Finn Nine stood on tiptoe and pouted her lips to ask Finn One for a kiss. She looked so adorable. She imitated the kiss very well, closed her eyes tightly, and waited for Finn One to pick her.

Finn No. 1 was extremely embarrassed at the moment because many people around him were looking at him, especially Claire No. 1, who was shaking her lips quickly, signaling him to kiss her quickly.

"Captain, I respect you very much. Don't you recognize me?"

After waiting for a long time without any touch of lips, Finn No. 9 opened her eyes, tears welling up in her eyes. For some reason, she felt extremely uncomfortable without the captain's kiss. She felt that the captain might not approve of her.

"Hmph, I didn't expect that the captain of Finn's team is actually a coward. He made his own teammates cry but he didn't move forward..." Claire No. 8, who was standing aside, had a hot temper. She had already started to point fingers at Finn No. 1 from the moral high ground.

"That's right, that's right, a grown man still cares about whether or not the first kiss can happen. If it were me, I would have done it long ago!"

Xiaoliu was cheering on the side, but suddenly noticed the gaze of No. 3, so she hurriedly said awkwardly: "I, that was my first kiss, don't think too much, I'm definitely not that kind of girl..."

"Oh." Number Three responded in a low voice, and then couldn't help looking at Xiaoliu's lips, finding them very tempting.

Xiaoliu pursed her lips and glanced at No. 3, then said in a delicate voice: "Tonight, you, you just bear with it for now!"