Chapter 70: Mooching at the Church

“Ahh~”

Vivian stretched lazily.

“Sleeping in a bed feels a bit strange all of a sudden…”

“First day missing my coffin.”

She hung her head, then sat up in bed.

Since arriving in this world, this was only the second time she had slept in a bed.

Compared to the first time, although there was the comfort of having her lover by her side, the actual experience wasn’t much better.

The wooden bed was too spacious, not cramped enough.

There were no sideboards around, not safe enough.

Most importantly, it felt too much like something for the living.

She glanced back.

Nolan was still fast asleep.

Usually by this time, he’d already be up and starting his morning training.

It shouldn’t… be because of me, right?

Vivian recalled the ‘good deed’ she had done last night.

It must be because Nolan’s body is too weak.

He needs to train harder!

She secretly turned her head and pouted in dissatisfaction.

Hopping off the bed and putting on her shoes, Vivian went to the stove.

The black pot bottom reflected the light, the pot itself empty.

The leftovers were gone…

The carrots were gone too.

Forget it, back to sleep!

Vivian crawled into her familiar coffin and had a nice, long second sleep.

Afternoon.

“Vivian, Vivian!”

“Get up, we need to go to the Squid Tavern to find Big Tail Rat.” Nolan grabbed Vivian like a chick, lifting her out of the coffin.

“Eek!”

Vivian, drooling, jolted awake.

Her two little feet dangled in the air, swaying.

She seemed confused for a moment, taking half a second to figure out the situation.

Then she immediately bristled!

She started hissing.

“Hiss!”

Her small hands flailed forward, trying to grab Nolan’s collar.

Her cheeks puffed up roundly as she glared angrily at her empty, dangling feet.

She chattered indignantly:

“What are you doing? Put me down right now!”

Her voice was soft and fluffy, with zero intimidation.

Seeing she was full of energy, Nolan let go.

Thump.

Vivian landed on the ground steadily on all fours, like a cat.

She quickly stood up.

Placing her hands on her hips, she pointed at Nolan, both angry and annoyed.

“You’ve got some nerve, kid, grabbing your grandma!” She pushed off with her feet, leaping high.

Like a facehugger, she pounced onto Nolan’s face.

Vivian messed up his hair thoroughly, and didn’t spare his face either.

Adding a few noticeable scratch marks there as well.

The two of them roughhoused for quite a while.

Once they were exhausted, they lay on the bed together, chatting.

When Vivian mentioned there was no food at home…

“Ah, then what do we eat?” Nolan said.

“We’ll go mooch off Blake or the church.”

Vivian answered matter-of-factly.

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Derek hadn’t closed his eyes all last night.

Dark shadows hung under his eyelids, his lips somewhat chapped.

A whole night of high-intensity patrols, for an old man past fifty like him.

Was still a bit taxing.

But he still had no desire to rest at all.

Because… two beasts had come to his church!

“So this is the reason you two came running to me!”

Derek rubbed his temples, asking with a headache.

This couple in front of him, instead of cooking properly at their own home.

Now, driven by hunger, they came to his church to freeload, stuffing themselves wildly.

It nearly made him ascend to the heavens on the spot, becoming Elios’s divine messenger.

Nolan was one thing; he was a member of the church anyway.

But this Vivian…

She really treats the church as a cafeteria!

“Another piece, thank you~”

Placing the large wooden platter heavily on the table.

Vivian stretched out her hand matter-of-factly, staring unblinkingly at the bread in Derek’s hand.

“None left, this is mine.” “Food guarding?” Her eyes widened.

Seeing this, Derek quickly shoved the bread into his mouth.

“Really, it’s gone!”

“If you don’t want to give it, then I’ll just go get it myself.”

Vivian jumped off the chair and walked towards the side room.

“My dear grandma!”

“These are reserved for the children coming for lessons next week.”

Derek shouted as he rushed over, quickly blocking the side room door with his body.

“If you eat these, the children will go hungry.”

He pleaded earnestly.

“Fine.”

Vivian patted her belly and sat back on the chair, somewhat disappointed.

This new batch of bread the church had gotten tasted pretty good, she wanted to eat a few more pieces.

But since Derek put it that way, she had to give up.

“Let’s talk about the progress on Marco’s investigation,” she continued.

“Derek, do you know someone called Big Tail Rat?” “Big Tail Rat… let me think.”

Derek tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

After a moment of silence, he shook his head.

“Don’t know him. What about him?”

“This is based on the information we’ve found so far.”

“This person called Big Tail Rat controls all the human blood trade in the city.” “Find him, and we might get information about Marco from him.” “Of course, I also found a lead on Big Tail.” Having said that, Vivian elbowed Nolan, who was eating bread beside her.

“Eat, eat, eat, that’s all you know! Are you a pig?”

“Hurry up and take the thing out.”

Nolan looked up in surprise, blinking at Vivian.

Weren’t you just eating like a Ghoul a moment ago?

Now that you’re finished, you’re criticizing me……

He was shocked by his wife’s thick skin and felt a bit wronged inside.

“Then I’ll rub it for you~”

“Good~ good boy, hurry up and take the thing out, okay?” Vivian reached out, gently rubbing Nolan’s head.

Trying her best to put on a kindly expression, acting like a mother.

Derek: …

Derek was speechless…

“You two, mind the setting, this is a holy church.” “This is not a place for you two to fool around freely.”

He couldn’t help but remind them.

I, a priest, am sitting right here, and this couple is already acting like this.

How wild they play in private, I don’t even dare to imagine…

“Then later… we’ll sneak over here at night to play.”

Vivian leaned close to Nolan’s ear, lowering her voice, whispering softly.

Warm breath brushed Nolan’s ear, making the roots of his ears instantly burn.

In the dead of night.

The two of them sneak into the holy church.

Under the solemn statue…

Then, do some shameful things…

Seems a bit exciting~

Just thinking about it made Vivian unconsciously squeeze her legs together.

Better steal a nun’s habit too…

She reminded herself privately, so she wouldn’t forget later.

“Business! Talk business!”

Derek took out the ruler used to discipline naughty children and tapped it on Vivian’s head.

Seeing Vivian’s rapidly changing expression, he knew.

This girl was definitely not thinking about anything proper!

Elios above, Vivian, please don’t do anything blasphemous.

“The business is this.”

Vivian took out a note and slapped it on the table.

“Squid Tavern, opens at 6 PM.” “Nolan and I will enter the tavern to find Big Tail Rat.”

“After friendly negotiations with him, obtain information about Marco.” “And you, old man, maintain order in the city and wait for our good news.”

Derek didn’t answer immediately, instead lowering his head.

Lost in thought, unconsciously stroking his beard.

After a silence, he nodded and said:

“Alright, I’ll wait for you in the city.”