Reborn Exorcist

"I am indeed often rejected by people." Louis shrugged his shoulders without changing his expression. "That's the most fucking truth I've ever heard."

He took out a small metal ball from the windbreaker pocket.The demon-possessed girl went crazy when she saw this thing, and suddenly jumped up and stood on the bed—it was hard for her to move so quickly when her body was twisted and her knees were injured.She lunged at Louis, baring her teeth and letting out a beastly growl from the back of her throat.

Nancy had already fainted at the horrific and heartbreaking scene.Roland supported her exhausted body, but did not move the poor woman to the sofa or a place suitable for rest.He laid Nancy flat on the floor.

In the process of squatting up, Roland never took his eyes off Louis.What was revealed in that gaze was not concern or worry, but an interest so strong that it was almost weird.

Louis didn't know what Roland thought of him, and he didn't care.All his emotions disappeared the moment he entered the working state, including the sympathy and intolerance for the girl and the anger provoked by the demon.He opened the mechanism on the metal ball, threw it towards the ceiling, and then jumped up.

The metal ball exploded, and a large ball of dazzling white light burst out, so intense that it could almost temporarily blind the eyes.The darkness in every corner of the house was driven away by this strong light, and the dark woods outside the window were also illuminated brightly.The light hurt the demon, "he" let out a long and frightening scream through the girl's mouth, and his emaciated body fell back on the bed.

Louis was also affected.Under the stimulation of strong light, his eyes blurred with tears were extremely painful.But it doesn't affect him.At the same time as the body fell, without any delay, Louis took out the thing in the pocket that was shining with a cold light.

As early as when he saw Louis throwing the metal ball, Roland closed his eyes and turned his head away.It is made of burning magnesium strips to produce strong light, and dark creatures can't stand it, and neither can human eyes.Even when the light faded, he kept his eyes closed; nevertheless, he knew that Louis might have gone too far. "Don't use silver sticks or daggers, this kid can't stand it!"

"I know! Damn it, I just gave her a sedative, a medicine powder mixed with holy water! Why don't you go get alcohol and cotton wool, what are you doing in a daze? Are you putting a humanoid sculpture? She is bleeding!" Louis Roaring angrily, he pulled the empty needle out from the side of the girl's neck; he had accurately pierced it into the lateral carotid artery earlier.

They laid the unconscious girl flat on the bed and treated her knee wound.Roland proposed to help her clean her mouth, but Louis rejected it angrily: "Did you give her mouth-to-mouth water? Then transfer the chewed and chewed rotten meat into your own mouth? Don't talk about it. The actual thing. Wake up the lady first, and then we tie the demon to the bed. Unfortunately, the church is too poor to provide only iron chains. If there are silver chains, it can be completely suppressed."

Roland was looking at Louis to see if he was injured.Hearing what the other party said, he smiled helplessly: "This lady won't agree."

as expected.When Nancy woke up, she heard that her daughter needed chains to bind her hands and feet, and almost passed out again.She took Louis's arm and begged, "Please don't do this! Please save my daughter in a gentle way. She has suffered a lot and can't add more pain!"

"Didn't you see how she was biting her own body?" Louis said coldly: "If her hands and feet are allowed to be free, she will make herself suffer more under the drive of the devil. Moreover, I am not I’m asking for your opinion, but I’m notifying you! If you don’t want to, I can only tie up one more person!”

"Louis, don't say that. You're going to scare the lady." Roland gently comforted, and then whispered in Nancy's ear: "Don't mind his tone. Exorcists are so neurotic and easy-going." Angry, but they have a reason. Consider how lonely they are, and what dangerous jobs they do!"

Nancy nodded.Seeing that the other party agreed, Roland continued his efforts: "We have to lock this child's hands and feet to the bedpost. She can't let her hands and feet move around anymore. I'm sorry that the metal will scratch the skin. But it's for her own good. You What do you think?"

Nancy finally relented.Perhaps her extremely soft heart finally lost to reason, or perhaps it was Roland's gentle attitude that made her accept Louis' almost cruel approach.When Louis put the shackles on the girl's wrists and ankles, she stood by and stroked her daughter's messy hair, saying sorry with tears in her eyes.

Nancy is afraid of Louis.She had seen soft emotion in those blue eyes, but whether it was sympathy or concern, it was only fleeting.More often, she sees Louis as cold, businesslike, and stingy about showing his feelings.

She knew that, as Roland said, all exorcists were like this. They were by no means evil, they just had a weird temper.And, whatever it was, it couldn't be more terrifying than the demon that hurt her daughter.Therefore, she asked Louis and Roland to stay with her for the night.

"I'm really afraid that something will happen to her again. If you are here, even if an accident happens, you can solve it in time. My bedroom is very big, and you can live there. I will accompany her." Nancy turned her eyes to Roland for help.She thought this gentle man would compromise before Louis did. "I know it's offensive, but I'm really, really worried..."

"Needless to say, we will stay." Louis spoke first, although his tone was blunt, but he did not forget to be polite: "I'm sorry to trouble you."

***

"You really surprised me. I thought you wouldn't say yes. You don't look like you're used to living in a stranger's house, let alone sharing a room with a simple friend." Roland smiled and looked at Louis's eyes. Surprised: "You can be intimate with your friends, I've seen it; but we're clearly not there."

"You're so wrong." Louis sat on the edge of the bed, his tone cold: "We are just colleagues who are still in the running-in period, or, more precisely, travel companions. This is a job requirement."

Roland moved a little closer to Louis. "Are you still angry?"

Lewis didn't answer directly.He took a deep breath and said slowly, "That thing...it's fucking provoking me."

"It tried to piss you off. But you got over your temper pretty well—at least it did. Yes, it disrespected you, disrespected God, but it's been a while, don't you feel better now? "

"I do feel better. But how dare it challenge me!"

Roland lowered his head and smiled, and then asked seriously: "What do you think the possessed evil spirit would be, and where did it come from?"

"I don't know. But I do. I hate these things provoking me."

Facing such a stubborn and bad-tempered guy, Roland didn't show any impatience or frustration at all. "But you'll beat it and kill it. I don't know anything about exorcisms, but I know this."

Louis looked at Roland suspiciously. "You believe me?"

Roland looked at him firmly. "I trust you."

Nothing can hold you back.Louis firmly believed in this.He thought, after going through the tempering of the church school in his previous life and this life, no matter if it was the sneer from Old John and his wife, or Susie's artificially pitiful eyes, even if the guy who made his previous life fall into darkness appeared, he would not back down.

But now, Louis dared not look directly at the gentle yet firm eyes of the suspicious man opposite.

What the hell!Lewis turned his head. "Let's go to bed early. Normally, that needle can quiet the possessed person for a day and a night; but this one is different. The demon was angry with righteousness, and the grief and hatred of the family resonated with him. It’s very powerful, and I’m afraid it won’t last long.”

Roland also began to take off his clothes and put on pajamas.His mouth was not idle. "I have something else I want to ask you. If I don't say it now, I won't be able to sleep. You surprised me so much today."

Louis paused for a moment while buttoning his button. "Exorcism performance?"

"Yes." Roland said sincerely, "Some details must be included in the novel."

Louis rolled his eyes and got into bed first. "I knew it. If you write it, remember to make the exorcist cute."

Roland lay down, lying on his side facing Louis. "I will. But I have more important things to figure out. For example, that bright flare just now. I can't believe that you can move freely in the face of such a strong white light."

"It's nothing." Louis said lightly: "All exorcists have received relevant training. At first, I even went blind for a short time because I opened my eyes wide to face the explosive bright bombs. But now, everything has improved."

Roland looked at him with concern. "The life of an exorcist is full of danger and hardship. I heard that they never stop 'traveling'. They have one task after another, and sometimes they can't even go home for the festival."

"That's true. Every exorcist lives a dog's life. But I'd rather it be. I don't want to go back to the family I'm staying with and they're making me uncomfortable and I'm making them uncomfortable. The church has been very considerate of me in this regard, allowing me to be out of town all year round. For that, I am very grateful.”

"But it's very hard." As if probing, Roland said cautiously: "I probably shouldn't ask this, but are you going to keep doing this job?"

"Yes. Some people quit, get married and have kids, but I won't. I'll keep doing this until I die. You don't know what it means to me." Louis rolled over, turning his back on Roland .He felt the warm eyes of the other party still staring at the back of his head. "Go to sleep."

You don't know what that means, Louis thought silently.I am giving back to those who saved me, protecting those I have hurt; more importantly, guarding what I should guard—the light.

When the first knock came the next morning, Louis opened his eyes.He was always alert, and any sound would wake him up.He heard Nancy's panic-stricken cry—"Come and see, sir! God, what's going on!"

Louis pulled Roland up.Stepping into that room again, he quickly understood why Nancy was so panicked.

Girl is throwing up.The minced meat that belonged to her body that she swallowed earlier has been vomited out and turned into a puddle of minced meat on the ground.Right now, as if her internal organs were injured, blood gushed out of her mouth, mixed with white particles—her teeth.

Roland asked softly, "Why did she vomit? Because of holy water?"

"Because of the holy water." Louis walked half a circle around the bed with a calm expression.He held the cross to his chest.

"In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit."