The Last Gentleman

“Are you awake?”

Underneath her black hair, the female doctor’s red lips formed a gentle and charming smile.

“Where is this?”

“A private clinic created by the Master, rest assured, this place is absolutely safe.”

“Wait—my body!” Yi Chen immediately recalled his encounter upon leaving the Old World, remembering the icy feeling of his neck being cut, he quickly checked his current physical condition.

Aside from being somewhat cold, his body was normal, and he could feel shallow sutures at his neck.

“Could it be that you reattached my right half that was buried at the bottom of the lake?”

“Correct, the surgery went smoothly, or shall I say, your physical body was very cooperative. As soon as it was attached, iron chains with needles crazily grew from your neck, reforming and merging with your right half.

Your soul has completely fused with the iron chains, no wonder those monks insisted on chasing you.”

“Just stay here for the infusion, after I leave, a nurse will come to keep you company.”

After confirming there weren’t any major issues with his body, Yi Chen quickly surveyed the single-patient room he was in,

A coat rack by the door held his gentleman’s clothes,

a briefcase for storing equipment and a golden box holding important relics were placed beside the bed, and even the keys were laid aside.

Just as the female doctor was changing the medicine in preparation to leave, Yi Chen grabbed her empty white sleeve.

“Where is Lorrian?”

“The Lord is reading a novel in his office and asked not to be disturbed by anyone.”

“I need to see him…”

The female doctor did not object, but instead assisted Yi Chen off the bed, maintaining his infusion.

She had not seen the Lord for several days herself and was somewhat worried. It was an opportunity to visit the Lord’s office using Yi Chen’s special status.

Walking through the cold and silent corridors, basking in the moonlight,

this clinic, created from Moon Scar, was based on the “Twilight Clinic;” his office was located in a separate tower in the backyard.

As Yi Chen knocked on the door, the female doctor behind him involuntarily tensed her thighs, even the glucose solution in the infusion bottle dripped down her leg, her nervousness evident.

“Come in.”

At the sound of Moon Scar’s comparatively gentle voice, the door opened.

The office had bookshelves on both sides, filled with contemporary medical books. Since books from this era were rare, there were still many empty spaces between the shelves.

A black walnut circular desk embedded with pure silver decorations, simple yet profound,

Moon Scar sat in the middle, his posture straight like a student, hands spread out on the desk with a novel he was about to finish in front of him.

Behind him, a large floor-to-ceiling glass window replaced the original wall structure, allowing the moonlight to illuminate the room as much as possible while providing sufficient reading light.

Despite the beautiful scene, Yi Chen still spotted a flaw.

There was a noticeable suture mark on Moon Scar’s face, even the stitches had not been removed yet, running diagonally from his forehead across his nose down to his chin.

“Lorrian, your face?”

“Oh right~ I was so engrossed in reading that I forgot all about removing the stitches.”

With a flick of his fingers, a silver thread was pulled from his face, erasing the flaw.

“It’s no wonder you’re a Tunnel Watcher, not only quickly seeing through my disguise but also nearly splitting my head in two… That black heavy spear really is something, powerful and hefty, as if it could split the night sky.

If it weren’t for considering your dangerous situation, William, I would definitely have liked to play more with that guy.”

“The Watchers, right? What about those three monks?”

“I trapped them in the sand with my illusion technique. We can go play with them later. However, you should be careful when you go to the Old World from now on; those guys from the monastery will surely come looking for you again.”

Yi Chen nodded. Now that the relic was in hand, it would be a long time before he returned to the Old World. By then, having broken through the ‘Limit of Man,’ he surely would have more means to confront them directly.

Perhaps a visit to the so-called monastery wouldn’t be a bad idea.

Sigh… Yi Chen took a deep breath, feeling good to be back from the brink of death.

His survival was wholly due to the silver-haired young man in front of him.

Although Lorrian’s malevolence could not be overlooked, Yi Chen’s attitude toward and understanding of him had greatly changed… He walked straight to the desk, expressing his gratitude with the manners of a gentleman.

He then pulled over a chair and sat opposite Lorrian, as he had something he needed to clarify in person.

“Lorrian, besides the Watcher, is there anyone else outside the tunnel?”

“Yes, your team member seems to have a good relationship with you.

He has been waiting outside for you all this time and his own strength is formidable. If he were to break through the Limit of Man and cooperate with the Watcher, he might really pose a threat to me.”

“Jin?”

“No… it’s not your little girlfriend. It’s that chubby young man, I remember his name is Ludwig Reagan.

This guy, although he appears friendly and treats you well, harbors something very evil inside… I have seen this kind of ‘evil’ in Doctor Macaul at the Twilight Clinic.

They could even be said to belong to the same species, one look and I can distinguish them.”

“Hmm.”

Yi Chen could probably understand what Moon Scar was saying, knowing well that Reagan was an extremely paranoid person, capable of doing anything for his girlfriend.

Once his girlfriend’s issues were touched upon, he would immediately change his standpoint. Yi Chen only hoped that Reagan could find a way to revive his girlfriend and resolve his issues.

Yi Chen muttered, “Since Jin isn’t at the tunnel entrance, could she have already gone back?”

Moon Scar waved his finger, “That might not be the case. That woman cares a lot about you. She would definitely wait for you until you come out, and I’m completely certain about this as an observer.

That woman must still be in the Old World.

Either she’s already dead,

or like us, when approached by a duke, she must have been seen as valuable by some power in the Old World.”

Yi Chen wasn’t particularly worried, “Although Jin is crazy, she also cherishes her own life… With her talent and the mysterious illness of the Red Lotus, being eyed by some big shot in the Old World is plausible.

By the way, how long has it passed?”

“We have been wandering the Old World for a week, and you’ve been unconscious for ten days after coming out.”

“Damn! It’s been seventeen days already?”

The planned day-long expedition in the Old World had turned into half a month, making him suspect that Zion might even declare him missing or dead.

At that moment,

Lorrian closed his book, stood up, and walked towards the floor-to-ceiling windows behind him, gazing at the round moon outside.

“William, after you fully recover, do you want to go ‘to the moon’ with me?”

“Let’s talk about that later, I still need to rely on Zion for growth, skills, and obtaining the ‘Gentleman’s Skin.’

To wander freely in such a world, I must at least reach the standard of Zion, that is, the standard of a Watcher.”

Unlike their first meeting, Lorrian was not insistent this time.

“Then let’s wait for you to continue growing, after all, obtaining ‘novels’ still depends on you… You are indeed too weak, following me wouldn’t be very interesting.”

“Where do you plan to go? Continue wandering among different human cities to absorb the essence of medical skills?”

“No… I have already obtained the ‘Path’ from the duke, and now I am going to some more dangerous areas on my own, attempting to defeat and assimilate some powerful pathogens, deepen the connection with the source of Pathological changes, and strive to reach a higher level.

Also, I will collect some valuable treasures along the way, hoping to exchange them for valuable moonlight treasures from the duke soon.”

“Alright, good luck.”

After getting the answers he needed from Moon Scar, Yi Chen did not stay longer, planning to do some rehabilitation exercises with the help of a female doctor or nurse to get discharged from the hospital sooner.

Just as he was about to leave the office,

the voice of Moon Scar came from behind: “Your human settlements may not be as safe as you imagine. If one day a major issue arises, or a danger specifically targeting you emerges,

if you find yourself cornered, you could try looking up at the moon.”

Yi Chen raised his right arm behind him, making an ‘OK’ gesture.