Chapter 981: Chapter 728: End-of-Life Caregiver
“When we reach the Kingdom of Gospel, you’ll be helping me manage the bodies, and then I’ll find you a part-time job cleaning death scenes. There aren’t many books in the Necromancy faction; we learn by practice, and handling bodies can quickly help you master the physiological traits of various races.”
Igula nodded repeatedly and asked, “Master, does cleaning death scenes help the Necromancy faction?”
Harvey thought seriously for a moment and shook his head, “No, it doesn’t help.”
The Beastman was taken aback, “Then why should I take the part-time job cleaning death scenes?”
“Hmm?” Harvey looked puzzled, “You’re asking why… Cleaning death scenes is fun.”
“Fun?”
“Yeah, with this part-time job, you can witness most death scenes. People who hang themselves will leak urine and feces along their legs due to gravity and incontinence, flooding the ground; drown victims will have a giant view, their bloated bodies are very moving; those who die in high temperatures for several days become a breeding ground for maggots; when you turn their heads, you see maggots and flies crawling out of their mouths, noses, eyes, that’s really… Wow…”
Harvey spoke with longing, even licking his lips, not sure what he was reminiscing about. However, he saw the Beastman with a very stern expression and asked, “Don’t you find this interesting?”
“Because you’re my master now, I don’t want to say anything too harsh,” Igula replied.
“But,” Harvey thought for a moment, “I became a necromancer from dealing with death scenes.”
“If it doesn’t help the Necromancy faction, we can skip it directly.”
“But, dealing with death scenes is very significant.” Harvey gave an example, “For instance, I once handled a murder case in a shared apartment where six were good friends, five were killed in the apartment, I cleaned everything up, even washed the blood splattered on the walls clean. The only survivor will definitely feel very safe seeing such a clean apartment.”
Will the survivor really live in that apartment?
Igula said, “Master, are you implying that I can learn to respect life and understand death by cleaning death scenes?”
Harvey was stunned and then nodded, “Yes, exactly, that’s what I meant.”
“Alright then.”
Igula gave Harvey a look and added, “It does sound somewhat interesting.”
“Exactly, exactly.” Harvey found the Beastman much more agreeable, “You have a lot of talent for the Necromancy faction, you’ll surely become one of Hagen Dazs’s disciples like me.”
At this moment, Harvey’s lower body regenerated, but only the right hand was restored, as Igula also had little magic power left.
“So are we going to the Kingdom of Gospel later?”
“Well, as the Empress of Gospel is Ash’s daughter,” Harvey said, “It’s the best place to settle down.”
The Beastman was stunned and asked after some thought, “Is the Empress the most powerful person in the country? Like the Great Skill in the Divine Era?”
“Exactly.”
“Is the Empress Ash’s daughter?”
“Exactly.”
“How did you end up in Senluo?” The Beastman asked sincerely.
“Ash somehow always triggers strange events, I’m used to traveling unexpectedly with them,” Harvey advised his only apprentice, “If you don’t want to die, stay away from Ash in the future.”
“But aren’t you Ash’s close friend?”
“I’m not afraid of death,” Harvey said, “The main reason I act with him is that I feel he can bring me a grand death.”
The Beastman began to regenerate his left hand and said, “And because traveling with Ash and Igula is enjoyable, right?”
“Though it’s called traveling, most of the time it’s fleeing, pursuing, hiding, even being enslaved, some crises always hang over us,” the Necromancer said, “However, it’s truly not boring. With them, even with a destination we never reach the end, because you never know when they’ll have a new idea.”
“But you don’t dislike it, right?”
“How could I dislike it?” Harvey chuckled, “I long for this kind of surprise-filled life battling against death. This time I didn’t die, perhaps next time.”
“Master, you should cherish your life more,” Igula said jokingly, “At least don’t die before teaching me everything.”
“If I really die, there’s no choice,” Harvey said casually, “When it’s time to die, die properly. Then, manage my corpse well; it will be your master, your textbook, and your tool.”
Igula knew he couldn’t persuade the Necromancer, he thought for a moment and said, “Master, do you know what position I held before at the Tribulation Fire Temple?”
“Weren’t you a bishop?”
“Bishop is a rank, not a position,” the Beastman said, “My position was End-of-Life Caregiver.”
Harvey was stunned, “End-of-Life Care?”
“Senluoians mostly live only up to 28 years, and when time is up, they quickly lose physiological functions in bed,” Igula said, “From losing the ability to work to dying takes about thirty days. Unless they commit suicide, these thirty days are incredibly painful for anyone.”
Harvey nodded, death is one matter, awaiting death to arrive thirty days later is another.
“The Tribulation Fire Temple doesn’t advocate suicide, so to help them embrace death peacefully, there’s the End-of-Life Caregiver position,” Igula pointed his thumb at himself, “Healing practitioners are all basically End-of-Life Caregivers; honestly, my end-of-life care service receives rave reviews!”
Harvey was a bit puzzled, “Even if someone gives a bad review, they die…”
“So if the Kingdom of Gospel has End-of-Life Caregivers, I highly recommend you to take a part-time job there, and even if they don’t, similar services can be developed,” the Beastman said, “I cherish life so much because I’ve seen too many people cling to life before death. After all, even ordinary people want to live so much, how can we mages easily give up?”
This made Harvey understand Igula’s intention, he thought for a moment and nodded, “I will become an End-of-Life Caregiver, and you take the part-time job cleaning death scenes.”
“Deal.” The Beastman extended his hand, “But our Tribulation Fire Temple’s end-of-life care is definitely most professional, we even have elegies for living people, I’ll teach you…”
Harvey reached out his hand, but suddenly a great tremor shook the world, his hand slapped empty space.
A huge rift suddenly appeared in the earth, coincidentally right at the edge where Igula stood. The Beastman reacted swiftly, unfolding his Void Wings, spreading his Holy Domain, and triggering the Miracle of Movement, he did everything he could, yet he still couldn’t escape the invisible torrent, inevitably being swept into the rift.