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Danica was not at all afraid, did not look away, did not even blink her eyes, and stared at Norman quietly.

“…… You. ”

"Hmph, it's not my style to waste time on an ugly girl. It's ugly, next time, it's better not to be in my sight, or ......"

Norman reached over and, slowly, grabbed her by the neck.

After making such a threatening gesture, he immediately let go, turned around as if he wanted to leave here as soon as possible, and walked away quickly, and his figure disappeared in a short time.

"Hoo ......"

Danica breathed a sigh of relief, just now, she was nervous to death.

Touched his neck, if he had exerted himself just now, then he ...... Of course, Magoria is not stupid, what kind of place is this? The events she experienced as a child made her subconsciously want to stay away from this person.

During her childhood, she was locked up twice by the Magria, in a small, dark and cramped room, as if she were being confined to herself, where no one heard her voice and no one came. There, she was tortured a lot, with all kinds of vicious words, and the scars left by being beaten. Then, the lucky one was found and recuperated from the injury for more than a week. Dawn didn't know what to do, so he broke into the palace with Vance and poked the matter out in front of all the nobles and the old emperor, so that Magoria's behavior was reined in.

It's just that there has never been a good face when they met after that.

After putting her hand down, Danica wiped the sweat from the back of her neck.

"It's a lie to say that you're not scared at all......"

"If it weren't for Dawn. ”

Dawn has been encouraging her, working with everyone to help her come out of that shadow, from the terrible shadow of Norman Magria, and return to normal.

"It's really thanks to all of you. ”

Now, the last thing she lacks is courage.

"Very good!" Danica patted her face, "Maglia didn't embarrass me too much this time, no matter what he thinks in his heart, from now on, he shouldn't bully and look down on me casually." ”

The hand slowly stroked the bright red palm print left by the slap just now.

"This palm should be worth it, right?"

"It's still painful, hurry up and go back and rub some medicine!"

*******

"I'm back. ”

After returning to the hotel, it was inevitable that she would be questioned, Danica stuck out her tongue and explained casually that she had a holiday with a certain nobleman, but it didn't matter, and it would be fine soon to apply some medicine.

"Really, it's just scary. ”

Danica didn't want Vance to worry too much.

Although there was a lot of sight and some trouble on the way back, it was not Danica's concern.

"Danica, you look miserable now, and I, Path, have had a miserable day, so please forgive me and Vance, don't restrict my freedom any longer, I haven't drunk a drop of water in a day, and I'll probably die of thirst if I continue like this." ”

"Shut up, you wouldn't have said so much if you were really thirsty. ”

Glaring at Path, Danica turned her gaze to Vance.

"Any progress today?"

"The merchant ......," he glanced at Pass, who said slowly, "Strange death, rest assured, Passe will not be suspected." ”

"Sounds complicated, Path, haven't you really done anything, and if you have something else to hide, do you want to keep you locked up for another week?"

"How is that possible! I, Paz, swear to the gods of the four directions that nothing else has anything to do with me except picking up those two gold chains, and I have only known the merchant for a few days!"

Danica sighed, "To be honest, I also want to make money, the more the better, but we can't have this kind of thing that doesn't belong to us." What I ask you to help me with is to find some business opportunities that are suitable for the development of the mountain town, rather than opportunistically staring at some nobleman or merchant......"

She took a few steps forward and walked towards Path.

"Do you understand?"

With his hands on his waist, he asked repeatedly.

"Do you understand? Path? I'm very serious, quite serious, very serious, very serious. ”

"I see! I see, Vance has a look in his eyes that looks like he's going to kill!"

"Next time, I won't have to deal with you first without Vance's action. ”

"You actually learned to say this kind of intimidation? Tell me quickly! Danica, where did you learn it! I didn't expect you to actually be!"

"I'm annoyed, don't take the opportunity to change the topic!"

Thus, the incident of Paz and the merchant dying on the side of the road inexplicably came to an end.

But is it really that simple?

Watching Danica and Paz continue to argue, Vance showed a solemn expression.

******

In the evening, Vance went to the tavern he had been to again.

"How's it going?"

Once he sat down, Vance asked the person sitting next to him.

These days, he is in the same position, on the left side of the bar, and he comes early every time.

"I'm sorry for you, Path. ”

"It's nothing, I'm bothering you. The person sitting next to him shook his glass, "It's just that I didn't expect it to be so coincidental, and the people around you will be rolled up." ”

"What about the merchants?"

"Then I'm going to give you the not-so-good news that the merchant, as you might have guessed, has been possessed by the sigil. ”

"What about the others?"

He picked up his glass and took a sip, "I've arranged for someone to keep an eye on everyone who has been in contact with the merchants, so don't worry too much." Now the trouble is that we have absolutely no idea how the imprint spreads, and it is completely defenseless for ordinary people. ”

"Probably contact is just one of the ways, and even among the people who come into contact, not all of them will be infected. Rarely, Vance said a long sentence unexpectedly, it was thirty years ago, but the memory is as clear as yesterday's happening.

"After experiencing that once, for some reason, even the end was the same, and it disappeared inexplicably. ”

"It's really weird......"

Seeing that the cup was empty, he said, "Let's go, and continue on the round." ”

Thirty years ago, the chief knight of the Xuanwu Temple received a message from the temple branch in a remote town, and the first news was that there had been an inexplicable death in that town, and the temple branch there began to investigate and strengthen patrols.

A week later, the chief knight received another message from that place, the investigation was still inconclusive, and the knights and priests stationed there had a strange illness, and even the healing magic was helpless, so they asked for support from the temple headquarters.

At that time, the chief knight thought that this matter was not quite right, and discussed with the high priest and the chief priest, and sent several excellent subordinates to investigate in Kozato, two priests, a knight and a shaman. When they got there, the four of them found that their companions stationed in the branch were inexplicably asleep and couldn't wake up.

The situation of the other residents of the town, the city lord told them that several people had disappeared, suspected that it was the work of the wanted mage on the wanted list, and contacted the Magic Guild, and the mage of the Magic Guild said that it was not his area of expertise, so there was no way.

Therefore, the city lord could only pin his hopes on a few of them.

After some investigation, they found that the people who were targeted would have a mark on their bodies, and even the companions of the branch had become the target of targeting, but the situation of the companions of the branch was different from those who died inexplicably, but they fell into a deep sleep.

There is probably only one explanation, the result of their special protection by the gods of the four directions.

But why do some people disappear and others ......

They set up a plan to borrow the hand of the city lord to let all the people with the mark gather together for protection, so that the mastermind behind the scenes will probably not be able to hold back.

"I really don't understand, I obviously cast high-level healing magic, why won't the mark disappear?"

There is no cure for a disease that magic can't deal with, unless the cause is not the disease.

At that time, the priest complained to his companions that everyone was anxious, and the situation would be more dangerous if it was delayed.

It was not clear whether the purpose of the prisoners and whether this plan to concentrate on protection would succeed was still a rather uncertain plan at the time.

After that, the few of them stayed with the people who had been protected, and within a day, one of them had the mark on his body, much to the other three's uneasiness. The development that followed was somewhat unexpected, and when I was worried about whether the priest would fall into a deep sleep like his fellow members of the branch, the town was on fire at this time.

Everyone was busy saving people, and so was the priest, who broke into the fire and rescued the others. As a result, thankfully, most of the people were rescued, and sadly, the priest ran out of magic when saving people, and he was still a little away from the door, but he didn't survive.

The knight tried to rush in to save them, and the shaman standing behind him tried to help as well, but stopped him in time before the knight could rush in, because the house had already burned down.

The knights and shamans were in pain, and then there was another thing that made them suffer, and the priest who had helped to save people in another place was also sacrificed......

Whether it was the sigil incident or the disappearance, it all disappeared without a trace with this strange fire, some of the missing people returned, the comrades of the branch also woke up, and most importantly, the imprint on the people who were protected also disappeared.

It seems to be a good result, and the lord of the castle is very grateful to them.

But, only they know, this is the end of the matter, there is no reason, they do not know anything, they cannot find anything, the matter is over, it is silent, and their companions cannot come back, forever ......

When he returned to the headquarters and faced the high priest with this sad news, the knight felt that he could no longer stay in the headquarters, so he proposed to the chief knight to leave.

They were all excellent, and before they set out to investigate the sigil incident, they were put in high hopes as candidates for the next knight chief shamana or high priest.

The knight at that time was now Vance.

The people of Mountain City, including Daun, didn't know about it, and didn't know that Vance was once a knight of the temple.

After leaving the temple, Vance traveled to every corner of the Vogulet continent, and met Danica's father a few years later, but he didn't expect that in the end, he still couldn't let go of his relationship with the temple.

Unexpectedly, after a few decades, the imprint reappeared.

******

"Two days left, two days to go back!"

The next morning, Danica and Paz had breakfast in the dining room.

"Listen, we have two more days to go back, and you don't have to run around in those two days. ”

"Don't tell me in this kind of childlike tone, you can rest assured, I won't cause trouble, it's really enough, a mother's tone of talking to her son. Paz glanced at her with slanted eyes, "When will you wait until you have a child?" ”

"Pass!!"

"Blushing, angry, shy?"

"Say it again!"

"Wow, I'm still angry!" Paz moved back and pressed against the back of his chair as soon as he finished speaking, "No kidding, is your face okay?"

"It's okay, but the color becomes a little lighter after applying the medicine, it doesn't matter. ”

"Really, I'll go with you today, and if you're smacked by someone else, it's a good thing to have an extra mouth, right?"

"It's good that you stay in the inn, I won't say it myself, I'm used to this kind of thing, and Vance is not here, and I can't save you if you're in trouble in the palace." ”

"Well, at least let me get to the gate of the palace, if I don't do anything, Vance may blame me. ”

"Whatever, speaking of Vance, he's gone out early in the morning, I don't know if he's done, we'll be back in two days. ”

"I'm not too worried about Vance. ”

After breakfast, Paz accompanied Danica to the palace. Walking out of the inn, Paz gazed at the street and wondered what he would do for the next two days.

"Wow! I killed a mosquito, I hate summer mosquitoes the most. ”

Paz scratched his arm and slapped it quickly.

"Stop whining, let's go. ”

Danica gave him a blank look, and he was actually entangled in such a trivial matter.

"Got it!"

Dropping Danica off near the palace gate, Paz went back, and if he went straight back to the hotel, he was still too bored, so he wandered around.

"It's so boring to go shopping alone!"

Holding the back of his head, Paz decided that he might as well go back to the hotel and sleep, there was nothing to do.

On the way back to the inn, the people at the door of the inn, Paz was a little surprised, three people looked at the sign of the inn, looking at their outfits, they should be adventurers, right? Standing at the door, he muttered something, but Paz had a trace of envy in his heart.

"That's great, a real adventurer should be like that, and it's two so cute girls, and more importantly, they're aliens. While thinking so in his heart, he guessed the relationship between the three of them.

What is the relationship? There are very few aliens in Serbro, and it is already quite a good luck to meet one on the street once in a while, and now there are two at a time.

The envy in my heart added another point.

"Looks like it's supposed to be here. ”

"Yes Meow!"

"What are you doing standing here, meow, hurry up and meow!"

"After getting out of the carriage, hurry up, let me kick my breath, okay?"

"Meow, I'm sorry Meow, we're standing here in your way. ”

Lilil suddenly looked back, talking to someone.

Hima glanced back and nudged Samuel.

"Look at Meow, stop others from entering! Hurry up and go!"

"Tsk. ”

Paz glanced at them, walked into the inn, and passed them, but he didn't take a few steps and felt a sharp headache, shook his body a few times, and fell to the ground.

"Hey?!"

"Meow?!Meow??"

"What's going on?"

Someone suddenly fell in front of them, and they were surprised for a few seconds, and reacted to help.

"Are you alright? What's going on? Just say a word if you're okay, don't let us be misunderstood by others. ”

"Samuel, don't be too rude!"

"Huh, are you still paying attention to this at this time?"

"Don't make a noise at this time, let's ask the innkeeper's meow!"

Helping the man to find the innkeeper, the innkeeper had witnessed the scene as well as they did, and sent the man to the room where he was. The three of them came out and followed the innkeeper.

"The young man's physique is really bad now, thanks to you just now. ”

"It's okay meow, boss, we want to ask you about someone. ”

"Tell me, wait a minute, you're not here to seek revenge, are you......?"

For a moment, the innkeeper looked panicked.

"It's not meow!"

"We're adventurers' meows, and we've been asked to protect someone who lives in the inn, so I'm asking you!"

"We can ...... in the name of the gods of the four directions"

The human race believes in the four gods very much, as long as the four gods are brought out, it will be better than all tirades.

When the innkeeper heard the Quartet and did what Lilil thought, he immediately believed them and told them what they wanted.

"Then I'm relieved, in that case, you came here by coincidence. ”

The innkeeper told them that the person they were looking for was a regular customer of the inn and came almost every month, so they always kept a few rooms for them, although this time it was a little longer, and they were worried that keeping these rooms for them would affect their business, but they still came as usual.

"Qiao?"

"The kid you just helped is the person you're looking for, and he has two companions who went out early in the morning. ”