By the time several fighters came out of the bathhouse, it was already time for dinner. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info they dried their bodies and changed into the clothes of the locals. Walking through the corridor, Sulfona and the others came to a spacious hall. The table looked like it was made from a whole tree split and felt unusually heavy. It was covered with a pale yellow tablecloth, and the tablecloth was topped with all kinds of delicacies. There is very little prey in winter, so the food is mainly pickled products. In the center of the dining table is a large pot of steaming soup, which looks very pleasant. In the snowy weather, this is probably the most tempting dish. Several of the warriors had been hungry for a long time, and they hadn't eaten at the table for a long time.

Clement's father was a somewhat fat middle-aged man with eyes as sharp as his son's. The servants behind him kept bringing dishes to the table, and he extended his hand to welcome the warriors to eat. The warriors sat in turn in the guest seats, the mayor of the town in the side-hand seat, and Clement stood behind his father with his head bowed. The young man glanced at a few warriors and lowered his head, looking rather reserved. Sulfona was a little surprised, it seemed that Clement was not qualified to sit down and dine together. What puzzled her even more was that the seat in the middle of the table was still empty.

Just as Sulfona was wondering, the door to the restaurant opened again. A chill rushed into the city, sweeping away the smell of vegetables and water vapor floating in the air. Several warriors in white cloaks walked in. They skillfully took off their cloaks, and naturally a few servants took them behind them. The warrior at the head shook her dazzling blonde hair and shook off the hoarfrost that had been stained on it. She has a face like a knife and an axe, and her golden pupils don't look angry. Seeing her coming, Mayor Mare and Clement both stood up to greet her. They whispered a few times, and the mayor and his son took off. With a blank smile on her face, the new warrior strode to the middle seat and sat down. Several of the warriors behind her also sat down.

Not quite in keeping with the towns on this side, these warriors held their heads high.

"Hello, my juniors, welcome to Ojos. My name is Van Lenttina and I am ranked No.13 in the organization. The few people around me are Dominica and Natalie, and they are also your seniors. ”

Dominica, a girl with short blond hair, smiled at the back, revealing a faint dimple. Among the warriors, there are not many girls with such sweet smiles. She also wore a warrior's uniform, but with an embroidered scarf around her shoulders. The scarf looked delicate and reflected Dominica's beauty. Natalie looks more boyish. Her dominant hand was covered with a bracelet made of wolf teeth, and she looked wild. Of the several resident fighters, she is the tallest. But Natalie often slumped over her body, with a bit of a ruffian.

There was silence at the dinner table, and the others were a little stunned. They had thought about coming into contact with the warriors of the Northland, but they hadn't imagined that it would be in such a scenario. There were no dilapidated huts, campfires swaying in the snow, strips of cloth to tie wounds. This meeting between the warriors was at a bright table, almost like a meeting of the nobility. The warriors of the Northland also seemed to be alive and well, and people did not feel the tragedy of the war in the north at all.

"Why are you all stunned and don't you introduce yourself?"

Only then did Sulfura and the others react.

"I'm Sulfona, the new No.39. ”

"I'm Jacelyn, No.32. This kid next to me is Doris, No.37. ”

The smile on Van Rentina's lips grew even thicker, and she stared at Doris carefully.

"Is your name Doris?"

Doris still didn't have any expression on her face, she shrunk her neck slightly, and nodded. Van Lentina looked at her for a while, then picked up the glass next to the table and shook the contents of the wine.

"It looks like a wounded kitten. Very well, you don't mind if I tell someone your name. Doris ......," said Van Lentina, "do you remember the mayor's son?" he had just asked me to ask you what your name was. ”

For a moment, the faces of the others were a little weird. Doris herself didn't say anything, just lowered her head slightly. Jaslin shrugged, then leaned back in his chair.

"What is this? Want to soak her?"

"Perhaps?" said Van Rentina, shrugging her shoulders, "the young man's thing, it's not surprising. Clement is a nice lad. There are not many people who were born into a wealthy family but still work hard. The twin goddesses have been gone for too long, and people's hearts are gradually returning to chaos. The continent began to become chaotic, and people began to become more terrible than demons......"

"But...... That's impossible, right. Jaslin said with a frown.

"What can't be?"

"It's Doris and Clement. Doris is a warrior!" Jaslin put down the spoon in her hand heavily, "She's a warrior, there's no way she's going to get married." She couldn't have children, she didn't get results. This kind of thing...... This is an insult to a warrior! We don't put a big sword on our backs to sew clothes for men!"

"Don't get excited, my junior. There has been no reaction yet. "Yes, she is a warrior, but she is also a woman—isn't she?

"But ......"

Jaslin said, glancing at Doris's abdomen. It doesn't have normal human organs, but disgusting demon flesh and ugly scars. No matter how disguised it is, the characteristics of this warrior cannot be erased.

"Clement understands what a warrior is, and he knows a lot more than you think. He was okay with having no heirs, and he had several brothers who could inherit the family business. He also had his own business, mining wood on the other side of town. The business, which started at the beginning of last year, is now booming. In a while, he should bring you their blackthorn wine to taste. Van Lentina smiled wonderfully, "He's ready to start, please understand that." Besides, what's the bad thing about staying here? The people here are friendly to the warriors. No discrimination, no prejudice. If you want to be stationed in the Northlands, the Order is more than welcome. ”

“……”

Jaslin couldn't say anything for a moment, but she still frowned. She has an almost paranoid understanding of warriors. When Jaslin was a trainee, she dreamed of Virginia. She thinks that only someone like Virginia can be considered a warrior. She prayed that she would follow Virginia, but Jaslin was unable to inherit Virginia's powers. On the contrary, Doris, who inherited the power of Virginia, is going to marry an ordinary person. This is something that Justlin will never be able to accept.

"I feel strange about another point. Sulfona, who had not spoken, spoke, "Why do the people here respect the warriors so much?" I think - you think this is like your home. I don't understand. ”

"Because our fighters can protect them. "In the south, warriors have to travel between several villages. It may take a year to pass through a village repeatedly. In this way, ordinary people have no intuitive grasp of the power of warriors. Knowing that we have far more power than humans, they don't respect us - that's not right!"

"However, the precepts of the organization stipulate that we must not harm ordinary people. "And people know it." ”

"When you're standing on the edge of a cliff, do you feel scared?" Van Lenttina asked rhetorically, "and you stand on the edge of a cliff and you know that as long as you don't move, you won't fall." Cliffs won't hurt you, but you'll still be afraid of them. Fear doesn't need to really inflict harm. As long as the experience is shown and they understand power, human beings will naturally feel fear. ”

"You're intimidating them?" Thona frowned.

"I'm not going to do something stupid. Intimidation can always bring only temporary obedience, but it cannot win lasting respect. When the warriors finished slaying the demons that threatened the village, even the most disgusted villagers would not immediately spit out evil words. At the end of the day, they are the saved side. And I—" Van Lenttina took a sip of the golden liquid from her glass, "but it prolonged the time. ”

"I see. Actually, you're staying in this town all the time, aren't you? The people in the town don't know when the demons will come back, and they need you to feel safe. You will threaten these villagers that if they don't obey you, you won't help them destroy the demons......"

Van Lentina didn't care about Sulfona's accusations and speculations. She smiled.

"Junior, you are very smart. But it doesn't have to be that much trouble. The people here will like warriors only because of a little. "Because of our ugly, silvery eyes." These eyes can distinguish demons and can know who is human and who is not. People are not so much afraid of the power of demons as they are afraid of someone familiar with them suddenly slicing open their stomachs. As long as I'm in town, they'll be able to sleep peacefully. That's what it's meant that I've been in Abis Village. ”

Sulfona was silent. She has been concerned about the physical safety of human beings, but not the mental pain. Even if you can't kill a demon, a person who can see through the demon's disguise can give people a great encouragement. Sulfona somewhat understood why the townspeople liked warriors.