Acereth and I walked on the road back to the Grand Canyon.

Although Acereth didn't say anything about flying again, judging from its pale face, it should have refused in her heart. Considering that the return was not as urgent as it had been, and that I was curious about the goatmen being able to capture the fortress, I finally decided to return to the canyon on foot.

Ace Rose kept looking back, he must have been worried about his brother and the goats. After all, there is a high probability that they will die, and watching them run to their deaths without being able to stop them is undoubtedly a torment for Aceress inside. It must have wanted to fight alongside them, and the reason why it didn't make that choice was because it had sworn allegiance to me.

"So, let's go and see the city." I was tempted to say something to comfort Aceres, but after thinking about it for a long time, I used this instead, because Aceress may have been dissatisfied with the fact that I didn't show my strength in front of the goatmen to force them to obey, but watched them die. Of course, this is just my personal speculation, I don't know what Ace Rose really thinks in his heart, and I don't have the ability to read minds like mind reading in my magic.

"All right, Master Kilgaru," Aceles replied respectfully to my offer, barely squeezing out a smile, but the depression in its feeble voice could still be heard.

Entering the city through the open gates, I was amazed by what I saw.

Damaged and collapsed houses, traces of fierce battles, rivers of blood, and piles of corpses fit the picture of a captured city...... None at all!

On the contrary, the facilities in the city are intact, and the occasional damage can be seen to be caused by disrepair, there are no corpses on the roads, and there are even some people walking around, their clothes look good but they are quite ill-fitting, and their emaciated faces, messy hair, and mud-stained cheeks form a strong contrast, giving people the impression that they have stolen the clothes of a large family and put them on their bodies.

They rummaged through the unattended stalls on the streets, and walked in and out of the surrounding houses at will, and even when they saw me and Aceles passing by, they didn't panic and run away, but just looked at us with a look similar to that of a stranger passing by, and then consciously made way for us.

Isn't it true that ordinary humans should be frightened when they see monsters, but the sight in front of me subverts my stereotype. As I pondered the unusual situation, I heard the sound of hurried footsteps, followed by the vigilant sound of Acereth raising his blade and the sound of childish screams.

I looked at the source of the sound, it was a little boy no more than ten years old, he was lying on the ground looking at us with a frightened face, instinctively moving his body backwards with his hands, and behind him was a dark alley. I could roughly understand what had just happened, the boy must have just run out of the alley, and then fell to the ground in a frightening fit of Aceles, as evidenced by the obvious abrasion marks on his right knee and knee as evidenced.

I raised my hand to signal Acereth to lower his weapon and slowly crouched down in front of the child. Everyone around them looked at this side, let out a faint sigh, and a few people covered their eyes, as if something terrible was about to happen. Hey, hey, you're not going to think I'm a man-eating monster, I'm ...... Well, I'll admit that I don't look very nice.

Although I was unhappy with the reactions of the people around me, I still didn't take it to heart. I held out my withered fingers like devil's claws to the boy.

"Don't, don't come here, help, help! Nina! Nina! The boy waved his hands and screamed hysterically, who was the Nina he called? But that doesn't matter.

Then I used magic to heal the abrasions on the child's feet.

My actions apparently surprised everyone present, and there was a cry of "What's going on?" all around. "What did that monster do?" The expression on the boy's face changed from fear to surprise.

"Okay, that's fine, be careful in the future." I stroked the boy's hair and smiled inwardly in a friendly smile, even though he couldn't see it. I've gotten used to this body these days, and sometimes I even find it quite convenient, but one of the only two things that bothers me is that I can't make expressions, so I don't always feel like people can understand what I mean. The other thing is, ahem, I'm really embarrassed to say it, that is, I can't communicate well with girls. What the? You say I can talk well, why can't I communicate? Well, when I say communication, I don't just mean talking, but also understanding on a deeper level. What the? You don't really understand? Don't pretend to be pure for me, bastard!

Ahem, I accidentally got excited again, it seems to be far away, let's get back to the point.

"Thanks, thanks......" The boy rolled his eyes, as if trying to think about what to call me, before a "...... popped out of his mouth You. ”

"Let him go, you monster!" A voice mixed with fear and anger shot like a sharp arrow, and with it "flew" a thin young man with a hat, who jumped in this direction with a wooden stick in his hand.

Of course there was no way his stick could have hit me, and Aceles' fist had already hit him in the abdomen before he came to me. Fortunately, Ace Race also had mercy and didn't use much strength, so at this moment, the boy just fell to his knees holding his stomach instead of killing him on the spot.

Although he didn't use much strength, for an ordinary human who had not been trained, this punch was enough for him. The boy kept making a sound similar to vomiting because of the pain, but at this moment he still did not forget to crawl towards the child in front of him.

The wind blowing from the depths of the alley blew off the boy's hat, but from behind the hat was a long glittering blonde hair, and it was only then that I noticed that the boy was not a boy at all, but a young girl.

"Don't be afraid, Kilo, don't be afraid," the girl hugged the boy, and the boy's name was Kilo. The girl looked up at me with the fearlessness of a generous death, and for a moment she seemed to have forgotten that she was just an older child.

Indeed, from my current angle, I can see the slightly bulging pink behind her wide round neck, ahem, I didn't mean to, I just happened to see it! So now if you look closely, the girl's facial features are quite exquisite, the straight nose bridge, the eyes are as bright as jewels, the slightly upturned lips are also quite good-looking, and with a bright blonde hair, it is estimated that she will grow into a beautiful woman who makes men fight to the death in a few years.

"Nina, I'm fine, I accidentally broke my knee just now, it's this monster...... Your Excellency healed my injuries," Kilo's words pulled me back from my distant imagination.

"That's true." I looked at the girl and nodded.

The girl was first frightened at me talking, and then said in a tone of alarm that resembled questioning, "You shouldn't help us for no reason, if you can speak, then you must be a demon, right?" ”

"Demons? Ah, your eyesight is not bad," it was undoubtedly a shortcut for me, who was not good at explaining, to follow the girl's words, "Then I do have something to ask you." ”

The girl hugged the boy in her arms tightly, swallowed heavily, and stared at me.

"I want to know what's going on in the city."

"Huh? That's it? ”

"Ah, that's it."

"Nothing else? For example, we want to give you our soul or something. ”

"This ...... I don't think I need your souls. ”

The hallucination of the total feeling showed a hint of disappointment in the girl's eyes.

After the girl's explanation, it turned out that the city did not resist the attack of the goats at all, and the lord fled with his property before the goatmen arrived, and the people in the city who had a little money also fled, leaving only them, the poor people who had nowhere to go. I thought I was going to die, but I didn't expect the monsters to do no harm to them after entering the city, but they just stayed in the city for a while and left.

I see, no wonder the goatmen were able to capture such an impregnable city. However, to be able to let go of those who have no ability to resist, Kerrys, a goat-man, still has a warrior's spirit.

"Then this will be your reward for answering my question." I placed a small purse in the girl's hand, the same spoils that Acereth had harvested from the four dead humans.

"This, is this really for us? Thank you, thank you! The girl took the money bag I handed out, looked at it, and let out a cry of excitement.

Judging from the way she was so happy, it must have been a lot of money, ah, I always felt a little regretful, I divided the coins I had received from those four men into ten parts, and this little money bag was also one of them.

It seems that you still have to figure out the value of the coins in this world first, but since you give it, you can't get it back, and it's not very appropriate to ask the value of the two children's coins, which may cause a bad impression of "it turns out that this guy doesn't even know this", in short, let's do it first.

"So, Aceres, let's go."

I conveyed the words of departure to Assles, but received no response, and I turned to look at Assles, only to find that Assles was looking at the two human children in a daze.

"Acereth."

"Ah, I'm so sorry, Lord Kilgaru."

"Is there something wrong?"

"Ah, no, I just saw the actions of these two human children, and remembered that when I was a child, when I met a horned ox, Kerryth went out of his way to save me."

The corners of Aceres's mouth lifted slightly as she remembered the warmth of her childhood, and then her eyes became determined.

"Lord Kirgaru, while this request may be a bit selfish and may make you angry, I still want to ask you to let me help Kryth and fight with it."

"However, you should know that you goatmen have no advantage on the plains, and the next battle will probably be quite difficult."

"That's why I'm going to save it, just as it saved me then."

"Ah, although I want to dissuade you, but if I don't let you go, I'm afraid it will make you regret it for the rest of your life, so, I understand, you go, it's just that if you encounter danger this time, I won't come to save you."

"I understand, Lord Kilgaru, thank you so much!"

Ace Rose bowed deeply to the skeleton, then turned and ran out of the city.

"Ah, this is nerve-wracking, what should I do, I can't really let it die." I scratched my smooth skull and furrowed my non-existent eyebrows.