My name is Akatosh,

I kind of guessed what was going on.

—4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 2nd, 18:29 —

The gravel-paved southward road from Loristed bypasses the spur of the Chillfall Mountains and forks near Lake Irintana, with the left-turning Along the Lake Road leading to the city of Vercles after passing a watchtower, and the straight turnoff leading to the capital province of Cellodil in the south, which is eventually cut off by a fortress that acts as a pass in the mountains.

To get to the goal of the Brothers-in-Arms' trip, the Villa of the Witches of Green Jasmine, you need to step on the forest path that turns right and look near the foot of the mountain, after all, the specific information about there is very vague due to its age, and it is impossible to determine whether the so-called "villa" is a cave, a ruin, or a house.

"It's very close to our destination," Ella said, looking at the signboard standing at the fork in the road, "and now it's time to decide whether to go straight or wait for Arthur to come and meet." ”

Arthur ...... Who is it? Sindin wrapped herself tightly in her tattered mage robes, and a shivering voice came from under her hood.

"A comrade-in-arms, who was on another mission before." Ella glanced at him.

She really couldn't understand the wild werewolf's thoughts, since she had tried to hurt Ria or Lavisia in a state of loss of control, then she would apologize honestly, and get along with her previous attitude after getting forgiven.

Now it is good, the little girl made it clear that he didn't care, but he looked like he owed a lot and had to make up for it with all his might, and when he was in a hurry during the day, he took care of it whether he needed it or not, plus the hooded robe on his body to prevent it from being recognized by the people of Phocles......

Ella felt that if the two of them didn't know her, she might beat Sindin out of a bad first impression.

Now, though, he seemed to be cringinge, as if he was fearing something?

"If, if I get out of control, stop me right now without hesitation." The sun was about to set, and the colors of blue and orange faded perfectly near the horizon, but when Sindin looked in that direction, it was as if he saw something terrible.

A transformation that is bound to get out of control? Ella glanced at Sindin's right hand suspiciously, the ring he was wearing [Helsin's Ring] was indeed a bit strange, it couldn't be removed from his hand at all, and he could faintly feel the breath of a beast from it, but this level of magic jewelry, even if it could transform people into werewolves, it was not qualified to be named a demon god.

"Is it okay to kill it?" Ladia asked with one look at him.

"Uh, please try not to do that." Sindin seemed to shudder with murderous aura.

"Sister Ladia is joking with you~, right?" Ria spoke comfortingly, asking Ladia for confirmation, and the baron's guard just nodded casually.

Oh, Ella thought boredly, this promise was completely useless, and she would not hesitate to do so if she needed to...... Well, shoot that werewolf to death with a shield?

——18:46——

"Do you have to go at night?" After walking down the path into the woods, Sindin began to cringe as the sunlight completely disappeared, and subconsciously moved away from Ria and approached Lydia, who had been hit all over.

"According to the records, the ravens don't usually haunt during the day," Ella, who walked through the forest and grass, glancing at him, "and even if we can find a place, we will have to wait until dark." ”

This guy is still worried that he will hurt someone? If it weren't necessary, Ella even planned to make Ria transform and compare his claws to sharper than his.

"I really don't know what you're going to do with those crows and ghost wives, they're all untrustworthy profiteers." Sindin muttered.

Why does it sound like he's been fooled?

"Hehehe~ I can't pretend that I didn't hear this sentence~" Before Ella was about to say anything, a strange woman's voice sounded on the side of the team, and the three of them immediately formed a defensive formation to protect Ria in the center.

"Who should I be~ It turned out to be the puppy who ran away from the debt~" With a series of strange words that give people a series of different feelings at the same time, such as pure, charming, hoarse, and cold, a female figure appeared in front of everyone.

This...... With Ella's knowledge, she couldn't help but take half a step back.

According to Krako Whitemane, the Raven Ghost Woman is a strange creature with hands replaced by wings and eagle claws on its legs, so Ella has been guessing that they are "birds with human heads......

Sure enough, there is something wrong with the old man's aesthetics! No wonder a lot of people can't find a wife!

When this "crow ghost woman" appeared, Ella also thought that she had seen a certain noble lady at the lord's banquet, with a white close-fitting gauze skirt, a long and fluffy back hem, and a hair ornament with white gauze hanging down, the whole looked like the kind of dress that could only be worn at the banquet, it was easy to get dirty, and it was flashy.

After calming down a little, Ella realized that the "gauze skirt", "back hem", and "bundle of hair" were all composed of large white feathers—she had actually woven a beautiful dress from her own feathers.

The so-called wings instead of hands is also nonsense, this woman has normal human hands, but on the back of the forearms grow a large feather like wings, forming a shape similar to the sleeves of a dress, which is just right for the "dress" on her body.

The only place Krako was right was her feet, the woman's feathers weren't enough to cover her entire body, and her white legs could be seen showing dull yellow skin from below the knees, darker the color as they went down, but just when Ella thought she would see a pair of raptor's claws, she saw a pair of strange "shoes" with sharp high roots.

"How's that~ Isn't it pretty?" The woman smiled at the huntress, and Ella realized that she was not inferior to the real ladies even in appearance.

"Uh, doesn't it hurt?" Ella pointed to her "shoes", which looked like leather boots overall, but they were supposed to be twisted from their claws.

"Hmm~It's okay~" The woman replied as she looked at Sindin, "At least that way you won't be casually called a 'monster'~"

"Don't take her word for it!" Sindin exclaimed, "The more beautiful a woman is, the more she can deceive!" ”

Glare-

At this moment, not only the "crow ghost woman", but also Ella, Lydia, and even Ria all turned their heads and glared at him.

"I mean—the crow ghost doesn't look like this, she dresses herself up like this to deceive people better!" Sindin took a few steps back in fright before continuing.

"Well, did you lie to him? This ...... 'witch'? Ella felt that it was inappropriate to call each other the crow ghost woman, so she took two words from the destination of the trip, "Grimm Jasmine Witch Villa".

"Although we used to be 'witches', our current form is called 'Harpies' by Lord Helsing~" She replied, "You can call me 'Avina'~"

"Okay, Avina, I'm Ella." The Huntress nodded.

"I know what you're here for, Ella, Ladia, and ...... Lavisia~" Avina nodded and smiled, and then looked at Sindin, who was on guard: "He's a werewolf, I guess you all know it~"

"He found us~ wanted to remove the werewolf bloodline, but he couldn't afford to pay the price~ so he chose a method that could no longer be 'uncontrolled transformation'~"

"Liar! I'm still going to transform uncontrollably when I wear that ring! Sindin heard it clearly, even though it was far away, so he retorted loudly.

"We succeeded in making him change from 'uncontrolled transformation' to 'being controlled by Lord Helsing', but he seemed to be very dissatisfied~" Avina spread her hands: "One hundred and twenty gold coins to buy a ring is already very cheap~"

"Isn't that worse?!" Sindin's voice grew louder and louder, but the distance grew farther and farther, as if he was ready to flee if something was wrong.

"Hmm......" Ella frowned and looked at Ria beside her.

In this way, Sindin's sudden transformation and attack on her was not an accident, but the Demon God of the Hunt consciously wanted to kill Riya...... But why is that? Because can she easily transform into a werewolf? But that's even more wrong, although the Demon God's actions can't be logically deduced, but at least there should be a purpose, what does he want to do by killing a potentially powerful believer for no reason? If you don't believe in Him, even death won't take away your soul.

As a werewolf who can control herself, Ella is completely unable to understand Sindin's predicament, so she has to put the topic aside for the time being, and ask Avina about the original purpose of coming here.

"Completely remove the werewolf bloodline?" Avina thought for a while, plucked a feather from her arm and walked up to Ella and began to shake it: "Well, you try not to move~"

"Huh? Ay? Ella stood still, but as Avina's feathers swayed, she felt something in her body dangling with her.

Laugh at...... Boom –

A fire rose in Avina's palm, burning the feather to ashes, and Ella felt "that thing" lunge forward, nearly knocking herself down.

"That's the 'wolf soul' in the bloodline," Avina clapped her hands, "as long as enough Hippogriff feathers are burned, they will be attracted and jump out of the bloodline, and then you can just kill it with your own hands." ”

"Hands?" Ella frowned, the others were okay to say, how did Ria kill a wolf soul? If the power you felt before came from the wolf soul, it was not something that one person could easily deal with.

"It's okay to help, but I'll leave it to her at the last time~" Avina explained.

"What! Lavisia too? When! Sindin shouted again.

It's better for him to transform early to knock us out......

"So, how many feathers do you need, and what does it cost?" Ella asked the most important question.

"All, girl," Avina sighed, "you'll need to pay a huge sum of money enough for a Harpy Witch to be willing to pluck all her feathers and turn back into a mortal for it—every time." ”

"Kill it faster—poof!" In the middle of his sentence, Sindin was blown away by a whirlwind and slammed into the trunk of a tree behind him.

"You can try it~" Avina slowly rose into the air, and countless sharp wind blades began to converge around her.