Chapter 68: The Demon King and Demolition
Green only stayed in the village of Lapula for two more days.
On the third day, the tavernkeeper wept and sent Green and Natalie out of the village with a pestilence expression.
"Tsk! It's stingy. Outside the village, Green couldn't help but pout, "Isn't it just a little bit more?" As for being so nervous? ”
"No, no, no, Green, you didn't just eat a little more. You're running out of Uncle Karui's stockpile! Natalie couldn't help but complain.
"Forget it. Let's go back to town. Green and Natalie grabbed their bags and began to head in the direction of Yod.
He hadn't gone far when a shadow flashed out of the corner of his eye, and he heard a soft sound in the bushes.
"What happened?" Natalie was on alert for a moment.
The sound came not far away. Natalie cautiously walked over and cracked through the bushes to find the body of a bobcat.
It was a large gray lynx, its head and body had been separated, red blood was scattered all over the ground, and it looked like it had just died.
"The wound was caused by a sharp blade." Natalie drew her weapon, looked around with a wary face, and shouted, "Anyone?" ”
Green blinked, looking at the shadow beneath his feet.
"Chikage, why did you strike again? Didn't we say yes? I'll deal with the enemies I can defeat, and you just need to inform me. Green asked quietly to his shadow.
With a slight fluctuation: "Master, that cat, it's very powerful." ”
What does this mean? How does it sound like I can't beat that cat!?
Chikage seemed to hear Green's heart, "That cat is amazing. If it strikes, it can damage you before you can activate the boost. ”
Hearing Qianying's explanation, Green raised his eyebrows: "...... Well, I see. ”
Green's basic attributes are not high, and the combat power evaluation of "Challenge Level 2" perfectly interprets Green's basic strength. If you don't have time to launch the enhancement, your combat effectiveness is no different from that of ordinary people.
Despite a few hiccups along the way, Green and Natalie made it back to Yoder City without any problems.
Walking on the streets of the city, the two finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's go, let's go to my house and rest first." Green invites Natalie to her house to rest.
Green walked to the door of his house, suddenly stopped, and couldn't help but wipe his glasses.
"This ...... This should be my home, right? Green looked around, then at his house with a hellish expression.
House...... It's gone!
Although it was originally just a dilapidated house, after some repairs by Green, it is generally sturdy. But after a trip out, Green found that his house was in ruins!
This damn is too, isn't it!?
"Could it be...... Lizar Rose dismantled? Green frowned slightly, and couldn't help but think of a certain black-haired witch.
Green once made an engagement with the black-haired witch Lizar Rose. After Sid, the thief, was dealt with, Lizaros taught Grimm about magic and allowed him to look through his collection of books, while Grimm's house was used as tuition. Later, Lizaros was imprisoned, and Green left Yoder City, so the matter was put on hold for the time being.
After thinking about it, Green walked into the tavern next door, intending to ask the tavernkeeper about the situation.
After purchasing a glass of inferior ale, the tavernkeeper quickly told Green what had happened earlier. What made Green depressed was that it wasn't Lizar Rose who demolished the house, but the church!
"Huh!? The church demolished my house? Green had the feeling of beeping the dog, "Why?" Why!? My mother's documents are complete, why should I forcibly demolish my house!? ”
"It's not 'forced demolition', it's 'purification'." The tavernkeeper corrected, "The church found out that your house was a monster, so it was purified. ”
"To purify is to turn a house into ruins?"
"Isn't that also a no-brainer?" The tavern owner glanced at Natalie, who was sitting not far away, lowered her voice, and whispered to Green, "It is said that during your absence, thieves visited your house every night, and no one came out alive. Later, a squad of guards went to your house to investigate, and only one escaped alive. As for what happened next, I think you can guess it. ”
Hearing the tavernkeeper's words, Green raised his eyebrows: "Tsk! ~”
"The security team has a message, I hope you can go to the security team when you come back." The tavernkeeper spread his hands and continued to wipe his glass.
"Tsk!" Green pouted unhappily, "I see." ”
Green walked towards Natalie with a wistful look on his face.
"I was going to invite you to stay at my house, but, as you can see, something has happened, so I'm going to go to the security team now." There was some residual thought in Green's heart.
Natalie: "I'll go with you." ”
"No, I don't. I now have to go to the inner city to find out the law, and then I have to meet a friend who has agreed to sell the house to her. I'll go to the vigilantes after that......" Greene paused, then turned back to the tavernkeeper, "Quillin, help this friend of mine open a room, and charge it to my account." ”
"No problem." The tavernkeeper nodded.
"You just stay here, I'll take care of it."
Once Natalie had settled in, Green left the tavern and hurried in the direction of the inner city.
Green made a beeline for the Civic Library in the inner city and began to check the local laws and regulations.
The Church of Mother Earth is the state religion of the Kingdom of Palomia, so there are two kinds of laws in the Kingdom of Palomya, one is the kingdom law and the other is the religious law. Kingdom laws were made by the nobility in great detail, but were largely unbinding on the nobility, while religious laws were directed at all believers, including the nobility.
Religious laws are crude and vague, and there are no detailed regulations, but the attitude towards evil creatures is very clear - whether devils, demons, or monsters, once discovered, they should be purified. In other words, the clerics demolished Green's house as a "legal act."
"There is only the purification of evil, and there is no explanation of reparations." After a quick look at the religious codes, Green began to look through the laws of the kingdom.
The laws of the kingdom are relatively detailed, but there is no clear explanation of the situation of "causing damage to the 'innocent' when purifying monsters", but it is clearly stated that it is the duty of all citizens to purify evil.
"Tsk! Imperfect laws. Green looked at the time, picked up the book, went to the counter to go through the rental procedures, and planned to go back to continue reading.
By the time Green left the library, it was already dark. Green found a random restaurant, ate some food, and went to the house of the witch Lizarrose.
Green and Lizar Rose had an agreement that Lizzo would teach Grimm about magic and allow him to look through his book collection, and Green's house would be used as tuition. Although a lot has happened since then, the agreement is still there, so Green needs to ask Lizar Rose what she means.
"Knock knock knock~" The door of Lizarrose's house had already been repaired, and Green knocked on the door of Lizarrose's house.
Clearing the door for Green was a slightly chubby, middle-aged maid. After explaining her intentions, the maid led Green into the living room.
"Please wait, Miss is experimenting in the workshop, and will be right away." The maid served Green a cup of black tea.
"yes, okay." Green sat on the couch, took a sip of black tea, then picked up the book, reading it while waiting.
After waiting for about half an hour, the living room door was pushed open, and a black-haired witch wearing a large witch's hat and slit mage robe walked in.
"Waited......" the witch said inarticulately.
"Hello." Green nodded, put away the book in his hand, and placed it beside him, "Lady Lizarrose, I have bad news for you this time......"