Walking out of the mine, the sky is full of stars.

A little girl struggled to drag the corpse of a demonic beast several times larger than her.

A tall man walked with nothing on his body, walking lightly.

Upon arrival at the camp, the girl put the body aside.

Quickly started to make a fire to cook, and clumsily set up the tent while cooking the meat.

The tent was crooked, as if it was about to collapse at any moment, and she looked at the young man in fear, but the man didn't say anything, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, the smell of meat overflowed, and she said, "Master, the meal is ready." ”

Then she dragged the corpse of the monster to the edge of the tent, the temperature of the corpse was getting colder, and the blood that had dried up made the beast's hair clump into a clump, and she lay in it in fear.

The afternoon of fighting had made her hungry, and she couldn't help but swallow her saliva as she smelled the meat, patted her flat stomach and closed her eyes, hoping to forget her hunger in her sleep.

How dare she go to eat, she hurt her master today, the master must be very angry, and the master will definitely not let her eat, this is a punishment.

When she was caught as a slave, she saw many slaves who were punished, and if this happened to someone else today, maybe she would be killed by their master, but my master just punished me for not letting me eat.

Just when she was thinking so.

The man's voice came: "Raphtalia, what are you doing, why don't you come over for dinner quickly!" ”

Her eyes suddenly burst with a hint of color, she got up happily, and hurriedly said, "Okay, master." ”

Zao Wou-Ki frowned, not knowing why he had a meal, but Raphtalia had been so happy.

Is this provoking me? Do you really think I dare not kill her?

In ten minutes, the two of them finished eating quickly.

Zao Wou-Ki bent down into the unruly tent and began to rest.

Raphtalia obediently cowered under the troll's corpse outside the tent, using it to ward off the cool breeze and cold.

……

While falling asleep, Raphtalia suddenly cried out incessantly, "Master, master." ”

Zao Wou-Ki woke up, could it be that a demonic beast is coming?

Quickly emerge from the tent, only to find that it was only Raphtalia talking in her sleep.

She frowned, her flustered little face, her little hands waved wildly, and she said, "Don't ...... Don't, don't kill me, don't skin me......" tears crossed the corners of his eyes.

Zao Wou-Ki was speechless and entered the tent again.

……

Four o'clock in the morning.

The stars are still there.

The two figures were already busy.

The two-headed monster that was killed yesterday was being absorbed by the holy shield, and the beads in front of the shield emitted light, and it lasted for a while, and the mountain-like corpse was gone.

Unlock a new shield: Shield of the Two-Headed Vicious Dog, which comes with the skill: Dog Devourer.

This is Zao Wou-ki's holy weapon, and the first skill that can be said to be an attack.

After transforming into the form of the shield of the vicious dog, the two fierce canine beasts on the shield can attack the enemy, and Zao Wou-Ki experimented with it, and the effect is good.

Zao Wou-ki's body has been strengthened more and more, and although he has not yet reached the realm of invulnerability, his recovery power has long exceeded that of ordinary people. The injury he suffered yesterday, bitten by sharp teeth, deep to the bone, ordinary people will take at least a few months to recover, but Zao Wou-Ki just rested for one night, and the wound was only the size of a fingernail.

They came to the cave in the village of Lut again, they were already familiar with the monsters yesterday, and today they were less damaged.

Fight the battle.

Raphtalia just kept swinging her sword, slashing, stabbing.

She didn't learn any martial arts or swordsmanship, she just slowly explored the most concise way of fighting in the attack again and again, using the least force to cause the most damage.

The moves are not flashy, even a little weird and awkward, back and forth, only a few simple styles, but very practical.

This is something that will only be slowly pondered after decades of using a sword master.

And Raphtalia had no choice but to do so.

Because Zao Wou-Ki wouldn't be soft-hearted and saw that Raphtalia was out of strength, he asked her to rest for a while. He completely treats Raphthalia as a perpetual queen, constantly exploiting her and squeezing her power.

Many times her arms were weak and she couldn't hold the sword, but there were still monsters coming, although their main target was Zao Wou-Ki, but just a mistake could already injure Raphtalia, so she had to save every ounce of strength.

Slowly, Raphtalia's sword style formed: fast, accurate, and ruthless.

Sometimes, the monster ran over, and Raphtalia's mind didn't even realize that the sword in her hand had involuntarily slashed through the monster's neck, stabbing the other monster in the eye.

They kept moving forward, and the road behind them was littered with monster corpses.

Now Raphtalia's favorite voice to hear is Zao Wou-Ki's voice saying that it is time to eat. It's a pity that she hasn't been to Earth, otherwise she would have found that her thoughts are exactly the same as the students' expectation that the school bell will ring.

"Raphtalia, stop, it's time to go out and rest."

"Yes, master." Raphtalia said with a hint of excitement in her exhaustion.

Walking out of the dimly lit mine, the harsh midday sun was particularly uncomfortable.

Looking at a figure in the sun, Zao Wou-Ki was suddenly stunned.

"Raphtalia."

The figure that was running on the grassland with a little cheerfulness suddenly stopped.

She looked at Zao Wou-Ki timidly and said, "What's the matter, master?" ”

"Come here." Zao Wou-Ki frowned, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.

Delusion?

Raphtalia ran to Zao Wou-Ki's side, his height to his chest.

But Zao Wou-Ki still remembered that when he bought her a few days ago, her thin body was only up to his waist, how could she grow so fast.

Zao Wou-Ki asked directly.

Raphtalia said: "Oh, we raccoon clan are like this, as long as we become stronger, there will be a few cases of sudden growth. ”

"I went up to level twenty last night, and it's already like this, didn't the master notice?"

Yesterday had been in the mine, there was only one torch illumination, how could Zao Wou-Ki notice that she had suddenly grown up. Today, it was still dark, and he entered the mine again, so it was only now that he noticed the change in Raphtalia.

Zao Wou-Ki noticed that Raphtalia's armor had become a little smaller, and the armor seemed to shrink on her body.

But fortunately, Raphtalia didn't get much older all at once, she used to be about nine years old, and now she is almost twelve years old, and she can barely wear it.

Zao Wou-Ki asked, "Will this kind of sudden growth of yours still happen?" ”

Raphtalia said uncertainly, "There should still be." ”

"Then next time you grow up, we'll go to the city and buy you another suitable outfit."

"Yes, thank you, master."

……

Back at the camp, the horses were lying in the grass because of the scorching sun.

Seeing Zao Wou-Ki and Raphtalya return, it stood up and snorted.

Raphthalia was about to go to cook when Zao Wou-Ki suddenly said, "You take a shower at noon today." ”

He's finally fed up with the way Raphtalia looks, and has never washed his face or bathed since he bought her back.

The armor on her body was even more stained with blood, black blood clots, and the blood stains on her face sprayed last night were still on her face, and she lay in the corpse all night, and her whole body was full of fishy smell.

My hair is messy, I don't know how long I haven't washed it, and I can smell a bad smell from afar.

Of course, Zao Wou-Ki was no better than Raphtalia, he didn't have the magic to keep himself clean all the time. If Raphtalia is very, very bad, then Zao Wou-Ki is very bad. He was only fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter.

The place where Zao Wou-Ki stayed naturally met the condition of having a water source first. It only takes a few steps to emerge from a stream hidden in the dense woods and grasses.

Raphtalia took off her armor and was about to step into the water, when she let out a comfortable cry when she suddenly saw her master standing on the shore.

She covered her chest anxiously and shyly, squatting in the water: "Master, you ......"

Zao Wou-Ki said, "What, can't I take a bath?" ”

Raphtalia stripped naked, he naturally saw it, but there was nothing to look at like a mud monkey when she was dirty, and it was the short brown and yellow tail that made Zao Wou-Ki find it interesting.

"Click, click"

The metal buckle of the armor Zao Wou-Ki was wearing was unfastened, and he peeled off one by one until he was naked.

As long as Zao Wou-Ki upgrades, his physique will continue to strengthen, become stronger, and more perfect.

Raphtalia closed her eyes, but she was looking at them secretly, her ears reddening.

Zao Wou-Ki also stepped into the water, the water temperature was just right, neither hot nor cold.

"Rub the shower for me." Zao Wou-Ki commanded, and he closed his eyes and turned his back to Raphtalia.

"Yes...... Yes......" Raphtalia stammered.

Raphtalia plucked up her courage and pressed one hand against Zao Wou-Ki's broad back, the other against her chest, smoking above her shy head.

"Didn't you eat? How fluffy. ”

Raphtalia cried, "I didn't eat. ”

Zao Wou-Ki: "......"

But her hands were harder, and she hummed and worked the back.

Zao Wou-Ki suddenly grabbed a slippery thing in the water.

"Master......" Raphtalia muttered, feeling weak, and lay on Zao Wou-Ki's back, two soft things against Zao Wou-Ki's back: "You caught my tail......"

After a long time, Zao Wou-Ki stood up, water droplets dripped down his strong muscles, he put on simple linen clothes, and said without looking back: "Wash the armor and dry it." ”

Raphtalia hurriedly washed herself, changed into clean clothes, and went ashore.

After a while, she walked over with two sets of wet light armor in her arms.

This was the first time Zao Wou-Ki had seen Raphtalia's appearance clearly, with brown hair, two animal ears that were different from humans, a delicate face, pale red eyes, pink lips, and big eyes. Cute and charming, this is really not like the temperament of a twelve-year-old girl.