The large iron lock was locked with a "click", and Lothar carefully checked the deadbolts and chains on the wooden hatch leading to the deck by the light. This is not something that can be sloppy, once this hatch is broken, everyone hiding in the cabin will really have no way to go to heaven and no door to the ground. While the Count was doing all this work, the rest of the cabin on the Damned Lady was busy with their own business. The webworm soothes the pet that looks sluggish from the boat, the white giant spider used to pose as the notorious monster of Heartless Bay. Peg smeared something with ash on the hull of the ship, and anyone who knew anything about witchcraft or magic knew that it was drawing some kind of magic circle. Kiri, by contrast, was much more leisurely, the witch lying comfortably on the haystack, chewing on jerky and humming a little tune.

"The sails were already put away when you came down, didn't they? I don't want those guys to be angry on the sails, whether they're birds or whatever. Peg heard the chains swaying, and asked Lothar. She didn't have the leisure to wait for the sails to close on their own, so she gave the order and went into the cabin.

Lothar turned her head to look, "I think so." But if they're only interested in food, why can't we put some jerky on deck? tonight's tide is not the same direction as we are sailing, and putting away the sails will make us have to stay in this area for a long time. Although the Count did not know how to sail, he could feel the movement of the ship, and if he could, he only wanted to go ashore as soon as possible.

"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, I think everyone has heard this truth. Besides, I don't want to have any degree of intersection with something that doesn't even know what it looks like. If this method can get us out of the sea safely, it will be worth the extra time. The little witch said to the knight in a tone that did not match her appearance and age, and then jumped away from the wooden board where the magic pattern had been drawn, checking its accuracy from a distance. "Besides, although the Great Witch summoned us back, she didn't tell what was going on in Heartbreaker's Bay, so maybe it wasn't something to hurry. ”

"It doesn't sound like you're in a hurry to go back. Lothar shrugged, tried to tug at the chain tied to the hatch, and said after confirming how strong it was.

Peg paused, then looked up at the Count, "Would you be in a hurry to go back to a place where you are a tool and full of threats and disgusting thoughts? In the witch group, a witch like me is not even qualified to sit at the dinner table, but to do all the work that no one else is willing to do." ”

"It's normal, I'm also responsible for feeding the horses and cleaning the stables when I'm a servant, so there's nothing to complain about. Lothar said with some confusion, for he saw this kind of labor as more of an exercise in his endurance than torture. If you want to become a qualified knight, if you can't stick to these things, you will be too impetuous.

"Cleaning the stables? No, that's not what we're going to do. Qili swallowed the jerky in her mouth and sat up from the straw pile. Peg, on the other hand, was surprisingly not upset by his companion's words, but lowered his gaze and continued to draw the circle. "It's not the kind of boring manual labor that the witch group wants us to do, just leave it to the next person. And what we have to do is to dispose of the people. ”

The Count thought for a few seconds, "You mean, you're responsible for hiring and dismissing those who do things for you?" The mercenary who was taking care of the pet on the side already looked aware, and showed undisguised disgust. She knew what the witch meant, and she had seen too many examples of it in her mercenary career.

"No, no, no," said Kiri, who seemed to be in a state of interest, and began to explain excitedly as she danced and gestured, "the structure of the witch's castle is not known to outsiders, so it didn't take long for a while, maybe a month, maybe less, and I remember the unluckiest guy who only came for two days, and was dealt with without even writing down the way! Those dogs were like sharks, they all ate meat and red eyes, and they couldn't tell if they were eating corpses or other dogs! Haha, that was a great scene!"

Lothar's face darkened, and he began to understand the meaning of the word in the witch's mouth. Or rather, he realized that the word had no other meaning. And understanding this made him understand what Peg had just said, "You mean to say that your assigned job is to kill people?"

"Hah! you've been in the witch colony for less than two months!" Qili stood up, "It's not just as easy as killing, you have to think about every method, and other witches won't be satisfied with ordinary swords and nooses or whatever." If you can't think of a way to please them, you'll be the one who suffers!"

Obviously, it was not cold in the cabin, but behind Lothar and the net worm they both felt a bad cold, the gods and the dragon's spine mountain, what had they all experienced. At this point, Peg seemed to have finally finished her work, clapped her hands and stood up, and said to the stunned mortals, "The truth is that each of us was asked to slit the throat of another from the moment we could handle the knife, because they were going to tell us who... Mortals are different from us, and their lives and deaths are in our hands. I know what kind of punishment is to be punished for murder in the blue lion, honorable Count of Montenegro, if it were in your country, we would have deserved a thousand cuts. So every witch is afraid of death, and we are afraid that if there is a heaven or hell in this world, then we are destined to be tormented forever at the bottom of hell. ”

"Yo roar, you only see her fingers as white as jade, but you have not seen them go deep into her chest and take out the beating atrium! You only see her teeth as beautiful as shells, but you have not seen them sip blood!Oh, dear sailor, you fall in love, you toss and turn!Oh, poor sailor, you have few days left, and a noose is in your throat......" Qili whispered a boat song, the tune that should have been sung by the deep voice of the sailor reached her mouth beautifully and tactfully, but it added a touch of gloom and horror.

So all that remained in the cabin was singing, and no one said anything more. Lothar put on his armor, and so it was, in order not to attract attention, in addition to the chain mail under the clothes, the count had only a leather armor on his body. He leaned against the wall of the cabin and sat opposite the hatch, with the righteous battle axe called the Fool in his hand.

"Now you know you're scared of us?" said Peg with a wry smile to the stern-faced gatekeeper, knowing what someone like Lothar would think when they heard what the Heartless Witch had done. They're monsters, and even if they're not, the Witches' twisted way of educating them has turned them into complete monsters.

The knight laughed, and he shook his head, "No, I just now understand why you want to stay with the lion. So, as a knight, I have to do everything in my power to bring you back again. Instead of letting you live that life again. Bet on the glory of the Montenegrin family, this is my obligation. ”