Cheruth could swear to the lamp that she really would just be out of curiosity to reach out her little hand to the little ball of light before leaving the room.

However, what happened next was really beyond her expectations, the gray shadow that seemed to be scurrying around in the ball of light was very restless, like a life trying to escape, and the moment she took the ball of light in her hand, it suddenly stopped in the ball of light and became motionless.

Eh, what's wrong, why did the black shadow that was still alive just now trying to break through the limit of the light ball suddenly stop the moment she took the light ball in her hand? What kind of sudden change is this kind of sudden change like a rebellious and heart-bursting middle two troublesome little ghost suddenly becomes a well-behaved and obedient neighbor's child, is she actually the same as the irascible dad who will enter the domestic violence mode after returning home drunk......

The corners of Cheruth's mouth twitched slightly, and she unnaturally had a very strange feeling in her heart, an existence that was considered a bad thing actually became obedient in her hands, and this feeling as if she had something to do with the bad thing in front of her made her feel a little weak inexplicably.

Well...... Also, maybe it's just that this thing got tired and happened to stop?

Cheruth thought this with a little self-comfort, and almost subconsciously looked left and right, the sacrificial girl buried her head in her arm because of sleepiness and rubbed it coquettishly, while Nanoha followed the conversation just now and turned to leave, neither of them saw the scene of the gray shadow becoming obedient in Cheruth's hands.

The wolf girl secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and quickly put the ball of light in her hand back on the table and prepared to leave. However, as if it continued to be deliberately against her expectations, as soon as the ball of light left her hand, the gray shadow inside seemed to have been turned on by some switch, and suddenly it began to slam left and right again, as if to make up for the moment when it had just stopped.

“...... Hmm~~ uh? Chelus, what's wrong?"

Raphael, who was lying on the table and was about to rest, felt that Cheruth beside him had not left, so he turned his head and saw Cheruth looking at the ball of light on the table with a strange expression on his face, and couldn't help but ask with some confusion.

"Did Chelus find anything?"

"Uh...... No, no, it's okay, I'm just curious," Cheruth smiled at Raphael as if nothing had happened, then turned and walked briskly towards Nanoha, who was waiting for her by the door, "It's not early, Raphael, you hurry up and rest, good night." ”

"Well, good night~"

The natural girl didn't notice anything wrong with Cheruth at all, and took a second look at the ball of light on the table that was no different from just now and the gray shadows flying in it, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with the seal, she lay down on the table and fell asleep.

Closing the door, Nanoha looked at Cheruth's little face.

"What's wrong with you, Cheruth, why don't you look good?"

“...... Ahaha, maybe tired, I had a fight at night after a day's drive, and I haven't had a chance to rest for a long time. ”

Nanoha looked at Cheruth a little strangely, she had lived with the wolf girl for more than two years, and she intuitively felt that Cheruth was indeed struggling with something, but Cheruth was obviously unwilling to say it, so Nanoha didn't dig deeper.

"Well, yes, it's still early in the morning, so let's get some rest. ”

With that, Nanoha looked at Grey Wind sitting in the outhouse.

"Sister Gray Wind, thank you for your hard work, wait until the second half of the night to replace me for the vigil. ”

Because the attackers had apparently already had the means to get into the village, it was not 100% safe, and a night watch was required.

Gray Wind turned his head to look at Nanoha, who took the initiative to ask for help, and a trace of gentleness appeared on his cold little face.

"It's okay, I'll come, you guys should rest early. ”

"Eh, but ......"

"Don't forget who I am, a night is nothing to me. ”

Indeed, when she used to live with Cheruth in the Warcraft Forest, Gray Wind often kept vigil for Cheruth, who had not grown up at that time, and for Gray Wind, who had been promoted to a top-level Warcraft that could transform into a shapeshift, not sleeping all night would not have much impact on her state.

"Hmm...... Well, please, Sister Greywind. ”

Knowing what Gray Wind meant, Nanoha didn't insist anymore, turned her head, Nanoha saw that Cherus was already sitting in a corner of the hall of the room, closing her eyes and not knowing if she was asleep, she smiled and walked to the position next to the wolf girl and sat down, holding her knees with her hands and closing her eyes to rest.

Grey Wind glanced at Cheruth, flicked his tail behind him, and said a word of the past.

"What are you thinking, hurry up and go to bed, I don't know what will happen tomorrow. 」

Every time this girl pretends to be asleep, the ears on her head are full of energy, which is really worry-free.

Sure enough, Grey Wind's message was soon answered.

「...... It's ~Gray Hemp~"

The corners of Gray Wind's eyebrows jumped up, and he endured it without replying.

...... Her bear sister really can't be so cute.

In fact, Grey Wind really wronged Cheruth.

Cheruth, who didn't pretend to be asleep as Sister Wolf thought but really couldn't sleep, secretly opened her eyes and looked at the gray wind outside the house and turned her gaze elsewhere, and then looked at Nanoha who was falling asleep with her eyes closed, and couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

She wanted to think that what had just happened in the house didn't exist, but somehow, every time she wanted to sleep, all sorts of things automatically popped up in her mind.

The series of events that happened tonight was so sudden that it was only after she calmed down for now that she suddenly realized that there seemed to be a lot of subtleties and strangeness.

...... Before tonight's battle, the three cursed Sand Wolves had completely eroded their souls and said that she was the bearer of some "seed".

...... The three sand wolves who attacked them didn't seem to be ordinary corrupted people.

...... The whole unknown culprit that triggered this contagious desire to destroy just now would only be quiet in her hands.

..................

...... When the Solan Divine Cult exterminated the Nolan clan, it announced that the mainland said that the Nolan clan was descended from demons......

..................

Cheruth felt a little irritated, and she wanted to tell herself that she was thinking too much, but she had to admit that the more she sorted through the clues, the more she realized that the act of removing herself from the center of the incident seemed unlikely.

Although she hadn't spoken much before and after fighting those guys, Cheruth had a gut feeling that the three brothers had come at her tonight instead of attacking the village. And if she had any qualities that were different from the others and could be targeted by these "cursed" soul-corrupting creatures, although reluctantly, the first thing that came to Cheruth's mind was her hidden identity as a Nolan.

Could it be that this inexplicable curse-like thing really has anything to do with the Nolan family? Don't make a fuss, according to the things I heard in the Prude Empire two years ago, the surviving Nolan people other than her do sound like some middle two revenge maniacs, but in any case, even if the Nolan clan's actions are a little too radical, it is all based on the premise of revenge on the Solan God Cult, and now this kind of thing that erodes the soul and spreads destruction and destruction is really taking revenge on the whole society, and those people of their own nationality should not be in the middle two to that point, right?

Thinking wildly, I don't know how long it took, before Cheruth fell asleep with a heavy head.

Hopefully, everything is just her delusion.

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Because it was already late at night after finishing the affairs of the tribe in the evening, the chief Qiu En, who saw that the Cheruth team was sleeping in the half-ruined hut except for the gray wind of the vigil, did not disturb them. Early the next morning, Qiu En sent someone to take the Celestial team into a new and intact house, and provided a breakfast that was relatively sumptuous compared to this extraordinary period.

Obviously, after listening to the clansmen talk about what happened last night, Qiu En also knew that this group of students was not only not just young ladies and young masters who came out to play and had little combat power as he originally thought, but there were also a few little monsters with good combat effectiveness among them, so he was more enthusiastic about them than yesterday.

This can be regarded as forced by the situation, for the poor Minotaur chieftain at the moment, every combat power is very precious, whether large or small, after all, after last night's battle, he finally understands that there are now many completely eroded degenerates lurking in his people, like the two Minotaurs who responded to the bandits in the east of the village last night, and this group of brave Minotaur warriors who have always been the pride of the village have completely lost their original reliability because of that damn curse.

In response to Qiu En's concerns, Cheruth and others proposed a more feasible plan. Although the degree of erosion of the curse cannot be seen on the surface due to the relationship of "soul solidification", Raphael can use light magic to deeply probe the Minotaurs' bodies. Before the next attack of the attackers came, they could search for the villagers who had been injured in the battle one by one to find out the degenerates who had been completely eroded but still lurking in the village.

It's a good idea, but unfortunately it didn't have a chance to implement it in the end, I don't know why, the sand bandits who would stop for a day or two after every big attack broke the law this time, not only reappeared outside the village after only one night, but even called the group of human mercenaries who had also attacked the Sural tribe before and fell because of the curse.

Therefore, with a hunch that this kind of thing is always good and not bad, the resurging attackers did not attack without saying a word this time, but waited for Qiu En to set up the sentry posts around the village and then led a large army to wait in front of the attackers, and the sand wolf boss stood up from the ranks of the attackers outside the village.

"Chief Qiuen, we are not here today to fight to the death against your Sural tribe, we just want you to hand over one man. ”

With that, the Sand Wolf Boss pointed to the members of the Cheruth squad who were nervously observing the battle situation behind the battle formation of the Minotaur warriors.

"That older wolf girl, as long as she is handed over to us, we can withdraw immediately, and never come to harass your Sural tribe again. ”