After the crowd at the theater dispersed, the girl who gave the Anka pill walked into a small alley and knelt down to report to Ranga in the shadows.

Ranga was about to praise her when she interrupted what Ranga was about to say with a question.

"My lord, I don't understand!"

"What?" Langa asked, confused.

"Why did you abandon Lord Iruth? Do you not want that kid to die or is it because you just think he's invincible? ”

Langa adjusted his posture and squatted down and looked directly at the girl and said, "A person stronger than me can even come back from the dead, how can I hope that I can be him with a few assassins?" ”

"As for Iruth! He's just a necessary victim, after all, I don't like to have what I need in the hands of others, so I happened to be able to do it through Anka. ”

"But if you let the people above know...... the girl said worriedly, looking at Ranga.

"Above? I now control Jujin City, do I need to go back? In the future, I can take over Iros's place with the cause of his death, and even if the above don't agree, I won't have any problem if it's so far from the capital and I'm a big bargaining chip for them. ”

After that, Ranga was silent for a moment and then said, "Your job from now on is to keep an eye on Ankka until he leaves here. With that, the two left the alley and entered a dark room to rest.

(Adventurer's Guild)

Ankka and Ellanch strode towards the gate after packing their belongings, and just after passing through the soldiers who came in and out, Ankka was stopped in front of the gate by a fat man dressed in a gorgeous costume.

"Sir, please wait a minute!"

"What's the matter?" Ankh asked.

The fat man clapped his hands, and several men took out a box from the carriage, and when it was opened, it was full of copper plates.

"What's the matter?"

"Sir, I just have something to ask for, don't be so nervous!"

"Say it!"

"My daughter has been suffering from insomnia lately, I think it must be some demon or monster that is haunting her, I hope you can help her, after all, now you are the only gold medal adventurer here!"

Ankh suddenly thought: "After Iros is gone, there will be no gold medal adventurers in Jujin City, and if you leave by yourself, if you are attacked by monsters such as flying dragons, you will definitely suffer serious losses, it's really troublesome!" ”

Ankha thought to herself: "Then it's better to wait for the next gold medal adventurer to come and garrison me for the time being, after all, Kajudil hasn't bothered me recently, and I shouldn't have been hurt in any way." ”

"Alright! I'll check it out with you. ”

Ankka and the nobleman then boarded a carriage and headed to the mountains north of Jujin City, passing by a large field where Anka's gaze gradually shifted from the field to the fortress on the mountain.

The entire fortress seemed to be embedded in the mountains, and only a part of it was exposed.

When the group entered, Ankka found that only the top of the place had windows, and all the underneath were lit by torches or kerosene lamps for heating.

"Excuse me, where is your daughter?" Ankh asked.

The aristocrat smiled and replied: "Our whole family lives at the top, the best place to get light." ”

Ankh then followed him to a red wooden door on the top floor.

The nobleman stood in front of the door and said, "This is her room." ”

After saying that, they came forward and knocked on the door to get a response after a long time, and when everyone entered, they found that the whole room was covered by curtains and looked very dim, and the nobleman's daughter was squatting in the corner and looking at everyone with blank eyes.

"Why did that guy dressed like a wild man come to my room?" The youngest daughter asked with a wink.

"Don't be rude! How do teachers teach you? He's here to heal you. ”

Saying that, the nobleman picked up his daughter and sent it to Anka, and Anka asked, "Do you have any other symptoms besides insomnia recently?" ”

"I'll have nightmares about a giant rat eating me." The youngest daughter hugged the nobleman as she spoke.

"Sir, do you have rats in your house?" Ankh asked.

"Last year there were, but this year it's out of sight."

As he spoke, Ellanch walked in slowly and said, "The lower floor of your house is dark and cold, reminding me of where I lived when I was born. ”

And the little daughter rushed over excitedly after seeing Elancy, and then lay on Elancy's back and grabbed Elancy's horns and shouted: "It's a fawn!" White fawn! ”

"Let go of me!"

Alan Hi shook her head frantically after being caught, hoping to shake her down, but that only made her more excited.

"Sir, it's time for dinner!"

With that, Ankka and the nobleman went to a circular table on the top floor under the glass dome.

"Sir, do you see something?" The nobleman asked.

Ankh shook his head after eating a piece of roast meat and said, "I don't know yet." ”

When he saw his little daughter asleep on Elanci's back, the nobleman was overjoyed and said, "In that case, how about you live here for the time being?" Until the cause of the nightmare is found. ”

Ankh said, "Have you had nightmares with the minions who live below? ”

"I don't know, I don't observe the servants much, but my wife and I haven't had nightmares."

"Well, then I hope I can be allowed to stay in your daughter's room tonight, and let your daughter stay in your room."

After agreeing, Ankka saw Elanxi lying on the ground depressed and said, "Since your daughter is asleep for the time being, I hope she can stay away from my dragon, after all, it is easy to freeze if you lie on her back all the time." ”

After saying that, the nobleman immediately asked his daughter to be carried back to his room to rest, while Ankka took Ellanch from the servant's dwelling underground to investigate.

For the first time, Ankka came to the wine cellar in the corner, and the servants here were all terrified when they saw Ankka coming.

Ankka stopped and asked, "Have you had any sleeplessness or nightmares lately?" ”

After receiving a no-answer answer, Ankka went to the warehouse and kitchen to investigate, and Ankka found that some of the people who had nightmares lived in a dark and harsh environment.

"So do nightmares have anything to do with the environment?" Ankha sat in a chair in the hall and pondered.

Alanhi licked her wings and said, "In that case, how could that little girl have nightmares?" The environment where she lives is not too bad. ”

"I don't know, we'll find out in the evening."

By night, Ankka noticed that the servants had all suddenly become weak and misty-eyed, while the little girl had not.

Just as Anka moved into the little girl's room, the little girl was still crying and asking for the toys to be taken out.

"Sir, this ......," said the nobleman, pointing to his daughter in embarrassment.

"No, if it's really that kind of bad thing, it might affect you too."

After sending them away, Ankka and Elanshi lay on their soft, perfume-scented bed.

And after Ankka fell asleep, he suddenly had a cyclical nightmare,

In the nightmare, Anka did not get the magic sword, was recaptured, and was hung upside down for the night, and continued to live a life without food and clothing.

And every time you are about to resist or escape, you will suddenly fail for some reason.

In reality, Ankka had begun to sweat profusely because of this nightmare, and Ankka suddenly woke up when Ellanch went up to lift the quilt and licked Ankka's eyelids with her cold tongue.

"What did you dream about?" Alan Cy asked with concern.

Ankka, who woke up, stroked Ellanch with her hand to confirm that she had really returned to reality.

"Are you dreaming?" Ankh asked.

"No, I was woken up by your voice."

Ankh held his head and said, "I'm sorry, but it seems that it only works for humans?" ”

Ankh then expressed his opinion: "It's likely that it's a magic item or a demon that influences people to dream about things they're afraid of, and those minions who are weak at night are probably close to it and have their life force sucked away!" ”

"It's really possible, but why am I okay? Could it be that it is only for humans. ”

Ankka covered her head and jumped out of bed, put on her armor, and began to look through the cabinets.

Just when Ankka decided to put the turned things back in the corner of the cabinet, Ankka noticed that there seemed to be a passage in the corner of the cabinet.

Ankka removed the shielded plank and revealed a small hole in the hole where a delicate wooden box was placed.

Ankka carefully opened the wooden box and pulled out a notepad from inside.

Ankka opened it and said, "It's that girl's diary, why is it here?" ”

Ellanch said, "Maybe I'm worried about being peeked at! ”

Ankh said, "I'm sorry, but now I can only see clues in this kind of thing!" ”

As he spoke, Ankka flipped through the diary and checked it, but Ankha said suddenly: "It's over, I can't read, I don't know half of it." ”

And Ellanch said, "What if I try it?" ”

Then Ankka and Ellancy looked at their journals for an awkward night before finally getting valuable information from the book.

The next day, Ankka stared confidently at the girl as she sat on a chair in the glass-vaulted hall with tired eyes.

Ankka waved his diary and said, "Hehe, Miss Bi must have fallen in love with some demon and made a contract with him and kept it in captivity here!" ”

The little girl replied, "I, I didn't!" ”

In order to verify whether there was a problem with what Ankha said, they went to the kitchen under the little girl's room.

According to the diary, Ankka opened a cabinet and found a secret door, from which Ankka found an elongated demon statue with six bat wings.

"Really? Why daughter! The nobleman asked.

Ankka shook her diary and said, "A little girl of this age should be easily deceived!" ”

"No, I don't like it, I'm just worried that it will hurt my father and mother, and it told me that because my father released it, it wants to occupy my father's body, and I don't agree to sign a contract with it."

Ankh thought to herself, "Huh? Wrong? ”

Ankh cleared his throat and said, "So you made a contract with it to absorb the life force of the people around the statue?" ”

The girl muttered, "Anyway, it's just some slaves, but I don't know why I'm also affected, and I'm already wearing an amulet!" ”

Ankka frowned and looked at the girl angrily, Ankka suddenly felt disgusted by this kind of thing that didn't take other people's lives seriously.

The nobleman stepped forward anxiously at this time and said, "Is there a solution to that?" ”

Ankh waved his hand and said, "I don't know what the contract between the two of them is." ”

At this time, the little girl pointed to the locker on the side.

Ankh stepped forward to retrieve a rolled-up piece of parchment from the locker.

And the nobleman also stepped forward to check and said: "Great, I have studied in the royal capital before, and I know what is written on it!" ”

And the nobleman was also covered in a cold sweat for a moment and said: "This is a hundred-year contract, if the contract of one party is destroyed, then the person who broke the contract will transfer all his vitality to the other party." ”

"Can't get through the loophole?" Ankh asked.

"This contract is so meticulous! It seems that the only way to forcibly break the contract is to break the contract of the other party. ”

"What happens if one party signs a contract with someone else?" Ankh asked.

The nobleman looked at it and said, "There will be no punishment." ”

At this time, Ankka rolled his eyes and said, "I have an idea, but it will definitely hurt your daughter." ”

"As long as I can get rid of that demon, I don't care, even if I sign a contract with it." The nobleman replied anxiously.

Ankh spoke slowly, "Maybe you can try summoning it!" ”

As she spoke, Ankh handed the scroll to the girl and asked her to make a look of destruction.

And the demon did pop up at the moment when the girl was exerting herself and laughed in anticipation of her new body.

And Ankka also jumped and shot the demon through and nailed it to the wall the moment the demon came out.

"Let go of me! If you kill me now, that girl will be seriously injured and will be in a coma forever! ”

"I didn't say I was going to kill you!"

After that, Ankh pinched the demon's body and said, "It seems that you have recovered a lot, but it's a pity that you met me!" ”

Ankh then ripped off the demon's limbs and wings, and had Ellanch eat its stump.

And the girl fainted in pain as if she had been hurt.

"Is that all right?" The nobleman asked.

"I'll buy a magic container and put it there, and then it'll only affect your daughter alone in the future."

"But isn't that not completely resolved?"

"But this will prevent this contract from being passed on to the rest of your family, and it will be enough to ask your daughter to give the demon a small vial of blood every month, after all, you can't break the contract!"

Ankh then took out a finger-sized bottle and said, "Just give it so much in about a month, and remember that on the day your daughter dies, you must tell your descendants to find a powerful adventurer to dispose of it, or throw it into a bottomless pit." ”

"What about my daughter?"

"It's okay to just have a good rest lately, if insomnia or something appears, then you can come to the city to find me."

After saying that, Ankka picked up the spear and was about to leave, but the nobleman didn't want to settle the money on the grounds that Ankka hadn't completely solved the demon, so he gave Ankka two free tickets to the Golden Street restaurant.

Ankka walked down the road and enjoyed the warm breeze on her face.

Ankha said, "Let's go and eat meat!" ”

"Anyway, you really can't settle the contract?" Alan Hi asked.

Ankh pouted and said, "If she hadn't ignored the lives of those minions, I would have tried to help her." ”