In the process of cleaning up the ghouls' corpses, Xavier heard the sound of struggle coming from the side many times, as if the little girl was suffering from pain that should not be endured at this age, which filled Xavier's heart with a sense of kinship.

However, compared to the three companions who had unfortunately passed away, her experience seemed to be more fortunate, at least the ghouls did not hurt her in the first place, so that she could be saved by Viscount Wallace's healing magic.

Thinking of this, Xavier destroyed the corpses of the ghouls and asked the viscount, who was taking care of the little girl next to him, "Master, why do the ghouls put them in the middle instead of eating them after they hurt them?"

"Because that's the habit of ghouls. Viscount Wallace wiped the sweat from the little girl's forehead with a towel, "Since they can be called ghouls, it means that they like to eat corpses, to be precise, pieces of meat that have been rotting for a long time." ”

"And in the case of humans, it is not that they will not eat living people, but when they kill living people, they tend to wait for them to rot before eating, probably because they think it is more delicious. ”

"It sounds cruel, but it's because of this habit that we can get her out," the witcher sighed silently, glancing at the little girl.

"Yes. Xavier felt the emotion.

After a while, Xavier gradually cleaned up the corpses of the ghouls, and then set his sights on the corpses of the children who had long since died, found a piece of land to bury them, and found three flowers from nearby to plant on their graves.

However, Viscount Wallace said that his burial method was wrong, and that normally one more step was needed, so he personally performed a ceremony after Xavier's burial.

It was a chanting.

Standing in front of the tomb, the viscount recited with a sincere face, "O unfortunate soul, leave the world peacefully and rest in another kingdom under the embrace of holiness!"

He then made a gesture on his chest and asked Xavier to bow with him to end the ceremony.

"Master, what is this?" Xavier asked as if he had guessed something, but was not so sure.

"It's a pacifying ritual. The witcher withdrew his gaze from the grave, "These poor children, who were unfortunately killed by ghouls in the wild, are likely to turn into demons because of the hatred in their hearts, and in turn kill others." ”

"But didn't we bury them?" Xavier was puzzled.

"Burial alone is not enough to solve the problem, there are only two ways to solve this problem. Viscount Wallace said without emotion, "One is for the priests, or magicians, to recite a spell to purify it, as I have just done. ”

"The second is cremation, which is also the most common method now. ”

So that's why the cemetery in the capital is not big, Xavier suddenly understood something, turned his head to the graves again, and then followed Viscount Wallace, who was with the little girl, to a cave.

This was somehow found by the Viscount, and the critters inside were quickly wiped out by the Viscount, who stated that it could be used as a temporary habitat for them to rest at night.

Xavier used fire magic to ignite the wood he had just picked up, and a rudimentary habitat was formed.

Seeing this, Viscount Wallace didn't continue to say much, so that Xavier could start to rest, and then sat quietly in front of the entrance of the cave, seemingly in a meditative state.

It's a skill for witchers that allows you to quickly regain your energy through meditation, and unlike sleep, meditation still keeps you focused on your surroundings to avoid sneak attacks.

Xavier glanced at the little girl, who was still asleep, and lay silently on the rock, closing his eyes.

His system also changed unconsciously, and the swordsman's experience value changed from 387 to 422, which was the result of his previous defeat of the ghoul and his training.

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Mary Bennet is in a nightmare, she sees her friends and the grandfather who protects her all being killed by the attacking ghouls, and even she will eventually be sliced to pieces by their minions.

Eventually, however, the nightmare came to an abrupt end, when Mary awoke from a cave and saw two men sitting in front of her, none other than Xavier and Viscount Wallace.

Xavier cut a piece of roast rabbit meat from the fire and gave it to the little girl with a smile, but he received a vigilant response, which made Xavier's smile condense a little, but she took the piece of rabbit meat because of the hunger in her stomach and whispered back

"Thank you. ”

It was in Vasilyki, so Xavier didn't understand it and looked at his master.

She said, big brother, I like you very much, can you be your wife in the future. Viscount Wallace said heavily.

"But I obviously heard her say only one syllable, master, are you sure she said so much?" Xavier said angrily.

"Apprentice, don't you know, Vasilyki is such a language that can express so many meanings in just one syllable. Viscount Wallace began to talk nonsense in a serious manner, "Alright, I'll talk to her first and see what the hell is going on." ”

Then, I saw him smile and walk towards the little girl, startling her with rabbit meat, but Viscount Wallace quickly reassured and said, "Don't be afraid, we rescued you from the ghoul." ”

"And what about my partner?" the little girl's first attention was on her companion.

"They came to a very distant country, a very happy place. "Viscount Wallace made up a lie for her.

"So they were killed by ghouls, uncle, I understand. The little girl seems to have long passed the age of being deceived by these lies, showing a maturity that she shouldn't have, "But what about the others? There should be many others, uncle, have you seen them?"

"It's a pity. Viscount Wallace was surprised that she was so receptive, but quickly adjusted, "When we rescued you, we only saw you and your little buddies. ”

"Then they may still be in the village!" the little girl's eyes suddenly gave birth to some hope, "Uncle, can you take me back to the village?

"Yes, yes. The viscount glanced at the sunlight peeking out of the cave, "Then you can show me the way, but as we walk through, you tell us what happened." ”

The little girl nodded, climbed onto Xavier's shoulder, and said what had happened before on the way.

It turned out that she and her other friends lived in a nearby village, Imu Village, which is similar to Reston Village.

The only difference is that it does not have a garrison like Gulnia, but simply relies on the villagers to protect itself, because the imperial garrison of the Vasiliki Kingdom is mainly to protect the capital city of Crete, so naturally there will not be so many troops stationed in the entire kingdom.

This means that when the ghouls attack, only the villagers can protect themselves, but with the combined efforts of many villagers, the ghouls are usually unable to harm the people inside.

Until a few days ago.

The local lord, suddenly asked all the adult men in the village to serve in the nearby mines, otherwise they would be punished, the villagers wanted to resist, but they were afraid of the lord's mercenaries, in desperation, they had to leave the old and weak in the village, and take advantage of the departure to strengthen the village's defenses, hoping that there will be no monsters to invade at this time.

But Murphy's Law still came out eventually, and the more they didn't want it to happen, the more it eventually happened.

The group of ghouls who had just been killed by Xavier and the Viscount seemed to sense something sensitively, and took advantage of this moment to attack the village of Imu.

Mary Bennet's home was the first to be attacked by the ghouls, who saw her grandfather die fighting for her, and the rest of her friends were captured by the ghouls, and she became their trophies.

She didn't remember much about what happened after that, only that she was attacked by the ghouls and fell unconscious, and then she had endless nightmares, only to wake up in the cave and see Xavier and Viscount Wallace.

For some reason, when she said that her grandfather died, she didn't feel obvious sadness, she could only see that her eyes had lost their highlights, maybe a little lonely, but more importantly, she told the whole truth plainly, as if it had happened to someone else.

After Xavier had been translated, he understood what was going on, and he didn't know how to comfort the little girl at this time, so he could only let her continue, and Viscount Wallace would soothe the girl's heart, which might have been numb.

"Don't think any more, let's rush to your village first and see what the hell is going on. Viscount Wallace said.

After a journey, Xavier and the Viscount saw a pile of low houses appear in the distance, some of which seemed to bear signs of destruction, and Mary Bennet quickly pointed out that this was her village, causing Xavier to speed up his pace.

But when they reached the village, they were greeted unkindly, and many dark-skinned men, with spears, came out with their spears and looked at the two strangers with wary faces.

Until they saw the figure of Mary.

The little girl jumped off Xavier's back, ran to a taller man, and hugged him tightly around his waist, causing the man to quickly drop his spear and look incredulous, hugging the little girl's body with the same force.

The villagers next to them looked at each other and finally lowered their spears, eliminating their own hostility just now.

Because the man was the father of the little girl, he thought that his daughter had died in the mouth of the ghoul, so when he saw her, he couldn't believe it.

And, under the little girl's explanation, everyone also understood that these two strangers were the life-savers who saved the little girl, and the original hostility quickly dissipated.

However, after some time, some of the villagers hurried over when they heard the news of Mary's return, expecting to see their children, only to be told by Viscount Wallace that they had died, and that the hope they had been born had been lost.

"But at least, you can let us see their bodies!" said an agitated father to Viscount Wallace.

"I buried them in one place, and if you want to see them, I can take you there, but please be mentally prepared first. The viscount sighed and promised the father.

"It's okay, I can give you the money!"

At the behest of his relatives, the Viscount led them back to the former cemetery, and Xavier, despite being a foreigner, was welcomed by the villagers, who all knew that the young swordsman was the man who saved Mary from the ghouls.

In the midst of all his thanks, Xavier entered Mary's house, which had been invited by the little girl's father, but as soon as he entered, he heard a young boy's voice nearby, seemingly angry, hugging the little girl tightly, and then pointing at Xavier.

Since Xavier didn't understand Vasiliki, he couldn't understand what he was saying, but he also vaguely felt that the young man was scolding him, but he seemed to be appeased by the little girl's father, and after talking for a while, he glanced at Xavier indignantly and left the scene with the little girl, which made Xavier very inexplicable.

He couldn't figure out what he had done.

In the end, it was the girl's father who explained the ins and outs.

He invited Xavier to his seat and poured him a drink similar to black tea, which was much worse than that of Zomintosri, but Xavier didn't mind too much, and then heard the man speak to Xavier

"Introduce myself, I'm Bentley Bennet, and I have to thank you and the witcher for saving my daughter. ”

In the process of speaking, Bingley Bannet used Minoan, because Xavier's appearance was obviously Minoan, so he knew what language to use to converse, although it was not very standard.

In the face of his gratitude, Xavier shook his head lightly and said, "Sir doesn't need to express gratitude, because it is our duty to hunt monsters, and we should be grateful to Lady Luck, without Him, we would not have been able to save Mary in time." ”

"But Lady Luck only favors the brave, so it means that you are strong enough. Bingley complimented Xavier, then looked at the boys and girls who had left, and then turned back and said, "By the way, I hope you don't mind what happened to my unscrupulous son just now." ”

"Is that your son?" Xavier's mind came to mind with the figure looking at him with angry eyes, could it be that he thought I had robbed him of his sister?

Otherwise, Xavier couldn't understand why he was so angry, and turned this thought into a question, "Of course I don't mind, but I want to ask, why is he so angry?"

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