Lan En smiled and said, "Keep your head up. Children should not imitate adults in everything. I just arrived at Baiguoyuan today and you came to me. It seems that you have been waiting for me."

After hearing what Lann said, Leo raised his head, glanced at the dark golden lion eyes curiously, then lowered his head in panic.

"My Lord Count... I'm sorry to bother you, but I want to ask you: Are you a demon hunter?"

Lann nodded and said, "It's absolutely genuine."

Leo took a deep breath and said, "I once heard a poet, his name is Dan or something, he sang a story about a demon hunter called 'White Wolf'. He said that demon hunters are rangers who are chivalrous and punish evil. I would like to ask Lord Count...are you also such a demon hunter?"

There is a lot of information in this sentence.

The boy didn't dare look up, but even if Lann didn't meet his eyes, he could see the fantasy the boy was holding so carefully.

As a qualified adult, what he should do at this moment seems to be to puncture the boy's fantasy and let him face the reality. After all, reality likes to devour children with fantasies the most, especially in this medieval fantasy continent where human life is worthless.

But through the boy's narration, Lann was basically able to determine the child's identity: the future dead wolf-faction witcher apprentice - Leo.

Strictly speaking, he did not become a demon hunter until his death. He only went through some of the demon hunter trials, simply gained some physical enhancement, learned sword skills, and mastered some magic seals half-baked.

This is already very rare. Every stage of the Demon Hunter has a high mortality rate. Even the "Choice" which is only the first stage of physical sword training, because of the long time span, it can drive any school apprentice with weak will crazy and become like the Cat School, and then let them die in the subsequent trials.

If you use Gwent cards to measure Leo's strength, it is equivalent to a purple card, SR level.

He may be slightly weaker than someone like Milva who is at the top of his profession, but he is also a talent.

These are Lan's more realistic considerations for the children in front of him. Even if these factors are excluded, Lan's patience with children is also very good - unless they are the kind of naughty children who force themselves to die and push the plot.

"Kid, at your age it may be difficult to understand: there are good and bad people in any group, including demon hunters. So next time you meet someone with eyes similar to mine, don't approach them rashly."

Lann chuckled: "But you and I are both lucky. At least I am not a bad person now. Why, do you have any 'commission' to give me?"

If an adult was here, upon hearing the word "entrust", he would definitely kneel down in fear and say "I dare not", but Leo's eyes lit up and he finally had the courage to raise his head.

Then, Lan heard a story:

Not long ago, before Kolgrim left White Orchard, young Leo approached him and wanted to hire a snake-faction witcher with an almost ridiculous so-called reward.

Faced with Leo, who admired the witcher, the snake witcher originally wanted to scare him away with his harsh words, but in the end, it seemed that he briefly indulged in his own sentimental kindness and accepted Leo's commission - to find York Jean, the missing son of the beekeeper.

It all started when Kolgrim arrived at White Orchard and wanted to buy some honey to make some mead, but ended up getting himself into trouble.

Afterwards, Kolgrim explained to Leo what happened before he was captured:

"When I got there, the beekeeper's house was in chaos, and his wife and children were all injured. I didn't want to cause any trouble, so I just wanted to buy some honey. But who knew that the cholera-stricken guy saw that I was a foreigner and wanted to sell me at three times the price. Did he think I was stupid?"

"After I left, the little brat actually came to see me once. He ridiculously wanted to ask me for the triple amount of money for the honey on behalf of his father. I was very good-tempered by not beating him. I just scolded him and sent him away."

After accepting Leo's commission, Kolgrim returned to the place where he met York Jon, the son of the beekeeper that day, activated his witcher senses, and easily followed the scent of honey.

The smell passed the beekeeper's house, seemed to linger at the door for a while, and then turned out of the village and went north to the bank of the Ishmina River.

Kolgrim did not think about why the beekeeper's son came to this place alone, but he found groups of water ghosts here.

The snake hunter may not be able to defeat a group of demons in a skirmish, but the water ghost is a piece of cake for him. He didn't even use poison to turn the water ghost into a dead ghost.

Later, he found Yorkjoan's body in the gathering place of these water ghosts.

The truth is out.

He told Leo the truth and brought him here. The boy burst into tears after seeing his friend's body. He asked the witcher to take York Jon's body back to the beekeeper for burial, but was rejected.

Kolgrim had no good feelings towards White Orchard, and he had no interest in proving his innocence. Finding the missing beekeeper's son was like fulfilling Leo's "commission", so he left immediately.

In order to prevent Leo from doing anything stupid after he left, he took the boy to his parents and frightened the peasant couple by presenting him as a "monster hunter who might kidnap children". Leo was then severely beaten and then confined to his home.

The snake-faction witcher left, and Leo had no one else to turn to for help. It was not until today when he heard his parents talking about the return of Lann and his group that he regained hope.

He climbed out of the window and mustered up the courage to find Lan, hoping to see the real witcher he imagined.

[Discovery Mission-Sweet Home:

The snake-faction witcher found the beekeeper's son, or "part" of the beekeeper's son, based on the scent of honey; at this moment, the one who cared about him the most was actually his playmate. The kind-hearted child didn't want to watch the remaining body of his companion disappear into the beast's belly, so he could only come to the witcher Count for help. Witcher, it's not a bad thing to show your kindness occasionally, even if it doesn't have a good result in the end. 】

But system, isn't it because the demon hunter became "emotionless" because he was kind too many times when he was young?

Looking at Leo, the boy in front of him who started crying because of the story he was telling, Lann sighed and decided to treat this as a mission. After all, there was experience to be gained, and a small thing is still meat.

Lan chewed over what Leo had just said and asked, "Kolgrim said that the beekeeper's son once went to him and asked for three times the price of honey, but was scolded and ran away. Is that right?"

Leo nodded: "His father is very fierce, sarcastic and mean. He always bullies outsiders and sets prices at will. Everyone in the village knows it. He must have forced York June to find Mr. Snake Eyes. He killed York June!"

The little boy gnashed his teeth. Looking at his expression, Lan asked:

"But even so, you want to send York June home?"

Leo hesitated for a moment, but still nodded: "He has nowhere else to go, and his mother loves him very much and is very good to us. I think she needs to know this..."

Lan nodded: "Okay, I'll accept your 'commission'. But what will you use to hire me? Since you are so familiar with demon hunters, you should know that we have to be paid. Even if I am an earl, tradition cannot be changed."

Lann's original intention was just to tease the crying boy, but Leo actually started to think about it in real distress.

"But I have already given all my property to Mr. Snake Eyes." Leo said hesitantly, "How about I give you something I already have but I don't know about it yet? This poet also said... It's called the 'Law of Surprise', is that okay?"

Looking at Leo's probing eyes, Lann smiled. He thought for a while and said, "You are smarter than I thought, but it happens that I do know something that you have without knowing it: your talent. You have a talent that you don't know, Leo."

He looked at the confused boy and said, "If you really want to pay with the 'Law of Accidents', then you have to offer your 'talent', or rather, 'you who have this talent'. I will take you as my attendant."

Even a country boy like Leo knows how rare it is to be the earl's attendant. Moreover, "sacrificing oneself for a friend" is so cool in the eyes of boys that Leo even felt a sense of pride in his heart.

Seeing the boy eagerly agree, Lan also gathered the servants with the mentality of spiceing up his life. There was no need to summon the cavalry for such a small occasion. Three servants, plus the child and Lan, a group of five, ran in the direction Leo pointed and arrived near the Ishmina River.

The Ishmina River runs through the White Orchard area and can be said to be the river of life of the White Orchard, which has been nourishing the nearby villagers.

But this time it gave birth to a life that was not able to coexist harmoniously with humans. When Lann arrived here, he found that five more water ghosts had appeared, tearing the bodies of their dead companions.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves, they all raised their heads, and all kinds of uncomfortable things dripped off their bloody faces.

Lann frowned in disgust. Devouring one's own kind was always the most disgusting topic.

"Disgusting monster." Milva took over Lan's role and said what he wanted to say.

Lann looked at the configuration of his team: a House who had followed him in his battles, a gold card sharpshooter, and a friend of the tree spirit who had fought against the giant griffin.

"I won't do anything. Just deal with them."

Lann said that the three servants had already drawn their weapons, and when Lann gave the order, they rushed forward impatiently.

There is nothing much to say about the battle scene. Two of the three servants are equipped with follower templates, and the remaining one is also brave and good at fighting.

If they couldn't even deal with a few water ghosts, Lane planned to let them farm on the spot in White Orchard.

Milva, whose archery skills had already been gradually developed, took the lead in the fight. He pulled the mahogany longbow and shot two consecutive arrows, which accurately hit the heads of the two water ghosts.

House, who was charging, couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Although Ace was gone, his feeling was still there. The feeling of an arrow accurately passing through his neck and hitting the enemy was so familiar. Milva's archery skills were even better than Ace's.