"Huh..." As soon as she walked out the door, the cold wind blew towards her. Livia took a deep breath and mobilized the strength in her body to dispel the coldness.

"how?"

Hearing the words coming from the side, Livia turned her head to look.

Will, who was leaning against the pillar at the door of the tavern, had gotten another jug ​​of wine at some point and was sipping it while looking at him.

Livia shrugged. "He's already been a good guy to the end. The rest depends on him. Let's go back to the castle."

Will pushed his back, left the pillar, walked to Livia's side, and shook the wine jug in his hand.

The wine made a subtle sound in the jug.

"Why, do you want some more?"

"OK!"

Livia took the wine jug from Will's hand and drank it in one gulp.

"Hello!

You bastard…” Seeing that the wine flask that Livia returned was empty, Will cursed in a low voice, feeling a bit amused.

"Let's go."

Livia smiled and walked towards the street.

…

The two walked silently on the quiet street. From time to time, they could see buildings that had been reduced to ruins in the fire or were being rebuilt and renovated.

"By the way, what is a witcher?"

Will suddenly asked.

"Um?"

Did he hear what he and Will said?

Livia was stunned for a moment, and her steps paused for a moment.

That's right, with his strength, he can hear it even without opening his senses, just like himself now, without closing his senses and hearing. Even if the houses along the street have their doors closed, he can still hear the whispers inside, he just chooses to ignore it.

"It's a profession or creature that was researched by wizards in ancient times. After all, it is through mutating the body to obtain extraordinary powers. Theoretically, it is no longer a pure human being. Because there were already knights at that time, this extraordinary profession had long been eliminated. I could only become extraordinary because of my good luck and encountered the ruins."

In fact, Livia had already made up an excuse in her mind about the witcher's explanation. After all, most of the extraordinary people who were stronger than herself could see that the power system in her body was completely different when she took action. One day, she would be asked about it.

But what he didn't know was that the stories he made up based on the story in the game were actually very close to the truth in this world.

This world has indeed seen supernatural professions similar to witchers. After all, cult believers can gain supernatural powers by sacrificing their mutated bodies, and wizards have naturally done research in this area a long time ago. However, the mortality rate of the experimental witcher prototype was too high compared to the knights who had already begun to perfect it at that time, and in terms of immediate strength improvement alone, it could not compare to the knights. Moreover, witchers are no longer human at all in terms of body structure, but a new race. Therefore, the witchers in this world were abandoned long before the school was formed, and thus disappeared in history without leaving a trace.

Will heard this and nodded silently.

call……

Livia heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that she had barely managed to fool him. Although Will probably wouldn't mind if she didn't say anything.

"By the way, when are you leaving?"

"The day after tomorrow morning."

“So soon?”

"We have already wasted long enough here. If we get to the swamp any later, we will probably miss the deadline for the mission.

You should think about what an old witch would do when she's angry because she missed something important."

Will turned his head and looked at Livia and said seriously.

"Well……

I see."

Livia shuddered at the thought. In the TV shows and movies she had watched in her previous life, the character of the witch seemed to be a born villain.

"It will be time for me to leave in a few days. I have been here for too long and I am getting a little comfortable."

“A comfortable environment can really make people decadent.”

“There was once an old bounty hunter who had even reached the level of a half-step legend. However, because he had been worshipped by a great noble of a kingdom for too long, he was killed by the claws of the sub-dragon species that he was the target of during his first mission after being away from battle for a long time due to his carelessness.

People like us who rely on dealing with monsters and living on the edge of a knife cannot be at ease. Once we are at ease, we will be close to death. "

Will turned his head to look at the outline of the castle that had appeared not far away, and whispered heavily.

Livia nodded as if touched.

The two of them soon arrived at the gate of the city. After reporting, a shadow leopard knight with blond hair walked out from the small guard door next to it. He was an acquaintance of Livia.

"Diego?

Are you healed?

!”

The visitor was Diego, the deputy leader of the Shadow Leopard Knights. While recuperating in the castle, Livia asked about Diego, who had been attacked on the street with him before. The answer he got was that when he and Delon and his group had just left the city gate, the Shadow Leopard Knights who came to rescue them arrived. Although they saved Diego, Diego fell into a coma due to his serious injuries.

Afterwards, he was sent to the nearby guard post in the military camp in the north of the city for treatment. At that time, he was actually just a few walls away from Livia, but Livia was teleported away by the bloody vortex, otherwise Livia would have seen him unconscious while receiving treatment.

Until yesterday, Livia got the answer that he was still in a coma. Although his physical injuries were almost healed, he might have suffered a mental attack. Although it was not very serious, it was unclear when he would wake up. Therefore, Livia was not in a position to go to see him, after all, he needed to rest.

But now it seems he has woken up.

The blond knight standing in front of Livia smiled, raised his fist and lightly hit Livia's chest.

It seemed that the knights in this world liked to express themselves in this way. Livia naturally accepted this custom and hammered back Diego's breastplate.

"I heard people say that it happened when I was unconscious. You did a good job!"

"Haha, I didn't actually play any role. On the contrary, I ruined your Kovag's plan and hindered us."

Livia touched her nose sheepishly and said awkwardly.

"Didn't you say you were going to drink in the bar tonight and wouldn't be back?"

Diego said, looking at Livia and Will with some confusion.

"We've been drinking all day, and we've almost finished all the wine there. If we stay any longer, we probably won't have any more wine to drink, so we might as well come back."

Livia replied with a smile.

"By the way, it's so late, haven't you rested yet? You just woke up, shouldn't you rest more?"

"Ah..." Diego sighed.

"I'm not in any serious condition, I just slept for so long that I'm full of energy.

Kovag has too many things to deal with now. Deron hasn't slept for three consecutive days. Just now, I finally let him rest. I helped him deal with the government affairs in the territory."

Livia nodded thoughtfully.

"Well, don't stand outside in the cold wind. Let's go in and talk."

Diego said with a smile, moving the door open and motioning for the two to enter.

…