My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 10: Colonel invites you to the military headquarters for tea

December 1029, 12 in the Imperial calendar.

When the sun rose in the sky the next day, Roland woke up to a not-so-urgent knock on the door.

He didn't get a good rest after spending the night on the recliner, but he still forced himself to sit up.

He knew very well who would come to see him so early.

When I opened the door, sure enough, there was a team of city defense soldiers standing outside.

"Mr. Roland, after investigation, it seems you may be involved in last night's explosion. The Colonel asks you to go to the city defense headquarters and describe the situation."

The leading officer was quite polite. Although his tone was a bit harsh, his attitude was still gentle.

Roland smiled and nodded: "No problem, I should. But do we have to go right away?"

The officer maintained his stern expression. "The Colonel is suggesting that you go talk to him today. The specific time is up to you. He's always in the headquarters office."

"That's great."

"This is the pass, please keep it safe. You will be able to enter the headquarters building with the pass."

The officer handed Roland a card with a photo of him and brief information printed on it. The card also had the Hearst Empire's military emblem engraved on it—a black-winged griffin soaring high.

"Thank you very much. Please tell the Colonel that I will be there soon."

Roland then chatted with the officer for a while and got some information out of him.

While the city's defense forces investigated the explosions heard near a lake in the forest outside the city, Colonel Odermeyer ordered martial law throughout the city.

The Governor also criticized Odemeyer, claiming that Odemeyer's move was making a big deal out of nothing and destroying the business environment in Ruiskan at night.

However, with the support of the military, Odmeyer, a colonel in the city defense army, completely ignored the governor's accusations.

Without command authority, the governor was just talking big and there was nothing he could do, so he had to allow martial law to continue.

After a brief conversation, the officer nodded, packed up his team and left.

Roland closed the door only after watching the city defense troops leave his sight.

Everything was pretty much as he expected.

But surprisingly, the person taking the lead this time seemed a little too polite.

It really doesn't conform to the iron-blooded style of the imperial military.

But Roland soon found a reasonable explanation.

He accepted the commission issued by Odmeyer in the Adventurer's Association.

As a colonel in the city defense army, it wouldn't be difficult for him to find out who accepted his commission.

After all, not everyone can take on this commission.

It is estimated that the other party's original plan was just to try their luck. After all, the branch of the Mainland History Society, which is most likely to have the information, is currently empty of people, and every single one of them is floating on the Storm Ocean.

But he didn't expect that the blind cat would actually catch a dead mouse and help him find his target.

This was the only reason Roland could think of for the other party's gentle and polite attitude.

Roland turned his head to look at the stairs leading to the second floor, wondering whether he should take Kalia with him to the city defense headquarters.

Obviously leaving Kalia alone in the house was not a good option.

After all, Roland has been exposed, but the other party has not yet found his residence.

Perhaps after I killed those two killers last night, my accomplices in the city chose to lie low for a while?
When he killed the two killers last night, he learned from their conversation that they had informed their accomplices in the city about their assistance in investigating his identity.

And with the two killers losing contact, no, by now their accomplices, unless they are blind and deaf, should have guessed that they had met with an accident.

If nothing unexpected happens, my identity information should have been thoroughly checked.

The reason why nothing happened last night was probably due to the martial law imposed by the city defense forces in the city.

This inadvertently helped Roland. Furthermore, martial law hadn't ended yet, it was just not as strict as last night.

But the streets, which used to be bustling with traffic, were much quieter today.

The original caravan was replaced by patrolling city defense forces and members of the Supervisory Bureau.

Although it did not affect the daily lives of residents, the situation in the entire Riskan became much more tense.

"It seems that when I go to see Mr. Colonel, I have to bring Kalia with me, and there is no time to lose."

Roland analyzed the countermeasures based on the current situation.

Leaving Kalia here alone is obviously not a good idea.

Not to mention that this guy seems to be out of control, what if she is alone and the opponent steals her home?
Although this witch lady never showed any fighting skills from beginning to end, it seemed as if all her skills were spent on running.

But after what happened last night, Roland felt that Kalia might just be afraid to fully unleash her power.

If he had not been a time traveler who had lived two lives as a human being, with higher mental attributes than ordinary people, and if he had not been on high alert to prevent the black-clad gang's midnight attack, and if those shadows and nightmares were not spells released subconsciously and uncontrollably by Kalia in her sleep.

The combination of these three conditions allowed Roland to realize at the last moment that he was in an illusion and break free from it.

Otherwise, I'm afraid he would have been going through the reincarnation process again.

Although he had dispelled the spell with a flash last night, Roland didn't feel that the monster made of shadows was not threatening at all.

On the contrary, the monster that seemed to reflect fear brought him a sense of threat far greater than any enemy he had encountered before.

Even if she had the ability to fight, Roland felt that even if Kalia faced a life-or-death crisis, she probably wouldn't use all her abilities.

This half-month-long pursuit is the best example.

Roland didn't think that with Kalia's mysterious and unpredictable magic talent, she really couldn't kill the two four-ring killers.

It’s obvious that they can’t even withstand landmines.

"Why hasn't this guy gotten up yet? It's already nine o'clock."

Roland thought about it and decided to go upstairs to see what was going on.

After all, delays will lead to changes, and no one knows what the final outcome will be if we slow down now.

He walked up the stairs and knocked on the door. Roland shouted at the door: "Hey, Kalia. Time to get up! We have important things to do today."

"Did you hear that? It's time to get up!"

Roland shouted at the door for a minute, but there was no movement from inside.

Sighing, Roland finally chose to carefully push open the door and look towards the bed.

Ok?
Why is the quilt so smooth? Did this guy run away?

This conjecture seems quite possible!
Roland pushed open the door, only to see Kalia wrapped in a blanket and cloak, sleeping on the table.

"It's amazing that you can sleep. You have a bed but you don't sleep on it, you just lie on the table..."

Roland was speechless about Kalia's behavior. He walked over, knocked lightly on the wooden table, and said softly, "Hey, get up."

"Hmm... I told you, sea salt bread tastes best with mushroom soup..."

"..."

Roland was silent.

It seems this guy didn't eat enough last night.

"Okay, time to get up." Roland knocked on the table again, and this time he successfully woke up Kalia.

"Whoa!"

Kalia let out a cute scream and then fell backwards to the ground.

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