Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

The witch was so frightened that she almost threw her wand away.

Bad spicy!

How could she have forgotten? The hero's perception was extremely sharp, and he could sense any fluctuations of magic within a radius of 100 meters.

When they were in the brave team, it was thanks to that guy's perception that they were able to escape danger time and time again.

Perhaps that was why she became dependent on that guy. He always considered everything carefully. She would never be so careless before.

Blame the brave man!

Lacier threw the blame onto the hero without any psychological burden.

Then she waved her wand, trying to complete the warp spell before the hero could find her.

The hero moved quickly, just as she had seen him do in the past. He drew his sword, turned into a gust of wind, passed through the dense forest, and rushed almost silently towards where Lacie was.

"Oh my, your reaction is still so fast, you are indeed a reliable hero." Lacie thought sarcastically, "It's a pity that my buddy seems to be a little faster than you--"

"Just eat the exhaust gas!"

She finally completed the warp spell.

At this time, the brave man finally came to Miss Witch.

However, he could only watch as Rachel's body quickly became transparent, like a painting being erased by an eraser, and was about to disappear in front of him.

Of course, he also saw Lacie's provocative expression and heard her arrogant declaration that he should eat exhaust gas.

But he was not angry. He just loosened the sword in his hand and reached out his hand to Lacie, as if he wanted to catch Lacie who was about to disappear.

Lacey was stunned for a moment.

She subconsciously wanted to mock the hero for overestimating his own abilities and trying to catch her after she had completed the warp spell, but at this moment she suddenly remembered the hero's specialty as a hero -

Forbidden Demon.

He would destroy the magic power of everyone equally, and simply and roughly bring everyone to the same level as him. Then, that guy could use his rich experience and barbarian body to beat up most of them.

Unfortunately, Lacieel is the type who will be beaten by the hero.

So, the moment the hero touched Laciel, the effect of the warp spell disappeared.

Lace was pulled back to reality.

She couldn't stand steadily and sat down on the ground. Fortunately, it was spring and the grass was lush, so her butt was not broken into eight pieces.

Even so, she still gasped in pain.

"Damn you, hero!" Lacie cursed in her mind while rubbing her buttocks, "Don't let me catch you. If I catch you, you will be in big trouble!"

But suddenly she saw a tall shadow on the ground pressing towards her.

Be a brave man.

The hero was approaching her.

Lacey's heart skipped a beat.

She thought to herself, damn! I hope my buddy won't die here like this today - but on the surface she remained calm, even raised her head calmly and looked at the hero.

Come to think of it, she and the hero haven't seen each other for a while.

It has been almost a month since she pretended to be dead, and in the past three years, she has never been separated from the hero for so long.

After not seeing him for a month, Lacie discovered that the hero had undergone significant changes.

He seemed to have not shaved during this period, so he had a light stubble, and his hair was also uncut and looked messy.

He actually had thick dark circles under his eyes, as if he hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time. The corners of his eyes were always drooping tiredly, and his eyes became like dead fish, giving a feeling that he would not live long.

His clothes were already very dirty, stained a dirty gray by dust, dew, and plant juices, and even had holes in many places, but he had no intention of repairing them. He didn't even bother to wash off the bloodstains that had stained his cheeks at some point.

He stood in front of Lacie, head down, silent, expressionless, like a sleepwalking corpse.

Looking at this brave man who was completely different from before, Lacie suddenly felt that the person in front of her was a little strange.

Is it because of her?

Because a priest named Rachel Charlotte died while blocking the sword for the hero, only a month had passed and the hero had fallen into this decadent state, as if he was about to die. People could not help but wonder if he would collapse to the ground at the next moment and die with the priest.

This is really...

Lacie thought about it and slowly lowered her head.

She didn't want the hero to see her current expression, otherwise the hero might feel strange - he would wonder why the witch in front of him, whom he had never met, would...

I could hardly hold back my laughter.

Oh, pop the champagne!

Lacey's face was distorted from trying so hard to hold back her laughter.

She now wished she could get close to the brave man's ear and say, "Okay, okay, okay," "You know, my dear brave man, what I have always wanted to see is this expression of yours, the expression of lifelong regret!"

Live it!

Who had made him destroy the teleportation array she had built with great difficulty? And when she asked for compensation, he put on an innocent face, saying that he didn't mean to do it and couldn't afford it.

Although he certainly didn't do it on purpose, he was indeed extremely poor and couldn't afford the precious spellcasting materials that could empty the treasury of an entire kingdom.

But Lacelle was still angry.

He wouldn't think that a simple "I'm sorry" could repay her ten years of hard work and the precious materials she had collected with great difficulty!

People always have to pay the price for their wrong deeds. Since the brave man destroyed the magic circle she had built with great difficulty, she would let the brave man also experience the pain of losing a loved one!

Only in this way can they be even.

Thinking of this, Lacie was not so afraid of the hero anymore.

She felt that she had nothing to be afraid of. After all, they were even now. Besides, didn't that guy like to reason?

She wanted to see what reason he could come up with.

So Lacee stood up.

She even took the initiative and asked before the hero could explain his purpose:

"Who are you? Why are you near my house? And why are you interrupting my warp spell?!"

Her acting skills have always been very good, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to disguise herself and join the Brave Team for three years without being seen through.

Although she didn't know why the hero came to her, she decided to believe in her acting skills. She guessed that the hero might not know the truth yet, so she deliberately pretended to be angry.

As expected, as she guessed, after being questioned by her, the hero did not point out her identity, but replied in a low voice after a moment of silence:

"I am Ciel... the brave Ciel."

Of course, Lacie knew the hero's name. In the past three years, she had called this name countless times - greeting him when he woke up in the morning, saying good night before going to bed, and whispering his name when she was healing his wounds, telling him to bear with it.

There is probably no one in the world who is more familiar with this name than her.

But now she pretended to be puzzled and said:

"Char? The brave Char..."

After repeating the name twice, she suddenly realized:

"I remember now—you are the guy who destroyed my magic circle last time!"

After saying this, she put on a ferocious expression as if she had seen her enemy and wanted to skin Charles alive.

"Last time you destroyed my magic circle, but this time you sneaked up near my house and interrupted my warp magic..." Lacier snorted as she got up from the ground, "Are heroes so cheap these days? How can someone with bad behavior like you become a hero?"

While saying this, Miss Witch felt a little guilty for a rare moment.

Even she had to admit that Ciel was indeed a very competent hero. In every aspect, he was almost impeccable.

But it doesn't matter! Only those who still have a conscience will feel the pain of conscience, and she had thrown away this useless thing long ago.

She has no conscience, so of course she doesn't feel ashamed. On the contrary, she will intensify her efforts.

After Charles told her the news of the priest's death, she would definitely mock his incompetence and ask him, isn't he very powerful, then why can't he protect his beloved?

Having made up her mind, Lacie brushed off the dust on her skirt and asked sarcastically:

"Didn't you say last time that you would find a way to compensate me? So what about compensation?"

She simply held out her hand to Ciel, signaling him to burst the gold coins quickly.

Charles was stunned when he saw this. Perhaps because he couldn't pay the compensation, his expression quickly darkened. Then he shook his head and answered in a hoarse voice:

"I'm sorry, Miss Witch, I..."

Lace knew that Charles was poor and could not afford the compensation, so she interrupted him impatiently before he finished speaking:

"Okay, I know you can't pay compensation - then tell me the truth, why did you come to me this time?!"

After hearing this, Charles was silent for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Lacie with a very strange expression, a mixture of expectation and pleading.

"Miss Witch," he stared into Rachel's eyes and asked in a low voice, "Someone told me that you have a way to resurrect the dead... Is this true?"

[To be continued]

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3. How to revive

Lacie subconsciously wanted to ask how it was possible.

If she could really resurrect the dead, she would have been worshipped by all races and kingdoms. Even if the resurrection ceremony had extremely harsh conditions, it would probably end up being a strange situation of "You just go ahead and resurrect, and we'll figure out a solution."

Once a person dies, he is dead. There is no way to resurrect him. This is an indisputable truth.

Then the question comes-

"Who told you this?" Rachel asked, neither confirming nor denying.

Charles shook his head.

"I promised that man," he said, "I can't tell you."

"Tsk..."

Lacey pouted in displeasure.

She smelled a conspiracy - it had only been a short time since she pretended to be a priest and died to protect Charles, and yet Charles had heard that she could resurrect the dead... She didn't believe it was a coincidence.

But now Charles wouldn't tell her who that person was.

She knew Charles. He was a stubborn person and would definitely do what he promised to do, so she didn't intend to question Charles.

It's useless to ask anyway.

The hero's mouth was very hard. Although she had never tasted it, she knew it.

So she simply skipped the topic and raised a new question:

"Who are you going to resurrect?"

As soon as she mentioned this, the hero's expression became even darker.

"Yes..." He was silent for a while before saying, "A... friend."

"?"

Lacey was even more upset.

friend?

only friends?

Nonsence!

She had been in the Brave Team for three years, and she had been trying different ways to seduce the Brave every day. She had consumed countless brain cells and had tried every trick. The last thing she did was to drag Charles to the bed and say, "Brother, I like you and want to sleep with you."

And now Ciel says she's just a friend?