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

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The more Lacey thought about it, the angrier she became - being called wife by Charles certainly didn't make her happy, but being treated as an ordinary friend by Charles made her even more furious.

So her voice turned cold:

"Friend? Which friend?"

But she regretted it after she said it.

She shouldn't have such big mood swings.

In other words, Charles didn't know her true identity. If he knew her true identity, he might have an illusion - he might think that she was angry because he only treated her as a friend and not a lover, although this was not the case.

She just felt like she had been winking at the dog for three years.

What bad luck!

However, Charles did not seem to hear the emotion in her words. He seemed to be immersed in some emotion, so he answered intermittently:

"A friend who is very important to me."

Only then did Lacie feel less angry.

She thought to herself, so that's how it is. She turned out to be a very important friend. No wonder he wanted to resurrect her.

She couldn't help but want to sneer, but in the end she concealed her emotions well and turned it into a smile.

A very sweet and cute smile.

By the way, ever since she became what she is now, people have been praising her for being cute and well-behaved.

She always accepted these compliments, which could not be called compliments, with pleasure.

Why is this?

Because he looks well-behaved, of course it is convenient for him to do bad things.

Lacier showed her signature, harmless, sweet smile, pretending to be a curious baby and asked:

"Who is it then? How can I help you if I don't know who it is?"

Since she asked this, Ciel could only tell the truth:

"She is the pastor of our team. Her name is Rachel, Rachel Charlotte."

"Oh..." Lacie deliberately stretched out her voice, "I seem to have heard of this name. I have a little impression of it."

Then, she narrowed her eyes and suddenly said in a playful tone, as if she was teasing a good brother:

"you like her?"

After saying this, she waited to hear Charles's stubborn words.

He would definitely deny it, or simply remain silent - she had seen this scene too many times, so she was already familiar with the process.

Anyway, no matter what, my dear hero just doesn't want to...

"Well, I like her," Charles said suddenly.

The tone was serious, heavy and sad.

It sounds like a wedding in a cemetery, swearing "I do" to the gods.

"Eh?"

Lacey stayed there.

But before she could react to what was happening, Charles whispered:

"I liked her, I loved her—but I couldn't tell her that."

The hero raised his head, and Lacele saw self-blame and pain accumulated in his iron-gray eyes.

Then he said in a heart-breaking low voice:

"…I miss her."

"..."

The dense forest suddenly fell into a strange silence. Charles did not speak for a long time, and Lacie did not come out to spoil the atmosphere.

After a while, Charles finally came back to his senses from the surging emotions and realized his own gaffe.

He became embarrassed.

In his opinion, he shouldn't say such words to the witch in front of him.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly observe the witch's expression, wanting to see how the witch would react - according to his guess, based on the witch's usual behavior, she should mock him.

After all, although he had only spoken a few words to the witch, the witch was either mocking him or on her way to mock him.

Charles didn't know how he had offended her... Was it because she was still angry at him for accidentally destroying the magic circle she had built with so much difficulty?

If that was the case, the ridicule was indeed the price he deserved.

But the witch's reaction was beyond Ciel's expectations.

She didn't taunt Charles as usual, but instead had a rather strange expression on her face, and Charles couldn't quite tell what that expression meant.

At this moment, perhaps because she noticed that Charles was peeking at her, the witch suddenly turned her gaze to Charles.

Charles hastily looked away, but it was too late. The witch had already discovered his peeping behavior.

The brave man, believing that he was in the wrong, had no choice but to stand there obediently, waiting for the witch's next violent and sarcastic attack.

But for some reason, the heavy rain he had expected did not fall in the end, although the atmosphere had become tense and dangerous, and the witch's face was covered with dark clouds and thunder was brewing.

But in the end, only a few raindrops fell.

"Humph!"

The hero seemed to hear the witch snort softly.

The voice was so soft and thin that he almost thought it was an illusion. Then, he heard the witch's impatient command:

"Follow!"

"Ah?" He didn't realize what this meant.

Perhaps because she thought he was too stupid to even understand this, the witch's tone became even more vicious:

"How can there be a hero as stupid as you... Follow me! I don't want to talk to anyone outside!"

The brave man finally understood what the witch meant.

So he touched his head, said "oh", put the sword back into the sheath, followed the witch, along the path in the woods, towards the witch's lair.

……

Lacey wanted to curse.

Although she had already called Charles stupid, it was obviously just a drop in the bucket. How could a small toothpick possibly satisfy a large water tank?

So she took Charles home, silently cursing him with her lips.

Do you know how to confess now? But what's the point of knowing now? Why didn't you do it before? The person is already dead, and the seventh day has passed. Even if you confess now, say you love you ten thousand times, even if you take out a ring to propose, the person will not jump out of the coffin, put on the ring and say I do.

Of course, as a witch, she can indeed fake her death.

But she was not a priest, she just thought the hero was really stupid and should just die.

Even the pleasure she had just gotten from teasing the hero disappeared completely - there was no doubt that Ciel was a fool, and others might get a sense of accomplishment by teasing fools, but not her.

She hates fools.

Especially, a fool like the brave Charles.

So her attitude towards Charles was certainly not very good - after leading Charles to the door of the Witch's Lair, she turned around, looked Charles up and down, and frowned.

"So dirty," she looked at Charles with a look of looking at trash, "How long has it been since you last showered?"

Charles was a little embarrassed, but he still defended himself:

"I just took a shower yesterday...yesterday."

"I don't believe you! How can you be this dirty after taking a shower yesterday?"

"It's true," Charles scratched his head, "It's so dirty... probably because I was in a hurry."

"..."

Lacey stopped talking.

Because she knew why Charles was in a hurry.

I guess that guy has been looking for her since he heard that she has a way to resurrect the dead.

Her retreat is in the deepest part of the Forest Sea. If Charles wants to find it, he must cross the entire Forest Sea - even with Charles' skills and speed, it will take at least three days and three nights.

That's why he looks so tired and disheveled, because he is probably on the road all the time.

Does this guy really want to resurrect her?

Even Lacie found it a little unbelievable.

But it’s also a good thing. The more Charles wants to resurrect her, the more room he has for maneuver.

She had already begun to think about what she could do with this.

After all, she is a witch, and witches have no conscience. Even if she knew that Charles had put in countless efforts to resurrect her, she would not feel the slightest bit of guilt.

She just wanted to see the remaining value of the hero.

Soon she had a plan.

So she raised her arm, pointed in a direction, and ordered:

"Go in the direction I point to. There is a stream about one or two hundred meters away. Go take a bath first and scrub yourself clean from head to toe. Then come back to find me."

Charles was stunned when he heard this, and answered subconsciously:

"it is good."

Then he remembered something and said:

"But I only have this one set of clothes..."

Lacele was almost despairing about Charles's intelligence - it was clear that Charles in the past was not stupid at all, nor was he as naive as he is now. He could even be described as smart and cunning.

He was not a widower at all. Rather, Lacie felt that he had lost his external brain.

So she had no choice but to tell Charles:

"Why don't you just wash the clothes together? And don't you know the light spell? Can't you just use the light spell to dry the clothes after washing them?"

Charles then nodded.

But he did not turn around and leave immediately. Instead, he looked up at Lacier and asked after hesitating:

"When I come back from my bath, will you tell me how to revive Lacea?"

Upon hearing this, Lacier raised the corners of her lips and answered him:

"of course."

Then, she added in her mind:

"But if the person is not dead, how can he be resurrected?"

[To be continued]

4. Don’t fail to cherish

Although the current heroes are a bit stupid, they are still quite efficient in doing things.

Not long after, he finished his shower, dried his clothes, and reappeared in front of Lacier's house.

At this time, Lacquer was trying to destroy the evidence.