After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

and so--

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

After thinking for a moment, Aize nodded directly.

A huge network with powerful backing?

Isn't that just a warning to others?

Small shrimps are not qualified yet.

"Anyway… uh, where is that injured half-blood? Take me there first."

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A number of simple horse-drawn carriages were traveling on the bumpy road in the forest.

It contains the adventurers who have successfully defeated the mountain giant and Heidi who was rescued.

Through communication, Heidi learned that she was lucky not to be unconscious for too long. From the time she was knocked down to the time she was rescued, it only took her half a day of one night.

It's not too bad.

Since it was already afternoon when she was rescued, by the time they had cleaned out the nest and looted the spoils and set out again, the sky had already turned red.

At this moment, the sky was completely dark.

Fortunately, a fairly large village appeared in the direction of the convoy.

"Stop the car! Let's rest here today!"

Valeria, the captain, said so.

"Great! We won the battle, so we can have a drink tonight!!"

"You said the same thing last time, what happened? I knocked you down right at the beginning!"

"I had a cold that day! I wasn't feeling well! Can you come back today if you can?!"

"Come on, whoever loses gets to treat me!"

After finding an inn and parking their carriage, the adventurers crowded into the inn and began shouting for all kinds of food and drinks.

"Really? It's so noisy. It doesn't even look like a team."

Valeria sighed and said to Heidi, who was standing by the car and looked bewildered:

"Don't worry about them. Take a shower here first and then eat something. We will leave tomorrow morning and will be in the city at noon. Don't worry."

At this moment, all the extremely dirty things have dried up, forming all kinds of disgusting lumps and stains all over the body.

The smell was so bad that Heidi was really afraid that she would get so much of it that she couldn't wash it off.

By then, in addition to the meat shield princess, she will also be given the title of the stinky princess or something like that... It's not funny.

So, of course she couldn't wait to take a shower.

But you still have to pretend to be nice for the sake of face.

She said in an embarrassed manner:

"But, the hotel fee..."

"It's okay, I'll just treat it as one more person on the team, it's no big deal, go ahead."

Valeria said this with a smile.

"Well, I'll go then!"

Heidi no longer refused. After finishing the formalities at the counter, she rushed into the simple bathroom impatiently and scrubbed the stains off her body with all her might.

Once, twice...I wish I could scrape off every layer of the skin.

After struggling for more than an hour, the snow-white skin was finally revealed again, and the bright red hair also roughly returned to its original color.

As for the faint smell... just pretend you can't smell it.

In order to avoid being questioned and revealing her flaws, Heidi said that she was tired, ate some food, and went straight back to her room and fell asleep.

After making a fuss and drinking a huge amount of alcohol, the adventurers went back to rest.

The bustling store suddenly became deserted.

Seeing that it was getting late and there would be no more business, the hotel owner decided to close the hotel.

But just as he closed the door and was about to rest, he heard fierce and heavy footsteps outside, followed by knocks on the door.

When it opened again, several fully armed and menacing guards stood at the door.

This posture naturally scared the boss of ordinary businessmen:

"Sirs... Gentlemen, what can I do for you?"

"We're chasing a fugitive."

The guard replied, holding up a scroll of parchment and unfolding it to the boss:

"Have you ever seen this person? She's female, child-sized, with red hair, possibly wearing armor. Has she ever stayed at your place?"

The picture on the paper was a portrait of Heidi.

Chapter 21 Self-destruction

The picture on the wanted poster held by the guard was based on Heidi's past portrait, and it could be said that they were 100% or even 90% similar.

But that’s where the problem lies.

Heidi on the paper is neatly dressed, well-groomed, and wearing neat aristocratic clothes.

Heidi, who had just passed by the boss, was sloppy, with stains all over her face, and even her hair had changed color after being tossed around for a long time.

It gives people a completely different feeling.

So, the boss shook his head:

"never seen it."

The guards glanced at each other and without hesitation, they pushed past each other and walked into the store.

"Never seen it? We're going to come in and search. Do you mind?"

"Of course, of course..."

How could the boss dare to refuse such a request? He respectfully and with a smile on his face led the other party up the stairs to the area where the guest rooms were.

Knock on the doors of every room.

The noise was quite loud, and behind every opened door was the face of a drunken adventurer, full of fatigue and dissatisfaction.

There is a big difference in appearance, and the layout of the rural shop is also simple, with few Tibetans.

So the progress was very fast, and in just a few minutes, they had reached the innermost room.

"Dong dong dong dong!"

After a heavy knock on the door, a female face with burns appeared there.

You can tell at first glance that this figure is not hers.

The guard held up the wanted poster and asked:

"Do you know the person above?!"

The woman—Valeria glanced at it and shook her head expressionlessly.

"do not know."

"Is there anyone else in your room?"

"No."

As she spoke, Valeria stepped aside and showed the empty room to the guards.

Seeing this, the guards said nothing, turned around and left.

Valeria returned to the room and sighed as she looked at the empty bed.

Heidi—to her, Elaina—had actually been in the room just now.

It's just that the soldiers were making too much noise, so the moment she heard the knock on the door, Heidi jumped out the window and ran away.

When Valeria woke up, there was only an empty bed and an open window.

No matter how stupid Valeria was, she should have realized by now that there was something really wrong with this guy.

And the person pictured on the wanted poster just now was undoubtedly her.

As an adventurer, Valeria couldn't understand how a guy who was almost buried in a monster's lair could be wanted on the very night he was rescued.

Did it before? The timing was just too coincidental.

However, Valeria didn't care. After all, this matter had nothing to do with her.

In the end, I helped her keep it secret for a while, which was considered to be the most I could do.

"My father was killed by a monster... huh? Heh, you acted it out pretty convincingly."

The tall female adventurer cast her gaze out the window and muttered to herself with a faint smile:

"From now on, you're on your own, little girl."

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Wearing thin clothes, Heidi ran in the dark night.

Although she didn't know much about adventurers, she knew that they were a group of people who did things for money.

There is nothing strange about helping yourself when it has nothing to do with you.

But it would be outrageous to expect them to fight the dukes just for a passerby like me.

It’s better to go on your own so as not to implicate others and avoid being tied up and handed over by them.

But at this moment, Heidi's mentality was somewhat broken.

He had just managed to escape from the monster, and before he could even catch his breath, he was caught up by the pursuers again.

"Tsk, these bastards are so fast!!"

This village is actually quite far from the river. Who would have thought that it would take more than a day to reach it.

This group of nobles seemed to be really determined to kill him.

Moreover, a wanted warrant was also brought.

Although I didn't see the specific content on the wanted poster, as long as it was accompanied by a roughly similar portrait, the difficulty of my escape would increase exponentially.

No, we can't just run away like this, we have to think of a way.

Just before she was about to rush out of the village, she suddenly stopped, hid in the bushes on the side of the road, and quietly looked in the direction of the hotel to observe the situation.

There was no movement.

It seemed that those adventurers didn't want to cause trouble, so they didn't give themselves away.

Good luck.

After making sure that she would not be discovered for a while, Heidi quietly returned to the village again. After looking around, she looked towards a grocery store.

Using the power of a brave man, she carefully broke the door lock and sneaked in. Heidi took a bottle of ink, went to a deserted place outside, poured it out and wiped it on her hair.

After all, red hair is too conspicuous.

After messing up her hair until it was all black, she felt it was not enough and touched her face again.

We need to think of a way to do this.

Heidi was absolutely incapable of making things like disguise masks, so she decided to use some simpler and more brutal methods.

He sneaked into the village blacksmith shop and stole a knife from among the forged items.

Then, he escaped from the village and came to an uninhabited forest.

He tore off a piece of clothing, stuffed it into his mouth, bit it, then picked up a knife and slashed his face.