After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

Aize blinked, not understanding the meaning of this sentence for a moment.

The witch put down her pen, stood up, and walked in front of Aize with her hands behind her back.

He deliberately put on a sad face, shook his head and said:

"Master Brave Aize, are you trying to take this opportunity to reconcile with your fiancée? That's why you want to kick me, your troublesome new lover, aside, is that right?"

This is a bit disgusting.

Aize was choked for a moment, staring with eyes wide open, not knowing how to respond.

Villian took the opportunity to continue the pursuit.

She folded her arms, sighed deeply, shook her head, and said:

"As expected, a fiancée with a marriage contract is true love. Someone like me, who was picked up halfway and didn't even have a name, was just playing around after all and was abandoned. Wuwuwu——"

As he spoke, tears even welled up in the corners of his eyes.

“…No, how did it get to that point!?”

Everyone in Aize was numb.

"I'm just worried that the clutter in the capital might make you sick, so... uh?"

Accidentally, I spilled the beans.

"Tsk—I was just wondering if you were worried about something when you suddenly said this, but I didn't expect it to be true."

The witch's tragic look disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Almost immediately, he put his hands on his hips, raised the corners of his mouth, and his expression became unhappy.

But soon, with a roll of her eyes, Villian put on her usual signature smirk and leaned in front of him thoughtfully.

Then, before Aize could react, she turned around and sat on him face to face, looking down at him.

In an instant, the soft and warm touch was applied to Aize without reservation.

Along with a very pleasant smell, Aize's attention was irresistibly drawn to it.

The two people's eyes also overlapped, one high and one low.

And Aize is of course the more embarrassed one now.

"What?"

"Brave Lord Aize, do you think this is better?"

"ha?"

"You prefer a little girl who screams when frightened by monsters to a fake witch who was once the fearless leader of the Thirteen? That's not impossible~"

After saying that, Villian's expression changed and she suddenly pretended to be scared.

He opened his arms wide and hugged the confused Aize with all his strength, and at the same time, he stuffed all the upper body into the other's chest without any care.

While stuffing the bag, he shouted:

"Horrible~ The vampires are so scary, the blood slaves are so scary~ I don't want to face these monsters, brave master, please protect me quickly~"

If the physical contact at the beginning made Aize, as a man, inevitably blush and feel his heart beat fast, then the physical contact made Aize feel blush and his heart beat fast.

Now, with such a deliberately fabricated reaction, there is only pure horror left.

The behavior was completely beyond his knowledge, and Aize had no idea how to react.

And after a lot of trouble - and also taking the opportunity to take advantage of Aize - Villian finally let go of Aize.

He pulled away, narrowed his eyes, and asked with an unhappy look:

"Do you think this is better? Or is the usual one better?"

"...Uh, let's just keep it as usual."

"Then what are you worrying about?!"

The witch lady succeeded, her dissatisfaction was beyond words on her face. She reached out her hand and pinched Aize's face mercilessly.

"Have you, Brave Lord Aize, been so lost these past few days that you've forgotten even the most basic fact: I'm much stronger than you?"

"You're going to charge right into that capital, and you're telling me not to go? Are you kidding me? Wait until you can finally unleash your holy sword again!"

While she was barking at him, Villian's hands did not stop.

He attacked with both hands, kneading Aize's face non-stop, creating all kinds of strange expressions.

It seems like he is really angry.

Aize was also quite wronged.

I have been in this world for more than two years and have interacted with countless people in various ways.

Villian might be the first person who made him subconsciously want to overprotect her.

The result is this reaction.

Who can I talk to?

After standing still in this somewhat inexplicable state for a while, Villian probably felt that it was inappropriate to continue, so she sighed softly.

Then he smiled and said:

"Oh, the holy sword I was talking about is the one in the storage room, not the one you're carrying. I could use it to pierce me, but if you misunderstand me, I'll be in big trouble."

"...I beg you, can this joke end here?"

Why was this guy still so focused on the mess he'd accidentally made that night in the dungeon?

Moreover, Aize tentatively understood that she wanted to change the subject and let the matter end here.

But do you have to tell dirty jokes?

The atmosphere was quite good just now.

This guy, is it true that his body before the transformation has no unclear relationship with the succubus?

On this side, Villian finally let go of Aize and stood up from him.

Then, with a slight smile, but in an extremely serious tone, he said:

"Don't do it again. If you keep doing this kind of useless thing, I'll think you're either trying to get back together with your ex and want to kick me out, or you just want to be a little soft and put on that same mode for the whole day. Remember that~"

No matter which one, I get goosebumps just thinking about it.

Aize had no choice but to sigh softly, then nodded with a wry smile:

"I see."

"That's good to know. Haha, remember, witches are very persistent~"

Miss Witch said, closing one eye and sticking out her tongue playfully:

"Don't even mention the capital. Even if it's Hell or the God Realm, I'll follow you wherever you go. You want to get rid of me? It won't be that easy~"

Chapter 53 Departure

At dawn the next day, the personnel preparing to go to the royal capital gathered at the Knights' headquarters.

At this time, the key necessary materials were delivered to the gathering place on time by Aize's partners who were disguised as caravans.

In Villian's imagination, the amount of supplies used to suppress the plague in an entire city should be quite huge.

However, in reality, there were only a few large wooden boxes that could fit into a few carriages.

Out of curiosity, Miss Witch opened one of the boxes, and inside was a pile of exquisite glass bottles filled with transparent liquid neatly arranged.

"what is this?"

“Holy water.”

Aize explained:

"The blood plague infection is actually more like a contagious curse than a common plague. Purifying substances like holy water can be very effective."

Villian picked up a bottle curiously and fiddled with it in her hands for a while.

He unscrewed the lid again and leaned forward to smell it.

"vomit--"

He immediately frowned, looking disgusted, and almost threw it away subconsciously.

"It smells like the disgusting divine realm... Yue, I feel like I can't even eat lunch today."

After all, it is what the church calls an exorcism tool, and it also has a certain effect on demons other than vampires.

As a living creature, physiologically speaking, it is more like a human witch. Smelling it is at best a little disgusting.

If it is a ghost or something like that, this nose can probably help the person to be liberated directly by smelling it.

Violet put it back with disgust on her face:

"This is for the entire city, right? Is this really enough?"

"That's enough. This can't be used directly. You have to add water first."

Aize shrugged:

"For those infected with the blood plague who are not too serious and have not yet begun to transform, a ratio of 100 to 1 is almost sufficient. Those who have just been bitten or scratched don't even need this concentration."

As he spoke, he showed a sarcastic expression and added:

"Although it's a useful gadget, the holy water sold in churches across the country at a ratio of 1000 to 1 is already considered conscientious goods. The more outrageous ones even use empty holy water bottles to make water and then sell them."

Villian blinked in confusion.

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. After all, each branch of the church is responsible for its own profits and losses, and servants of God also need to eat... But anyway, it has given holy water a bad reputation among adventurers."

The church in this world is not just an agent of the will of the Supreme God in name only.

In fact, they did inherit a lot of technologies from the divine world.

Whether it is holy water or enchanted armor, the manufacturing process is monopolized by the church.

The profits from these monopolies constitute a very important part of the church's daily operating expenses and are also one of the key means for it to exert influence.

Although other people had complaints about this, Aize, who had always disliked the church, thought it was okay.

It's still more reliable than some guys who sell indulgences in his original world.

At least these things actually work.

"In addition to holy water, there are also divinely blessed amulets that can be worn to prevent inhalation infection."

"There are other things that are very effective against blood slaves and vampires. Unfortunately, the number of enchanted armors is far from enough. We'll talk about this later."

Enchanted armor is the process of permanently engraving various strengthening spells into armor and weapons.

Even if the wearer does not know magic, he can consume magic power to strengthen himself, which is very convenient and easy to use.

It can be said that the strength of the Holy War Knights, in addition to relying on the quality of its personnel, the enchanted armor and weapons also played an indispensable role.

At the same time, it is also the biggest obstacle for Aize to expand the Knights.

After all, the relevant manufacturing technology is monopolized, and now that it has separated from the church, it has become extremely difficult to obtain it in large quantities.

This time, dozens of sets were obtained through smuggling methods, which can allow all the newcomers involved in the operation to use them, but this is obviously not a long-term solution.

Sooner or later we have to think of a solution.

Noticing Aize's distress, Villian glanced at the gleaming silver armor and nodded slightly.

"Can I try it later?"

"Um?"

"Try to reverse engineer the technology used to decrypt enchanted armor, holy water, amulets, and so on!"

Miss Witch said this very seriously.

Aize frowned and shook his head slightly: