After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

What is going on?

It can't be that...she still thinks Aize is faking the breakup of the engagement, right?

This seems to be the only reasonable explanation.

But Aize really couldn't believe that this was an idea that a carbon-based creature would have.

There is no other way, we can only keep the same in the face of all changes and lay out the cards that need to be laid out:

"No, that statement has nothing to do with my breaking off the engagement. I maintained the engagement to instill fear in the nobles about our relationship, thereby creating a better balance of power in the kingdom."

"Now that I'm no longer a hero, there's no need to maintain this. Anyway... neither you nor I take this engagement seriously."

Heidi was stunned when she heard this and suddenly shook her head:

"What do you mean by not taking it seriously..."

"You know what I mean."

Heidi did understand.

Because as Aize said, she did not take the engagement seriously, but only used it as a useful tool to maintain her royal status.

But that was only Heidi's side, and Aize didn't take it seriously?

Doesn't that mean that Aize has never had any feelings for me?

Such a shocking fact made Heidi almost laugh out loud.

Would Aize have no good feelings towards me?

Laughing to death, how is that possible?

If I don't have a good impression of him, why would he run around for me and lick my ass for two whole years?

A masochist?

So, Heidi concluded that Eze was lying.

Just like wanting to break off the engagement before, it was all a trick to put pressure on herself and attract her attention. In fact, she just wanted to see more of him.

It's ridiculous.

But no matter how ridiculous it is, in order to motivate himself, he can even say such a ridiculous thing seriously. If he doesn't teach him a lesson, won't he be able to go to heaven in the future?

So Heidi pretended to be confused:

"You... didn't take it seriously? What are you talking about? I've always been serious about our engagement!"

Then, slowly, it starts to turn to anger:

"What do you mean? You don't take our engagement seriously!? And you think I don't take it seriously either!? This is too much!!! Aize, this is really too much!! "

Ai Ze stared in amazement as Heidi stood up from the sofa, crying and saying:

"So I'm the only one who's serious about this!? Only me!? I... do you know how many difficulties I've encountered just to be with you, and how many nobles have opposed me!? As long as I can be with you, I don't care about any of this! But you actually... you actually doubted that I wasn't serious!!?"

This performance was truly impactful.

Even Aize had a moment when he doubted whether he had really wronged Heidi.

Of course, it was just for a moment.

At this time, Her Royal Highness the Princess was completely over the top with her acting.

She tore the invitation she had just received into pieces and threw the pieces in Aize's face.

"I didn't know you thought this way... You actually thought this way... Okay, great, then let's do this! The engagement is annulled! Just pretend you never had me as your fiancée!!"

In Heidi's opinion, since Aize was pretending to break off the engagement, he must not want to lose her.

Since he doesn't want to lose me, if I really cancel the engagement, won't he be so anxious that he jumps up and down because he messed up? And then take the initiative to apologize to me?

And in order to gain her forgiveness, he must lick her harder and more diligently than before?

This way, not only can Aize be brought back, but also the purpose of luring the tiger away from the mountain and teaching that bitch a lesson can be achieved.

Heidi, who thought she had a sure win, showed off her acting talent.

Completely ignoring Aize who was already petrified with shock, Heidi turned around and cried, ran out of the living room without saying a word, broke open the door of the house, and ran away from the house without looking back.

"No, you—"

By the time Aize chased her to the door, her figure had already disappeared into the setting night.

Looking at the direction she left, Aize, whose world view was shattered, felt a headache and almost collapsed to the ground. Fortunately, he grabbed the open door and did not fall.

Villian, who had been hiding upstairs and watching the fun with her familiar, also came down the stairs and said with emotion:

"Just how strong is this woman's spirit? Her skin is thicker than her shield. In this situation, even if I cast a fatal curse on her, it might not be effective..."

Chapter 43 Absolute Defense

"Honestly, what should we do next?!"

Aize held his head and wailed.

Villian smiled softly, then came forward and said with a gloating air:

"What's the big deal? At least the marriage is really called off. That's the goal, isn't it?"

“It’s better not to quit than to quit!!!”

Breaking off the engagement is not the goal.

More importantly, he used the cancellation of the engagement as an excuse to directly lay out the relationship between the two of them, cut off all ties, and told Heidi not to bother him again.

The results of it?

Heidi actually turned around and wanted to use the marriage contract to lure him.

From Eze's perspective, this is of course a joke, but as long as Heidi herself is serious, she will continue to take action and even increase the stakes.

The days ahead will be a torment.

Seeing that Aize gradually began to doubt his life, Villian stopped laughing, leaned forward, and rubbed his hair as if to comfort him.

"Okay, okay, don't be so depressed. Can't you just explain it clearly next time?"

Aize smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"How can I explain it clearly? I've explained it clearly enough today, but she always manages to deceive me with her own logic. So, no matter what I say next, the result will still be the same, right?"

It’s not scary if you can’t deceive anyone by telling lies.

What’s scary is when the other party refuses to believe you when you tell them the truth.

It is even more fatal if the other party clearly believes the truth when you tell them, but they convince themselves not to believe it.

Absolute defense belongs to yes.

Aize's thinking gradually became distorted, and he began to have some dangerous ideas.

He raised his head, stared blankly at Villian, and said in a dull voice:

"Or, just get rid of her."

People are the root of all problems. When we cannot solve a problem, we can settle for the next best thing, which is to solve the problem of people.

"Okay, leave it to me!"

Upon hearing this, Villian perked up, raised her hand, and pinched out a ball of black mist in her palm.

"When? Now? If it's now, I can get it done in five minutes. How do you want her to die? Curse her? Burn her? Freeze her? Slice her? Or summon some monster and swallow her?"

"...No, forget it, just take it as a joke."

No matter what, it's not necessary to go to such extremes.

Violet angrily dispelled the black mist in her hand.

After a moment's thought, she shrugged, put her arms around Aize's neck, and gently pinched his face.

"Alright, alright, don't think about that. We'll talk about the future later. Besides, I'm still here. Next time she comes, leave it to me."

For the past three days, Vivian has been avoiding meeting Heidi.

Because she didn't want her existence to affect Aize's judgment and decision.

Including the conversation between him and Heidi at the previous party, he did not let Aize know a single word from beginning to end.

But now, the situation has changed. Since Aize's words don't make sense, then she can go and talk to him herself. And if she can't make it work, then Violet doesn't mind a little violence.

Aize glanced at Villian, nodded, and without saying anything else, stood up and reached out to close the door.

Then--

"Finally caught you, little bastard!!!"

"Do you know where this is? This is Noble Street, not a place you can just walk into!"

"What are you trying to do sneakily? Come on! Come here and explain yourself!"

A noisy sound came from outside the courtyard wall. Aize frowned and looked over there.

Several fully armed town guards were seen dragging a small figure past the door of Villian's house.

Seeing this, Aize called out to them.

"doing what?"

The guard in the lead was the one who slapped the adventurer in the mansion before. Naturally, he knew Aize and knew that he was now Sheen's friend.

He did not dare to neglect it, and immediately stopped and replied respectfully:

"Lord Ain, the Viscount has ordered us to increase patrols to protect your safety. Just now, we caught a half-blood sneaking around Noble Street and are bringing him back for questioning."

"Half-blood?"

Aize looked at the small figure that was captured.

A very cute little girl, about twelve years old, wearing simple cloth clothes and with beautiful black hair.

The red pupils and the horns faintly visible in the hair seemed to have appeared somewhere before.

The little girl turned away the moment her eyes met Aize, as if she was afraid to look him in the eye.

"Uh……"

Isn’t this the little girl I saw in that restaurant on my first day in Tafea?

Why did you come here?

Aize didn't have time to think about it, and said to the captain of the guards:

"I know this child. There's no problem. Can you please let her go?"

"Of course, since Lord Ain has spoken—"

The captain of the guard turned around and waved to his men, and they immediately let go of the little girl.

"Any other instructions?"

"No thanks, you've been working hard on patrol."

"You're welcome. This is our duty. Thank you for your concern. Goodbye."

After the captain of the guard saluted, he continued patrolling the streets with his men.

The girl they released collapsed on the ground, her snow-white wrists covered with red marks from the rough treatment of several strong men.

"Tsk——"

Seeing this, Aize twitched the corners of his mouth in dissatisfaction, but he couldn't say anything.

In the context of the war between humans and demons, this is the attitude towards half-bloods. Even the guards just now were considered very polite.

If a mixed-race child ran into the aristocratic district and was beaten to death in the street in other cities, no one would probably pursue the matter.

He bent down, stretched out his hand to the little girl, and asked: