After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

If there were any top-tier mixed-blood adventurers, they should be quite famous, but Aize had never heard of them.

Of course, there's nothing strange about this.

It is normal for children to look at those they admire and are close to through a filter.

After talking non-stop for a while, Anna suddenly froze, her face gradually turned red, and she began to bow repeatedly:

"I'm sorry, big brother! I came here to say thank you, but I ended up... saying useless things!"

Aize smiled and shrugged.

"It's okay, you really like this sister."

Anna's head was almost leaving an afterimage.

"Yes, I love you the most! Not only me, but everyone in the village likes you! If you didn't have your sister, our village might have ceased to exist long ago!"

As she spoke, she held up the purse again:

"This money is what my sister left for us before she left on this mission. It may not be much for you, big brother, but it's a token of our love and what my sister meant! So, please accept it!"

Aize glanced out the window.

When Heidi came before, it was already evening. After all the trouble, it was completely dark now.

Anna was so persistent. If I refused to the end, it would probably take a long time.

It’s better to pretend to accept it first, and then find an opportunity to throw it into the other party’s store.

So, he nodded.

"Since you say so, I'll take it."

After handing over the purse, Anna seemed relieved.

She stood up from her seat and bowed formally.

"Thank you again, big brother and big sister. I should go now. The store should be very busy now, and I have to go back to help."

Aize nodded and stood up as well.

"I'll give it to you."

If she was allowed to leave alone, she would be in danger if she ran into other guards on Noble Street.

Moreover, this time of year was the busiest time for the commercial street, with many people and eyes everywhere. The mixed-race girl was alone and could easily be picked on.

Anna quickly shook her head to refuse.

"No, no, how can this be? I'm so embarrassed to have wasted my big brother's time—"

"Nothing, I'm pretty free right now anyway. Besides, if you get into danger while trying to send me money, I'll have nightmares at night."

As he said this, he looked at Villian.

"I'll be back as soon as I go."

The witch puffed up her cheeks, turned her head away, and muttered unhappily:

"You haven't even invited me out, lolita..."

"Uh……"

Seeing Aize at a loss, Villian smiled lightly, stood up and tapped Aize's head.

"Just kidding~ Go ahead, I'll prepare dinner for you, dear~"

Isn't the dinner Villian made just a table full of edible slime that moves and tries to go down your throat?

What kind of horror movie scene is this? I get goosebumps just thinking about it.

Anyway, after changing into the windbreaker he wore before, Aize took Anna out the door.

Without the obstruction of the headdress, the horns on Anna's head became extremely obvious, and even reflected slightly under the moonlight, making it even more eye-catching.

Although she didn't encounter any guards causing trouble along the way, there were a lot of passersby who gave her distorted looks and even wanted to come up and cause trouble, just as Aize had expected.

They were all glared back by Aize.

Bathed in such a bad atmosphere, Anna did not seem to be affected much and did not look unhappy at all.

Aize was a little curious.

"Can I ask a question?"

"certainly!"

"Why did you open a shop in the city? Judging by the attitude of these people, it doesn't look like they can run a good business, right?"

Anna smiled sheepishly.

"Actually, this was my idea."

"your?"

"Well, the villagers rely on hunting and farming to provide for themselves for most things, but there are always some things that need to be bought in the city, and the guards will come... to collect the regular fee."

"All these expenses are covered by my sister's income alone. She's so busy that she's rarely home year-round, and all she does are dangerous commissions. This isn't good, so I suggested opening a shop in the city and finding another way to support the village."

Aize nodded, even feeling a little admiration in his heart.

The mixed-race people are in a terrible situation and are extremely discriminated against by both sides, but their strength is still quite strong.

Therefore, many of the mixed-race people who could not make a living naturally became robbers, hooligans and bandits.

Discrimination makes it impossible for them to survive without committing crimes, and the high crime rate makes them even more discriminated against.

A standard vicious cycle.

And the village where Anna lives, even though life is difficult and even though they have a very capable "sister", has never gone to that step.

There is even such a sensible child.

Anna continued:

"After I proposed this idea, many adults in the village opposed it, but my sister supported me, and some adults also supported me. In the end, my sister paid for a shop here, and the shop opened."

"Uh-huh?"

Aize frowned when he noticed something was wrong. Anna looked over curiously.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Aize shook his head.

"Nothing... You guys have worked so hard. Opening a store in a place like this gives me a headache just thinking about it."

Anna smiled and shook her head.

"No, actually, surprisingly, there are a lot of good people, and there are people like big brother who are willing to help us."

After all, Aize is not a local. Although he is a brave man and fights against the demons, it is ultimately just a difference in stance. He himself has no ill feelings towards the demons.

Of course, there is no discrimination against mixed-race people.

As she spoke, Anna's expression suddenly darkened and she gave a wry smile.

"But later on, I don't know why, people kept coming to the store to cause trouble, and some customers were even beaten while trying to protect us. Gradually, no one came anymore."

"That's it."

Aize nodded and made his own judgment in his heart.

It was at this time that the two arrived at the door of the store.

At this moment, pubs and restaurants were at their busiest, but Anna and her shop were closed and not even open. There was no light inside the closed door.

"Really? Why isn't it open yet? Uncle didn't even tell me in advance..."

Anna took out the key from her pocket in confusion, opened the door, and was about to go in when Aize held her shoulder.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Aize didn't say anything, shook his head seriously, and blocked her behind him.

Chapter 46 Is this a coincidence?

Looking at the dark restaurant in front of him, and the slight smell of blood mixed in the evening breeze when Anna opened the door, Aize's nerves were suddenly stretched to the limit.

"Tsk."

He grabbed a chair nearby.

The next second—

Boom!!!!

A figure rushed out from the darkness, holding a knife and stabbing at Aize's chest, but he was prepared and swung a chair and hit him on the head accurately.

The wooden chair disintegrated and shattered in an instant, and the opponent was caught off guard and flew out, knocking over two tables and falling to the ground.

The knife in his hand was caught by Aize, who glanced at it in the dim light.

"Imperial Sabre? Who are you?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several figures in black rushed out from their respective ambush positions, drew their weapons and surrounded Aize in a fan shape who was still standing at the door.

Anna outside was of course frightened and stood there at a loss as to what to do.

"Big brother, who are these people?"

"Stay away—"

Aize didn't have the energy to reply, because several people rushed over and swung the sharp blades in their hands at him mercilessly, aiming to kill him.

Unfortunately, I picked the wrong opponent.

The advantage of the brave man's senses was fully utilized in such a dark environment.

Aize easily avoided the attack, turned around and slashed one of the attackers to death on the wooden door with a knife. The spurting blood dyed Aize's coat red.

They didn't expect it to be so powerful. The others were obviously panicked and stopped looking at each other.

Aize pulled out his saber, and the nailed body fell to the ground with a thud.

"Will you surrender and explain everything, or do you want me to kill you until only one is left and then interrogate you?"

As he spoke, he showed a cruel smile, wiped the blood that splashed on his face with his fingers, and licked it gently.

It’s not that Aize is really cruel or bloodthirsty, it’s simply because this kind of behavior can increase the psychological pressure on the other party.

It's no different than Heidi's performance.

"Don't be afraid, go ahead!"

The guy who seemed to be the leader waved his hand, and several people formed a formation and attacked from different directions.

With the previous lesson, they became very cautious, kept their distance and made full use of their numerical advantage to push Aize step by step towards the corner.

While Aize was defending himself, his mind began to race.

When he was cleaning up the Adventurer's Guild, he guessed that the mastermind behind the scenes would use other methods to attack this store.

But I didn't expect that the means would be so extreme.

Moreover, the people sent out are definitely not rotten fish or shrimps.

All of the Imperial Army's standard sabers, Imperial saber techniques, and formations were used.

Although there was a huge gap in strength, they were able to fight with Aize by relying on good cooperation.

Unfortunately, it's only a little.

Aize, who was serious about it, didn't plan to waste time.

The brain is fully focused on the battle, observing the opponent's movements, analyzing, predicting and avoiding them.

Then fight back.

A few precise cuts and blood splattered everywhere.

Except for the leader who gave the order, everyone else fell in a pool of blood almost instantly.