After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

While taking over the scene, he also promised to let Aize know the subsequent results.

But no matter what, all of Anna's companions in the city had disappeared, and it was impossible to leave her alone in the store where so many people had died. Aize had no choice but to bring her back.

She had been crying for a long time and was extremely tired, so she fell asleep on Aize's back.

But he did not sleep peacefully. His expression was distorted, his hands and feet were struggling wildly, and he kept talking in his sleep.

"Sister...sister...everyone...I'm sorry...I'm sorry..."

Aize sighed.

I always feel like there are a lot of people talking in their sleep and apologizing nonsense on my back recently.

Soon, the house appeared in front of him, but it was unexpectedly dark and the door was open.

Aize, who had just experienced a fierce battle, couldn't help but frown.

Carrying Anna on his back, he carefully pushed open the door of the house and immediately his eyes widened.

"Varied--"

The dark hallway was in a mess.

Villian lay quietly on the ground, with a long sword piercing her chest. She lay in a pool of blood, motionless and without a trace of life.

Chapter 49 Every day when I come home, I see my wife pretending to be dead

Looking at the tragic scene in front of him, Aize frowned.

He squatted down gently and put Anna aside, then walked forward and squatted down to check her.

Then, blood pressure soared.

The annoyed former hero kicked the body on the ground, along with a lot of red liquid around it, and kicked it against the wall.

"Virion! How many times have I told you! Don't make such unfunny jokes!!!"

With a "click", the lights came on, illuminating the entire hall and building.

Villian, who was completely unharmed, walked out of the nearby room, her face filled with sorrow, sobbing with her hands covering her mouth.

"Wow, Aize is so mean! Seeing me like this, not only did he not care, he even came up and kicked me—"

"Too much!? Then you're not overdoing it by using a fucking puppet to pull this kind of prank!?"

The body that was kicked away by Aize collapsed and faded the moment it hit the wall. It lost its original shape and turned into a pool of mud that fell in the corner of the wall.

And the red liquid is ketchup.

"If I hadn't smelled ketchup the moment I walked in, I would have been so scared! What if I had a brain hemorrhage or cardiac arrest?!"

Seeing that crying face was useless and Aize was getting angrier and angrier, Villian immediately pouted again and muttered unhappily:

"Who told you to be gone for so long and leave me alone at home? How can I let go of this anger if I don't scare you~"

"you--"

Just as Aize was about to explode, Villian rushed over and poked his face with a wicked smile:

"Oh, yeah, what did you just say? You'd be scared to death if you hadn't smelled the ketchup? Oh my, the brave Aize, who is always calm, actually got scared?"

It's strange. I'm clearly right no matter how I look at it, but what's this irritating feeling of being unable to vent?

Aize didn't understand and had nothing to say, so he could only cover his red face.

Villian was obviously not ready to let Aize go.

"Before, when I pretended to kill you, you didn't panic at all. Why are you scared this time? Hmm? Could it be that in your heart, other people's lives are more important than your own? Oh, this is disgusting. What should I do?"

"...Tsk."

"Are you shy? You are indeed shy, you..."

"Woo——"

Villian patted Aize's shoulder, and Aize's expression suddenly twisted, and he even groaned in pain.

Her smile froze instantly, and she stared blankly at the red liquid seeping out from under Aize's clothes.

"Are you hurt?!"

"Ah."

The witch's smile disappeared instantly, replaced by a terrifying anger:

"What happened? Who did it?!"

The sound was not loud, but the magic power overflowing from the excitement even made the whole building tremble slightly.

Aize quickly shook his head.

"Don't get excited, I did it myself."

"Yourself? This..."

In doubt, Villian saw Anna lying aside with her eyes closed, and realized that things were beyond her imagination.

"What happened?"

Aize recounted everything that had happened before.

Although he was hit by a blowgun dart during the battle, that minor wound could be recovered quickly with the hero's self-healing ability, so it was not a big deal at all.

The problem is how to deal with Lord Sheen and the guards.

Aize's current character is that of a scholar. Even if you add in the fact that he has been practicing martial arts since childhood, it is too outrageous for him to kill several killers alone without getting hurt.

There was no other way, Aize could only grit his teeth, slash himself hard with the saber a few times, and pretend to have barely won after a bloody battle.

Villian was stunned after hearing this:

"That's it? Just for this? You stabbed yourself? And several times!?"

Wolf-destroying, there is no other adjective to use.

Aize just waved his hand indifferently:

"It's no big deal. With a brave man's physique, he'll recover in two days at most. The problem now is..."

He glanced around the room.

Even without considering the ketchup on the floor, it was still a mess. The windows were broken, and there were footprints all over the floor, stairs, and carpet.

It's clear that things here haven't been peaceful since I left.

"Something happened here too?"

Villian nodded.

"Yes, we were attacked by two groups of people at the same time."

“…Two groups?”

"One team is a ragtag group from the Adventurer's Guild, and the other team is a knight group. Furthermore, it seems to be a holy war knight group."

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Heidi's current residence is a luxury hotel on Tafea Commercial Street.

The prices here are extremely high, and the rooms are limited. They are generally only open to famous guests. Others cannot stay here even if they have money.

This room of Her Royal Highness the Princess was rented by Roderick with his own money in order to please her.

After taking a bath, Heidi changed into pajamas and lay on the soft and luxurious big bed.

I feel very proud.

Today, not only did she perfectly counter Aize's plan of pretending to break off the engagement but actually taking advantage of him, but she also turned the tables on him.

Especially the last run, it is a stroke of genius.

Just make the cancellation of the engagement an fait accompli. In this way, if the regretful Aize wants to redeem himself, he must go to the door in person and apologize and repent.

In this way, not only will Aize return to his side, but after this lesson, he will no longer have the courage.

Tsk tsk tsk, Heidi, oh Heidi, how can you be so talented?

The princess, who was gradually becoming self-indulgent, sat up from the bed, went to sit by the window, opened the high-end red wine that Roderick had sent, and poured herself a glass.

Heidi doesn't really like wine, but today's situation is special, so she has to celebrate a little.

Facing the moon outside the window, she raised her glass:

"Cheers to the princess, to the genius, cheers~"

dong dong dong -- dong dong dong --

Just as her lips were about to touch the glass, there was a sudden knock on the door. Heidi was startled and almost spilled her wine.

Most of my good mood was gone in an instant.

Heidi curled her lips, put down her glass reluctantly, walked over and opened the door.

Outside the door was Roderick, sweating and pale.

"Your Highness, Princess, no...something's wrong!"

The princess frowned in disgust and took a half step back.

This is to prevent your body, which has just finished a shower, from being contaminated with the other person's sweat.

"What are you panicking about? What happened?!"

"I... the adventurer team I sent out to deal with that woman lost contact after entering the house, and there's been no response since... He... they must have failed and been captured!"

As he spoke, he wiped the sweat from his forehead:

"If...if they are handed over to the Lord, I'm doomed. What...what should I do?!"

Chapter 50 As expected of me

Heidi's good mood was suddenly brought to the bottom.

If she had still the glass in her hand, she would have smashed it in Roderick's face without hesitation.

After looking at the corridor behind Roderick and making sure there was no one there, Heidi shouted in a low but extremely angry voice:

"What are those adventurers of yours doing?! They can't even handle a woman!? Or are those idiots who can't even understand what people are saying already taking action before Ain leaves!"

The guild master, who was already in a state of embarrassment, was even more at a loss after hearing this, and cold sweat poured down his face like a waterfall.

"I, I don't know either. None of them came back. No one knows what happened!"

Heidi's face turned pale.

Or maybe those self-righteous bastards couldn't wait any longer and started attacking before Aize even left the house.

Or maybe Aize discovered their tracks, pretended to leave, and then came back after they took action.

Or... is that woman named Vivian really that good at fighting?

No, absolutely not.

Heidi shook her head.

The empire values strength above all else more than the kingdom. It is impossible for a powerful female noble to have such a low status.

In short, no matter what the situation is, that group of people fell into Aize's hands, and things are not going well.

You can't expect these scumbags to keep a secret. As long as you tell them that you were instructed by a red-haired woman, Aize will definitely think of you.

By then, the situation might really be a little bad.

But what can we do now?

Should we go over and test Aize's attitude?

He had just broken off the engagement in the evening and he was already running back. Wouldn't he be a complete joke in Aize's eyes?

Where is the princess's dignity?

Absolutely not!