After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

Aize's face darkened and he said nothing.

The Knights under the Goddess Blade were founded by himself, and most of the members were selected by himself.

Other heroes, such as Leah, gained notoriety among knights and soldiers.

If she is asked to lead the Knights to fight, then yes, that is the duty of the Knights after all.

But if she wanted to order the Knights to carry out an assassination, the Knights would definitely ignore her.

Moreover, although Leah is arrogant, short-sighted, bad-tempered and petty, to be fair, she is indeed a simple and open-minded person.

Low emotional intelligence is called simple-minded.

But in short, she would not do something as sneaky as assassination.

The rest of the people who might have done this...

After thinking for a while, Aize shook his head.

"You can't get any more out of a dead person. Keep the body safe and go check on those adventurers."

There is insufficient evidence and no definite conclusion can be reached no matter how hard we try. It is better to put it aside and deal with other things.

"Ok."

Villian nodded and clapped her hands lightly. The floor beneath her feet opened its mouth as if alive and spit out several captured adventurers.

The adventurers were still trapped in the earthen coffin made by Villian, their mouths stuffed and unable to make any sound, which looked very funny.

Looking at Aize and Villian, their pupils trembled.

Aize put on a disgusted expression:

"Today, I'm in a bad mood and very impatient, so each of you only has one chance. If you dare to lie, even just once..."

He turned and pointed to the row of knights' bodies lying on the ground.

"Even once, you'll end up like them, understand?"

The knight who could kill the adventurer team at will was wiped out so easily and all died there. One can imagine the fear in their hearts.

I could only nod repeatedly.

Aize came to the adventurer on the far left and removed the clod of earth that was blocking his mouth.

"Who are you?"

"Bah, bah, bah -"

The talking adventurer spat out the dirt in his mouth while his eyes kept drifting towards Nelson. His eyeballs were rolling around, and it was obvious that he was still making up a lie.

"I... We are slave traders, here... to capture slaves..."

"kill him."

Aize made the judgment.

As soon as he finished speaking, the earthen coffin that wrapped the adventurer began to spread again, directly wrapping up all of his facial features.

The pain of suffocation made him struggle desperately, but even with all his strength, he could only make a slight sound.

And Aize turned expressionlessly to the person the adventurer had just glanced at, Nelson, and walked over to remove the dirt from his mouth.

"You seem to be the leader, right? Why don't you answer for him? Who are you?"

Looking at his men who were still struggling in the dirt, and then looking at Aize whose eyes were cold as if he was looking at garbage, Nelson, whose psychological defenses had already collapsed, didn't dare to play tricks anymore.

"I... We are from the Adventurer's Guild... and are close associates of President Roderick..."

Aize nodded expressionlessly.

"And then? What's the purpose?"

"It's... kidnapping the mistress of this house, and then... smuggling her out of the city and hiding her until the storm blows over."

"Who is the mastermind?"

"Yes...it's President Roderick..."

"There's also a red-haired woman, she's also an accomplice, right?"

Chapter 52 It's up to you

Nelson looked at the young man in front of him in surprise.

"You...how do you know?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was slapped in the face, and the expression on Aize's face became even colder.

“Don’t answer questions with questions, yes or no?”

"Yes, yes... there's a red-haired woman. Our guild leader seems to be afraid of her, but... but I don't know who she is. The boss won't tell me!!"

Aize fell into thought, looking very unhappy.

This silence brought Nelson's fear to the peak, and he begged for mercy repeatedly.

"Please, please, sir! I... I have elderly parents and young children to support. I just want to make a living. I don't want to hurt you or your wife. Please! Please have mercy... Mmmmm--"

Aize was annoyed by his noise, so he stuffed the dirt back into his mouth and nodded to Villian.

Villian snapped her fingers lightly, and the facial features of the adventurer who had almost suffocated to death finally reappeared, breathing heavily and greedily.

Then, along with the others, he was swallowed by the floor again and disappeared without a trace.

After she finished, she asked:

"What should we do with these people?"

"Lock it up for a while. Maybe it'll be useful later. Just make sure you don't die."

The witch nodded, looked at Aize, who was full of helplessness and anger, and asked cautiously:

"The red-haired woman the adventurer mentioned is the princess named Heidi?"

"...Who else could it be?"

"Perhaps the adventurer was deliberately following your advice in order to save his life?"

Aize smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"It doesn't really matter what he said. I guessed it was Heidi before he even said it."

Aize had long anticipated that the Adventurer's Guild would attack him, and the room full of traps he had set up were all preparations for this.

The purpose is to find something to hold against the guild so that it can be used to gain leverage or gain benefits in the future.

The results of it?

Several days had passed since the party ended. The other party had not attacked himself, but took advantage of the moment when he was away to attack Villian.

What does this mean?

This means that the other party knows his identity and knows that his strength is beyond the reach of ordinary adventurers.

In today's Tafia, who else besides Villian knows her identity?

Heidi was alone.

A little thought will make it clear that even this interrogation is actually unnecessary and is just for safety reasons.

"That girl must have thought that as long as you're still here, I won't be able to go back with her. She did this to isolate me."

Aize was angry and helpless.

"I was wondering why she came to my house like crazy these past two days, trying to get me out in various ways, tsk—"

I knew she had an intention, but I didn't know it was so extreme.

Seeing Aize so angry, Villian thought for a moment, then smiled and walked over to touch his hair.

"Okay, don't be so angry, I'm fine, right?"

"Is this a question of whether or not something is wrong?! If something is wrong, will it still be too late?!"

"Well...what are you going to do with her then?"

This question stumped Aize.

The friendship between former teammates had long been completely destroyed by Heidi herself.

But regardless of friendship and reason, Heidi, as the center of the current balance of power in the kingdom, is indeed in an extremely important position that cannot be overthrown.

How to do it?

Aize sighed, sat down on the chair in the hallway, and looked at Villian.

"How do you want to handle this?"

The witch was a little surprised when she was suddenly asked:

"I?"

"The person she wants to harm is you, not me, so it's up to you to decide how to handle it. Whatever choice you make, I respect it and fully support it."

Even if Villian wanted to kill Heidi or even torture her to death, Aize would not object - even if it would cause great chaos in the kingdom's political situation.

The stakes are high, and Villian's decision may even affect the direction of all human nations.

Villian barely thought about such an important answer, and immediately smiled and shook her head.

"If it's up to me, I won't retaliate."

Aize was stunned.

Whether it was the intelligence he collected before the Anlin Plain War or his observations during his interactions over the past few days, he didn't think Villian was a good-tempered person.

It can even be said to be quite brutal.

He killed those adventurers who had surrounded him before without any emotion and never mentioned it afterwards. It was as natural as killing a few bugs.

She was bullied to such an extent, yet she actually said she would not retaliate?

Aize couldn't understand.

"why?"

"If I kill her, it will cause a chain reaction and cause chaos in the world, right?"

"Maybe, but I'll clean up the mess when the time comes, don't worry."

As aristocrats, it is normal for one person to take over the other's role.

Even if the Arte family completely disappears, it will just be replaced by another family. There is always a way to solve it.

But Villian shook her head, smiled, and squeezed onto a chair with Aize, pressing tightly together.

"That's why I said, forget it."

"……Well?"

"I believe you can clean up the mess, but how much effort will you have to put in to clean up the mess? How much time will you have to spend and how much trouble and danger will you have to face? There's no need to force yourself just for my happiness~"

As she spoke, while Aize was a little at a loss, Villian tilted her head, smiled and leaned on Aize's shoulder.

"Besides, she only came after me because I was with you. I'm so happy to be picked on for this reason, so how could I be angry?"

Villian closed her eyes and rubbed against Aize with a faint smile. Aize looked at her and shook his head.

“…I always feel a little bit unacceptable.”

"Then what does Aize hope to do? If you want to retaliate against her or even kill her, I will help you immediately."

Villian's eyes were serious.

This attitude relieved Aize's irritability a lot. After a long sigh, he finally calmed down.

I have also made up my mind.

It is impossible not to retaliate. Even a naughty child who does something stupid will be spanked, let alone a princess?

Isn't Heidi smart? Doesn't she like to play?

Very good, then play with her.