After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

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"Duke Brian is coming to Tafia!? Why!?"

"Duke Brian has obtained some intelligence about the demonic activities. He believes that you can thwart the Duke's allies' attempt to force the throne by doing something in Tafia."

"whats the matter?"

The butler shook his head:

"This is a confidential matter, so the master didn't tell me the details. He just told me to tell Her Royal Highness the Princess about this matter. There is also one more thing that Her Royal Highness must resolve quickly."

"what?"

"Her Highness's fiancé, the brave Lord Aize, has he simply left the team, or has he even canceled the engagement?"

"...No, he just had a conflict with Leah Alfred and left the team. The engagement hasn't been cancelled."

When Heidi was asked about her most painful part, her cheeks twitched involuntarily.

Although he quickly concealed it, Rufus still caught it keenly, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

But he didn't say much, just smiled and nodded:

"That's good, but Your Highness must find him as soon as possible, otherwise there will be more trouble."

This is fucking terrible—no, as a princess, you can't even use bad language in your thoughts—do you even need to say this!?

If things were really that simple, why would I have been so troubled for so many days that I couldn't even sleep well!?

But this certainly cannot be shown.

Heidi nodded casually:

"I know. Don't worry, he's just having a bad temper. He'll be back soon."

The butler bowed again:

"I am a humble person, but I am willing to help you find Lord Aize. I wonder if Your Highness knows where Lord Aize is now?"

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In the mixed-race village, Aize was leaning against the outer wall of a wooden house, staring at the sky in a daze.

In the building behind him, Villian was making something in a crucible.

And Anna was helping her.

"Big sister, I've got all the materials you need."

"Hmm, 300ml of distilled water, a piece of black mandrake root, a young shoot from a new tree of any variety, and a piece of Black River crucian carp liver..."

When a witch refines medicine, she doesn't use the physical components of the materials, but rather deconstructs and reorganizes the magical concepts they contain.

Therefore, the materials needed are strange and even a little bit underworld.

Fortunately, although this village is remote, it is rich in resources.

In addition to farming, the mixed-race people in the village also hunt and gather, so they can get most of the things.

The rest, according to Villian, can be replaced with magic or other materials, so don't worry—

"Big sister...this, do you really want to add it in?"

"What? You mean the venom of the redbanded snake? Of course I have to add it, and also the feathers of this dead crow and... uh, the venom glands of the forest centipede."

"But these don't look like edible things..."

"It's edible, as long as you do it correctly... Uh, why did it turn this color? It shouldn't be like that. What went wrong? I haven't made medicine in so long that I almost forgot... Sigh?"

There was a small explosion, followed by the gurgling sound of viscous liquid, and:

"Big sister, move, move—that one is moving!"

"Hehehe, what? Are you going to defy me, your creator? Watch this—"

Totally worried!!!

As the person who was actually going to drink the medicine, the noise inside made Aize break out in cold sweats.

He shouldn't be poisoned to death.

perhaps.

Continuing to sit here is not friendly to the san value, Aize stood up and prepared to walk around the village.

"……Um?"

After turning around twice, Aize noticed some strange gazes.

Turning around, I saw about a dozen very young children looking at me from behind a house not far away.

He seemed to have something to say, but was hesitant to come forward.

Aize put on a smiling expression and waved at the other party, and a few brave ones slowly came over.

A little girl who was less than ten years old was the first to speak:

"Big brother, the adults said you came from outside, right?"

"Yeah, that's right."

"That's great! Adults never let us go outside, saying it's dangerous..."

A hint of loneliness flashed across the little girl's eyes, but was quickly replaced by excitement:

"Big Brother, Big Brother, Sister Anna said there's a huge town outside the village that's dozens of times bigger than the village. Is that true?"

Aize nodded.

"Well, seriously, in a larger town, it might be hundreds or even a thousand times bigger."

"Really? I will..."

"Wait, it's my turn to ask!!"

A little boy jumped up, pushed the little girl aside and asked:

"Big Brother, I heard that your swordsmanship is amazing. You subdued Uncle Groot in no time, right?"

Aize scratched his hair.

"It's just average. There are many people who are better than me."

"So, big brother, who's more powerful, you or Sister Alicia?!"

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The boy who said this was immediately hit by the girl next to him.

"You idiot! Big brother is from outside, how could he know Sister Alicia?"

"You're the idiot! Sister Alicia is a formidable adventurer, so of course many people know her!"

Keywords: sister, adventurer.

This should be the same person Anna mentioned before.

Until now, Aize still couldn't figure out why the village suffered a disaster.

This half-blood adventurer named Alicia may be the last clue.

But the question is, is an adventurer really so valuable that it is worth such a big fuss?

Aize smiled and touched the boy's head:

"I'm sorry, brother, I'm so ignorant and haven't heard of your sister. Could you introduce her to me?"

The little boy was very happy and answered without thinking:

"Sister, her swordsmanship is amazing! Have you seen Uncle Groot? He's so big, but he's never beaten Sister in a single duel!"

"Yeah, that giant snake that attacked the village before, even Uncle Groot couldn't do anything to it, but my sister killed it in one second. Thinking about it now, I still think it was so cool~"

"By the way, she can also transform into other people's appearances!"

"Um?"

The new information made Aize alert all of a sudden, but he still put on a kind smile:

"Is it really that amazing? I'm quite interested in this. Can you tell me more about it?"

The little girl nodded without any doubt, but also revealed a puzzled expression:

"Actually, I'm not quite sure what's going on. Anyway, my sister can transform into other people. I was once captured by bandits, and it was my sister who used this ability to save me."

"Is it transformation or cross-dressing?"

"Yes! Transformed! Even the voice can become exactly the same!"

"Both men and women are fine?"

"Yes!"

When Aize saw this information, he immediately thought of a race called the Faceless Men.

This is a strange and mysterious race, with a slender humanoid body without any facial features.

Not only can they change into the appearance of any demon or human, high-level faceless men can even steal the other party's memory and abilities, thereby completely replacing a person.

In some horror stories in various countries, there are often cases where husbands or wives are replaced by faceless men and are not discovered until many years later.

As a branch of the demon clan, the Faceless King is one of the thirteen leaders, but due to his racial characteristics, he is almost impossible to track, and his intelligence is even less than that of the witches.

Could it be that this Alicia... is a half-blood Faceless Man?

At the moment, there seems to be no other possibility.

"Your sister, she..."

"Aize, the potion you requested is ready!"

I wanted to ask more, but Villian had already finished and was calling me.

"Let's talk later."

"Well, big brother, you must tell us about what's happening outside later!"

"must!"

After saying a brief goodbye to the children, Aize returned to the room where he had previously made medicine.

Anna was standing at the door, looking at him with eyes full of sympathy.

"Big Brother, that medicine...is that what you want to drink?"

"Yes."