After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

It took so much trouble to destroy a restaurant, and Aize became more and more curious about the reason.

In short, the few of them turned into the alley.

The moment they completely avoided the sight of passers-by, the leading man's face immediately changed. He grabbed Aize's collar and pressed him heavily against the wall.

"You're such a troublemaker, kid! My two brothers have no grudge against you, why are you hitting them?"

Although it looked like a gangster looking for trouble, Aize could feel that the power contained in this guy should not be underestimated. He should be a high-level adventurer of the fighter type.

If I really want to fight, I don’t even have a chance of winning now.

The few younger brothers who came with him were also very confident in their boss. The two people who had been beaten up before were now standing behind him with smug smiles on their faces.

But Aize was not afraid.

Fighting isn't just about who has bigger arms, and if you can't win, can't you just run away?

He looked coldly at the man who was holding up his clothes and shrugged casually:

"Beating him in the street... cough cough cough - beating a child is shameful and he deserves a beating."

"you wanna die!"

The burly man widened his eyes with a fierce look on his face, raised his huge fist, and swung it on the wall of the building next to him, instantly creating a fist mark there.

"You know nothing, yet you meddle in other people's business!!!"

"I'll take care of it. What's the matter? Lululu—and, I'm new here, so I don't understand. Can you tell me what I don't understand?"

Aize stuck out his tongue with a sarcastic look on his face, trying to get some words out of the other party by provoking him, but the other party was not a fool and just sneered.

"Are you trying to trick me? Are you taking me for a fool?"

"You're not?"

“…Okay, you’ve got guts!!”

The man nodded with gritted teeth, let go and let Aize fall back to the ground, then took two steps back, making enough space while assuming a fighting stance.

"I heard you're pretty strong, so come play with me. If you win, you can walk out of here alive. If you lose, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Unexpectedly, he actually had such martial ethics. Aize certainly had no objection. He nodded and got ready to take action.

Then--

"……Um?"

A small black shadow flashed from the corner of Aize's vision. He turned his head and saw that the black cat had chased him and was now sitting quietly at the entrance of the alley, staring at him intently, just like before.

"Uh, this couldn't be... Tsk."

Until just now, Aize didn't take it seriously, but after it happened again and again, an extremely dangerous idea appeared in his mind.

What followed was that his already bad complexion turned even paler in an instant, cold sweat flowed down his cheeks, and his hands and feet became cold.

Of course, the strong man who was confronting him didn't understand the reason.

"Hey, what's wrong? Are you scared?!"

"Run away."

"What?"

"If you don't want to die, run for your life. The farther the better."

Aize said lightly.

Although it was a serious and well-intentioned reminder, the strong man obviously did not pay attention to it. He even understood it as a provocation and became even more angry.

"I think you want to die!!!"

As he spoke, he took a step forward, raised his fist surrounded by fighting spirit high, and smashed it down towards Aize's face.

However, just as he was about to make a move, a breeze suddenly blew up, carrying a slightly strange black aura, passing over the other party and the younger brothers behind him.

The strong man's body, which was ready to fight, fell to the ground with a bang, his eyes rolled back, and there was no movement at all. The other people also collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

But in just a moment, there were five fewer living people in the alley and five more corpses.

This is some kind of very high-level instant death spell. There is no fighting, no violence, only the purest death, clean, decent and efficient.

And Aize's worst guess was confirmed at this moment.

"It's really you."

He straightened his messed-up clothes, sighed deeply, and turned to where the black cat was at the entrance of the alley.

"Why are you here, Great Witch Villian?"

As soon as he finished speaking, with the crisp sound of high heels hitting the ground, a figure slowly emerged from the shadows of the alley behind Aize, as if emerging from a bath.

Turning around, the figure of a girl in a dress appeared in his sight.

"This is the first official meeting, Brave Aize."

The other party smiled and lifted her skirt, bowing slightly as a gesture of respect:

"As you said, I am one of the thirteen leaders of the demon clan, the Great Witch Villian. Please give me your guidance. I have always wanted to talk with you."

Chapter 8 Where Did He Go?

Standing at the junction of Tafia Noble Street, Heidi was very irritable and scratched her hair randomly.

"Where on earth did that guy end up?!"

Ever since she heard that Aize had left the team last night, she had been chasing him at top speed without stopping. Logically, she should have met him halfway.

However, until they reached the gate of Tafia, they did not even see the shadow of the enemy.

But apart from this nearest city, where else can the half-crippled Aize go?

So, Heidi, unwilling to give up, began to search carefully.

He investigated hotels, restaurants, clinics, pharmacies, adventurer's guilds, and every place he might go to, but still found nothing.

During this period, she even mistook people with similar backs for Aize several times and made a fool of herself, after all, she had never paid much attention to what Aize's back looked like before.

As time entered the afternoon, Heidi felt a little discouraged.

In addition, her injuries were far from fully healed, and the fatigue that had accumulated before suddenly surged up, making her confused and increasingly irritable.

"...That guy, didn't he really get eaten by some monster along the way? Tsk, that idiot Leah, what a nuisance! And Aize too, abandoning his fiancée and running off, what the hell is going on?!"

The frantic look that was not in keeping with a princess attracted curious glances and discussions from passersby.

"Cough-cough-"

Realizing that this was not a good thing, Heidi calmed down and began to think about her countermeasures again.

"How about going to the Adventurer's Guild to post a commission? Or asking the local lord to help search? No, no, no, if the news of Aize's escape gets out, troublemakers will come knocking on our door right away, but this..."

After thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't find any good solution. Heidi held her burning forehead and sighed.

I'm tired, let's take a rest first.

The purpose of retrieving Aize is to consolidate the princess's position. If she goes through too much trouble and faints in the street, her career will be over.

There's a cafe nearby with some pretty good snacks. I'll have some sweets to nourish my brain and then...

"……What!?"

Heidi turned a corner and suddenly saw a familiar figure - Aize was not far away.

And it’s not just one person.

Walking with her so-called fiancé was a strange woman whom Heidi had never seen before.

Her facial features are so gorgeous that they cannot be described, coupled with the teardrop mole at the right corner of her eye and her long lavender hair, she looks as delicate and perfect as a moving doll.

She was wearing an elegant black long dress like an evening gown. The light reflected by the gems and sequins on it could be clearly seen even from a distance of a hundred meters.

The person who can dress like this is most likely the eldest daughter of a nearby aristocratic family.

What's even more terrible is that this person was holding Aize's arm with a smile on his face and kept talking about something. They looked like lovers taking a walk on a tryst.

Heidi's irritation, which she had suppressed with great difficulty, completely exploded because of this scene.

"What the hell is that bastard doing!!?"

I stayed up all night, walked in the dark and searched the streets for him tirelessly, but what happened to this guy?

You're actually dating another girl here?!

Brave Lord Aize really knows how to enjoy life. Bah, disgusting.

Besides, putting aside those calculations of interests, at least he and I are still engaged, right?

Besides, apart from his identity as a hero, Aize is just a commoner from another world, and even if she is not a hero, she is still a princess of a kingdom.

A princess condescending to be engaged to a commoner, not only is she ungrateful, but she actually dares to cheat on him?

And what about that woman?

How could she be so shameless as to touch someone else's things? Was the local family so rude? Why did she dare to do that?

Just because he's taller than me, has a better figure than me, and looks better than me...

Forget it, never mind.

Heidi shook her head, carefully concealed her breath, followed the two people, and watched them walk into the cafe she wanted to go to.

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Under Villian's semi-forced coercion, Aize was taken to a coffee shop on Noble Street.

Villian, a big figure in the demon clan, behaved like a regular customer of this store.

After saying to the clerk, "Same as before, he too," I was naturally taken to the VIP room upstairs, where coffee, cake, freshly baked cookies, etc. were placed on the table in front of me.

Villian, who was sitting opposite Aize, picked up the teacup slowly, took a sip, and then cut a piece of cake with a spoon and put it into her mouth.

"Hmm~ The products in this shop are still as delicious as always. The chefs in the demon territory can't make anything like this."

As she said this, Villian's face was filled with a happy smile, and there was no sense of oppression that a great witch should have.

Aize narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at her.

"Are you familiar with this... ahem... store?"

"It's very familiar. I often come here when I have nothing to do. This time, because of the incident on Anlin Plain, I haven't been here for a few months. Mm~ delicious~"

As she spoke, Villian was putting piece of cake into her mouth, her expression becoming more and more excited.

But Aize was speechless.

As one of the thirteen leaders of the demon clan, he had sneaked into the human military strongholds many times without being discovered for a few pieces of cake. For a moment, he didn't know which side was more unfaithful.

It's a miracle that this town has survived until today.

Villian continued to enjoy her dessert, and when she glanced at the untouched cake in front of Aize, she asked with some confusion.

"Why don't you try some? It's really good."

"No, I don't like sweet things, and I don't like coffee."

When Aize was still in the team, working overtime all night was almost a compulsory course every night.

When his brain is overworked or he's extremely sleepy, he'll stuff himself with sweets and espresso to stay productive.

So, those who have left the team now feel PTSD when they see these things and just feel disgusted.

Upon hearing this, Villian slowly put down the spoon in her hand and looked at Aize with interest.

"You, don't seem nervous at all?"

"What's there to be nervous about?"

"With no way to escape, shouldn't you be nervous? Or do you still have a way to turn the situation around in this situation?"

Aize just smiled bitterly and shrugged.

"How could that be? I'm dead today."

The great witch Villian, who was supposed to be dead, appeared in front of him intact less than a day later. The moment he realized this fact, Aize was indeed a little panicked.