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Demons are good at deception.
The villagers lit torches and surrounded the thinly dressed demon girl.
The blue-haired Hero heard the commotion and rushed over, standing in front of everyone.
He stood between the demon girl and the villagers.
"Hero, kill her!"
The villagers gritted their teeth, their angry gazes fixed on the small demon girl.
"Clang--"
Himmel drew the Hero's Sword, aimed it at the demon girl, but hesitated to strike.
"Hero!"
The villagers urged loudly!
"Ugh..."
The demon girl huddled in a corner, staring blankly at the villagers surrounding her, her face full of helplessness.
He was just a child... Himmel slowly lowered the Hero's Sword he was holding.
He bit his lip, a little at a loss.
"I'll do it, Himmel."
Frieren stepped forward, her staff glowing with pure white light.
"Mama..."
The demon girl murmured softly.
"Ah--!"
Himmel's pupils suddenly contracted, and he reached out and grabbed Frieren's staff.
"Wait, Frieren!"
"Hero, what are you doing?!"
A woman among the villagers cried out, her face streaming with tears!
"She bit our child to death!"
"Mama..."
The demon girl murmured.
She looked so weak and pitiful!
She curled up, only able to look up helplessly at the fierce-eyed villagers who seemed intent on killing her!
"She's just a child."
Himmel's lips parted, and he murmured.
"Hero!"
The woman and the man beside her couldn't help but shout.
"Himmel, she's a demon."
Frieren also spoke expressionlessly.
It seemed everyone was urging him.
But how could he do it... "I..."
Himmel gritted his teeth, raised the Hero's Sword in his hand, and slowly walked forward.
"Mama..."
"It hurts so much..."
"Mama..."
The demon girl looked up, her gaze meeting Himmel's sapphire-pure eyes.
Her helpless eyes seemed to say: I don't want to die, save me... "Himmel, I'll do it."
Frieren took a deep breath, stepped forward quickly, and raised her staff.
This time, Himmel didn't stop her.
But an old voice rang out from behind the two, from among the villagers.
"But if we do that, we'll become just like the demons."
The elderly village chief, leaning on his staff, walked out from among the villagers.
His short figure seemed unusually tall.
Behind him, a small brown-haired girl was clinging to his leg.
Perhaps out of sympathy, he chose to speak up for the demon girl.
"She doesn't have to eat people to survive, does she?"
"Just give her a chance, a chance to atone."
The village chief smiled faintly, looking at the demon girl with loving eyes.
"Come to my house, I just need someone to help with farm work."
The village chief extended his broad hand towards the demon girl, who reached out and took it.
Accepting this... warmth.
"And then, Madam Frieren?"
Fern asked expectantly, but a faint unease stirred within her.
"Did that demon girl then live happily with the villagers?"
Stark scratched his head, as if he had heard similar stories.
"Then," Frieren glanced at the two expressionlessly, her gaze turning to the moon outside the window.
"Then that demon killed the village chief, and tried to offer the village chief's daughter as compensation to the couple whose daughter she had killed."
"Ah!"
Fern covered her mouth, her eyes trembling slightly, in disbelief.
"Damn it!"
Stark's pupils also constricted, and he couldn't help but curse aloud.
"So, the demons' goal definitely isn't as simple as just peace talks."
Frieren said indifferently.
"Since you two have also been locked up, it proves that another city is about to fall."
"Escape while the city is falling."
"Falling..."
Fern murmured, unable to believe that this strong fortress city would be so easily occupied by the Great Demons.
"They must be after the city's barrier,"
"Once the barrier is broken, the Great Demon army will flatten this place."
Frieren turned away from the iron gate, returned to her bed, and quietly lay down.
"Madam Frieren, are we not going to do anything?"
Fern pressed.
"Escaping from prison is a serious crime," Frieren said slowly, and after explaining, she pulled up the covers and began to sleep.
If the city fell, they might have to hide and travel through monster-infested areas for a while.
Cherish this last night of peace... "Frieren..."
"You can't do this!"
Stark snapped out of his daze and immediately started shouting, getting up and pressing against the iron gate, yelling at Frieren!
"Frieren, wake up quickly!"
"The Great Demons might really be coming, Frieren!"
Unfortunately, Frieren had already decided to do nothing... "Sigh..."
Fern let out a soft sigh, then looked at Stark with firm eyes.
"Mister Stark, let's break out of prison!"
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