"Kind Hunter, don't be so self-satisfied."
While chatting idly with the Nona Doll in his mind, Goki walked to a place where the Nona could not see him and carefully tore the paper into shreds.
He already had enough designated wives; he wasn't so desperate—when it came to finding a wife, he only went for acquaintances! He specialized in eating the grass near his own nest!
As soon as he walked out of the room, Goki felt a fragrant breeze, and soon, a heavy embrace directly pounced on him.
"Goki, are you done?! Look, someone just gave me a flyer saying there's the best food in the entire Grand Knight Territory there. Shall we go eat tomorrow?!"
Skadi's small hand, which was pressing Goki's ribs somewhat out of shape, handed a flyer to Goki. With just a glance, Goki knew it was a low-quality, false advertising flyer that would infuriate any designer friend.
"Alright, alright, but we need to find a place to stay now. Tomorrow, we'll see what good food there is, buy some for you, and then we'll go look for the things we need to find."
Goki rubbed Skadi's little head and readily agreed, while returning the weapons to Skadi and the other two Sarkaz girls.
From the Director, Goki learned the approximate location of that expedition, but even the person with the most complete mental and memory preservation from that survey could not provide the exact location or internal details of the ruins.
There were many Knight tombs and ancient ruins near the Grand Knight Territory, and all of them were strictly forbidden to approach by Kazimierz law. Therefore, Goki planned to use the internet and libraries to thoroughly understand the relevant knowledge about Knights.
Although, in a sense, Goki's trip was to dig up Knight graves, objectively speaking, Goki would indeed help the Kazimierz people remove a ticking time bomb—at least to check when this ticking time bomb would explode.
"Thank you, Mr. Goki. If you weren't here, I don't think Liz and I would have had the opportunity to enter the Grand Knight Territory."
Beside him, Shining approached Goki, her usually calm face showing a hint of gratitude.
She knew that the living habits of Kazdel and the encounters while traveling in the Leithanien wilderness had made her underestimate the world's rejection of the Sarkaz.
Before, she had thought it best not to bother Goki and to separate from him as soon as possible, but the facts proved that if they hadn't been lucky enough to meet Goki, they definitely wouldn't have even passed the city customs.
However... this was also inevitable. The Sarkaz, at least a portion of them, carried a debt of sin that had to be repaid.
Among them was Shining herself.
"But, now it's time to part—"
"It's fine, it's fine, these are all things within my ability—come, Nona Nightingale, I'll help you, Skadi, lend a hand."
Goki returned the lantern staff to Nightingale, who was sitting on the waiting seat. Before he could even move, he saw Skadi roll up her sleeves and directly pick up Nightingale, who was wearing a white dress.
"No need, I can do it myself. Nightingale is very light, lighter than you, Goki."
"Being light is normal, take it slow."
Looking at the golden-haired Sarkaz girl who was being carried princess-style by Skadi, looking a bit dazed, Goki didn't know whether he should envy Nightingale or Skadi at this moment. But in the end, he sighed softly, drew out his Hunter's Staff to lean on the ground, and waved to Shining behind him.
"You two are now my officially hired bodyguards. Don't say anything polite. I need to at least help you find a place to live first—the busy downtown area is out. We'd best find a good, cheap, and quiet residence in a local residential area. Money is not an issue."
Turning to look at Shining, Goki's expression was exceptionally sincere and earnest.
He truly just wanted to help the distressed Sarkaz women and, by the way, investigate the Great One's aura intertwined within Nightingale.
It was definitely not so he could live closer to the two black and white Demons, enjoy the same cohabitation life as he did with Kaltsit, and ideally trigger a beneficial scene where he accidentally walks in on a girl changing clothes—absolutely not!
"You don't have to..."
"Shining, are you sure we won't encounter new trouble in the future?"
Shining originally wanted to continue to refuse, but then she saw Nightingale, who was being held princess-style in Skadi's arms, turn her head, her emerald eyes carrying a determined expression.
"...Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Goki, Nona Skadi."
Shining nodded, hid her staff within her robes, and quickly followed.
She could judge whether a person was sincere through their words and actions, but she could still be deceived. Nightingale was different.
Liz suffered unimaginable calamities in the cage of Kazdel, but that group of mad Sarkaz, no, that group of true Demon Race, indeed granted Liz unimaginable... "power."
It was precisely that power that guided them to the Grand Knight Territory. This power had nothing to do with the "Sanctuary"; in fact, it even made Shining herself feel fear.
The person Nightingale trusted, Shining would also trust.
"I hope this is the right choice."
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In a quiet alley, a young Kuranta girl, wearing heavy armor, burst in quickly, accompanied by a gust of wind from her running, and hid behind a pile of construction Materials stacked there.
"Nona Margaret, please wait a moment."
"We just have a few questions, just a few!"
Watching a group of reporters with long lenses and short lenses run past her, her heart pounded.
"Aunt, why didn't you tell me about this kind of thing?!"
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