The next morning, under the light of the morning light, Gus, who was tired, carried the sword and dragged his heavy steps back to the mountain and walked towards the thatched hut of the blacksmith Gott on the side of the river.

“!!”

"Is it Gus?!"

"Where did you go last night?"

"We went to the cave early in the morning to deliver food to you, but we didn't see you!"

"Are you okay?"

Seeing Gus' figure, the youngest warrior in the Eagle Group, Rickett, who had been separated from Gus and the others at the moment of erosion, avoided sacrifice, and Erica, the adopted daughter of the blacksmith Got, ran away to meet him, and then asked while panting.

Since dawn, he did not notice Gus, and he thought something had happened to the other party. Now, after seeing the other party appear, he finally felt a little relieved.

“!?”

"Ge, Gus!"

"Your hand..."

"What is that?"

Then, after approaching Gus, Rickett saw the golden flame-shaped mark on the back of the hand that Gus was carrying the big sword at a glance. Then, he was a little surprised and shocked, and asked in a trembling voice in surprise.

That mark, even if it was golden, reminded him of the very bad mark on the back of Gus' neck and Cascarne's chest.

"Um……"

"It's the demon's mark..."

After staring at Rickett for a while, Gus finally didn't hide it much, but just suddenly smiled bitterly and said so as to himself.

"ah!"

"Evil, demon?!"

Upon hearing this, Rickett and the little girl next to him were shocked, and Erica was even more scared to the point of being wide open and covering her mouth, while hiding directly behind Rickett.

"You're talking nonsense!"

(`^)

"He's not a demon!"

()

At this time, before Gus could continue to slander, a bad little girl quickly jumped out from behind and retorted loudly.

It turned out that Anne had been following the tall and tall Gus, and the weeds on the road and on both sides were very tall, so just now, Rickett and Erica did not notice that there was a little man like her not far behind Gus.

“?!”

"you!!"

After being startled again, Rickett realized that behind Gus, there was a little girl who was blonde, blue-eyed, smart, cute, well-behaved and fair-looking, very much like the aristocratic lady, and even Erica, who was already very cute in the past?

"Hello!"

"Gus?"

"Who is she?"

Then, for granted, Rickett, who didn't know where Gus had kidnapped such a little girl, hurriedly exclaimed at Gus again.

“…”

Erica also poked her head out from behind Rickett at the right time and stared at Anne curiously and constantly.

"she?"

"Oh!"

"A terrible demon."

He glanced at Anne in a faint look, then looked at Rickett and Erica, who were curious and were asking questions at him. After thinking for a while, Gus said this coldly, and then dragged his tired body without saying a word.

“!!”

!(;o)o

"It's not a demon!"

(`^)

"Don't talk nonsense!"

(へ╬)

Hearing the other party slandering her again, Annie of course waved her fists and retorted loudly.

“…”

Unfortunately, Gus ignored her and just kept silent, walking step by step towards the thatched hut located by the river and with a large water truck in the distance.

“Hi~!”

(^o^)

"Hello, my name is Anne, don't listen to him talking nonsense, he is not a demon!"

o(*^▽^*)o

There was no way. Seeing that the guy was in a bad mood and was very pitiful, Annie thought about it and did not make things difficult for the other party anymore. Instead, she turned her head to the two people who were watching him in surprise and doubt, explaining this way.

"you……"

"It's really not a bad guy?"

Before Rikit could speak, Erica, who was hiding behind him, poked her head out and looked at Anne curiously with her big, beautiful eyes.

"Of course not!"

(**)

"Where do they look like a bad guy?"

(﹏,)

"Tell me the truth!"

(~)

"actually……."

(ˇεˇ)

"I am a great traveler who walks through the heavens and the worlds, and at the same time, he is also the most important and most powerful arcane master!"

(゜▽＾*)

Under the curious, nervous and suspicious eyes of Kit and Erica there, Anne introduced them seriously, and directly frightened them, and finally blinked at them playfully.

"you……"

It's okay that Anne didn't introduce it so much. As soon as she said that, she directly made Rickett, who was still a little alert and wanted to ask some questions, so she just forgot the words.

“!!”

"Hello, you..."

"I'm Rickett, Gus's partner."

"This is Erica!"

"My friend."

After a while, Rickett suddenly reacted and quickly introduced himself subconsciously. Then, he did not forget to introduce Anne to the adopted daughter of Erica, his blacksmith friend Gott.

"OK!"

()

"I'm very happy to see you!"

(^▽^)

Annie gave the two a sweet smile, and instantly made the two who were still wary of Gus' words relax.

"that……"

"Let's talk while walking. We have prepared breakfast. If you don't mind, just use it together!"

Nodded, then signaled Anne to follow her and walk towards Gott's house, Rickett also asked strangely:

"Annie, how did you meet Gus?"

"besides!"

"Why did he say you are a demon?"

Rickett was still a little resentful of what Gus said just now. After all, he knew that Gus was not very good at joking, especially at this time.

However, now the light of the morning light was shining on the three of them and dragging their shadows for a long time. Coupled with Anne's well-behaved and cute face, Rickett was not willing to believe that Anne would be a demon.
To be continued...