Chapter 54

Immediately after, Yvonne grabbed the man by the neck and disappeared.

Erwin and Odelia, along with Laura, waited for Yvonne in the square.

“A while ago, when Jelriko defeated Tturaego (Dragon). It was really cool, wasn’t it?”

“Yeah, it’s so cool! Lia wants to be a squirrel when I grow up!”

“I’ve heard from Derek that if you collect a thousand acorns, you can become a squirrel!”

“Really?”

“Yes!”

“Let’s go pick up acorns!”

“We have to wait until autumn to pick up acorns.”

“Oh…”

Odelia’s eyebrows drooped.

“I’m going to pick up acorns for Lia, only the good ones…”

“Lia, would you like to hug Jelriko?”

As Odelia was depressed, Erwin held up the squirrel doll he had been holding tightly in his arms the whole time.

“Jelriko?”

“Yes, don’t cry!”

Erwin said in a friendly voice, as his mother often does when comforting them.

“Oooh! Ok!”

Odelia nodded her head and smiled broadly.

However, Erwin’s hands trembled as he was about to hand Odelia his squirrel doll.

If he now hands over his Jelriko doll to appease Odelia, he will definitely not get it back.

Erwin knew it intuitively.

When Erwin stiffened while handed over the squirrel doll, Odelia asked, tilting her head.

“Er, won’t you give me Jelriko?”

“Come on, wait a minute…… “

Erwin hesitated and closed his eyes tightly.

Riiip.

Then he ripped off the toy dagger that was glued to the paw of the squirrel doll made of cloth.

Then he took the dagger and handed only the doll to Odelia.

“Here…”

“Kyaaaa! Jelriko is so cute!”

It was when Odelia laughed bashfully and rubbed her cheek at the squirrel doll.

Thud!

The two children’s eyes turned round at the strong vibration. There was a loud noise and people were screaming.

Laura was the first to respond.

Fear lingered in Laura’s eyes as she turned to the side where the sound was coming from.

“Oh my gosh……!”

She cried in a trembling voice.

“Master Erwin! Lady Odelia! We must run away!”

Before she could finish her words, Laura started running, holding Erwin and Odelia’s hands.

“Why, why, Laura?”

“Don’t look back, run!”

From afar, a huge monster was approaching the square with a thumping sound.

Erwin and Odelia could not look back at the terrifying sound, and ran together with their small lips pressed tightly.

Then, they collided with the body of another person who was running away from the monster.

“Ahhh!”

That caused the squirrel doll Odelia was holding to fall to the floor.

“Oh! Jelriko! Er, help!”

Odelia hurriedly reached out to pick up the squirrel doll.

And at that moment she was swept away by the fleeing crowd, and she lost Laura’s hand.

“Laura….!”

Odelia fell flat on the hard stone floor.

“Ahh…”

Odelia’s eyes widened as she looked back involuntarily.

A big, ugly-looking black monster was looking at her with an open mouth as if smiling.

“Lia…!”

“Miss Odelia!”

While Laura stopped her feet, Erwin quickly released her hand.

“Er has to protect Lia!”

“Master Erwin! Oh… my God, no!”

“You monstrous, stupid dog!”

Erwin ran away without time for Laura to catch him.

Erwin stood in front of Odelia and shouted at the monster.

“Don’t bully Lia!”

The monster who was smiling at Lia slowly moved through its empty eyes and looked at Erwin.

He succeeded in diverting the attention of the monster, but unfortunately, there was nothing that could protect Erwin.

All he had in his hand was Jericho’s toy dagger.

However, the moment he met the monster’s eyes, the fear that spread from his toes moved to his head.

Erwin held the toy dagger in his hand and aimed it at the monster.

It was at that moment that the blue color resembling the greenery of summer slowly spread over the toy dagger.

Erwin threw the toy dagger straight at the monster.

It was a movement close to instinct.

Wheeik~!

The dagger clad in blue magic flew past the left side of the monster and pierced the tree on the other side of the square.

Boom!

The tree fell. In the commotion, the monster turned its head to the tree.

“Huh?”

Erwin was surprised to see the fallen tree, but, taking advantage of the time the monster turned its back, he ran to Odelia.

‘This is not the time! I need to save Lia!’

Erwin thought as he asked, hugging the terrified Odelia.

“Lia! Are you okay?”

“Eh, Er…..”

“Er is here.”

The monster, who realized the situation too late, got angry and started running wildly.

Erwin hugged Odelia, who was trembling, tightly, and glared at the monster.

However, Erwin’s body, who was actually soothing Odelia, was also trembling.

It was at this time.

Whoosh!

Swish!

With the sound of the sword cutting through the air, the monster screamed and collapsed.

Thud!

For a moment, a silent stillness fell over the square.

“Er! Lia!”

Yvonne, who had slain a monster with a single strike, looked at the children with a pale complexion.

“Uh, Mother…!”

“Oh my gosh, ahhh…!”

Erwin and Odelia ran to Yvonne and hugged her.

“It’s okay, mother is here.”

“Uh, uh, uh, uh…”

“Uhhhhhhhh…”

Erwin and Odelia were crying so sadly that Yvonne’s blouse got wet.

“Hey, the monster is dead!”

At this moment, someone shouted.

Starting with someone’s cry, people’s voices poured out like an explosion.

“That woman killed the monster!”

“Now, wait, that woman is the witch of the lake mansion, isn’t she?”

“The one who deceives people with her pretty appearance and eats them…?”

People looked at Yvonne’s silver hair, green eyes, and her fairy-like appearance, thinking it must be true.

Yvonne did not know, but in fact, she was a famous person in the Arbela estate. With an unrealistic appearance as beautiful as a fairy.

“The witch protected us from demons!”

“Witch! Arbela’s Witch……!”

Yvonne, who was too busy trying to appease Erwin and Odelia, realized after a long time that she was the ‘witch’ they were calling out.