Although Menna was intelligent and mature enough, she was still a bit too soft-hearted. Or rather, like her sister, she was inherently very kind. Faced with the cunning schemes left behind by the Ghost Thief Group, she hesitated.
Over three hundred nonhuman girls were quickly transferred to the empty hall on the second floor. After a brief search, it was confirmed that there were no young moon-shadow royal offspring among them.
Among these girls, there were various types of creatures: human hybrids, a few winged people, and some rare species from distant lands. There were even more and rarer varieties than the slaves Violet had seen in the Universe Emporium, which was astonishing.
“Um...”
Seeing the troubled expression on the little princess’s face as she stood in front of the comatose girls, Violet pondered for a moment and finally patted her shoulder.
“Little Menna, you go ahead. I’ll handle things here. Once it’s sorted out, I’ll catch up with you. Don’t worry, it won’t take long. As for the cleanup work, we’ll leave it to Uncle Lester and the others.”
Upon hearing this, the blue-haired girl turned her head with surprise, but her expression still seemed hesitant.
“Miss Violet, by yourself? I know you’re strong, unbelievably strong, but saving people and fighting are different. Besides, we haven’t figured out how to undo the effects of this potion...”
“Hey, hey...!”
The priestess, whose medical skills were being questioned, was suddenly at a loss for words.
She grabbed the soft, tender face of the young girl, twisting it angrily as if kneading dough, completely disregarding the respect due to the princess. In the process, she also ignored the slight change in expression of the members of the 【Reaper’s Scythe】 team and the Shadow Guards beside her.
“So, did you really understand what I said earlier?”
Having thoroughly enjoyed the excellent feel of the princess’s face, she released it, her face turning red, appearing on the verge of tears. However, she quickly reached out to stop Menna, who was about to come forward to “protect” her. Violet forcefully tapped the priest staff in her hand.
“Say it again, I am a priest! Do you understand, priest!”
“Sob...got it...”
The little princess rubbed her cheeks, pitifully acknowledging.
“If you understand, then hurry up and chase after them! Everyone else is about to slip away!”
“Sob sob! I’m sorry!!”
Leading her group of subordinates with strange expressions, the blue-haired girl dashed out as if fleeing.
It wasn’t until all the Shadow Guards disappeared from view that Violet sighed helplessly.
The Ghost Thief Group truly lived up to its reputation as the leading organization in the demon-hunting industry, standing out from countless other poaching groups. They truly exemplified the concept of being as cunning as a fox. That they could escape like this, even causing them to cut off their own tails, was remarkable.
However, they couldn’t possibly have foreseen things like Menna could. In fact, considering the numerous signs and traces they left behind in their attempts to delay, it’s likely that these remnants of the Ghost Thief Group didn’t escape for long.
Strange... If Eileen had been on alert since she learned Violet’s “true identity,” then the Ghost Thief Group shouldn’t have fled so hastily. Did something go wrong in their plans?
Since they didn’t flee in advance, now that the royal family has officially intervened and they’ve lost the protection of the high-ups in the Demon Suppression City, they couldn’t continue to lurk in the city as easily as before. Their only choice would be to flee the city, to escape to the vast south of the Human United Kingdom.
But Menna had already anticipated this possibility and had the Northern Army Marshal arrange for the army to block the four gates of the Demon Suppression City in advance. In the short term, it was absolutely impossible for the Ghost Thief Group to slip out.
So while it seemed like a hurried chase, the Ghost Thief Group had long been like fish in a barrel. The only difference was that wasting too much time here would make subsequent searches more troublesome.
But for now, it was best to deal with the current mess.
After informing the little dragon girl left outside through the contract, she had her bring in the Black Knights Mercenary Group who were guarding the entrance. After all, Menna had taken away all the manpower, and here, there were not only many members of the Ghost Thief Group who were captured and bound, but also so many patients, which was quite troublesome.
Not rushing to start treatment immediately, Violet glanced at the only one who didn’t leave with the princess, who was now standing beside her, idly scanning the members of the Ghost Thief Group, a certain guy with a slanted fringe who seemed to have nothing to do.
This guy, when the floor of the hall cracked just now, he was the only one who couldn’t find a good way to deal with it and almost fell straight down like a pole.
It was only thanks to the timely discovery by Miss Priestess who threw a light spear from afar, accurately piercing through his shoulder armor and pinning his slanted fringe to the wall like a pickled fish, that he avoided being truly pierced through.
The subsequent barrage of poison arrows was mostly intercepted by the Mr. Dead Soul and since he was too close to the wall, he wasn’t affected, you could say he was lucky.
“Why aren’t you following up? If something happens to Miss Eileen that you’ve been thinking about, you won’t be able to see it, you know?”
“............”
Mr. Side-Swept Bangs remained silent, exchanging a sarcastic gaze with the priestess, then turning his gaze to the delicate shoulder of the girl protected by the white robe, just below which spread out the pure and beautiful white wings.
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He asked back.
“Violet... should I still call you that? Aren’t you human?”
“Mmmhmm~ Guess.”
Although she didn’t give a direct answer, Violet’s non-denying attitude actually said it all.
“...Is that so.”
“I didn’t expect Her Majesty the Queen to have already reached this point. It seems that the Demon Suppression City and the Human United Kingdom are really about to undergo a major change...”
Whispering with some emotion, Mr. Side-Swept Bangs paused.
“Anyway, I have to thank you for saving my life just now, including the time in the underground black market. The wounds disappearing inexplicably should also be thanks to you, right? I was a bit confused at the time and didn’t notice these things, sorry, I owe you one.”
“It’s no big deal, just a small favor~”
Although she felt like this guy had misunderstood something, Violet never had the habit of explaining these things slowly, just casually smiling.
“So you’re really not going after Eileen?”
“Well, I’m not going. My strength is too weak. I’m afraid any of those black-clad women you brought could easily defeat me. Just like earlier, trying to keep up would only be a burden, so I might as well stay here and help with the aftermath.”
“The Ghost Thief Group, if nothing unexpected happens, will probably be completely destroyed today.”
Mr. Side-Swept Bangs fell silent again for a moment.
“Even if it’s just a little, I want to repay some of the sins I committed back then, as well as those committed by Eileen now.”
“I see. Well, I suggest you consider becoming a cleric or a priest to accumulate merits. You’re still young, after all, there’s plenty of time~”
With a playful smile and a few teasing remarks, Violet didn’t waste any more time. She found a nearby girl, squatted down, and activated 【Information Detection】.
“Let me see... Hmm?”
Thinking it was just an ordinary poison, planning to use a simple area healing magic, combined with purification, to deal with it casually, but when her detection skill began to take effect, Violet frowned, realizing that the situation seemed to be different from what she expected.
“What’s wrong? Is there difficulty in treating it?”
Seeing Violet’s change in expression, although he couldn’t understand the skill effects of 【Information Detection】, Mr. Side-Swept Bangs could tell that something was wrong, and his expression immediately became serious.
“It’s not that, but this kind of poison...”
Violet withdrew her hand, staring at the unconscious girl with green feathered wings in front of her, her expression pained and thoughtful.
Actually, fundamentally speaking, this girl wasn’t poisoned. The reason she fell into a coma was that her mana had undergone a significant disruption and rampage due to unknown reasons, causing her body to be unable to bear it.
In simpler terms, it was somewhat similar to going berserk in martial arts novels.
But generally speaking, creatures with mana almost never experience such situations. Mana has its own stable laws of operation, regulated continuously by the core, just like how blood wouldn’t suddenly burst out of blood vessels.
Obviously, the source of this situation was the unidentified magic drug distributed by the Ghost Thief Group.
But mana falling into chaos and being uncontrollable...
Somehow, Violet was reminded of the 【Demon-repelling Powder】 that the demon hunters used when she descended into Little Blue’s body. That thing seemed to have a similar effect, but it didn’t work on humans, even if they had mana.
Strange... how exactly do these things operate?