Danmaku, my skills refresh weekly.

"No way! Marie! Keep it up!"

Mermaid blood is an extremely rare drop; usually, only one part will drop from ten mermaids, and even then, it's only a small amount.

To be able to get mermaids to offer their precious blood, Lord Ciel is truly a devil... ah, no, a great one.

After Lily and the others distributed the last bowl of porridge, the tavern's work for the day came to an end.

They wore happy yet tired smiles, grateful and content to have lived another day.

On the way home.

Marie strode along, her arms and legs moving in unison, enjoying this rare moment of life on the ground: "Working~ working~, working hard, Marie working!"

"Ah~ I wish every day could go on like this." Lily held her head in her hands, her face full of peace. Although it was a dark period, she felt much happier than before.

Anya hugged Lily's head: "When can I see Master's marksmanship again, meow?"

“First, make sure you can fully understand and apply what you’ve taught us, Lady Anya,” Lily said, rolling her eyes.

Cassandra covered her mouth and chuckled as she watched the group playfully bickering.

If only things could stay like this forever...

Back at the church, Tina hugged the little rascal and made funny faces. When she saw everyone return, she rushed over with a bright smile and gave them a kiss.

"Ah~ Lady Tina, control your strength! It's too heavy!" Lily cried out in humiliation after being tackled by Tina. Cassandra shared the midnight snack she brought back with Tina and the troublemaker.

Another ordinary day for the girls passed by.

At night, Cassandra lay in bed, snuggling against the soft pillows, kicking away Lily's thighs that were leaning against her, and fell peacefully asleep.

"I hope...tomorrow will also be a happy day."

……

Firelight—

The pitch-black flames crackled and popped, the roof beams collapsed, and the broken statues were stained with blood. Mad roars echoed in the dark, fiery hell.

"Sister~~ Sister~~ Where are you~~~~~ Ahhhhhh, have you seen my sister?"

The dark-haired elf with a single ponytail twisted her face like a demon, grabbed Cassandra by the neck with one hand, and asked in a sinister tone, "Sister, where is sister? Where have you hidden her?"

"I have no idea!"

"I don't know? How could you not know?" The girl's expression became increasingly distorted, her voice sinister and hoarse: "I gave you a chance, but you were useless."

Bear--

Black flames ignited from Cassandra's feet, instantly engulfing her entire body.

……

Night began to fall on Huanle Street.

Even after such a disaster, the lights here are still on.

Overwhelmed by a sense of despair, the adventurers, unsure if tomorrow would ever come, squandered all their savings during their free time.

However, on the outskirts of these streets, which are mainly run by the Ishtar family, there are also private shop owners doing retail business.

In the wooden loft, in a shabby rental-style model room, drops of blood seeped down the stairs.

In the filthy room, two naked, headless corpses lay across the living room.

A petite figure, shrouded in a black robe, hugged her knees and murmured softly, "Sister... Sister, where are you? Ah~~"

She casually swept aside the bottles and other clutter on the table, making room to place a head covered in a look of terror in the center.

"Sister? You're not my sister? Where is my sister?"

Suddenly, her pointed ears twitched slightly, she stopped stroking her head, and her expression immediately turned fierce:

"Sister! Did you come to see me?! You really can't live without Vina after all~~, I knew it~~ hahaha."

Vina slowly stood up.

"Bang!"

The tightly closed door was violently kicked open, followed by a surge of lightning that engulfed the room.

Vina's figure flashed left and right, her wand swung in an arc, shattering the electric gun. With a loud bang, the room was filled with crackling arcs of electricity.

The sudden bright light allowed Vina to see the intruder's face clearly.

"Huh?! Sister? You're not my sister?!"

"Where did you hide my sister?!"

The body, which roared like a hyena, vanished abruptly, dodging the oncoming giant axe, and the wand thrust out in a manner more ferocious than the intruder.

Following closely:

"Devour, Gate of Beginnings! Despair will replace all hope! — Diavar Ottova!"

The short chanting was followed by a black fireball that instantly filled the entire room. With a deafening roar, the house collapsed, and four or five people were thrown backward by the wave of fire, crashing into the wall facing the street.

"Eek! How dare you cause trouble on my turf! Die!"

A massive figure, measuring 2 meters in length and width, fell from the attic along the street, its ferocious axe blade cleaving through the black flames and forcing back Vina, who was staring blankly upwards.

It was a fat woman with a toad-like face.

Frini, leader of the Ishtar Familia, is a first-class adventurer known as the "Man Killer".

Faced with such a threat...

"Wow—so ugly! So ugly, so ugly, so ugly! Go away! Go away! Sister, don't let me see this filthy thing, waaaaaah." Vina covered her eyes, bloody tears sliding down her fingers.

With veins bulging on her face, Frini split her fiery red lips, which were fifty centimeters wide, and roared, "I am the most beautiful woman in the world! Shut up, you bitch!"

The battle axe landed and slashed repeatedly, plowing the ground like an old ox, and the storm's shockwaves blew off roof tiles.

Vina swung her wand, but was instantly sent flying by the immense force!

"Ughhhhhh... It hurts so much! Where is my sister? Please turn this pain and suffering into joy and happiness!" Blood spurted from her mouth and bloomed into roses on the ground.

Despite Vina's desperate cries, she received no response.

"Damn it, is this woman insane?!" Frini sheathed her battle axe, however...

"It's you, it's you, it's you! It's you, you ugly monster, who hid my sister!" Vina swayed as she stood up, her crazed face filled with indifference. She stretched out her five fingers, grinning maliciously as she shook them at Frini:

"Weep, Sixth Garden! Rumble, Ninth Song!"

The wide-area magic that had been prepared long ago was pulled at this moment.

Four magic circles unfolded above the four surrounding buildings, and a massive pillar of flame, capable of annihilating everything, shot into the sky.

"hateful!!!!"

A corner of the entertainment street was reduced to ashes in the flames, and a charred toad roared in the sea of ​​fire.

In the eerie, deserted alleyway, a trail of blood stretched out. Vina, clutching her chest, crept forward, muttering to herself with an empty, indifferent expression:

"Sister? Come play! This time it's hide-and-seek. Whoever gets caught becomes 'it'!"

She wandered into a house on one side...

"Da-da-da-da! Here?!"

Chapter 124 Wanted

"Ughh ...

The following morning, a piercing scream echoed in the church's basement. Cassandra, soaking wet, her pupils contracted, and she launched herself into the air.

"Hmm, what's wrong, Bishop?"

"Did you pee your pants, meow?"

"Huh?" Cassandra looked around blankly at her familiar friends, their eyes filled with worry.

"Hmph, that must be it, meow! Cats stop wetting their pants when they're eight years old!" Anya said, hands on her hips and looking up.

"Baka! Don't say things like that!" Lily realized something and asked cautiously, "Did you have a nightmare?"

Cassandra snapped out of her daze and nodded blankly: "Everyone... is dead. The black flames devoured us!"

"Ah~~ I see." Lily gave a deadpan look. "That kind of thing is impossible to imagine."

Anya nodded: "Who are we, meow? [Silent Courtyard], yay!"

Lily shrugged: "Where in Orario is safer than here now?"

"Trust me, it's dangerous!" Cassandra herself wasn't entirely convinced, but her dreams always seemed to come true: "Ciel, Ciel isn't here, is he? Let's be careful."

Lily yawned, rubbed her eyes, got up to wash and brush her teeth: "It's not that we don't believe you, Lady Cassandra, but staying in the tavern and the church is the safest place in all of Orario. How much more careful can we be?"

Anya got up and went upstairs for her morning exercise.

"Ugh—" Cassandra, clutching the soaking wet flyer, followed Anya out of the church: "Ugh, I really am going to die."

Anya brandished her spear: "Dumb tape meow, someone bullied the bishop meow, Anya will teach him a lesson meow! Anya is super strong now meow!"

After breakfast, when everyone arrived at the tavern, Cassandra saw a guild employee hurriedly leaving.

Then she noticed a piece of parchment pasted below the tavern's most prominent sign.

#Wanted! Level 5 Fallen Elf Vina Dis. #

Lily leaned closer and whispered, "Vina Dis. Belonging to the [Alecto Familia], she went into a berserk state last night and launched an unplanned, indiscriminate attack."

"This person is powerful. If you are a suspicious target, please stay away immediately, report the situation to the guild, and do not engage in any unwise behavior such as provocation."

"A reward of 50 Fali is given for providing clues. A reward of 2000 million Fali is given for the kill. Wow, that's a lot of money!"

"Ugh..." Cassandra clutched her head and crouched down, longing for Ciel's presence for the first time: "Come back soon, boss~~"