In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

But the warm sound of the heartbeat quickly soothed the other person.

After just a few strokes, the puppy girl seemed to have completely forgotten Maria's rough behavior towards her, and instead rubbed comfortably in her arms.

Bow down.

Sniff sniff~

"You stink."

"Well?"

"When surviving in the wild, hygiene and health are also things that need to be taken seriously. Before you are taught a language, health may be the first lesson you need to learn."

"Ok?"

The girl could not speak, but only uttered some meaningless syllables in her mouth in response to Maria's words.

Maria didn't expect the girl to say anything more. She just sighed, slowly untied the girl's restraints, and slowly led her to the lake not far away.

After all, she is the first person she meets here... Although you can guess from her appearance that this guy probably knows nothing, this does not prevent Maria from taking care of her.

After all, in this world, being a normal person is more important than anything else.

Of course, it was impossible for her to always be with her and act as her babysitter, so Maria was considering teaching her some knowledge and common sense while taking care of her during this period of time.

And the first lesson in common sense... is taking a bath!

The clear river water gathers here and then flows to the distance.

Maria tentatively tested the temperature, and after confirming it wasn't too cold, she slowly took off her cumbersome dress...

In the moonlight, in front of the silly puppy girl.

The pearl-like beauty slowly sheds her outer shell, revealing the jade-like smooth curve of her back.

The white hair tied up under the tripod hat was untied, and after shaking slightly, it fell to her shoulders.

"All right……"

She raised her hand slightly to cover it and turned to look at the girl.

His face was as calm and indifferent as ever.

"It's time to get in the water."

"puppy……"

Chapter 4 Massacre!

"Woo..."

Camp, by the campfire.

Maria gently wrung out the remaining water stains on her hair and slowly stood up.

Beside her, the puppy girl was roasting herself by the fire in fear.

Maria didn't expect that the girl was afraid of water. After being pulled into the water by her, she began to struggle fiercely.

A pair of small hands were also grabbing everywhere.

Although Maria successfully controlled the other person and cleaned him up in the end, the rough process left a lot of trauma on the girl.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Maria became more and more complicated.

In her eyes, Maria is a character who switches repeatedly between good and bad.

Sometimes he feeds you delicious food, so he is a good person. Sometimes he forces you to do strange things, so he is a bad person.

Of course, this complexity is of no concern to Maria.

She herself had no intention of having too much of a relationship with the girl, and everything she had done so far was simply to make the girl understand common sense so that she wouldn't pounce on her when she met someone else in the future.

But... I have to say, this little puppy girl is indeed quite pretty.

It’s not that it’s very attractive, but if you simply judge it by its beauty, Maria can give this puppy an above-average score.

Not stunning, but... cute.

Of course, it is probably unlikely that Maria will say the word cute.

On the one hand, Maria's personality determines that she is not the kind of girl who would say something is cute or someone is handsome like a normal girl.

On the other hand... it was because of Yharnam's influence.

Although she had escaped from the dream of endless reincarnation, the constant fighting still left her with many memories.

Even if she did praise the puppy girl, it would at most be something like 'You're like a newborn baby animal'.

She is not good at expressing her feelings.

Maria waved as she thought about it.

The puppy girl was obviously a little afraid of Maria, but when she saw Maria's unquestionable look, she lowered her head tremblingly and took reluctant steps on her little feet, approaching Maria.

"Afraid, but not daring to resist?"

Seeing the girl's actions, Maria roughly understood what she was thinking.

But she was smart enough not to say anything. She just quietly placed him on the branch bed beside her, then turned her head away and no longer looked at him.

This made the puppy girl very confused.

After a moment, she looked at the barbecue that Maria had processed but not eaten, and swallowed her saliva.

Forget it...

Just follow this strange fellow for a while.

There are also delicious foods!

After a brief thought, the puppy girl quickly made her decision.

Rather than living here with hunger, cold clothes and constant fear every day, following the powerful like-minded might be a better choice.

After a while, she also lay down on the bed of branches and began to rest peacefully.

Time passed slowly as Maria waited.

Soon it was late at night.

The temperature of the bonfire gradually decreased, the flame became weaker and weaker, and above the sky, the small crescent moon was trying hard to stretch itself.

But unfortunately, its light is still too weak for the forest.

The silly puppy girl just lay on the ground and fell asleep without any worries. Maria could still see the satisfied smile on her face.

Simple...and beautiful.

"What a lazy little puppy."

Maria spoke in a low voice, and it was hard to tell whether she was happy or angry in her words.

Although the girl fell asleep, she was not very brave to fall asleep.

This is not just because of previous experience.

More importantly, there was the restless breathing sounds around...

Without saying a word, Maria slowly stood up.

The moonlight shone on her black hunting clothes, reflecting delicate light.

"I thought they were a group of lost beasts, but now it seems... are they prepared mad dogs?"

Maria spoke coldly, and her flat voice also irritated the people who were peeping at this side.

Those people were also stunned when they heard Maria's voice.

After realizing that he had been discovered, he no longer cared about anything else.

Roaring, he rushed out of the forest!

"what--!!!!"

There were about seven or eight of these crazy guys.

His face was pale and he looked severely malnourished.

Their eyes emitted a terrifying green light, and they rushed towards Maria, holding their rusty weapons frantically!

It was obvious that these people were a group of starving people who came here to steal food...

If these people spoke to Maria in a nice tone, Maria would not mind sharing some of her food with them.

But looking at the attitude of these people... they have no intention of talking at all!

"Ugh……"

Maria sighed, and looked at the animal ears and tail on the other party, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

"Sure enough, a beast is a beast?"

Although I encountered a simple creature like the puppy girl, this world is ultimately alienated.

Have many people already fallen into bestiality and become unable to think rationally?

Then... there was only one thing she could do...

Maria opened her eyes again, and her eyes instantly became sharp.

Facing the thugs rushing towards her with weapons in hand, she advanced instead of retreating!

The right hand suddenly stretched out!

"Oh!"

The hand as white as jade directly penetrated the thin skin and stabbed into the orc's abdomen.

Grip it and twist it.

then……

"Oh!"

The moment it was pulled out, his internal organs mixed with blood splattered out. The intense pain left the thug no chance to even scream for mercy. He fell directly to the ground and began to twitch.

This visually impactful scene instantly intimidated the surrounding thugs, and their originally crazy offensive pace also stopped.

"I don't know how to kill people...but I do have some experience in killing animals."

Maria lowered the brim of her hat and spoke softly.

"Forehead……"

The cold and cruel words made the orcs begin to feel fear.

Maria's lack of panic from beginning to end made them realize that this frail-looking woman in front of them was definitely not a simple character.

A kind of fear began to spread naturally among them.

Such noise quickly attracted the puppy girl who was still resting.

She suddenly jumped up from the ground, looking around in fear.

After seeing that the area was full of people, he showed a hostile look.

But Maria's calm words quickly brought her back to reality.

"Go away, little dog. There's no one here for you to fight."

The cold voice made the puppy girl stiffen in an instant.

But Maria had no intention of explaining. She just looked at the crazy thug in front of her with an unchanged expression.

If she were fighting alone, Maria wouldn't be afraid of these people.

Even if she was injured, she had her own solution.

But the thing is, there's also a puppy girl here.

Although they are both animals, in Maria's eyes, the puppy girl is more like a human.

Although she has animal characteristics, she is undoubtedly human.

As for these guys in front of me...