Volume 1 Chapter 1 Part4 (1/2)

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Chapter 01: The Greatest Hero Gets the Boot (Part 4)

Garrius arrived at a sluood distance frodoed Other than the public drunkards who guzzled alcoholthe day

Garrius had traced the sweet odor here ‘Look-Away Balm' was an item that diverted people's attention away from the source So if one were to head opposite the direction where one thought the source lay, it was possible to track down the user

He spotted a figure curled up in the middle of a back alley

He couldn't iven the deep hood and robe it wore, but it was unmistakably the demon from earlier—the assailant who had attacked Jered in broad daylight before a crowd of onlookers

“How are your injuries?”

“Eep!”

The robe-clad de anyone would talk to it Its suish over the pain in its chest

“Urrgh!”

This sequence of actions caused the hood to fall back The cloth covering the lower half of its face also fell down to reveal its face completely

It was a cat

It definitely had the head of a cat Its fur looked delightfully soft

So, the deled his fingers

He adored animals Especially the soft and fluffy kind And anyway, animals didn't care about Garrius' looks They would come up to him if he offered thes

“Wh—What do you want?”

The youthful voice could be taken as either ender, either

Soled beneath the robe

Garrius, temporarily bewitched by the softness, came back to his senses

“Oh! Hold on I didn't mean to startle you Please sheathe your weapon for now I'm not your enemy Well…I'm not exactly your ally either But anyway, you have some broken bones, don't you? You can use this”

He pulled a small bottle from his pack

“It's a potion It can't heal the breaks, but it can get rid ofany of your own, right? It looked like you were expecting to die”

It had probably run away on account of failing to finish off Jered Whichthe fake hero

“I' handouts from a human And anyway, how do I know that's really a potion?”

“Well, in that case…”

Garrius pulled out another bottle

“Pick one I'll drink whichever you pick Then you can have the other one, OK?”

The werecat gave him a dubious look but pointed to the first one he had taken out

Garrius swigged it down

“Urrrrp Whew My exhaustion fro a potion on so wryly, he drew close to the werecat with an easy manner and handed over the bottle

“I'm Garrius What's your name?”

“It's…Lippi”

“How old are you? I'm twenty-six”

“I' to double check the taste while doing so

“Feeling better?”

“Yeah”

“Need another one?”

“I'et revenge For Lord Zhizzl's death”

Lippi glared at Garrius

‘Zhizzl' was the naonkind fellow the hu So Lippi hadn't known he was still alive after all

So…nohat should I do?

He didn't know if Lippi would believe hi still lived Nor could he see Lippi taking it well if he ad, Lippi said so odd

“Are you a friend of the human who helped me out?”

“Helped you?”

“The one who said he had his own grudge against the hero and lenthandouts from humans?”

“It—It's not the sa things to achieve one's goals, it was a distinction without difference, but Garrius kept histhe value of that proud kitty face

Besides that, he was surprised