Protecting the Little Girl in Progress

It has been several days since the Devil King General was defeated. Monsters outside Axel City have been appearing out of nowhere, and perhaps because the Devil King General had initially driven them away, now that they've been defeated, even the monsters hiding in the deepest places seem to be on the move.

If this were the old Axel, the city might have quickly fallen into a situation where it was overrun and destroyed by monsters due to their sheer numbers. But over the past few days, not only have no monsters disturbed the lives of Axel's citizens, but the screams of monsters have also been heard frequently from day to night!

It's truly pitiful!

Actually, on the second night after Ethan defeated the Devil King General, didn't they throw a drinking party? Almost all the adventurers brought their families, and some even stuffed their stomachs and ate like crazy, as if they intended to make a huge profit at Ethan's expense.

However, Ethan was far more cunning than Eris, so cunning that he became a somewhat cruel villain!

During the drinking party that night, Ethan, Eris, and Yunyun didn't drink a single drop. While the other adventurers were partying wildly into the night, they quietly went home and slept, leaving the drunken adventurers to their revelry until morning.

As a result, the day after the party ended, the heavily intoxicated adventurers saw the friendly faces of Luna and the other staff. However, when they saw the bill that stretched all the way to the floor, their faces immediately soured, and they began shouting with what little sobriety they had left.

"Wasn't Ethan the one treating us to drinks!? Why do we have to pay this bill!?"

That was the collective statement of the adventurers who loved to take advantage of small opportunities.

In response, Luna remained friendly and gently said a sentence that made all the adventurers turn pale!

"Ethan-sama only treated you to drinks, but he never said he would pay the bill…"

"Are you kidding me!?"

Amid the angry shouts that nearly flipped the adventurer's guild office upside down, the opportunistic adventurers could only grimace and go out to defeat the many monsters that had appeared to pay off their debts.

This caused every adventurer, in their effort to clear their debts, to act as if they had been injected with a morale-boosting drug. From morning to night, they tirelessly fought monsters, causing the monsters outside Axel to let out screams of pain and despair every day.

"Ethan-sama is truly our hero in Axel." Luna, sitting at the counter and busy with work, looked extremely happy.

"Remember how Axel used to always be attacked by monsters? Now that monsters are appearing in large numbers, they're being slaughtered by adventurers instead. This is truly a miracle…"

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Of course, no matter how rowdy those foolish adventurers were, Ethan and the others had no time to deal with them.

After defeating Verdia, Ethan, Eris, and Yunyun decided to buy a luxurious villa.

That was also one of the main reasons why the three of them left the drinking party in the middle of the night.

After all, rather than drinking and wasting money and energy getting drunk at a party, it was better to spend time settling the moving process.

Over the past few days, Ethan, Eris, and Yunyun hadn't taken on a single quest. They were busy preparing for the move to their new home, and the three of them would soon relocate to the villa!

According to Ethan's words—

"A man plus two beautiful girls, not living together would truly be a waste, wouldn't it?"

Eris had been living in the same house as Ethan since arriving in this world, and Yunyun, afraid of being lonely, canceled her rental agreement and moved into Ethan's house at his invitation.

However, as Yunyun prepared to move, she said something that made Ethan's face change color…

"Um… Ethan, Chris, is it really okay for me to move in? Are you sure no one will say, 'Why is this woman so bold? Doesn't she know that's a rejection? How can she be so daring to move in?'"

And how could Ethan let the poor girl think like that?

"Don't worry, Yunyun, we're living together because we're friends!"

Instantly, Ethan warmly grasped Yunyun's hand, then winced under Eris's gentle smile.

Let's just forget about that incident…

Ethan opened the door and sighed, thinking to himself.

It was now morning, and Eris and Yunyun were cooking together. After eating, they would go out to take on quests. It had been several days since they last fought monsters, and their bodies were almost rusting…

"Hm?" Ethan suddenly frowned, as his Enemy Detection skill reacted!

Using his Eagle Eye skill to gain long-range vision like an eagle, he saw a scene that made him grimace!

A group of knights clad in high-class armor was chasing a cute little blonde-haired girl!

Fortunately, the little blonde-haired girl wasn't far from Ethan, prompting him to stomp the ground and use a burst of speed to break through the group of knights like the wind!

His thighs, carrying the strength of a thousand pounds, turned into countless shadows!

*BAM!* *BAM!* *BAM!*

"Pfft—!"

"AH—!"

In just a few seconds, Ethan managed to kick all the knights to the ground, leaving them unable to get back up!

"Amazing!" The little blonde-haired girl widened her sapphire eyes, filled with admiration as she watched Ethan display his strength.

"Really? This isn't a hallucination, is it…" Ethan was also very surprised he could do that, as he didn't have Eris's support magic at the moment. Although his level was among the top in Axel, even in the capital, unfortunately, he was still the weakest class—Adventurer.

To do something like that without using skills, relying solely on physical strength to defeat a group of high-level knights, it was impossible!

However…

"Ever since I unsealed Gram that time, it feels like the abilities restricted by the Adventurer class have improved rapidly, even surpassing the limits that couldn't be broken. What's even more surprising is that extraordinary strength, even steel can be easily torn to pieces. Is this the effect of Gram?"

Why was Mitsurugi Kyouya, an ordinary person, able to instantly become a Swordmaster, a top-tier class?

Because he had Gram. Even just carrying it gave him a significant boost in abilities!

And Ethan was now in a similar state, which led to the extraordinary event earlier.

Would he be targeted by the kingdom because of this? Ethan declared, a country that had so much combat power to chase a little girl but not to protect its people—he had no desire to serve it. Even if he had to destroy it, he wouldn't care!

After all, a group of high-level knights did nothing when the Devil King General Verdia came near Axel, and now they dared to capture a little girl in broad daylight? Ethan declared, if his uncle could tolerate it, his aunt couldn't; if his aunt could tolerate it, he still wouldn't!