Fangzheng felt terrible as he looked at the three obnoxious old women in front of him.
In fact, he had seen ugly people disguising themselves as beautiful women before. For example, the Onibabas and the famous Succubi in the Overworld. The latter's true form was a three-meter-tall behemoth, which was scary enough.
But … But!
At least they had professional ethics!!!
No matter what their true forms were, when they came out to deceive people, they still put on a full set! They even put on a pretty disguise. At least people who didn't know the truth would be mesmerized by them.
Even if they were internet celebrities, they still had to turn on their beauty filters for live broadcasts!!
What about the three of you? All you did was hang a picture?
Didn't you even put on an act?
What was the difference between this and those who excitedly made a call with a "pure and innocent schoolgirl massage for 24 hours" card, only to receive a heavy tank instead?!
Is this how you deceive people's pure and innocent hearts?!
Can there be any trust between people?!
Fangzheng was speechless. Ciri, on the other hand, did not have any thoughts. She glared at the three old witches and shouted.
"You're the ones who captured the Baroness? Why did you capture her? "
"Hehehe, little girl, what's the point of saying that?"
Hearing Ciri's rebuke and question, the three old witches instantly laughed shrilly.
"She's already made a contract with us! She's ours!! "
"A … contract?"
Hearing this, the Baron and his daughter were stunned.
"That's right. This woman doesn't want the child in her belly, so she made a contract with us. We'll help her kill the baby in her belly, and she'll belong to us. We've fulfilled the contract, but she actually tried to escape from us. This is absolutely intolerable! "
"So you're the ones behind this?!"
The Baron was so angry that he clenched his longsword tightly and roared. He had always thought that he had caused his wife's miscarriage because he was drunk and hit her. Who would have thought that these three fellows were the culprits?!
"Hehehe …"
Facing the Bloody Baron's anger, the three old witches were not afraid at all. They even laughed coldly.
"It's too late now. She belongs to us. Her soul belongs to us. No matter what you do … Ahhhhhh!!!"
However, before the old witch could finish her sentence, a wave of flames suddenly rose from the ground, instantly burning the three of them into charcoal.
"Motherf * cker, it's finally over."
Fangzheng put down his hand and sighed.
"It's not good for your mind if you continue like this …"
"Mr. Fangzheng, did you kill them?"
"What else? Are we going to keep them for the New Year? "
Fangzheng rolled his eyes helplessly. Ciri also shook her head speechlessly.
"But they planted a curse on the baroness …"
"It's just a curse. Leave it to me."
As he spoke, Fangzheng walked in front of the old woman and held her left hand up. With a flick of his right hand, he took out the silver short sword and gently slashed it across his palm. The next moment, everyone saw a pattern suddenly appear in the center of the old woman's palm, then completely shattered and disappeared. The old woman trembled, and her originally lifeless eyes lit up.
"Mom!"
"Anna!!"
Seeing the old woman wake up, the baron and his daughter hurriedly ran over and helped her up, but the old woman still seemed to be trembling in fear. Her face was pale and she was trembling uneasily.
"What, what's going on? Didn't you say that the curse has been removed? "
Tamara looked worriedly at her mother's frail appearance and asked Fangzheng. Fangzheng shrugged his shoulders in response.
"Yes, the curse has been removed, and her life is no longer in danger. But it's a different matter mentally."
"… Mentally?"
"Of course! You get beaten up by your husband every day, then you miscarried, then you ran away in panic, then you were caught by a monster and brought here by three ugly old witches as a slave. How can you be completely fine? "
"Ugh …"
"Then, is there a way?"
Hearing Fangzheng's sarcasm, his daughter looked embarrassed. The Bloody Baron also hurriedly asked.
"There's not much you can do about her mental health. Simply put, she needs to rest quietly and not be agitated. You can understand that, Mr. Baron, right? It's the same principle as how soldiers who are seriously injured must not be exposed to the cold and must rest quietly. She's now suffering from a serious mental injury, so you can't quarrel or agitate her in front of her. That way, she'll slowly get better. If you continue to quarrel and fight like before, I'm afraid she'll be agitated and go crazy. "
"Is it that serious?!"
Upon hearing this, the Bloody Baron's expression became much more solemn as he nodded with force.
"I, I understand. I'll take good care of her! I won't let her suffer! "
"I don't believe you. I'll take care of Mom!"
His daughter hurriedly interrupted.
"You say that every time, but didn't you still turn Mom into this?"
"I didn't do it on purpose. I was just drunk!!"
"Ahem, both of you."
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Fangzheng hurriedly intervened. He pointed to the old woman who was curled up into a ball and shivering when she heard them quarreling.
"If you keep quarreling, she'll probably have an episode."
"Ah …!"
Seeing Anna trembling like a mouse that had seen a cat, the Baron and his daughter hurriedly stopped and looked at each other awkwardly. Fangzheng coughed and continued, "How about this, I have an idea.
Miss, why don't you follow your father back to the castle and take care of your mother? "
"Together?"
"Yes, if you leave here with your mother, how are you going to take care of her? She can't live without someone. In the castle, at least you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and your safety is guaranteed. You just need to take good care of your mother. As for you, Mr. Baron … .you should also quit drinking. Let your daughter keep an eye on you. Of course, you have to make up your mind yourself. What do you think? "
"This ….."
The two looked at each other and felt that this was probably the only way.
"I understand. I'll go back, but I won't reconcile with that man."
"Me too ….. I'll try my best to quit drinking. I'll never drink again."
The Baron nodded and walked to his wife's side. He patted her back gently and helped her up. Then, he led his remaining guards and daughter back to where they came from.
As for Fangzheng and the others, they just stood there and watched the scene. At that moment, Miao Jie quietly came over.
"Mr. Fangzheng, you did that on purpose, didn't you?"
"Hmm?"
"With your strength, Mr. Fangzheng, it shouldn't be difficult for you to repair that woman's wounded heart, right?"
"That's true, but karma …. You should clean up your own sins. I'm not interested in cleaning up someone else's mess."
Fangzheng shook his head, acknowledging Miao Jie's guess. Indeed, if he took action, he could easily heal the old woman's mental trauma. But Fangzheng did not intend to do so. The reason was simple — it was meaningless. The root cause of this incident was that the baroness was having an affair outside. Then, the baron became enraged and abused his wife all day long. It was a vicious cycle. To put it simply, both sides were at fault, so they had to deal with their own sins themselves.
"Besides, this is also a chance for their family to start over. It's up to them whether they can grasp this opportunity well or not. If everything went well, they would be able to return to being a family in the future. But if they continue to quarrel, and the old woman dies from a mental breakdown, or the family is broken up, that's an ending of their own choosing. "
Fangzheng narrowed his eyes and looked at the green-haired girl beside him.
"I gave them a choice, and they made their choice. The consequences are up to them."
Next, they bid farewell to the Baron and planned to return to Novigrad. After all, they only came out this time because Ciri wanted to meet the Bloody Baron who saved her and thank him. Now that she had helped him solve his problem, and Madam Anna needed to rest after returning home, she did not want to be disturbed by outsiders like them, so they left.
The Baron was a little reluctant, but he still said that they were welcome to visit at any time. Of course, the Baron also said that if he saw Ciri's adoptive father appear in Valen, he would immediately ask his men to find him and tell Geralt about Ciri's current situation in Novigrad.
After bidding farewell to the Baron, the group set off for Novigrad again.
"How do I put it …. This world is really different from what I imagined."
Riding on a horse, Rize looked at the surrounding scenery and the corpse hanging on the wooden frame swaying in the wind in the distance. She had a complicated expression on her face. As a cleric, this world had completely destroyed Rize's worldview.
Why is a housekeeping elf like that? Didn't Ciri say that housekeeping elves are good elves that protect the family?
Since they're good elves, can't they be … .prettier?
Although the zombies and mutant creatures she encountered in the Resident Evil world were also terrifying, Rize knew at the time that they were cursed monsters, so it was not incomprehensible for them to be so terrifying.
But she really could not understand why they were still so terrifying after the curse was purified.
"I think this world is very interesting. We can encounter a lot of things we couldn't see before. Although the situation in every world is different, the reactions of people are all the same. Interesting."
Miao Jie narrowed her eyes and revealed a cat-like smile.
"Woof woof woof!! Woof woof woof!!! "
Just as the group was walking along the road, they suddenly heard a dog barking not far away. Turning their heads to look, they saw a few stray dogs surrounding a wooden house on the side of the road, barking non-stop.
"Oh my, it's a pack of stray dogs again."
Seeing that, Miao Jie revealed a surprised expression. Ciri, on the other hand, nodded in agreement.
"After all, because of the war, many villages were destroyed, so many dogs have become stray dogs … .they're very difficult to deal with."
As Ciri said, because of the war between the Northern Alliance and Nilfgaardian, many villages were destroyed, and the dogs raised by those people left their homes. They became stray dogs that attacked passers-by on the road in groups. From a certain point of view, these stray dogs were not much less dangerous than wolves.
At this moment, the pack of stray dogs also noticed Fangzheng's party approaching. They immediately turned around and pounced on them, baring their teeth.
"Wait a minute!"
Ciri said casually as she watched the pack of stray dogs running towards her. She dismounted from her horse and dashed through the pack of stray dogs, turning them into corpses in the blink of an eye.
Next, Ciri walked to the wooden house and knocked on the door.
"The stray dogs have been killed. It's fine."
"….."
Hearing Ciri's voice, the wooden house was silent for a moment. Then, the wooden door creaked open, and a little girl poked her head out. She looked at Ciri and Fangzheng's party anxiously.
"Where are your parents?"
Only then did Ciri realize that there were only a few children in the wooden house. There were no adults at all. No wonder they only dared to hide in the house when faced with a pack of stray dogs.
Hearing Ciri's question, the little girl was silent for a moment before answering.
"Some were killed by the soldiers, and some ….. I don't know where they went."
"….. Is that so."
Hearing the little girl's answer, Ciri was silent for a moment. Then, she took out some food from her pocket and handed it to the little girl.
"Let's share these with everyone."
"Thank you, big sister."
After receiving the food, the little girl smiled happily, turned around, and ran to the others. Seeing this, Miao Jie walked to Fangzheng's side and gently pulled on his sleeve.
"Mr. Fangzheng, these children are very pitiful."
"Yes, they are. So?"
"I'm wondering if we can take them in."
"Hmm …..?"
Hearing this, Fangzheng looked at Miao Jie curiously.
"Take in these children?"
"Yes."
Facing Fangzheng's question, Miao Jie smiled and clasped her hands together.
"You see, we've seen it along the way. Haven't many places been abandoned because of the war? We can repair those buildings and use them to take care of these displaced children. Isn't that a good thing? "
Saying this, Miao Jie seemed to be in high spirits.
"We don't need to interact with others. We can choose some more remote places. Although there may be monsters in those places, I believe it won't be a problem for us. Besides, Mr. Fangzheng, don't you want others to come here in the future? Novigrad has too many people, so it's not a good place to stay for long. I think a small place that belongs to us is a good choice. Just like the Kaer Morhen of the Demon Hunters that Miss Ciri mentioned …. "
"You're saying it's like the Bloody Baron's crow's nest, right?"
Fangzheng, of course, understood the meaning behind Miao Jie's words. Back then, the Bloody Baron was just an ordinary officer who came here with his defeated soldiers. He then occupied the uninhabited crow's nest and became the local overlord of Valen. Now, it seemed that Miao Jie was planning to do something like this?
But why was she doing this?
"Miss Lisi, you also think this is a good idea, right?"
After saying that, Miao Jie hurriedly pulled up Alliance Army, who nodded in agreement.
"I also think Miss Miao Jie's idea is a good one, Mr. Fangzheng."
"I see …."
In fact, Fangzheng did not have any particular objection. This was actually something he often did in other worlds. But what made Fangzheng a little curious was why Miao Jie was the one who suggested this.
If it was Lisi, it would be understandable. After all, she was a kind-hearted believer of the Seven Luminaries Church. Besides, the Seven Luminaries Church itself had a tradition of helping orphans. But Miao Jie …. She did not look like she was deliberately showing off her kindness. Fangzheng was sure that Miao Jie had an ulterior motive for making this suggestion.
"Okay, let's do that."
With that thought in mind, Fangzheng nodded.
No matter what she wanted to do, it would be interesting, wouldn't it?
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