Inside a restaurant.
Two blonde white women were chatting in a corner.
"Anty, why did you leave Dafflin? For you, he'd been willing to risk his life. And I know you're not the type who covets vanity," asked one of the older blonde women.
"I've already told you the reason. His love was too heavy for me to bear," said the other woman, Anty, shaking her head with a trace of melancholy on her face.
"You literary types are such a pain. When two people break up, it's either about money or personality, but neither of those was a problem for you," the older blonde woman sighed.
She was Anty's sister, Melt. She had originally thought very highly of Dafflin as her future brother-in-law.
These days, there were only a handful of people willing to risk their lives to save their lover.
"Fine. This world is so dangerous. I don't want him to sacrifice himself for me again. I just want him to live well," Anty finally revealed the real reason.
"So that's it. You really do love him. Anyone else would only think there weren't enough people willing to die for them," Melt said, shaking her head.
Neither of them knew that their conversation had already been overheard by Dafflin and the other two in the distance.
One-Eyed Dragon was, after all, a monster hunter. He had used an eavesdropping talisman to hear what they were saying.
That ability was truly useful. Dafflin decided that he would learn it from him later.
By this point, he completely understood why his girlfriend had broken up with him.
Because he was too weak, she could not bear to watch him continue throwing his life away.
If he were as powerful as an Otherworldly User, capable of fully protecting her while also