Shizuku's views had always been simple and straightforward.
If she thought Moyu was formidable, no other factors would change her mind.
Moyu looked at Shizuku's ever-expressionless face and suddenly said, "Moyu."
Shizuku paused at that, then understood and replied calmly, "Shizuku."
After that simple exchange of introductions, Shizuku raised the still-unsummoned Blinky, intending to help the innkeeper clean up the two corpses on the floor.
"Don't."
Seeing what Shizuku was doing, Moyu quickly stopped her.
Hearing Moyu's words, Shizuku looked up with slight confusion.
"I'm a Bounty Hunter."
Pointing at Regan and Pame's corpses, Moyu explained, "Corpses are proof for claiming bounties and merit. If you clean them up, all my work will have been for nothing."
"Understood."
Shizuku nodded, but she did not lower Blinky. Calmly, she asked, "So we only need to keep their heads, right?"
As she spoke, she glanced at Regan, whose skull had burst open at the back.
"Fortunately, the part he exposed for me to hit was the back of his head, not his face."
"..."
Moyu fell silent for a moment, then reminded her somewhat helplessly, "When claiming a bounty, someone will come to inspect the corpses and handle the subsequent cleanup."
"But that will take some time, won't it?"
Shizuku still did not dismiss Blinky. Tilting her head, she looked toward the open entrance door of the inn.
That was the direction the freckled girl had left in earlier.
Moyu suddenly understood why Shizuku insisted on cleaning up the bodies and bloodstains.
She probably did not want the innkeeper to be troubled. Besides, leaving corpses here would indeed affect the inn's business.
Realizing this, Moyu gave Shizuku a slightly surprised look. Then he thought of the freckled girl's brave act of overcoming her fear to help Shizuku.
That was probably the fundamental