"No need to thank me, Paris."
"If you hadn't saved my thread of fate from being severed by the Black Tide, my kindness would have had nowhere to go."
As he followed Paris deeper into the city, Yan Huan hoisted the Heavenly Condemnation Hunter onto his shoulder and listened helplessly to the insults from the crowd.
"What the hell? They're letting a Heavenly Condemnation Hunter into the city? Has the elder lost her mind?"
"Why isn't the captain of the guard objecting either...?"
"Let me kill her! My father was shot dead by one of those monsters!"
The captain of the guard finally couldn't take any more. He bowed to Oenone.
"My apologies, Elder. I have other matters to attend to, so please excuse me."
Once Oenone gave her consent, the captain parted ways with them and slowly walked into the crowd.
"Huh? Can I leave too?"
Seeing the captain go, Yan Huan immediately wanted to leave as well. He was the one carrying this thing, and he was taking all the abuse for it.
"Brother, if you leave, who's going to carry her?"
Paris smiled.
"Please be patient. We're almost there."
"But I'm the one they look at when they yell." Yan Huan tilted his head.
"Don't you like this thing? We've only got a little way left. Carry her yourself."
Behind them, the captain of the guard was surrounded by citizens demanding an explanation.
"Mr. Philok, why are we letting that monster into the city? Is it for research?"
"It's definitely not for research. I heard Elder Oenone say she was going to take her in..."
"Take her in? You've got to be joking! Would Castrum Kremnos's weapons of war show our city any mercy during an invasion?"
"Quiet! Quiet!"
Faced with the crowd's accusations, the captain said