Garm's master was Nash, a Corpse Demon and Greater Demon under the Monarch-level Demon Julian.
Garm was merely a Mixed Demon Nash had created on a whim. Even among the countless Lesser Demons, he was exceptionally weak.
It was precisely because he was so weak that he had managed to slip through the net woven by the World Rules.
Yet this B-Rank Weird Monster, a grave threat to a town, was nothing more than a creature from the very bottom of Hell.
Garm had lived for over a century, a long life compared with other Lesser Demons. Had he not been Nash's watchdog, he probably would not have survived a single day.
Hell was simply too brutal.
That was why Garm was utterly loyal to Nash.
Once, the Monarch-level Demon Julian had visited the Corpse Demon Nash's residence. Garm had caught a glimpse of Julian from afar.
Geralt saw what Julian looked like.
The next moment,
the memory blurred.
Julian's form became impossible to describe, a mass of mist.
This was probably the legendary Unseeable!
And Julian, who held authority over "death," was only a fringe figure among Monarch-level Demons.
Terrifying.
Through Garm, Geralt had seen many Demon species:
Manes, Quasits, Succubi, Vrocks, Mariliths, Balors...
Not long after his shower,
Geralt got a call from Luke.
"No need to treat me. I'm home."
"Megan and I are on our way. We'll be there in about fifteen minutes."
At that point, treating him to a meal was clearly just a pretext. They had something else to discuss.
"All right."
Geralt named a nearby restaurant: the Claw Restaurant.
Then he told Rebecca he would not be eating dinner at home.
Geralt's choice of the Claw Restaurant had absolutely nothing to do with the two charming young women who worked there. He had