Hellbents
Chapter 9: Prince Arogan

As usual Ava started her day with morning exercise. A cold dawn breeze hit his body drenched in sweat. Then he continued his new activities of late, hunting. In addition to Horned Rabbit, at the west gate there is also a new type of low-level monster Ava saw, Tailed canary. A canary with a tail that is twice the length of its body, this monster has a very loud chirp and a tail as big as a fist used to hit its opponent.

With the access granted by her stolen identity card, Ava can freely log in and out, possibly for a maximum of 3 days until this card is reported to have been lost, but possibly longer, Ava doesn't yet know how effective the administrative system here is going, so just in case she'll only stay in Tezia for the next 3 days to gather information.

“[Observation].

Race: Tailed canary

Level 7

HP: 30

Although the blows from the canary monsters were no more fatal than the rabbit horn pricks, facing them was more difficult and annoying due to their flying ability. Ava threw a stone at a Tailed canary perched on a tree, which immediately let out a loud chirp. The corner of Ava's left eye twitched, this monster was louder than he thought. In addition to iu, with a voice as loud as this will not be surprised if the hunt will attract attention, monsters or others.

A yellow canary floated above Ava's head, swinging its tail directly against the right cheek. It was like being hit with a stone, a sore, and he could taste the blood from his own mouth.

Ava's next swing managed to dodge by bending over, unhesitatingly catching the tail part

long, then he slammed the monster into the ground, he slammed again the bird as hard as possible on the surface of the stone. The screech that emerged from the walnut was as loud as the chirp earlier. Three times the next hit the monster was silent.

Level increased!

Reward: 1 status point

Process error!

“Oh, wow! Brutal once.”

The foreign voice that suddenly commented on her made Ava turn her head for a moment. A man with a golden bead and hair who was no less dazzling looked on with a wide smile.

Ava recalled, he was the man involved with the incident last night. “Iya?”

“Usually hunters use arrows, so the bird will die before they are conscious or at least fall, then be slaughtered.”

But why did this man bother to be friendly to her?

“He slapped me with a stone tail first, so I guess we broke even.”

“Ah, vengeful type.”

Rather uncomfortable with the presence of the man, Ava immediately separated the body parts that could be sold separately. The nameless man continued to look at her with a friendly smile that looked fake in Ava's trained eyes. There was something that the man wanted from her, but asking about it directly was the same as giving him the opportunity to negotiate. So Ava just kept quiet.

The girl's black eyes glared into the forest, there were still 3 Tailed canaries she could see.

An hour later, Ava had obtained 4 canary monster carcasses, and also the stalker who did not give up following her blatantly.

Name: Ezra D’Albermare

Race : Human

Level 39

And the coin the man owned had dozens of digits, meaning he was very, very rich. The motive is not money. Thenwhat? Ava sipped water from the bottle she was carrying, while secretly observing the man named Ezra.

Golden eyes, thick blonde hair. Neat clothes are made of high quality, expensive materials. Two shiny rings on the right hand. The steps are light and elegant. How to sit politely, strapping, proper. A rich man with a dignified attitude in medieval times, nobleman? Or at least the merchant who is aiming for status.

Then D’Albermare, a last name that is quite easy to remember, and Ava seems to have seen it somewhere. He needs a little clue. By knowing the identity of her opponent, Ava felt able to deduce the intention of this man following her from earlier without asking directly.

“Don't want to drink? ”

Ezra's friendly smile twitched for a moment, then widened along with a strange flash from his eyes. “No thirst.” It's nonsense. Ava had run from earlier, Ezra who insisted on following her was the same. Anyone who is actively moving for more than an hour will need a replacement for lost body fluids, even super humans.

Ezra ... Ava sure heard this name. Considering he was still one day in this city, not many names he saw or heard, that was enough to narrow down the possibilities.

Oh ... wait.

Ezra D’Albermare. The third prince of the Igoceolon kingdom, who was just 18 years old so the palace held a party for the citizens of the capital.

Damnit. It became more troublesome tenfold.

Given history, commoners could cut their tongues when speaking impolitely in the presence of nobles, let alone the royal family, the entire family was also sentenced to death.

Whatever it is, it must be troublesome.

But seeing Ezra's hard-working style of dress look ordinary, even though the quality of the materials he was wearing was proof that he was an important person, it seemed like this prince was in disguise? There was no point in telling this man before him that he already knew that Ezra was a prince, because just the same way Ava gave her opponent the opportunity to be arrogant, to be arrogant, because as far as he knows the caste system everywhere opens opportunities for discrimination and arbitrariness.

So he doesn't have to be respectful, just polite, like a stranger.

“Then I go home first. If you want to hunt, do not get deep into the forest, because there will only be monsters with a higher level.” Ava has to get out of there.

But Ava's steps were interrupted before even a metre of walking backwards. “You're not from here, are you? Besides, why rush?”

God fucking.

“Call me an adventurer, I'm far from here.” Far, far away to another dimension. “My stomach is hungry, and I only brought a drink.”

“Do you have no intention of hunting monsters higher than that bird?” Ezra looked at the corpse of a walnut that had been draped from its fur.

“Not too.”

“Do you have more experience fighting with humans than monsters? You're pretty good at coping

village thugs last night.”

What's with all these questions? “You could say that, where I come from more rotten humans than monsters.” Well, in his native earth there are no monsters more precisely, but if humans are as cruel as many monsters. “Ok, bye!”

This time even though Ezra spoke, Ava would not stop. But his steps stopped again for a reason

others. Ava devised, secretly taking the remaining black nightingale and lavender powder, in the book Eve gave, in addition to drugging monsters, a pinch of the mixture can make someone fall asleep, the proof

yesterday's.

Ava can feel the presence of others behind Ezra, her instincts buzzing loudly, warning of people hiding among the trees.  But Ezra was still calm. Is this mysterious person on the prince's side? Or just Ezra who really does not know, if that is so this could be an attempted murder. The practice of fraticide is not foreign in the struggle for the throne.

Ava did not want to deal with the complex problems of the royal family, but if it was true that this was an attempt at principle then Ava also could not leave Ezra alone here. Although Ezra's level was clearly higher than his, Ava believed more in his years of combat experience than in the level system he had only been able to get a few days. It would be better if the two of them just escaped out of the forest, so they were at the sight of the border gate guards. “Em, we'd better–“

“You are called, Young master.”

“Oh!”

With that sentence, all the fake friendly mannerisms Ezra displayed disappeared, his face looked grim and

half disgusted. “What more does the Old Man want this time?” Seeing that the prince was not putting on a lookout, Ava concluded that the mysterious figure that had just appeared was on Ezra's side. Guards or servants, maybe.

“It seems to be related to the ceremony next week.”

“That again? They're just looking for an excuse to watch me like.” Ezra involuntarily stomped on the base of his high nose, looking stressed.

“Then, I want to ask.”

“What?”

“That girl, is our future companion?”

“Oh yes, dia—“ This time Ezra's speech was cut off due to his own shock. Ava is not seen in

everywhere. “Eh, she escaped?”

“It looks so, Your Grace. Just got."

“And you just let it go?”Ezra looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, half in disbelief.

“What is the value that the girl showed, Your Majesty?”

The man's golden bead was still glued to the ground where Ava had stood. “Not seen.”

“Sorry?”

“The value is invisible.” His face was glowing, his golden bead blazing with a flaming new spirit.

While Al, the middle-aged maid who had just come, stared intently at the distance, towards Ava blurred. He's trained, kept it in his heart.