This time, a request from a woman who makes a living by helping out at a tavern, raising her daughter alone.

As if clinging to the last hope because of her child, she submitted a complaint for Zone 3.

The reason she submitted a complaint with different content from the current situation is, of course, because of that man.

Since that man showed a pathological obsession to the extent of searching through all the garbage coming out of her house, she anticipated that even the mail could be dangerous.

Fortunately, a knight from the palace came, and two people hid behind her and followed her.

Lucia, who was following the previous woman, glanced at Lion.

“Captain Lion, are you okay?”

It was because Lion, who was constantly losing focus behind me, was bothering her.

Of course, grabbing that man wasn’t difficult for her.

However, to hand him over to trial to expel him, it was much easier to catch the situation directly, so it was a situation that needed to be viewed sensitively.

However, his pale and bloodless appearance seemed to indicate that he couldn’t handle this situation.

“Your face doesn’t look good. Anyway, it’s our job, so there’s no problem if you solve it alone.”

“Oh, no. I’m sorry. I got distracted for a moment and lost my focus.”

Although she responded almost reflexively to her words, his concentration did not return.

‘It’s really creepy! It’s really creepy! It’s really creepy…!’

It was because the words of the client were dealing a fatal blow inside his head.

“Ah, there. That man looks like him.”

“…….”

The blue-roofed two-story house the client mentioned.

As expected, a middle-aged man hiding in the dark shadow of that house in a bent posture was seen.

And when Lion confirmed that figure, he became stunned for a while.

“Oh, why are you, why are you so late today?”

“Again! Please stop following me!”

“……I, I, I’m not fo, following you. I, I’m worr, worried… I, I have to go to the bath and go to the child’s room now. S, Sarah worries, you know.”

An ugly and miserable appearance.

Contrary to expectations, a small, thin, and maybe even innocent-looking man who stammered, clung to her while talking.

Of course, looking into the conversation, he was just a stalker.

‘……Ahh.’

However, to the fragile Lion at the moment, that appearance made him feel like he was somewhere else, and his heart was swaying.

“Don’t call our child’s name with your dirty mouth! Don’t come near! Please! Please!!”

And the woman who looked at him with disgust and hatred.

Looking at that woman, Lion remembered that Lucia hadn’t said a word of thanks for the courtesy so far.

Of course, Lion, who was already satisfied with expressing his feelings, couldn’t tolerate the sadness that would be unbearable if a part of Lucia’s heart was with that woman.

However, regardless of such bitter feelings, the situation between the two people was gradually heating up.

He couldn’t just stand and watch, so he took the lead.
However,

“It’s not time yet, not yet. I will handle it.”

Lucia raised her hand to stop him.

Catching him now would make it difficult to dispose of him due to lack of evidence.

“…I, I said I would take care of her. With me! If you just meet me…! …Did another man appear after all?”

And in response to Lucia’s waiting, the seemingly innocent man, when faced with a contemptuous look, suddenly changed.

“Don’t come, don’t come closer!”

“Uh, let’s go to our house. To our house…!”

A moment of trying to forcibly cover the woman’s mouth, who set a terrifying resolve, and forcibly dragging her away,

“Stop. The situation is over.”

Lucia deliberately took off her cloak to make her presence known.

“Dark Knights!”

“……!”

Even the woman whose mouth was blocked by the man was surprised.

The weak man, who abandoned the woman and fled, with Lucia immediately blocking his way, forcefully struck the back of his neck, causing him to lose consciousness.

Then, grabbing the back of his neck as if dragging a corpse, Lucia approached the client without hesitation.

Black and long flowing hair, the shining insignia on her clearly, and the cold, unshaken aura.

Seeing that, someone came to mind for the woman.

‘The black monster…!’

As the terrifying opponent approached her, she fell to the ground, trembling in fear.

“I-I’m sorry! I didn’t know who it was and spoke recklessly…! I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”

For her, the fear of the resolved man was now replaced by the memory of the first encounter with Lucia, where she screamed in surprise.

Perhaps it was also because of her long-standing mental weakness due to being harassed.

“Now that the situation is confirmed, I will take measures to ensure that he cannot enter this capital again. And how old is the child?”

“9 years old…! She’s 9 years old!”

Lucia kneeled down and offered something to the woman who answered absentmindedly.

As the woman looked up in surprise, the shining insignia that Lucia had seen before was torn.

It was the red insignia that Lucia received after the last war.