I was transported from Lobotomy Corporation to another world.

After Rhett finished speaking, the little girl not only didn't agree, but instead began to object.

"You can't say that! It's all our fault! The Queen not only didn't drive us away, but she also gave us shelter!"

Reed scoffed. "Residence? Where is it? And why are you so protective of that queen while demeaning yourself?"

The little girl said, "We are cursed...we are born with a curse, and the frequent attacks by monsters are all because of the curse we are cursed."

Noelle: "Who said that? Who said you were the ones who caused the monster attack?"

The little girl said, "Everyone..."

Noelle: "Then what can prove that the frequent monster attacks are because of you?"

The little girl finally shook her head. "But the reason why the monsters keep attacking us is because of the curse on us, isn't it?"

Reed couldn't take it anymore, so he stepped forward and picked up the little girl with one hand.

The little girl was startled and kicked her legs in the air.

Reed picked up the little girl and shook her. "What an idiot! What do you mean by being cursed? Witches have absolutely nothing to do with being cursed!"

"And you believe whatever those people say? They belittle you, but you belittle yourselves to defend them."

Noelle: "Riddle, let her go. After all, she's just a child; she doesn't know right from wrong."

Upon hearing Noelle's words, Reed said nothing more and put the little girl back on the ground.

Noelle is right. The other party is only a teenager; these little witches probably take all the insults and accusations from the public seriously.

They were clearly tricked, yet they were subjected to unwarranted accusations and insults. Do these teenagers really believe they are guilty?

Noelle: "What about the other witches? Are there any great witches? Those who have grown up?"

The little girl shook her head. "We can only live to be 15... After 15, the curse within me will kill me."

Noelle: "...Why? Why didn't I live to be 15?"

Noel looked at the little girl in front of her and, upon learning that the girl would die at the age of 15, hugged her tightly.

They started pressing for answers, asking why, but the little girl only ever gave one answer.

"We are cursed. It's the curse's fault. The Queen of the Commons is trying to remove the curse. Let's just wait."

Noelle: "But those who become witches are immune to curses!"

"Although witches are considered cursed in some regions, they do not attract monsters or cause a significant reduction in lifespan."

The little girl shook her head without saying a word; she just kept shaking her head.

The little girl seemed to have done something wrong, and Noelle's words were rather agitated, making the little girl think she had done something wrong.

Noelle realized she had startled the other person. "N-no... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

[After a while...]

The little girl calmed down, and to avoid frightening her, Noelle reminded Reid not to mention what had just happened.

The little girl completely trusted Red and his friends, and even wanted to touch Bodie, who was standing next to Red's feet.

Noelle placed Bodhi in the little girl's hands. "Touch him if you want, don't worry about getting bitten, he's very well-behaved~"

The little girl looked at the puppy in her arms, which wasn't moving at all. "It really is! It doesn't move around. It's so cute!"

The little girl then started touching Bodie, suggesting that she take a few people to her place as she did so.

Noelle nodded in agreement and gave Reid and herself false identities.

The little girl asked, "So, what are your names? What do you do?"

Noelle: "My name is Noelle. The guy behind you, you can just call him Reed. And the little dog you're holding is named Bodie."

The little girl exclaimed, "Noelle is such a lovely name! And Noelle looks so beautiful in that dress! Is it a formal gown?!"

"But Noelle's left hand...why is it gone?"

Noelle: "My full name is Noelle Nordtes, and I am a young lady of the Nordtes family."

"I love exploring the world, so I came to this borderland."

"The man behind me is my personal bodyguard; he's responsible for my safety."

The little girl said, "You're the eldest daughter of the family! You just hugged me, and I was very dirty..."

Noelle shook her head slightly. "I don't care, I don't have that thought~"

"If you want another hug, I can give you one."

The little girl said, "Hmm...! No matter what, Noelle is a young lady. Someone like me, who is cursed... will make you miserable."

"Huh? Noelle? Oh no, don't hug me!"

Noelle stepped forward and hugged the little girl, pressing herself against her and pinching her little ear with her right hand.

"You can't say that! I wasn't putting on airs at all! Just treat me like a normal person~"

The little girl said, "Okay, okay! Don't pinch my ears..."

Reed wasn't watching the two girls' playful fight; instead, he was looking around.

The ground was uneven and showed various signs of fighting, meaning that this tall stone wall served very little purpose.

Otherwise, the witch's quarters within the stone walls wouldn't have such extensive signs of battle, and Reid would have seen that one side of the stone wall was completely collapsed.

Furthermore, one could still vaguely see moss on the stone wall; the collapsed stone wall had been completely neglected and unrepaired.

The stone wall itself was already riddled with holes; sooner or later, this great stone wall would collapse completely.

Furthermore, the extent of the terrain destruction indicates that the monsters' attack was extremely fierce; the people in the civilian areas clearly did not regard the witches as human beings.

The witches fought desperately to protect themselves and the populace from harm, while the populace ensured that the witches were cursed.

He banished the witch, built a wall around her, and then ignored her. Reed even saw some hungry little girls.

In other words, the people in the civilian areas wouldn't even give these little heroes who protected them a single meal.

There weren't even any proper houses; they were all just makeshift tents made of strips of cloth.

And these are all children, the youngest being five years old and the oldest only 15.

Yet they survive in such a dangerous place, cooking, washing clothes, building houses, and doing all sorts of things all by themselves... without parents to help them, and they themselves have no parents.

Not a single witch can live to be 16, because of some so-called curse? A curse that one is born with?

Reid (a bunch of good-for-nothings in the borough who rely on these witches who haven't even grown their hair yet to protect them)

(What's the difference between this and asking a child to protect an adult? Not only do they have no shame, but they also verbally abuse and drive them away.)

(What an ingrate! And that so-called queen, I must find out what's going on in her head sometime.)

This was the first time Reed had ever experienced something so shameless—being asked to protect the knights and adults in the civilian area by a group of children.

They even abandoned their heroes outside, providing them with no supplies, and left the city walls in such a damaged state without any repairs.

If the witch is left to fight outside, the people in the civilian area won't be affected...

Even when Reed was in the city, he had never seen such a shameless scene. Any reasonably sane city dweller would find it outrageous.

Red crumpled up the malicious note he had just picked up, which read, "[Cursed! May your father and mother die!]", and tossed it aside...