In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

All she could do now was to help the girl find a place where she could rest in peace, and then face the beast herself.

Maria tentatively identified this place as the village outside the forest...

According to the notebook they had seen earlier, they learned about the existence of the safe zone from the people living near the forest.

In other words, there should be a village lurking quietly near this forest.

And her goal is to send the puppy girl there...

I just don’t know if people in this world can accept a little girl with animal features.

But... there is still some difference between Maria's thoughts and reality.

After spending several days exhausting the puppy girl's physical strength and moving to the edge of the forest, Maria saw that what she saw was not the pastoral idyll she had imagined.

It was a dilapidated and run-down village.

The wooden hut had already rotted away and even turned black.

In the village, one can still vaguely see paths where humans have walked, but there is no sign of human activity at all.

It's as if... no one has lived here for many years.

Maria was a little disappointed, but after hesitating for a while, she walked into the village with the puppy girl.

After all, after a long journey, the puppy girl has almost reached her limit.

The eyes that kept closing also showed that the other party was indeed a little weak.

If this continues, it may have some adverse effects on his body.

Thinking of this, Maria waved her hand, signaling the girl to start preparing to set up camp and rest.

The girl also found a relatively intact building, put down her backpack, and struggled to light a bonfire.

"Maria..."

She turned her head and looked at Maria, her voice sounding a little weak.

But even though she was treated like this, the puppy girl had no complaints at all and just looked at Maria innocently.

She didn't understand why Maria suddenly became like this.

But Maria had no intention of explaining.

I just watched the sun gradually sinking in the sky again, sitting silently by the campfire.

Although the puppy girl wanted to ask more questions, she said nothing afterwards. She just sat next to Maria and looked at her with a pale face.

"You can rest now, puppy."

Maria said, not looking at the puppy.

She stood up and prepared to go out to take a look at the surrounding environment.

But this action seemed to irritate the puppy girl.

She nervously grabbed the corner of Maria's windbreaker, biting her lip, with anxiety and sorrow flashing in her eyes.

Compared with normal people, she is indeed very slow and finds it difficult to understand what love is all about.

But she has a beast's intuition that others don't have.

She could clearly notice the change in Maria's attitude towards her in the past few days.

At first she thought she had done something wrong and made Maria unhappy, so she kept trying to change herself.

But as time passed, she found that Maria didn't seem to be angry.

But...

Leaving myself!

The vague atmosphere of separation made her feel uneasy.

I finally have a companion I can trust, I finally have a stable life, I finally have a place where I can sleep peacefully...

Everything is as beautiful as a dream.

She didn't want to wake up from her dream so early.

She didn't want to be separated from Maria even more!

"Maria..."

She gritted her teeth and looked at Maria, trying to get an answer from her that would reassure her.

but……

"Trust is a good thing. You need to learn to trust certain people eventually...but I'm not someone you can trust."

Maria cruelly threw the girl off her clothes and looked down at her silently.

How could she not notice the puppy girl's dependence on her?

But she still did such a heartless thing.

The purpose is to let the girl understand her attitude.

After all, it took less than half a month from the time we met to the time we got to know each other.

Maria had no idea what kind of suffering the girl had experienced.

But she knew that it was impossible for her to always be with the other person like her parents.

Now it was almost time to say goodbye... She had already made a big concession by sending the girl all the way here.

If it was the Maria of the past, she might not care so much and would kill this "beastly" person at the first sight, and then continue to investigate.

Now, not only has he not done anything to the other person, he has also taken care of him for such a period of time and taught him a lot of things. He has done his best.

She also has her own mission.

"You should be content, little dog..."

Maria spoke softly, but her voice gradually weakened, and in the end, it even stopped suddenly.

The reason was that the little girl in front of him started crying...

She cried softly and restrainedly, tears streaming down her lovely cheeks, her wide-open eyes filled with anxiety and panic, but she didn't blink, afraid that Maria would disappear in the next moment.

The hand that was thrown away by Maria just stayed in the air, refusing to be retracted, nor daring to continue to hold Maria.

She is restrained and innocent.

Maria was like a ray of light in her lonely life, breaking into her world without any reason, giving her a sense of happiness she had never experienced before, and then preparing to leave without mercy...

She wanted to dissuade the other person, but her moving mouth couldn't utter many words.

The longer she remained silent, the more anxious she became.

Tears flowed continuously like a broken dam, and with his slightly opened mouth, he tried his best to spit out those thin words after the pain.

"Home……"

"Maria...home..."

She spoke, her voice like a plea, looking at Maria.

She didn't know what Maria was going to do, nor did she know why Maria wanted to leave, but... she hoped she could follow Maria.

She even wondered if Maria didn't want her anymore because she was too useless.

After all, he had been eating Maria's food before.

In order to prove that she was still useful, she turned around and started walking on the spot, carrying the heavy package.

As he walked, he looked at Maria.

According to common sense, seeing such a lovely girl doing such a humble thing, even the most hard-hearted person would feel a little uneasy and embarrassed.

But unfortunately, Maria had made up her mind.

"This has nothing to do with you, puppy... This is not your problem."

Maria took a step forward, looked at the girl who was still crying, slowly reached out her hand and touched the back of the girl's neck.

Then...

Slightly exert force...

"..."

Without even a final goodbye, the puppy girl fainted powerlessly.

Maria had already drained her energy for several days, and she really couldn't resist anymore.

The words I just said were spoken with my last breath of strength.

And Maria finally softened her appearance at this time.

He hugged the girl gently, took off the heavy backpack from her, and silently stroked her hair.

His eyes were helpless, yet full of tenderness.

"You are such an embarrassing little dog."

Chapter 15 Found you!

Eat no more than four servings of dessert a day

Never throw away your weapon

Trust others, but never give up your own thinking

【Pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene】

【don't want……】

Beside the campfire, Maria silently wrote her warnings to the girl on a piece of paper.

I have to say, the puppy girl is still too naive.

It was so naive that Maria couldn't bear to let him live alone.

After all, with her silly personality, she might be deceived by someone... After all, scams have nothing to do with IQ.

One day, people will fall into a trap that they cannot imagine.

If Maria were by the girl's side, she could solve many of her problems.

But...it's time for her to go.

After finishing the notes, Maria let out a long breath, then tore it off and placed it in the girl's clenched hands.

After the intense exercise in the past few days, the puppy girl was so exhausted that she showed no signs of waking up until now.

The curled up little body trembled from time to time while sleeping.

Tears streamed down his face, staining the dust on the ground.

Looks dirty.

Maria turned sideways and silently looked at the other person for a while, then reached out and gently stroked the other person's hair.

It's rough, messy, and a little hard.

It really looks like the hair of a stray dog.

Maria looked at the child sideways, hesitated for a moment, and sighed.

Standing up, she gripped her weapon tightly and walked out the door.

As the sun sets, an unsettling white mist gradually emanates from the nearby forest.

They floated and squirmed above the forest.

In a trance, it seemed as if a three-headed monster had formed.

Cold eyes, silently watching this side...

It's staring at Maria!

……

"Woo..."