A hand tugged at the hem of the coarse cloth clothes as Tangs stooped, standing outside the door, anxiously waiting for the house owner to respond to his plea.
Although only a few seconds had passed since he knocked, Tangs already felt as if he was about to suffocate.
The door opened in the next mont. Tangs shivered all over, feeling as if all his strength had been drained, his mind went blank, leaving only the instinct to stand rooted in place.
“Is there sothing you need?” Nais looked at him, a typical villager from a small place, carrying a strong scent of sheep wool and mutton, most likely a shepherd working for the landlord.
His words were like a spring breeze entering Tangs’s body, injecting vitality into him.
“Ah.” Hearing the words of the holy knight, Tangs trembled again, then snapped back to reality, hurriedly stamring, “Holy Knight, I am Tangs the shepherd. The sheep are missing…”
He spilled out everything he knew in one breath: “There are claw marks on the sheepfold, with a big hole torn open. I found one sheep missing. The village guard also heard roaring last night. Lord Op suspects it’s a demon, so he asked to find you. He said he will punish !”
“Holy Knight, please catch that demon quickly and save !”
“I see, then lead the way.” Nais smiled and said, “Don’t be nervous. Since it’s the work of a demon, the lost sheep isn’t your fault. I will plead for you.”
Nais imdiately saw through Tangs’s panic.
Beiqi Village wasn’t very large, with only about a hundred households.
Most villagers worked for Mr. Op.
The sheep Tangs raised were technically Mr. Op’s property. In this case, the missing sheep ant Tangs was negligent. He could easily lose his job, be punished, and then be forced to beco a reserve village guard.
With Nais’s reassurance, Tangs finally felt much more at ease.
Nais found Naier’s knight sword inside the house, put it on, then set off with Tangs.
“Lord Naier truly is as warm and comforting as the holy light…” Tangs thought, “Why did those people spread such bad rumors about Lord Naier before? They were really terrible!”
Feeling indignant, Tangs led the way. Soon they reached the sheepfold at the edge of the village and saw Village Chief Op. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novelFirｅ
Chief Op was a middle-aged man wearing a robe ill-suited for the village’s rough stone roads. His slightly chubby face was drenched in sweat.
“Mr. Naier, you look well today.” Op looked at Nais, whose appearance hadn’t changed but whose aura was completely transford. He wiped the sweat from his face with a handkerchief, changed expression, and didn’t rush to discuss the sheepfold incident but instead exchanged pleasantries with Nais.
“It’s just that the Oath God watches over . I’ve co to understand so things,” Nais said naturally with a faint smile.
“Ah, glory to the Oath God’s radiance forever.” Op couldn’t help but chant the god’s glory. Then his gaze landed on Tangs, who was standing with his head lowered nearby.
“Don’t bla the young man too harshly. The god teaches us to strictly discipline ourselves but to forgive others,” Nais said, noticing Op’s gaze and offering comfort.
“…Then let it be as Mr. Naier says. Let this lowly man go without guilt,” Op said, sowhat stunned for a mont before continuing casually. He didn’t care about such a lowly person.
What he didn’t know was that after saying this, a piece of information flashed through Nais’s mind.
[Oath updated]
[Identity 2: Holy Knight Naier]
[Main Oath: Forgiveness — You forgive the faults of others and pardon their cris.]
[Oath Feedback: Each ti you forgive soone, you gain part of their life boost.]
At this mont, a faint power also subtly transferred from Tangs to Nais, making Nais’s vitality grow even stronger.
This boost was not theft but as long as Tangs existed, it could continue to provide this blessing.
After briefly dealing with Tangs’s issue, Nais and Op moved to a corner of the sheepfold.
Here, the sheepfold fence had already been cut open, with a neat break in the wood, showing that the attacker had great strength and a sharp weapon.
On the grass outside the fence, a splash of blood stood out clearly, and many drag marks were visible nearby.
Any discerning person could easily tell that a “demon” had broken through the fence, caught a sheep, and dragged it away.
The damaged fence was in a rather secluded spot. Without Tangs’s exact knowledge of the sheep count and the village guard’s faintly heard howls last night that prompted Op to inspect the sheepfold, this hole might have been hard to discover.
Op then asked, “Mr. Naier, was this the work of a demon?”
“Hmm, there’s a clear demon scent. It’s probably a small demon that ca by accident,” Nais gave a professional judgnt. “No one understands demons better than . This is no big problem.”
No one was more professional than him regarding demons.
The Hell Abyss was a lower dinsion. In the lower dinsion, demons had physical bodies, but once they entered the material plane, their physical forms beca intangible and immaterial because demons did not possess actual matter.
So to stay long in the material plane, demons needed to consu matter in various ways to anchor themselves.
Nais’s previous demon statue was one such anchor, using the public’s ntal image of demons to maintain existence.
This small demon lacked that technique, so it most likely had invaded and seized the body of a beast.
However, due to the conflict between the demon’s essence and the beast’s body, it needed to consu many other animals to ease the conflict.
Only a demon with a confused mind who accidentally obtained the chance to co to the material plane would do such a sloppy job.
But small demons were the most nurous group among demons, which is why the negative stereotype of demons being mindless is so persistent.
“Then this matter is left to ?” Nais asked Op.
“Since it’s a small demon, I believe Mr. Naier can handle it,” Op nodded and then said, “Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Naier. After solving the demon problem, I will donate enough offerings to the church.”
What Op didn’t realize was that as soon as he spoke, a simple oral contract was ford.
Nais’s demon identity oath required sufficient contract vows to continually strengthen the artifacts he created.
Watching Op leave afterward, a smile appeared at the corner of Nais’s mouth.
All of this seed like the ss caused by an ignorant little demon, and the scene carried the demon’s scent.
But as he said, no one knew demons better than him.
The demon aura here was pure but not cruel enough. A real demon wouldn’t just steal one sheep.
Even a small demon would have killed the entire sheepfold and left no survivors like Tangs outside.
This demon incident was definitely not an accident.
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