This boy's movements were mysterious, as if he were plotting something.
If Asta hadn't seen him, he would have left it at that. But since he had discovered him, even if there was a one-in-ten-thousand chance, he couldn't just sit idly by.
Therefore, Asta planned to stay the night.
"Asta, you're really planning to stay the night?" Vanessa clicked her tongue. This didn't seem like Asta's style at all. Or was Asta hiding his true self this deeply?
"Not only that, those brats are actually encouraging Rebecca to make a night raid!" Noelle cried.
"Don't worry, I found an excellent room. If there really is any unexpected situation, we can stop it immediately!" Vanessa consoled her.
"Let's go, Big Sister Vanessa. I want to see what that idiot Asta is really trying to do!" Noelle stood up indignantly, left a pile of coins, and walked out.
"Customer, you paid too much!" Luca noticed and hurriedly chased after them, but the shadows of Noelle and the other were already gone.
"What strange customers, but they're really generous!" Luca happily accepted the money, thinking to herself that this was all the good luck Asta brought!
Meanwhile, the sister-complex master Gauche was on his way back to the Black Bulls Headquarters.
"My dear Marie, by the time you read this letter, Big Brother will be on his way back to the Black Bulls..." Gauche took out his pocket pen and paper. Although he had only just parted with Marie not long ago, he couldn't help but start missing her already.
"Damn old hag, only giving me an hour for visitation each time—how is that enough? But fortunately, Marie always carries my magic item, the mirror, with her. When she misses me, she can communicate with me. More importantly, I can know the location of Angel Marie at any time." Gauche held the pen tip in satisfaction, completely failing to notice that he had already flown past the Black Bulls Headquarters.
"Haha, thinking about Marie carrying my magic mirror makes me happy!" Thinking of this, Gauche couldn't help but laugh out loud towards the sky.
"Do you want to die?" Yami's voice suddenly roared out from the Black Bulls Headquarters. Damn it, he had just started to get a little sleepy when he heard the perverted Gauche laughing "gei, gei, gei" in mid-air. How could he tolerate that?
"Oh no, have I been discovered!" A drop of cold sweat dripped from Gauche's forehead, and he then scurried back into the castle in disgrace.
"Asta, do you see if you need anything else for the room?" Rebecca said after replacing all the bedding in the room with new ones.
"No, this is already very good. When I first started in Hage Village, I didn't even have my own room. And even after arriving at the Black Bulls, the accommodations weren't as good as this." Asta said truthfully; he wasn't a delicate person!
"Ah? Is that so?" Rebecca really couldn't imagine that the 'hero' who defended the Royal Capital lived such a miserable life? For a moment, a feeling of affection welled up, and she almost blurted out, "If you want, you can treat this place as your home. Anyway, there are more than enough rooms in the house."
"I will!" Asta nodded and smiled. Through their brief contact, Rebecca was indeed a very traditional woman. She seemed incredibly strong, but in reality, her heart was like a Little Girl's, needing care and giving one a strong desire to protect her.
"Then... good night!" After saying this, Rebecca ran out with a blushing face. As for things like a night raid, she definitely wouldn't do that!
"Smells so good..." Asta lay in the warm bed and quickly fell asleep, which was tough on Noelle, who was on the side.
"Idiot Asta, why don't you sleep with the window open? Now I can't see anything!" Noelle said indignantly.
"Maybe it's because of the snow; I didn't expect it to snow here." Vanessa yawned, lying on the inside of the bed and looking at the energetic Noelle. "Little Noelle, if you're not going to sleep, I'm going to sleep first!"
"Mm! Big Sister Vanessa, if you're sleepy, then go ahead and sleep!" Noelle kept her eyes fixed; she had absolutely no intention of sleeping right now!
"Alright then, I'm going to sleep!" Vanessa said, sprawling out on the bed. The blanket barely covered her stomach, and her sleeping posture could be described as quite uninhibited. Fortunately, the bed was large enough that it was no problem for the two women to sleep on it.
"Ding..." Noelle widened her beautiful eyes, and before she knew it, she had drifted into a dream, but because she was close to the window, a gust of cold wind blew through and immediately woke her up.
"Geez, why is it so cold here!" Noelle shivered, then wrapped herself in a blanket, which felt much better. However, just at that moment, she saw an extremely strange scene: children, one by one, wearing pajamas and braving the bitter cold, were walking out.
"What's going on? Is this a local custom?" Noelle thought thoughtfully. As a Princess, she had been taught the folklore of many places and knew that some towns had strange customs. Could this town be like that?
Whenever it snows, parents let their children go out alone?
"This direction leads into the mountains. Although the children look orderly, it feels so eerie. Should I wake up Big Sister Vanessa?" Noelle looked back at the soundly sleeping Vanessa and felt it was better not to. After all, if the children's parents weren't worried, why should she be?
It would be better to observe and see if Rebecca actually made a night raid!
As expected, compared to everything else, she cared more about this!
"Huh? When did Asta's window open?" Noelle happily looked into the room, but it was pitch black, and she couldn't see anything. At this moment, she couldn't help but wish she could fly so she could monitor him from up close!
At this moment, Asta had already climbed from the window to the roof like a ghost, his gaze cold as he watched the white-haired boy he had met at the restaurant that night.
"As expected, there's a problem. Where is he taking all these controlled children?" Asta watched Marco and Luca, who were in a trance among the crowd, and fell into deep thought. He could completely intervene and stop them now. Although he didn't know how to break the curse, he only needed to defeat the white-haired boy.
But doing so would alert the enemy, and if the mastermind behind the scenes escaped, it would be troublesome.
If he couldn't round them all up, then even if he rescued the children of Nean, children from other towns would still suffer.
Therefore, although Asta discovered the problem immediately, he did not resolve it, but instead waited to see what would happen.
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