Chapter 25 – 25. Horror

A woman with a small body around 150 and a large chest that did not match her small body approached me slowly, her pigtails shining golden.

Along with her dignified attitude, the paladin uniform worn on her body. Looking at her fancy uniform, which must have been made in the 20th century, anyone would think she was her paladin.

‘But a witch?’

Only then did I realize the problem with my constitution. The witch’s curse, which works on everything in the world, doesn’t work on me, so I couldn’t tell if the other person was a witch or not.

Until now, it hadn’t mattered much. Due to the nature of persecuted witches, she had no chance to meet other witches besides Master.

However, as of now, it was a very dangerous thing. If you show me that the witch’s curse doesn’t work in a state where you don’t know whether the other person is friendly to you or not…….

“…… What is the Holy Knight doing in a place like this?”
“Huh? Are you braver than you think?”
“What are you talking about, I don’t know.”

She glanced at Margaret next to her pretending to look at her. She was trembling in fear for some reason.

‘What are you doing, run away right away- I should at least tell this guy a curse…….’

While spitting out curses at Margarit, I looked down at the witch who had approached her. Small. It was small from a distance, but from right in front of her nose, it was absurdly small.

If she hadn’t known that she was her witch, she might have tampered with it, saying she was cute without even noticing – although now that she knows that she is her witch, she doesn’t even dare to touch it.

She came right in front of me and opened her mouth, pushing her belly with her big breasts.

“You are a witch.”
“…… Yes?”
“Why, did you think I wouldn’t know?”

She said that and smiled. The paladin’s laughter that seemed like he would execute me here right now. If I had been a real witch, I wouldn’t have been calm in front of a paladin who is said to be the witch’s natural enemy.

And of course, I wasn’t a witch.

“You must have misunderstood something, but I am not a witch.”
“Did you just squeeze a person?”
“…… Yes, it was.”
“That, when I tried to do it, it didn’t work out. Is it because I have small hands? Anyway- I guess only witches can make things impossible even with the power of a paladin?”

As she said that, she flexed her thin forearm. It looked like a weak forearm to me, but if she was a real paladin, she could easily knock down three or four logs with that thin forearm.

That must be the reason the former adventurers ran away. The paladin, who had skills that could not be ignored just by appearance and a huge backing called the church, was not something to be taken lightly.

“So, you must be a witch—— even if you managed to see a paladin, you wouldn’t run away? Am I not afraid, or is there a way to escape…….”

“…… It is the latter.”

“Oh, is there a way to escape? And is there a way that’s sure enough that it won’t matter if you tell me that?”

“Yes, to be exact— the way the Paladin-nim will let me go the moment he hears it.”

“It will be fun. Try it sometime.”

As soon as she gave her permission, I quickly pulled my pants down. As my pants and underwear went down all at once, my dangling monstrosity appeared.

Seeing me suddenly taking off my pants, I proudly shouted in front of the witch who stiffened.

“I am a man! Not a witch!”
“Uh, uh—?”
“Well, even after seeing this, you can pretend I’m a woman.”

As close to me as I was, my things dangled at her eye level. Seeing the male symbol, she backed away from me.

“Oh no-you, what is that…….”
“Didn’t you ask me to prove it?”
“Yeah, even so, the first thing to do is put on your pants…… !”
“Is there any evidence stronger than this?”

Due to the nature of this world, where men cannot be born with magical powers, there are no witches among men. Just because the peppers are loose, she is freed from being accused of being a witch.

Of course, she, impersonating a paladin, wouldn’t be able to intimidate me any more.

Yes, if she pretends to be a paladin…….

Haha—yes. It’s fun. It was a man, not a witch…….”

A little further away, she lowered her head and began to laugh. After laughing for a while, she suddenly stopped laughing and looked up at me.

“—It makes me more interested.”

Oh, fuck you.

* * *

Hecaterina stepped back as she saw the object dangling in front of her eyes. It could have been a witch transformed into a man, but I didn’t feel that way.

So, it meant that the man in front of him was not a witch, but an ordinary human being, and despite being only a human being, he had strength that even a witch could not easily do.

“It’s fun. You.”

Of course, a witch’s organ isn’t physical ability, and even by the standards of other witches, she has a small physique, and her physical abilities are even worse…… It doesn’t make sense to say that humans can’t do anything.

Magic was such a thing. An authority that only witches and monsters possess, granting transcendent vitality that easily surpasses human awareness.

“Your name?”
“This is John. What about the Holy Knight?”
“Hecaterina. Do you have any intention of becoming a paladin?”

At her words, Yohan looks at her with a slightly stiff expression. Then he asked her again.

“…… Can you become a paladin?”
“Can’t you see this? Since I am a paladin, of course I can recommend someone else as a paladin.”

But he looked down at her with a look of disbelief. Seeing that expression, she realized that the man in front of her was suspicious of her.

No, beyond doubt, he must have realized that she was not a paladin. There was no need to wonder where the hell he found that out. Because I should have found out by now.

“You—”
“John! Now!”

At that moment, something flew from behind her and cut her throat. It was magic. She confirmed it with her head flying high in the sky.

However, it was not known who actually cast the magic. It was invisible. When she frowned at the strangeness, even John, who was in front of her, disappeared at some point.

“—Ha,haha.”

As she fell to the floor, Hecaterina burst into laughter. Then, I moved my body, which fell off my neck, and made me lift my head.

Hecaterina brushed off the soil on the cross section and stuck her severed head into the back of her neck. Blood gushed out from the crushed cross section, and Hecaterina bent her neck to make sure that her head was well attached.

“Ah-well…… It’s been a long time since I’ve attached my neck, did I make a mistake? It seems to be a bit shorter…….”

“Uh, uh uh—”

And– the citizen who saw her pick up the severed head and put it back on her body collapsed on the floor, unable to shake her legs.

Seeing the man trembling as he pointed at her, Hecaterina approached him with a smile on his face.

“Ahaha, I got caught.”
“A monster, a monster…….”
“A monster, there’s nothing I can’t say to this slender beautiful girl. Too bad.”

Hecaterina, squatting in front of the man, raised the corners of her mouth. It was such a cute smile that you would automatically smile if you looked at it, but the man standing in front of that smile couldn’t even breathe.

“Save, save- save me…….”

“What’s the matter? Talk like I’m going to kill you can’t you see this? The Cross?”

“Sir, paladin- that, then that was…….”

“Yes. God’s miracle! Is it not it? It is God who can bring the dead back to life.”

“Well, then I…….”

“I will save you.”

“Go, thanks- thank you. Thank you…… !”

The man believed her words and tried to stand up. However, for some reason, the limbs did not move. When the man felt something strange and looked down at his body—he realized that his limb had fallen off.

“Ah, ah- ah ah ah ah! Aaaaagh!”

For some reason, not a single drop of blood flowed, but the man felt an intense phantom pain going through his head. Seeing the man screaming, the kind witch picked up the severed limb and threw it away toward the roadside.

“Now, if you crawl over there, you’ll be able to live.”
“Quaaaaagh! My arm! Leg! Aaaaagh!”
“…… It’s noisy. It will save you.”
“Eup, oops! Yep!”
“Oh, what did he do then? Did you do this?”

Grabbing the mouth of the man who was talking loudly, Hecaterina used the Iron Claw that Johan had shown earlier in the guild.

It was impossible to grab the man’s face with her tiny hands, so all she could grab was the snout…… It was enough to keep this man quiet now.

Pudeuk- Pudeuk-!

“Keep it off! Whoa!”

With all his teeth broken and his gums sagging, the man moaned in pain as his mouth dripped blood. In the midst of this, I couldn’t even scream in the middle of the fear that if I screamed, I would get worse.

Hecaterina nodded and touched the man, as if she thought the appearance I had made was worth seeing.

“Ruler! Let’s go! A lot of blood flows. Could it be really dangerous if not treated quickly?”

“Turn it off!”

The man struggled to survive. While wriggling and crawling on the stone floor because he had no arms or legs, that witch just watched him move as if he was really trying to keep his promise.

After crawling for a while, the man was finally able to reach the roadside. The people walking around saw him in a fright and ran to him. Only then did the relieved man open his mouth and vomit blood.

─Heyying-!

Seeing the man vomiting, the horse passing by was started and struggled. The coachman missed the line, and the horse, which had thrown off its bridle, trampled on the man’s head.

Food good!

A corpse without a head was left behind. Hecaterina, who had been watching them, quickly left the place as if she had lost interest.

After confirming the corpse with its limbs neatly cut off, the royal capital began its own investigation.

At the end of the investigation, the royal capital confirmed that the witch was involved in this case and requested the church to dispatch a paladin.