Me, a priest? How could that be!

Chapter 9 Hehe, I must live!

For a beginner, trying to outrun a fast feline monster while wearing armor is wishful thinking.

Without a second thought, Charlotte ran and took off all her armor, leaving only her thin inner lining.

But don't worry.

Just in case, he prepared a small bag filled with iron filings before going out, which he hung around his neck for use at any time.

have to say.

With ample experience in toad hunting, he can now proudly call himself the "Toad Slayer"!

Run to the giant toad, raise your hands and make exaggerated gestures. In addition to trying to attract the monster's attention, this also allows your arms to move freely so you can kill the monster at the end and prevent yourself from getting stuck inside.

"oi——oi——oi——!"

As a sticky tongue wrapped around Charlotte's waist, the giant toad swiftly swept him away and swallowed him whole. The warm, sticky substance enveloped his entire body, giving him a strange sense of relief, as if he were home.

Twist your body, adjust your position, and make yourself feel more comfortable.

"Hehe, I must survive!"

I'm genuinely glad that the giant toad is a brainless, low-level monster. When food appears in front of it, it doesn't even think about risk assessment and brazenly steals its prey (Charlotte) right in front of this novice killer.

This truly represents snatching food from the tiger's mouth.

Charlotte pried open the monster's upper and lower lips, peering inside its mouth at the novice assassin pacing back and forth in front of him, hoping the other would give up and leave as soon as possible.

Prey covered in foul-smelling slime is like stinky tofu—not everyone likes it.

"roar----"

The novice killer had no intention of leaving, letting out a roar that seemed to warn the large creature in front of it to spit out its prey.

However, the giant toad remained completely unmoved, continuing to concentrate on digesting Charlotte.

While giant toads may look cute and endearing, their attitude of taking provocations at face value is quite infuriating.

The novice assassin, whose intelligence is comparable to that of a human, was naturally displeased. He slightly hunched his back, made a gurgling sound in his throat, and assumed an attack posture.

broken!

It seems to like stinky tofu!

I thought the beginner killer would give up, but it turned out it was going to fight.

To be honest, a beginner killer is a high-level monster, so why would it be afraid of the lowest-level giant toad?

Furthermore, Charlotte clearly felt herself sliding down, and knew that she would soon be swallowed and become the excrement of the giant toad.

Now they've gone from being single-minded to being stuck on both ends!

Just when Charlotte thought she was doomed again—

"Close your eyes!"

A cry, like a lifeline, came from the corner of Charlotte's eye. She saw something like a crystal falling from the sky. The moment it burst into a bright light, Charlotte quickly shrank back into the giant toad's mouth.

"roar------"

The novice killer's painful groans.

"Now you can't see anymore, right? If you leave now, I won't interfere, otherwise...!"

A strangely familiar female voice carried a threatening tone.

Unlike the giant toad, the highly intelligent beginner killer naturally knows how to assess the situation.

Faced with the sudden appearance of the silver-haired thief girl, whose abilities were unknown, it let out a low growl of resentment. For a monster surviving in the perilous wilderness, injury was a very serious matter. After weighing the pros and cons, the novice assassin decisively abandoned its prey and turned to run.

All of this was clearly seen by Charlotte, who was hiding inside the monster's mouth.

"Alright, we're safe now."

The girl who turned around gave a thumbs-up and laughed heartily, while Charlotte, seeing that the crisis had been resolved, also showed a relieved smile and slid into the giant toad's belly.

"Wait! Don't get eaten like this!!"

Chris shouted.

Charlotte, emerging from the giant toad's mouth, her tears, snot, and slime mingling together, scrambled and crawled to grab Chris's fair legs, shouting incessantly:

"Goddess! Goddess! Waaah!"

"Alright, alright, it was scary, wasn't it? I know you're very excited right now, but the monster has been driven away, so don't worry."

"Thank you! Thank you! My goddess! If anyone asks me how grateful I am to you in the future... let me put it this way: if I'm ever asked, 'Who is the person you respect most?' I will immediately answer that it's you, that's how grateful I am!"

"No need to exaggerate. Okay, let go already... I said, are you even listening to me? Let go now! The giant toad's slime smells awful, and your snot seems to be stuck to my leg too, it feels really uncomfortable!... That's enough, let go now!!"

"Blow ——————"

"Hate!!!"

finally.

Charlotte still managed to latch onto Chris's coattails.

After a while of commotion, Chris, looking helpless, wiped the sticky fluid and snot off her legs with a handkerchief while watching the new adventurer beside her crying like a defiled little girl.

"My name is Chris. What's yours?"

Charlotte.

"You're a novice adventurer? That's impressive. You've actually encountered a beginner killer. You should know that high-level monsters like this don't usually come to the plains."

It seems to be implying that he has bad luck.

Then, Chris casually asked, "So, why do you call me Goddess?"

"...It doesn't mean anything, it's just that you saved me, Chris, and since then, you've held a place in my heart comparable to a goddess. That's right, the same as the goddess Eris. I'd even pray to you three times a day!"

"That's an exaggeration... Are you serious?"

"Really! Look into my sincere eyes!"

Although Charlotte said this with a serious expression, Chris still felt that the other party was hiding something. However, after thinking about it carefully, this was the first time the two had met and she had not told anyone her true identity, so there should be no possibility of it being exposed.

"I see..."

"Of course, if Chris doesn't like it, I can call you Master instead, or I don't mind calling you Mom or something like that."

"Never mind."

Chris rubbed her shoulders, feeling a chill, and seemed a little uncomfortable. Seeing that Charlotte's emotions had gradually stabilized, she asked again, "How are you feeling? Can you go back by yourself?"

"...It's okay, you don't need to worry about me. I'll climb back by myself later, and I'll find food in the trash can when I'm hungry, really." Charlotte suddenly transformed into a tea master.

"Haha..."

Chris scratched the faint scar on her cheek. What could she do after Charlotte said that? She couldn't just leave it like that, could she?

So the two of them went back to the union together.

After informing the receptionist about the novice assassin roaming the plains, she said she would take the matter seriously and issued a quest to have a high-level adventurer take action.

Charlotte also received the bounty for defeating the monster.

A full 3 Eris.

Chris, who had safely returned to the guild, intended to leave, but Charlotte expressed her wish to repay the life-saving favor by treating her to a meal.

Considering that the other party was also a reincarnated hero and there were some things he wanted to know, he agreed after a little thought.

An hour later.

After taking a shower, the two sat in a corner of the union.