Ethan, Eris, and Yunyun had formed a team.
But Ethan really wanted to complain. One was an Arch Priest who could only exorcise demons, another was an Arch Wizard with the highest damage output in the team, and himself, an adventurer who, oddly enough, was on the front line.
Was a team like this really okay? Wouldn't they just fall apart the moment they faced a special situation? Or was this team itself the special situation?
The doubts in his heart couldn't be answered by anyone.
But regardless of whether it could be answered or not, what he was going to do next wouldn't change.
"Wiz! Are you here? We've arrived!"
Opening the door to Wiz's magic item shop, Ethan shouted before even seeing her.
This made a few customers who were sitting quietly and refusing to leave while enjoying their tea frown in dissatisfaction.
"Ah—! Welcome!" Wiz finally reacted and greeted the direction of the door where Ethan and the others entered.
"Is that Ethan-sama, Chris-sama, and Yunyun-sama? Please have a seat, would you like me to prepare some snacks?"
A magic item shop that prepares snacks for customers!?
Hearing this, Ethan almost slipped and fell to the floor!
Were these people asking Wiz to sell them magic items, or was Wiz asking them to buy magic items? But considering Wiz's gentle nature, similar to Eris, this situation seemed natural.
"No need... we just had breakfast... and besides..." Ethan quickly walked over to her side and leaned his head close to her pale ear, making Wiz's face turn as red as an apple and causing the troublemakers sitting quietly to glare with murderous looks!
"I came today to ask Wiz to teach me a special Lich skill..."
"I see. But..." Wiz finally snapped out of her innocent state after hearing his words, but she glanced helplessly at the troublemakers who were sitting quietly and shamelessly eating snacks!
"These people have been sitting here for a long time and refuse to leave. Ethan-sama knows that I need to hide my Lich identity, so..."
Her meaning didn't need to be spoken, and this made Ethan glare coldly at those people.
He unconsciously gripped his black Demon Sword, then walked with a cold expression toward the troublemakers who were only eating without paying!
"Hey—! What are you doing!?"
One of the troublemakers spoke up, seeing Ethan walking over like a demon. These ordinary people were already so scared that the snacks in their hands fell to the floor.
"Three seconds..." The merciless Demon Sword pointed at the neck of the troublemaker who had just spoken. His cruel gaze, like a demon's, made the troublemaker feel as if he had been hit by a hammer and found it hard to breathe.
"If you don't leave... you know the consequences..."
"Gulp—!" One of the troublemakers swallowed hard with a pale face. Although his voice wasn't loud, it was extremely noisy in this silence.
Of course, this sound became a life-threatening ghostly noise to the other troublemakers!
"Ahhh—! Don't kill me!"
"Let's get out of here—!"
In an instant, the troublemakers fled the magic item shop in terror.
Their shameful appearance made Eris and Yunyun feel guilty, but that guilt was shattered when Wiz spoke the following sentence.
"Although it's a bit unfair to them, thank you so much, Ethan-sama, for driving them out. After all, this shop hasn't made any income this month, and I can't even pay the rent. Even though I'm a Lich, I've been drinking sugar water for a week and can barely hold on."
"These people didn't want to work and just sat at home before, now they keep coming here, eating and drinking without buying anything. I felt bad about driving them out, but..."
At the end of her sentence, Wiz closed her mouth, feeling like she had slandered the troublemakers.
But those few sentences made Eris and Yunyun feel that Wiz had been treated unfairly!
"Too... too much! How could they be like this?" The sweet and innocent Yunyun clenched her fists in anger. After all, she had also encountered people who took advantage of her kindness, even if that person was her friend. But it was clear that the troublemakers Wiz faced were far worse!
"That's right, not working and constantly squeezing the last bit of money from the poor, this is even worse than demons!" Even the gentle and kind-hearted Eris now deeply hated the troublemakers, and her heart slowly shifted from hostility to sympathy for Wiz.
"It's alright... they also have their difficulties... Oh right! Didn't Ethan-sama want to learn a special Lich skill? Then, let's get started!" Wiz, who had been treated poorly by the troublemakers, actually defended them, making the three people there feel sad.
"Alright, for now, let's leave it at that..." Ethan also sheathed his Demon Sword, then changed his cold glare at the troublemakers into his usual relaxed demeanor.
"Ugh—" At that moment, Wiz suddenly let out a sad sound like a small animal, seemingly in great difficulty.
"The special Lich skill requires someone else as a target..."
Her meaning didn't need to be spoken, Ethan and the others knew what to do.
"Then..." Eris was about to say something, but Yunyun had already stepped forward to Wiz's side.
"Then, let me be the target. This is for Ethan! After all, Ethan and Yunyun are friends!"
As Yunyun said this, her face suddenly turned red, and her eyes glanced at Ethan with a teasing smile.
"Really..." Eris also felt helpless. She didn't understand why Ethan, who liked to harass the goddess every day, could be so popular among women. But she didn't realize that what she wanted to do was actually the same as Yunyun, and she was even faster and more decisive in helping Ethan!
Even the innocent Wiz was very aware of this, and the word "friend" made her sink into memories of the past. How many years had it been since she last met her friends? Were they doing well? Who would be her next friend?
And these four people didn't realize that although the troublemakers had been driven out by Ethan, they were secretly planning a way to teach him a lesson!