The journey from Ironhold to Ermia turned out to be surprisingly comfortable.

Aside from Mirif, everyone was unfamiliar to her, and she had expected things to feel awkward. Yet it wasn’t as uncomfortable as she thought it would be. Most of her traveling companions were priests by nature, and their presence was imbued with a natural sense of consideration.

“So, Sister Lily, did you defeat the Hooked Fang right after learning assassination techniques as a child?”

“…Yes.”

“That’s incredible. Assassins typically hesitate to face large monsters due to the short range of their weapons, but you must be quite skilled, …