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    "Must you always kill them in such a gruesome manner?"


    La questioned Eren with annoyancecing her voice.


    She couldn''t help but think that his unofficial title as the Osan Woods'' Butcher was more fitting than his official alias, Grimdawn. However, Grimdawn carried a far more sinister connotation, leading La to believe that Eren had attempted to maintain a low profile before resorting to this extreme measure.


    The gruesome battlefield before her only solidified La''s thoughts. As she arrived at the designated site, the sight of the five rankers'' mutted bodies surpassed the horrors she had witnessed during her own experiments with the bandits. Inparison, La''s treatment of the bandits at this very location seemed almost saintly, granting them a merciful release from this cruel world.


    Her gaze shifted from Eren''s recent battlefield, where the butchered remains of the rankersy, and she frowned, her forehead creased with concern.


    "Is it too much to ask for you to leave the bodies of your enemies intact? It is easy for me to get rid of the traces if their bodies are intact. A little caution would go a long way, Eren, especially considering how close we are to achieving our objectives in the City of Lancelot.


    We cannot afford to give them any reason to suspect us," La voiced her frustration, folding her arms beneath her non-existent bosom. Her early-teenager-like appearance and child-like voice made her worries sound like a harmlessint of a pampered child.


    "Hmm. That''s why I asked for you toe, you know. For a clean up of this battlefield, besides, it''s not my fault, La. These mads started the whole thing," Eren replied, nonchntly shrugging his shoulders.


    He sat at a distance from the carnage he had wrought upon the battlefield, seemingly untouched by the bloodshed and gore. The scent of perspiration clung to him, as he had not bathed for a week, tirelessly toiling away in Baelin''s weaponsmith. Eren had effortlessly dispatched the five rankers who hade to bully him. While the battlefield reeked of blood, Eren seemed as if he had just finished a light workout.


    La scowled at Eren''s casual demeanor, and in her frustration, she kicked the severed head of Miss Overthinker lying nearby. The spectacle atop Miss Overthinker''s decapitated head flew into the air along with it. In a swift motion, Eren snapped his fingers, causing the airborne spectacle to vanish using the Blitz Shards before it could descend upon him.


    "Stop kicking random body parts. Stop sulking. And clear the area, La. Time is of the essence," Eren instructed, rising from the massive rock he had been sitting on. Since he had not bathed in a week, he decided to indulge in a refreshing bath in the namelesske.


    Clenching her fists, La let out a sigh, epting her role as the handler of the crime scene for Eren. This was not the first time he had tasked her with tying up loose ends after dealing with his adversaries, and it certainly wouldn''t be thest.


    Furthermore, La understood that she couldn''tin too much about Eren eliminating insignificant individuals. She recognized his unwavering dedication to the sess of the Lazarus Project.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    So, she set about meticulously cleaning up after Eren''s mess, employing her potions and arrays. It was crucial to ensure that Eren''s alter ego, Leo Longde, remained untainted by his actions. This phase of the Lazarus Project was of utmost importance. Even in self-defense, neither Eren nor La wished for Leo Longde to be entangled in a scandal.


    "Have you seen Shallot''s Mirror and the Soul Seed Insertion Array?" the Little Witch inquired, summoning her colossal cauldron. With a wave of her hand, the dismembered body parts of the five deceased Rankers levitated and floated toward the cauldron. One by one, they descended into the bubbling vessel, and within seconds, the battlefield was devoid of any severed organs. La essed the runic array engraved on the cauldron''s base and ignited a green fire, causing the concoction inside to simmer.


    Emerging from his dive in theke, Eren surfaced and heard the Little Witch''s question clearly. He rinsed his mouth with the refreshingke water and ran his fingers through his wet hair, feeling the contours of his original face with both his palms. He also looked at his blurred reflection on the surface of the water and smiled.


    Eren continued to relish the soothing embrace of the coolke, illuminated by the gentle glow of the moon and starry night sky as he replied.


    "I did get a glimpse of them," Eren replied. "However, essing Shallot''s Mirror and the Soul Seed Insertion Array is still kinda difficult for me. Baelin believes my Spiritual Force is insufficient, or perhaps he deems me untrustworthy with such powerful artifacts. It''s understandable when you consider the circumstances," Eren answered honestly and sighed. He then proceeded to describe her things that he had seen while inside Baelin''s forge.


    As La meticulously refined the body parts of Eren''s recent victims in her cauldron, her mind swirled with thoughts of obtaining the two crucial elements needed for the sessfulpletion of the Lazarus Project. She pondered over potential strategies, but eventually, she sighed and decided to cease dwelling on the project.


    Excessive overthinking and worrying would only drain her mentally. It was wiser to entrust these matters to Eren, who possessed a peculiar knack for finding solutions even in the most challenging circumstances.


    Leisurely swimming in the namelesske, Eren luxuriated in the starry night sky above as he observed La''s diligent work. For some reason, he feltpelled to express his appreciation for her contributions thus far.


    "La, your efforts in controlling the key members of the city administration truly worked in our favor," Eren remarked, gracefully executing backstrokes in the water. "Their involvement ensured my victory in Baelin''s test. Despite my expertise, everything would have crumbled if we had relied solely on the natural course of events.


    These five fuckers had deep connections. They had even bribed city officials and other influential rankers within the City of Lancelot. If our pawns hadn''t intervened, I would not have been chosen as Baelin''s apprentice, regardless of my performance in the test.


    Plus, Baelin''s personal detachment from the evaluation process worked to our advantage. As much as anyone ims otherwise, something like racial bias is a real thing. So Baelin''sck of attention to the test contestants made him select a human as his apprentice instead of the dwarf whopeted against me."


    Eren concluded, emerging from theke in his unadorned form. The moonlight gleamed on his skin, while the water cascaded over it, forming a glistening veil.