Partner receives a ceramic cup from Koren and looks around as if something is troubling her.
Then, she looked inside the cup and saw her reflection on the water.

H-Hey, you’re supposed to drink it.
Don’t tell me… you don’t know how to drink from a cup?
All you have to do is put your lips on the cup and tilt it.
It’s not that hard.

“…… Is it not to your liking?”

Yarg, who was looking at her the whole time, asks Partner and her face on the water’s reflection looks like she’s prepared herself.
You don’t have to get this worked up over a cup of water…

Just lift the cup over your lips and pour the water in your mouth.
Although she was leaking some water under her chin and down her body, it was still a breathtaking drink.
It was a waste, but it’s still a good experience for her.
Just drink more slowly next time.

Even the expressionless Yarg had his eyes wide open when he saw how Partner drank.

Hey, Partner! You’re weird way of drinking is making others feel-…… hot, hot! What the heck?!
Our throat just suddenly feel like they’re burning up!
We’re losing consciousness.

“Gra, gra ~a!”

Partner suffers as she falls on her knees.

【Resistance Skill〖Poison Resistance〗has risen from Lv5→6.】
【Resistance Skill〖Paralysis Resistance〗has risen from Lv4→5.】

I don’t care about that now!
D-Damn them! They drugged the drink!
I was trying to not let our guard down, but when I was keeping watch at Nagrom, we got poisoned.

“Tch! Puke it out! Someone bring real water!”

Nagrom’s face is turning pale and he looked extremely worried.

“D-Don’t tell me… she drank it all”

Yarg says with a frightened look on his face.

“Koren, how much of the Mors poison was mixed in the drink?!”

“A-About 8 derks……”

Koren hesitantly answers.
And then, Nagrom’s face went completely red.

“Are you trying to hunt an Abyss or something?! She is a precious live sacrifice to settle the Manticore’s foul mood! We can’t let her die and offer the Manticore her rotting body!”

“B-But, normally, one lick should be enough to make them puke……”

…… So, the Manticore is related to all of this then.

Nagrom’s face is still looking red. He changes his glare from Koren to another woman.

“Tarna, brew a strong medicine immediately! Nevermind about the side effects! Just don’t let her die!

“Y-Yes!”

The woman named Tarna did as Nagrom asked and ran to another room.

Meanwhile, Yarg grabs Partner’s shoulder and inserts his finger in her mouth.

“Curses! We need to make her vomit……”

“Gra ~a~a~a~a~a!”

Partner then bites the foreign object inside her mouth.

“Gya ~a~a~a~a! My finger! My fingeeeeeerrr!!”

Yarg started rolling down on the floor while holding his right hand tight.

“Stop fooling around! Hurry up and make her vomit already!”

“I-I can’t! She’s already taken in everything!”

While lying on the floor, Yarg looks at his bloodied right hand and what remained of his five fingers.
He looks like he’s about to cry, screaming.

“I-Impossible! No human should be able to move after ingesting such an amount of Mors poison……”

Partner slowly stands up and stares at Nagrom.
Nagrom’s eyes suddenly sharpened.

“T-This bitch! Damn you, demi-human!”

Nagrom picks up a spear that was displayed on the wall and points it at Partner.

“You dare defy us?! We’ll exterminate you!”

Partner’s left arm shivered as she leaves scratch marks on the floor with her feet.
Nagrom flinched slightly upon seeing that and stanced himself.

Then, Yarg, after finally regaining his cool, picked up another spear with only his left hand and went around Partner.

“Yarg, don’t make any reckless movements! This beast is more dangerous than it looks!”

Nagrom warns Yarg.
But, when Yarg tried to slightly move forward, he lost his balance and fell down.

Partner did not miss that chance and jumped into the opening made by Yarg.
While swinging her legs around, she restrained Nagrom as she turned and aimed a kick on Yarg.

Yarg tried to block the kick, but the pain from his right hand made him drop his spear.
Yarg hurriedly guarded himself when Partner kicked him on his right shoulder, but her kick was still strong enough to blow him to the other side of the room. Yarg hit the wall hard.

“Huh? That it? Guess I still, ain’t used to this body”

To block his movements, Partner bent Yarg’s arm around while he was falling on the floor.
Then, Yarg’s body staggered and Partner was about to break Yarg’s arm.

Honestly, how did it all come to this?!

Stop! STOP!!
Partner, stop! Please, just stop for a second!

【“Huuh?! Partner, ur too soft!”】

No, no, you seriously have to stop. If you keep going wild like this, then a war between the two villages will be unavoidable.

【“Aaah!! I can’t keep up with your softness!”】

Let’s just retreat for now.
We can come back here later once you’ve healed……

No, wait, if we leave now, then the Manticore might start trashing this village.
Who knows how many villagers will die while we’re busy healing ourselves.

…… Nagrom did say that I was going to be offered as a sacrifice to the Manticore.
Then, in that case, if I just let myself get taken by them, I’ll be sent directly to where the Manticore is hiding.

So, um, Partner…… I know this is hard for you, but… could you just… pretend to get knocked out?
I’m sure they’ll wear off the poison eventually.

【”…… Ya still talkin’ straight?”】

I’m not sure about this, but I was the one who let the Manticore go……
If I had just finished ‘em off last time, then it wouldn’t have had to make its way to this village to collect food.
Please. I’ll owe you one.

“…… ‘Kay”

Partner snorted in disagreement and ‘pretended’ to fall on her knees.

“Keh keh, dousing you with poison was the right choice. If you hadn’t run out of power anytime sooner, the damage would’ve been even greater”

…… Um, your poison actually didn’t do much other than making us feel like we drank boiling water.

Yarg looked like he was prepared for death when Partner was about to break his arm, but he opened his eyes and sighed in relief.
Seeing Partner on the ground, Yarg steps away from her and leans on the wall.
He grabs hold of his left arm with his bloodied right hand.