"This isn't about giving special treatment to just the two of you; it's the same for everyone. I dare say, at the very least, I won't let my own people feel disheartened. If you don't believe me, you can ask Boudica if I'm lying."
Lance spoke simply, yet the emotion his words conveyed quickly resonated with them both.
In this cold world, encountering an employer who genuinely valued them was a truly warming experience.
Truth be told, Witchers are born to hunt monsters and continually seek out their lairs. Usually, where there are monsters, there are Witchers. This often led ignorant common folk to mistakenly believe the reverse: that Witchers brought the monsters and, consequently, misfortune.
In reality, these people didn't dare confront the monsters themselves, so they directed their strong malice towards Witchers, who were also human. They viewed the Witchers' efforts to hunt monsters and protect humans not as a service, but as an obligation—a right they felt entitled to.
