After a moment.
Rogel returned to the Gelin.
He frowned in thought, simultaneously digesting the information he had obtained from the old man.
This old man was an Extraordinary.
But he was undoubtedly promoted through an Alternative Path.
Moreover, he became an Extraordinary to keep his wife alive, who was previously the girl capable of transforming into a monster.
He and his wife originally lived in a large settlement within the Mire of Decay, but his wife fell gravely ill and had little time left.
So he tried everything, eventually finding an Alternative Path Promotion that turned his wife into a half-human, half-monster being.
And to ensure his wife's survival, he needed a lot of flesh, thereby creating this place, drifting in the Mire of Decay, preying on passing travelers, and planting their body parts in the garden behind the house...
Of course, Rogel wasn't interested in this; there were too many unfortunate people in this world.
