TCW, Volume 1, Chapter 45

When Klein returned and heard about Verna’s parents, he felt guilty. However, he knew that there was likely nothing he could have done. Of course, it didn’t stop Verna from tricking him into becoming a free ‘bodyguard’ for her over the next few months. At least whenever she needed to head into Kale Town, she would drag Klein along.

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TCW, Volume 1, Chapter 44: Merchant

*Crackle~!*

Verna’s blue eyes were bloodshot from crying. She just felt… Numb. She watched the big pyre burning with a gas-mask protecting her eyes and face. Wearing a fancy black dress, she was attending a simple ‘funeral’.

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TCW, V1, Chapter 40: Bodyguard V

When the tall and skinny Plague Doctor stood in front of that familiar shop door, he hesitated for a few minutes. He eventually knocked on the door with his black metal cane a few times. Across the glass, he saw the huge, shirtless, extremely muscular monster of man. He was at least 2 meters tall, had a bunch of terrifying scars all over his pale body, along with some serious rashes, blisters and boils. His balding gray hair was a little messy, with some random tufts sticking straight up. On his bulging hairy left thigh a few centimeters from the edge of his green boxers was a tattoo: ‘Bodyguard V’.

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TCW, V1, Chapter 38

In the end, Jade started to regret revealing her abilities for a few days. However, that was it. After all, it really didn’t take her too long after ‘work’ every day to deal with some minor damage to the house where she lived. Unlike Oliver who couldn’t care less, both Peridot and Jade were a lot more attentive to the state of their home.

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TCW, V1, Chapter 37

“You smell like cigarettes. You go back to your uncle’s place today?”

“Yeah, sorry… I know you hate the smell.”

“It’ll wash out.”

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