"Ha, it seems that you should be the granddaughter of that old Sirodar. It can't be half-human or a boy, so it can only be you."
This weird man patted the dust on his clothes, stood up slowly, cleared his throat, held out a hand to Lanza, and said: "Introduce me, I am your grandfather's friend, Duke.
·Maranston, from the royal capital in the south. You can also call me...Mr. Maranston, if you are more familiar, you can call me Mr. Duke."
"Hmm..." Lanza was hesitating whether to reach out and shake it, but the guy named Duke forcibly stretched out his hand and gave Lanza a 'friendly' handshake.
"Okay, thank you. Since the carriage to the royal capital will take several days, the guest rooms are full, and I don't have enough funds, I may have to stay here for the next few days. It's not bad, there are mountains and water.
, the air is fresh, absolutely suitable for camping. But a very fierce-looking girl just snatched away my boots outside the tent... Well, you may know her, can you ask her to return the boots to me? "
This guy named Duke seems to be a talker, but judging from his performance and upbringing, he shouldn't be a bad person. However, a girl who looks very fierce? That's probably Sunny... She was here just now
Is it here?
"If you get it back, look, look, this is... the commemorative limited edition gold coin of the royal capital~" As he said that, Duke took out a gold coin from his pocket, threw it in the air and caught it easily.
He paused and said, "If you find my pair of boots, I will give these to you."
"The royal capital's commemorative coin series?!" Upon hearing this word, Mamo's eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Yes, is it the one that has appeared in magazines?"
Because there is a shop that specializes in buying waste paper next to her house, her father often buys some strange magazines, newspapers and books at cheap prices, and then reads them to Mamo as bedtime stories. One of them is
The content of the report is the commemorative coin series of the Royal Capital, and it has been serialized several times, telling the stories behind each commemorative coin.
"Uh, has it appeared in a magazine? I'm not sure about this." Duke scratched his head and replied.
"Then can you show it to me?! It's just a look, and I'll give it back to you right away!" Mamo begged with her head held high. This was the first time that Art saw her acting so excited towards a stranger.
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"Okay, okay, enthusiastic little half-man, but if you really want it, you still have to get my boots back. To be honest, those cowhide boots have been with me for six months, and I don't want to see them."
Let it be eaten into someone's stomach." With that said, Duke handed the gold coin to Mamo.
"... engraved with ribbons, medals, and a bow... This is the commemorative gold coin of the 12th Doll Beauty Contest!" Mamo shouted excitedly while holding the gold coin.
"Doll Beauty Contest? Ah, I have an impression. I am one of the two hundred people on the jury. After the competition, everyone will be given one as a souvenir. This gold coin should have fallen into the world at that time.
In my pocket." Duke pinched his funny goatee and sighed:
"The participating dolls are each more beautiful than the other. Although they are still not as exciting as Arado, they are much cuter than the one I have at home... Ahem, it's nothing, hurry up and look for my boots.
I can't go anywhere without my boots! If I starve to death here, your grandpa will be doomed! So come on, boys! But I have to get some sleep first..."
As a joke, Duke took the gold coin from Mamo's hand, stuffed it into his pocket, yawned, and got back into the tent.
"Commemorative gold coin..." Seeing the gold coin being taken back, Mamo suddenly became a little disappointed. It seemed that she really liked the gold coin.
"Then let's go look for the boots first?" Lanza also noticed Mamo's mood and suggested after comforting her a little.
"Okay, and I think the person who stole his boots was Sunny." Art shook his head and lamented, not knowing how Tier controlled her and actually let her steal other people's things.
"Sunny...why is she trying to steal other people's shoes?" Lanza asked with confusion. Just from the few hours they spent together last night, she didn't understand Sunny's nature clearly.
"I don't know." Art also shrugged and said jokingly: "Maybe she just wants Mamo to get the gold coin~ Let's not talk about it, I think she should be in this forest, let's go."
Under the leadership of Art, Lanza and Mamo both followed into the woods, looking for Sunny.
This forest should be the one that Art and others saw when they came. The trees planted in it are usually beautiful, but perhaps due to lack of care, this artificially planted landscape forest has become almost like an ordinary forest.
, you can only vaguely see a gravel road running through the entire forest area.
Following this obscure gravel road, Art quickly discovered some traces.
On a tree trunk by the road, Art found a worn-out arrow. The arrow was made of tattered strips of cloth, rotten wood, and sharpened stones. It was the same arrow that Sunny had sneaked into him when he was in the underground world.
The arrows are very similar.
It looks like she's back to her old job here.
"Okay, it looks like she's around here." Art sighed, feeling a little guilty in his heart. You must know that most of the animals here should be raised by Lansha's family. If you are injured, there will be no consequences.
Imagine...especially that pegasus. If it was injured, it would be unreasonable to pay for our whole family.
"Little Sunny, are you here!" Lanza shouted towards the depths of the woods, but there was only a slight sound of flapping wings of birds in response.
But not long after, a childish roar was heard from deep in the woods, and it was obviously coming from Sunny.
"Over there! The sound is coming from over there!" Mamo's pointed ears seemed to be very sensitive to sounds, and he quickly grabbed Art's hand and pointed to a boulder not far away.
"Go quickly, God knows what trouble she got into!" Art didn't want to wait any longer, and quickly followed Mamo and Lansa towards the boulder.
After running to the edge of the boulder, Art found Sunny standing in front of a fire that had not yet been lit, grinning and confronting the white Pegasus. On top of the fire, there were a pair of
Beautiful cowhide boots, and the body of a bird with its feathers shaved off.