The young man touched his nose, seemingly unable to understand the meaning of this sentence, but his face turned slightly red.
"Anyway...well, Lilinono, I'm back." He said softly.
"I won't argue with you this time!" The female mercenary pulled Alphonse to the bedside and sat down, still a little angry. "Next time, there will be no order from us... No, even if there is an order from us,
, and you are not allowed to do stupid things! Do you understand!?"
"But, what is a stupid thing, Lilinono?" Alphonse blinked, looking a little dazed, "Everything I do has been analyzed and confirmed that the benefits are greater than -"
"The stupid thing is...don't ask so many questions!" The female mercenary interrupted the agency man rudely, "In short, we will protect you from now on, not the other way around. Do you understand me?"
"I don't understand." The young man shook his head, with a serious look on his face, "Lilinonuo is very strong, but I am not weak either. What we should do is protect each other, this is the right thing."
Lily stared at the young man for a long time, then suddenly burst into laughter. Many of the words she had thought of before were of no use, because at this point, there was no need for those meaningless agreements or guarantees between the two of them.
"Okay." She shook her head, sighed and smiled, "Then I will continue to rely on you, Al."
The two sat quietly in the room for a while. Lily held Alphonse's arm, which was still warm and much softer than before. In the conversation just now, she could feel that Alphonse's emotions were indeed stronger than before.
Rich – although there is still much to learn.
The old wizard didn't lie to her, Lily thought with satisfaction.
"Lilinono, what are we going to do next?" About half an hour later, Alphonse asked softly.
"The next step..." The female mercenary let go of the machine man's arm and slowly stood up, "That's what I said... It's time to take the next step."
She left the hotel with Al and headed to the meeting hall of Volcano Castle. She found a guard on duty and claimed that she had something important to discuss with the current supreme leader of the Kingdom of Elders and the leader of the evacuation plan, the Queen.
Talk to Larria.
As one of the leaders of the Queen's Army and a powerful "demigod", Lily has a good reputation among the Elna people, and she was quickly received by them. During the migration, Lily met the queen.
I have met several times. As Amberley said, she is a gentle and elegant woman. Hundreds of years have given her sufficient wisdom without damaging her beauty. She saluted the other party respectfully, Al
Fons followed suit.
"Your Highness Galaria." She knew that the other party did not like to be polite. After a few simple greetings, she went directly to the topic, "We have heard that our companions have moved to the mountains at the western end of the continent. You know their details.
location?"
Galaria nodded gracefully and gently, "The Impasse Mountain Range stretches for thousands of miles. Heading due west from here, you can see three peaks side by side. The southernmost one among them is said to have traces of your companion's stay.
——Although it was recorded more than 20 years ago."
"Twenty years... Those conservatives rarely change places to live. We are sure that they are still around there." Lily licked her lips with satisfaction, and a flash of light flashed in her pupils, "Let's go ask them right now.
Ask for help, just wait for our good news!"
However, to her surprise, the Queen shook her head slightly.
"Thank you for your kindness, September." She called the female mercenary by her previous name, "But there is no need to force it, they have their own lives, and our future should depend on ourselves. It is not a good person to disturb the peace of the other party rashly.
What we did was not what we wanted.”
"It's okay, we will ask them if they are willing." Lily waved her hand nonchalantly, "Anyway, thank you for the news, I'm going back."
She bid farewell to Galaria, summoned the "Linono Group" who had returned to the trio, and announced her next goal. Al naturally had no objections, while Bell was a little reluctant.
"Desperate Mountains?" He complained with a slight dissatisfaction, "Even if I don't hate climbing mountains, why would I want to go to such a dangerous place where birds don't poop?"
"That's not a place where birds can't poop." The female mercenary said angrily, "If you don't come, we will expel you from the mercenary group. Then soon, you will have no new adventure stories to tell.
Have you talked?"
Bell tugged at his short, stiff beard, seeming to be trying hard to think which situation was worse. In the end, probably the desire for adventure - or fame, prevailed, and he patted the stuffed barbecue and
Ale's belly said, "Okay, I'll go with you for this trip! When will we leave?"
"Tomorrow morning." She replied neatly, "You'd better not oversleep?"
Mr. Beron didn't hear her last words at all. "Then I'm going to have a good drink today!" He said this and walked out the door in a swaggering manner.
I hope this guy is not so drunk that he forgets to bring his own weapon. If so, she will definitely hang Bell up and give him a good beating. She hasn't done this for a long time anyway, Lily thought to herself.
She bought some necessities for travel and mountain climbing at the Belon market, including shoes, walking sticks, warm clothing, sun-blocking lenses, dry food, powder for purifying drinking water, etc. - mainly for Bell, who is now her
There was no need to rely on too many foreign goods. Then, she bought some local products to take to her "old friends" in her hometown, and then returned to the hotel and started packing her luggage.
The night before departure, a familiar but somewhat unexpected 'guest' visited her.
"I heard that you are going to the Impasse Mountains?" Amberly gasped. It seemed that after getting the news from somewhere, she hurried over and said, "Take me with you!"
"Huh?" Lily stared at her, "What are you doing there?"
"Well... that... um." Amberley hesitated, "Just leave it alone! As long as it doesn't hinder you!"
The female mercenary looked at Amberley suspiciously, but could not see any specific reason. Judging from her talent, the other party did not have any malicious intentions - this was quite normal, but it could not eliminate her doubts.
"Forget it, considering that I've known you for so long." Lily shook her head, "I'll just take you with me?"
Amberley hugged her happily, said she was going back to prepare her luggage, and left. Lily thought of the delicious pastries she baked, and suddenly thought that taking her with her might not be a bad thing.
So three days later, it was the thirteenth day of the winter month.
Lily, the newly born Alphonse, Bell, and Amberley, a total of four people, each left the volcano castle with different purposes and started traveling to the legendary home of the demigods.
Two hundred and fifty years later, now, she is coming back. Lily—or September, told herself.