The day after returning to her "hometown", Lily bid farewell to Celine and her tribe, and took Al into the fruit forest that contained almost all varieties of fruit on the continent.
Every tree that exists here has magic power and simple self-awareness, and can spontaneously welcome or drive away visitors who enter here. They recognize the breath of September, exude a soft fruity fragrance, and sway their branches slightly toward her.
Greetings. She patted the branch of one of the trees and asked it to convey her greetings to the owner of the forest.
Not long after, a parrot with a wingspan of more than two meters - at least a creature that looked like a parrot, flapped its wings and fell from the sky, landing lightly on the branch of a tree. He folded his wings and looked down at it.
Lily and the agents around her.
"I thought you had forgotten all of us." The parrot's tone was rather dissatisfied, but not reproachful. "When you find love, you ignore me as an old friend - it's really heartbreaking.
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"What nonsense are you talking about!" Lily's face turned red, and she raised her head and stared at him fiercely, "It's just...since I left last time, a lot of things have indeed happened."
"Yes, Bai He told me." The parrot raised his chin, "I heard that you ate a lich whole. Did it taste good?"
The female mercenary picked off a red fruit and threw it at the parrot, "Damn it, Bai He has that big mouth...how many people know about this, Kaya!"
"At least half of the people." The parrot known as Kaya flapped its wings, held the fruit in its mouth, raised its neck and swallowed it. "It's a pity that not many people pay attention to it, but there are quite a few who are gloating about it."
Lily's face darkened, she picked two more fruits, handed one to Al, and gnawed the other slowly.
"Are you... reminding us?"
"It's not a reminder." The parrot combed its feathers with its beak and puffed out its chest. "To be honest, September, I quite like your temperament - brave, curious, and with a good sense of responsibility." Kaya shook her head.
He opened his head, spread his wings, and made a shrug-like movement, "But don't forget, among all the people here, you are considered a 'junior' after all. In short, I wish you good luck."
He flapped his wings, soared into the sky, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
In Lily's memory, Kaya has always been neutral about leaving her "hometown". Being able to say what she just said already agrees with her point of view. The female mercenary looked at the calm woods again and gently hugged the machine man.
arms, as if that could inject more confidence into her.
After that, she continued to take Al to visit several scenery in this cave, and visited several 'old friends' with whom she had a good relationship. As expected, most of them preferred the quiet and leisure life here to the ordinary life.
The noise and changes of time made her slightly discouraged.
Fortunately, this time, her purpose was not to persuade them to enjoy the fun of the outside world - in fact, it was just the opposite. Her 'old friends' missed those peaceful and lively times, but ushered in an era when no one could be alone.
This may be the price of isolating yourself, the female mercenary thought with a hint of malice.
Of course, we still have to wait until tomorrow's noon meeting to find out what the results of the news she brought will be.
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Early on the third morning, Lily held Alphonse's hand and walked into the pine forest covered with snow again.
This was the home that once belonged to her. The cold air mixed with the unique fragrance of pine trees made her miss the past and the mother she would never see again. The female mercenary raised her head slightly, held the hands of the people around her, and spoke slowly
The ground was walking in the forest, just like a wanderer returning to his hometown after being away from home for a long time.
Dull and familiar low howls sounded from all directions. Even Alphonse heard the hostility hidden in it and raised her hands in a defensive posture. She stopped and patted Al's arm gently, signaling to the machine operator
Do not be nervous.
"Now that you're here, why don't you hide away?" She snorted coldly, "I don't remember Xisa raising you to be such a coward, Lenore!"
There was a rustle in the forest, and then, a high-pitched howl suppressed all other sounds. Following slightly heavy footsteps, a white wolf nearly ten meters long and more than three meters high at the shoulders emerged from the shadow of the pine trees.
The figure slowly emerged from the center.
Unlike September, the tips of his hair are gray-black instead of shiny silver - which makes him look less beautiful than September, but does not detract from his majesty. The white wolf walked step by step towards the maid who held her head high.
She lowered her head in front of the soldier, and the huge sharp teeth were only two meters away from her.
"What should I call you? A deserter, a betrayer, or the person who killed my mother?" Bai Lang opened his mouth, and Lily felt a moist heat rush to her face. She was completely unaware of it and just stared coldly.
Keep each other's eyes open.
"We did not run away, let alone betrayed. As for my mother, thinking that her death was related to me is just your self-righteous escape." She retorted mercilessly, "Bai He should have told you that we were the ones who killed her back then.
Mother’s murderer was killed?”
"It's just a clone." Bai Lang sneered, "You paid fifty years of sleep for this. It's really embarrassing."
"It's better than you who haven't even done this?" the female mercenary retorted, "I think I'm superior and don't bother to step into the mortal world, but in fact, I'm just a group of people who are afraid to see others and squat at home!"
"Li Nuonuo, and Mr. Wolf, please have a nice talk if you have anything to say." Perhaps seeing that the atmosphere between the two was getting colder, the agent tried to smooth things over, "I think, wait for us
After explaining the cause and effect of the matter, they will definitely understand."
"Okay, since you said so." She raised her hand and patted Bai Lang's chin casually, "Don't be late at noon, Ryan. We won't deliberately wait for you to arrive."
The white wolf bared his sharp teeth and let out a ferocious roar from between his teeth. It seemed that he was about to pounce on the two people in front of him at the next moment. But in the end, he just turned around and flicked his tail - sweeping Lily and Alphonse.
of snow, and then slowly left.
"There are only guys who are good at talking." Lily waited until the other person walked away and spat softly, "He is still like this after hundreds of years."
"Don't be angry...and don't worry, Lilinonuo." The agent comforted her in time, "I don't know what the situation will be like later, but I will always stand with you. We just need to try our best to do what we can."
Whatever you do, the rest will be dominated by fate - this is what Master Fanka told me."
Lily nodded. She did have some concerns. She was afraid that she would not be able to fulfill her promise to the Elnar people, and she was also worried that these 'gods of this world' were still unwilling to step into the transformation of the mortal world - in any case, they were also her "companions" and
"Elders", she couldn't 'persuade' them too hard.
Al saw that, which filled her heart with warmth again, as if she were back in a cabin isolated from the wind and snow, drinking a bowl of delicious soup while it was hot.
"You're right, Al." She murmured softly, hugged the arm of the person next to her, and led him forward, "What else did Fanka say to you? Tell us?"
"Well... let me think about it, there is probably another sentence..."
Their voices blended into the snow, and were quickly buried by the falling snowflakes.