"Don't worry about it." The young Elna woman smiled brightly, "I am Amberley Narrow, one of the guardians of this forest. I think it was the elves in the swamp who took my appearance for this purpose.
Liar, so it’s not your fault!”
She tilted her head and thought for a while, then took out an oil paper bag from the cloth bag at her waist and tore it open. Inside were several pieces of golden pastry with an alluring aroma.
"Honey cake." She handed the paper bag to everyone, "Try it!"
Lin cheered and picked out a whole piece from the package - she used to like all kinds of strange sweets, and it didn't change after changing her race. Yuffie carefully broke off a small piece and thanked Amberli softly.
Then put it in your mouth.
The soft touch was first conveyed to her consciousness, followed by a ray of fresh sweetness. It was mixed with the sweetness of honey, the fragrance of petals, and the refreshingness of grass leaves. It was not too sweet, but fully stimulating.
Every wonderful aspect of the taste. She felt the cake melting in her mouth, leaving a lingering fragrance on her teeth and cheeks.
Then she raised her hand, pressed it on her abdomen, and prayed softly.
The power of divine magic penetrated the body and directly interfered with the 'foreign objects' in her stomach, breaking them down into magic power and harmless gases.
This magical technique called 'clean body' was originally mainly used on the fasting days of the "Lord of Light" to more conveniently cleanse all kinds of "unclean things" in the bodies of believers. However, nowadays
Fasting days are no longer as strict as they were hundreds of years ago, and this magical practice has been abandoned.
Interestingly, Yuffie used it to solve the problem of being unable to eat to a certain extent - it didn't matter whether she could digest it anyway. Of course, she still rarely ate, because using magic still had some side effects.
She raised her head, explained the whole story to the Erna woman who stared at her curiously, and seriously praised the deliciousness of the slice of cake.
"Poor child." Amberly touched her head, "I'll ask Her Majesty the Queen if she has any solution to your problem."
"Thanks, Sister Amberley!" Lin came closer, not sure whether she was thanking her for the deliciousness of the pastry or her promise to Yuffie, "Did you make these yourself?"
The Elna woman nodded, took out another small bag and handed it over, "Here, this candied red date is my latest research, give it a try!"
"I want to eat too." Alphonse said with twinkling eyes, seemingly envious.
Bell patted the machine man on the back, "That thing is not delicious...by the way, I want to eat barbecue..."
"Eat whatever you want!" Lily pushed Bell away unceremoniously, took a candied fruit and put it into her mouth, "It's so sweet, thank you. By the way, why did you come here?"
"Oh, I almost forgot!" the Elna woman coughed twice and put away the pastries and preserves in her hand. "Originally, it was because the outpost here lost contact, so I came here to investigate alone. I discovered an intrusion on the way.
I followed them all the way here without leaving traces of them!"
"Then you just found out that those guys died here." Lin walked to the edge of the iron cage, melted the chains with her gentle breath, and watched the two cubs running to her mother and getting under her body, "Speaking of which
They are also very unlucky. Generally speaking, their crimes do not lead to death, right?"
"They will be caught and sentenced to a hundred years of hard labor!" Amberley stared at the corpses and said indignantly, "The kind that don't earn a penny! Then they will be thrown into this forest. If they still
If you have malicious intentions, you will be arrested and punished for a hundred years!"
Lin blinked, obviously a little shocked by this statement. Bell clicked his tongue at the side. Yuffie looked at Amberley who had a serious face, and felt that it might be a good thing for those poachers to die here. A hundred years of time
For the Elna people, it is only one-tenth of their life, but for other races, it may be most of their lives, or even the rest of their lives. Moreover, if you want to 'escape' from the Elna people in the forest, it is simply impossible.
It's just impossible.
"If they were alive, I don't know which ending they would like." She turned to the front of the Elna woman, "By the way, Amberley, where is the outpost you mentioned?"
"Ah, that's right! Originally, I was going to the outpost to find gold coins!" Amberly slapped her forehead suddenly and jumped up.
"Gold coins? Your pet companion?" Lin raised her eyebrows doubtfully and looked at her.
"A friend of mine!" Amberly patted her chest, "It's just that she is usually too greedy for money, that's why I call her that! The sentry tower is not far from here, will you come with me?"
She must have forgotten the important matter. According to rumors, the northern Ailna people with a long history and strict system are so... natural? Sure enough, you can't believe everything in the book.
"I'm happy to." Yuffie replied while thinking wildly, "I'm just wondering what happened here, and maybe there are some clues over there. Is that okay, Lily?"
"As you wish?" The female mercenary spread her hands in agreement.
…
Because the landscape had completely changed, even Amberley couldn't find the direct way to the sentry tower. She walked towards a dry tree trunk, put her hand on the trunk, closed her eyes and quietly felt it.
Not long after, she opened her eyes, with a faint cry in her voice, "Oh... this tree, tell me that they suffered a lot, but... they didn't die! For example, if you let me know who this is
He did it, I will never forgive him!"
Yuffie and Lin looked at each other, and both saw a hint of helplessness in their friend's eyes. She took Lin's hand and walked over, assuring Amberly that they would help her solve the problem here.
The Erna woman calmed down and transformed into a huge white bear again, running ahead and leading the way.
They left this wasteland filled with despair and death, passed through the edge of the swamp, and once again entered the forest shrouded in darkness and coldness, covered with dark purple dead trees. Amberley stopped several times along the way, taking the form of a white bear.
Communicate with the surrounding trees to correct the direction to the sentry tower.
The journey back was much faster than the one before. The two cubs could not run fast yet. Ruth held one of them in her mouth, while the other lay peacefully in the arms of the blonde girl. Lin restrained all the aura of the dragon clan.
, to avoid scaring this cute little guy.
"It doesn't look like there are many demonic characteristics." Lin turned her head and said to Yuffie beside her, "Is it because she was in a high magic environment in her mother's body, so she gained a certain resistance?"
"However, if you stay in this environment for a long time, you will still be hurt." Yuffie nodded and took over, "What are you going to do?"
"Well..." The blonde girl looked up at the sky, "If possible, let the residents in the forest adopt them? As for me, as long as you and Grace are with you, that's enough."
Yuffie felt a warmth flow through her heart again. Since Lin said such words, she would stay with Lin until the end of time - whether that existed or not. She looked at Lin's side face and secretly made up her mind.
"Eh? Why are you looking at me like that?" Lin reached out and hit her arm.