"There are some disgusting smells in the forest."
Soon, Kanna frowned, her face showing a look of disgust.
"Is it the same aura as those people that day?"
Comfortingly rubbing Kanna's head, Rayn asked softly, his tone tinged with a dangerous aura.
"Well… it's disgusting all the same."
Seemingly comparing and thinking, Kanna frowned and pondered. In the end, she still couldn't come to a conclusion.
Just like how a person can't distinguish which mouse is more annoying.
In her feeling, whether it was these people or the people that day.
They all gave her a very disgusting aura.
She couldn't distinguish them.
"Is that so… I made you smell something bad."
Rayn pinched Kanna's face, showing an apologetic smile.
"Did they make Rayn unhappy? Then I'll go burn them."
Bringing her little face forward to let Rayn pinch it more easily, Kanna said with her head tilted.
Her words seemed ordinary, and even her expression did not change much.
It was just like saying that she was going to burn an ant's nest.
As Rayn's summoned partner and also his closest existence.
She understood Rayn's emotions better than anyone else.
Since last night, Rayn's mood had not been very high.
But she didn't know what to do, so she could only maintain a well-behaved posture.
Now that she seemed to have found the ants that caused Rayn's bad mood.
Kanna naturally would not tolerate their existence anymore.
"Did I make you worry? It seems I was a little impetuous."
Seeing Kanna's worried look, Rayn came to his senses. It seemed that the memories of this life still had a great impact.
Although he knew what was going on, he did not deliberately suppress it.
After all, it was his own experience.
"Excuse me, are you the wizards who accepted the request?"
An expectant voice interrupted the conversation between Rayn and Kanna.
One person and one dragon looked ahead, only to see a middle-aged woman standing in front of Laxus.
Her simple attire, dry hair scattered and hanging down, completely uncombed.
Her weather-beaten face looked at Laxus, her bloodshot eyes full of expectation.
Her hands wanted to grab the young man in front of her, but she was afraid of causing disgust and making him not want to complete the request. She quickly withdrew her rough hands.
"If you mean looking for a child, then I… we are."
Laxus pulled away a little uncomfortably, and his tone was a little off.
The other party's sad and hopeful eyes made the young him feel a little stuffy in his heart.
Although he had completed more than a dozen requests, in order to prove that he was a strong person.
The requests he accepted were all of the type of hunting magical beasts.
Laxus only understood this type of request, but had never encountered it.
He really could not understand the woman's thoughts.
He wanted to put on a tough posture as usual, but under that gaze, he still could not say it.
"Mr. Wizard, please help me find my child quickly!"
After getting a definite confirmation, the light in the woman's eyes became even brighter, and her crying voice sounded.
Her body even bent down and she wanted to kneel and beg.
"This… madam, this is not good. We are a legitimate guild."
Rayn reached out and helped the woman up, his gentle voice soothing her stimulated emotions.
Just kidding, the request was issued by the other party.
If he let the client kneel down, the reputation of the Fairy Tail guild would be ruined.
And even if it was not about reputation, there was no reason to let the victim kneel.
Laxus's bewildered expression at the side finally relaxed.
"Madam, can you tell me the characteristics of the missing child, as well as the time and place of their disappearance?"
Kanna had indeed noticed the abnormality over there, but she could not be 100% sure that it was their doing.
After all, according to the request, the first one to disappear seemed to be almost a week ago.
It was hard to say if those people were still there.
If he went to find the group in the forest, but it turned out that it was not their doing.
The hope that had just risen would be shattered, and it would inevitably make people very sad.
So before taking action, Rayn felt that it was better to listen to the news first.
"Okay… okay!"
Anxious to find her child, the woman did not insist and stood up with Rayn's arm.
And the situation here also attracted the attention of the village, and they all came out.
After understanding what had happened, their faces were filled with surprise.
Although the missing child was not theirs, they were from the same village after all, and they were more or less related.
There was no such word as 'if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold' in this world.
But they understood a similar principle.
They were also afraid that their children would encounter the same thing.
So they also wanted to solve the threat before their children were in danger.
However, the two young men in front of them, and there was also a little girl.
This strange lineup made many villagers whisper.
"Can these three children really do it?"
"They should be able to, right? After all, they are members of that famous guild."
"But they don't look much older than my child. Will they be okay?"
"No matter what, we have no other choice, right?"
…
An old man squeezed out from the crowd and bowed slightly to Rayn.
"Mr. Wizard, can I see the request form and the guild mark?"
From his appearance and the respectful looks of the people around him, it was obvious that he was the village chief or someone similar.
"Yes, this is as it should be."
This was a normal procedure, so Rayn naturally didn't mind.
The sound of the wind whistling came from behind. Rayn didn't look back, but just reached out and grabbed the request form that Laxus had thrown over.
With a flick of his wrist, the request form unfolded.
At the same time, he showed the mark on the back of his hand.
Behind him, Laxus also unbuttoned his chest and pulled it open, revealing the black guild mark.
"Alright, then I'll have to trouble the two of you, Mr. Wizards, to come with me and explain the reason first."
The old man stared at it carefully, then nodded and gestured for the two to follow.
Finally, looking at the villagers who were still surrounding here, he scolded sternly.
"You should all go back to work. Don't hinder the wizards from doing their work here!"
"Only the three families of Fleck and the others will follow!"
"There's no need to go in specifically. Please solve my doubts as soon as possible so that we can start work faster."
Rayn shook his head and got straight to the point.
Walking around was too much of a waste of time. It was better to just say it clearly here.
Then go to the place where Kanna had detected something unusual to try their luck.
If it didn't work, they would continue to collect clues.
Behind him, Laxus looked at Rayn's quick solution.
Thinking of his own flustered appearance just now, he couldn't help but clench his fists in frustration.
After so long, he still hadn't grown up.
He was flustered by just a small matter.
For a moment, he thought of the first time the two of them met.
Rayn had once said that strength was not something that could be spoken with the mouth.
"…Then we will be impolite."
This straightforward attitude made the village chief's eyes light up.
Whether it could be done or not, at least it didn't look like they were being perfunctory.
"It's like this, just a week ago…"
A distant voice came from the village chief's mouth.
Fortunately, he still remembered the importance of the matter and was not about to start a speech.
He explained what he knew in the simplest way possible.
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