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"The whereabouts of the Gorilla Warrior?"
The stubborn Gran carefully sized up the few people in front of her.
The white-haired elf, the long straight purple-haired girl from the south, the black-haired young man, the golden-haired middle-aged man, and the red-haired...
Hmm... except for the red-haired young man with a scar on his forehead, the others didn't look like bad people.
"I am very stubborn; I certainly won't tell you easily!"
As expected, she is very stubborn...
Yulian furrowed his brow.
He never liked dealing with difficult people.
However, it wasn't just Yulian who wasn't good at it.
There were very few people in the entire team who were good at communication.
Seeing the stubborn Gran speak like this, everyone immediately looked troubled.
"What should we do?"
Sein's gaze only darkened slightly, almost imperceptibly, before immediately becoming very firm.
The stubborn Gran's lips curved up.
"First, you have to help me with a few things."
The first thing was to deliver a letter to Nagel the blacksmith in the neighboring village.
There were three villages here, adjacent to each other.
According to the stubborn Gran: Nagel the blacksmith's smithy wasn't very far from here.
"Okay."
Sein readily agreed.
Seeing this, Stark and Fern couldn't help but be stunned.
Isn't this just simple errands...
"What's wrong? Isn't it good to just run simple errands?"
Sein smiled bitterly and shook his head.
He looked at Stark and Fern with a smile.
"After all, if it's just such ordinary small matters..."
Fern's small mouth slightly opened.
In the end, she still didn't say the words 'there's no need'.
Even the villagers themselves could do this kind of thing!
"If the requests are all such small matters, it might not be bad..." Yulian smiled and said to Fern and Stark.
"Why?"
Stark couldn't understand, his appearance of deep thought was exactly like a young man inexperienced in the world.
But indeed, he was originally a young man.
Frieren's lips curved up slightly, finding it very interesting.
"I remember when I traveled with Himmel..."
"Errands and the like were simply commonplace."
"But in the end, they often turned into all sorts of troublesome things."
Please, no...
Yulian opened his mouth to speak but still didn't say anything.
If he kept mentioning a certain thing, it might actually happen.
Looking at the quiet road in the surrounding Forest, Yulian was really worried that a demon or something else would jump out and attack them.
"Please, no..."
Stark said with a mournful face.
His resistant appearance was amusing.
"It's okay, we're almost there."
Sein smiled.
The outline of the village had already appeared in front of them, and they could even faintly see villagers strolling around looking towards them.
"Who are you?"
A villager proactively came forward to ask.
They seemed very curious about the arrival of travelers.
"We are..."
Sein explained their purpose.
The villager smiled after hearing it and pointed Sein towards the direction of the blacksmith shop.
Finally, after traveling all the way, they completed the letter delivery task and returned to the stubborn Gran's residence.
"So fast?"
A cunning smile appeared in the corners of the stubborn Gran's eyes.
"Then I'll trouble you to help pick some fruit from the fruit trees."
The second task - picking fruit from the fruit trees.
Why so many things...
Stark complained.
But he didn't dare to say it out loud.
After all, the stubborn Gran was watching nearby this time.
"Hey..."
Yulian gently nudged Frieren beside him.
"Hmm?"
Humming a song and working diligently, Frieren put the fruit she had just picked using Magic into the fruit basket.
She raised an eyebrow slightly at Yulian.
"Do you think this Gran actually knows the whereabouts of the Gorilla Warrior?"
Yulian hesitated for a moment before asking.
There was another sentence Yulian wanted to say: Will we be taken advantage of for free?
"I don't know."
Frieren stroked her smooth chin and replied.
"Then why are you working so seriously..."
Yulian stopped talking.
Frieren didn't speak.
She just pursed her lips and smiled faintly at Yulian.
Hmm?
Yulian was at a loss because of this inexplicable smile.
However, Yulian still looked around.
He saw Fern, Stark, and Sein all working hard to pick the fruit.
"Are you saying..."
"Even if we don't do it, Fern and the others will work hard."
"It's better for everyone to work together to complete the task and then see the situation?"
Was that what I meant?
Frieren blinked her large, emerald-like eyes.
She silently took out the apple she had just put in her pocket and placed it in the fruit basket.
After all, it was just the stubborn Gran's fruit orchard, it wasn't very large.
With everyone's concerted efforts, the picking was quickly finished.
"Now you can tell us..."
Sein, dragging his tired body, came before the stubborn Gran.
But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted.
"I heard there's a yellow flower on the cliff that can prolong life."
The stubborn Gran spoke with a smile.
She showed no sense of shame for troubling others.
"Stubborn Gran..."
Sein looked dejected.
He was completely at her mercy.
However, after a busy day, it was getting late.
"How is it? Any leads?"
Stark massaged his sore arms.
He looked at Sein who had returned to the team and asked.
At the same time, Yulian, Frieren, and Fern's bodies stiffened.
Their gazes also simultaneously turned towards Sein.
"I..."
Sein looked downcast, finding it a bit difficult to speak.
Because of himself...
"Sein, are there any more tasks?"
Frieren was the first to speak.
"Yes, she said there's a yellow flower on the cliff."
Sein explained.
"But..."
"Let's go tomorrow."
Yulian took a breath, looking at the darkening sky with a smile.
"Let's rest today, continue tomorrow?"
"Okay!"
Sein nodded, looking deeply at the others.
He expressed his gratitude.
"Thank you."
After all, everyone was delayed because of his personal matter.
"That's quite mushy."
Yulian patted Sein's shoulder.
Finally, after Frieren and Fern activated their Magic to create wooden houses, everyone ate something simple and returned to their respective wooden houses.
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse.
Unconsciously, the end of the year was approaching.
Winter in the Northern Lands should be coming soon, right?
Yulian lay on the bed, looking at the sky outside the window and thinking quietly.
Under the day's fatigue, he quickly fell asleep.
Hopefully, tomorrow won't be too troublesome.
"Sein?"
Stark, who was sleeping between the two, turned over.
He happened to meet Sein's open eyes.
"Yes, Stark."
Sein replied softly.
His eyes held thought.
"You can't sleep either?"
Stark adjusted his body, found a comfortable position, and started chatting with Sein.
"Yes, after all, if I really get a lead on the Gorilla Warrior..."
"I might have to leave for a while."
Sein pursed his lips and smiled.
His mood was very complex.
Leaving this warm little team was difficult for him.
"What about you?"
Noticing that Stark said "either", Sein immediately asked curiously.
"I..."
Stark's cheeks flushed slightly.
His mind was full of the inexplicable eye contact they had when he and Fern were picking apples together.
"Young people should seize opportunities themselves."
Sein smiled, closed his eyes.
In the coolness of the autumn wind, he unconsciously fell asleep.
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