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On the long, drooping branches of the Ice Pillar Cherry, which resembled willow trees, were flowers colored in pink and ice-blue.
Making these thousands of branches look like ice pillars, enchanting and moving under the setting sun.
"This is my favorite flower in winter."
Frieren saw the Ice Pillar Cherry and forgot to argue with Yulian.
She just quietly gazed at the Ice Pillar Cherry tree, as if her entire being was deeply captivated by this beautiful scene.
"It is indeed beautiful."
Yulian tilted his head slightly, his posture similar to Frieren's.
He stared blankly at the Ice Pillar Cherry tree in front of him.
He couldn't help but want to step forward and gently touch the dreamily beautiful cherry blossoms on the drooping branches.
In fact, Yulian did touch it.
A faint, elegant fragrance enveloped his nostrils.
Different from how it looked.
The Ice Pillar Cherry blossoms looked very much like blue and pink ice pillars.
But the texture when touched was soft and sticky.
Only this softness, it seemed...
Yulian's eyelids felt heavy.
"What are you doing?"
When Frieren walked forward curiously.
Yulian had already let go of the hand that touched the Ice Pillar Cherry.
Enduring his heavy eyelids, Yulian began to explain.
"I think I just touched this flower and then..." "It's poisonous."
Frieren interrupted Yulian.
She cautiously stepped back half a step.
The look in her eyes as she gazed at Yulian was filled with pity, as if she were looking at a dead man.
"No!"
Yulian was startled by Frieren.
He only felt as if all the strength in his body had been suddenly drained away.
"Is there a way, Frieren?"
Yulian bit the tip of his tongue.
Thinking to himself, surely I, the dignified Demon King, won't just perish here!
"No..." Frieren lowered her gaze, looking at Yulian with regret.
"Are your eyelids heavy now?"
"Yeah, first my eyelids were heavy..." "Now my whole body is weak..." His breathing also became faint.
What kind of poison?
So potent!
Although Frieren said there was no cure.
However, Yulian still placed his hope in Frieren.
After all, Frieren's reaction wasn't right.
If it were truly an incurable poison, Frieren definitely wouldn't just...
"Thud!"
Yulian's entire body plunged headfirst into the snowdrift.
"I told you there's no cure."
Frieren stood with her hands on her hips, looking pleased.
She had known the Ice Pillar Cherry was poisonous for a long time, but she deliberately didn't say anything.
She just had to let Yulian fall victim and watch the spectacle herself.
Frieren was triumphant.
After all, it was just falling asleep, not a big deal.
How terrifying!
Behind the Ice Pillar Cherry tree.
The old woman lying in the snow shivered.
She didn't quite hear what the two of them said.
But she saw with her own eyes that the white-haired girl's companion seemed to be "silencing him"!
She saw with her own eyes that the man in the bulky clothes suddenly fell into the snow!
They must have pulled off something big!
And now they were silencing him because the spoils weren't divided evenly!
The old woman shivered.
Although it was partly because she was cold, it was mostly out of fear.
The young girl looked quite beautiful, but unexpectedly, she was a ruthless one!
What should she do next?
She wouldn't start burying the body, would she?
She wouldn't find her, would she?
The old woman didn't dare to move.
But that didn't stop her from getting ready to run.
If they were burying the body, where she was would definitely be a good spot!
"Haha!"
After Frieren's clear laughter ended, a worried look suddenly appeared on her face.
It was indeed quite fun.
But it seemed she had overdone it...
Yulian had been poisoned and fallen asleep.
Next, she would have to be responsible for picking mushrooms and taking Yulian back...
"I knew I shouldn't have been mischievous..."
Frieren sighed.
Her playful mood had just been sparked, and she ended up harming herself.
No point laughing...
"Step—Step—"
Frieren stepped forward and walked towards Yulian.
If she just left Yulian like this and went to pick mushrooms first.
When she came back to look at Yulian, he might really be dead.
So they really are burying the body!
The old woman couldn't help but tremble.
She tightly covered her mouth.
Fear spread in her heart.
"So heavy!"
Frieren gritted her teeth and dug Yulian out of the snowdrift.
Struggling, she hoisted Yulian's arm onto her shoulder and dragged him towards the back of the Ice Pillar Cherry tree.
Frieren had looked just now.
Behind the Ice Pillar Cherry tree was a small slope, and on the slope was a solitary tree.
It would be good to let Yulian rest leaning against it.
As for why she didn't put Yulian under the Ice Pillar Cherry tree?
Frieren shook her head.
It wouldn't work.
The branches of the Ice Pillar Cherry under the Ice Pillar Cherry tree were quite dense.
If she accidentally got too close, even Frieren herself might not wake up from her sleep.
She's coming!
The old woman held her breath.
Her heart was pounding rapidly!
"Run!"
Watching Frieren get closer and closer.
The old woman could no longer suppress the fear in her heart and ran away like a rabbit towards the distance!
Of course, this was the old woman's own thought.
From Frieren's perspective.
Hmm...
Just that someone suddenly stood up from the snowdrift in front, startled her, and then limped away in the opposite direction.
"?"
Strange person.
Frieren blinked a few times.
Without much hesitation, she continued to drag Yulian towards the solitary tree.
However, when she passed by where that person had been hiding, Frieren paused.
She saw a sack.
"Heh-ha."
Frieren laid Yulian down beside her.
Taking small steps towards the sack, she opened it.
A dense mass of blue and pink mushrooms instantly appeared before her eyes.
There were about a dozen of them.
Frieren looked at the Ice Pillar Cherry tree, then turned back to look in the direction the old woman had run.
Yulian's triumphant voice seemed to appear in her mind.
It seemed to be something like.
[Thank you, gift from nature?]
Just kidding.
Frieren shook her head, tied the sack shut, and put it back where it was.
She then began dragging Yulian again, continuing towards the solitary tree.
You can't just take other people's things.
Although she didn't know why that person left it here.
But what's someone else's is someone else's.
After Frieren settled Yulian, she took out her small hoe.
Besides, it wasn't like there were no blue and pink mushrooms here; she could just dig her own.
"Huff huff!"
"So tired!"
After the old woman ran for a while, she stopped, panting.
She looked behind her.
She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw no sign of Frieren.
"Thank goodness she didn't chase after me."
Truly terrifying.
A young girl, and she's actually the leader of ruthless bandits!
After a moment of shock, the old woman continued on her way, gritting her teeth.
Rushing towards the Village!
She needed to call for help!
Those mushrooms were what they relied on for winter!
If that villain dug them all up, who knows how many people in their Village would die this winter, unable to endure it!
Keep going, old woman!
The old woman gritted her teeth and continued to work hard, limping towards the nearby Village.
She had to hurry!
"Gotta hurry."
After Frieren dug up four mushrooms, she summoned her staff, carried Yulian, and hurried back towards the wooden house.
They had been out for half a day.
She had to hurry back and make the medicine for Fern...
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