That way, even if there was danger, it wouldn't fall on their heads.
As for getting much less money, he wasn't worried about that.
Once the Reconnaissance Squad finished rounding up the people, they would go to the other's residence to scavenge. If there were many people, they would surely leave behind a lot of good stuff.
Anyway, no matter how you looked at it, they wouldn't lose out.
Just as they had their plan ready to strike, they suddenly saw three identical little girls appear in front of them.
"Damn, what is this!"
Facing the three Flandre Scarlets that suddenly appeared, they were so scared they backed up several steps.
"B-B-Boss... L-Look, look at her back, those are Bat wings..."
One of the sharp-eyed men cried out in terror after seeing the things on Flandre's back.
"We've been discovered!"
"How unlucky!"
"Kill you!"
"Then it'll be safe!"
The three Flandre Scarlets in front of them spoke in unison.
Then, the moment they tried to run away, she pounced.
"Ah!" Someone let out a startled cry and was immediately crushed by Flandre, but the scream still caught Alina's attention.
Fortunately, the Flandre beside Alina stopped her from wanting to go back and check.
"Almost ruined everything. Such annoying fellows!"
Flandre Scarlet breathed a sigh of relief.
She led Alina further away from this spot.
As for the few men here, they were just idle loafers from the village who usually wandered around everywhere. Being gone for ten days or half a month wouldn't attract anyone's attention.
The three Flandres used their abilities to clean up the place. Since the blood had all been sucked dry, they only needed to deal with a few mummies.
The ground was so disturbed it was almost impossible to tell what had happened here.
Few people took this road anyway. If luck was on their side, all traces might vanish from the ground in a day or two.
By the time someone realized they were missing and wanted to investigate, it might already be several days later.
At that time, finding any trace of the men would be harder than reaching the heavens.
Meanwhile, Flandre returned to the gathering place with Alina, looking perfectly calm.
Before reaching the village entrance, they saw Tallulah standing in the middle of the road from afar.
Seeing the two of them, she quickly ran over.
"So much!" She looked at their baskets in surprise and quickly reached out to take Alina's.
Alina lightly patted her hand away.
"Why take mine? Flandre is so young and walked so far with me; you should take hers first!"
Hearing this, Tallulah looked at Flandre and found that she looked refreshed, her face ruddy without any sense of fatigue. Instead, her little face was flushed as if she had eaten and drunk her fill.
Her questioning gaze made Flandre blink at her with a smile.
"Help Sister Alina take hers. I'm strong; this little bit of stuff is no problem.
Besides, all the heavy rice and flour are in Sister's basket."
Flandre spoke brokenly. Tallulah listened and then looked at Alina.
"Look at you, your complexion has changed. Just give me this basket first. Later, I'll make you a small handcart. In the future, use the cart to push things so you won't be so exhausted going back and forth."
After Tallulah finished speaking, Alina turned and saw that Flandre's condition was indeed very good, whereas she herself was somewhat drained from carrying heavy items so far, so she agreed.
"Hiss, so heavy! It seems today's harvest was good!"
Tallulah felt the weight of the basket. Although she felt a bit sorry, she was also very pleasantly surprised.
"Mm-hmm, it just so happened that the village was holding a market today, so there were a lot of people and things sold very well.
Moreover, the prices at the market are ten to twenty percent cheaper than usual, so we could buy even more things.
Here, have some candy!"
Alina grabbed a piece of candy from her pocket and stuffed it into Tallulah's hand.
Seeing this, a smile rose at the corners of Tallulah's mouth.
"Save it for the children. Winter is coming soon; one more piece of candy means one more bit of energy for everyone."
As the three walked into the village, many people looked at Alina's basket with expressions of pleasant surprise.
There were very few non-Infected in the Reunion Movement. Most of the time, everyone pooled some handicrafts and let the non-Infected go sell them, then used the money to buy grain to bring back.
And the heavy look of the basket Alina brought back, which Tallulah was carrying, certainly meant there were a lot of things inside.
This way, everyone could have a full meal again.
After returning to the house, Tallulah asked about today's experience.
"So, except for when you entered the village and she waited for you outside, she was within your sight the whole way there and back!"
Recalling Flandre's state, Tallulah always felt something was not quite right.
The other party had already admitted that Vampires rely on sucking blood to sustain their lives.
And her appearance of having eaten her fill suggested she very likely had a 'meal' today.
But Alina stated very certainly that Flandre wasn't in that state when they returned from the village; rather, the further they walked, the ruddier her face became.
"Maybe the child just got hot from walking. Don't think so much. Flandre is such a good child; she shouldn't be subjected to this kind of groundless suspicion."
Alina looked at Tallulah angrily.
"Sorry, sorry, I'm just too concerned about you."
Tallulah pressed her hands together and apologized sincerely to Alina.
"Then I'll temporarily forgive you!" Alina showed a smile again.
On the other side, Flandre Scarlet, lying on the bed, rubbed her belly and let out a satisfied burp.
The next morning, Alina took her to another large house. Flandre looked over and saw it was full of children playing inside.
Seeing Alina arrive, the children gathered around in great surprise, chattering away to tell her about what had happened while she hadn't been there lately.
"Alright, everyone, I've come to introduce a new friend to you... This is Flandre Scarlet, our little Flandre.
Although she is a Vampire, she is a very good child. No one needs to be afraid of her!"
They weren't like adults who turned pale at the mention of Vampires.
Although stories of Vampires still appeared in various scary tales to frighten them into going to sleep early, newborn calves do not fear tigers; the children's curiosity about Flandre far outweighed their fear.
"What are those things hanging next to your wings? They're so pretty!"
"Fufu... Your name is so hard to say. Can we just call you Fufu?"