The Witch and the Doll Swear

Eyes open and close, the same daily routine remains the same, the calendar is turned page by page, but the cherished days will never come back.

The girl still has to rush from home to the association early every day, but it's just another reason. Occasionally, she would stand in a daze standing in front of the stairs leading to the second floor and the fork leading to the Liaison Department, but she had never been to the place where she was given a big bag of materials every day.

The new office location is the second floor of the association hall, in the office that I have visited several times before.

"Miss Tina, do you have any reservations for today?"

"Ah, yes, if it's work, Ms. Alif, you have a high-level meeting to attend at 9 o'clock, and then you will have a meeting with several sponsors of the association at noon, and the Minister of the Liaison Department will also be with you..."

Kannazuki——The main disaster-stricken buildings in the city have basically been cleaned up. Tina participated in the commemorative party to commemorate the heroes who died heroically in the disaster, and received a bag of Gold coins, and a medal of honor.

This event was held by the mayor's secretary, Mr. Hayma, against all odds, and received a lot of praise from the citizens, but he did not attend the event on the day.

The Medal of Honor that allowed Tina to use Tina von Sia in her self-introduction from now on, the girl got it from Mayor Hardit. The mayor has since promoted another secretary.

Immediately afterwards, Water Without Moon and Sky Moon.

Moon of Saigon - In this month named after the sun of Saigon that shines on the mainland, the reconstruction of the city is completely completed, and a new statue is erected in the square in front of the city hall.

Not the destroyed dragon hero who has long been a legend, but a new hero who saved Salt Sand City from the threat of lava dragon beasts.

"I'm not asking about my reservation, Miss Tina, but yours. Are you going to sit in front of that statue for half an hour today?"

"..."

Now, even the fiery moon has passed. In the sky, the one-horned ewe Herilla replaced the head-shaking salamander. Under the illumination of the constellations that people wished for, the entire continent is under the moon of maple fruit. Prepare for the autumn festival when the sun is clear.

Tina now has a new life that remains unchanged.

Get up early every day, and come to the association with Ai Lifu, who has become my boss, to solve my own work as quickly as possible, take a lunch break, and the two of them have lunch in the office on the second floor.

In the afternoon, she ran around as a secretary with Alif, and returned to the office on time one hour before get off work, and processed the documents that were delivered to the desk in the afternoon during this hour.

Finally, after get off work, before going home, I was in the square of the city hall, looking at the beautiful sculpture in a trance.

Except for my slight complaints about my new boss who often does some jobs that have nothing to do with my job, but because the salary is much higher than when I was a receptionist, this is not a big problem.

The girl is now living peacefully.

"It's been more than half a year, and you still can't let go? Rather, your lovesickness seems to be getting worse."

Benedict, Benedict.

After neatly folding the processed documents, Alifu stretched out on the chair.

The office of the reception department is relatively small among all the departments. Although the lighting and ventilation are good, Elif is not satisfied.

The former owner here, Mr. Jazz who had only worked overtime once since he took office, was found dead on the second day of the Seagull Festival scattered on a stone and brick altar. Therefore, now There are also people who say behind their backs that Ai Lifu's position was picked up by her luck - girls don't like this kind of remarks, very, very dislike.

But what can she do? The mouth grows on other people, and what to say is other people's business. Even if the pride of the nobility in her bones makes her extremely despise those short-sighted and unmotivated guys who can only talk sourly, things like wind reviews will not be changed in a short time. of.

However, compared to her own reputation, Elif's more headache now is that she just looks at the calendar in a daze when she has nothing to do, holding the amulet on her chest, she doesn't know whether it is to the true god or the magician lady who left Praying little secretary.

Sometimes she would even play with her own shadow, and by God, even Elif, who was not a member of the Virtue Church at all, almost screamed out when she saw it for the first time.

Part of recommending her to be his secretary is to repay her kindness for saving himself from the Goathead Cultists, and the other part is actually a bit for the honorary lady adventurer.

If you want Ai Lifu to comment from the heart, although Ting Na's hands and feet are also good, but there is a little girl in the office who is unrequited love, and it really feels weird.

Elif herself is also a young girl in the most youthful period of her life, and her yearning for romantic love and fantasy of Prince Charming also exist in a corner of her tireless working head.

However, with the mission of regaining her surname and rejuvenating the family, she has no time to waste in the hazy phantom of feasting and feasting. A small director in the Adventurer's Association is not her ultimate goal. She frequently goes out to the Chamber of Commerce, and other aspects People deal with each other in order to continue to climb up until they reach the position they once lost before they can stop.

Ting Na's way of doing nothing all day long, really made her feel that this was a great corrosion of her will.

"Are you regretting it?"

Putting the processed documents aside, for the sake of her good and positive working environment, Ai Lifu decided to enlighten the girl.

There are so many good men in the world, why worry about the only one? Even if you really like it... that's okay, the atmosphere of the coastal cities is relatively open, there are many excellent people, and isn't love just about finding the other half that suits you the most through choices again and again?

... To be honest, Lifu didn't believe it herself.

"Regret... me?"

Ting Na, who was lying on the secretary's desk and staring at the calendar, turned to look at her boss in a daze.

"Miss Alif, you misunderstood. It was a decision I made myself, and I have not regretted it."

She smiled lightly, a little confused why this lady boss who took good care of herself suddenly asked such a question.

"……are you serious?"

Seeing that smile made Ai Lifu furious.

When she still had a noble surname, she often saw the same smile on the face of her mother, a wife who was married to a man who was respectable enough to be a nobleman, but completely unqualified as a husband and father.

—Mom, do you regret it?

She also asked the gentle mother in the same way.

——No, marrying your father, I have never regretted it, this is my own decision, and it is also my luckiest decision.

The mother's answer made little Ai Lifu always have a question in her mind.

In this case, why do you always wash your face with tears?

What is it if you never regret the decisions you make? What was your deadpan expression as you watched the man hanged on the gallows at the end?

The strength of a woman?

You are just lying to yourself! Don't dare to admit your mistakes, afraid of regretting your fragile will and pretending to be strong!

"It's true, although Ms. Liliana is my "first love"... But, "first love" always has no results. Recently, I have been reading the magazine "Emotional Poetry". You know, Ms. Ai Lifu Is it? There is a column in this magazine, and some people have encountered the same problem as me."

Because of Elif's silence and the stern look in those sea-blue pupils, Tingna shrank her neck. Probably because she felt that her own words were not convincing, she took out a magazine with some curled pages and worn out from the drawer.

"Look, this gentleman's first love has to relocate with his family due to irresistible reasons, and left Yansha City. He is very painful and distressed. He doesn't know what to do. Miss Nightingale, the editor of the column, said that since there is nothing to The matter of redemption, it is meaningless to indulge in it like that, otherwise cheer up and get out of the shadow of parting as soon as possible, the world will continue to function no matter who is missing, all he can do now is treat himself well, after that, whether it is When meeting a new love, or reuniting with that lover under the coincidence of fate, you must do your best. Ms. Nightingale also introduced many ways to cheer you up. I have tried it too So, no problem."

She turned to one of the pages of the magazine, like a believer who suddenly encountered a divine revelation in despair and trouble, and began to talk endlessly.

But ah, Alifu just looked at her with pity.

——Do you think I don't know that this "Mr." is actually you?

She had that moment. Wanting to tell this young girl in front of me a cruel truth,

——It's like I know you don't know that Miss Nightingale is right in front of you.

Moreover, this magazine was only released a month ago. In just one month, how many times do you have to read it to make those pages so broken?

These words spun several times in Ai Lifu's throat, but she still didn't say it in the end.

She stared at the pages of the book that were about to fall off, and let out a long sigh.

Because you stayed in the end, I thought you had accepted Liliana Einstein's departure, so I wrote you so many suggestions and enlightenment. Now it seems that I made a mistake in judgment.

Tina, Tina von Sia, the girl who was awarded the Medal of Honor and received an honorary surname, still did not—perhaps never accepted—Liliana Einstein's departure.

Then your own persuasion will only bring about the opposite effect.

"Let's stop talking here, Miss Tina, send these documents to Mr. Haka's desk on the third floor, and the work in the morning will be temporarily over."

"Ah, yes."

When the girl took the stack of documents, she breathed a sigh of relief, put down the magazine, and carefully put it back in the drawer, closing the drawer tightly as if it were some incredible treasure, before standing up.

"When you come back, make me a cup of coffee, instant will do."

"knew."

"Don't worry about doing what you want to do. Thinking about it will only make you unable to do anything, and you will not be able to go anywhere."

"Huh? Mmm..."

The door is closed.

Listening to the footsteps gradually receding, Alifu seemed to have collapsed suddenly. She stretched her waist on the chair, feeling the bones all over her body were creaking.

——Did she listen to her last words?

——Forget it, people who know they are pretending to be asleep cannot be woken up no matter what, she has already done everything right.

After stretching her body, feeling the relaxation of her bones, the girl stood up from the chair and walked to the window.

The sunshine of the maple fruit moon is often compared to the golden light of a good harvest, but there is no planting industry in Yansha City. Even if it is illuminated by the still somewhat poisonous sunshine, there will be no fragrance of wheat waves in the wind, but the salty smell of sea water. The smell is the same as the fishy smell of sea fish.

"...But, that's just a nice thing to say..."

Leaning against the window, she took out a pocket watch from her clothes, and the girl calmly played with the silver-plated case, brushing her fingers over the etching of the white lily, circle after circle, circle after circle.

"Even if some people want to be tied down, they can't do it..."

But it never opened.

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After delivering the documents, making coffee, having lunch, running around with Ai Lifu to do some work for which I don’t know what the meaning is, returning to the office, getting off work...

After bidding farewell to Elif who seems to be working overtime today, Tina's work day is over.

Standing in front of the two black square stone tablets in front of the Adventurer's Association, the girl stood there habitually, looking up at the brightly colored burning clouds, lost in thought.

As Alif's secretary, her off-duty time is much earlier than that of the receptionists, and the moment of sunset has just arrived. Although it can't be compared with the off-duty time of the liaison staff, it is still enough to make the non-social The girls in the event were deeply confused about "what to do next".

If it was normal, she would probably choose to take a long detour, or take a carriage to the City Hall Square, just like Elif said, sitting on the bench alone, staring at the statue of Liliana for half a day. Hours, until the night gradually began to fall earlier and earlier, and the bards earned enough pocket money from the children's pockets to go to the nearby tavern, she would stand up from the bench in a trance, step on on the journey home.

According to Alif, she is about to become a new urban legend among the children who often play in the town hall square.

However, what Ai Lifu said in the morning made her hesitate a little.

There are only some.

If I don't go there, the only place I can go is at home. She doesn't know much about the entertainment that an adult should have, and she doesn't like it. She recently bought a lot of magic-related books, including textbooks on the basics of magic in the academy. I also turned it over again, but now I don't have the mood to go back and look it up.

Magic is a mystery that requires talent, hard work, and continuous practice to learn. Although Tina's mental strength and elemental affinity are not low, but if you can't use magic, you can't use magic. If you can't practice magic, it will always be just a magic theory. A scholar rather than a magician.

"……ha……"

With a long sigh, Tina walked to the side of the road and got on a bus leading to the city hall.

The scenery along the way has become so familiar that I am almost tired of it.

Yes, there are changes.

The slum has been rebuilt, and it has been renamed [Red Salt District]. My father and mother bought a new house there, and they will probably be able to move to a new house in winter.

There are no seagulls left on the street lamps. It is said that the last sculpture left on the night of the festival was auctioned off by the city hall, earning enough funds for urban reconstruction.

The ghost castle in the north of the city also disappeared, but the rumors in the city became more and more vigorous. It seemed that the castle was actually an illusion created by a powerful evil spirit. Now it disappeared because the powerful evil spirit was burned to death than the more powerful dragon. And so on, it was actually the secret lair of the cultists, and they colluded with the nobles to let them stay there openly. After Miss Angel wiped out the cultists, the people in the city hall dismantled it overnight, taking advantage of the gray rain In those few days, when everyone was hiding at home...

Probably, that's how it feels.

In Yansha City, there is still an unchanging landscape.

But where is it not like this?

The disaster in early summer really affected the urban area, which was less than one-tenth of the entire city area. Even if it was completely demolished and redesigned, it would not change the city's appearance.

In the end, the only trace left by the witch lady is this beautiful statue in front of the city hall.

The city hall spent a lot of money and spared no effort to hire dozens of excellent painters and sculptors to remember the most sacred scene of the Seagull Festival.

The excellence of these people has also been proved to be worth the gold coins squandered by the city hall. Even without any images and photos left, it took a full three months. They just kept asking the witnesses that night , to reproduce that sacred scene with pure white marble.

Recreate the scene where the holy girl spread her wings of light and stepped down from the sky, transforming the evil drake into a scattered skeleton under her bare feet.

Every strand of hair is finely detailed, and every curve is elegant and beautiful.

What made Ting Na a little dissatisfied was probably that these artists used a thin gauze to cover up Miss Witch's beautiful body.

Even though the finely crafted folds were lifelike, as if dancing lightly in the wind, how could this level of clothing bring out even half of the beauty of that witch?

Moreover, when the dragon beast was wiped out, Liliana didn't have such a compassionate expression on her face.

Liliana has never shown such an expression before, she always looks at everything in this world with a blank face, and waits silently, even when facing the lava dragon beast that burns the volcano to boiling, even if it comes from the lava She flew up, but never changed her indifferent expression. She was just a passerby, but the people in this city erected the [Angel's Monument] bluntly based on their own guesses and imaginations.

But that was the last trace of Liliana in this city.

No matter how incongruously disgusted she feels about these two points, this is the only thing left in this city that allows her to stare idly and miss the witch and the puppet who don't know where they are.

"Miss Liliana..."

Just like the past few months, Tingna propped her face and sat blankly on the bench not far from the sculpture. The setting sun of Saigon cast a warm blush on the soft curves of the statue, and as time passed, it was gradually infected by the night into a bright purple of roses, and finally fell into the night heavily, covered by moonlight and starry sky, allowing the girl to see clearly A moment that will never be forgotten.

But this kind of time is only a few minutes.

Soon, the magic lamp next to the statue lit up, as if surrounded by crowds, illuminating the statue brightly.

And Tina stood up, turned and left.

——Are you regretting this?

Amidst the noise of the roadside tavern, it seemed that Alifu's question drifted past again.

"Are you sorry...I..."

Tina thought as she walked.

--have no idea.

And this question, until I got home, did not get an answer.

The job transfer manual in the drawer had already accumulated a thin layer of dust, and there was no time limit for notification written on it, but it was by no means a decision that could be made lightly.

If it can be decided so easily, why do I have to struggle for so long?

Tina has never been able to find the answer to this question, she has always been confused.

But--

Now, why am I here?

Under the branches and the bright red maple leaves, the girl hesitated as she stared at the unique signboard that cleverly used the double trees in front of the door.

The red maple leaves made up characters that she couldn't understand. Fortunately, there was another signboard written in the common language of the mainland under the maple leaf signboard with a wonderful charm.

——[Maple Leaf Trumpet]

And just beside these two trees, there is a street sign for this street.

Thanks to these, after repeatedly confirming the note with the address in her hand, Tingna was sure that she did not go to the wrong place.

It's already dark, if you find the wrong place, it will be too embarrassing...

"……call."

The tense nerves relaxed, and then he couldn't help but smile wryly because of his unbearable nervousness.

Maybe I am really not suitable for traveling.

Obviously, the ticket, route, and itinerary are all arranged by the association, even holding a marked local map in his hand, and the space storage ring full of luggage has sufficient business travel subsidies, even so.

It's just that the smell in the air has changed from salty to the fragrance of grass and wheat waves.

It's just that when I look in the direction of the setting sun, what I see is no longer the sea that merges with the sky, but the boundless wilderness that the girl only sees in the illustrations of books.

That's all.

The girl felt as if she had been abandoned by the world in a corner that no one knew about. The dirt roads and rows of wooden houses formed an endless maze. After crossing two street corners, she could no longer tell the direction.

There are also old dogs and cattle lying lazily in the streets and alleys, people wearing clothes that have never been seen in the past pointing at her suit, yelling from the store, and hearing people asking for directions when they are lost. The incomprehensible accent seemed to announce to her that she did not belong here.

It does not belong to this small town on the edge of the grassland.

"Goo..."

—Ah, what on earth did I come here for?

The girl tightly clutched the map in her hand, and hesitated at the door of the three-story building built of mahogany and maple trees in the courtyard.

"……guest?"

Suddenly, a sweet and crunchy voice came from behind the girl.

"--Wow!!"

Because I didn't hear the footsteps beforehand, when the sound sounded, Tingna, who was already extremely nervous, jumped up like a cat whose tail was accidentally stepped on, and hurriedly opened towards the gravel road in front of her. ran to the door.

But before she took two steps, the gravel-filled road suddenly enlarged in front of her eyes——

Poor Tina was so terrified that the girl didn't even realize she had been abducted.

This posture is obviously not suitable for running. After just two steps, the center of gravity of her body lost her balance, and she fell heavily forward.

However, just before her face was about to have an intimate contact with the big-hearted Mother Earth after fifteen years.

——The body that lost its center of gravity was pulled.

"Miss, are you okay?"

The reddish-brown pebbles and soil in front of her eyes were less than a finger away from the tip of her nose. Tingna quickly stretched out her hand to support her body.

"Ah, that's great, it looks like it didn't crash."

Seeing the girl holding Tingna heaved a sigh of relief, "Hey", she pulled Tingna up who had temporarily maintained her balance.

"I'm sorry, I forgot that I was wearing cat shoes, and I don't walk very loudly anymore. I'm sorry to scare you."

"Ah, no, I was also at fault for standing in the middle of the road in a daze..."

No, it's better to say, it's all my fault, why stand in the middle of the road in a daze...

As she spoke, Tina's voice became smaller and smaller.

"Miss Guest?"

The little girl in front of the girl was holding the bamboo basket in her arms and turned it upside down, making the pile of mulberries full of mulberries form a small crystal-clear purple hill.

...She didn't seem to see the girl's movement of picking up the bamboo basket, did she? Think about it carefully, when you are about to fall, you don't have time to put down the basket and grab yourself, no...

Ting Na clearly remembered the feeling in her hands, holding her little hand, only one.

……Wait a moment.

The girl stared in horror at the girl who was not as tall as her own belly and had healthy wheat-colored skin, her slender legs and waist, her small clavicle exposed outside the dress, her cute little face and... …

In other words, this girl used only one hand to hold herself who was about to fall, and then pulled herself up all at once?

Just use such a petite arm, such a frail body?

"……Eh?"

At this time, Tina saw the pointed ears protruding from the girl's hair.

- Goblin?

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Whether you have seen this with your own eyes is another matter. In this continent, there is probably no one who does not know the existence of this noble and mysterious race.

The great mother of creation created the scorching sun of Saigon and the twelve bright moons in the corner of the endless starry sky, and then, in the center of the sun and the twelve moons, created a star constructed by the law of harmony, created the day and the At night, guide the stars to fall and give magic to all things.

But after doing all this, she left.

Thousands of years, tens of thousands of years later, the first life, the great dragon, was born in this star with only elements and harmonious laws. With their birth, various laws intertwined with each other, and the howling storm Stopped, the turbulent sea and the earth stabilized, the first flames gushed out from the ground, and in the interweaving of laws, monsters were born.

Except for the great dragon, all creatures in this world are a branch of monsters. They follow the laws of nature, the weak prey on the strong, the survival of the fittest, and they compete and fight on the increasingly lush continent.

After a long time, on a certain night in December, under the first double tree on the mainland.

On the other side of nature that has the same origin as monsters but is different, the most beloved children in the world were born.

Born under the blessings of the starry sky and December, they knew their names as soon as they were born.

- Goblin.

The lobby on the first floor of the hotel is completely filled with wood products, whether it is walls, pillars, ceilings or counters, tables and chairs, all you can see is the warm log color. The lush grass leaves in a row of flowerpots by the wall and the beige carpet on the floor add to the warmth of a home.

——Why do guests stand in front of my hotel? Didn't you come to stay here?

--Eh? This address is here, it really is a guest, so come in quickly, mom, there are new guests——

Tina was dragged in by this elf girl named Dan after the conversation above.

Although it is close to the goblin's territory, Faruiland, these natural artists and tourists seem to have little interest in the ocean. Over the years, Tingna has never seen any goblin in Salt Sand City. Unexpectedly, in the mainland We met in a small town on the edge of a prairie in Central South.

Now, the girl is sitting in front of the bar of the hotel, staring at her and her mother intently.

Moreover, it is still a mother and daughter.

Is this a fairy...

Tina was a little lost in thought.

According to the book, they are noble and elegant, intelligent and humble, they established a mythical generation and left countless legends in history.

"Dan, I've told you many times, you need to push harder when you walk in cat shoes?"

"yes--"

"Really...Miss Tina, I'm really sorry, Dan is still naughty, although I've said it many times, but she just doesn't listen..."

[Maple Leaf Trumpet] In front of the counter on the first floor, the tall and plump goblin squeezed the little goblin's face, and looked at Tingna apologetically.

"Eh? No, it's okay..."

Realizing that her gaze was a bit disrespectful, Ting Na who was sitting in front of her quickly waved her hands.

They are really very beautiful, whether it is the daughter Dan or the mother Feloa, although they are not as good as Liliana and Alice in a vague sense, but the beautiful face and good figure that seem to be made by the gods are very beautiful. Leaving Tina at a loss for words.

Even feelings of inferiority arise spontaneously.

"Miss Tina, is this the first time you've seen a goblin? It doesn't matter if you don't need to look so secretly. To a goblin, an undisguised gaze is a compliment, not a disrespect."

However, the girls peeking at them did not escape the goblins' red eyes. The owner of the inn, Feloa Fengluo made a cup of milk tea for the girl, and looked at the blond girl without hesitation.

"Eh? Yes, I'm sorry..."

Even though she is already a mother of a child, Ting Na blushes a little with her frank gaze like a girl. She hesitates to take the teacup and nods.

"It's actually the first time I've traveled far away. Although my hometown is very close to Faruilan, I've never seen a goblin there. Dan and Miss Ferroa are the first goblins I've ever seen... Really delicious I was surprised, it was even more beautiful than the illustrations in the book..."

Moreover, it is really the same as what is said in the book, even a young goblin has several times the strength of a human of the same size...

The girl stuck out her tongue and muttered softly. The goblin's pointed ears trembled, and she smiled slightly.

"Is this the first time for Miss Tingna to travel? No wonder she looks so tired. However, why did she come to this small city? Although it is not very good to say this, apart from cows and wheat and some arrogant nobles, this city really A city with nothing, huh?"

She scooped up a spoonful of maple syrup from the earthenware pot at hand and stirred it into the milky milk tea.

"Hmm... If you want to tell me why..." The warm milk tea is sweetened with maple syrup, and it tastes good. Putting down the mug, Ting Na felt that her nervousness was covered by this cup of milk tea and the fairy's soft words. smoothed out.

"I'm here to look for someone. Is that...Miss Ferroa, Miss Liliana Einstein, living here?"

But when she really started to confirm, the girl couldn't help but nervously held the amulet presented by the witch on her chest.

——Miss Liliana has been traveling around the central and southern parts of the mainland in the past six months. The last time I heard about her from the Adventurer’s Association was three days ago. It seems that she rarely stayed in one place for more than three days, but this time it seems that What kind of commission was accepted in that city, and we have already sent the letter that you are going to, Ms. Tingna...

That's what the old man with the gray beard said when she rushed into the chairman's room of the Salt Sand City Adventurers Association with the transfer notice.

That was three days ago, and she made this decision suddenly.

That night, Tingna got the letter with the address of Liliana's stay in her hand and boarded the airship. After two days of airship travel and a whole day's carriage, she finally came to this city.

This first journey in life was not pleasant, not at all. The girl who had never had the habit of keeping a diary even put her worries into words in the small notebook that was usually used to record timetables and schedules.

——I worry all the time.

The girl wrote.

——What if Liliana and Alice left the only address they knew before receiving the letter from the Adventurer's Association? What should I do if I miss myself and miss myself? What if they are angry with my previous refusal and the atmosphere is very awkward after meeting?

——I didn't enjoy the scenery of the journey at all, and I didn't even get a good night's sleep at night. The dark circles under my eyes deepened every day, so I just put on some foundation to cover it up. In the carriage, even the driver was beaten My "hurry up." to myself broke down.

But at this time, what she hoped to hear from the goblin was "nothing".

However, things backfired.

"Is Miss Tina a friend of Miss Liliana?"

Hearing Tina's name, Fei Luoya asked a rhetorical question almost without thinking.

"...I am Miss Liliana's exclusive... liaison officer."

friend...?

Tina bit the bullet and replied.

"Is that so... That's it. Speaking of it, Miss Alice did say that they are not only special operators of the Magician's Association, but also honorary adventurers of the Adventurers' Association."

As if not aware of the girl's entanglement, the goblin smiled gently and stood up.

"Miss Liliana lives in Room 013 on the third floor, shall I take you there?"

"Eh? Ah...ah——no, no need, I can go there by myself, that... yes, yes, I want to give Miss Liliana a surprise, because I haven't seen you for a while..."

Although the girl faltered and tried her best to find an excuse, but the little goblin seemed to understand immediately, she clapped her hands together and kept nodding her head.

"Ah, I understand, I understand, my long-lost friend, you want to see her surprised expression, right?"

She also took a small plate, put a lot of juicy mulberries on it and handed it to her.

"However, Ms. Liliana is a very quiet person. She may be a little angry if she is so suddenly frightened. There will be delicious snacks on the stage at this time. Here, Ms. Tingna, room 013 is at the end of the left turn of the stairs. Go ahead." Go, Miss Liliana has lived with us for several days and I haven't seen her other expressions, you must tell me, I will exchange my snacks with you!"

"Dan—you can't inquire about the privacy of the guests casually?"

Fei Luoya tapped her daughter's head lightly, her tone was a bit restrained, but the red pupils in her eyes were also full of interest.

"Then, Miss Tina, let's not disturb your reunion with your friends. Miss Liliana hasn't gone out today, so she should still be in the room."

"Okay, okay, please take care..."

Regarding this, Ting Na could only smile helplessly, and then, holding the plate of mulberries, walked up the stairs with a dry smile, the first floor, the second floor, and finally.

"..."

He stopped in front of the wooden door with the number 013 written on it.

hesitated.

The raised hand is unable to knock on the wooden door that is close at hand.

She suddenly noticed a little déjà vu from her behavior—that's right.

Isn't his hesitant look the same as when he first went to Miss Liliana's castle?

Same indecision.

The same dare not knock on the door.

The difference is that at that time I had no choice.

The difference is that I can turn around now, ignore the two goblins, go to another hotel to sleep, and then return to Yansha City early tomorrow morning.

The same thing is that neither the self at that time nor the current self knew what to face.

——After all, what did you come here for?

This was the tenth or twentieth time Tina had asked herself this question during the trip.

The self who rejected the invitation to travel together half a year ago, the self who was thrown away without any room, and now, half a year later, came back with a shameless face?

for what?

——The monthly salary of one gold coin?

——Or is it that I also have an adventurous heart and want to take risks?

——What kind of expression will she use to face Liliana and Alice?

——After saying goodbye with a smile, can you say goodbye with a smile?

Hands raised again and again, lowered again and again.

Recently, his knuckles had touched the door, but they retracted like an electric shock.

Biting her lip, Tina vigorously ruffled her hair, she sighed heavily and finally.

step up—

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Postscript of a certain day:

— Squeak.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"……come in?"

"...Hey, Miss Liliana."

"...?"

"Why, naked again?!"