015    Mercenary

The next morning.

"Endless Lake?" Enid repeated with a confused look on his face.

"Yes, you've been repeating this name last night. How about it? Can you remember anything?" Daren looked at her with concern.

As for the unpleasantness last night, it disappeared when I saw my sister's pitiful appearance that could not wake up and was in great pain in the middle of the night!

This is not the first time this has happened.

In fact, since I took Enid home three years ago, Daren discovered this strange phenomenon soon after! Sometimes it took a month, sometimes two or three months, and while sleeping, the girl bathed in the moonlight occasionally undergoes wonderful changes.

At first those times, she was not too painful, so she didn't make any noise. Diana certainly couldn't detect the changes in appearance and the abnormal light, so this became a secret that only Delen knew.

However, Enid had more than one secret. Her prophecy and strange medicine were not necessarily more normal than her changes on moonlit nights. Daren was no wonder...but as she lived in Daren's house for a longer time, she became more and more painful every time she dreamed. Daren became more worried and was even more helpless.

"Wait...the Endless Lake?!"

Enid's expression suddenly changed from confusion to surprise, "I seem to... remember a little..."

"Remember it? Is it where you live?" Deren suddenly felt energetic.

"I don't know... I only saw a few pictures. I saw that lake, so big, so big..." The girl rubbed her temples, "Maybe you're right, that's my home? But I've never heard of a place called this name... Maybe even the name "Endless Lake" is wrong, after all, there are only a few pictures in my memory..."

"I haven't heard of the Endless Lake..."

Well, the topic ends here.

Everything is speculation, and Enid's amnesia has not improved.

"By the way, Daren, don't be angry about what happened last night."

Enid glanced at the brunette boy, who was randomly stuffing a piece of bread into his mouth, and was picking up his shield and sword to go out.

"Have you decided to cook for me?"

"I ask you, do you really want to be a great adventurer?" The black-eyed girl asked without answering a question.

"Of course! Like dad."

"Actually, I don't know why I've been reluctant to let you be an adventurer. It seems that I'm not entirely afraid that you will be hurt." Enid thought carefully for a while before looking at Deren and said seriously: "Let's do this. If you really want to become stronger, then I won't stop you from today, and I will even help you...but I have a request."

"Really? What's the requirement?"

"In the future, if you go on a continent, you have to let me be your follower! You are adventures everywhere, and I will also travel around the continent, and by the way, I will find the blurry pictures in my memory, that... maybe my home place..."

The girl's words made the brunette's eyes brighter than ever before.

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Three days later, the remote Dor village welcomed guests from afar.

There were two batches of guests, but they arrived almost in front and back, which made people inevitably guess that it was a time that had been agreed upon.

There was actually only one person who arrived in the first batch.

It was an elegant middle-aged woman with long silver hair coiled up high. She was well maintained, with no wrinkles on her skin. She was wearing a pure white silky satin robe with moon patterns on the robe. She held a slender vine branch staff half a person tall. At the top of the staff was inlaid with a brilliant magic ball exuding a soft white light.

Her voice was as soft as the light of the magic ball.

As soon as we met, we smiled and bowed to the intermediate archer, intermediate warrior and the elderly colleague who came to greet each other: "Hisser Eddie, His Excellency Orwell, His Excellency William... It is my honor to see you all, and may the goddess always favor you."

As he said that, he held his hands and fingers in a prayer form, placed it on his chest, bowing his head slightly - it was the most formal etiquette of the Holy See of Light!

It is said that the goddess of light was in this contemplative expression when she created the continent. The stone statue of the goddess in the small village of Door was also in this posture. Such etiquette really makes it difficult to arouse hostility.

"Haha, I didn't expect that the person who came was the intermediate priest of the Moon Cult! Now I can fight with peace of mind, and I don't have to be afraid of being injured." Orwell laughed loudly.

Eddie smiled and returned the gift: "It's also my honor."

"His Excellency Sarbella, long time no see." William, who also belonged to the Holy See of Light, called out her name directly and returned the gift enthusiastically in the same posture.

Several adventurers have not had time to talk to, and the second batch of guests has arrived!

“Huhu…”

The rapid movement brought out a strong wind, which swept the leaves, and the leaves stuck to the black magic robe, but before they could get close, they were bounced away by invisible force.

At the end of the road, six figures hidden in black robes and wide-brimmed magic hats sat sideways on broom-like pine staff in the same posture, floating towards the small village of Dole. The black robes fluttered in the wind, and seemed to appear white in snow, making people wonder if they were dazzled.

[The magicians are here!]

Such thoughts arose in everyone's mind.

Only when the figures of the black robes flew in front of them could they see clearly that the six women were all petite, but they couldn't see the faces under the hats. Although their magic robes were all black, the color of the sleeves and the magic badges on their chests were obviously different. Five of them were gray, and only one red-haired girl had silver cuffs and bright silver magic badges.

"Haha... My name is Erin! The teacher asked us to help with the trouble, no thanks!" The red-haired girl, who was obviously the head of the magicians, jumped off her magic wand lightly, covered her mouth and smirked, and glanced at the people present without hesitation, as if a proud white swan was patrolling the territory.

Her eyes were the first to freeze on the blonde archer.

"Are you the disciple of the teacher's old friend? The teacher asked me to ask you hi~" The red-haired girl suddenly took off her hat, pressed it gently on her chest, nodded to greet her, as a saying hello.

Then he glanced at Orwell, immediately put his hat back, and just gently pressed down the brim of the hat with one hand, which was also considered to be a greeting...

As for the silver-haired woman and William, the magician girl named Erin was even more straightforward and treated them as air.

During the whole process, the other five magicians did not move at all, quietly hiding in the shadow of the huge magic hat, without saying a word.

The arrival of the magicians made the scene awkward for a while.

The rumors about their strange and proud temperament are obviously groundless, and it is not without reason.

"Everyone, the villagers' children are still alive and dead. Since everyone has arrived, why not set off immediately." Eddie stood up and said at this time.

A moment later, the assembly horn of the Self-Defense Corps resounded through the entire village again.

When Daren appeared at the entrance of the village with his self-defense regiment shield on his back, Orwell's eyes widened, and his voice almost roared: "I haven't seen you for a few days, you guys have changed your guns and cannons, have you changed to a bigger shield?"
Chapter completed!