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Isn't traveling alone absolutely lonely?
How nice it is to travel alone, it's so easy.
Aren't you going to take an apprentice to talk with?
Hmm, I don't plan to take an apprentice.
Even if I take an apprentice and teach them many things, they will die quickly.
Under the cross-century meteor shower, Frieren said lightly.
Finally, she embarked on a fifty-year journey alone.
"I think—"
"Frieren will regret it."
Eisen looked worriedly at Frieren's departing back.
"Ah!"
Heiter smiled in agreement.
"Then let's help her out!"
So that when Frieren realizes loneliness in the future, she won't be alone all the time!
[Eisen, my dear friend:]
[It has been a long time since I wrote to you. Do you still remember what we once said?]
[Frieren seems to have realized loneliness. Fortunately, when I traveled through the southern countries many years ago...]
[Heiter, my dear friend:]
[It's only been a few decades since we last met, I didn't expect your words to become so sappy.]
[Hmm, I saw what you wrote about in your letter.]
[I already discovered at Himmel's funeral that Frieren felt loneliness, and that Frieren had begun to want to understand humans.]
[Our premonition was indeed correct.]
[But we are indeed old. I'm afraid we can no longer accompany Frieren through her long, almost endless life...]
[Equally fortunate is that I have also taken a very good apprentice.]
[Like your beloved Fern, my beloved apprentice Stark...]
[Heh heh, let's not mention my inferior apprentice, let's talk about Frieren and Himmel.]
[I think this is a very regrettable thing...]
[Eisen, my dear friend:]
[Have you heard of the legend of the Land Where Souls Rest?]
[Legend has it that the legendary Great Mage Flamme reached a place called the "Land Where Souls Rest" at the far northern end of the continent and left clues.]
[Similarly, I think it would be too regrettable if the outcome between Himmel and Frieren was like this.]
[So I consulted the records left by Flamme in the Holy City and finally deduced the Great Mage Flamme's notes...]
[I really hope I can help Frieren so they can meet, otherwise it would be too regrettable.]
[...]
Central Countries.
Bret Region, Basin, 28 years after Himmel's Death.
Near the Village in the mountains, the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on two ancient piles, casting a faint golden glow on them.
A Dwarf wearing gray and white armor and a red cape was standing quietly with his hands clasped together, praying in front of the stone piles.
Suddenly, rustling through the bushes, faint footsteps sounded in his ears.
Eisen's ears twitched, but he didn't react at all and just remained quiet in prayer.
"Really, I'm never letting Yulian lead the way again!"
Fern patted the grass and leaves off her body helplessly, with a frustrated face.
"Hey hey, Fern!"
"It was you who didn't believe that the thorny path Frieren mentioned could be walked, so you asked me to lead the way!"
Yulian retorted stubbornly.
"But Mr. Yulian also said he had a path in this deep mountain forest—"
"Something about Fern following you, and a fifty-fifty split after it's done—"
"In short, he was very confident he could reach the Dwarf's home!"
"Well..."
Yulian scratched his head.
He remembered this was indeed the path.
"Hmph, Mr. Yulian!"
Fern folded her arms and turned her head away.
"It seems we've arrived."
Frieren's emotional state was terrifyingly stable.
After emerging from the bushes, Frieren simply used a clean Magic, and all the dust from traveling on her body disappeared instantly.
She also cast it on the other two.
"Eisen, I'm here!"
Frieren greeted Eisen, who was not far in front of her.
Eisen nodded slightly, ended his prayer, and looked calmly at Frieren behind him.
"Why are you only arriving now? Heiter wrote three years ago saying you were coming."
"It's only three years, that's very short."
Frieren lightly retorted before asking curiously.
"Did Heiter tell you I was coming before?"
"So impressive."
"Hmm."
Eisen nodded slightly.
"Heiter and I have always exchanged letters. He mentioned it in the last letter he wrote to me."
Speaking of this, Eisen hesitated slightly.
"Has Heiter passed away?"
"Hmm..."
Even an elf who is not good with emotions couldn't help but fall silent when mentioning a deceased old friend, especially a former close comrade.
"Hmm..."
Eisen said in a deep voice, and after silently praying again, he began to ask about the two people behind Frieren who were bickering.
"Frieren, are they Yulian and Fern?"
Looking at the girl with long purple hair and the black-haired boy, Eisen recalled what Heiter had said.
One was Heiter's beloved adopted granddaughter, and the other was Frieren's Demon Race friend...
"Hmm, Fern, Yulian."
Frieren pointed to the two people behind her.
Immediately, Fern and Yulian also stopped their bickering and seriously greeted Eisen.
"I am Yulian, please take care of me."
Yulian greeted him generously.
"Mister Eisen, I'm Fern, Grandpa Heiter's adopted granddaughter."
Fern was much more polite, introducing herself in a gentle tone.
The Greater Demon Heiter mentioned, Yulian?
Eisen raised his head, looking at Yulian, and the moment their eyes met and locked!
Suddenly, Eisen couldn't help but tremble.
He even ignored Fern, who was politely greeting him beside him.
"Eisen—"
Frieren stood between the two, asking in confusion.
"Is he very strong?"
He naturally referred to Yulian.
Frieren knew Yulian wasn't weak, but she could hardly believe Yulian was so powerful!
Frieren had very rarely seen Eisen react like this.
Every time, it was a reaction only shown when facing extremely powerful enemies!
"Hmm."
Eisen said in a deep voice, and after giving Yulian and Fern a friendly wave, he sighed slightly.
"Frieren, you've really changed so much..."
Frieren raised her eyebrows slightly.
"I remember you used to be irreconcilable with the Demon Race."
"Regardless of gender, regardless of age."
"Any Demon, you regarded as an enemy."
"It's difficult—"
Eisen spoke straightforwardly, right in front of Yulian.
His eyes held contemplation, and his tense body was also ready for battle.
"No, Eisen—"
Frieren interrupted Eisen's words, "Yulian is different."
Frieren said lightly.
"He is indeed different from other Demons."
Different from other Demons?
Yulian listened to the conversation between the two easily.
However, upon hearing Frieren's explanation, Yulian couldn't help but sigh.
After all, this proved that Frieren had only changed her view about him... well... only about him, a Demon.
"I'm very curious about your story."
Eisen took a deep look at Frieren and Yulian, then turned and left.
"It's getting late, let's go to my house first."
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