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The pitch-black night.
Kanne was brutally pinned under the claw of a corpse-luring bird.
"Coo coo!"
After the corpse-luring bird tilted its head and cooed a few times.
It aimed its sharp beak at Kanne.
It had decided it was time for a feast.
Kanne finally couldn't bear the fear in her heart any longer.
She started screaming loudly.
"No, Lawine!"
What a weak human.
The corpse-luring bird's movements didn't slow down one bit because of Kanne's cries.
It even mocked her inwardly.
"Boom!"
A huge sound rang out.
The corpse-luring bird's body was violently knocked down the hillside.
Just when its sharp beak was only one millimeter away from Kanne!
A powerful Magic restraint suddenly encircled the corpse-luring bird!
"Phew, saved…"
Kanne looked at the woman walking slowly towards her in the darkness, holding a staff emitting a radiant white light.
She let out a sigh of relief.
"I told you to be careful of demons."
Frieren sighed.
She walked past Kanne.
Without stopping her steps.
After walking straight to the edge of the hillside.
She fiercely shot a standard attack Magic down the hillside!
The radiant white light column almost illuminated the dark night for an instant!
"Coo coo!"
The corpse-luring bird's death cry rang out.
Announcing the complete removal of the danger.
"Uh-huh, uh-huh."
Kanne was still shaken.
She just kept nodding with her lips pursed.
She was terrified.
Frieren felt a bit helpless.
After all, she was still just a child…
"Let's rest for a while."
Frieren extended her hand towards Kanne.
Seeing that Kanne didn't resist.
Frieren pulled Kanne and sat down by the hillside.
It seemed like she wanted to say something.
Frieren looked at Kanne beside her, who was quietly lowering her head, seemingly contemplating life.
She thought she should say something.
"Are you feeling better?"
Frieren spoke softly.
Kanne's body trembled suddenly, then she nodded gently.
"Mm."
Looks like she's not yet…
"I heard you call Lawine's name just now..." "Mm…"
"But don't you dislike her?"
"Dislike…"
Kanne pursed her lips.
For a moment, she didn't know what expression she should show.
Do I dislike Lawine?
"But aren't you two working together very well?"
Seeing an opening.
Frieren continued to press the question.
"Actually, I don't dislike Lawine, it's just that"
"Just what?"
A hint of curiosity flashed in Frieren's beautiful eyes.
Completely forgetting that she had originally intended to comfort Kanne.
"It's just that she's too strict with me."
Kanne said with a bitter smile.
"I still remember last time..." It was also at the edge of a hillside.
No, it should have been the edge of a cliff.
That was during the graduation exam for the Mage school.
The exam required them to reach the coast within a specified time.
Because Kanne was afraid of heights, she hesitated to cast Flight Magic and set off.
And Lawine was urging her on from the side.
Completely without any intention of being gentle or sympathetic.
"If you don't set off soon, I'll kick you down."
Lawine said, pretending to be impatient.
In reality, her gaze was subtly glancing at Kanne's reaction.
"I dislike you."
Kanne lowered her head, hugged her legs, and curled up into a ball.
She looked small, pitiful, and helpless.
"I know."
Lawine said nonchalantly.
But she raised an eyebrow and listened carefully to Kanne's words.
"You're always so harsh to me..." "Someone like me only improves when they receive praise!"
Seeing Lawine's casual attitude.
Kanne couldn't help but start whimpering softly.
She was about to cry.
"You..." Lawine's voice rarely became gentle.
No matter how stubborn her words were.
Seeing Kanne like this.
She suddenly found herself unable to speak.
"Isn't the way you are now because you were spoiled by your parents..." "If I praise you a little, you'll get carried away..." "So how do you want me to be gentle with you? Anything is fine."
"Then tell me my strengths."
Kanne stopped whimpering.
She said softly.
Huh?
Lawine's eyebrow twitched.
She asked tentatively.
"Really?"
Kanne didn't speak, just silently buried her head deeper.
"You're actually very timid, but you still persist in working hard."
Lawine lightly bit her lip.
Saying words that were difficult to utter.
Kanne then raised her head and looked towards Lawine.
"Those are your strengths..." "Can we set off now?"
Lawine's cheeks were rarely flushed.
But she still acted tsundere and pretended not to care.
"Say one more."
Kanne shook her head, saying she wasn't satisfied.
"Ah, why should I!"
Lawine was practically dumbfounded!
Such cheesy words!
And you want me to say a few more!
But her response was Kanne's silence.
"You work very hard behind the scenes..." Seeing this, Lawine could only bite her lip.
Ignoring her flushed cheeks.
She continued speaking.
"You observe the people around you and thoughtfully consider others..." "And…"
Lawine's face was so red it looked like it was about to bleed.
"And?"
Kanne asked curiously.
"You're very cute when you smile."
Lawine couldn't hold it in and finally blurted it out.
However, Kanne didn't react to these words.
"What's wrong?"
Lawine looked at Kanne strangely.
She was fine just a moment ago.
Why, after saying… cute, did she…
"How disgusting."
Kanne made a look of disgust.
In return, Lawine angrily kicked her off the cliff.
"So you two had such experiences..." Frieren felt a bit emotional listening.
"I'm really envious."
"No, what's there to be envious of!"
"She brutally kicked me off the cliff!"
Kanne stood up and shouted indignantly.
"But you're fine, aren't you?"
Frieren smiled with her lips pursed.
With that, without waiting for Kanne, who was lost in thought because of her words, to come back to her senses.
Frieren pulled her and walked down the mountain.
She had already thought of a plan to catch the bird.
All she needed to do today was rest well.
"Oh right, where did you go earlier?"
Kanne suddenly remembered why she had left the tree hollow.
"Testing a spell."
"What spell?"
Kanne asked curiously.
"You'll know tomorrow."
Frieren replied with a light laugh.
Returning to the tree hollow.
Looking at the empty tree hollow, with only her small blanket left.
Frieren was suddenly startled.
"Where's Lawine?"
"Wasn't Lawine sleeping?"
Kanne walked up from behind Frieren.
Seeing the empty tree hollow, she was struck as if by lightning.
"Lawine!"
The girl's scream echoed through the Forest.
Meanwhile.
Geisel number one, lying on the ground tied up.
Stared blankly at the man in front of it who had punched it down from the sky.
It tilted its head in confusion.
"Coo coo?"
It could feel that this was clearly just an ordinary human.
But who could explain why it had been knocked down by his punch?!
"So..." "Is the goal of the Demons behind the scenes to capture humans?"
Yulian looked at the blue-haired girl he was holding in his arms.
He furrowed his brow in confusion.
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