
"What are you doing here, Zoe? you're not following us, are you?" ask her.
"Zoe!"
"Oi! Zoe! don't like disappearing woi!!" call someone from a distance.
"Well, as you heard, I'm on a mission with the royal soldiers..." The answer.
Kie and I were completely confused when we saw that our helper was Zoe, at first I thought that she was following us from the beginning of this adventurer, but suddenly there was the voice of someone who was calling his name from a distance and it turned out that he was also on a mission, well, because Zoe could not possibly create a play just to follow Kie.
"... oii!! I'm here!!" zoe shouted at them.
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"Huh... geez, why do you like to wander so much...., who are they?" ask one of the soldiers.
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"Sir is it okay?" ask Lia to me.
"Yes, it's okay." My answer.
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"Include him my girlfriend hehe." Answer Zoe while kissing her forehead and embracing Kie's shoulder.
"Who are you doing Zoe?" said Kie seemed embarrassed by Zoe's treatment.
"Heumm. romantic snobs." •_______________________ Lia from behind me.
"Hey man, don't ever be the sun in the middle of the night. Even if it's brightly shining, but here it gets a little hotter." Said one of the fully armed soldiers while embracing Zoe's shoulder.
"Well, we let it go." I said walking towards the tent while pulling Lia's hand.
"Luu t-wait." Kie said as he ran towards us.
There were approximately 20 soldiers and 6 6 adventurers consisting of five women while the rest were men, and in the midst of the crowd, Zoe acted romantically by kissing Kie's forehead without any hesitation at all, while Kie himself really had looked wrong with Zoe's sudden actions, his face even turned apple red while looking down embarrassed.
Although it's his personal business, but Zoe's act of showing off the intimacy was successful in making the people who were here very hot, he said, me and Lia then left them back near the tent followed by the soldiers and adventurers who also could not bear to see the two newly created lovebirds.
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It seems that Zoe is already a very severe love slave.•_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________•
Not wanting to be left alone with Zoe, Kie then also went with us back to the tent near the river, and in the end we all gathered near the same campfire, but still Zoe followed him and sat next to him very closely while smilingly staring at him, while Kie himself just bowed shyly with a reddened face sitting still while playing his fingers.
"Hei Zoe you better keep your distance from Kie, look at her smoky head."
"Awhat do you mean, Luu? I-I'm not shy."
"You know, I didn't say that." I said with a slightly mocking look.
I never said that he was shy even though Kie seemed to reject his condition, but he himself defined my speech which means he was wrong, one trapping sentence would make one tell the truth even if his expression was enough to explain his feelings.
"Ahh. I want to sleep." Said Kie while walking towards the tent.
"Hm.. then me too/"
"NO!!! can't!!" lia said blocking Zoe's way.
"Why can't it?"
"It's not okay, but it's not time yet.You better help us set up a tent or you won't get to bed." Said one of the adventurers.
"Hu.. it's not polite." Connect Lia.
Sure enough, what the hell is that innocent face. •_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________•
"This tent is only for male women not to go inside, after all the tent only fit two people and do not pretend not to understand it." Saying to him.
"But, I'm/"
"Nothing but but come with me!" I said the adventurer while dragging Zoe.
"Oi! let go, I can walk alone."
When Kie wanted to get into the tent again Zoe wanted to go follow him into our tent and of course that would never happen, Lia who saw it immediately blocked his steps before Zoe could step her foot, men should not be in the tent of women and that is the basic rule, he said, you know what would happen if it were done and I couldn't possibly let that happen to my best friend.
While we were taking care of Zoe who was pretending to be innocent, Kie went straight into the tent while playing the tip of her hair shyly without even a single glance back, she said, and after Kie entered another male adventurer pulled Zoe's neck and dragged her to help set up camp tents.
"Hm.. I don't think I need to be on guard tonight, there are a lot of people here camping hehehe." Said Lia while slightly laughing.
"Yes like that, but still this tent does not fit/"
"The thing is that the tent does not have to worry about you sleeping with us." Sahut one of the female adventurers while walking closer to us.
"Owh! really really?!" ask Lia.
"certain."
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Lia seemed very happy because there were many people who had camped with us in this forest, surely it was because he did not have to worry about the guard that he would do later that night because there were already soldiers standing guard at every hour, plus there was a black-haired female adventurer who sat down at us and offered her tent to us and it was such a relief.
"Thank you very much, would you like some warm tea?" Saying to him.
"Well, oh yeah introduce me Jun, if you know what your name is?" ask him to us.
"Include me Luna and this is my sister Ellia, and in there is Kie" I replied, pointing to the tent.
"Greetings to Jun hehe." said Lia to him with a big smile.
"Yes greetings too, but what are you doing in this forest? this place is dangerous."
"We just follow that person, his actions are hard to stop" I replied again while staring at Kie asleep.
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"Ahh.. is finally done..."
"How about we have a drink?"
"No, I don't really like to drink beer"
"Hahahaha can't you stand this drink?"
"I just don't think it's best not to drink it in this place."
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While drinking warm tea with the woman then introduced herself to us, he was an adventurer and it was very clear from his clothes when viewed from his weapons and posture he must have been very adept at using daggers or at least he was great at close combat.
After he finished introducing himself, we then also did an introduction to him, Jun he had a friendly smile visible as he returned our smiles, Jun said, meanwhile Zoe and the other adventurers had finished setting up their tents and bonfires, and the voice of the conversation with the leader of the soldiers was clear.
"What are you doing in this forest?" ask her.
"We are conducting an investigation regarding the news circulating in the guild." Jun replied.
"If we could find out, what's the news?" ask again.
"Didn't you hear it from the guild receptionists about the presence of the moving demon army?"
"So about the news yes/"
"Sister.." said Lia while holding my shirt.
"There is no need to fear Lia, after all it is just hearsay" I told him.
In our conversation I was a little curious about the mission that Zoe included in it and asked Jun about the mission, I was quite surprised when I heard that the mission they were on was an investigation about the rumors that were circulating regarding the appearance of the demon army in this forest, suddenly Lia who also heard that again felt fear again and held the edge of my clothes while hiding her face behind it, I who saw it again calmed her by holding her hand and stroked her head.
"Although it was only hearsay, but mobilizing the royal forces to investigate it must have been a big problem" said the head of the army who approached us.
"Anu.. We can talk about this later, Lia you slept first with Kie"
"Good sister" he said as he walked into the tent.
When Lia had calmed down again she became a little panicked when she heard the statement of the head soldier who had suddenly come to us along with Zoe, I then immediately stopped our conversation and with a slight smile I asked Lia to immediately sleep into the tent together with Kie, she said, as I said, Lia immediately complied and went to the tent and closed the door of the tent tightly.
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"So, what do you mean by that?" ask her.
"Come on, but I feel that there is some danger coming.The rumor is like the last wind, but it is very impregnable" he replied.
"More, there is news that the gold needle is already in the number 98 even though we do not know the certainty of the month and day, he said, but that means we only have to wait about two more years for the war of the century." continued Zoe convincingly.
"According to the news that I heard only a few months left will reach the number of 99 years." Continue Jun.
'That 'Impressing' is indeed a statement that suits this circumstance, especially if dealing with their demon lord army is not something that can be made a joke of, either, the history of those who have invaded this kingdom has existed for centuries, and to find out the timing of the attack they did the strongest magician in the past made a magic clock of a combined three hours that each had three different types of needles.
The golden needle signifies the year, the silver needle signifies the moon, and the bronze needle signifies the day, the day shifts the moon and the month shifts the rest of the year just waiting for the bell of doom to ring, such was the legend that spread throughout the land of this kingdom and if what Zoe and Jun said was true about the golden needles then this was a big deal.
"It's a dangerous situation" I said beginning to tense up.
"You could say we are a scout force to know the movement of the demon army, because there should have been some demon king's men who moved" the head soldier said.
Hearing about the current state of affairs really made me feel uneasy and tense with this situation, because if there really was a demonic army moving then our safety would really be threatened, I, Lia, am, Kie, Zoe, and the soldiers who were here would probably never survive, yes.
"It's a good step if you three go home tomorrow morning, this place is not safe" Jun said.
"Yahh.. I think that's the best.. emhhh.. then I want to sleep first, and never get close to that tent or I kick your face" I told Zoe.
"Why do you still have time to say that?!" •_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________•
"So you don't do anything weird, yahh, good night." I said to enter the tent next to Lia's tent.
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Ah this is so bad I should take Kie and Lia away tomorrow morning, I promised to protect her...
Due to the seemingly dangerous circumstances I plan to take Kie and Lia home tomorrow and abort this mission, whether or not the news is true, we must remain vigilant and careful for the possibility that will happen if the news is true.
And after slightly warning Zoe not to mess around by going into Kie's tent carelessly, I then went into the tent adjacent to Lia by removing some of my equipment and then lay down, this tent is fit for five people so I don't have to worry about jostling around in here even so I'm still sleeping near the wall.
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"Don't accuse me that no-no now get up quickly, after breakfast we will leave immediately" Zoe said as she opened the door.
"You look suspicious" I told him.•_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________•
"What the fuck, hahh. You better make your clothes Luna, you're so messy"
"My clothes... aaaa! go!!"
"Good, see you"
The bright sun shone through the wall of the tent near me and made it a little warmer, because the wall felt warm and a little dazzling there was also a hand that was coiled in my chest I then woke up and sat down while slightly stretching my hand forward and found Lia who was sleeping beside me, it was quite confusing as I recall Lia sleeping in the same tent as Kie.
One thing I thought of had to be someone moving it and at the same time Zoe came as if she had guessed my thoughts, but even so I still didn't believe her, just before he left Zoe reminded me of my sagging clothes due to loose fitting and yes.
I immediately pulled the blanket at my feet with a slight cry for him to leave my place.
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"Well…! why did it escape?" I said while fixing my sagging clothes.
"Emmhhh…! loh... Why is Luna's sister here?" ask Lia.
"Sister should have asked Lia, why are you here, instead of you sleeping with Kie?"
"Um.. I don't know, if it wasn't wrong last night I went out for a drink.. after that.. um.." said Lia with thought.
Y-yahh probably means wrong to enter the tent.
"Yes no need to think about it anymore, you already understand."
"Hehehehe" Lia's laughter.
After Zoe left and closed the curtain of the tent I then immediately fixed my clothes and tidied them up, shortly after finishing tidying my clothes that were open Lia woke up from her sleep with a look of confusion when looking at me, although I should have expressed it that way because honestly I was quite confused by this situation, but one thing that was immediately thought of by me when I heard Lia's answer, was, he must have been wrong in the tent when he came home for a drink I can imagine that because Lia was often delirious in the middle of the night.
"Let's wash our faces first, then gather with the others."
"Good brother."
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"Agh! the water was very cold" said Lia rubbing her face with river water.
"Yahh, this is very refreshing" I said.
Finished chatting we then went out of the tent to wash our faces in the river water with the cold clear water, very cold and refreshing really morning sensation in the middle of the forest.
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"Wo! you're awake too."
"That's how hehe is" Kie replied with a small laugh.
"Good morning Kie." Saying to him.
"For Luu, how are you? is it better?" askinya.
"Yes pretty good, but it still hurts a little bit to move."
Enough with the water of the river I and Lia then approached the adventurers and soldiers who were sitting together, there was a very clear sound of independence who were joking with each other and between them Kie, Jun, and the others, and Zoe sat down to talk to them, but of course Zoe never sat far from Kie, she looks like glue that sticks tightly to Kie when it was only a few days ago that she expressed her feelings.
Lia and I immediately greeted Kie and sat down next to him with a little talk about my current situation, and yes I still had trouble moving my left hand because of his unhealed internal injuries.
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"Hm.. Then you should take the medicine first" I said while giving the liquid medicine that Emma gave me.
"T-no p-need later also healed itself" he said slightly turned his face.
"Mmm brother!"
"L-yes yes well. I drink…"
Glek Glek
"… agh! it's bitter!"
"Hehehe" Lia's laughter.
"The medicine has always been Luu shishishi" I said as I held my laughter.
Seeing Luna who was afraid of taking medicine made me barely able to hold back my laughter she was an adult, but being afraid of such a thing was truly adorable and fortunately there was Lia with a gaze that forced Luna to take the medicine, it was very clear the face of compulsion from Luna while taking the medicine hehehe.
"What's wrong with you, Luna, are you sick?" ask Zoe.
"Well, a few days ago he was exposed to kerberosene poison, so he had to take medicine every day, but unfortunately he was too afraid to take medicine" I insinuated a little Luna.
"What do you mean, you saw that I had a drink, right!!?" sahut Luna did the defense.
"I'm amazed you can survive that" Jun told him.
"I also thought about it, but it's a great relief" said Luna.
The people who were here looked surprised by the fact that Luna managed to survive the poison, and indeed it was a rare thing to survive Luna was an unexpected fortune.
"Anu Kie. about our mission…"
"I know it's Luu, but we're halfway through and it's also very close around the cliff" I said as I stared at the large cliff that was far enough in front of us.
"Hey miss, the cliff is quite far maybe about 5 hours drive depending on the condition of the path" said the head soldier.
"Y-yes but, at least it's not until the day's journey" I said.
"J-so we continue on this mission?" lia asked while hiding behind Luna's shoulder.
"I don't think it's a problem, because it's still not too far into the woods."
In the middle of the conversation Luna asked me about the mission we took and of course I kept running it because the place we were headed to was very close, the people here were a little surprised when they heard that Lia was no exception to hide behind Luna's shoulder while holding Luna's hand with her gloomy face, not that I wanted to find danger by continuing to carry out this mission, but because there were only a few more we would arrive at the place where we were headed where there were many medicinal plants we were looking for.
The large high cliff was clearly visible in plain sight and that's why I still chose to continue, if we abort this mission then everything we did up to this place is just a waste.
"Well, then I'll help prepare breakfast…"
"So I'm coming" said Lia following him from behind.
"I'll just wait here, I'm lazy to move hehehe, it's cold this morning."
"Alright, I'll call you later" Luna told me.
Finished with our conversation Luna and Lia then went over to Jun and friends to help them prepare breakfast, while I was still sitting by the campfire due to a very cold day, well… I am lazy to move if in this state my feet seem frozen to step hehe. ^_^
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"Hey Zoe your girl is so brave. Make sure you protect her HAHAHAHA!!" said the soldier's head while patting Zoe's shoulder and then went to gather everyone.
"I know that." said Zoe looking at me.
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"Aaaa what?" I asked while dropping my eyes.
"No, it's just that you look beautiful this morning."
"J-don't say it in the morning blind like this." I said as I turned my eyes away.
"… h-hey t-wait…"
Ahh yes follow it…
"Kie, Zoe let's have breakfast first!" call Jun.
" … "
"I-iya t-wait a moment. anu.luna has called j-so.. I want breakfast first" said I stood up and went straight to Luna.
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Aaaa!!! congratulations to me congratulations!!
Because there was no talk of the soldier's head then left by patting Zoe's shoulder while whispering with him then laughing loudly while leaving us to gather all his soldiers, he said, although I could clearly hear what she was saying to Zoe because I was right next to her.
Although their conversation was brief, but I was a little stunned to hear it even more so after the warrior chief left Zoe did not stop looking at me to the point that I had to duck a little to avoid it, he even kept his face close to me even though I had pushed a little to block him from getting closer and closer until finally there was only a little distance left we would touch and at that time Jun calling us because the breakfast was ready just so I stood up and left Zoe behind, I was delighted and moved by it because I could barely avoid it if it was not called Jun.
"You're why Kie, there's still a lot of seating there" Luna told me.
"St! please let me be here."
" … "
"Owh so, yahh. alright."
Successfully escaping from Zoe I sat down between Luna and Jun lest she sit near me for a while instead of me not liking it, but because I'm so hard-pressed to focus if he's constantly around me even from yesterday I'm having a hard time getting my focus, even though he's an old friend of mine and joking around with him a lot, but I don't know why I'm so awkward with him now.
"You want to be fed?" zoe told me.
"Uhuk uhuk. t-no need to eat alone" I said.
"Hei Zoe can't disturb Kie from eating." said Luna, wiping her face.
"Iiiyuh.." Lia set aside her food.
"Y-yeah well."
"Eh! Luu m-sorry I didn't accidentally."
"Well, it's okay hehehe."
Hearing Zoe's words just made me choke and spout a little water in my mouth to the extent that it hit Luna who was beside me, and also Lia who was setting aside her food because of that, after rejecting that I continued to speed up my meal with a slight bow because Zoe sitting in front of me my breakfast today was very difficult.
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