The thin man panted as he made his way to the village chief's house, his stomach gurgling.

Now that it's dinner time, why do you have to exercise vigorously? It's all Grim's temper.

The thin man's throat was dry and saliva, and he couldn't run anymore, but he had to go to the village chief's house as fast as he could, otherwise Grim would really kill the stranger, and the consequences would be serious.

Since childhood, his physical strength has not been good, and his swordsmanship is also the worst among the three, and he is not as fast as a fat man when he runs... At that time, I shouldn't have volunteered to make such a mess and inefficient as I am now.

"Hey-~! Isoldefocancio Ontesagno!! Behind the thin man came the voice of the fat man, calling his name.

"Huh?" The thin man didn't stop, he didn't even dare to slow down, he just barely turned his head, "Sion Viren Lauges Funiscly?" Whew~Whew... Why are you here? Isn't it、Let you、Look at Gri、Mmm、Isn't it!? ”

"Don't run! Stop! Grim is behind me, and it's all right! "The fat man has already closed the distance between him and the thin man, and it will probably not be long before he catches up with him.

"Whew~... Yes? The thin man saw the fat man move away, and far behind him, Grim was in front of the hedge between the houses, and walked slowly towards him.

I couldn't see my face clearly, but the movement of walking was not high, nor was it low, only calm, and I didn't know what was happening.

The thin man stopped, leaned over his knees, and gasped in pain.

After some time, Fat Man and Grim meet him one after another. The fat man didn't look tired at all, he didn't sweat, and he didn't catch up with the thin man without panting, which made the thin man feel that it was a wrong decision at first, and he shouldn't let himself report to the village chief.

The fat man first explained what had happened, everyone was safe, and the thin man finally put his mind at ease, but when he saw the expressionless Grim coming to him, he was so worried that he couldn't find words of comfort for a while.

"What are you doing, it's time for dinner, let's go to my house today." Grim said calmly as he passed, and continued to walk forward without turning his head.

"Grim—" the thin man tried to pat him on the shoulder, but couldn't do so casually as usual, "and it's gratifying that there were no serious consequences...... But are you going to do anything about the strangers? ”

I was afraid that something bad would happen, but when it really came to Grim's depression, the thin man still couldn't bear it.

"I don't have any choice but to give up at the moment."

"Don't be discouraged Grim, we can ask Rebecca, if she makes it clear about the injury, it's not about the stranger? If it is really related to outsiders, we can find the village chief to administer justice. The fat man said optimistically. But he was lightly slapped on the arm by the thin man's fingers, and his eyes showed that his current focus was not whether he could let the village chief administer justice, but that Grim had lost.

"I've lost," Grim said suddenly, as if to speak the thin man's heart, and startled him.

"I don't have the strength to protect my beloved, and if I trouble a foreigner, I'm just humiliating......"

Grim's words made the two of them not know what to take, defeated is defeated, and the facts cannot be changed.

"Then what I'm going to do next is to become strong enough to protect Rebecca, work harder, work harder, three times harder than usual, no, ten times harder! In addition, nothing needs to be considered...... Otherwise, I wouldn't even be qualified to crusade against those who hurt Rebecca. ”

There was no sadness in Grim's words, he was very relieved, and the last sentence also made the two of them excited, and they secretly made up their minds - to practice their swordsmanship with Grim and become stronger together, until one day they become swordsmen who match the strong Grim.

"Actually~ Grim," now that it was clear that Grim was not lost, in order to ease the atmosphere after the defeat, the thin man stepped forward and walked beside Grim's shoulder, "You don't call us by name every time you speak, so I can't figure out who you're talking to?" After so many years, why don't you call me by name? ”

"Humph! Your name is so long! The fat man also took a step forward and complained, "It's awkward and hard to remember!" ”

That being said, when he shouted from behind just now, the fat man screamed very clearly and word for word.

"Who are you to say about me!?" The thin man leaned his head forward and glared angrily at the fat man next to Grim, "Your name has one more pronunciation than mine!" And it's harder to remember! ”

"But my name is a beautiful meaning! The sun, the harvest, the wind and drizzle, the spring flowers bloom. ”

"My meaning is not bad! A good shepherd, a great hunter, a great fisherman, a lucky explorer! ”

They refuted it sentence by sentence.

“…… But it's always okay to call it a nickname, right? In the middle of the quarrel, the thin man suddenly said.

"Yes, we don't mind accidents, it's called that in the village, and I don't feel unpleasant." The fat man touched his round belly.

Grim chuckled, and the two of them found that the atmosphere had eased well.

"Okay, fat, skinny, what do you want to eat? Maybe when I get home, I can still help my mother cook. ”

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In front of Rebecca's house, the little boy Jobs brought Xia Zuo smoothly, already holding a jar of honey from Rebecca's sister, smiling, and walking towards home.

"Don't just stand, Your Excellency, come in~" At this moment, Rebecca was wearing an apron and a white turban to prevent oil stains, and made a gesture in front of the door to invite in.

Xia Zuo looked left and right on the ground, and didn't find the cabinet where the slippers were placed for a long time, "Don't you need to change your shoes?" Straight in? ”

"Changing shoes? What shoes to change? Rebecca buried her head, "Your Excellency's new clothes are good, even the boots have been changed, which is good." ”

"Then I'll bother." Even if the floor of this house is simple and refined, it should also be from the hands of dwarves, and it is cleaned very cleanly, awakening Xia Zuo's consciousness of changing his shoes when he goes to another house, and he forgets the background of the times in an instant.

"It won't bother, on the contrary, it's my pleasure that you can come."

Entering the house, Xia Zuo found that it was a simple three-bedroom apartment, with a dining table in the middle of the main room, and a lot of dried herbs and bacon hanging on the wall on the other side of the fireplace. In addition to the entrance to the kitchen and what looks like a bathroom, there are two bedrooms with half-hidden doors that allow you to see the beds.

"Then you wait a minute, I'll help my father out."

Xia Zuo sat down at the dining table, and Rebecca went to a bedroom.

"Is that the guest here?"

"Yes, father, go and sit down at the table, and I'll go to the kitchen and bring out dinner." Rebecca's voice grew closer and closer from inside the house to outside.

Xia Zuo saw an "old man" who was being supported by Rebecca, who seemed to have inconvenient legs and feet, and was walking out of the house.

"You said the village chief had discovered the trail of a goblin?" Father asked Rebecca with a worried expression.

"Shhhhhhhhhh The village chief said that he would get the king's attention, and even if the goblins came, the king would not be able to send troops in time, and the goblins were no match for the village chief. ”

"Hmm—" The father was silent, smiling at the guest as he was helped along.

"Hello... Mr. Xia Zuo buried his head slightly, just now he was still hesitating whether to call him uncle, sir, or something else like that in real life... This official Chinese Simplified Chinese version of the world occasionally has cultural maladaptation.

"Welcome, Your Excellency... I have heard from my daughter about your deeds, thank you for bringing important news to the village, and for protecting my daughter in the cave. ”

"No thanks, arriving at this village is also my need, as for the cave..."Xia Zuo scratched his head embarrassedly, "There, Rebecca shouldn't have gone to the danger, it's all my own responsibility." ”

Rebecca's father smiled and shook his head, "Unknown things, no one is at fault, but Your Excellency still protects Rebecca, and my gratitude will not change." ”

When Rebecca's father was about to sit down, Xia Zuo saw that Rebecca was inconvenient to support, so he took the initiative to stand up and pull out a chair for them.

Rebecca pursed her lips and smiled, looking at Xia Zuo and blinking.

"Your Excellency Xia Zuo, I still have to apologize again for the overall incident before..."Rebecca took a step back and bowed.

"Huh? What is this for, haven't you been sorry two or three times in the cave? ”

"At that time, I was just sorry for doubting that you didn't have the strength to defeat the goblins, and now ...... The goblin infestation has been confirmed by the village chief, and I have doubted you about this, and I still lack this part of the apology, and I have been bad for a long time to tell me that the goblins are threatening the village. ”

"There's no need, I forgot if you didn't say it, Rebecca didn't have a bad attitude, it was because I was too reckless at the time~" Xia Zuo said duciously, but in front of his father, accepting a grand apology, Xia Zuo felt even more panicked than when he saw the ancient werewolf or faced Grim.

"Since Your Excellency can forgive me, accept my thank-you gift, first for today's dinner," Rebecca said cheerfully, straightening up and clasping her hands together.

"Of course, I can already smell the smell of the kitchen, and I'll be eager to taste it, if it's not a thank you."

"Hehe..." Rebecca laughed, and suddenly raised her eyebrows, as if remembering something, covered her mouth and said, "Ah, I almost forgot, the medicine I made for my father before the meal is still on the stove!" ”

Saying that, she hurriedly ran to the kitchen, "Please wait, father, Your Excellency Xia Zuo, dinner will be served later, before that, father must drink medicine." ”

Speaking of medicine, Xia Zuo recalled that when she first met Rebecca in the woods, she picked a lot of "Green Worm Mushroom", although that thing has a blood effect, but it will cause a slight random negative status, that is, a debuff, and players will not use "Green Worm Mushroom" to drink to quench their thirst unless absolutely necessary.

"Ahem..."Rebecca's father on the other side of the table coughed, attracting Xia Zuo's attention.

I was embarrassed to stare at Rebecca's father who met for the first time, but Xia Zuo took a closer look at the character information above his head.

"Kerry, Lv11, HP85%......" and a series of red-framed icons, when the eye is fixed on one of the icons, the effect is the same as pointing at the mouse clipper - a detailed description will be displayed.

Very familiar icons, you know what it means without looking at the introduction, "It's all debuff...... There is also a debuff "Snake Entanglement", which invalidates the health regeneration skill, and another debuff "Mist Warrior", which invalidates the skill of solving the buff, unless you use a specific skill to solve it first, which is really interlocking, but it will not be fatal. Xia Zuo almost sighed.

"Ahem... Cough... Your Excellency, what were you talking about? Rebecca's father, who had barely stopped coughing for a long time, asked.

"Rebecca," Xia Zuo shouted into the kitchen, "I think that medicine can be poured out without bringing it up." ”