'Po~'

Gently kissed the jewel that flew to his face, Ahri said softly: "Go, baby~ find something to eat and come back~~~"

With Ahri's words, the translucent orb that always floated in her hand during the battle, as if the gods blocked and killed the gods, and the demons blocked and killed the demons, gradually began to fade under the gaze of others, and finally the shadow of a small blue fox appeared from the orb. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When the whole orb disappeared, the little blue fox relaxed slightly, jumped lightly to Ahri's feet, and rubbed the demon fox with his head affectionately: "Twitter, twitter......"

"Well, because there's no way, I didn't know if these 'bad guys' would beat your mind, so I haven't let you out to breathe. Okay~ Hurry up and find something to eat...... Well??? ~”

Faced with the resentment of the little fox demon, the 'nine-tailed demon fox', who was still majestic just now, couldn't bear it at first and coaxed two sentences. Then I found that the little guy was a little kicking his nose and face, so he had to take out the momentum of the once dominant forest in northern Ionia, and the long 'um' that made the demon spirit shiver and run away to do things.

"Wow!! It's so cute! ”

"Huh? ~~”

"What's that?"

The unexpected way of appearance, the super cute interaction with Ahri, made the curious yodelers and the 'explorers' in an awkward state all exclaimed.

Unexpectedly, the 'Nine-Tailed Demon Fox' really had a way to solve the most urgent crisis at the moment, and after seeing the demon spirit transformed into the orb penetrate a narrow rock crevice, Lux was also very surprised and asked, "Ahri... This is? ”

"Haha~~~ Secret!"

The curious gazes of the other companions made Ahri's fox tail can't help but high.

But the real relationship between the demon and her is not suitable for the public to know, and being willing to show the demon in front of a few people is already the way the demon fox clan treats trustworthy friends.

The blue fox, which was somewhere between the spirit and the real thing, didn't take long for Ahri and the others to wait long before it emerged from a place covered with a thick layer of snow in the distance.

"Twitter ......"

Quarrelling with Ahri, when the 'explorer' wanted to make fun of the little fox and returned empty-handed, Ahri was already in high spirits and spoke first: "Come on, it's time to get down to business!" ”

With that, Ahri followed the fox to the thick snow, and the two yodelers, who had already become much closer to the demon fox, also followed closely behind Ahri, wanting to satisfy their curiosity at the first time.

"Let's go, Izawa. Ahri is a big child, what are you fighting with her? ”

"How is that possible? That guy ......."

Caught by Lux and chasing after the three who ran away, Ezreal did not forget to whisper a word of defense to himself, but he felt very funny in his heart, Lux actually asked him to treat the 'Nine-Tailed Demon Fox' who doesn't know how many years he has been living alone in the forest as a child.

The warrior monk at the end of the formation seemed to look back and forth with some sense, but he didn't find any problems, so he continued to follow silently.

Chasing the fox that was leaping freely on the snow, the five Ahri wearing snowboards also walked smoothly through the thick layer of snow.

Then, under Ahri's command, the men managed to dig a deep pit in the snow, and did not stop until they dug the original hole in the earth.

Then, the pale blue fox pierced through the hard soil under the snow from another place.

After a while, the five people who were holding their breath on the edge of the small pit noticed that the hole under the snow layer began to move, and after a burst of sound, two snow rabbits, who had hoarded a lot of fat in the summer forest and grass, rushed out of the hole in panic.

Two spell missiles flashed, and Ahri and Ezreal, who had some other signs, both hit one accurately, and sent the snow rabbit to meet the ancestor cleanly.

After the two rather fat snow rabbits fell to the ground, the cute fox followed out of the hole with grinning teeth.

It turned out that the fox scared out the snow rabbit, which was already a little dizzy and dizzy because of the heavy snow sealing the hole, from the only living mouth with air flow that several people took out, otherwise the two snow rabbits who could not dig up the thick snow at all might not be able to hold on to the snow melting and suffocated in the hole.

"Wow! Now you can fill your stomach! ”

The little cannon girl who was guarding a little back with the 'Boom' on her back looked at the snow rabbit in the hand of the 'explorer', and couldn't help swallowing her saliva and said.

It's just that......

The yodel scout, who was holding the poisoned arrow and did not add to the chaos, asked in a whisper, "Is this how to eat it raw?" Not so good......"

It seemed that they needed to light firewood, and the five people who had just caught two snow hares couldn't help but look at each other.

Fortunately, there was still someone in the team who would always be able to rely on, and Li Qing took out the package from behind him that had collected sawdust before.

However, looking at the few sticks of wood and sawdust that Master Li Qing took out, Ezreal, who was the best at making food in the team, thought for a long time, and didn't think of how to use this fire to make a cooked meal, so he had to suggest that everyone endure it a little longer, and find a way to find more firewood before filling their stomachs.

In this barren mountains and mountains, in the cold and icy land, except for Ahri, who has long been accustomed to raw food, unless it is absolutely necessary, others still eat cooked food to be the most responsible for the health of the body.

However, the further forward it goes, the more it seems to confirm the bad guess of the 'Nine-Tailed Demon Fox'.

Except for the cold wind and the majestic rocks, there is an endless white world of ice and snow, and the plants that used to grow strong from the cracks in the mountains are all gone.

Overhead, the bright sunlight was also tired, and began to converge little by little to shine on the brilliance of the earth.

"That...... Ahri, can you think of a way to find some branches or something before it gets dark? ”

After hesitating, Ezreal still opened his mouth to ask for help from the demon fox who had been at odds with him, encouraged by Lux's eyes.

"Hah! It's long overdue, blonde boy. When you need the king's help in the future, don't suppress yourself~~~"

The King of Demon Foxes, who hates being commanded in a commanding tone, is in a good mood immediately after hearing that the 'explorer' has finally asked for help from him.

Ahri, who was satisfied with Ezreal's performance, swagged his nine big plush tails, and summoned the fox again: "Go, baby~ Let this crappy guy see what you can do." ”

Listening to the words of the demon fox who would not let go of him, Ezreal shrugged helplessly at Lux.

The girl shook her head and smiled, quietly pinched the 'explorer's arm with her left hand, and quickly withdrew her hand back to her side before Tristana's radar-like eyes swept over.

The fox, who has the advantage of a half-spirit body, quickly lived up to expectations and found the trunk of a tree that was half broken by the storm on the side of a mountain.

However, this trunk is very moist from the branches found at noon, and it is not very easy to light if it is used directly as firewood.

This time, the warrior monk has always carried it with him, and the sawdust left over from making snowboards at noon has immediately changed from a small role that has no effect to a big hero who ignites the fire.

Carefully maintaining the bonfire, constantly flipping the fat snow rabbits strung on sticks, when the sky was completely dark, the hungry and tired envoys finally ate their first bite of food.

The Iron Ridge Mountains were quiet, and the night sky was even quieter after the storm, and the moonlight was no longer stingy, adding a silver makeup to the earth.

Under a certain mountain wall at the western foot of the Iron Ridge Mountains, a not-so-exuberant bonfire reflects the happy faces of the people.

But although the moonlight is bright, there is always a dark place that cannot be taken care of, and in the valley where Ezreal once stayed to make snowboards, a dark shadow flashed silently into it.

After a careful search and sniffing, the dark figure turned and looked up and let out a few low summons.

More shadows flashed into the valley, and in a short time, they left silently as they had come.

Night......

Deeper.

Sitting on guard at the campfire, which was still stubbornly holding a few small flames, Ezreal was taking advantage of the light of the fire to carefully study the 'Ice Vein Gauntlet' left hand after the fierce battle the night before.

'Boom...'

Soft footsteps sounded.

Lux, who had just changed the guard and fell asleep, walked back for some reason: "Ize, the way you looked last night really scared me......"

Lux's words made Ezreal, who turned around and noticed that the girl had come to her side, didn't know how to speak, so she had to bury her head in a muffled voice and continue to play with the gauntlet.

I didn't think about this, but it was the first of many words that Lux wanted to say in her heart, and sat down beside Ezreal with her knees crossed, and the girl looked at the ink-stained starry sky, and asked softly: "Izawa, is it that every time I encounter danger, you will stand in front of me so desperately?" ”

"When, of course."

"Why?"

"Huh? What why? ”

'Stupid! ’

Tristana, who had been awakened by the movement of Lux getting up, had been eavesdropping on her ears for a while, when she heard Ezreal start to retreat from the girl's deliberate and excellent topic, and almost couldn't suppress the excitement in her heart and blurted out this stupid sentence, but in the end she was finally suppressed by reason, or rather, the fire of gossip that was raging.

Hearing Ezreal's somewhat weak heart, he subconsciously retreated and replied, Lux's eyes, which were even more crystal clear against the firelight, slowly swept over the mottled blood stains that still remained on the clothes of the 'explorer', and silently changed the question: "Have you ever encountered such an extremely dangerous thing when you were exploring before?" ”

"Uh...... To be honest, I didn't have this great handguard before, so I usually pay a lot of attention to my situation, hmm, so ......"

For some reason, Ezreal felt like she was back at a loss when she first met Lux, and she couldn't speak fluently.

Pressing her beautiful face against her curly knees, Lux's voice was as soft as moonlight: "That... If it weren't for this gauntlet, would you still be in front of me in such a dangerous situation? ”

"Yes!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the beautiful back of the first encounter flashed behind the fence, and Ezreal felt that some emotion was stirred in her heart, and she blurted out the girl's question.

Then, under the exploratory gaze of Lux beside him, Ezreal, who had never chased a girl in the academy, integrated all the emotional intelligence of his life into the next sentence: "Everyone has a treasure he wants to protect." Before I met you, Lux, I thought that what I was looking for in this life would be the great glory of discovering the ancient ruins. ”

"But that meeting in Boulder Mountain City made me understand that Lux you are the treasure I am willing to protect with my life......"

'Hey! Izawa kid, you're disgusting! ’

The little cannon girl, who had unconsciously rolled around the campfire several times, had just sighed that Ezreal was as stupid as a pig, and now she covered her face again, scolding this kid in her heart.

As if by the faint hot wind of the campfire, Lux, whose face was a little crimson, slowly turned her head to the other side with a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth.

Ezreal, who found that there was no movement around him after talking about love, turned around and saw the long back of the girl's neck exposed after turning her head, and the slightly thin back in the cold wind, and a bold thought crept uncontrollably into her heart.

'Knock knock ......'

'Knock knock knock ......'

'Goo-dong...' X2

The shadow of the 'explorer' on the mountain wall, which was very distorted by the firelight, was extremely stiff and raised his right hand, and continued to stay at a distance of about a finger behind Lux, as if he had accumulated a big move and could not hold it for a long time.

The warrior monk, who was sitting on the outside of the temporary camp and resting with his eyes closed, inadvertently opened his eyes and swept past the 'Explorer' and 'Radiant Girl' who were beating violently, as well as the 'Merlin Gunner' and 'Nine-Tailed Demon Fox' who were quietly swallowing their saliva and hated to work hard for the stupid boy, and then closed their eyes helplessly.

'Their hearts beat faster......'

So on this road of martial arts, Li Qing felt that he still had a long way to go, and without the cooperation of his eyes, he was still easily misled by the noise.

In the corner of the camp, holding the basket of cultivating mushrooms, Timo was sleeping soundly, and wiped the corners of his mouth cutely and unconsciously shed the saliva.

'Crackling ......'

A small flame that wanted to assist jumped and made a soft sound, and the arm that was flat behind the girl finally took advantage of the sound of a needle falling, covering her ears and gently hugging it like a bell.

There was no refusal, and the two tense bodies involuntarily and slowly relaxed.

Campfires jumped, and the cold wind howled......

In the beautiful night, in the quiet snuggling of the two young people who were attracted to each other, they soon slipped away quietly.

Thinking that there were many unknowable difficulties waiting for her ahead and that she needed a well-rested guide to deal with, Tristana, who found that there was no more gossip to see, quietly woke up the yodel scout who was sleeping not far away, and his hand was about to be eaten in his mouth.

"Huh? Yes! Is Captain Timo on duty? ”

The sleepy-eyed little Timo stretched his waist to stand up, but found two people sitting on the rocks at the edge of the camp who should not be on duty, so he greeted strangely: "Huh? Isère, you haven't slept yet, have you? ”

"That...... I'm having a problem with my gauntlet, and I'm asking Lux to help me take a look......"