"Sister Althea, what are you thinking?"

In the living room of Vera's house, Maria sat on a high stool, her eyes blinking at Althea, who was holding her cheeks and her eyes wandering, and asked in a milky voice. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.]

"I ...... Me? I'm ......"

Althea lowered her hands in a bit of a panic, refusing to answer Maria's question.

"I see! You're thinking about Malone, right! ”

But Althea's dodge had no effect, and Maria, like an elf, pierced her disguise loudly.

"No...... It's not ......"

Althea glanced a little distractedly towards the door, blushing knowing that no one would eavesdrop on her conversation with Maria.

"Definitely! Mom sued me and said, Sister Althea you and Marlon...... It's like mom and dad will have babies in the future! ”

Maria refused to let Althea go, and she continued to shout about what she had found from Vera.

"Little ...... Little baby ......"

Althea felt that she could no longer keep up with Maria's train of thought—though she didn't know much, eh...... How exactly do men and women give birth to babies, but they also vaguely know that it will be a very shy thing, just like Marlon kissing his lips while putting his hand under his shirt and tickling his lower abdomen.

Just when Althea was embarrassed by Maria, her savior arrived.

"I'm back! Maria, Althea, what are you talking about? ”

Vera asked, smiling, carrying a small basket, pushed open the door and walked towards the living room.

"Sister Althea is thinking about Marlon, I'm thinking about the baby!"

Maria reported loudly to her mother.

"Baby? What is that? …… But Althea, thank you for helping me look after Maria. ”

Vera was confused by her daughter's words, and didn't think deeply; After placing the basket in his hand on the table, he said politely to Altheea.

"No...... No thanks, I love playing with Maria! ”

Althea hastenedly said—she added in her mind, of course—that it would have been more perfect if Maria hadn't always said things that made her blush.

"Oh yes, Althea, are you still worried about Sir Lothar? Don't worry, Sir Lothar won't be in danger. ”

Vera didn't know what Althea was thinking, and when she heard her praise her daughter for being well-behaved, she touched the top of Maria's head with a smile like other mothers, and then remembered her daughter's words when she came in, and hurriedly comforted Althea and said.

"I know Malone is a great fighter, but ...... Sister Vera, they've been gone for almost a month and haven't heard anything from ......"

Althea said worriedly.

"It's been a long time...... However, didn't Daddy Erro say that it would take four weeks to go to the junction of the Twilight Forest and the Red Ridge Mountains, even if nothing happened in between? Even if they do have news, it will be a month later! Althea, don't worry, man, it's always like this, we women can only wait for them to come back from doing things outside......"

Vera was comforting Althea at first, but soon, she remembered her husband, who had died at the hands of the orcs, and her feelings sank.

"Sister Vera, you ......"

Althea sensed the change in Vera's feelings and hurriedly wanted to say something to comfort her.

"It's okay, it's all my fault, mention some things from the past...... By the way, Althea, I baked a cake for Maria, so you can try it too! ”

With that, Vera lifted the curtain that covered the wooden basket and said generously to Althea.

"Cake!"

Maria screamed excitedly, then jumped out of her chair and ran to Vera as fast as she could, tiptoeing to pick up the wooden basket that was on the table.

- No way, little Maria couldn't see what was in the wooden basket.

"Don't worry, Maria, Mom will give it to you!"

Vera patted Maria's little hand dotingly, then took out two small pieces of cake from the wooden basket, handed one to Maria, and the other to Althee.

"Hee-hee...... It's delicious! ”

Maria took the cake from her mother's hand and took a small bite, her face filled with a cheerful smile, and her big sparkling eyes narrowed into a slit.

"Yikes! It's really ...... Cake...... But...... Where do the eggs come from? ”

Althea also tasted the cake in her hand, then asked with a surprised expression on her face.

- Although the living conditions of the refugees in Nightlight are getting better and better, they are still not a small distance from before the orc invasion.

The refugees had little access to meat - the orcs sacked Nightshade without any live livestock, and had to rely on stockpiles of bacon and sausages to make ends meet.

Although there are many wild beasts in the Twilight Forest, the current Night Town does not have the ability to go deep into it to hunt; Similarly, although there are many fish in the Elwyn River, due to the ban of Marlon and Elo Eberlock, the refugees in Night Town will not appear on the banks of the Elwyn River, so as not to be discovered by the orcs who may appear on the other side.

And then there are eggs - no livestock, no poultry, no eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs...... These things are not available, but they are necessary ingredients for baking cakes.

It wasn't the kid yet, who was always clamoring for cake, and when Robin heard it, he paid a little attention, found a few nests in a nearby tree, and pulled out some eggs...... I don't know what kind of bird it is, but ...... If only Mary was happy! ”

Vera didn't eat the cake herself, but sat next to Althea, pulled her daughter who was licking her fingers into her arms, and gently stroked Maria's soft short hair, while explaining with a smile to Althea - for the current Vera, the only meaning of life is her well-behaved and sensible daughter.

"That's right......"

Althea couldn't help but laugh - she thought it funny at the thought that Robin, who was usually a bit strict, would climb a tree to dig up birds' eggs - Paul should have done such a thing, right?

Just when the living room was enjoying itself, the door that Vera had hidden when she came in was suddenly pushed open from the outside; Althea and Vera looked towards the door, and it turned out to be Robin, whom they had talked about.

Robin, who had always been calm, was now looking very excited, and he ran up to Althea and Vera, pointing out of the house with one hand, so excited that he couldn't speak.