(xxxi) commission (Yuffie Steinmitz, IV)
"Hey, what the hell are you doing, Yufie—" Lynn called her name from afar, "Come here, their roasted mushrooms are delicious!" ”
The girl responded, raised her head, and looked at the sky that was gradually sinking into darkness, and her heart was strangely calm. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
She knew what she had just seen. The bard sings it in countless versions, from impassioned to meandering—the origins of the heroes, and their initial assembly, have always been popular subject stories. But no one thought that things would be so simple and simple in the first place.
It's just a short and warm conversation between two people by the fire on a winter night.
After that, anyone who has some knowledge of the mercenary industry can easily recount. The Dream Traveler Fest Ikaroa and several friends formed the original "Miracle Brigade", and quickly became famous throughout the continent for its high mission completion rate and adherence to the principle of legitimacy of the commission. As for the legend and the final ending of the brigade, it is natural that countless people will sing about it - it doesn't matter how true it is, does it? As long as there are people who like to listen.
However, the girl did not read anything about the woman she had spoken to her mother in the relevant records of the Brigade - and to her surprise, when she tried to recall the details of the other party, not only could she not remember her face, but even her name was only vague.
It doesn't matter, it's enough to remember it, Yuffie told herself. One day, she will be able to figure out what is holding her back and find out all the truths that are hidden in the depths. As for now, what she got from Fang Cai's dream realm was another important thing.
The mother apparently had a good relationship with the woman who formed the Brigade, but they gave different choices for the same piece of history. Perhaps judging from the results, my mother's intuition confirmed that the brigade did not die well, and that their purpose was probably not achieved. But that doesn't mean that the woman's ideas, and the range of things she did, were wrong or worthless.
To be alive to be able to witness the truth is indeed the core concept of most wizards, including her - and there are also wizards whose ideas are for the sake of the truth, and can sacrifice everything, as if they have gone to the other extreme. She and her friends can live in the world safely and leisurely, and pursue everyone's happiness, which is indeed what she wants.
In the face of the same thing, it may not be those universal values and attitudes to life that make people act differently, but everyone's inner voice.
It was a childhood dream; It is a goal that has been diluted with growth, but has always existed; It is to eliminate all objective advantages and disadvantages, and when all interference from outside oneself no longer exists, the direction that one still yearns for.
The girl closed her eyes and tried to listen to her inner voice.
Then she found the answer.
Whether it's chasing the truth, promoting magic, or hoping for stability, there has never been a contradiction. What she wants is the freedom to pursue the world she wants. Not just her, but all the people around her and all she saw were able to live according to their choices.
Some things do seem dangerous, but where in the world is there absolute safety? She chose to get involved, not to save anything, not to achieve her ideals, but because she wanted to do it herself.
No matter how troublesome the events seem, they are only a drop in the ocean when they are placed in the endless main material realm. Even for this continent called El, the rise and fall of human beings is not too important history.
So what's the point of being willful once in a while?
She walked briskly to the nearby bonfire and joined in the elegant yet lively celebration.
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For the next few days, Yuffie did not wait passively in the village. She and Lynn rode griffons and traveled to the vicinity of the Dead several times, probing the environment for changes and trying to find possible entrances to the palace.
Thankfully, the rate of environmental deterioration seems slow. Perhaps the Cryptic Locks of the Underground Palace are still working, and the malicious magic that was originally released on the ground is the limit to contaminating the current area. This means that unless someone repeats the original process, they still have plenty of time.
In addition, they also work with Amberly to set up spells to disperse wild animals around the outer edge of the contaminated area. Beasts are not sensitive to the magic in their environment, but the periphery that doesn't see too many environmental differences is enough to have a variety of effects on their bodies.
Whether it is creating more demonic creatures or causing a large number of wild animals to die, I am afraid that this forest will not do much good. Those who currently survive in the polluted area have basically transformed into magical creatures and will no longer be harmed by their surroundings. Amber proposes to wait until the kingdom's reinforcements arrive, and then gradually domesticate and guide them to avoid causing damage to the ecology of the forest.
Lily continued to train Bell, sometimes by force herself, sometimes with Yuffie and Lynn returning from outside. The Peronite probably felt the pressure of the future, and he wasn't satisfied with being the weakest member of the team - he hadn't seen Alphonse's blow to destroy the monster, but he believed that Yuffie or Amberie wouldn't deliberately deceive people - and worked harder than usual. It's just that if they want to surpass any of the current mercenary group, or find an indispensable place in the team, the Belon still have a lot of way to go.
Sometimes, the mercenaries would go to the forest alone and hunt small beasts as a reward for Bell. The Elna people have a predominantly vegetarian diet, but they do not reject meat or hunting, but only oppose indiscriminate killing for money or greed. In the culture of the Elna people, life is a circular chain, and everyone is in a ring of it, such as plants and trees, birds and animals, and human beings. They call themselves guardians of the forest, but they never feel superior to other beings, which is an interesting contrast to some Kamal who consider themselves to be the darlings of the gods.
Alphonse certainly wasn't idle. Ever since he made the communication props, he has been interested in making small arcane devices. He thought that since he could be made as a living being, perhaps he could use the same method to create another artificial life. For the organizen, this is also one of the ways to prove whether he is a true 'life' who knows how to create.
Yuffie and Lynn gave him some advice on what he was good at, and more valuable information came from the rest of the Elna people in the village, including Amberly. Under the introduction of the two "messengers of nature", most of the people in the village and town have good intentions towards the visiting mercenary group, except for a few who have a slight opinion of Bell's rudeness. Their long lives and knowledge have given them a far better understanding of life and nature than any other race, and the two wizards of the mercenary group, other than Alphons, have also benefited greatly from these discussions.