457th year of the San Leon calendar, winter month, 22nd. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

When Yuffie wakes up, he finds that the light rain that has been falling for several days has finally stopped. The sun pierces the clouds, bringing warmth and a new day. She briefly freshened herself, pushed open the wooden window of her room, breathed in the air that was still a little moist after the rain, and mentally considered her next move.

There was a slight sound of the door opening from behind, and the blonde girl walked into the room with a wooden tray containing breakfast and sat back down beside her. Perhaps because she has been taking care of Grace the griffon since she was a child, Lynn has always been used to waking up early. In order to avoid being noticed, Grace has been quietly staying in the half-plane belonging to the arcane spirit for the past few days, but the habit she has developed over the years has still been maintained.

So during this time, Yuffie always gets a hot breakfast soon after waking up – just like when she was at school.

A tiny white falcon whizzed in through the open window and landed at the head of their bed. She flapped her wings, shook off the drops of water on her body, and then jumped to the ground, reverting to Eskar's appearance, and stretched hard.

"I guessed you would come today." Lynn greeted her happily, "So breakfast is prepared for three people, come and eat." ”

The three girls sat side by side, tasting the breakfast that Yurin had borrowed from the hotel's kitchen and made it herself. Today's recipe is a golden-fried muffin, topped with melted butter and maple syrup, one of the specialties of the northern part of the Breeze Forest, served with a glass of sweet milk, simple but warm. Having experienced that time in the lock, this kind of apparent calm time is already a rare satisfaction for them.

Of course, true tranquility is far from yet to come.

Shortly after Yuffie and Lynn left that day, Eskar approached Shirinfell and volunteered to be a messenger between the two and Elna. Considering that there might be important information in the South, and that Eskar was both an excellent messenger of nature and a close friendship with them, Shirefell happily agreed to her request.

The two of them who said goodbye to the forest for the time being were also quite happy to see her again. Since then, she has been going back and forth on both sides, often flying back and forth every three to five days. Yuffie was worried that she was working too hard, but she seemed to enjoy it and didn't show any tiredness. Moreover, the information from this lovely messenger did help a lot.

"Anything new, Eska?" After breakfast, Yuffie gently sipped the warm milk and asked.

"Well, let's have good news." The messenger girl held her chin and nodded, "It has rained heavily for two or three days in the Forest of Tranquility, and it has even snowed heavily in the north. Thanks to the weather, the damned demons have finally stopped a bit, and the Imperial Army has been forced to slow down, giving us a chance to regroup. Speaking of this, she looked at the clear sky outside the window and sighed a little regretfully, "It's a pity that the rain has stopped now, it would be nice if it could rain for another ten days." ”

Even the people of Elna, who live in harmony with nature, find it difficult to directly manipulate the climate change of the entire forest. I wonder if those "oracles" can do it—and even if they could, they wouldn't manipulate the continent at will, would they? Yuffie analyzed Escar's intel, thinking in her free air.

"At least then neither the Empire, nor the Saatchi nor the demons will be able to ignite the forest anytime soon." She flipped through a handmade notebook and scribbled a few notes on it, "What's the other message?" ”

"Hmm...... It's a bit of a strange piece of information. Eskar bit her index finger, "Yuffie, Lynn, you've heard of it...... Are there any strange customs of the Fritzians? ”

"It's hard to say what kind of customs are 'weird.'" Lynn chuckled and patted the messenger girl on the back, "It's like saying that you Elna people can sleep in a tree, but for the Thatchi people, it's almost unimaginable, right?" ”

"That's ......," Eskar muttered quietly, and immediately shook her head in retort, "Wait, it's not strange to sleep in a tree!" But the messengers who had returned from the east said that they had found that the Fritzians had dragged back to their strongholds the remaining bodies of the previous battle, both the enemy and us...... Could it be that the Fritzians had a habit of helping to bury the enemy? ”

Yuffie turned to look at Lynn, the same confusion in the other man's eyes. The Saatchi may also have housed corpses out of fear of the dead—even if the way they 'settled' the enemy was not always praised. The Fritz people who live in the sea do not need to deliberately dispose of the bodies of the deceased, and those small but large sea creatures will naturally dispose of the corpses.

She shook her head, saying that she had not heard of such a thing, "What did the Fritzians do to the corpses after they took them?" ”

"I don't know." Eskar thought for a moment and shook her head as well, "The messenger said he didn't dare to get too close, I'll fly over next time to take a look!" ”

"If they do have some plans, there may be danger near the camp, so maybe it's better not to get closer." The faces of Cullen, Hughes, and Jill flashed through Yuffe's mind - it was hard to say whether the Fritzians had their help or had individuals of similar strength, "Maintaining our communication with Miss Shilingfell is the most important thing at the moment. ”

"And I want you to be safe more than I don't know if it's useful." Lynn said in imitation of her tone. She turned her head and glared at the blonde girl, and the three of them laughed together.

That's right, instead of saving the world and bringing peace, all she wants is to protect everything around her.

They chatted for a little longer, mainly about the anecdotes that had taken place in the ranks of the Elna people, and the status of their former companions. Lily is as active as ever, from the bloodline of "September", which makes her extremely talented in communicating with nature, and with the teaching of Shirinfield, she has lived up to the name of "Sage of Nature". Bell muttered a desire for meat a few days after his departure, so Amberly roasted a whole Silldemon's leg for him—and Yuffie prayed silently for a moment that the Belon wouldn't collapse from food poisoning.

"It's almost time." It was almost noon, Eskar glanced out the window and stood up, "Is there any news for me to bring back this time?" ”

"There are a few." Yuffie straightened up as well and looked down from the window, "But...... Not a very good thing. ”

She saw pedestrians coming and going in this small town, busy with their day's work or affairs, occasionally greeting each other, and everything seemed to be normal. It was only a few days ago that when they inquired about the news in the town as 'imperial travelers from the countryside', they discovered that something had unknowingly infiltrated into such a town.

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