Yuffie had imagined the many things they would encounter when they left the Mirror Realm. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At best, though unlikely, they will appear directly in front of their mothers; They may have fallen into an Inil settlement and received the first news from there; Perhaps they just happened to break into a battle between youkai - for which she had prepared a secret technique of defense and a means of escape; Maybe they'll land in the middle of nowhere, and they'll have to trek for a long time before they see people.

All these assumptions do not include a seemingly peaceful village, surrounded by a group of creatures of different shapes and forms full of curiosity.

With the warm hand of his friend still in the palm of his right hand, Yuffie turned his head to confirm that Lynn had also arrived safely, and began to look at his surroundings.

It seems to be a small, sparsely populated village. There were dozens of houses for habitation, made of planks and fired clay, simple and crisp, not anything she had seen in Eyre. The outer edge of the village is surrounded by a modest wooden fence, and there are few guards in sight – and of course, there are probably few visitors here.

Inside and outside the village grows a broad-leaved tree with clusters of small, oval leaves with an oily sheen, which looks a bit like the black locust of the El Continent, but with a much taller trunk. Their massive canopy obscured almost a third of the sky, swaying slowly with the breeze. They were just below a huge tree, and a small squirrel-like creature ran past her, jumped up the trunk, and disappeared lightly among the dense foliage.

Judging from the position of the sun, it was morning, which was slightly different from the evening when they set out. This is in line with the doctrine of wizards - each world suspended in the crystal wall system, slowly rotating in the form of a sphere, the moment is different in different places.

Almost every one of the creatures that surrounded them had a completely different form. Among them were young children less than a meter tall with large fluffy tails; A giant more than twice as tall as Yufie, blue all over, with four arms hanging down to his feet; It seems that he has given birth to hands and feet, but he can't find a huge kind of fungus where the five senses exist; The upper body is a human female, and the lower body is a cyan creature with a long blue tail like a python.

They must all be "youkai"—at least that proves they did come to this continent in the Far East, Yuffie thought to herself. She saw Rin happily waving her hand to the creatures watching her, and this act seemed to make the surrounding monsters seem more kind.

The youkai, who looked like a child, was the first to speak, and his voice was crisp and beautiful, but in a language she didn't understand at all.

The lack of a network of magic means that they can't understand language with the help of magic. But as a witch, she also has many ways to convey her will through means other than words.

The other party is not hostile, so it is naturally inconvenient for her to use too strong means. The girl slowly released her spirit and touched it in the crowd around her: "We are travelers from the Western Continent, and we have no ill will towards you, can we use this way to communicate?"

The crowd stirred slightly, and a moment later, the woman with the cyan snake tail swam forward half a meter, crossed her hands in front of her chest, and whispered a singing incantation. Immediately after, Yuffie felt the voice of the other party in his head: "Of course."

The other party has a creature who knows the occult arts—or something like that. This was not a surprise to her, and it was a good thing. With the cooperation of the two, a mental network was established that temporarily connected most of the townspeople, plus her and Rin's psychic network was established - of course, it was only for conversation.

"Hello, I'm Ulla!" The youkai with the big tail opened his mouth again, "So, you're from the west? On the other side of the sea? Are there youkai and humans out there, too?"

"There are a lot of humans there, and there are youkai too, but they don't have as many varieties as you have here. Like humans, they were created by the gods, or evolved over a long period of time, and then continued their race through reproduction." Lynn thought for a moment and replied, "Normally, they are called 'magical creatures.'"

"Sounds boring." Ulla shook her head, a little frustrated, "I thought you had a way to help me find a few more friends."

That's the problem with being a youkai. The formation of yokai relies on unstable mana condensation, and there are too many types of yokai, except for a few species with a long history and occupy special locations, many yokai have a hard time finding partners who are completely of the same kind as themselves.

As for the pre-Kailing species, they were indistinguishable from ordinary birds and beasts - a bull demon would not see himself as a cow, nor would he feel insulted because others had eaten beef.

"What are you here for?" Another youkai who appeared to be a middle-aged man with a face covered in thick black hair asked, "I've never heard of anyone coming here from the land on the western side of the ocean."

"I'm looking for my mother, she's on this continent." Yuffie replied calmly, "Her name is Alicia, and she has pink hair like me, have you ever heard of such a person?"

She didn't expect much from the answer. If their mother's idea to come to this continent is to give them a fuller and more complete understanding of this place, in that case, she will certainly not appear in the first place.

The black man shook his head, "I've been staying here, but I've never heard of the person you're talking about."

"So, what's next for you?" The woman with the snake tail whispered softly that from the initial introduction, Yuffie learned that her name was Qingluo, "Do you want to leave here, or stay in this Lily of the Valley village?"

The girl and Lin discussed a few words in a whisper, and quickly made up their minds. At present, they do not speak the language, they do not know much about the customs of the Far East, and the connection of the mind is not a safe means - many have an innate rejection of the reading of thoughts, or see it as a declaration of war. The village seems much calmer than the Far East in Gil's narrative, and is a good place to live as an early acclimatization.

She replied to Qingluo. The snake-tailed woman smiled slightly, conveying another thought to her mind.

"I think you should know that youkai worship power." She said, "If you want to be recognized as a member of the Lily of the Valley Village, you need to be better than the representatives we elected in battle. Is that all right?"

Yuffie shook her head, of course she wasn't afraid of fighting, "So what are the specific rules?"

"There are three rounds of fighting, one-on-one, and the first to win two rounds wins. We'll send a representative first, and you're free to choose who you want to attend." Qingluo replied, "Of course, because it's just a competition, please point to the end, killing or severely injuring the opponent is not allowed on either side."

"I see." Lynn responded, and then she approached Yuffie and bit her ear in Kamal, "It feels...... It's not quite what Jill said, huh? ”

The girl nodded, she understood what Lin meant, and felt the same way. In the Far Eastern continent depicted by Jill, even if it is a rare hermitage of "peace-loving" youkai, the attitude towards outsiders is too friendly. As for the rules of the competition...... It is important to know that in the El Continent, whether it is a traditional duel or a competition between wizards, participants must be prepared for serious injury or even death - although the latter is unlikely.

Either way, it's a good thing for them. She nodded, conveying her willingness to accept the competition.