"Wow~Finally back~Demon-cough adventurer town~"

Standing at the gate of the adventurer's town, Chelus opened her arms, originally wanting to make a declaration of going home very happily, but because she thought that it would be absolutely strange if she shouted that she had finally returned to the Warcraft Forest in the human town as a wolf half-human, she had to change her words temporarily. Even so, she attracted strange glances from the mercenaries who heard her voice as they came and went.

It's easy to understand if it's a mercenary who said this, after all, there are not a few mercenary groups with adventurer town as their headquarters, and it's not uncommon for those young mercenaries who have been out on a mission for a long time to finally come back with such a fuss, but the problem is that this wolf girl who looks lively and cute and likes and the two girls behind her who are no worse than her in terms of cuteness, no matter how you look at it, they don't match the mercenaries who exchange their lives for money and beg for a living in various dangers all day long, such a little girl feels that she has finally returned to the adventurer town or something, it is definitely a weird style of painting......

...... But then again, such three extremely cute little girls appeared in the adventurer town without any entourage, which is already a strange thing in itself, you must know that there are a large number of mercenary organizations gathered here, and the mercenary profession sounds full of freedom and dreams, but in fact, most of the mercenaries are actually just a group of outlaws who have more legitimate identities and names than real criminals. Three beautiful children are walking here so generously, it is definitely dangerous enough, they are not afraid of being targeted by some ill-intentioned guys, and they will be turned into "goods" used by those unscrupulous people to change hands in a place where no one is around?

Naturally, the three of them would not know that some of the kind people around them would have such worries about them, and even if they did, they would not have any other reaction than to smile...... Targeting them? Just because some of them are just mercenaries who are just getting started? The gods are on top, why do they think so badly?

“...... Xiaobai, let's hurry in. ”

Feeling that the three of them were first seen as strange guys before they entered the town, Sister Gray Wind suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and poked Cheruth in the back with her fingers while opening her mouth lightly, and Cheruth turned to her and Nanoha, who was obviously a little shy because she had become the focus of attention, and then took the hands of the two people and ran into the town quickly-

"Huh, don't we have to find a hotel first, it's already afternoon?"

When she was sitting in a small shop waiting for the lunch to come up, she couldn't help but be a little surprised when she heard Chelus say that she would go directly into the Warcraft Forest after eating.

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay, Nanoha, don't worry, after entering the forest, Sister Grey Wind and I will be equivalent to returning home~"

Maybe it was just in time for lunch, and the tavern was full of noisy mercenaries, afraid that the people around her would suspect her and Grey Wind's identity after saying it directly, so Cheruth leaned into Nanoha's ear and whispered to her.

The surrounding voices were so loud that Cheruth let Nanoha hear closer, and the breath she inadvertently exhaled as she spoke sprayed on Nanoha's ears, and the latter's face turned red.

Although she does not have a bad habit of peeping into her friends' privacy, because Nanoha has been by her side almost all the time since she entered the school, whether at home or in the academy, she is very familiar with the habits and manners of some details of Cheruth, so although many times Cheluth and Sekaria think they are well concealed, they are often seen by Nanoha Some clues, and even ...... Accidentally bumped into the scene where two people were playing ♀ without even knowing it.

Feeling the soft breath of Cheruth in her ears, Nanoha somehow instantly remembered that about a month ago, one afternoon in the dormitory, she wanted to go to Cheruth's room to borrow notes from the magic rune literature course, but she accidentally secretly saw the picture of the wolf girl and the blue-haired princess who sneaked over secretly in the room from the crack in the door that was not closed, sitting on the bed and hugging each other and kissing.

In fact, at that time, the two people in the room did not do anything out of line except sucking each other's lips - or rather, Sekaria was sucking and Cheruth was being sucked - and even the arms that were hugged together were just honestly placed on Cheruth's waist and did not mess around, but even so, that scene was enough for Nanoha, who was still very pure in this regard, to cause a full sense of impact on her.

Obviously, after first noticing the progress between Cherus and Sekaria, she had already understood that she was actually having strange feelings for Cherus, and Nanoha's heart was really full of sadness and sourness. However, that day, when she inadvertently and secretly saw the ambiguous scene between the two people, although the loss in her heart still existed, it was quickly replaced by another contradictory and different feeling.

The two of them looked so happy, they didn't make any other moves, they just hugged each other tightly, their eyes closed, and it seemed that each of them was paying full attention to their lips...... And when the two separated, Sekaria's doting and gentleness, as well as Cheruth's rare shyness but very reckless cute appearance with a red face and wide eyes, all made Nanoha feel like she had never felt before.

Girls, girls, do that, that kind of thing...... Will it be comfortable?

Such a thought, since that day, I don't know why has been lingering in Nanoha's mind, she doesn't know what is wrong with herself, but every time she sees Cherus and Sekaria together, even if the two of them are just chatting and laughing in the middle of the crowd, she will unconsciously recall the scene she saw that day, and then when she notices it, she has often stared at Cherus's cherry mouth for a long time, and it is really thanks to the fact that Nanoha often smiles and looks at Cerus funny like this, so far no one has noticed the subtle changes in the focus of her eyes。

And now, the chestnut-haired girl is a little panicked and realizes that her "symptoms" seem to have a tendency to worsen.

“...... So, you'll just follow me and Sister Grey Wind later, the Monster Forest is full of our former secret strongholds-uh, what's wrong with Nanoha? Why is her face so red all of a sudden?

No, no, it's just too close, ears, ears that are always blown by Cheruth's exhalation......

"No, it's okay, I'm just...... It's just a little hot. ”

"Well, yes," Chelus nodded in agreement, "Summer comes early in the Warcraft Forest, but today there are so many people crowded here in such a small place, it's normal that it will be a little hotter." ”

"That said, I think Nanoha's heat is mainly due to you getting too close, Xiaobai. ”

Gray Wind's faint voice startled Nanoha, could it be that she was being looked down upon......

"No, no, no......"

Nanoha waved her hand in a panic to explain, but before she could finish speaking, Cheruth left her side and resumed her original seat, and then spoke a little embarrassed.

"Ahaha, that's what I'm saying, it's really hot for two people to get so close together. ”

Grey Wind gave Cheruth a blank look.

"That is, Nanoha is always overly accommodating to you, and she can't bear to say anything. ”

"That's not the case with Sister Greywind, and Cheruth is only afraid of being heard. ”

Nanoha hurriedly picked up the conversation, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in her heart, fortunately, it was okay and it was not exposed......

Due to the large number of customers in the tavern, the three of them waited for a long time to finally wait for the ordered lunch to be served, and after the lunch was settled in two or two, the three of them hurriedly paid the bill and left the sultry and noisy tavern, and walked in the direction of the exit of the adventurer's town towards the Warcraft Forest.

"The Warcraft Forest at night is very dangerous, although now Sister Grey Wind and I are much stronger than at the beginning, and there is Nanoha with you, but from past experience, it is best not to approach the center of the forest without permission at night. So our task this afternoon is to enter the forest and get to the border of the central forest area before dark, I still remember that Sister Greywind and I should have had a few secret security bases around there three years ago, and then we will find a secret base near us at that time and simply stay overnight, and tomorrow be a little more careful and hurry, and we will probably be in the middle of the forest in the afternoon where we and Aunt Herlan used to live. ”

As she walked, she told Nanoha, who had come here for the first time, about the arrangements for entering the Monster Forest next, while Grey Wind followed Cherus's side, looking at the situation around the town with a somewhat serious expression.

“...... Xiaobai, there are a lot more mercenaries in the town than you remember. ”

Hearing this, Cheruth looked back and forth at the people who seemed to be idle mercenaries roaming around the town.

"Probably because of the mutation in the Warcraft Forest, the mercenaries now dare not enter the Warcraft Forest to hunt magic crystals or do those entrusted mercenary tasks. ”

"If so, fine. ”

Cheruth blinked at first at Grey Wind in some surprise, and then quickly comprehended the meaning of Grey Wind's words.

"Sister Grey Wind, you mean...... Is it possible that those mercenaries can't get into the forest even if they want to?"

"Well, after all, there are already rumors from the outside world that there are signs of an early beast tide, and I'm worried that the mercenaries of the big guilds in the town have now closed the entrance to the forest in the town in order to prevent the beast tide, so it will be troublesome for us to get out of the town. ”

Cheruth nodded at first, then suddenly fell silent as if she had thought of something, looking thoughtfully at the mercenaries coming and going on the street.

"Cheruth?"

Nanoha looked at the silent Chelus with some curiosity, and Grey Wind withdrew her gaze to look at her sister, who had always been smart.

"Hmm...... Sister Grey Wind has a point, but one thing I suddenly felt a little strange, even if the road into the forest is blocked, don't you think there seem to be too many mercenaries in the town?"

"Much?" Nanoha tilted her head, "But Cheruth, although I haven't been to Adventurer Town before, I've heard that the main headquarters of the famous three mercenary groups on the continent, such as Silver Wing, Unicorn, and Broken Blade, are all stationed here in Adventurer Town, and there are many other medium and large mercenary groups that use this place as their headquarters or have branches here, and it should be normal for so many people to have so many people here in a situation like now, where everyone can't go out and can only stay in the town?"

"No, no, no, Nanoha, you forgot one thing, you must know that the recent mutation in the Warcraft Forest is speculated by the outside world to be a sign of the early arrival of the beast tide, which is a once-in-a-century natural disaster beast tide on the mainland. According to what I saw from the information I asked for from William, in the past, there would always be another relatively large migration of mercenaries in the adventurer town when the hundred-year beast tide was approaching, even the big guilds headquartered here would not be stupid enough to choose to stay and fight the monster army during the beast tide, but temporarily go to the surrounding countries and regions to apply for refuge, but this time, judging from the fact that we are now seeing so many people stranded in the adventurer town, it seems that the town's unions do not seem to want to evacuate from the limelight at all...... ”

"So...... Indeed, it's strange......"

Nanoha muttered, looking at the mercenaries walking around.

“...... Moreover, their emotions do not seem to be very restless and afraid. ”

Grey Wind calmly observed the mercenaries passing by and made a judgment.

The three of them glanced at each other, and they all came to a conclusion in their hearts, it should be that in the past few days when they were on the road, there should have been some new discoveries made in the Warcraft Forest that had been announced, so that the mercenaries dispelled the panic of the beast tide in advance.

"What should we do, sure enough, we still have to find someone to ask?"

Nanoha suggested.

“...... Let's go to the exit of the town first," Cheruth pondered for a moment and then made up her mind. Let's go and see if the exit of the town is blocked, if not, then we will go directly into the forest according to the original plan, and everything will be clear after seeing Aunt Helan and them, if it is blocked, it will not be too late for us to ask someone at that time, after all, these mercenaries on the street now probably won't know much, if you want to ask, let's go and ask those guys who have key information, since they have gone to great lengths to keep the mercenaries in the town, there must be a corresponding reason. (To be continued.) )