"Val! I've said it many times, don't bring all this into the house! If Lin and the master come back and find that the house has been piled up like this by us, I don't know how Lu Dao will feel!"

When Val dragged a dozen townsfolk into his house to thank him, Chika finally couldn't stand it anymore - should Val's character not be able to refuse the kindness of others? Maybe it was because Val was still young and didn't have Rin's "precocious" temperament, giving people the impression that she was really similar to her own young daughter, and always got extra benefits from the other party when she fulfilled the townspeople's commissions...... Feels like a little red flower for a good child?

Today, Val "harvested" three loaves of bread, a bucket of milk and half a bag of flour.

Yesterday, it was a basket of fresh fruit with two pieces of cake.

The day before yesterday, because I helped the hunters who went out hunting, I was given an extra deer leg and two wild birds...... And that's not even counting the "benefits" that Vaal brought back a few days earlier. Blessed with Tovar's dumb face, Kika now had a headache as to how to place these things in this modest house. It's not that there's no room to spare, though...... But you can't hang that unsalted deer leg in your bedroom, right?

The deer leg was still fresh - due to her and Val's lack of life skills, they didn't know anything about curing meat! In order to prevent the deer leg from spoiling, Kika had to use magic to freeze it temporarily. Through the crystal clear ice, you can actually see the blood seeping into the ice from the deer's legs.

But now. Kika looked at a basket with a strong fishy smell in front of him, and the corners of his eyes twitched: "What is this going to do, so that you can bring back so many fish?

"This ...... Ran a bit far today. With Paul's help, I managed to get a big fish that grew and had long teeth, as if this big fish was the culprit behind the perennial problems in that lake. When I got it ashore, everyone looked so happy~"

"How big?"

"Probably...... It's a dozen of my size, isn't it? It's a big mouth, but it's so big......" Val gestured with both hands, drawing a shape almost as tall as herself, "You could eat me in one bite!"

"The big fish. Could it be that the teeth in the mouth are all very ferociously forked, right?"

"Huh, how do you know the Dao, do you know what the Dao is?"

Kika snorted in pain. Rubbing his fingers back and forth on his temples, trying to relieve the dizziness and pain coming from his temples.

"It's a split-toothed piranha, and its teeth are made of fine material, polished to make arrows. Arrows made of this material. It's priceless on the black market! At the size you mentioned, each tooth can be made into five arrows, right? If you bring back even one tooth, we'll make a lot of money!"

The reason why it is on the black market...... That's because this terrible arrow is forbidden to trade and circulate on the surface. The teeth of the Piranha have the ferocious characteristics of its cannibals, and once they are injured, it is almost impossible to heal the wounds, and the material itself is quite hard, and the arrows made from the teeth of this fish. Once the target is hit, there is almost no chance of survival. Due to this extremely lethal nature. This terrible arrow is usually used to snipe important people, and in history, there are not a few dignitaries and nobles who have been killed by this arrow, including even kings and lords...... It is for this reason that clear regulations were later issued to strictly control such arrows. However, in private, there are many people who are eager for this kind of arrow.

If it were ordinary people, such as the townsfolk who went with Val, even if they had the ability to make these teeth into arrowheads, they didn't have the courage and connections to sell them, but Kika's didn't have to worry about that. In her past career, she has also learned how to deal with people in these fields, and it is not a problem for her to get rid of these hot potatoes.

A tooth, as long as one, let alone a basket of fish, (9) baskets of fish can be bought!

"Because Paul was so interested in the fish, they asked me to bring them back...... What are you going to do with Kika? Why do you have to take out the fork?"

"I'm going to roast this octopus!

Shocked by Kika's fierce appearance, Paul shuddered and hid in Val's hood, it would not be naïve to think that Kika would take out the harpoon at this time to kindly grill the fish for himself to eat - look at this situation, he is simply going to roast himself alive, right!?

"Forget about the deer legs or something, and now that so many fish have been brought in, do you still want me to freeze them one by one? If the master comes back and sees this, maybe I will be the next one to be frozen!"

"So, what's that going on?"

"Hurry up and distribute these fish to the neighbors, just a moment later, the house is already full of fishy smells, I don't want these smells to seep into the wood - that octopus, don't think you can't make expressions like people I don't know what you're thinking, if you don't want these fish, I promise you'll regret having the ability to regenerate limbs...... I think Xiaoli might like to eat octopus balls. ”

Kika glanced coldly at Val's hood, as if sensing this cold thought, and there was a tremor in Val's hood...... I guess it's trembling?

"Well, don't scare Paul with Kika, it's a child after all~ Ahaha It seems that she also understands that Kika's mood is definitely not much better now.

......

(poke)

Feeling her cheeks being poked and touched by her soft little hands, Kika reluctantly opened her eyes. He sat up with his groggy head propped up.

"I'm sorry, there's no cake today, but the stupid sister Val brought back a bucket of raw fish this time......"

"Woo......"

Xiaoli lowered her head in disappointment. Her expression became very depressed, but she didn't cry along with it, much to Kika's relief. She didn't think she had the ability to deal with bear children, and Kika really liked a good kid like Xiaoli who was very obedient and basically didn't make trouble—in contrast, Val had been causing trouble for her since she was a child.

"Well, eating too much sweets is not good for your health...... If you really want to eat it. Sister Kika will buy it for you tomorrow, but it's late today, sorry. ”

Kika reached out and brushed through Li's hair. Xiaoli narrowed her eyes, somewhat obediently enjoying Kika's caresse. Although for some reason, Xiaoli still can't speak the complete sentence normally, but this doesn't affect whether she can understand other people's words at all. When she hears that Kika will buy her a cake tomorrow. A little depression is also swept away.

"It's still Xiaoli, hello. Well-behaved and obedient...... Val's idiot has told her so many times since she was a child, and she still makes me trouble again and again...... What's wrong?"

There was a sudden unhappy snort in his ears, and Kika looked down to find that Xiaoli was glaring at her unhappily, and waved her small fist demonstratively.

"Aha Kika couldn't help but laugh too. Seriously, maybe someone who "dislikes" Val. I guess it's just me, right? Val is the kind of girl who is very cute in every sense. In contrast, Kika thinks that if she stands with Val, Val will definitely be more popular, right?

[As a result, I actually treated Val the way I treated children?, alas, aren't we the same age??...... am I too precocious, or is Val's stupid too childish]

"Uh......h Mommy ......"

"Lynn may be back in two days, don't worry, she will never want Xiaoli to you, so don't worry about this all the time. Hehe, if you want me to say, maybe the master is a little bit started to eat your vinegar, I feel that Lin is really not ordinary good to you. ”

Up to now, Xiaoli still can't say a little words, but the word "mother" is very clear - in the past few days of Lin's absence, Xiaoli basically has to chant these two words every day.

"Huh?"

Stared at by Xiaoli's crystal clear eyes, even Kika couldn't help but feel a strange pressure coming. In fact, she didn't know when Aisha and Lin were going to come back, but she still "lied" to Xiaoli. At this moment, although I kept telling myself in my heart that it was out of kindness, I still broke out in a cold sweat.

【Good...... What a dazzling sight!, Lynn too, hasn't been back for a few days. I don't know if her things are done smoothly...... Uh! What am I worried about that guy!? Really, it's okay to worry about anyone, I don't want to worry about that person!]

However, when she looked down and saw the face of the petite person in her arms, the face with a contour of 99% resemblance inevitably came to Kika's mind. There's no way, how to say it, Xiaoli and Lin are also carved out of a mold, and it is unavoidable to think of Lin when you see Xiaoli.

[Forget it, reluctantly admit that you are half a "sister"......]

Bang!

The door was opened with such force that the door slammed against the wall with a loud bang. Not to mention Xiaoli, even Kika was taken aback. Immediately, she also came back to her senses - Val would definitely not be so angry when he opened the door, the sun had already set at this time, who was it...... Although the office will not close until about an hour after its opening hours, no one will come to the office to ask for help at this time, and unlike a bustling big city like Nazca, most villages and towns maintain this traditional life pattern.

However, if it were a guest, it would not have opened the door in such a rude and rude manner, would it?Just as Kika was wondering who was coming, a mournful voice came from the door......

"I hate it so much~~~~~~~"

"Eh, this voice is ......."

"Mom!"

Xiaoli happily broke free from Kika's arms. Jumping up and running towards the door—perhaps others would have misheard, but it was impossible for her to tell the difference between the voice!

"Uh-huh...... Ahem, ahem. Still...... What a grand welcome...... Xiaoli, your heart, Mom, I received it...... cough cough cough cough ......"

There seemed to be a sound just now, very similar to the sound of a stick hammering meat with a stick when the double-knife turkey in the next town was making peeing cow balls, although it was only for a moment...... But the corners of Kika's eyes twitched, and she couldn't help but reach out and cover her lower abdomen and rub it gently.

Kori's head mallet. Obviously, listening to the sound, it seems that some of the lost and depressed Lin have taken a terrible attack of this kind head-on.

It hurts to think about it...... But Listening to Lynn could barely make a sound. You can't die, right? Probably ......

Considering that if Xiaoli found out that her mother died while holding her, it might have some unnecessary impact on her outlook on life, Kika thought about it and got up and walked towards the door—really. It's definitely not because I'm worried about that cheap sister. I'm just worried about the cute little glass!

"Kika-chan ~~~~"

The moment Kika turned the corner, from the blind spot of his vision, he suddenly stretched out a slender arm, grabbed Kika's neck and dragged him forward, without guarding, Kika pulled into Lin's arms without resistance, and Xiaoli was hugged by her left and right. Kika was also a little stunned when Lin came like this. If it were normal, Lin would definitely be so nonsense in exchange for Kika's eyes and resistance.

"You. What the hell are you crazy about!"

Lin actually leaned her face over directly and put it on Kika's cheek, and the tender skin of the two people rubbed against each other, this strange feeling made Kika's body temperature rise immediately.

"The wet sauce was snatched away!"

"Huh?"

Kika blinked, and couldn't understand what Lin said just now - her teacher is her own teacher, doesn't that mean that Aisha was snatched away? What are you kidding, this is not a scene where a mountain carving descends the mountain to rob the people's daughter, how strong her own master is, even Kika herself, who is an apprentice, is not very clear, but it is absolutely impossible that she was snatched away!

"Speak well, what the hell do you want to say, I can only understand it!"

"Wet sauce won't be back for quite some time...... Woo, and won't let me go with you!Although, I'm going to stay and take care of Xiaoli, but why should I agree to that old man's request to do that Laoshizi's thing!"

"Master, is there something so she won't come? and it will last for quite some time?"

Kika nodded clearly - so she can fully understand what Lin Weilu looks like, Lin's attitude towards her teacher Aisha, Kika can see it quite clearly, it is definitely beyond the danger of the "master-apprentice relationship", but both parties have no doubts about it, and it is natural to get along...... At that time, she and Val accepted Lynn's invitation to come to the town, and they didn't hear her complain, and it seemed that she and Aisha had only been separated for a month.

Seeing that the sky was about to fall now, Kika also roughly understood what was going on.

"It's strange, who is so big in face that can move the master? If the master doesn't want to, no one can let her do what she doesn't like, right?"

"That's why I said that the wet sauce was snatched away. If it was Wet Sauce to do something spontaneously, I would have held it back even if it took a long time, but this time I didn't need it at all!

"Old man?"

"The one over there in the imperial capital! is the current speaker of the empire!Hmph, if it weren't for the fact that Wet Sauce also asked him for it this time, he wouldn't have done such a boring thing......!

As soon as she said this, Lin was full of resentment - if no one knew the way, then it was fine, but she didn't know the way but Xia did, which made Lin always have the illusion that she was alienated by Aisha...... Although she also knew that this was an illusion, it was purely because she was thinking too much, but it was always not very happy.

"Kika! Remember, but whoever comes from the imperial capital...... Uh, what kind of academy is that?" Lin was halfway through speaking, and suddenly found that she had forgotten her name, scratched her head in embarrassment, and reluctantly gave up, "Ah, no matter! Anyway, the commissions of the students of XX Academy over there in the imperial capital will not be accepted if they are not necessary!"

"What are you talking about?...... Could it be that the place where the master was invited this time was the academy in the imperial capital?"

Kika's brain was not slow to react, and she reacted immediately, but then, she also felt a little doubtful: "It's a long way from here, why don't you have someone come all the way here to ask us for a task?"

"There will definitely be! Not to mention that we already have the strength to make them come here willingly, and the lack of fame will definitely not be a problem in the future! If it weren't for this, how could Wet Sauce agree to do such a boring thing?"

"Uh...... Master, in order to make our firm more famous......? What's going on?"

"It's convenient to do certain things~ Wet sauce is such a lazy person, if it weren't for a special purpose, how could he think about increasing his workload? So we also have to be mentally prepared, and it is likely that I will run out often after that, and I really have to ask you at home...... Woo woo, I really don't want to run errands all over the world...... I'm sorry, Xiaoli, Mom, I probably won't be able to accompany you often in the future......" (To be continued......)