Neighbors in forbidden land

"Your Highness Yimi, please listen to my explanation—"

"No need to explain, I'll throw it into the sea for you today."

"Before you throw me overboard I have something to say..."

"Didn't I say that there is no need to explain?"

"I just wish I could throw it closer to the sea and swim back by myself..."

According to the plan set yesterday, today should have been digging holes to plant potatoes and repairing the broken ship.But after what happened last night, Yimi temporarily revised the plan and decided to find those human theories.

But I don't know why Wu Shao with dark circles came to us first, so that kind of conversation happened.

"Do you still want to have a whole body after bullying Xiao Hei? By the way, I remember there is another person... Where is that person?"

"Wuah..." After Wu Shao yawned a lot, all the energy he had managed to get up before dissipated at this moment, and then he replied hesitantly as if he hadn't slept well, "The deputy team leader...is making arrangements for today. What about the plan, so I grabbed the task of exploring to the west and came to His Highness to explain to you..."

"Although I'm sorry, I really didn't do anything. If you don't believe me, you can ask little sister Hei." Wu Shao raised his hands. Remember Yimi said that this gesture means "begging for mercy and surrender"?

"is it?"

"Ah."

"Then why didn't you tell me yesterday, Xiao Hei?"

"Yimi, you didn't give me a chance to say it..."

After a short silence.

"It's all black's fault!" Xiao Gu said suddenly.

"Little Gu, weren't you also booing yesterday..."

"Wait, wait..." Wu Shao suddenly interrupted us, "Isn't Xiao Gu the Leviathan?"

"Yes." I pointed to Xiao Gu who was standing beside Yimi, "Isn't that her?"

Wu Shao just silently covered his face with his hands: "I thought it was because I didn't get enough sleep and heard it wrong... Forget it, I always feel that it is not surprising that anything happens around His Royal Highness Yimi."

"Vice leader..." Yimi, who had been lowering her head in thought just now, suddenly raised her head, "Why did she do something to Xiao Hei?"

After Wu Shao sighed softly, he replied helplessly: "Your Highness Yimi, why do you think she won't do anything to Little Black Sister... Isn't the first reaction when seeing a monster in the middle of the night is to fight... "

"That's why she attacked Xiao Hei?"

"His Royal Highness Yimi, this is the most normal reason for an ordinary human being..." Finally, Wu Shao turned his face away and whispered, "Although I think the deputy leader is not an ordinary person..."

Maybe that's the case, at least it's normal for ordinary human beings to feel that we are dangerous when they see us.

Even though we have a human appearance, we cannot conceal our nature as a monster after all.

"Then why did you come here without sleeping last night?" Yimi who didn't continue to answer asked another question.

"That... the deputy team leader is particularly interested in the words on the taboo stone dome... he insisted on dragging me to lead the way, so..."

Interested in my diary?

I always feel that it seems a bit like those humans who have come to this land.

The difference is that those humans were scared away when they saw me coming when they peeked at my diary, while the person who was with Wu Shao yesterday directly attacked me, and I was the one who ran away in the end.

As for the diary...is it invented by human beings?Why are humans interested in diaries written by others?Oh... I don't seem to be human... But is this the reason?

I do not really get it.

"That deputy team leader... who is it? Do those who are interested have to come at night?"

"She's too busy during the day... I guess she's coordinating various things in the camp right now. As for who she is..." Wu Shao yawned again, "I don't know either."

"do not know?"

"Well, her identity is very mysterious. She always hides her face so that no one can see her. The only thing I know about her is that she is an academic research madman..." Wu Shao said and gently rubbed his arm, "Yesterday Holding the torch for so long is really exhausting me..."

"Academic madman..." Yimi showed a look of helplessness and nostalgia on his face, "I know someone like this..."

"Who is it?" Xiao Gu suddenly interjected from Yimi's back with his arms around Yimi's neck, and then half pressed and half leaned against Yimi's back.

"My teacher...Holt..."

"I don't know you." Little Gu put his chin on Yimi's head, then tilted his head slightly and said.

"How could you know Xiaogu..." I said helplessly, Xiaogu would always insert into the conversation inexplicably, and then give her own opinion, although often her opinion is useless at all...

"Holt...ah, is that the great professor? I heard from my companion that...a very smart person." Wu Shao clenched his fist and patted the other hand, and said as if he had just remembered.

"Learn a lot." Yimi sighed softly, "A good man with a gentle temper, but he seems to be a different person when it comes to academic issues... The last time he was fascinated by the ancient anthology, he just gave it to me. I took a morning off and locked myself in the office without seeing anyone..."

"Oh, it does seem like that. Last night, the deputy team leader was also fascinated by reading those words. She didn't even know she was thirsty. I fed her the water."

"the same."

"the same."

Yimi and Wu Shao seemed to have reached a consensus, only Xiao Gu and I looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Then again, even if this is the case, I still have to find her to ask her to apologize to Xiao Hei. Surely Xiao Hei didn't do anything, right? Otherwise, how could your deputy team leader beat Xiao Hei?"

"This is true... But there will be a lot of troubles between this, right? For example, the existence of the little black sisters, and your own problems, Your Highness Yimi... Don't forget that one of the purposes of our coming here is Your Highness Yimi. ah.

"..."

"Therefore, I hope that Your Royal Highness Yimi can consider various factors. After all, even now, your status is very special——"

"Is she coming tonight?" Yimi interrupted Wu Shao before he could finish speaking.

"You mean the deputy leader?"

"Yeah, there is no one else but her?"

"I guess we'll come again... After all, she seemed to have said it yesterday..." "That's enough." Yimi clapped her hands lightly, "I'll see her alone tonight."

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I seem to be unable to stop what His Royal Highness Yimi decided to do.

She wanted to meet with the deputy team leader, in order for the deputy team leader to apologize to Little Black Sister...

I always feel that something will happen... No... Although His Royal Highness Yimi looks aggressive, he probably won't do anything out of the ordinary.

After all, just like what she showed, she always said that she would let the little black sister throw me into the sea, but she never did it, and she also saw that I didn't have enough rest last night, so she asked me to make up for it over there. I fell asleep.

"I won't bother you during the day today. Anyway, I have already learned the general planting skills. Just rest well and bring her here at night as agreed."

After that, I couldn't bear it any longer. I respectfully took a nap in the cave where they usually lived, and they went to their own things.

Anyway, the so-called "reconnaissance mission" doesn't matter to me anymore. When I go back, I just need to explain that "there is nothing abnormal in the west". Besides, I also accompanied the deputy leader on the mission last night... to catch up on sleep during the day Is it normal?

It's not about being lazy, it's about being in good shape.

But I always feel that what kind of status am I now?

If you think about it carefully, if you use a more serious term... I should be considered a "traitor", right?

After all, the general whereabouts of our group of people have been revealed by me, and I have to bring the deputy team leader here to meet His Highness Yimi tonight.

But the matter may not be so serious, how should I put it... I just don't want the misunderstanding to get bigger and bigger.

His Highness Yimi and the others are people I know, and the deputy team leader and the others are also people I know. There may be various misunderstandings between them. After all, everyone comes here with their own reasons. If something serious happens The problem, when the time comes, let me run on both sides to coordinate.

Last night, when the eldest sister mentioned the reason for being here, I was a little at a loss.

Because, I am worried that they will finally ask me why I came here.

I am not a desperado, nor do I have the persistence like a bard, nor can I come here to explore an unexpected and simple question like my eldest sister.

Maybe it's because I need money, or maybe it's because of the guild's separate entrustment, let me lead the way for this team.

But are these reasons enough?Why did I come here?

I always feel that such a life should be far away from me, whether it is meeting His Royal Highness Yimi, meeting a monster that can communicate with humans, or even setting foot on this extremely dangerous land.

How did my ordinary life of working as a part-time job and taking on simple tasks turn into what it is now?

And, more importantly, all of this is not as imagined.

The princess of a country devotes herself to planting potatoes, but the monsters that are supposed to be vicious all have a cute appearance, and even have a child-like heart. Even the disasters that she saw with her own eyes in the town have not changed since she came here. seen.

If you think about it this way, there is no danger at all, okay?

But no, isn't this a land where human beings absolutely cannot live?Don't the most vicious monsters live in this land?

How did His Royal Highness Yimi survive?

There are too many questions, and I can’t understand them even if I think about them, and I can’t figure them out when I ask them.

I thought that I might see the current situation clearly by running both ways, but maybe I didn't know anything.

So do I have to take the deputy leader over there?

"Hello." Just as I was thinking this, a soft call pulled me back from my thoughts, as if someone was pulling my clothes behind me.

I turned my head and found that the deputy team leader was holding a book and gently pulling my clothes with the other hand.

"The guard post has already found someone to replace you, don't forget to wait for me outside the tent at night."

After saying this, the deputy leader left, and I could only stare blankly at the white figure.

must go.

It's not just because of His Royal Highness Yimi's problem.

Even if the deputy team leader now recognizes the way to go there, I have to go with him.

Otherwise, I always feel that she will sleep on the spot after getting tired from busy work there... There is no magic barrier protection here, and the temperature at night is lower than that in the country.

Well, that's the reason.

What's more, if something unexpected happens, let me adapt accordingly.

No, if you think about it carefully, this is not what I should do.

From the past to the present, I have always been ordinary, and I have no ability to adapt to changes. If what I met yesterday was not the little black sister, but the vicious monster in our impression, then it would mean that I was protected by the deputy leader. What about improvisation.

There is only one thing I can do, and that is to tell the vice-leader the situation and let the vice-leader decide for himself.

Even if doing so might lose her trust, I must tell her.

So when the sun was hidden in the distant horizon, and there was only a swaying bonfire left for those who had sentry missions to take a nap at night, I stood near the meeting tent and waited for the deputy team leader to finish her affairs.

"Let's go." When the voice sounded, I didn't make any movement.

"Wait a minute, I have something... to tell the deputy leader."

"Hope is something that makes me worth staying here, can't you talk while walking?"

"Someone would like to see you."

"Who?"

"His Royal Highness Yimi."

"..."

After a brief silence.

"where is it?"

"It's just under the mountain wall last night."

"Let's go then."

The deputy team leader's reaction was beyond my expectation, maybe because I couldn't see her expression, but I always think she should be more surprised...

"Aren't you surprised?"

"I'm surprised, but it's reasonable, isn't it?" The deputy leader cast acceleration magic on me and her, and I followed her out of the camp while listening to her, "You told the guild leader, Her Royal Highness, Good news, and you have left the camp for too long to explore during the day, so it is not surprising that you have contacts with His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess."

...Is it so obvious? "Also, both the master and I have something to say to the eldest princess."

"Ok?"

Does this have anything to do with the deputy leader's master?

"For the master, there may be feelings of getting along for a long time...but for me."

At this moment, I saw it.

"In addition to feelings, it's more..."

In the darkness under the hood, those two rounds of golden light were like extinguished lightning.

"...I would like to know what is so special about her as the 'strongest' individual awakened in modern times in terms of academic research."