When Warner's first ray of light reached the bottom of the valley, Ivan quietly opened his eyes.

He subconsciously looked at a place not far away and couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

In the past, the first person who caught my eye was Hill, but today it was another girl of the same age as him.

She bent her knees and calves, completely curling up into a ball, like a baby. Maybe it was the pain on her body, but she didn't look like she was sleeping peacefully.

"Ah, the injury doesn't seem that serious anymore." Ivan tried to move his muscles and bones, and found that many wounds on his body had begun to scab.

He glanced at the still sleeping girl again, stood up, and walked out.

…

Emilia didn't sleep very deeply, or in other words, she had never had a good night's sleep since she left the Sky Crown Tree.

When the initial thrill and excitement from the adventure fade away, all that is left is actually a sense of fatigue and fear of unfamiliar environments and unknown paths ahead.

Nowadays, it can be said that the situation cannot get any worse.

Exhausted, seriously injured, and finally hitting rock bottom, a strange man saw all of his body!

Although she claimed that she had "nothing to do", she was actually just trying to show off her strength in front of Sylph, so that she could better restore her magic power without having to waste Sylph's energy on her.

In addition, it was also the first time that she was alone with a strange man, which made the night even more difficult to calm down.

However, she needs adequate and good rest.

After tossing and turning all night (in order to guard against a certain stinky man), she finally fell into a deep sleep under the double fatigue caused by physical and mental fatigue.

The inducement that made her fall asleep was of course the sound of Ivan's footsteps leaving in the early morning. If someone knew that Emilia was so wary of him, his expression would be very interesting. Of course, all of this was

Because of the bad impression he has brought to Emilia recently.

I don't know how long it took, but something nice smelled faintly penetrated into the sleeping girl's nasal cavity.

Is it the aroma of food?

No wonder Emilia is so sensitive to the taste of food. The depletion of blood not only requires a good rest, but more importantly, food supplements. And she has not eaten since noon yesterday, but she is facing one after another.

Fierce fighting.

In this situation, no matter who it is, the aroma of food is something they can no longer refuse.

The girl quietly opened her eyes.

She discovered that the big pervert had found a poor rabbit somewhere and was roasting it on the fire.

Emilia shrank her body and tried to hypnotize herself.

Ever since something happened that she still can't accept, apart from the permanent loss of Ivan's name in Emilia's mouth (Ivan: "@%..."), she had a feeling for Ivan.

Complex and funny emotions.

They can be considered familiar strangers.

Emilia still remembers the day when she had to participate in the recruitment of guards for the Chamber of Commerce due to livelihood problems.

From the beginning her attention was drawn to two of them.

A young man, and another girl who looks younger.

She was surprised to meet two people of the same age as her on such an occasion. Then the boy and girl skipped the recruitment because they were spell casters and directly joined the ranks of the Chamber of Commerce.

Although Emilia has a faint curiosity about these two young adventurers of the same age,

, but she had no intention of getting close to them, but what happened next made her feel a little unprepared.

She didn't expect that the Chamber of Commerce dinner would be such a barbaric system without any rules.

There is no such thing as humility in the world of mercenaries, and this is a new lesson she learned here.

The coarse black bread was really unpalatable, but Emilia had no intention of competing with those people, such was her character.

In this case, I have no choice but to try to eat it.

She thought so.

"Can I sit here?"

A clear voice suddenly came, making her startled.

After she saw it clearly, she realized that it was the young spell caster who was the same age as herself.

"...You can do whatever you want." She didn't know his purpose, so Emilia hesitated for a moment before saying so.

She didn't have much experience in contact with other people. Until two months ago, she lived alone in the big forest, growing up under the protection of the Sky Crown Sacred Tree and Sylph.

The outside world is very strange, but at the same time she feels confused and even resists many things.

She put on a magic cloak, deliberately avoided crowded places, and deliberately kept silent in order not to attract attention. This was also something Tianguan Shu and Sylph had specifically warned her about.

So, if I have to say it, she was actually very nervous at the time.

She was so nervous that one of her hands had to hold the hilt of her sword to feel at ease.

She watched as the young spellcaster took out a dark brown round object from his coat pocket - black bread that was the same as her own hand.

"This is pretty good." He shook the black bread in his hand and said.

She didn't want to talk to him originally, but Emilia was really surprised by what this young man said.

So after being silent for a while, she still couldn't help it, so she asked suspiciously: "Do you really think this food is delicious?"

"Of course, I remember I used to have it as my dinner."

Well, the guy in front of me must have a taste problem.

Otherwise...there's probably something wrong with your head.

How pitiful, she thought sincerely.

"Of course, it still needs a little processing."

"Working...?" Emilia was a little confused at first, but she had a vague feeling that "here comes the point."

"That's it." The boy took out a strange-looking vial from another pocket, then turned the vial upside down and spread the contents on the bread.

She looked at all this in a daze.

"Here, put this on and try it."

However, what she didn't expect was that the young man in front of her suddenly threw the vial in his hand into her arms.

After a short period of consideration, she couldn't help but spread the contents of the bottle onto the bread.

It turns out...it's cream.

The boy had already begun to feast on the food, which seemed to be really delicious, but Amelia's stomach growled even more loudly at this moment.

So, she carefully took a small bite of the black bread smeared with butter.

The butter is sweet and smooth. Although the taste is dry and rough black bread, it tastes like a unique flavor.

After savoring it carefully, the rich flavor of cream lingers in your mouth, sweet and fragrant.

No one likes brown bread

It has a rough texture. Under such simple conditions, the pleasure that the cream brings to him is no less than that of the pastoral cake.

She was a little obsessed, and because she was really hungry, she started to eat faster and faster.

It wasn't until she devoured the meal that she realized that the young man in front of her still had a large piece of bread in his hand, and a strong sense of shame suddenly surged into her heart.

It's so embarrassing.

To this day, when she thinks of the scene at that time, her face still feels a little hot.

However, she was also a little grateful to the boy for at least letting her have a dinner that wasn't so bad.

"This bottle is for you."

She originally wanted to reject the boy's kindness, because she had not given anything and accepted other people's kindness for no reason. She really felt a little uneasy about this.

However, when Emilia thought about the fact that she would still have to live with rough black bread in the coming days, she had no choice but to accept the boy's gift with great embarrassment.

She wanted to express her gratitude loudly, but out of shyness, her voice sounded like a mosquito.

This was their first contact, a scene that made Emilia so embarrassed that she couldn't face it.

As for what happened next... it was completely beyond her plan...

"Hey, let's cooperate!"

When she was being chased by the Ivalises in the forest, the young man reached out to her and said.

It was precisely because of the story about Cream that Emilia agreed to him without hesitation at that time.

As a result, she was embarrassed in front of him many times.

However, this is also the first time she has the concept of a companion besides Sylph. (In fact, Sylph is more similar to an elder)

Although she was still somewhat alienated from them, even though she still subconsciously suppressed her temper and remained silent in most of her daily life...

But after all, sometimes the thought "This might not be bad" can't help but appear in her mind.
To be continued...