"This is Mimi, the companion Sura ntioned before." Guy introduced a youthful, charming cat-eared girl with light green hair beside him, who had a lively tail occasionally changing direction behind her short leather skirt.
"Hello, I'm Mimi." She blinked, her amber-colored eyes filled with curiosity as she looked at Hexia.
In the eyes of several people, despite the girl wearing a simple brown hooded coat, her well-proportioned build, long legs, and particularly fair and captivating face stood out remarkably.
"Hello." Tilan bent down to greet them, then straightened up and spoke to Guy.
"Are these new mbers of the settlent?"
"Yes, during winter, the Red Pogranate Settlent also faced an insect infestation. To prevent everyone in the settlent from being infected and parasitized by insects, Chi Zhi dispersed many mbers, so Mimi returned to our settlent."
"After spring began, even if the Red Pogranate Settlent resud production, there would probably still be a food shortage, so they decided to settle down in our settlent." Guy responded.
"This ti we ca to Shilin Mountain Castle to buy living supplies for future life, and also—" he changed the topic, looking at the distance behind them.
"Sura!" The shout echoed across the bustling market.
Soon, a hurried figure broke through the crowd and ran over quickly.
"What's the matter, calling so urgently." Sura, panting and supporting her knees, looked toward Guy.
"Weren't you worried about not finding Hexia in the mountain castle? Luckily, we bumped into her." Guy said with a smile.
"Wow, Hexia, you're still here, you didn't leave." Sura, upon seeing the girl, was exceedingly delighted, almost skipping over.
"I'm still unclear on which direction ho is, so I didn't leave." Tilan lowered her head, holding Sura's arms with both hands.
"You must have a reason for seeking out this ti." Familiar with Sura's personality, Tilan guessed that she wasn't simply there out of longing.
"Yes, yes, rember the ruins location we got from Flan last year? This ti I want to explore it but lack reliable partners, haha." She admitted sowhat sheepishly, knowing that this undertaking carried certain risks.
"Ruins..." Tilan rembered sothing. Based on her recent research in Shilin Mountain Castle, many ruins had been constructed on this planet before it departed from the Milky Way route, aning there should still be a lot of Fifth Epoch residual information and technology within them.
If they could find a ans to return to the Federation early, that would be great. Even if not, acquiring Fifth Epoch materials could lead to understanding her past and origins. Thinking of this made Tilan sowhat eager. With her authority and strength, there shouldn't be much on this planet that could threaten her life.
"Let's go together then."
Seeing Tilan agree, Sura jumped in excitent, overwhelmingly happy, her emotions almost tangible.
"Aweso~!"
"I'll go prepare all the things we'll need for the trip right away, as well as crafting tools and equipnt." She paced back and forth, speaking aloud her future plans.
Seeing this, the accompanying individuals also broke into smiles.
Afterward, they all headed to a restaurant within the mountain castle for a al, during which Guy and Mimi recounted various events from winter.
"The first month of winter was relatively stable, but several incidents occurred during the second month." Mimi recalled, with a bit of rice still on the corner of her mouth.
"At that ti, it was discovered by Iron Pound that soone had stolen food, depleting so of the settlent's reserves."
"Lord Chi Zhi commanded a search to identify the thief, leading to conflicts within the settlent. People ford groups, blaming each other for the theft. My companions and I, not belonging to any faction, had to stay out of the dispute, not daring to offend anyone."
"Such disputes greatly frustrated Lord Chi Zhi. She swiftly punished a few faction leaders, and the matter seed to be at an end. Yet soon after, another insect infestation occurred, resulting in one faction suffering nurous parasitic deaths, with the bodies burned afterward."
"Those who remained suspected that the other two factions had poisoned and hard them, which led to a direct confrontation. It nearly turned fatal, but Lord Chi Zhi forcibly quelled the chaos and separated the groups."
"After enduring two months of tornt and tense living, winter finally ended, but the morale in the settlent had dissipated. Observing this, Lord Chi Zhi, sowhat dispirited, simply allowed those dissatisfied to leave with so assets."
"With the departure of several major factions, those of us who remained couldn't contend with the remaining groups, so we also decided to leave." Mimi concluded the recount of her winter experiences.
It seems the structure of settlents on this land is quite fragile, Tilan thought, where any surprise during tough tis might trigger conflict.
After lunch, they followed Sura to the market to purchase the necessary supplies and returned to a corner of the plaza in the afternoon for the rendezvous.
"This ti we're going to the ruins with , Guy, Hexia, Sherry, and—" Sura slightly stretched her tone, looking in the direction of the distant street.
"Flan." She called out to the young man carrying a backpack on one shoulder.
"Yo, haven't seen everyone all winter, glad you all survived." Compared to a few months ago, Flan's hair was shorter, and he wore a tech-thed jacket. Judging by the gear on his waist, it seed to be an ammo box and other supplies; a dagger was strapped to his thigh with a belt.
"I located a nearby Slami Association outpost, submitted the previous report, and exchanged for quite a few useful items." He shook the backpack held in his one hand.
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