“Come on up.”
“Ah… Mm!”
Looking at the woman in front of her, whose hair and pupils were somewhat peculiar but whose features were exquisite, like an angel, the girl was momentarily stunned.
It wasn’t until Liyakade spoke and reached out her hand that the girl snapped back to reality and grabbed the offered hand.
Liyakade’s petite and fair wrist looked both delicate and tender, but the strength within it was astonishing.
Not only that, the moment Liyakade grabbed her, the girl felt a gentle breeze rise beneath her feet, lifting her up, which also relieved most of the burden on her arm being pulled by Liyakade.
“…Wuwu… Thank you, thank you! Wuwuwuwu…”
After being pulled up to the surface by Liyakade and seeing the light of day again, the girl’s tears couldn’t be held back.
Until this moment, she no longer had to hide in the cellar in fear.
Her sobs grew increasingly uncontrollable, and she burst into loud cries in front of Liyakade and the others.
“It’s alright now. The bad guys have been dealt with.”
Liyakade gently patted the girl’s back and comforted her in a soft tone.
After a long while, the girl’s sobs finally subsided.
As her emotions gradually stabilized, she rubbed her slightly swollen eyes and asked Liyakade and the others about their origins with a hint of confusion.
“Big sister… Who are you? Why would you come to this remote mountain?”
“My name is Liyakade.”
Faced with such a psychologically fragile girl, Liyakade patiently took the initiative to communicate with her and began to introduce the three of them.
After stating her own name, her gaze shifted to Field and Alice.
“This golden-haired big sister is Alice, and the brown-haired big sister is Field. We were traveling with a caravan, but an accident occurred on the way, so we came up the mountain to look for a drinkable water source. What happened to you? Why were you hiding in the cellar?”
Hearing Liyakade’s final question, the girl couldn’t help sobbing again.
“I… I used to live here with my mom and dad, but a few days ago, a band of bandits found us and killed my parents… Wuwu…”
At this point, the girl was already choked with tears.
“It was Dad… who hid me in the cellar… and blocked the cellar entrance with a cabinet… so I wasn’t found…”
“If there hadn’t been some water and food in the cellar… I would have starved to death by now…”
“I see.”
Looking at the girl who appeared to be only a little over ten years old and covered in dust, Liyakade’s heart softened instantly.
She couldn’t help but feel sympathy for the girl.
She stepped forward gently, hugged the girl, patted her back softly, and comforted her again.
Hearing the girl’s tearful account, Field and Alice couldn’t help but feel pained as well.
Although they had sensed something below touching their feet from under the floorboards just now, they hadn’t understood what it meant at the time.
It wasn’t until Liyakade rescued the girl that they realized she had been trying to warn them of danger.
Even in such a predicament, she didn’t forget to help others.
The girl’s kindness made everyone lament the unfairness of fate.
“It’s alright now. No need to worry anymore… What’s your name?”
“My name is Mira…”
“Mira…”
Although the caravan urgently needed to find a new water source, it seemed inappropriate to ask the girl if she knew where to find water right away.
So Liyakade first asked about the girl’s future plans.
“Mira, what are your plans now? Are you going to continue living here? Or go to the city?”
Hearing Liyakade’s question, Mira fell silent.
Everything in the house had been looted, her parents had been killed by the bandits, and she had little ability or room to continue living here.
Even Field and Alice had noticed something was wrong from the start.
The wooden cabin had almost no possessions, the table had no tablecloth but was very clean.
Besides that, there were various details in the room’s arrangement, and the urgency of the two bandits’ attitudes all pointed to their problems.
After a long time, Mira, who had stopped sobbing, finally spoke slowly.
“Big sister Liyakade… Do you really need a water source…?”
Mira had clearly noticed some of the information Liyakade had mentioned earlier.
Her eyes flickered with a dangerous and extreme glimmer.
“Big sister Liyakade, since you could easily deal with those bandits, you must be a very powerful magic user!”
“Please, big sister Liyakade, I beg you to help me get revenge!”
As she said this, Mira knelt down in front of Liyakade.
“I am willing to give you all the remaining food and water in my house, and I’ll lead you to find a water source.”
“As long as you can help me get revenge, I’ll give you anything, even my own life!”
With that, Mira was about to forcefully kowtow to Liyakade, but Liyakade stopped her.
“You don’t have to do that.”
Liyakade shook her head, placed her hands on Mira’s shoulders, and gently helped her up.
Then she smiled meaningfully and spoke with a hint of amusement.
“You just said you’d give us anything, even your own life?”
“Yes, yes!”
A dark rage burned in Mira’s eyes.
Her desire for revenge had surpassed herself; she only wanted to see those bandits beheaded.
“Do you have magic power? What’s your level?”
“I…”
Hearing Liyakade’s question, Mira paused, but then replied,
“I have magic power… but it’s only LV.4, a Water Element…”
“I see… Then, you’re willing to do whatever I ask, right?”
“Yes, anything, I’m willing!”
“Heh.”
Liyakade chuckled softly and exchanged glances with Field and Alice beside her, as if asking for their opinions.
“Then let her come with us. She has nowhere to go alone, and it’s pitiful.”
Alice, who was equally kind-hearted, naturally couldn’t bear to see someone suffer like this.
She immediately gave her opinion.
Moreover, even in this situation, Mira had tried to warn them.
How could Alice bear to abandon such a kind person?
“Field, what do you think?”
Liyakade turned to Field, waiting for her opinion.
“Hmm… Only LV.4, and hasn’t even attended a magic academy… That’s a bit too weak.”
Even though Field had also seen Mira’s kind side, Field was pragmatic.
With such a low level, she probably couldn’t even beat an ordinary person.
Having someone like that follow them was indeed lacking.
But Field changed her tone and continued,
“However… Even if she’s not outstanding in combat, she could stay by our side as a maid.”
“Then it’s decided. Mira, from now on, you’ll follow us and be our maid.”
“We will avenge you and eradicate those bandits!”
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