After a long conversation between Elsha and Marcus, both of them join the group gathering. Elsha sits near Iris. While everyone sat on their chairs, suddenly Skye flew from downstairs and sat on Elsha's head. Everyone looks at Elsha.
"I was about to ask while we were eating our food, this bird was there eating with you Elsha. Is it your pet" Iris asked.
"She is my friend and her name is Skye. I picked her up when I found her wounded in a forest near my house. Now I made a contract with her and become my familiar" Elsha said.
"Forest near your house?! Don't beasts and monsters come out of the forest? Isn't it dangerous?" Rita asked.
"Oh, it's okay there are hardly any monsters coming out of the forest because of the mist around it"
"So, are you talking about the Mist-Wood Forest?" Samuel asked.
"Do you know the forest, Samuel?!" Elsha asked in surprise.
"Who doesn't know about that forest? It's the biggest forest and is feared by even the experienced mercenaries and S-rank adventures. And there is not anyone sane to build a house near the forest. Now I remember, there was a village named Grifil near the forest. Hardly anyone goes to that village and it is isolated from the outside world"
"What you mean by 'was', Samuel?" Elsha asked.
"Oh, that? While we searching for information about what happened around us when we were out on our previous mission, we heard something like 'the Grifil village vanished or it is burned to ashes'. Something like that"
Elsha was shocked to hear that. Even though she doesn't have any joyful memories of the village, she couldn't believe that it vanished just like that.
"Hmm. What happened Elsha? Ah, by any chance are you from there?" Samuel asked.
Elsha nods.
"Is any of your relatives still there?" Rita asked.
"I'm an orphan. So, there are no relatives in the village. But there is a grandpa who always helped me." When Elsha suddenly remembered about him, she was about to tear up.
"Don't worry Elsha. He will be completely fine" Iris tries to comfort Elsha.
"By the way, Elsha. You don't even know more than 6 base magic spells and how did you make a contract with Skye without knowing familiar magic" Iris asked in curiosity.
"Oh, that? Luk taught me how to form a contract" Elsha answered.
Suddenly Rita's eyes sparkled when she heard Elsha's Reply.
"Ho Ho~ Luk? Who is this, Luk. Elsha? Rita comes closer to Elsha.
Elsha's face becomes red. "H-he is a friend," Elsha said while looking away from Rita.
"Ho Ho~ reallyyy~~~?"
Elsha closes her face with her hands.
"Everybody listen, somebody is in love here," Rita said.
"Hmph, this is why you were kicked out of the church of Light. Only know of making gossip, you stupid priestess" Iris said.
"Haa. What did you say?"
"Didn't you hear?"
Rita began to clash with Iris.
"What? Rita was a priestess? Isn't the priest one who works in church? There was one in our village" Elsha said.
"Yup. But she hardly behaves like a priestess and that is why her guild card certified her as a healer. Now only we know about it" Marcus said while laughing.
While everyone was laughing at the scene of Rita clashing with Iris. Elsha was in deep thought.
"Where is Luk now? It's been a month; since we saw each other. When will I see you again?"
While Elsha was thinking about him, they continued their conversation.
At this time, somewhere in a barren land.
Lucio was standing near a cliff. Suddenly Vulcan appeared,
"Welcome back, young lord"
"Mm," Lucio replies.
"Then, how was your investigation, Vulcan?"
"Yes, my lord. As you said I tracked through the trace. It seems like she was helped by one of the guardians, who guards the north-west"
"You mean the Lynx brothers?"
"Yes, my lord"
"How do they know each other?"
"it said that the young girl saved them after they were defeated by her"
"Wait, they were defeated. How? Elsha indeed has incredible mana. Even if their power is restricted by world law, how can they get defeated"
"I don't know, my lord. I will ask them"
"Haa. It is not important anyway. Then, did you find her?"
"Yes, my lord. Now she is traveling with some mercenaries while disguising herself. According to the directions, she is traveling to Silvan."
"Good work, Vulcan"
"Thank you, my lord."
"Elsha, we will meet soon."
Lucio looks at the sky with a smile.