It was on the day they emerged from the dungeon that Fay and his team finally saw someone besides their group of five.
Waiting at the entrance stood Mirage and Mira. The young girl smiled as she held out bundles of fresh clothes and food that wasn't just meat. The dragon, however, wore a thoughtful expression, one she quickly set aside.
"Thank goodness," Selûne cried, rushing forward to hug Mira warmly. "I was starting to think my three sets of clothes weren't going to last…"
Maria flushed red, while Horin barely reacted, though she did glance toward Fay as if trying to make something out…
"So… what happened with the world tree? Were you able to pull it out and bring it back safely near the kingdom?" Fay asked, doing his best to ignore the rest of the girls' chatter.
His eyes drifted instead to Joan, who seemed just as eager to start cooking to avoid conflicts and was already setting up a fire.
