Everyday Life

The Northern Lands of Röll Avenue.

Rienta and the others walked on the bridge spanning the Grand Canyon.

"After crossing the Grand Canyon, it will take another week to reach the Magic City Äußerst."

Fern looked at Frieren with a hint of resentment.

"It's been so long."

"Why are you looking at me like that? I didn't do anything this time."

After walking for a whole day, we were suddenly caught in a blizzard.

Although not as large as the Mount Schvia, we still cannot let our guard down when it comes to the winters in the Northern Lands.

Rienta and her group decided to find a nearby village to stay in.

After searching, they successfully found a small village.

Fortunately, the village is well-equipped, with not only an inn and a general store, but also a magic shop.

However, because there were too many of them, and they planned to stay until the blizzard ended, they opted to stay.

So the hotel owner rented them an unoccupied house.

After packing their luggage, the group went out to buy supplies.

As we passed by the entrance of a magic shop.

Frieren declared confidently, "This kind of magic shop must have legendary magic, which will be perfect for expanding my collection."

Rienta followed Frieren to the magic shop with some skepticism.

Fern and Stark were in charge of buying the ingredients for dinner.

The owner of the magic shop was a mysterious old man who wore a hood.

Given Frieren's confident tone, Rienta couldn't help but feel a deep sense of respect.

Searching for so-called legendary magic in the magic shop.

But after searching around, he and Frieren did not find the so-called legendary magic.

Rienta left the magic shop somewhat disappointed.

On my way back.

Rienta asked with some curiosity, "Lady Frieren, that magic shop seems quite ordinary to me. Do they really have legendary magic?"

"Of course!" Frieren said proudly, "I found several legendary spells in this kind of magic shop."

A sense of unease crept into Rienta's heart, and she asked, "For example?"

Frieren looked at Rienta in confusion and said, "Weren't you having a lot of fun using it? You even said it was magic that could change the world."

"Could it be...?"

"That's right! It's the kind of magic that removes mold and grease."

Rienta: "..."

He thought it was some kind of super-level magic or something.

Indeed, one shouldn't have any expectations of Frieren in this regard.

The two had just returned to their rented apartment.

Fern and Stark have also returned.

Everyone was quite tired after traveling all day.

After Fern made some simple fried pork chops and ate them with bread, they went to rest.

The group settled down in the village for the time being, waiting for the blizzard to end.

Almost a month has passed like this.

Frieren remained engrossed in her search for 'legendary' magic at the magic shop.

Rienta, on the other hand, was researching new fusion magic.

The fusion of Special Effects Magic and Defensive Magic has already shown initial success.

Rienta is considering adding another Offensive Magic.

The successful fusion of the two spells gave him confidence.

However, combining the three spells together is quite difficult.

Rienta sat in a daze, her mind blank, the table covered with fusion plans that had been revised and improved over the past month.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Knock knock.

Rienta opened the door and found it was Frieren.

"What's wrong, Lady Frieren?"

Frieren said somewhat embarrassedly, "Rienta, it seems that Fern and Stark had a fight."

Are they in the living room?

"Um."

Rienta followed Frieren into the living room.

Stark, with a mournful face, knelt behind Fern.

Meanwhile, Fern had already entered his Big Puffshroom form, with his back to Stark.

Seeing this, Rienta immediately sensed something was wrong.

"Fern, what's wrong?"

"It's all Lord Stark's fault!" Fern replied without turning his head.

Stark said, somewhat aggrieved, "... Yes, it's all my fault."

Rienta was having a bit of a headache; how was he supposed to guess?

With a helpless sigh, he simply carried Stark into the room next door.

After helping Stark into a seat, I poured him a cup of tea.

Asked:

So, what exactly is going on?

Stark took a sip of tea and said tearfully, "When I first came to this hut, Fern pressed his cold hand against my face."

Rienta thought for a moment and said, "I vaguely remember this. And then?"

"I was planning to get revenge on her today, but then Fern got angry."

Rienta: "..."

They really are like children; they still remember even after all this time.

Fern, why would she get so angry over such a small thing?

Based on his understanding of Fern, it certainly wasn't because of something like that.

But clearly, Stark couldn't explain it clearly.

Frieren knew absolutely nothing about this, which is why she came to him for help.

Moreover, girls have a natural advantage when it comes to arguments between couples.

He sighed and said:

"Stark, no girl would be happy if someone suddenly touched her face."

"Rienta, help me," Stark said, sounding a little aggrieved. "I want to make up with Fern."

Rienta said helplessly, "I'm going to talk to Fern. Remember to apologize sincerely later; you were too perfunctory just now."

"Good!!"

After leading Stark out of the room, Rienta pulled Fern into the room.

He poured Fern another cup of tea and asked:

"Fern, I already gave Stark a good talking-to. You know he's usually so carefree..."

Before Rienta could finish explaining to Stark, Fern interrupted Rienta.

"I know it's my fault. I was too willful, and I want to apologize to him."

Looking at the tea in her hand, Fern continued, "The root of this matter actually lies with me; I am not averse to Lord Stark's touch."

"But at that moment, Lord Stark's other hand was on my shoulder."

"He was so strong, it scared me a little."

The mage was touched from behind by the warrior, who even grabbed his shoulder and such.

Rienta felt a little scared when she thought about it.

Didn't Fern and Stark already have feelings for each other?

Even Frieren could sense the pink aura emanating between the two of them on ordinary days.

But the two of them just wouldn't confess their feelings.

He couldn't make the decision for them.

"Fern, since you don't dislike Stark, why don't you just tell him the whole story?"

"Make up with him."

"Um."

Rienta led Fern out of the room, Stark quickly gave him an inquiring look.

Rienta nodded and gave her a knowing look.

He pushed Fern in front of Stark.

This time, Stark fully understood the meaning behind Rienta's gaze.

"I'm sorry, Fern."

Stark immediately gave a deep bow.

This left Fern a little confused, but she quickly came to her senses after being reminded by Rienta.

"Lord Stark, I also have a problem, I'm sorry."

"But please be gentler in the future."

The two made up.

Rienta couldn't stand the feeling of being fed dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection), so she left the small house entirely to the newly reconciled couple.

He pulled Frieren away from the cabin and into a tavern.

The two sat facing each other, ordered a few skewers and two beers.

After all the dishes were served, Rienta grabbed a skewer from the table and took a big bite.

Somewhat exasperated, he said, "Why aren't these two officially dating yet?"

Frieren tilted her head, puzzled, not quite understanding the connection between the two things.

He picked up a skewer and started eating, mumbling indistinctly:

"Rienta, you've been a huge help. I don't know what I would have done without you."

Rienta readily accepted the praise from Frieren.

This team would really fall apart without him.

The two ate for half an hour, packed some food for Fern and Stark, and then returned to the cabin.

Having absolutely no interest in continuing her research into magic, Rienta returned to her room and went straight to sleep.

Two more days passed.

The blizzard stopped.

Rienta and her group continued their journey towards the Magic City Äußerst.