Are You Famous?

"Lawine, run! I'll hold them off!"

Kanne shouted to Lawine with an expression of self-sacrifice, but the reason why he was willing to "sacrifice himself" was not something that could be explained to outsiders.

"Wait, you wouldn't be...?"

However, Lawine didn't seem to listen to Kanne's advice, and instead stared blankly at Frieren.

"That's right."

Frieren nodded and said to Lawine, "The riddle-like tone makes it seem like we're talking about someone so notorious that no one dares to name them. Why don't we just say 'you know who'?"

"What? Who are you? Are you famous?"

Kanne, on the other hand, looked completely bewildered, like a female protagonist in a novel who, upon meeting a famous celebrity, would ask, "Who are you?" and the celebrity might reply, "An interesting woman." After that, a love-hate story spanning hundreds of thousands of words would begin between the two.

"She is Lady Frieren."

Lawine glanced at Kanne, seemingly unable to understand why she didn't recognize him. It would be understandable if he were an ordinary person, but they were all students at the True Magic academy. This guy definitely hadn't been paying attention in class.

"Frieren?"

After thinking for a while, Kanne suddenly realized who was in front of him.

"You're that Frieren!? Uh... what I meant was... are you famous? Aren't you famous?"

I was so excited I was almost incoherent; I was just short of saying, "Hello, thank you, xiaolongbao, goodbye."

It seems the story of the naive and innocent heroine and the big star ended before it even began.

"I'm sorry, Frieren."

Lawine grabbed Kanne, who was still trying to make amends, and made her bow and apologize with him.

"We are students from the True Magic academy. My name is Lawine, and hers is Kanne. We're not very bright, so we hope Frieren will be understanding."

"It doesn't matter..."

"Who's not quite right in the head!?"

Before Frieren could finish speaking, Kanne broke free from Lawine's grasp, lunged forward, and grabbed Lawine's shoulders, trying to make her take back what she had just said. Lawine, however, pressed one hand against Kanne's forehead, firmly keeping her at least half a meter away from her.

Girls' Fighting Tournament Begins!

"These two seem to get along quite well."

Lorenzo watched from the sidelines as the two of them tugged and pulled at each other on the shore, and the tense atmosphere from their earlier disrespect for the legendary True Magic vanished completely.

Just as Lawine was ready to mount his horse, the parchment he had been holding fell to the ground during their struggle, and the sea breeze immediately swept it into the air.

"Map!"

The parchment tumbled in the wind and flew towards the sea, seemingly about to fall into the ocean and never return, when a hand caught it precisely in mid-air.

It's Frieren!

She looked down at the parchment that had fallen into her hand. Come to think of it, she probably wouldn't say something like, "I picked this up, I thought nobody wanted it," and then just openly keep the map for herself.

After all, this elf always manages to display incredibly despicable behavior in inexplicable ways.

"This looks like an ancient star map, but the creator added True Magic spell for location. The hidden information will only appear when you align the map with the corresponding stars at the correct location."

Kanne no longer cared about continuing his fight with Lawine.

Is that treasure real?

It cannot be confirmed at this time.

Frieren lifted the parchment and looked up at the sky through the tiny dots on it.

"But this image itself is most likely not fake; it has existed for at least a long time."

She herself is not an antiquarian, so she naturally cannot determine the exact year of this picture, but it is clear that it has been preserved for a very long time.

Upon hearing this conclusion, both Kanne and Lawine showed excited expressions. The librarian of the academy had studied it for a long time and could only determine that it was an ancient star map used for positioning. Unexpectedly, Lady Frieren figured it out after just a few glances.

He truly lives up to his reputation as a legendary True Magic.

"Lady Frieren, can you help us find the treasure?"

"I can't believe it, "Kanne asked, full of anticipation.

"Of course."

Frieren readily agreed, after all, treasure hunting was one of her hobbies.

That's wonderful.

Kanne immediately broke into a bright smile, but Lawine was not as optimistic.

"Don't you want to discuss how to distribute the treasure after we find it?"

After all, asking someone for a favor always comes with a price, especially when it's a legendary True Magic like Lady Frieren. Even though she's known as a hero, heroes still need to eat. If we blindly believe that heroes should unconditionally help others, wouldn't that be moral blackmail?

"Let's talk about that after we find it. After all, the treasure hunt itself is very interesting."

"You seem surprisingly reasonable."

What did you originally take me for?

Frieren asked Kanne had interrupted from the side.

"An evil elf that pounces on the map the moment it smells treasure."

Kanne answered without hesitation, and silence fell over the shore once more.

"As I said before, Lady Frieren."

Lawine grabbed his childhood friend's hair and pulled it back.

"She's not very bright."

Kanne immediately turned and glared at her.

Just as the second "girls' fight" was about to begin, Fern stepped between the two to separate them and said...

"Let's discuss this star chart first. Lord Lorenzo, haven't you been observing the night sky lately? You must be able to identify what this star chart refers to."

Lorenzo glanced at Fern, then at the star map in Frieren's hand.

Besides the chaotic star trails, there was a blackened moon and faded text. Although it was illegible, the meaning of the pattern itself was not hard to guess.

"Your previous guess was correct; we do need to go to the lighthouse. Also, we need to observe when the moon is a new moon, as bright moonlight might interfere with the effects of the True Magic on the map."

"If it's a new moon, I think today is?"

Fern said somewhat uncertainly, "I was raised by Frieren and Lorenzo, and I'm well-versed in both True Magic and astronomy. So I naturally have some knowledge of lunar phases."

"Great! Does that mean we can get the treasure today?"

Kanne ran to the front of the group, looking very excited, and pointed to the lighthouse not far away.

"Then let's hurry and head towards the lighthouse!"