The newly born child had never appeared, and yet now they could only hear its voice.
From the way Aiko spoke, it was clear that she considered this the key to their current predicament.
In fact, Fu Qian agreed with her.
For one thing, it was certainly suspicious.
Larrea was known as the royal family, and its name was famous far and wide. But in essence, in the world as it stood, it had become little more than a ceremonial mascot.
It was said that one reason they had willingly handed over power back then was that the bloodline of this Divine Human family had already been in decline. Now they were the very picture of wealthy idlers, and their numbers were dwindling, too.
In that situation, the birth of a child was certainly cause for celebration.
But whether it was enough to invite a Night Watcher demigod to attend would, in Fu Qian's opinion, depend on whether she was interested.
And yet Aiko had turned up in full finery, showing them every courtesy—only to find that she had never even been granted a glimpse of the continuation of this noble bloodline?
This was no longer a matter of how much respect they showed her. No mascot family could be so clueless about its place.
The other reason was even simpler.
[1-207; Child]
That was even the name of the item in this mission. It was impossible not to take it seriously.
And then there was one last thing—
[Current mission updated: Find the source of the crying]
Just as Aiko finished speaking, the expected mission finally appeared.
Now that was what they called sharpening the axe without delaying the woodcutting. Even wandering around could trigger the main quest.
"I think so too. The key to getting out may