Cui Ciyou's days in Buena Village settled into a peaceful routine.
Each morning, he and Roxy ate the simple breakfast Lilia prepared at the Greyrat house.
It consisted mostly of dark bread, milk, and fruits and vegetables from this other world.
Buena Village was a small farming village of just over thirty households, mainly growing aslan wheat and Batiels Flowers.
Aslan wheat was used to make bread; Batiels Flowers were a spice sold to the royal capital, Yalsdu.
After breakfast, the two began their respective jobs.
Roxy began teaching Rudeus magic;
Cui Ciyou fulfilled his duties as an "Auxiliary Defense Knight."
He patrolled the outskirts of the village, relieved Paul or the village hunters at the Observation Tower in the forest, and sometimes cleared out monsters that appeared near the village.
Of course, these were generally low-level monsters, mainly Assault Hounds and Boreas Wind Wolves, with the occasional mid-level Doom Boar.
After all, this was the edge of the forest.
High-level monsters lived much farther into its depths.
Of course, sometimes a little green-haired girl, Sylphy, accompanied him.
These days were far too leisurely.
Cui Ciyou had somewhat forgotten Alice, far away in Roa.
And his promise that he would only leave for a few days before returning.
When he left, Sauros had taken Alice out for an excursion.
So he had not explained things to Alice, only informed Ghislaine.
His original plan had been to settle into his work in Buena Village before deciding what to do about Roa, but seven or eight days had already passed.
Philip had not urged him to return, either. Presumably, with Ghislaine looking after Alice, her sword training would not fall behind.
As for academic lessons, Alice seemed equally happy with or without them.
But one sunny afternoon, that peace was shattered by