Frilian: The Adventure of the Hero

The next morning.

Xia En got up very early on purpose.

Today he's going to visit the Adventurers' Guild in the city to check out the nearby dungeons and make plans for his junk-collecting business.

"Good morning, Mr. Shane. Same as always?"

The beautiful proprietress waited with a beaming smile at the table, carrying hot milk and bread.

Xia En accepted it naturally, and praised the proprietress's cooking skills, "Thank you, beautiful lady, this is the most perfectly heated milk I have ever had. You must be the lady in all of Gostan who knows how to heat milk the best."

A simple sentence made the proprietress giggle.

After instructing the landlady to wake Frillie before lunch and bring her a breakfast, Shane left the inn.

He strolled slowly down the street, observing the surrounding shops and pondering ways to make money.

Looking at all the jobs he's been looking for, it doesn't seem like there's anything suitable for him.

"Haha, Yubel's going to be a bride."

"It's time to be a bride! It's time to be a bride!"

"Waaaaah... I don't want to be a bride... Waaaaah..."

As he turned a corner, the sounds of children playing reached his ears, and Xia En looked up.

They ended up at the tailor shop where they had hidden that night.

Not far from the tailor shop, in a corner of the wall, two boys, about eight or nine years old, were laughing and joking around a little girl of the same age with green hair.

The little girl was Yubel, the tailor shop assistant.

Yubel's head and body were covered with colorful ribbons, all the work of the two little boys beside him.

It was obvious that Yubel didn't like being the "bride" the boys were talking about. The little girl was extremely upset, clutching her doll in one arm and rubbing her eyes with the other, sobbing incessantly.

The crying was very soft, as if the person was trying to hold it in and didn't want others to hear it.

Xia En sighed.

It's been so many years since I've seen this kind of scene where teenage boys tease teenage girls; I really miss it.

Xia En stepped forward and grabbed one of the playful boys with each hand.

He squatted down and began to lecture him seriously:

"You can't do that! When you're with a girl you like, you should treat her gently. You can't try to get her attention this way; it's very damaging to her feelings for you."

One sentence left the two little boys speechless.

Within seconds, the boys' faces turned bright red, and they even started to stutter.

"Who, who likes Yubel! I don't, I don't like him!"

"That's right, I don't like it either. I, I, I don't like cowardly crybabies at all."

After they finished speaking, they pushed Xia En away and ran away in a flash.

You still say you don't like it?

If we don't run now, our faces will turn bright red.

Xia En found it a little funny.

Boys this age are often like this: when they like a girl, instead of expressing their feelings directly, they tease her. The more they like her, the more they tease her, and the way the girl angrily scolds them seems like a reward to them.

Boys from all worlds are just as innocent and naive when they are young.

"Alright, the naughty child has been chased away by the uncle. Little sister, be good, don't cry."

He smiled and gently comforted the little girl in front of him, "Next time you encounter a joke you don't like, be brave and speak up. Crying won't help."

Seeing that Xia En had come to her rescue and comforted her so gently, the little girl finally stopped crying.

She lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly, kneading the rag doll in her arms, and said in a muffled voice, "I also want to yell at them to drive them away, but if I do that, my sister who's sewing clothes inside will run out immediately out of concern for me."

"In that case, she won't be able to concentrate on her work."

Oh my, what a sweet little girl!

Compared to those mischievous little brats, soft and cuddly little girls are much more endearing.

"It's good that you take care of your older sister, but you can't always put yourself through that. If you accidentally get hurt, your sister will definitely feel guilty and sad when she finds out."

Xia En helped Yubel remove the silk threads from her body and tried to comfort the little girl.

The little girl pursed her lips stubbornly.

"...If only I knew magic, I could just use magic to cut these annoying threads, and they wouldn't dare to bully me anymore."

Well, kids just love to fantasize.

Ok?

Wait a minute! This magic spell sounds familiar?

[A magic that can almost cut through everything]

Xia En suddenly remembered who the green-haired little girl in front of him was.

Ubel!

Yubel, the god of concepts!

Possesses magic capable of cutting through everything!

This magic can cut through any object that Yubel unilaterally perceives as "cuttable," no matter how hard it is, what material it is made of, or even a person... As long as Yubel thinks it can be cut, it will definitely be able to cut it!

He abruptly stood up, staring at the little girl in disbelief. He couldn't imagine that this well-behaved and sensible little girl would grow into a force to be reckoned with a few years later.

With dead fish eyes, devoid of emotion and love, he could be described as a "humanoid demon."

Thinking of this, Xia En involuntarily took a step back.

"Uncle, what's wrong?"

The little girl hugged her doll, tilting her head, her eyes full of innocence and naivety.

Xia En swallowed hard.

After calmly considering the matter, he decided to say something, to slightly change the little girl's worldview, even if it was just a small change, as a contribution to all of humanity.

"Even if you have magic that can cut through anything, use it with caution."

Why?

"Because magic is powerful, but also dangerous. What if you cut someone if you don't control it properly? If they're playing a trick on you, you can teach them a lesson, but if you accidentally cut or kill them... your sister will definitely be heartbroken for you."

"If I control it well, for example, only this far in front of me," the little girl gestured, "just 3 meters, no, 5 meters, just cut from this distance, is that okay?"

"...Even if you can control it precisely, you should still think it over first. For example, consider why the other person did it? What is their mood? Is it just a joke? Anyway, try to empathize with the other person and don't make a decision so quickly."

"Empathy... means considering the other person's feelings..."

Yubel frowned, tilted her head, and tried hard to think about what Shane had said; she didn't quite understand the meaning of those words.

But since it was said by a kind uncle, it must be correct, and I should think about it carefully.

Seeing Yubel's expression, Shane silently breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good that they can think and listen.

Thinking about the grown-up God of Slaughter, and then looking at the cute little loli she is now, Xia En shuddered.

"I hope your personality will improve a little bit in the future."

……

The Adventurers' Guild in Gostan City was much more impressive than the one Shaen had seen in the town before.

It's filled with a dazzling array of magical items, weapons, and equipment.

When Shane went in, he happened to run into a small team selling things.