Flillian, I want to live.

Fulilian turned around and made the decision in a hurry as if there was something urgent.

"Please wait a moment."

However, just as Fulilian was about to slip away, Philen suddenly called her from behind.

"Hey, what's the problem?"

Fulilian turned her head and said with a guilty expression on her face.

"Although we're splitting up to restock supplies, I'll be in charge of purchasing essentials like water, food, and daily necessities. May I ask what you're going to buy, Lady Fulilian?"

Philen took out a small account book that recorded daily expenses from his pocket, and a skeptical expression appeared on his face.

After leaving the royal capital, Philen has been traveling with her two teachers for more than a year. Although most of the time they were just completing some insignificant commissions as adventurers, their expenses had already far exceeded their income along the way.

"That...herbs or something?"

Fulilian bit her lips lightly and narrowed her eyes into a straight line.

Looking at the expression on Fulilian's face, Philen's eyes suddenly became sharp.

That was the expression Fulilian would make when she was hiding something from others, and usually nothing good would happen at that time.

Fulilian always buys things of unknown meaning on a whim.

For example, the skull of an ancient monster, or a potion that melts clothes.

The originally ample travel expenses were consumed unknowingly.

Looking at Fulilian's back as she walked away, Philen couldn't help but reveal a worried expression.

"Could you please buy these things, Master Guter?"

Philen tore off a piece of paper from the small account book, quickly wrote down a list of supplies that needed to be purchased on it with a pen, and then stuffed it into Gutel's hand.

"Huh?" Guter, who hadn't reacted, looked at Fearon with a look of longing, and answered subconsciously, "It's not impossible..."

"Then let's meet at the inn later, as we agreed with Lady Fulilian!"

Before Gutel could finish her words, Philen waved at her and quickly chased in the direction where Fulilian had just left.

"..."

Guter looked at Fearon who was running away in a hurry, then lowered his head and looked at the long shopping list on the note, a look of pain on his face.

"At least leave me the money..."

After traveling in the human world for so many years, Guter managed to save some money.

However, unlike the lavish Freelian, Guter is extremely stingy when it comes to spending money.

This cannot be blamed on her, because she has never worried about money for most of her life.

If you see something you like, just kill its original owner and take it for yourself.

However, those good days are gone forever.

After trying to integrate into human society, Gutel deeply understood the meaning of "a penny can make a hero".

“Can you make it cheaper?”

In the market of Barum, Gutel looked at the boss in front of her pitifully, not caring about her advanced age, and tried her best to use her loli appearance to bargain with the boss.

"Um... little girl, this is already the cost price, and if you are sure you want to buy it..."

Cold sweat broke out on the boss's forehead. Although he had seen many people who bargained fiercely, this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

As for why, he didn't run a flower shop or a toy store, but a weapons store that sold murder weapons...

"Give me a 50% discount, or I'll tell the guard over there that you tricked me into coming here and groped me."

Looking at the owner of the weapons shop who kept wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, Gutel just smiled slightly, then pointed to the guards patrolling the street.

"Huh? You...you're not just making a false accusation..."

The boss looked at Gutel in disbelief.

"Let's see if the guard will believe you. After all, why would a normal little girl come back to a place like this?"

Guter grinned and threatened the boss in front of him with a sly smile.

You actually knew that.

The boss looked at Guter in front of him frantically. After thinking it over again and again, he chose the former between losing money and social death.

"I see. Then take your things and go."

The boss dismissed the plague god in front of him.

"that……"

"What else do you want?"

"Can you help me pack something cute..."

Chapter 41: Just like the eldest brother whose master was captured by the monster after returning from begging

Dusk.

After a busy day, Master Gu was staggering along the stone road by the sea, carrying the bags he had just purchased.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the returning fishing boats are hoisting their sails and heading towards the nearby port in a neat long line. In the gentle sea breeze, seagulls are chirping in the sky, wondering if they have caught any French fries.

"Hey~"

Perhaps because his attention was attracted by the beautiful scenery around him, Gutel tripped on the stairs leading to the hotel and fell forward to the ground in a somewhat embarrassed manner. The supplies he was holding fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

"Are you OK?"

A magnetic voice sounded in the ears of Gutel, who was dizzy from the fall.

"Uh... okay..."

Gutel slowly turned over from the ground and looked in the direction where the sound came from.

What appeared in her sight was a man in black wearing a red cloak. He was tall and strong, and under the hood he wore black crystal sunglasses, giving people an unfathomable sense of mystery.

"Watch your way, little girl."

The man stretched out his hand to Guter and reminded her enthusiastically.

"Ah, that's right..."

Guter blinked, and after a moment's hesitation, she took the man's hand and stood up with his help.

"You bought so many things, are you going on a trip somewhere?"

The man bent down and helped Guter pick up the supplies scattered on the ground, while asking Guter casually.

"My dad is going on a trip!"

Guter pulled the thing closer to his arms, tilted his head, and answered in an innocent manner.

"Oh? Is that so? Is this a gift for your dad?"

The man paused, then reached out and picked up the last thing on the ground.

It was a beautifully packaged wooden box, decorated with a lovely purple bow.

"Yes, it is!"

Guter smiled and nodded.

"This time, you must pay attention to the road, little one. Go home quickly and don't let your father worry."

The man placed the wooden box on top of what Guter was holding in his arms, grinned, and said with a concerned smile.

"Thank you uncle!"

Guter nodded to the man, then took small steps and disappeared at the end of the stairs.

"Did you let her go?"

After Gutel left, in the alley nearby, a short pink-haired girl emerged slowly from the darkness with graceful steps. Like Fulilian, she had childish twin ponytails on both sides of her head, but what made Fulilian more impressive was her pair of inward-curved pointed horns.

"You should know better than me. She's just a child at the level of an apprentice magician."

Faced with the demons appearing in the human city, the man did not panic. Instead, he leaned against the low wall behind him and chatted with them as if he was very familiar with them.

"Indeed, if it's only at that level, it won't work at all."

The demon girl nodded, agreeing with the man.

"The hunt in this city is almost over. If I remember correctly, the next target is the most important to you, right?"

The man pushed up his sunglasses and said to the demon girl with a smile.

"Yes."

The demon girl nodded in agreement.

"But that guy is no ordinary bastard. He's killed countless people. Even I would find him a bit tricky."

The man raised his head and complained to the demon girl in front of him with emotion.

"Are you planning to break the contract?"

The demon girl slowly raised her hand, and a huge battle axe that was out of proportion to her slender body appeared in her hand.

"So, dealing with these stupid demons like you is exhausting. Don't you understand? What I mean is..."

The man looked at the demon girl who showed murderous intent with some helplessness, and shook his head to indicate that he was not ready to quit.

"What is it?"

The demon girl stared at the man coldly. She didn't quite understand the roundabout ways of expression used by humans.

"It's more money."

The man answered righteously.

"I'm back! Hey, listen to me, you two. I just met a weird guy on the road..."

As soon as he entered the hotel room, Gutel first threw the supplies in his arms aside, then raised his head and spoke to the two people in the room in a complaining tone.

"..."

However, all that responded to Guterre was silence.

"I said……"

Guter raised his head and looked at the empty room in front of him, with a troubled expression on his face.

Maybe the two of them just went out to eat first...

Guter comforted himself in this way.

However, when she noticed that not only Philen's bed, but also Fulilian's bed was as new as it was in the morning, without any signs of use, she immediately realized that the two people had never returned to the inn.

It was obvious that they were in some trouble.

Following the direction that Fulilian and Philen had left, Gutel began to inquire about their whereabouts.

Hard work pays off. At the edge of a square, Guter got clues about the two people from a jewelry merchant who was about to close his stall.

"You mean an elf lady with silver hair and twin tails? Well, I've seen her before. She stayed in front of my stall for a long time today before finally deciding to buy a hair accessory."

The jeweler listened to Gutel's description and recalled what happened.

"Ah, then do you know where she went after that?"

Guter asked excitedly.

"I didn't notice that."

The jeweler shrugged.

"Uh……"

Guter seemed a little discouraged as the clues were broken again.

"However, regarding that purple-haired girl you just mentioned..."

Looking at the lost Gutter, the uneasy jewelry merchant slapped his forehead and seemed to remember something.

"Did you see her?"