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In a quiet corner—
After finishing the last page of the diary, Vieya closed the not-so-thick booklet, her mind awash with mixed emotions.
Back then, it had taken her less than two years to build the Hero Squad from scratch and gather such an outstanding team.
Including herself, there had only been seven people, yet each one carried multiple roles.
Flaviel had been an all-round grand mage who could do practically everything.
Not only was she proficient in close-quarters combat and a thousand kinds of magic, but even her cooking, flirting, and leadership skills were second to none... All of that, Vieya thought, must have been what she traded time for, right?
But at the time, Vieya had simply thought of her as a character even rarer and stronger than a rare one—so what if she could do a little bit of everything?
Only now did she belatedly realize why Flaviel knew so much—those countless versions of herself across all the timelines had given her a wealth of memories and transcendent experience.
Vieya thought silently.
Maybe when she’d claimed to be “not even seventeen yet,” that had been a lie too.
Next time they met, she would definitely call her “old hag” to her face—humiliate her thoroughly!
Vieya thought with resentment, completely unaware of how childish that thought was.
Honestly, she and Flaviel had known each other for quite a while. Though Flaviel had been the last one to join the Hero Squad, that had still been many years ago.
And according to Flaviel herself, she had secretly observed their team for a very, very long time—though she never said exactly how long—until she was satisfied enough to finally join.
Those days... really had been so long ago.
And yet, thinking ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) of them now, they felt so close—as if they had happened only yesterday.
“Parted by rivers and seas, how many times have mountains stood between old friends...”
Leaning against the wall, Vieya held the small booklet to her chest and closed her eyes, slowly drifting to sleep. In her hazy dreams, she seemed to see the past again—everyone together, drinking and singing in high spirits.
“Miss Vieya, the wild-vegetable soup is ready! ...Eh? She’s asleep? Maybe I should wait a bit—” freёwebnovel.com
In her drowsiness, Vieya suddenly felt a light pressure kneading her shoulder.
She gave a faint hum, blinked open her green eyes in confusion—and found Liufir’s face right before hers.
“Miss Vieya, you’re awake! The wild-vegetable soup’s still hot! Uncle Rakaide found some beautiful mushrooms outside and added them—it tastes amazing...” Liufir chirped away, bright and lively as ever.
Vieya blinked, took the bowl that was offered, and asked in a half-asleep tone, “Is it morning yet?” freeωebnovēl.c૦m
“It’s not even one a.m. yet... Sister Menesis said you, like the rest of us, haven’t eaten in a while, so please eat something first and rest again, okay?”
Liufir lowered her voice. “Captain Luna said we can rest until morning before moving on. Once it’s daytime tomorrow, we’ll find a way out. Sister Menesis has a few fragments of Hero Armor—once we bring them back, we can complete the commission...”
“Is that so... that’s good,” Vieya murmured softly, eyes lowered, then lifted the large bowl and downed the soup in one go, glug glug.
“...Tastes nice. Remember to wake me up in the morning, okay...”
“!”
Liufir’s eyes went wide as she blankly took back the bowl—bigger than her own head—and then secretly glanced at Vieya’s perfectly flat stomach, dumbfounded.
“S-so amazing...”
After blurting that out, Liufir carefully stood up, moved away from Vieya’s side, and decided not to disturb her rest any further.
“How’s her condition now?” asked Menesis at once when the girl who had delivered the meal came back.
