Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva!.

Chapter 643 Companions reunited after early spring
"Oles, what are you looking at?"

In the room, Heshia was sewing new clothes for spring with white gauze-like fabric. On the other side, Orlais was lying by the glass window, looking at the falling snow and the streets outside.

"Look at the snow." Orlesi replied, then walked down from the windowsill, came to Heshia, and looked at the new dress curiously.

"Mine, isn't it?" she inquired.

"Yes." Tilan's fingers nimbly threaded the needle, and some icy snowflake decorations were embroidered on the corners of the skirt. Although there were not many, they were just the right embellishment, adding a bit of beauty.

"I like it, Tilan." Orlais answered happily.

While the two spent this warm and quiet winter day in the house, this land was not peaceful, because under the order of Stone Forest Fortress, various settlements and strongholds began to fight against the insects.

At first, most of the settlements did not take the notice seriously, because they did not find anything unusual, but as half a month passed, man-eating "insect fog" began to appear in some settlements, and many people had to panic and run to the Stone Forest Fortress for help after being bitten by insects. This caused some panic and alarm.

During this stage, Heshia was often invited by the Gray Feathers to assist, treat and examine these special patients.

After her treatment, many dying patients were brought back from the brink of death. She then taught the sorted testing methods to several Gray Feather doctors in the mountain fortress, which made them feel much more relieved.

Time and again, 'insect fog' broke out in scattered settlements. Some were handled by the local settlements themselves, while others could not resist and ran to the Stone Forest Fortress for help, where they were handled by fully armed gray-feathered people.

In this way, after two months of strict prevention and control, the insect fog outbreak gradually decreased, and finally disappeared before the beginning of spring.

On a new morning, Tilan was awakened by the sound of dripping water outside the window. The snow and icicles that had accumulated on the roofs of the castle for months began to melt. The sound of dripping water rang everywhere, and the ditches along the streets merged into shallow streams of water.

After these two months of hard work, many people are mentally exhausted and depressed. The gradually warming weather brings some hope and a lighthearted atmosphere.

New green buds sprouted on the branches again. After the temperature rose, the animals that had been hiding underground and in caves reappeared. Even the desolate wilderness became more lively.

After the temperature had warmed up for a few days, the blockade orders for each settlement had to be lifted, because at this time, many settlements had run out of food reserves, and whether it was planting, hunting, or fishing, they all needed to go out.

Praying that the insect infestation would not recur, Shilin Mountain Fortress cautiously lifted the ban, allowing everything in the surrounding settlements to return to normal.

In the early morning, Tilan, wearing a light dark brown coat, walked on the streets and markets with her horse, looking for and buying things she was interested in. She took off her thicker winter coat, and the girl's graceful figure was highlighted by her waist, attracting the attention of some passers-by.

Some eyes of admiration, curiosity, greed and eagerness swept over her, and some people even stepped forward and blocked the girl's way.

"Hey, my name is Rune, a strong warrior." The bald, dark-skinned man clenched his fist and bumped his shoulder, highlighting his strong physique and muscles.

"Come back with me, there will be endless food and sugar, and you will have a strong man to rely on." He stared at the little white skin on the girl's neck, his eyes fiery.

"No, please move aside." The girl raised her head, and her transparent and clear eyes briefly swept over the other person.

"Heh." The other party didn't care at all and reached out to grab the girl's shoulder, but Tilan dodged it lightly by stepping back.

Seeing this, the man thought that the girl was just lucky and took another step forward, ready to grab Tilan's hair and make this beautiful and delicate girl surrender.

"Snapped."

The juice and melon pulp slowly slid down the man's head, and his original attempt to grab Tilan was blocked by the juice covering his eyes.

"Who! Who the hell dares to hit me?" He wiped the juice off his face with his arm, turned his head angrily, trying to find the person who stopped him.

"Yes, look over here, it's me." A young man with golden hair with a hint of white came over and waved. Behind him followed an extremely tall figure. The three-meter-tall body blocked the rising sun, leaving a large shadow.

"You..." The man's eyes were filled with jealousy, but looking at the tall moose behind the other party, he didn't dare to really go forward and get angry.

"Yes, it's me. Move aside, don't scare the beautiful girl behind you, she's my friend." Guy approached, patted the man on the shoulder, and walked past him. The man shook Guy's wrist away and was about to slap him, but a giant hand fell from the sky and grabbed his whole body, making him unable to move.

After a winter of rest, the moose boss Ori finally regained his former powerful fighting power.

"Put me down, I'll call the guards. You are blatantly violating the laws of the fortress and you will be punished!" The other party couldn't break free and began to shout anxiously.

Following his advice, Ori loosened his fingers, and the man fell from the air and hit the ground. He hurriedly climbed up using his hands and feet, and ran away cursing.

This scene was seen by many people in the market, causing a burst of laughter.

On the other side, Heshia also looked at Guy and the people behind him with a little curiosity. Among them was not only the moose Ori, but also several new faces.

"This is Mimi, the companion Sura mentioned before." Guy came out with a youthful and lovely girl with light green hair and cat ears. Behind her short leather skirt was a flexible tail that changed direction from time to time.

"Hello, I'm Mimi." She blinked, and her amber eyes looked at Heshia with curiosity.

In the eyes of several people, although the girl was wearing a simple brown hooded jacket, her well-proportioned figure, slender legs, and exceptionally fair and attractive face were still particularly eye-catching.

"Hello." Tilan bowed and then stood up to speak to Guy.

"Are these new members of the settlement?"

"Yes, in the winter, the Pomegranate Village also suffered from an insect infestation. In order to prevent the people in the village from being infected by insects, Chizhi evacuated many members, so Mimi returned to our village."

"After the spring, even if the Pomegranate Settlement resumed production, there was probably a shortage of food, so they simply settled down in our settlement." Guy replied.

"This time I came to Shilin Mountain Fort to buy some daily necessities for my future life. Also--" He changed the subject and looked into the distance behind him.

"Sura!" The calling voice spread in the noisy market.

Soon, a hurried figure broke through the crowd and ran over quickly.

"What's the matter? Why are you shouting so urgently?" Sura supported his knees, panting, and looked at Guy.

"Weren't you worried that you wouldn't be able to find Heshia in the castle? We just happened to meet her." Guy said with a smile.

"Wow, Heshia, you didn't leave and are still here." Sura was particularly surprised and happy to see the girl and trotted over.

"After all, I still don't know which direction home is, so I didn't move." Tilan lowered her head and took Sura's arm with both hands.

"You must have something to ask me this time." Knowing Sura's character, Tilan guessed that he did not simply miss her.

"Yeah, do you remember the address of the ruins I got from Fran last year? I want to explore this time, but I lack reliable partners, hehe." She was a little embarrassed as she said this, after all, this kind of thing still has certain risks. "Ruins..." Tilan remembered something. According to the information and books she had read in the Stone Forest Castle in the past few months, many of the ruins were built before this planet left the galactic channel, which means that there should be a lot of information and technology left over from the Fifth Era.

It would be great if we could find a way to return to the Federation early. Even if not, by obtaining information about the Fifth Era, we could also have a certain understanding of our own life experience. Thinking of this, Tilan was slightly tempted. With the power and strength she possessed, there shouldn't be many on this planet that could threaten her life.

"Then let's go together."

Seeing Tilan agreed, Sura jumped up excitedly, feeling extremely happy, and the emotion seemed to be almost overflowing.

“That’s great~!”

"I'll go prepare now and purchase various things needed for the journey, as well as the tools and equipment for making them." She paced back and forth on the ground, talking about her future plans.

Seeing this, the people who were accompanying him also smiled.

Afterwards, they went to the restaurant in the castle for dinner, during which Guy and Mimi talked about many things that happened in the winter.

"After winter began, the first month was relatively peaceful, but something happened in the second month," Mimi recalled, with a few grains of rice still on the corners of her mouth.

"It was Tiebang who discovered that someone was stealing food, and the food stored in the settlement was running low."

"Lord Akagi ordered a search to find out who stole the food. Then a conflict broke out in the settlement. They split into several groups and attacked each other, saying that the other side took it. My companions and I did not belong to their group, so we could only hide aside and did not dare to offend any faction."

"This quarrel made Lady Chizhi very angry. She directly punished the leaders of several factions. The matter was about to be over, but soon the insect infestation broke out again. Many people in one faction died painfully after being parasitized, and their bodies were burned."

"The remaining people suspected that the other two factions had poisoned and assassinated them, so they fought directly, and almost killed someone in the middle. It was the turmoil that was forcibly suppressed by Lord Akagi that separated the several groups of people."

"After two months of suffering and intense life, winter is over, but the people in the settlement have lost their morale. Lord Akagi became disheartened when he saw this, and simply let some of the dissatisfied people leave with some of their property."

"Several big factions left, and the few of us who were left couldn't defeat those who stuck together, so we just left too." Mimi talked about her experience this winter.

It seems that the settlement structure on this land is very fragile. Any unexpected event in difficult times may lead to the outbreak of conflict, Tilan thought.

After lunch, the group followed Sura to the market to purchase the necessary supplies, and gathered at a corner of the square in the afternoon.

"This time, we're going to the ruins with me, Guy, Heshia, Shirley, and..." Sura dragged out his words a little and looked in the direction of the street in the distance.

"Fran." She called out to the young man who was carrying a backpack with one hand.

"Wow, it's been a whole winter. You all are lucky to have survived." Compared to a few months ago, Fran's hair was cut shorter and he was wearing a more high-tech jacket. Judging from the things mounted on his waist, they should be ammunition boxes and other supplies. There was also a short dagger tied to his thigh with a belt.

"I found the nearest base of the Slami Association, submitted my previous report, and exchanged a lot of useful things." He shook the backpack in one hand.

"I heard that a lot of things happened in Stone Forest Castle this winter. If only I had stayed here earlier, I could have written an excellent report."

"Staying here may not be a good thing. You might be infested by bugs and die on a winter night." Guy smiled, hugging his shoulders.

The five people gathered together, and Sura introduced each of them to each other as they walked.

"I won't mention Guy and I. Heshia is a partner I met last fall. She is good at medicine and can sew wounds as carefully and cleanly as sewing fine clothes. Fran is an investigator from the southern continent, and Sherry is a warrior from the Red Pomegranate Settlement. He has quick reactions and is very good with a knife."

Finally, Sura introduced the new cat-tail warrior to everyone. He was thin, with red and green tattoos on his arms. He looked very capable in fighting. The corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a hearty smile.

"I need money. I will be staying in Stone Forest Castle in the future. If you find anything valuable in the ruins this time, you must give me one third of it."

"I don't care about records or anything like that. Just pay me the difference." In the other party's eyes, he was hired to do the job and he couldn't do it for free.

"No problem. If you find any valuable information or cultural relics, the foreign guy next to you can buy them for a lot of money." Sura waved his hand.

"Now that the manpower has been confirmed, we will replenish the supplies tomorrow and set off the day after tomorrow."

"Where are Mimi and the others?" Tilan asked.

"They will go back with Boss Moose tomorrow. With Boss Moose around, there's no need to worry about their safety on the road." Sura replied.

"Oh, I see." Tilan thought of Ores at home. Before going out this time, she had to explain things to her and even prepare some props as a reserve.

"Then we'll see you tomorrow, meeting adjourned!" After Sura announced, everyone left.

Late at night, Tilan sat in the workshop on the second floor, slowly making a special necklace. The silver necklace body had already been completed, but the last special sapphire was still under construction.

There was a faint halo in her eyes, and the gem in front of her was quietly suspended in the air. Extremely fine white silk threads were constantly imprinted on the inside of the gem, outlining complex patterns.

As the eldest daughter of Gray Dust Crystal, Tilan has a deep understanding of crystal processing technology. In addition, she also passively learned a lot of related knowledge when making rhythmic crystals and singularities before, so she can now make some gems with special effects on her own.

Half an hour later, the imprint patterns inside the gem were finally completed. After emitting a faint glow, it took shape and fell on the table.

Tilan put on the gems and necklace, went back to the bedroom and woke up Orlais who was already fast asleep.

"Come, put this on." She held up Orlesi, hung the necklace around the ice elf's neck, and fastened it carefully.

Orles opened her eyes wide with a little curiosity, constantly looking at the gem on her chest and carefully touching it with her fingers.

"If you encounter danger in the future, you can activate the gem. Just input magic power. Also, I can sense it." Tilan instructed her.

"I know, Tilan." Ores nodded, and then she was very happy because Tilan made something for her again.

"Tilan, okay." She hugged the girl's arm and said a few more words, then fell asleep again with Heshia's comfort.

Looking at Orles, whose breathing had become steady again, Heshia thought for a moment and decided that before leaving, she would probably have to ask Sigmund to look after her to prevent others from barging in and disturbing Orles.

After arranging these, everything was almost done, and she could then explore the ruins with peace of mind.

I don’t know what I encountered along the way. It would be great if the ruins recorded the specific origin of this planet and which dark sun finally hid it.

Since the other party did this, there must be some purpose, and they should have left a backup plan. If we can find the solution, we can probably get the superluminal starship and spacecraft that can leave the planet.

(End of this chapter)