What kind of nonsense is this, that you'd be chosen by the gods and favored by all the gods?

Elsa?

When Lyle saw that face, the first thing that came to mind was that mischievous girl with the red hood.

But upon closer inspection, it was discovered that this guy's face did not resemble Elsa's.

She has a more handsome face and a more mature charm, and her figure is much more shapely than Elsa's.

Wearing the same red hood, he carries a longbow and a quiver, with a rabbit hanging from the quiver's leather strap.

This is a hunter.

The assassin lay on the ground, pale-faced, with purple lips, convulsing uncontrollably, and had lost consciousness.

Lyle glanced at it and immediately retreated to the other side of the banyan tree, his mind racing.

This appears to be Elsa's sister?

It appears that he was bitten by a venomous snake and collapsed on the ground due to poisoning.

Looking around and not seeing anyone else, Lyle could basically rule out some strange suspicion in his mind.

Finally, let me add a divination.

"I should lend a helping hand."

Unexpectedly, the gold coin, which should have landed in Lyle's hand, was flipped between his fingers and fell to the ground.

Lyle frowned.

Divination failed?

This is strange; either the divination was blocked, or the information was insufficient, or the proposition was flawed.

After looking around again and confirming that the environment was safe, Lyle could only conclude that it was the latter.

Ultimately, whether or not to lend a helping hand is a matter of personal judgment.

For example, whether one should offer help based on some perverse idea or on a legitimate reason, the desired effect of the same divination will be drastically different.

So the goddess gave herself the final decision.

Lyle stepped forward and dragged the girl in the red hat backward into the bushes.

Then he cautiously observed the original location.

Hmm... no traps or ambushes, no enemies suddenly appearing, and no strange plot developments—

After confirming that nothing unexpected had happened, Lyle turned his attention to the girl in front of him.

He then tore open her clothes and found that dark blood was flowing continuously from her legs.

Upon closer inspection, a bite mark was visible on the fair foot.

"That really is a venomous snake."

Unfortunately, Lyle wasn't a herbalist and didn't have any magic potions.

But we did everything we could.

Muttering to himself the words to avoid suspicion, he did his best to treat the other person's leg wound.

Afterwards, he took the dagger from the other man and put it on himself, in case he woke up halfway through and stabbed himself due to stress.

After disarming the enemy, he carried them on his back and headed towards Reed City.

It's really heavy.

It's a bit much to ask Lyle, such a thin and weak boy, to do this job.

Fortunately, the journey was uneventful, and they brought it back to Reed City.

......

"Mr. Pude, this is what happened."

Pude looked at the lost tools he had found in front of him, and then at the girl next to him who had been examined by the city doctor.

"Fate is always full of twists and turns."

Lyle made a somewhat embarrassed remark.

Pude just kept frowning and kept glancing at the girl, clearly indicating that the two knew each other.

After a long while, he turned to look at Lyle and said:

"Anyway, you've fulfilled my request... albeit in such a strange way."

"In this respect, you really surprised me quite a bit, truly."

Pud gave Lyle a meaningful look.

"Allow me to boldly guess that you really did receive inspiration from fate to find such a trivial thing as a bunch of tools, which would be too shocking to say out loud."

Blessings aren't used like that. Pudden would rather believe that the other party was hiding their true method of finding the item than believe that someone could use blessings like that.

Pure bragging.

Pude waved his hand and put away the pile of talisman fragments.

"Come pick it up in a while, and I'll fix this talisman for you."

"walk slowly."

Then, Lyle looked over at the doctor in the city and the unconscious girl.

"Doctor, how is the situation?"

Although he found Lyle's strange way of addressing him odd, the doctor still explained the patient's condition.

"Fortunately, although she was poisoned and unconscious, it wasn't a difficult poison to cure. I applied medicine to her, and her life is no longer in danger. She will recover after some time."

"However... this should be the eldest daughter of the Lu clan chief's wife, Adrie Lu. Such an excellent warrior, how could she have fallen to a poisonous snake."

"Thank you for your help."

After he finished speaking, he saw the herbalist extend his hand to Lyle.

"well?"

"Hey, what's with the hey? Give me the money, 50 copper sols."

The Sol is the common currency of the Holy Bern Empire, which comes in gold, silver, and copper. These three currencies correspond to three different levels of transactions, and the money in the Sol is all taken from the soldiers.

After paying the bill and leaving satisfied, Lyle looked at Adley lying there with a dark expression.

The latter, however, twitched slightly at this moment, as if slowly waking up.

"Hmm... hiss... where... is this?"

She tried to straighten up, but accidentally aggravated the injury on her foot and immediately fell down again.

"Ouch..."

The pain jolted her awake, and when she looked up, all she could see was the face of a strange young man.

"Hey, you're finally awake!"

"My name is Lyle Procent, and I was a traveler visiting Reed City. I found you lying by the roadside and brought you back."

Lyle crossed his arms, looked at the guy in front of him, and explained in a rather annoyed manner.

"Is that so...? Thank you."

She seemed too weak to speak, but she still managed to get up and try to thank Lyle.

"Wait a minute... sigh, Ning should rest."

To avoid any complications that might lead to the doctor coming back and demanding more money from me.

Adele accepted the offer and lay down quietly.

But he couldn't lie there for more than two seconds before suddenly raising his head, widening his eyes, and exclaiming in surprise:

"Ah! No! Now is not the time to lie down and rest!"

She sat up abruptly, her face filled with panic.

"I remember I went hunting! No! Suenmozer, please help me! I can't come back empty-handed."

"Excuse me! I need to get off..."

However, she was too weak at the moment, and Lyle pressed her down with one hand.

"Take a good rest, where's the rabbit hanging?"

Lyle pointed to the rabbit hanging on the fireplace, which finally put Adrienne at ease.

"Thank you... I owe you a favor."

"No need for thanks." Lyle stretched out his hand, palm open. "If you have this much time to spare, you might as well pay me back."

However, Adele seemed not to hear this, and just muttered to herself:

"According to our tradition, as the chosen ones of the eternal god of hunting, we must never return empty-handed from the hunt. If it weren't for your help, I don't know what I would have done."

"That strict?" Lyle was quite surprised. "What if you're really unlucky?"

Bad luck?

Adele looked at Lyle with great surprise.

"How could I be unlucky?"

"Even if we don't have those common prey, pheasants, or wild birds, that's fine too. If we don't have those, we can gather wild fruits..."

"If all else fails, we can pick some leaves to scoop up some lake water, or gather a handful of firewood... at least we won't come empty-handed!"

She spoke these words with righteous indignation, solemnity, and reverence for tradition.

However, Lyle found it very difficult to listen to.

Isn't this just a fisherman who never misses a shot?

Wait... Does the realm ruled by the God of Hunting include fishing and hunting?

...But just as he was thinking this, two people walked in through the main entrance.

One was Helena, who had returned, and the other was Elsa, who rushed over after hearing about the situation from the herbalist.

For some reason, these two ended up together. One remained silent, while the other never stopped talking.

"Big sister!"

The moment she saw Adlie sitting up halfway on the bed, her anxiety vanished.

He reverted to his usual jumpy and easily startled manner.

Immediately afterwards, he ran quickly and pounced into Adele's arms.

"Ouch!"