Comet Dragon, breaking into the gravity field

Takamatsu Deng went to the receptionist at the gathering place to submit their mission report. Chihaya Aine followed the cat transport team and returned here after transporting the notorious electric dragon and the passing scratching birds to the material distribution center. She sighed at the poisonous demon bird that was lucky enough to survive.

"Aine regrets not being able to kill it?"

"No way! Am I the kind of person who likes fighting and killing?"

After patting the railing, Chihaya Aine rushed to Ritsu Narose and picked up a freshly peeled walnut kernel and stuffed it into her mouth in a fit of anger.

"I just feel that Deng Deng's condition is a little strange." She explained vaguely while chewing walnut kernels.

"She's probably concentrating on thinking," Naruse Ritsuya said leisurely, turning to feed the girl beside her. "Aine should also know that when Deng is thinking seriously, she tends to be a bit one-track-minded."

"That's true..."

Without asking Takamatsu Deng what she was thinking, Chihaya Aine fell into silence.

Facing the breeze, she seemed to have figured something out. She suddenly stood up straight and looked at Ritsu Narose seriously.

——“Please guide me!”

Looking at the girl in front of him who suddenly bowed to him, Naruse Ritsu blinked in confusion...

……

"Hey~ Is this the mission log you wrote?"

"Yes, it is."

The process that he thought would be completed smoothly encountered an unexpected situation. Seeing the receptionist repeatedly looking through the report he had submitted, Gao Songdeng stood anxiously in front of the counter, trying hard to think if he had made any mistakes.

Putting down the paper in her hand, the ponytailed receptionist looked at Gao Songdeng with a smile. "It's really well written! First of all, the format is very standard, and secondly, the content is basically covered."

"Oh~" The short-haired receptionist on the other side also came over and made a meaningful exclamation.

Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and whispered in her colleague's ear.

As she was talking, the receptionist in front of Takamatsu Deng's face suddenly changed slightly, and then asked her excitedly, "So you are a teammate of the 'Silver Wing of the Third Regiment'?"

"……who?"

"Eh? That's the 'Silver Flash', the 'Shadow of the Blue Star', the 'Model Tool Man' in the Commander-in-Chief's Heart, the 'Grand Commander's Appointed Ace Wrestler'..."

"Sorry, I don't know that many people."

Thinking about his experiences over the past few days, Gao Songdeng was sure that he did not know the big shots the other party was talking about.

"But……"

The receptionist looked at the mission report in front of him, which had an unusually neat format and did not look like something a newcomer could write. Then he looked at the defense team suit on Takamatsu Deng, which was still in the trial stage, and he hesitated to speak.

While she was hesitating whether to ask further, an elderly man in a vest jacket and shorts appeared at the entrance of the gathering area.

Although the energetic old woman has a head of white hair, she gives people a vitality that is no less than that of a young person.

"Ah! Master Yuanye!" The companions beside him had their eyes lit up and immediately waved and shouted in the direction of that person.

Seeing this senior appear here, the short-haired receptionist excitedly told her the news she had just received.

Gao Songdeng, who was called, was a little at a loss. She noticed that the elderly lady was walking towards her and she didn't know whether to go or stay.

With just one glance, the experienced Master Yuanye determined that the girl in front of him was definitely not a hunter.

This is a rare thing...

Noticing the emblem on Takamatsu Touma's waist, she, who had dealt with Naruse Ritsu before, knew that the relationship between the two was unusual.

With a kind smile of someone who had experienced this, she understood and didn't intend to continue asking questions.

But when she handed the receptionist the mission report she had recorded in the Miasma Valley, she saw that the girl was still standing there.

"Um, I have something I want to ask you, can I bother you for a moment..."

"Of course," Master Yuanye said hello to the receptionist who was sorting materials and pointed to the rest area in the meeting hall. "I just happened to be planning a break, so why don't we sit over there for a while?"

Sitting face to face with this old man who looked very powerful, Gao Songdeng was still racking her brains to think about how to start the conversation when the other party expressed her thoughts.

"If I'm not mistaken, you want to ask about that kid?"

"Yes..." Knowing who the "boy" the other party was referring to, Gao Songdeng nodded and said, "I want to know more about him."

Just as Naruse Ritsu said, Takamatsu Touma didn't have the same power as her. If she wanted to take the "dominant" position, she could only find new ways to strengthen herself in other ways.

Intelligence becomes extremely important until an advantage can be achieved through overwhelming force.

Takamatsu's knowledge of Naruse Ritsu was limited to what he had said, and the books stored in Naruse Ritsu's study only recorded what he considered worthy of mention. While valuable, they were ultimately less direct than directly questioning someone who knew him.

Not yet fully understanding how he could achieve "dominance", Gao Songdeng could only take one step at a time using the clumsy method he had figured out.

Upon hearing Takamatsu Deng's request, Master Yuanye's expression became even more excited.

Although she often carries out exploration missions in the Miasma Valley and various remote and dangerous places, as an elderly person, she still maintains those very traditional hobbies.

For example, gossip, chatting, listening to the emotional stories of the younger generation and making sharp comments as a person who has experienced it.

"It's not that this is an inconvenient topic to talk about, but I don't know much about it myself." He was still polite, but the smile hidden in the wrinkles on his face could not be suppressed. "If you don't mind me being long-winded, please sit down first."

After asking Cat Elu, the chef in charge of catering for the gathering area, to make a plate of fried assorted insects, she knocked on the table and began her reminiscence.

"That guy is a subsequent member of the third group. He came here with the fifth group... Oh, and the third group is that airship."

Pointing to the airship floating above the Star Base, she continued, "Ever since he first arrived here, he's been a loner. Whether he's out on a mission or resting in the base, he loves being alone."

"Although we've considered helping him break his isolation, it's difficult for other hunters to keep up with his movements. Only a few veteran hunters from the first group who are exceptionally strong can coordinate with him. And those scholars all stay in their rooms and never leave. We can't rely on them to help with this kind of thing."

"In the end, only the Blue Star from the Fifth Regiment often acted with him."

If Ritsu Narose heard this, he would probably just sigh that human imagination is extremely rich.

As an ancient dragon who has been in the New World for many years, although he is not familiar with the situation here, he undoubtedly has enough intelligence advantages compared to the hunters who are completely in the dark.

In order to prevent the Ancient Dragon Investigation Team from targeting him one day, he simply took out his hunter identity again and joined the third group with the dual identity of "Dragon Calendar Academy scholar and hunter", and returned to the New World after a journey.

In order to avoid letting these guys with senses so sharp that they could frighten a dragon notice that something was wrong with him, Ritsu Narose took the initiative to avoid communicating with them, trying not to reveal his true identity in the slightest details.

Therefore, his behavior may seem a little strange to others.

But then again, there were already enough weirdos in the Survey Corps, and the weirdest of them all was the one from the fifth term.

"Who is 'Blue Star'?"

Noticing the name mentioned by many hunters, Takamatsu Deng couldn't help but become curious.

This kid is really new here...

With a sigh in her heart, Master Yuanye slowly recounted the glorious achievements of "White Wind of the Fifth Regiment" and her experiences with Ritsu Naruse...

……

"It hurts..."

In the special cabin, a sharp wail came from Chihaya Aine's mouth.

"I told you not to overdo the practice..."

Seeing the girl holding the katana trembling unconsciously all over, Ritsu Narose sighed slowly.

In order to teach Chihaya Aine the techniques of using the katana, and considering that her basics were too weak and she might very likely change her job from a katana wielder to a comedian in front of other people in the training ground, Ritsu Naruse took her back to the special cabin and let her start practicing from the basics.

From the most basic power-generating techniques to advanced techniques like the Kasaya Slash and the Insight Slash, Naruse Ritsu originally intended to teach them step by step. However, to his surprise, Chihaya Aine, who usually liked to take shortcuts in practice, was like a different person this time, actually doing exactly what he said.

I even secretly practiced more when he was out for something.

As for the result, it is what it is now.

After sending the girl who kept whining to take a bath, Ritsu Narose began to prepare for the destroyer [Chihaya Aine] to enter the channel.

A huge wooden barrel filled with hot water was placed in the room. The barrel was placed above the campfire with an iron hoop, and after heating, the residual heat of the campfire was used to keep it warm.

The hot spring broke through the last line of defense. The girl, exhausted and speechless, staggered back to the room. With the help of Ritsu Narose, she soaked in the water with a dry towel on her head, leaving only her flushed cheeks and pink hair floating on the water.

Pulling over a small stool and sitting next to it, Mingse Ritsu held the dagger in his backhand, cut various herbs and threw them into the bucket, while constantly stirring the herbal soup in the bucket with a large wooden spoon - and from time to time he picked up a strange little bottle and sprinkled some powder into the water.

Seeing this, Chihaya Aine, who was about to fall asleep, woke up instantly.

“This isn’t right…”

Seeing the colorful plants falling into the water like rain, a strange sense of déjà vu began to appear in front of Chihaya Aine.

Her brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and when she could no longer tolerate this weirdness and was about to ask a question, a faint fragrance began to emanate from the water.

"It smells so good... No!"

Suddenly realizing the source of this déjà vu, Chihaya Aine slipped and nearly sank to the bottom of the water. She looked at Naruse Ritsu with a look of horror and shouted, "I'm not delicious!"

Too lazy to answer such a foolish question, Naruse Ritsu slightly avoided the splashing water and said to her helplessly: "Where did you come from, little kid? How old are you and still playing in the water?"

"I'm not big!"

Completely unaware of the double entendre in her words, Chihaya Aine huddled underwater, looking like a mermaid on guard against a fisherman. "And even if it's a bath, the things you added to it, Naruse-kun, are really weird! This isn't a bath at all, it's soup!"

"Because I am indeed making medicinal soup."

A large wooden spoon that scooped up a large spoonful of water was placed on the edge of the wooden barrel. Naruse Ritsuji took out a small spoon and submerged it in the water under Chihaya Aine's trembling gaze.

"Um... let me ask you something first," Chihaya Aine interrupted Naruse Ritsu's movements, trying hard to suppress the trembling in her heart, and slowly asked, "Are you going to drink it?"

"correct."

"Aaaaaaaaaaa!"

As soon as Ritsu Narose finished speaking, Chihaya Aine threw herself into the water with a sharp explosion, causing gurgling bubbles to appear on the surface of the water.

Until the oxygen did not allow her to hold on any longer, she emerged from the water with a flushed face and looked at the wooden spoon in a trance.

Great, it still looks full!

Ignoring the other, smaller spoon, she turned her gaze to the other side and saw Ritsu Narushe continuing to add seasoning to the wooden barrel.

"That's enough! You actually like drinking other people's bath water... You, you, you..."

With her head resting against the inner wall of the barrel, Chihaya Aine's originally excited mood began to cool down, and finally turned into a soul that had left her body, leaving only her body making faint breathing sounds.

After mixing the ingredients he had just sprinkled in, Naruse Ritsu put down the wooden spoon and calmly explained, "First, you washed yourself before soaking in it—this doesn't count as bath water, and I don't like drinking other people's bath water;"

"Secondly, the ingredients I added are all beneficial to your body's recovery. Only by drinking it can I more intuitively feel whether the dosage is balanced;"

"Third, I'm mixing the potion with a rigorous and truthful attitude. Rather than calling me 'pervert', it's more appropriate for Aine to call me 'Swordsman'."

"understand?"

Seeing that Naruse Ritsu answered her seriously, Chihaya Aine did not say anything.

She just silently rolled up the towel she had wrapped herself in before taking a bath and threw it at the guy who was talking nonsense.

39. Not a Failed Decoction (Two-in-One)

I like fishing, and I like to process the materials I hunt into armor and weapons for storage. I hate going on missions in bad weather, and I hate smelly bombs...

On the way back to the cabin, Takamatsu Deng kept reading the information about Ritsu Narose that he had heard from other people.

Originally it was just a question and answer session between her and Master Yuanye, but the idle receptionist came over to join in, and the cooking cat Felu came with a fried insect on his head and was forcibly dragged into the discussion on the pretext of "since I was already here"

The notebook records many insignificant little things. Although it is not clear whether they will be useful in the future, they are undoubtedly treasures worth collecting for Takamatsu Deng.

The originally clear sky quietly changed color, and in the evening, a drizzle began to fall.

Opening the ferocious jackal dragon umbrella provided free of charge in the gathering area, the yellow-green umbrella surface bloomed like a cucumber flower on the stairs leading to the lower level.

Gao Songdeng walked briskly back to the door of the cabin, put away his umbrella, and tried hard to push open the heavy door.

Then she saw Ritsu Narusha wrapped in a bathrobe sitting on the edge of the bed wiping something, while Chihaya Aine was sleeping on the other side of the bed wrapped in a quilt.

Judging from Aine's exposed arms, she probably wasn't wearing pajamas...

The smile on her face faltered, and a strange feeling filled her heart. It wasn't bitter, but it was definitely an uncomfortable feeling that made her chest feel tight.

Not wanting to let Ritsu Narose notice her strangeness, Takamatsu Deng was about to close the door and leave to avoid anything embarrassing happening to them all, when she saw Ritsu Narose turn his head and look at her.

There was no time to step back, so she could only stand there blankly.

"So Deng has an umbrella? The rain suddenly got heavier, and I was just about to go out to look for you..."

Leaving the bed, Ritsu Narose took the umbrella in his hand, which had been gathering dust in the room and was just taken out today, and moved it to the door together with the umbrella holder at his feet.

Noticing the abnormality of the lamp, he stretched out his hand and waved it in front of the girl's eyes: "Is the lamp tired?"

"I..." Holding the notebook tightly to his chest, struggling to avoid Naruse Ritsu's sight, Takamatsu Deng asked softly, "Did I disturb Ritsu and Aine?"