Ark, I got cold a little early

Over the years, Hongyu has been wandering aimlessly in Kazdel, and a few years ago he finally understood why Theresa and Tracy felt so anxious.

The old woman came with the coalition forces of three countries.

During this period, Hongyu did take action, but most of the time it was the Sarkaz who solved the problem themselves, and Theresa and Theresis also shined in this war.

Hongyu was not surprised by this, as if... this was supposed to be the case for the two of them.

Although Kazdel is still in great chaos because the war just ended a few years ago, Hongyu believes that Theresa and Tracy can do better in the future.

(This idiot hasn't seen Kazdel's story, only knows the related characters, so he thinks that after his own guidance, there will be no conflict between Theresa and Tracy.)

"confused?"

Hedley smiled, then patted Hongyu's shoulder in a familiar manner and said, "Being lost means having no goals. Since you have no goals, do you want to join my team?"

"Your team?"

Hongyu raised an eyebrow and asked, "You and I saw it, where is the team?"

"You'll have it if you join. I forgot to introduce myself before. My name is Hedley, and I'm planning to become the leader of a mercenary group and make a lot of money."

Hedley said with a smile.

(At this time in the timeline, Hedley is not yet a calm and mature adult. In Inès's memories, he is probably still a teenager...so it shouldn't matter if he is described as a bit silly, right?)

"..."

After a moment of silence, Hongyu scratched his head and said, "Are you kidding?"

"I am serious."

"..."

Holding his forehead and sighing, Hongyu laughed twice and patted Hedley on the shoulder, asking: "What do you think of... a mercenary profession?"

"They take money to do things and kill people without blinking an eye."

"So, are you still planning to continue on the path of mercenary?"

"In Kazdel, these things are actually not important at all."

Hedley shrugged and said casually: "Those who can survive are the best, so...what's your answer?"

"I agreed."

Hongyu held Hedley's hand.

"Eh?"

"Very surprised?"

"When you asked that question, I was actually prepared to be rejected..."

Hedley nodded and said, "It is indeed unexpected."

"It's okay to be surprised. I am the kind of person who can surprise others."

Pushing up his glasses, Hongyu showed a healthy smile.

Hedley: Do powerful people always have some serious illness?

"Ahem, anyway, I'll go with you for a while and see how far you can go."

After coughing twice, Hongyu explained.

Of course, this was not the reason why he agreed to join Hedley's "mercenary group". If Hedley was not one of the few plot characters that Hongyu knew, he would not have agreed.

What I said just now was just a random excuse or something like that to create a personality for myself.

As he spoke, Hongyu walked over to Inès, who seemed to be lost in thought. He waved at her and asked, "What about you? What are your plans next? Are you going to continue being your messenger?"

"messenger?"

Inès scoffed and shook her head, saying, "I'm not going to continue. Those guys who asked me to deliver the letter to Kazdel definitely had no good intentions. Look at me now. I lost the letter and I almost died."

"As expected, staying alive is more important than anything else. Messengers and the like, just die."

Inès said this through gritted teeth, but there was a hint of confusion in her eyes.

I want to survive, but how can I survive alone in Kazdel?

"Why don't you follow us then?"

At this time, Hongyu suggested.

"I?"

Ines was stunned for a moment, then looked at Hongyu and asked, "Are you kidding?"

"What else? I think it's a bit too far-fetched to think that you're the only one who wants to walk through Kazdel for a few months and then leave Kazdel and go to Leitania."

"In that case, why don't you join Hedley and I's team? Hedley, what do you think?"

As he spoke, Hongyu greeted Hedley.

Without waiting for Hedley's response, Hongyu immediately turned around and said, "Look, he has agreed?"

"Hey! I haven't spoken yet, have I?!"

I feel like he hasn't had time to speak yet...

Inès frowned and said with a troubled expression: "But I'm not a Sarkaz..."

"So do I look like a Sarkaz to you?"

Hongyu was speechless.

“…I think so.”

"How does it look like?"

"I don't have horns on my head, a tail at the back, red eyes, or pointy teeth. How can I be similar?"

"..."

"Hey! Speak!"

"Similar strength."

"Tsk...hiss—uh...ah?"

-

"He's the most unconventional person in the entire mercenary team. After everyone else has experienced another fight, he's the only one who runs around. Many connections between people are established because of him."

Hedley drank the bottle of wine in his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth.

"He's also very powerful. There were several times when we were separated from him during a mission and were in dire straits, and he always arrived in time to save us."

"I made a lot of mistakes when I was young, but the best thing I did was to foolishly invite him to join my team, which didn't even have anyone at the time."

"Alright, alright, Hedley, how many times have you said this? Why didn't you say it in front of Yu?"

Wishdale, who was peeling potatoes, looked helpless.

"Oh, there are some things you can't say in front of certain people, or they'll be so proud of themselves."

"Isn't it the same as when Yu was still alive, you only called him 'bastard', and when he was gone, you changed your name to 'Yu'?"

"Hedley."

Vishdale crushed the potato in his hand with a look of anger on his face.

"If I didn't know you were drunk and talking nonsense, I would have stuffed this bomb into your ass!!"

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95

Chapter 95 Inès: "Help me, Yu!"

(fog)

The fighting intensity among Kazdel's mercenaries... is quite high.

Hongyu knocked the enemy in front of him unconscious with a casual knife move and yawned in boredom.

During the months that the three of them traveled together, two more people joined them. Although Hedley had a lot of start-up capital, it was unlikely that money would only go out without coming in (of course, as long as Hongyu wanted to, it seemed possible), so they still had to do some tasks that mercenaries should do.

This includes... taking on some escort commissions and the like.

Hongyu is not willing to accept other commissions such as robbery and murder, unless they are for revenge.

Due to Hongyu's style of doing things, the mercenary group led by Hedley actually had a surprisingly good reputation in Kazdel.

That’s right, Hedley is still the leader, because Hongyu doesn’t want to be in charge of anything, but since he is the strongest, he has a lot of say.

Of course, most of the time it was Hedley who was in charge. For Hongyu, it didn't really matter to him whether he had a say or not.

One of these times, he was commissioned by his employer to wipe out a group of robbers who killed half of his employer's family.

Hongyu, who was about to set out to look for any fish that had escaped the net, suddenly heard someone calling his name.

That direction is...Inès? !

……

Not long ago, she was chasing several enemies but was ambushed because she left the team and was hit by an arrow in the calf.

Trying to stop the blood from constantly flowing out of her calf, Inès felt her strength draining away and her consciousness gradually fading. She realized that these arrows seemed to be poisonous.

Tsk… I fell into the trap…

Although the enemy in front of him was approaching step by step, and his physical strength and consciousness were approaching the limit, but...

Alas, do I really have to ask that guy for help?

Inès, her face stained with blood, called out a name as she was about to lose all her strength.

"feather!!!!!"

In an instant, a sword passed by Inès's back, blowing her hair as it passed.

Then the sword separated at an extremely fast speed, breaking through the air with the posture of one becoming two, two becoming four, and four becoming eight.

Accompanied by a few screams, the few people who had been pressing forward step by step were now covered with piercing wounds and fell down with blood spurting out.

"Wow, this is a cool move. It took me so long to come up with it."

"Thank you for your hard work, our intelligence officer."

A familiar voice came from behind her. Inès rolled her eyes at him and said, "Next time, can't you avoid all these fancy things?"

"Oh, you don't understand. Being strong is a matter of one version, but being handsome is a matter of a lifetime."

Pursing his lips, Hongyu came to Inès and squatted down. Then he waved his hand, and the most serious arrow wound on her leg disappeared along with the other wounds on her body.

"Really... No matter how many times I experience your wondrous Originium technique, I'm always astonished... So, what exactly is your Originium technique?"

Inès asked curiously as she stood up and dusted off her clothes.

"I've already told you this, this isn't... Never mind, you'll never guess what my Originium skills are."

Hongyu said helplessly, holding back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

Looking at Ines's ear that twitched from time to time, Hongyu suddenly felt a little emotional.

Perhaps because of his intervention, Inès is no longer obsessed with disguising herself as a Sarkaz. She neither polishes her horns physically nor disguises her ears with magic.

I really want to rub this ear, it feels good...

Feeling a chill, Ines turned her head to look at Hongyu, but the other's black glasses blocked Ines's sight.

"I always feel like you're thinking about something bad."

"Ah, nothing much actually, I'm just... a little curious about your ears."

Hongyu said calmly, "I want to touch it."

Inès staggered, glared at Hongyu, then covered her ears and said, "You're dreaming."

“…I’m curious.”

"Can't you be curious about something else?!"

"Then I want to touch your..."