There was a good reason for delaying the explanation to Van and Lumen.
「Knight ‘Lydon’ 's favorability has increased by 2.」
「Current favorability : 42/100」
……Did eating something delicious increase his favorability?
What a simple mindset, and as Cadel watched his lips bite into the honeyed fried chicken, he felt a sense of nonchalance.
‘How cute. Even if they torment him, they'll give him a noogie* at best. Again, I did it, but it was a godsend to make Lydon young. Kudos to myself.’
*Noogie: An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly.
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Baskin Village.
It took them ten full days to reach a small village just off the border of the White Kingdom, and despite a number of mishaps along the way ― most of them caused by Lydon's curiosity ―, they managed to reach their destination without much trouble.
‘If I remember correctly, the main quest took place near the border of the White Kingdom.’
Entering the village, Cadel calmly organized his thoughts.
‘I have to finish the main quest here quickly so I can proceed with the sub-quest. Starting from the White Kingdom, sub-quests give fame little by little. Let's explore first.’
Admittedly, Cadel didn't remember what the main quest consisted of. But whatever it was, they would be fighting an enemy, and if he could figure out who that enemy was, it was not hard to build a strategy.
Worry had grown tiresome in the Forest of Enchantment. This time, he vowed, he would take it easy, and he would do it calmly.
His laid-back demeanor crumbled to dust as soon as he entered Baskin Village.
“Ugh…….”
As soon as he set foot in the village, a stench pierced his nose. It was such a disgusting smell that he couldn't believe this was a place where humans lived.
Cadel used his sleeve to cover his nose and narrowed his brow. Van and Lumen crumpled their faces in reaction to the stench as well.
“It's smelly.”
“It's not that the streets are particularly dirty. Strange.”
From the outside, it was one of those ordinary villages you saw everywhere. However, if you looked carefully, there were many oddities besides the serious stench.
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