Find a Troubled Girl after leaving the Guild-Chapter 430 - 236: Huanwo Village

The Elder Sword Hero didn’t take the land route, but traveled by water.

The clearing where Li Ang was located had Island Heart Lake to the west, the direction from Huan Ye’er City to the south, and Otto was coming from the northern waters.

His wooden clogs stepped on the water surface, creating a unique rhythm that allowed the flowing liquid to support the sturdy body of the Ox Race. His long white hair and the robe embroidered with wave patterns fluttered in the breeze over the lake.

"You’re really late, sir."

Li Ang smiled at the Elder Sword Hero.

In response to his joke, the elder let out a low reply: "Failing to fulfill my promise is my fault. I’ve specially invited your team to the village this time, where I’ve arranged a banquet as an apology."

"No, no, just kidding, it’s not necessary." Li Ang quickly raised his hand.

Fortunately, the Demon disturbance didn’t occur during the tree-cutting, so it worked out well.

"By the way, what about the Empire person you captured?" Li Ang asked.

Otto didn’t come earlier precisely because of this matter, and Li Ang felt it was more worthwhile than having him help with the excess combat power.

"This matter needs to be discussed together, please."

The Elder Sword Hero gestured with his hand to guide him.

Li Ang turned back to his team members. Due to Otto’s visit, Zoe also flew down from the sky and managed to sheath the sword she had been swinging around in the air with a thud.

This move was practiced thousands of times, as natural as breathing and drinking water, and Otto witnessed it.

"Is there food?" Zoe immediately asked.

Touching her head, Li Ang said, "Yes, this old grandpa is inviting us to a meal."

"How could I accept this?" ALulu said on the side.

"There’s no need for formality," Otto said.

Li Ang spread his hands, "I think it’s probably not because she’s shy..."

Otto nodded, "I can see the vigorous vitality in this young girl. She probably needs a lot of nourishment. When I was young, I also stacked my rice bowls high in the restaurant, no need to be embarrassed."

This wasn’t just about stacking bowls. Well, you’ll know when the time comes, Li Ang thought.

Everyone was curious about what Li Ang had talked about with Otto earlier, so they were very attentive at this moment. But they didn’t mention specifics, only that they were going to visit the village, and those treating it as a trip had no objections.

When they were about to leave the lake shore, Li Ang noticed the young girl’s steps slowing down.

Uncertain who started it, but one person looked at the timber to be used for future shipbuilding, and the others followed suit, feeling somewhat reluctant.

"So, it’s done now." Zoe sighed.

"We went through so much hardship just for this moment." Dorothy crossed her arms.

"The hardships allow us to improve more on the path forward," ALulu said.

"I’m not talking about the effort," Zoe shook her head, "It’s just that we talked so much about this before, but it was done in half a day, kind of... I don’t know how to describe this feeling..."

The chestnut-haired young girl struggled to recall, "Those books seem to mention something called a sense of loss."

Andasu said, "A sense of loss."

Zoe widened her eyes, and Andasu looked at her calmly.

Li Ang smiled, "Many people have this emotion. Personally, I think it arises not because we didn’t achieve something, but rather because we did reach a certain goal. The sudden disappearance of previous obsession creates this feeling. It’s actually an illusion, and we should enjoy the previous victory more at this time."

Upon hearing this, Andasu said, "After I went through a lot of effort to get the materials for The Howling Wolf, even though I used them, sometimes this feeling can’t help but arise. But this feeling is also indeed driven away by the expectation of testing its new abilities."

After White Wolf finished speaking, she found that Zoe was still looking at her.

"What?" White Wolf’s tone was cold.

"Why do you know this?"

"I asked Penny, she told me. So what if I know?"

Andasu raised an eyebrow; she could hear the disbelief in Zoe’s voice, even if the latter didn’t show aggression, it was still offensive enough because the implication was—You and I are equally uncultured, so why do you know this?

"Pfft." Dorothy couldn’t hold back her laughter for long, "A sense of loss, I can’t anymore, if you don’t know something, you don’t know, this ability to improvise is too strong, I’m going to die laughing."

Zoe immediately turned beet red, while Andasu relaxed her expression.

"Humph, humph, humph."

Zoe bit her lip, growling in defiance.

But having nowhere to vent her anger, she could only kick the stone by her feet. This only made others, especially Andasu, who had been at odds with her, appear more smug.

The young girl’s eyes turned red as she looked at Li Ang. Seeing his smile, she immediately pouted and ran towards him, jumping to hang onto him.

"Li Ang, they’re making fun of me."

Zoe didn’t plan to let go; she buried her face and clung on, refusing to come down.

Andasu frowned and said, "This is too impolite, especially in front of outsiders."

"Hmph."

Zoe’s voice came muffled from the fabric of Li Ang’s robe, and she seemed determined to stick.

Andasu gnawed her teeth, shrugged her shoulders and arm, eager to rush over and pull this clinging cat down.

"Let her be like this for now."

Li Ang helplessly smiled at the three others beside him.

The other three had various changes in their expressions. However, Dorothy and Andasu showed the greatest change; the confidence from their earlier advantage was reversed in an instant.

Otto, during the young people’s merriment, kept looking to the side, as if all the frolicking was as ephemeral as clouds.

Li Ang walked towards him, at which point he turned his face, "Ready to go?"

"Let’s go."

Li Ang awkwardly smiled, adjusting his arms to hold Zoe more securely.

"Taking care of children is quite troublesome." He added.