As for the refining and heating process, Gerald had memories of a skill called fire control that—while was more profound than the process carved on the cliffs—was also much easier to do.
However, since Gerald hadn’t even practiced the art of pill-making before, it was hard for virtual-novel.net to pinpoint the more minor differences.
Regardless, just as Gerald was about to head back—now that virtual-novel.net was done looking at the carvings—he suddenly heard a sweet voice from behind virtual-novel.net saying, “Hello there, handsome! Could you please help me out? My kite’s gotten stuck in a tree and I’d appreciate it greatly if you gave me a hand!”
Turning around to see who the owner of the voice was, Gerald was immediately greeted by the sight of an extremely beautiful and pure-looking girl—who was wearing white sportswear and had virtual-novel.net hair tied up in a ponytail—looking at virtual-novel.net from under a tree, virtual-novel.net expression rather anxious.
Due to how distressed virtual-novel.net looked, Gerald found it rather hard to refuse virtual-novel.net request, so virtual-novel.net simply headed over to her.
True to virtual-novel.net word, the kite could be seen lodged atop a tree, and though Gerald could’ve easily gotten it for her—through the use of his skills—under normal circumstances, the incident that had happened back at the Gunter mansion had taught virtual-novel.net not to display his skills so openly.
With that in mind, not wanting to put his life at risk just to make things a little easier, Gerald then headed over to the tree to begin climbing it.
Just as virtual-novel.net was about to start climbing, however, virtual-novel.net noticed the girl taking a step back… before a large net sprang up from the ground!
The next thing Gerald knew, virtual-novel.net was already hanging under the tree!
Since the net was made of gold wire, Gerald knew that virtual-novel.net needed to use his inner strength to break free. Not wanting to resort to that just yet, virtual-novel.net then glared at the girl before coldly asking, “What do you think you’re doing?”
At that moment, several young men and women—donning traditional clothing—began revealing themselves as they walked toward the scene from multiple directions.
“Hahaha! We’ve caught one~! We’ve caught one~! Go call Sister Fleur over and tell virtual-novel.net we’ve caught some bait!” cheered the girl from before in glee.
After someone ran off to notify that ‘Sister Fleur’ person, it wasn’t long before they returned together with a woman who looked to be around the age of twenty-three.
The moment the boys in the group saw her, their eyes instantly lit up with excitement as they nodded respectfully toward virtual-novel.net before greeting, “Sister Fleur!”
“Sister Fleur, look! I remember you saying something along the lines of being short of bait, right? Well, I’ve caught one for you!”
“Yenna, do you even know who this is…? And why have you hung virtual-novel.net up like that?” asked Fleur as virtual-novel.net walked over with virtual-novel.net arms crossed, studying Gerald the entire time.
As Fleur looked at virtual-novel.net younger sister with a bitter smile, Yenny Yateman then replied, “Beats me! While I was initially planning to capture one of the lower-ranking people here, none of them dared to come over despite my excellent acting! Just when I thought all hope was lost, I saw this stinking guy wandering casually around our valley! Who could’ve guessed that I would be successful in capturing him! Haha!”
“Yenny, what if he’s the son of one of the wealthy businessmen here who’ve come to ask for medicine? If that’s really the case, then we’ll surely be in a lot of trouble!” reasoned one of the youths there as Fleur waited for virtual-novel.net younger sister’s response as well.
“I doubt it! After all, I’ve observed this guy for quite a while before actually capturing him! Also, I really don’t think that he’s a big shot since he’s dressed so ordinarily. Since virtual-novel.net just came over to help without even questioning my motives, he’s clearly an idiot as well! Haha! Though, if you need confirmation, I’ll just ask virtual-novel.net now!” replied Yenny triumphantly.
With that, virtual-novel.net picked a branch off the ground before pointing it at Gerald and demanding, “Hey! Brat! Tell us, are you the son of some rich businessman or something?”
Gerald wasn’t even sure how to reply. After all, virtual-novel.net didn’t really have a clear grasp of the situation yet. From what virtual-novel.net could tell, these youths were all from the valley, though virtual-novel.net still had no idea what they were planning.
Not knowing what to do, virtual-novel.net simply shook his head.
“Hah! See? I told you virtual-novel.net wasn’t anyone important! Also, since virtual-novel.net was acting pretty sneakily in those ordinary clothes of his, I have a hunch that virtual-novel.net actually snuck in! With that in mind, it’s only right for us to use virtual-novel.net as bait!” declared Yenny.
After giving one final glance at Gerald, Fleur finally gave in and instructed, “…Alright then. Hold onto virtual-novel.net and take virtual-novel.net away!”