"What's wrong with little Griseo?"
Alina looked at the little girl beside her with increasingly subtle eyes and asked with some confusion.
"..."
However, Griseo did not answer Alina's question, but put down the small bowl in her hand and shook her head gently.
"?"
Although she was a little curious, after seeing Griseo shaking her head, Alina did not say anything else, but rubbed her little head again.
At this moment, Yelena, who was beside her, also took out two blue flowers wrapped in cloth amid the discussion of others.
"I have seen this flower... It is indeed... left by that Cautus."
The moment he saw the flower, Patriot recognized it directly. When he went to collect weapons and equipment, he saw the flower on the ground.
However, he thought it was a mark left by Cautus that he had killed someone, and he was not sure whether it was poisonous, so he did not touch it.
"I've never seen this kind of flower before. It shouldn't be from Ursus, right?"
"It looks pretty, but it shouldn't grow on frozen soil. How can there be any flowers in this cold weather?"
"Indeed, it doesn't look like it's local."
"..."
While the others were discussing the flower, Griseo blinked her big violet eyes and slowly turned her head away.
Obviously, she had never expected that her dear sister Yelena would pick up the forget-me-not that Sakura had put down.
When she became Sakura, she didn't think there was anything wrong with doing these things with Sakura's mind, but once she changed her perspective... she always had a subtle sense of déjà vu.
Even now, this sense of déjà vu was transmitted to Sakura through telepathy...
"?"
Although she had been listening to everyone's discussion quietly, half of Alina's attention was on Griseo, so she quickly discovered that something was wrong with her.
In addition, seeing that Griseo slowly turned her head and looked away, with an expression that she couldn't bear to look directly at someone, Alina always felt that this little girl seemed to know something...
Griseo, who originally wanted to pretend that she knew nothing, flashed a trace of helplessness in her beautiful big eyes after she noticed that someone beside her had been watching her.
Then she slowly turned her head and looked at the flower in Yelena's hand, and whispered: "It's forget-me-not..."
"Hmm? Little Griseo, what did you say just now?"
"Yes, what did you say just now? It was too noisy just now and I didn't hear it clearly."
"I seem to have heard it vaguely, what is forget-me-not? Isn't this the name that Cautus told my elder sister?"
Although Griseo's voice was not loud, many people didn't hear it clearly, but whether they heard it clearly or not, everyone still noticed her and cast their eyes over.
"That flower is called forget-me-not..."
Griseo, knowing that her voice was relatively low just now, raised her voice again and repeated it.
"Hmm? How did you know, little Gray?"
"Have you seen this flower? Does it have any special meaning?"
This time, everyone present heard it, and several anxious snow monsters also asked out loud, and then waited for Griseo to continue.
"I have seen it... Forget-me-not is another name for Sister Sakura."
Looking at everyone's reactions, Griseo was stunned for a moment before explaining slowly.
"Wait!"
This time, before others could react, Lois spoke first.
"This Sister Sakura you are talking about, isn't it the one you talked to us about during the day?" Lois twitched her mouth, and then stared at Griseo helplessly, waiting for her answer.
"Hmm."
Hearing this, Griseo nodded her little head and admitted it with a well-behaved face.
"...Let me take it slowly."
Griseo's short word directly made Lois cover her face with her hands, as her brain processed the information.
"So, little Griseo, is this Cautus here to see you?" Leos, who had also heard the story during the day, asked at this moment.
"I don't know... I haven't seen Sister Sakura for a long time." After hearing Leos' question, Griseo shook her head and explained.
"What are you talking about? Tell us now."
"Okay, Leos, you know the gossip and you don't tell us!"
"So, that pink-haired Cautus is here to find little Griseo? No, why did she kill so many people?"
Looking at his friends who were making a fuss, Leos rubbed his forehead helplessly, and then said loudly: "Okay, be quiet first, let me sort it out."
"The Cautus... Miss Sakura is someone little Griseo knows, or a family member. Then the enemy discovered that we occupied the mine before, and sent people to suppress it."
"But Sakura didn't come directly to find the little girl, but secretly killed all the enemies... and then left?"
"..."
Hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought.
"Ah..."
At this moment, unlike everyone else's serious and thoughtful expressions, after saying it, Griseo was completely relaxed, covering her mouth and yawning slowly.
Before she knew it, it was time for her to sleep again, and she was feeling sleepy.
However, in order to stop these people from thinking too much, Griseo rubbed her eyes and resisted the sleepiness, and whispered: "Don't worry, Sister Sakura is a very good person and won't hurt you."
"Since... she came for... this... child, then... I think... she shouldn't... leave, of course... it can't be ruled out... as a coincidence." After listening to Griseo's words, Patriot also expressed his own views on this matter.
After all, from Griseo's words, it can be heard that the relationship between the two is not bad...
If she really came to find someone, then Patriot doesn't believe that Cautus would abandon this little girl and choose to leave directly.
"Then there is no way. Since the little girl's sister didn't choose to show up directly, there must be a reason. Now we can only wait and see."
As she said, Talulah reached out and rubbed her forehead, with a helpless expression.
"Okay, Alina, take the little girl to rest first, it's getting late."
"Yeah."
Hearing this, Alina nodded gently, then took the hand of Griseo beside her, and said softly: "Little Griseo, go back with your sister, you promised to rest early before."
"Okay."
After Griseo agreed, Alina gestured to the others, and then pulled the little girl away.
The others continued to discuss other things...
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While walking towards the tent, Griseo suddenly looked up at Alina who was holding her hand, and asked in a low voice: "Sister Alina... Can I sleep with Alyona at night?"
"Yeah? You mean the friend you know... If you want, you can, didn't I just set up a small bed for you before."
After hearing the unfamiliar name from the little girl, Alina was stunned at first, and then reacted. Hearing this, Griseo nodded her head first, and then began to call Mr. Wolf in her heart. After all, Mr. Wolf has been protecting Alyona until now.
…
After a while, Mr. Wolf, holding Alyona, appeared beside the two of them, so fast that they hadn't even reached the tent yet.
"So fast, it seems that little Griseo, you have planned this long ago~" Alina looked at the huge Mr. Wolf and the girl in his arms, smiled, and joked helplessly.
After teasing the little girl, Alina set her sights on Alyona and introduced with a smile: "Hello, my name is Alina, nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you, Miss Alina, my name is Alyona." Alyona returned the greeting obediently after letting Mr. Wolf put her down.
"Call me Sister Okay, it's still quite cold outside, let's go back quickly." After saying that, Alina stretched out her other free hand to Alyona, the meaning was self-evident.
"..."
Alyona was stunned for a moment by the hand that was stretched out in front of her. A trace of vigilance flashed in her light green eyes, and she did not hold it immediately.
However, this situation did not last long, because Griseo, who was standing on the side, quietly nodded to her companion.
After seeing the little girl's affirmation, Alyona no longer hesitated and gently held Alina's hand.
Alina did not say anything when she saw this scene, but just smiled gently, and then continued to walk forward with the two children in one hand.
And the two little girls also followed her pace very obediently.
...
After a while, Alina returned to the tent with the two children.
After settling the people down, she seemed to remember something, turned her head and said softly to Griseo and Alyona: "Sister remembered something and wanted to go out."
"But I'll be back soon. If you two are sleepy, go to sleep first."
"Okay, got it."
Hearing this, the two little girls nodded obediently and agreed.
Although the two little ones in front of her behaved very well, Alina couldn't help but give a few more instructions. Then she turned and left the tent.
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After leaving the tent, Alina felt the pervasive coldness, and her body trembled subconsciously. Then she wrapped her clothes tightly and exhaled a breath of hot air.
What she had just forgotten was just a small matter, which didn't waste too much time.
However, Alina was not a person who liked to procrastinate. Since she remembered it, she still planned to do it.
"Shua——"
However, before she walked far, Alina stopped...
Because, at this moment, a delicate sword with a scabbard was across her chest, blocking her steps.
"It's time to chat."
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