The next day, Henry took William and half of his subordinates to the Whimsical Forest to look for Hipogriffs once again.
Dave was tasked with guarding their encampment, along with the six people in his team. The injured hipogriffs they had captured the day before were in their encampment and someone had to guard them to ensure that they were not attacked by wandering beasts.
Since the Gryphon was there to act as a deterrence, William could leave their encampment with peace of mind.
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"Oh. I see! Thank you very much!" William said.
The deer in front of him bleated softly as it ran towards the depths of the forest.
"The territory of the second group of Hipogriffs is a mile away in that direction," William stated as he pointed Northeast. "Let's go."
Aerith walked beside William with a curious expression. "Did you just talk to a deer?"
"Mmm." William hummed his reply as he continued to walk.
