They see someone laying down on a bed of light but was it really Alfreda? The facial features were similar but the person lying down had blond/almost while hair and pointy ears, she was definitely an elf. Her eyes were the same as Alfreda's though, blue eyes with stars for pupils. She seemed to be asleep so they set up camp while they waited for the girl to wake up. The whole time, Arlo heard the voices hundred of thousands of souls in his head, most of them were background noise but some of them seeped through and were thirsty for blood "Kill hEr, KILL ThAt weNcH!! peEl OFf HeR sKiN and TuRn iT inTo FuRniTure!!" Arlo ignored most of the comments but there was one he couldn't ignore "RiP OfF heR eArs, I HeArd ALchEmisTs PaY HiGhLy fOr SUch InGrEdieNts"
Arlo suddenly dropped everything and started licking his lips after hearing that "I guess I could just take one ear, it wouldn't kill her anyway" after reassuring himself, he began slowly walking towards the sleeping girl while his expression changed to a sadistic one. As he bends over to rip off her ear, she suddenly awakens and bolts up to sit down, giving Arlo a mean headbutt in the process. Arlo staggered back and was bummed out from losing his chance to make some money.
"Sorry for braking your skull honey, but I didn't want a pervert licking my ears when I'm sleeping" said the elf with a furious expression.
"So you'll let me have your ears when you're awake? $_$"
The elf got her fist ready to beat up that pervert, but gets stopped by Alice.
"Stop Alfie!! Don't hurt my brother, he's not a pervert. He was just curious about why you look so differently"
The elf began touching all over her face after hearing that and Arlo started pressuring her to explain herself.
"So who are you really? Are you Alfreda or perhaps someone sharing the same body?"
The elf looked hesitant but explained after some more pressuring.
"Fine but you'll have to do some explaining too once we're outside of the dungeon" said the elf with the expression of defeat.
"No I'm not sharing my body or anything like that. I'm still Alfreda, It was just a disguise for my mission. I'm not doing anything much different from what you're doing"
Arlo was surprised after hearing her say that she isn't different from him, but remembered that she knows he isn't a human and became more on guard around Alfreda. Alice noticed the hostile atmosphere so she wanted to change the mood.
"Alfie, is this yours? I found it while making the graves"
Alice held forward a fox mask and Alfreda's hostile expression turned into one of relief after seeing it. That mask must be very valuable to her and that gave Arlo an idea, so he pulled Alice over and whispered something into her ear.
"Hey Alice, ask her to pay you money for it. You want to become more like your brother right?"
"I'm not sure if I can do it but I'll try if you promise me that I get to sleep in your tent tonight" said Alice with a timid expression.
"Deal"
Alice started walking back to Alfreda slowly and made made a gulp before nervously asking her for money.
"That greedy idiot made you do this didn't he? Here you go, give these gold coins to him" said Alfreda while smiling.
Alice ran back to Arlo and gave him the gold coins, he gave her a few head pats in return. A few hours later they decided to make dinner but a problem was discovered by Alice.
"Um guys... We had Henry purify the food before eating but he's gone now"
They couldn't eat the sand cat meat they had cooked and Alice's expression changed into an unhappy one because she was starving from making the graves. As Alice's morale was low from the situation, Alfreda assured her that she could do something about it
"Don't look so down Alice, I can bless the food with my holy magic. I can at least afford to do that with the magic I recovered"
Alice's expression changed into one with immense joy after hearing the good news. They continued cooking and began eating shortly after. They noticed that the blessed food was way better than when they purified it.
"Say aaah brother, eat this delicious sand cat meat" said Alice with a nurturing expression.
"Don't you find it embarrassing, making your sister feed you" said Alfreda while laughing.
"What's wrong with letting her feed me? She looks like she's enjoying It, right Alice? Also put ice my drink"
"That's right brother, don't listen to her" said Alice while glaring at Alfreda and filling Arlo's wooden mug with ice.
They went in their tents to sleep after eating, Alice went in Arlo's tent because of the promise he made. Arlo wanted to leave when Alice fell asleep but couldn't because her left leg and arm were on top of her. He didn't dislike it that much because her breathing in his ear overpowered the voices in his head. Even though he found it soothing, he still had had to leave because he told Alfreda to wait outside of his tent. He eventually managed to find a opening and left the tent. He found Alfreda with a disappointed expression outside.
"Took you long enough! So why did you want me to wait here. Explain"
"Well sorry to make you wait but as you can see, I'm covered in my sister's sweat from her laying on me"
"What!?!? Just what kind of relationship do you two have? Never mind, just explain what you want from me?"
"Have you noticed something weird in Orange stone gorge?"