Just then, a languid voice suddenly rang out from behind the two, "I just had a slightly lengthy breakfast, don't look down on girls, okay~~"
Double Leaf rubbed her eyes and sauntered over, frowning disapprovingly at Nade, "And I don't think I'm late, am I~ Captain?"
"No, you still have a few minutes left." Nade laughed awkwardly, "I wasn't talking behind your back."
Double Leaf tilted her head cutely in a noncommittal way then tugged at the corner of Motan's clothes whispering, "Come here for a second..."
And she dragged him away.
"What's up?" Motan curiously looked at the girl in front of him, whose expression suggested suspicion, and said, "And why do you look like you only just woke up?"
Double Leaf stared at him for a while before casually waving it off, "Something about work, let's not talk about that right now. Can you do me a favour?"
"A favour?" Motan blinked, "If it's something I can manage, then sure."
"It's no big deal." Double Leaf said cheerfully, "I have some real-life work to handle in a while. You're good with words, can you talk to Nade about covering my shift?"
Motan scratched his head, "Cover your shift?"
"Yesterday, I asked the captain about the specifics of the patrol mission." Double Leaf spoke quickly, "Technically, you and the captain should be heading south together to inspect the mines in the wilderness, Sara and Crab, those guys with distorted aesthetics, should go west to check if the two tribes there are behaving, and Yina and I are supposed to recharge the Magic Crystal Lamps along the northern main road."
Motan nodded, asking, "And then?""
"The priest has magic power too, right? So even if I'm not there, you should still be able to help with the recharging, thus..." Double Leaf looked at Motan expectantly, "Can you ask for a day off on my behalf, and then go in my place?"
[Smart!]
Motan internally praised her, his face, however, gave nothing away, and after mulling it over for a while, he finally nodded, "I guess there shouldn't be a problem.""
"Hehe~" Double Leaf chuckled somewhat feebly, "Oh, why did you suddenly log off yesterday without even saying goodbye?"
Immediately, Motan showed an awkwardly embarrassed expression, and uncomfortably turned his head away.
"What happened, tell me~" Double Leaf of course wasn't going to let him off, and asked him right away, "It can't be that something to do with the Black Tai…"
"Actually." Motan laughed in embarrassment, "I had...a stomachache…"
".…"
"What's with that look?""
"Nothing, I just feel like an idiot.""
"Oh…""
Then Motan went with the socially inept Double Leaf to ask Nade for time off, and the excuse given was simply, 'unexpected matters at home'.
Nade was a rather personable guy, so he didn't hesitate and just agreed, given that a small-scale patrol duty wasn't anything significant, there was really no need to be nit-picky about it.
"Alright then," he nodded, "You can go with Yina to help along the north road. Actually, our team originally didn't have such a task. But now that we have Spellcasters, Jett asked us to help with recharging along the way. So, it's like that. I can go to the mine alone."
Double Leaf beamed sweetly, "Thanks Captain~"
She then raced out of the camp, and Motan soon saw Double Leaf's off-line message.
A few minutes later, Fenrir's team was divided into groups and departed. Almost as soon as they stepped out from Stacked Rock City's northern gate, Motan turned to Yina, who had been humming a little tune...
"Um, Yina... can you use magic?"
Chapter Fourteen: End