My Dear Lady Boss

"Nacorn, how far have you ever venture into the forest?" William roasting a wild chicken and chit chat with Nacorn about his adventure with his friends' Benak, and Carone.

The smell of a wild boar that currently in the fire drifting into the air, and it has brought much attention from the surrounding wild beast. The party of the trio already get used to this sight, Nacorn, Benak, and Carone would never dare to create such a sense while they are on mission or explorer the forest. Yet, now everything changes with William's kid that laid around their surroundings before camping.​ The night shift also becomes better with lighter in their hands. With it, if there is any movement from even a wild animal, they can see clearly what they are facing.

"Our brothers have never venture deeper into the forest. With our low cultivation, it is already good fortune if we don't face a high-rank spirit beast." Nacorn takes his share and replies to William honestly.

It has been two weeks since they entered the forest, yet there is not even a single soul of a high-rank herb that can be found. William starts to feel that his day has not arrived yet, it is the first mission from the system, and yet he already spent nearly twenty days just for a journey in the forest. He didn't know how far he has ventured in this forest already.

"By the way, Nacorn, how come you don't get lose in this big forest?" This is a question that he always wanted to ask since he meets with Rosa. How can she know the way to left this forest? When she wakes up, she was already in the middle of nowhere.

The three men all look at William in a surprise expression. How can you don't even know the basic rule when you enter the Amarilla forest?

Seeing all the three of them looking at him with such speechless expression, he can only come up with some excuse to release himself from the tension. He always tries to be honest with everything when he talks with Rosa. But, he doesn't know why would make such a lie in the first place toward them. Because she had told him not to trust anyone; maybe, it was that. "I do not have much experience in the outside world, as I just left the clan to explore the outside world. At my birthplace, the only high-rank cultivator has the right to go out. For me, I just escaped away from there."

Right, when the trio looks at William's appearance, they seem to relly that he is not someone who would be born in this backward water. And from the way of his daily activity with them, it seems that his clan is quite a special one, too.

"Oh, it is nothing special. Everyone in the city knows about it, there is also an idiom talking by children in the city, too. That when you enter the forest, don't forest the tree goddess." Nacorn answer William's question then paused for a few moments. After that, he lowers his voice a bit and said again: "There is no tree goddess, but there is these tree that we can find out our way to left the forest."

Nacorn suddenly stands up and walks toward a nearby tree. He lifts his hand for a bit, and a knife suddenly appears in his hand. After that, he cuts the outer layer of the tree next to him. He takes the part that he cut in his hand return to the camping fire again. He shows it to William puzzle expression.

After receiving the piece from Nacorn hand, William takes a deep look into the peeling skin from the tree. A long while later, William still doesn't know what Nacorn wants to show him about. He looks straight into Nacorn eyes, yet all he can see was Nacorn's nodding head. You don't have to peel a tree skin and gift it to me, right? Bro, don't leave me thinking with my small head. As he can only shamelessly ask Nacorn to tell him the truth. William plays with the tree bark, he doesn't even look at Nacorn when he asks the question.

"What do you want to show me, bro?"

Carone, and Benak also speechless when they heard William question as they almost puke all their share of food out. Noooo, it is already out and the one who received all these material was Nacorn who sits the opposing side.

Nacorn receives all the special products on his face all of a sudden. He becomes quieter as he lifts his hand to clean up his face.

"What's happened? Nacorn, do you peel this tree's bark for eating?" With sudden silent, William, who still holding the peeled part in his hand; asking again without even looking up at the trio. As all of his interests focus on it. He wants to figure out what Nacorn wants to explain to him. He thought that after cutting this piece, Nacorn might want to continue his meal before answering him.

Carone and Benak who just close their mouth with difficulty suddenly split open and there is more going out than before, too.

"No!" Nacorn can not take it anymore with this kind of bullying from his friends.

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The next day morning, after packing up everything, the team continue to venture deeper into the forest. Each of them mounted the borrowed Zeberia from the lodge in the outer layer of the forest; It is a kind of spirit beast that has an appearance similar to a wild horse. It is easy to tame this kind of spirit-beast because they have a very timid characteristic, and also they are strong and fast running speed for the long adventure in the forest. Yet it is rare to see them in the city, as sometimes they are rampant because of their personality.

The entire morning till evening, not even a single word can be heard from Nacorn. Even during the fighting with some spirit beast when they meet on the way, he charged straight toward the beast without even talking about strategy for the attack with them. This noon fight, it is barely won again the spirit beast like tiger mantis because of its poison tail, yet the team still manages to win it. After finding a safe place for camping again, to lessen up the atmosphere, William tries to come up with a conversation to avoid mention last night's situation.

"Nacorn, the last time you are here in the forest, you have come for the explosive quest that the adventure guild issue, right?" William wants to get some clue from Nacorn, as he might have come for the other mission, too.

"Yes, I was here for what you have created. Right, have you found any spiritual herbs you are looking for?" Nacorn expression becomes a bit awkward when he answers William's question.

Because during their journey together until this moment, the team already gathered a few spiritual herbs, and yet William only taking the seeds. The rest were given to them, they also knew that the seed can be planted, but it is rarely growth with the polluted place in the city. Along with the silent atmosphere, William sigh and said: "I happened to stay at Diana clan at the moment, and I heard that the clan master had been sick from poison. So, I want to find some healing remedy for him."

The trio nodded their heads with William because they also know something happened around one month ago. There is fighting at an abandon mansion in the desolated place on the East side of the city. Since William wanted to find a spirit herb to heal that old man, they can catch a grim on what is in William's head. As there is a rumor in the city that the young lady in Diana is beautiful as a flower yet no one has never seen her again after they take their root in the city.

"William, did you happen to pursue Diana's clan young lady? If you failed, this big sister here is welcome to you at any time." Carone nods his head and pauses a brief moment before continuing to tease William.

Both Nacorn and Benak suddenly choking when they heard Carone speaking.

"Yes, I am pursuing her, but I don't know if I can steal her heart or not." William awkward smiles toward Carone as he replies to him.

"Now, let us return to our main subject. Does anyone of you happen to know any nearby spirit herb to solve the poison problem?" William wanted to return home faster, as the selling might be already started. He also uneased with a mantis stalking in the shadow, even though the enemy already comes to the light but who knows what will they do?

"Oh, I happened to hear something recently at the tavern before we left the city. But, never mind." Benak swallows back the words that he is going to say.

"Don't tell me, it is that story?" Carone looks at Benak in a surprising way when Benak mentions the story that he happens to know about it, too.

William, and Nacorn both become silent as they want to hear more about the story.

"Hey, why don't both of you just tell us about it already?" Nacorn askes Benak and Carone with hoping expression. Yet, seeing Nacorn silly expression, when they are staying together almost every time at the tavern, Carone wanted to take back his laughter but he can not swallow it down no matter what. As Carone giggles none stop, Benak also joins the pray, too.

"Why both of you are laughing at my question?" Nacorn interest picks as he wants to know why they are laughing so hard so he continues to ask them to answer none stop.

"Oh! nothing special. It just both of us happened to remember something." How can they tell Nacorn that it was him that day who initiated the conversation with the other adventurer? It was also Nacorn who bought the whole drink for that adventurer grief experienced. After both of Nacorn that man drunk, they talking none stop like a best buddy. And both Carone and Benak happened to be the one who helped to return both drunken men to the inn. So, the entire information about that adventurer experienced becomes their knowledge.

And with their current strength, it is only a dead wish to go to that place. The best option is not to talk about it.