Princess, we finally found you!

“Yes, heaven knows, that explosive stuff is practically divine magic. We were already retreating just defending, but you four managed to come back after annihilating the goblins on North Mountain!”

The surrounding residents also knelt on the ground, their faces filled with the same gratitude and respect.

Some sobbed softly, some clasped their hands in prayer, and more gazed at the four with eyes full of gratitude.

“They should have been lying in shrouds.”

The old blacksmith, fixing a broken arm with an iron plate, said, “Thanks to your timely arrival, they were able to save their lives…”

A procession of children suddenly emerged from the gaps in the crowd. The girl at the front, with braided pigtails, hugged an oak barrel taller than herself. Sweet honey mixed with her stuttering confession, “Mommy said… said to give the best to the heroes…”

The carpenter’s cracked thumb unconsciously rubbed the bruises on the back of his hand.

“I had even prepared tombstones and lumber.”

His breath, like withered leaves, brushed against his shoulder, scattering water droplets that hadn’t yet fallen, “Three hundred and twenty pine planks, all converted into long tables for the celebration feast this morning!”

Amidst the cheers, the guards also gathered, their expressions complex, hesitating to speak.

Ilya raised her hand.

“I’ll leave the cleanup to you.”

Meanwhile, Livia and Alice, those two adorable little things, were already frantically weaving through the kneeling residents.

“Quick, get up, hey, aren’t you shortening my life!”

Alice jumped up anxiously, “Although this young lady has done a great deed, it’s not just for you, but also for myself! Everyone is a resident of Elton town, so please keep your gratitude in your hearts and get up, get up quickly!”

“Exactly…” Livia also smiled gently, bending down to help the town mayor, “We’re all in this together. No one will abandon each other.”

It was only then that Sandra slowly walked over, her hands hanging down, her expression appearing somewhat reserved.

“I, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have…”

“It’s okay, it’s all in the past now. You did nothing wrong.”

Livia looked up. Perhaps because she had just experienced such a monumental event, she no longer cared about these trivial matters. Not having money to pay rent and being kicked out was understandable.

“I… I really…”

The more Livia, the white-haired loli, expressed her magnanimity, the more guilty Sandra felt. She even raised her hand as if to slap herself, but Livia grasped it.

“Everyone’s position is different, and there’s no absolute right or wrong. That’s all.”

She said, then yawned widely.

“Everyone has been tense all night and hasn’t slept. Let’s all go back and rest.”

“Ooooh—!”

Amidst the commotion, Elton, this vibrant town, fell back into silence.

However, this silence was temporary. Once the residents woke up, vitality and life would once again fill the entire town.

In the relatively luxurious room, Livia and Alice sat on small wooden stools, soaking their feet.

“Damn, I’m exhausted!”

The golden-haired girl raised her arms high, stretching them outwards, inevitably hitting the white-haired loli.

The latter lifted her foot and abruptly clamped down on the golden girl’s toes, “You’re tired of what!”

“Sigh, who knows? I just feel so tired.”

Alice simply leaned back, letting her head rest on the edge of the bed. Her messy golden hair spread across her entire round, cute face. In this posture, the buttons on her chest were almost strained to the point of popping off.

“Hoo~ Hoo~”

She blew away the bangs on her forehead listlessly, her azure eyes staring blankly at the ceiling. “Lao Li, it’s strange, I’ve never actually fought with a sword before. Uh, at most I’ve played Beat Saber, but I don’t know why, the moment I held that rapier, I felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.”

“Didn’t you say you had swordsmanship and etiquette classes at home?”

“Sigh, it’s not like that. It’s as if I’ve truly fought before and died. This feeling causes my body to react instinctively when encountering danger.”

“Hiss.”

Livia’s red eyes slightly narrowed.

So, when she transmigrated, she didn’t erase everyone, or even the entire world, back to a previous developmental stage and forcefully twist it back to a certain point in time?

Could someone have retained their memories…

“Speaking of which, it makes sense~”

Flora knelt on the bed in a cross-legged position, placing Alice’s head on her plump thigh, stroking the girl’s small face. “I also feel that my spellcasting speed has increased quite a bit~”

“Mhm… In, in short, it’s like déjà vu…”

Alice and Flora made eye contact. The little face instantly flushed red. She stopped blowing, stopped waving her hands, and even closed her eyes.

In her mind, she was pondering a question.

Had she and this pink-haired girl fought side-by-side before?

Not tonight, not near the goblin cave on North Mountain, but somewhere else, without her cheap best friend and the ice-beauty, just herself and this pink-haired girl.

Although reason told her that she and the pink-haired girl had only met for half a day, in her heart, she inexplicably felt this indescribable sensation.

“Hey! Whatever the case, Lao Li, we’ve done a great job this time, haven’t we?”

Alice reopened her eyes. Her clear eyes sparkled like stars. “Those spoils of war, we should get at least half of them, right? That means we can get a generous reward?!”

“Yes… yes!”

Livia was also infected by this emotion. She temporarily suppressed the conclusions she had roughly drawn in her mind, happily twisting her body and pointing towards North Mountain in the distance. “Without our efforts, how could we have won? For our merits in several battles, we deserve this reward!”

“Flora, our good days are coming!”

Alice stood up abruptly, wiping her feet with a towel. “These spoils of war, along with what we plundered from the goblin cave, should amount to at least tens of gold coins. I don’t know about the housing prices, but living in the central area should be more than enough!”

“Yes, yes~ Then, what do you want to do~?”

Flora, looking like a gentle mother caring for her child, smiled softly and guided Alice with a sweet, syrupy voice. Alice immediately spoke, “Of course, we’ll capture the Archduchesses. Our goals won’t change just because we have money. Rather, since your strength is also this great, why not replace them!”

“Mhm!”

The white-haired loli also wiped her feet, the entire loli rolling back and forth on the large bed. “I used to want to rely on them, but now!”

Livia suddenly raised her small fist.

“Who is relying on whom is still uncertain~ We can take it slow. Let’s set a small goal first, capture those two Archduchesses along with their territories, then move down, occupy half of the Oslow Kingdom, and reform the corrupt empire!”

“Yay, I want to be the Emperor~”

“Heh, what about me? You’ll definitely be trampled under my foot!”

Just as the two little cuties were fantasizing about the future, the door was pushed open.

The personal guards poured in uniformly, kneeling on one knee, and saluted the two on the bed.

Just as the white-haired loli tilted her head, preparing to tell them to get up and not thank them for repelling the goblins, she heard the leader speak.

“Your Highness, we finally found you! We were tricked and lost contact with you. Please forgive our negligence!”