Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva

"Tilan, take me there." Orles hugged Tilan, saying coquettishly and pleadingly.

"Although I really want to take Orles out, I can't this time." The girl patted Orles' back, feeling that she was like a large life-size doll. After Orles hugged her for a while, Tilan let go and told her the reason.

"There are many things to do this time, and Orles is too beautiful. There will be bad people snatching you there." Tilan blinked and told the simple elf.

Because the food problem had to be solved as soon as possible, Tilan did not have enough energy to take care of Orles on the way. Another reason was that Orles was really needed in the camp. First, Orles was needed to activate and use the rhythm crystal. The extraordinary people here were generally not strong enough. The highest in the Heshan Rescue Association was only Sequence 4, not to mention the others. Only Orles could stably play the role of the rhythm crystal.

In addition, Orles is also a singer. Even if she has lost her memory, many of her instincts are still there. With her, she can adjust the conflicts in the camp very well. In addition, she is also a strong fighter. Except for Tilan and Lololia, no one in the camp is stronger than her. If it is Orles with restored memory, according to Tilan's estimation, she will not be at a disadvantage against Lololia.

"Have you learned the method I taught you today?" Seeing that Orles's mood was slightly stable, Tilan took out the rhythm crystal and placed it in Orles' palm.

"Yes, Orles has learned it." At this time, she still answered proudly and happily. Even if she has lost her memory, such things are still very simple for her.

"That's good, let me think about it, Mimi will tell you where to use it later, if you don't understand, just ask her, if there is someone in the camp that makes you feel difficult to deal with and answer, then tell Ori, the big kind moose, he will help you solve it." The girl instructed again.

"Let me think, do you still remember the songs I taught you in the winter?"

"I remember, Tilan taught me, I remember." Orles nodded.

"Well, you can sit by the campfire at night and sing one or two songs for everyone. Everyone has experienced a lot of sad and sad things, and you need to comfort everyone. I believe Orles can do it." After teaching Orles a lot of common sense in life, Tilan was also ready to try to let her walk out of the small room and contact the world independently.

"Orles, I will."

Hearing Tilan's instructions to her, Orles had some expectations and her mood improved a little. Maybe she was happy to be recognized and needed.

"Come on, Orles." Then Tilan hugged Orles again, feeling this soft and slightly cold body, and let go for a while.

"I'm leaving first." Then Tilan waved and said goodbye to her.

A few minutes later, the caravan set out from the small valley on the grassland. The brown-haired horned oxen pulling the cart shook their heads and began to move their hooves, dragging the cart loaded with supplies forward. The iron bell hung on the leading horned ox could be heard from a long distance.

In this way, the crisp bell sound accompanied the caravan on the grassland, and the backs of the group slowly disappeared in the distance of the horizon.

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On the first day, the oxcart caravan of Tilan and others did not encounter any settlements or passers-by. This area had just been ravaged by insect plagues, and many settlements were either destroyed or migrated. Along the way, they saw several damaged carriages and corpses scattered on the grassland.

After helping the dead skeletons to do a simple burial, the group took out some usable supplies from the damaged carriage, loaded them on the car and continued to move forward.

Because of the limited number of ox carts, the caravan only brought 16 people this time, including Lololia, Sura, Fran, Guy, and three technical members of the Heshan Rescue Society, who were wearing black robes and face towels. The rest were new members in the camp. Many of them were members of the settlements that Heshia rescued along the way when she guided the Heshan Rescue Society to take refuge on the grassland.

Although they didn't know each other for a long time, after getting along for a few days, everyone had a good impression of each other. In addition, many people were grateful for Heshia's rescue. After all, in such a world, kind people are really rare species.

"I remember you are also a gray feather species, why didn't you escape with the main force at that time." On the carriage, Tilan asked the young man in front with a little interest. He had not too black hair and wore dyed black leather armor.

"I had a rather unique idea at the time, because I thought that following the large group would make me too conspicuous, and if I walked alone, I might not attract the attention of those insects. In addition, our gray feather species have a strong ability to hide their own breath, so I was quite bold to escape alone at that time." The other party touched his nose with a little embarrassment.

"In the end, I still encountered a problem on the road, that is, the horse I rode could not hide my breath as well as me, but if I gave up the horse and walked on my legs, even if I was a superhuman, I would eventually run out of energy after such a long distance."

"So I rode the horse and ran for a long time, then gave up the horse and hurried on my own in the night. I thought I could escape in this way, but I didn't expect that because I was not familiar with the terrain, I walked into a valley in the middle and walked for a long time before coming out, and then the insects just flew by." He felt helpless as he said this.

"After that, I was fighting insects while running for my life."

"I couldn't rest or replenish my energy during this process, so I had to dig a hole and bury myself temporarily to sleep."

"Fortunately, a few days later, I finally heard a vibration, so I came out and saw you and the members of the rescue association."

"Hahaha." The other people in the car couldn't help laughing, and then they talked about what happened during the escape.

Although there were many sad things in the middle, everyone still felt inexplicably fortunate to survive this insect disaster. This feeling of surviving a disaster even made people feel a little dreamy, because the settlements near Shilin Mountain Fortress are now only one in ten, and too many familiar people disappeared in the insect swarm attack that day.

There was no entertainment. All everyone could do along the way was to chat. It was also after two days of getting along that everyone slowly got used to each other. Perhaps they had experienced life and death, and the little things in their lives in the past now seemed so-so, and compared with being alive, they were no longer important.

On the evening of the fourth day, the caravan where Heshia was finally encountered the first settlement in the west of the grassland.

"See those sheepskin tents and felts? This should be a small settlement that lives on nomadism." Guy told his companions on horseback.

"I followed the caravan to many places when I was young, and I am familiar with this situation."

"Since these small settlements cannot occupy the lush grasslands, they can only find some marginal grasslands on the outer edge to feed livestock."

"Looking at their tents, it is estimated that the total number of people in the settlement is between 30-40, and there may be only a dozen young and strong people among them."

"Want to go over and take a look? Heshia."

Sura turned around and asked the girl with black hair and black skirt wearing a veil. Compared with other members, this girl is particularly special, especially her slender fingers without calluses and traces of labor, snow-white skin and beautiful figure, which do not look like people born in this muddy and turbulent world.

"Let's go and take a look. After all, this is the first settlement we have encountered, and I also have some questions I want to understand."

So several people followed the girl and walked towards the settlement in the distance. Guy rode a horse in front, and there was a crisp iron bell hanging on the horse's neck.

After approaching, the sentry in the settlement came out and waved to them, asking everyone to stop where they were.

Soon, several members of the settlement on horseback ran out of the settlement, and judging from the figures moving around in the settlement, they should have known that a caravan had arrived outside.

"What are you... doing here?" The leading man had a short braid, frowned slightly, and looked at the few people with great vigilance.

"We are a caravan passing by, do you need to trade?" Guy stepped forward, and the others stayed behind.

"Caravan?" The other party seemed a little unconvinced, looking at the well-equipped people, almost all of whom were carrying guns. Although they were wrapped in cloth and could not be seen clearly, they were definitely not something that a scimitar could deal with.

"Yes." Guy then explained to the other party, and the man believed it a little bit.

"You want to buy food, this is impossible. If you come in the summer, I will definitely have someone treat you well, but not now."

"Because they are still cubs in early spring and have not grown up, right?" Guy also understood the situation.

"Since you know, why do you come at this time?"

"If it wasn't for the shortage, we wouldn't have come here specially." Guy shook his head and mentioned the recent disaster near Shilin Mountain Fort.

"I've heard what you said." Hearing this, the other party nodded slightly.

"It seems that you should also come from the east."

"Okay, I can take out some of the food reserves in the settlement for you, but the quantity is not large, you have to exchange it for three times the usual value." The other party was also very polite.

"So expensive?" Guy couldn't help but speak.

"Humph, this is the price now." The other party explained arrogantly.

Seeing Guy was still hesitating, Heshia patted the gray pony under her and let it carry her forward.

"Hello, can you give us a little discount? We also brought a lot of goods, maybe there are some you need." The girl's voice was particularly pleasant, attracting the attention of several people present.

This girl, whose eyebrows were slightly immature, but still couldn't hide her stunning appearance, just turned her eyes slightly, and made several people stunned for a while. Since that day, Tilan, who had completely eliminated the obstacles in her heart, began to bloom her own temperament and charm.

Her figure was as gentle as an orchid in the valley, and her eyes were extremely clear and agile. She was unrestrained and responded to the many changes in the world sincerely and freely.

The few people who were originally a little angry, after seeing this black-haired peerless girl, not only did their fierce expressions disappear, but their words became gentle.

"Miss, what are the goods you mentioned?" They may not really want to know what goods the other party brought, but just want to hear her say a few more words.

"So, we brought prepared medicines, some firearms and weapons, tea leaves and dried flowers for brewing and relieving greasiness, and some cloth clothes..." Tilan bent her fingers and touched her chin slightly, recalling the goods she brought.

Seeing her serious answer, the few people who wanted to make things difficult and lower the price were a little embarrassed to speak, so they had to say that they wanted to see the goods.

"That's no problem, you come with me." After that, Tilan patted the gray-haired pony under her again and let it carry her back to the caravan.

After that, it was Tilan's introduction, and these people looked at the things loaded on the car one by one.

After the tour, the other party's original suspicion and vigilance dissipated a lot, because it was obvious that this team should be here for business, not disguised as a caravan to rob.

"To be honest, we don't have much food to offer. If it's furs and the like, there's still a lot more. I wonder if you need it, young lady."

This man could also see that this gentle girl with black hair and black skirt was the soul of the entire caravan. No matter what she did, everyone else cooperated respectfully, and no one was impatient or opposed. .

"Fur..." The girl thought that it would be summer soon, and fur was indeed of little use. However, when she thought about the new year, she realized that there were still many people sleeping on stone beds in the camp, some of which were covered with fur, which was indeed much more comfortable.

"Let me see." She nodded in agreement.

So, these people took Tilan and four others back to the settlement.

Walking in the open space between the tents, Tilan saw the real life conditions of many members. There were very few elderly people in the camp. Some women were making milk soup. Due to the lack of seasoning, the fishy smell of cow's and goat's milk was relatively strong. Their clothes Most of them are yellow and dirty. It seems that the water resources nearby are extremely scarce, and even taking a bath from time to time is an extremely luxurious thing.

Arriving at the tent where the furs were stored, Tilan watched as several strong men removed the piled furs and placed them on the old wooden table. Because of the rough kneading techniques, these furs also exuded a stench, so they should The reason is that the fat meat has not been processed thoroughly, and there is a lack of materials for preparing it.

Regarding the quality of the fur, Tilan had certain expectations in her heart and did not show any surprise. She could only say that it was not as good as expected.

"Then what do you want to change?"

"We need medicines and tea to relieve tiredness. There are very few edible plants on the grassland. If we only eat meat and cheese, we will become tired and nauseated after a long time."

"Exchange comparison..." The other party hesitated.

They definitely didn't want to suffer a loss, so they could exchange for more, but they did feel a little guilty for bullying the girl in front of them. In addition, this caravan was not a weakling. If the price was too outrageous, they would definitely offend the other party.

"20 furs and a jar of herbal medicine, 40 furs and a bottle of high-grade medicinal powder, and 10 furs and a tea cake."

This price... Tilan actually didn't quite understand the price exchange ratio in this land, so she turned to look at Guy who was following behind her.

"In other places, this exchange ratio would be reasonable, but this is the grassland, and the value of your furs is not that high." Guy shook his head.

Whenever purchasing goods on the grassland, the price must be reduced by more than twice. This is in line with the practice.

"You kid!" Although he was quite polite to the black-haired girl in front of him, it did not mean that the man's character had changed. Especially Guy's expression made him think of the profiteers who passed by him in an instant.

The ax at hand stood heavily on the table. The upside-down ax hit the wooden table and splashed some sawdust. If the wooden table hadn't been thick and thick, it might have fallen apart on the spot.

Seeing this, Tilan also knew the general situation and the actual exchange. She stretched out her hand and asked Guy to step back and negotiate with the other party herself.

"Wait a minute, I can give you some concessions, such as trying to match the exchange ratio just reported. However, we have just come to trade in the western part of the grassland and have little understanding of the local conditions. You need to tell me more intelligence information on the grassland, such as The location of each settlement, and the general situation of each force, etc. "She is not worried about the other party making up false information to deceive. As a singer, it is easy to distinguish these.

Seeing her blocking him, the leading man looked at Tilan, then slowly picked up the ax from the table and put it down.

"Okay, since you pay our price, I will also tell you some information about the grassland."

"Come with me." After that, he led a few people out of the tent where supplies were stored, returned to the exit of the settlement, sat down in an open space visible to both parties, and then began to talk about the various forces in the western part of the grassland.

The breeze was rustling, and the air in early spring was still slightly chilly. The people on both sides began to count the supplies, moved the things they wanted to change to the open space in the middle, and then sat aside, listening to the sturdy man talking about the ups and downs on the grassland. Rain fights with various conflicts.