The elf maiden smiled like the sun breaking through the clouds after rain.
"Thank you, everyone!"
"So, what is the token of gratitude?"
Everyone looked over expectantly.
"So everyone was thinking about this, huh."
The elf maiden proudly puffed up her chest, licked her lower lip, and rummaged through her storage space, excitedly preparing to bring out something.
’If it turns out to be your bathwater, Lureya, you’re doomed.’
At this moment, Lina noticed Shami’s calm gaze upon her, and her movements stiffened, pausing her words mid-sentence. Mechanically, she turned her head to look.
It’s Water of Life! What’s wrong with Water of Life! It’s not something I brewed in the bath! The Water of Life from the Elf Forest! A drink favored by human nobility!
’If it turns out to be your bathwater, Lureya, you’re doomed.’
Alright, alright! Boss, you’re such a busybody!
The elf maiden pouted discontentedly and, under Shami’s serene gaze, reluctantly took back the elf bathwater prepared for each person at 1L.
However, the elf maiden’s storage space was naturally filled with miscellaneous items of all kinds. After searching for a while, perhaps she could find a suitable token of gratitude.
Yet, the elf maiden didn’t dare delve too deeply, fearing she might snag something unspeakable.
After a brief rummage in the shallow layers of the storage space, the elf maiden found a different option, smiled slyly, and when her hand emerged, there were several cards bearing her name in her palm.
"Ta-da-da-da-da! —— It’s the [Lureya Mutual Aid Coupon]! The token of gratitude is a [Lureya Mutual Aid Coupon]! Just use this coupon to get Lureya to run errands for free once!"
"So basically you didn’t bring out anything useful!"
In the end, she chose to pay it forward by helping others once, to repay her debt to the flat golden-haired one.
"What do you mean something useless~ The chance to have the elf maiden run errands is quite rare, you know~ Otherwise, it’d be the priceless Water of Life~"
Everyone looked at each other, feeling this sort of gratitude token was quite decent.
In the elf maiden’s offered choices, the Wisteria Tree Spirit and Bone Frame chose the Water of Life suited for them.
"It’s understandable for Grandpa Tree Spirit to want this, but you, Bone Frame?"
"I feel that soaking in this liquid would make the body cleaner."
Bone Frame rubbed the bottle containing 1L of Water of Life in his arms, giving a hollow-eyed glance.
"Hopefully, it won’t be corrosive; otherwise, the skeleton will disappear as I soak..."
"There’s nothing like that!"
The elf maiden blinked nervously.
But somehow felt a bit guilty for being ungrateful.
So she gifted the Water of Life in Bone Frame’s hand to the Wisteria Tree Spirit; after all, using it for watering plants is already a luxurious act.
Then she sent over the Elf Forest’s spring water.
"This might work better. Drinking is also fine."
"Thank you, Miss Lureya," Bone Frame cherished the gift with both hands: "If I can drink it, I’ll give it a try."
"The conversation is getting kind of sad, you guys,"
Shami said, interrupting while leaning his head to observe the elf maiden and Bone Frame.
"I’ll go with [Lureya Mutual Aid Coupon]."
Saili and Lina thought for a moment and both chose [Lureya Mutual Aid Coupon].
The girls each had their own thoughts.
Lina: Maybe one day I’ll use it... If Lureya is by my side, I’d feel much more at ease...
Saili: An elf maiden’s mutual aid coupon, if used well, could uncover some secrets of the Elf Race. In any case, this form of social favor coupon is certainly more valuable than Water of Life.
Lureya handed over the two small cards happily, feeling lucky and completely unaware that these two mutual aid coupons led the maiden to lose precious opportunities to strategize against the demon king later.
Finally, it was Shami’s turn.
Shami was entirely uninterested in either option.
But if he had to choose.
"Well, let’s go with the mutual aid coupon."
And Lureya didn’t intend to give it to him.
Hmph, they’re always calling me when they need and dismissing me when they don’t, so give or don’t give, it doesn’t matter.
"There are none left; later I’ll give you Water of Life."
Lureya’s words carried underlying meaning.
[The elf maiden’s holiday homework crisis is temporarily resolved!]
[A Day in the Life of a Magical Girl After Becoming Employed]
At six-thirty in the morning, as dawn lightly broke, Saili was already awake.
Her long black hair slightly disheveled, the magical girl’s small feet slipped into clogs, rising from bed, drawing the curtains, and walking onto the balcony.
For the past two days, she’d been delving into Lureya’s spiritual technique holiday homework, planning to finish in an hour, but in truth, the magical girl spent two nights to apply soul style magic onto fruits and vegetables, missing two nights of good sleep.
After a good night’s sleep last night, the magical girl felt refreshed and was about to take a deep breath of fresh morning air from the village when she saw a rustling in the distant grass.
Slightly squinting her eyes, the magical girl’s gaze pierced through.
The grass rustled again, revealing two buttocks and a face with humanoid features looking alertly around.
"Fireball Technique." (Expressionless)
Quickly she closed the balcony door, swearing to herself she would never do the silly act of going on the balcony to breathe fresh air early in the morning again.