Chapter Five: My Physical Condition Is Truly Quite Good

Lu Meng's gaze fell on the vine bracelet around her wrist.

Elt's eyes followed hers and came to rest there as well.

It was a bracelet twisted together from all sorts of trailing vines, bearing the oldest grain of trees, with an indescribable air of mystery.

Only, its luster looked somewhat dim.

From the very beginning, they had noticed the bracelet too, but after checking it and finding nothing unusual, seeing that it was just like an ordinary bracelet, they had not paid it any mind.

Lu Meng's eyes lingered on it only for a moment before moving away, as though she had merely brushed past it by chance. Elt, too, only looked at it a few more times and thought nothing of it.

With the task now complete, Elt's smile grew a little gentler. "In that case, from now on we'll be colleagues in the military district. If anything comes up, you can send me a message on your communicator."

As he spoke, he seemed to remember something. "You don't have a communicator yet, do you?"

Lu Meng roughly understood what that was: something like a modern phone and computer combined, with everyone here using communicators to keep in contact.

"No."

Elt thought for a moment. "That's all right. The military district will arrange one for you."

"Then I'll handle your discharge papers first. I'll let the general know, and someone from the military district will come pick you up shortly. You can pack up a little first..."

As he said this, he glanced at her, then at the hospital room. In truth, there was not much to pack.

"The things you're missing will be provided by the military district, so don't worry."

Lu Meng was not worried at all. "Am I leaving right away?"

Elt cleared his throat. "It's like this. As you know, guides are extremely rare in the military district, so the higher-ups are giving your case considerable attention. They hope you'll be able to take up your post as soon as possible."

"I see."

She did not overthink it. "All right, then please trouble you and..."

"The comrades!"

A hint of confusion slipped into Elt's smile. Comrades? What sort of way was that to address people?

But he did not ask. "Then please wait a moment. I'll go handle your discharge."

"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm."

Seeing how energetically she bobbed her head like a little chick, her bright eyes fixed on him, Elt thought she looked rather like a small dog wagging its tail in circles.

Very cute.

It was the first time he had met a guide like this, completely unlike those high-and-mighty guides in the White Tower.

Still, perhaps it was because she had lost her memory, or because she had no mental power and had lived as an ordinary person all this time, that she had turned out this way.

Once she adapted to the identity of a guide, perhaps she would become like the others.

With that thought, Elt closed the door to the hospital room.

Having found stable work, Lu Meng cheered and excitedly buried her face in the flowers again. It was not until the fragrance nearly made her want to sneeze that she reluctantly lifted her head.

So fragrant, so fragrant!

Wonderful, absolutely wonderful!

No need to worry about the sudden assault of the undead. No need to be confined inside a cramped base. She even had proper work now, and did not need to fear for her personal safety.

It was simply perfect.

Lu Meng secretly swore that as long as the military district did not fire her, she would work there for the rest of her life.

Still not fully recovered from her excitement, Elt had already finished her discharge papers. "Guide Lu, the car arranged to pick you up is ready. Have you packed?"

Lu Meng hurriedly hugged the flowers and trotted to the doorway, beaming widely. "All done, all done."

Elt was once again charmed by her, and his tone even sounded a little like he was coaxing a cub. "Take it easy, no rush. Don't fall."

"It's fine, it's fine. I'm in great shape."

As she spoke, Lu Meng raised her arm, trying to show him her entirely nonexistent muscles.

Looking at her thin arm, Elt could not help but let out a laugh.

Lu Meng also realized that compared with them, she really was a bit too thin. Embarrassed, she withdrew her arm, but still held stubbornly to her words. "Even if I don't have muscles, my physical condition really is pretty good."

Elt nodded helplessly. "All right, then let's go, you guide with the pretty good physical condition?"

Lu Meng instantly brightened again. "Let's go, let's go!"