Edward started speaking about his story. Many years ago he was born in this village. He was the village chiefs son so he had lived his early life with zero care of life. At the age of 10 he started his cultivation journey and at the age of 15 he got the job of village guard. From a young age he loved a girl in his village and after he secured a job he asked for her hand for marriage.

They started a family. From his father he got a plot of land where he built the house. Both his wife and him decorated the house with a lot of care.

But about 3 years ago, his wife fell ill. She had an unknown illness which Edward couldn't find any cure for and she died very quickly. Edward was left alone.

His wife used to take care of the house. But after losing her Edward became distance to those things and lived a life of loneliness.

Edward put down his glass and looked at Magnus before speaking, "Brother do you know that there's no grife that's greater than losing someone you love. I admire you for that. Because you had the courage to take your wife travelling through the land to visit the city for a cure. If I also have enough courage to take the leap, I will probably be with my wife now. "

Looking at the dejected Edward Magnus kinda feels sorry for him. He then started to encourage him by saying, "There are people I lost a couple of years ago. My father and mother. Susan is the only family left for me. I don't want to lose her either. The village apothecary diagnosed her and suggested that I should see her as an alchemist. The only place an alchemist may live in this place is the city of Terra.

Although my wife is a sharp-toned woman, she loves me very much and watching her deteriorate slowly is really painful. Thank you brother for telling me your story. It has given me courage. "

Both the men drank a little bit more until Magnus called it a day. As Magnus is leaving he stops for a second and tells Edward, "Edward I hope you find happiness and get back on track. Even though I myself took your story as a means for courage, I don't know if my story will help you in any way.

But I still think you're a great man and you need to deserve a good life. So tomorrow after we leave I hope that you tie all your loose knots in your heart and start living your life happily."

"I understand, thank you." Edward replied by nodding his head.

Magnus went upstairs and lie down on the bed. Anna has already fallen asleep and he also soon fell asleep.

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In the morning Magnus opened his eyes as the ray of sunlight from the window is directly hitting his eyes. As Magnus tried to wake up he realised that his chest is heavy as if something is placed on it. Magnus looked at his chest and found that a brown haired women is sleeping on his chest as if his chest is a pillow. Although the woman may look ugly if anyone saw her, Magnus knew about her true beauty. He slowly touches her hair and soon started caressing her head. As a result the girl wake up from her sleep and looked at her surroundings. She soon discovered the position she's in and gave a strange look towards Magnus.

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"Pervert."

"You are the one who is on the top so, how am I a pervert than?" Magnus gets up from the bed and said, "Get ready we need to walk for a long time."

"Hmm".

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Half an hours later Magnus and Anna have their breakfast with Edward. After the breakfast Magnus took his begs and decided to leave.

"Brother Edward. It's time for us to part ways. I hope we meet again and thank you for letting us stay in you house."

"No it's okay brother don't worry. When you're returning to your home please do come by through this village. My house is always welcomed for you. Oh and here take this. It's not really much but it will help you as it did to me." Saying that Edward handed him a green coloured token that has dragon pattern all over.

Magnus wanted to return the token as he's not sure what it was but Edward assured him that it will help him in his journey. After then Magnus kept the token.

It's finally time for goodbye. Both Magnus and Anna said their goodbyes to Edward before departing from the Pascal Village.

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After Magnus and Anna left Edward went to his house. He set down on the chair and pulled out a small pendant. He opened it and inside reveal a beautiful woman holding the Arms of Edward. He then smiled and said, "I am sorry Liana for angering you. But I learned my lesson. Could you please return to me. I don't want to live here alone until the mission is finished. Please I beg you. I won't do it again and this time I will clean the house and do the dishes." Edward became really desperate as he started begging in the pendant.

A few seconds later the pendant started to glow as someones voice came from the other side, "So you finally learned you lesson. I will come if you promise me to do your work regularly and not bother me with your task."

"Yes, I promise."

"Okay. I will be returning after I finishes my task."

"Oh. You don't have to as I already found someone suitable and give him the token."

"What? You already found someone who is he and what's his cultvation rank. "

"It's a complicated to tell you everything like this. You should return soon and also something happened to the north. When you return please discreetly enter in the north with your ship else it will complicate things more."

" I heard what happened. Of course we don't want this backward planet to be doomed just because of us. Okey see you soon honey." The line ended. Edward put down the pendant and started thinking about Magnus and Anna.

"Robert and Susan. Although they have many anomalies in them which is hard to describe like how is a man who is in his 20 has a bone structure of a 17 year old and how is a girl who has a very high grade body but has such a complicated illness. I don't think they're your normal husband and wife.

I guess we'll see how you perform in 1.5 years deadline." Saying that Edward drank a lot of alcohol before throwing all the alcohol bottles in the garbage as he's decided that he won't drink anymore.

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About a miles away from the Pascal Village Anna asked Magnus, "Hey, who is that man?"

"I don't know for sure. At first I thought he's a normal villager. But as I talked with him a bit more I realised that he's bit more than just your average villagers.

I didn't checked his cultivation because it might blow up our cover. But he checked us from the beginning even to the point of eavesdropping in our room. By the way you did a really good job on acting naturally by making your face red." Magnus added the last line with a mockery.

"Hah! Then how am I supposed to act at that point." Tsun Anna replied.

"Act naturally doesn't include being blushing."

"Whatever you dumbass." Tsun Anna became a little angry and left.

'I hope that man doesn't recognise my bone structure is fabricated. It took be a long time. Although I don't know about Anna but hope that he noticed her conditions too.' Magnus thought in his head.

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Miles away a group of 5 is walking in a long path that leads to a small town. A girl from the group asked, "Hey leader how long it will take to reach city of Terra?"

"It's about half a month if we run at full speed. Don't worry. We just need to find a 10 year old child, rescue him and bring him back with us. That's all. "

"I hope it's easy as you think."

"It is. I mean who will target a small child anyway."

" We are also targeting him?"

"Well that's different because he's a Rackham at the end." saying that the Leader girl made a straight face as if she's determined to rescue him.

' Don't worry cousin. I am gonna save you. Just hold a little longer.' She said in her mind.