Wizard of All Souls

"Crackling..."

In the dark and cold cave, the fire is the only light source.

Outside the entrance of the cave, there are howling winds and snowflakes.

Sophia was lying beside the fire wearing a thick sweater, her brows trembling slightly.

Sophia, who was sleeping, felt the coldness of her body gradually disappearing, and waves of warmth rushed to her body, with the sweet smell of barbecue wrapped around her nose.

This atmosphere is too familiar.

Isn't this the feeling of home?

"Could it be?"

Sophia's eyes opened suddenly, and she looked towards the fire.

"Father……"

Her excited face froze for a moment.

The figure sitting by the fire was not her father, nor anyone she knew.

Is it an uncle she has never seen before?

"Who are you!"

Sophia screamed and hugged her body and shrunk towards the wall, staring at Will vigilantly, while scanning the surroundings with the corner of her eye.

She grasped the surrounding information immediately.

Here is a cave.

There is only one person on the other side.

Judging from the armor the opponent took off and the bow and sword put aside, the opponent should be a hunter.

"Hey, girl, are you awake?" Will raised the roasted rabbit in his hand and said with a smile.

"Squeak..."

Sofia grits her teeth and stares at Will with hostility.

"Little girl, I kindly saved you who was lonely in the snow, why don't you thank me?"

"I don't want you to save me." Sophia stared at Will, "Mom and Dad will come to pick me up."

"Parents who threw their daughters in the snow?" Will shook his head, "Either you were abandoned, or they were dead..."

"you're lying--"

Sophia screamed and grabbed a nearby rock and threw it at Will.

The stone whizzed past Will's face and smashed into pieces against the wall.

All of a sudden, the entire cave shook slightly, and countless dust and stone fragments fell from above, as if the cave collapsed at any time.

"Don't get excited, I'm just saying it casually." Will raised his hands to show that he was not threatening.

"snort!"

Sophia snorted coldly, crouched in the corner and stared at Will vigilantly.

Wanting to ease the relationship, Will said to the rabbit roasted on the fire: "Are you hungry too? Do you want to eat barbecue?"

"The bunny is so cute, why do you want to eat it?"

Sophia swallowed, her eyes fixed on the rabbit.

But what she looked at was not the roasted rabbit meat, but the raw rabbit meat that had been peeled and put aside, still exuding a bloody smell.

It seems that in her eyes, raw meat is more attractive than cooked meat.

"You seem to be afraid of me?"

"I'm not afraid of you!"

"Then why don't you dare to sit down?"

"Who said I wouldn't dare?" Sophia moved her body, "I think it's quite comfortable here."

Looking at Sophia who had been huddled in the corner, Will smiled, "You and your parents got lost accidentally, right?"

"...They got lost."

Sophia muttered softly.

"The snow field is so big, it is still quite difficult to find someone."

"Father will find me."

"How long will it take?"

"It will be found!"

"Yes, yes, we will definitely find it." Will scratched his head, "If you were in a conspicuous place, wouldn't it be much easier for your father to find you?"

"Yeah?"

"Why don't you go back with me first..."

"Hiss—"

Sophia growled hostilely at Will.

"Hey, who do you take me for?"

"I won't be fooled by you!"

"Uh? Why should I lie to you? Do you have anything valuable? Like gold coins?"

"No."

"A precious gem?"

"No."

"Strange plants?"

"No?"

"Look, you don't have anything valuable on you. Why should I lie to you? Is it good for me to lie to you?"

"But……"

Sophia always felt that something was wrong.

"Do you think that as a mature adventurer, I will have evil thoughts because a young girl is too cute?"

"this……"

Sophia's eyes twinkled.

"I'm helping you because I'm a good person who doesn't ask for anything in return." Will said, patting his chest.

"Good guy?"

Sophia tilted her head, this middle-aged man with a beard, really felt a warm feeling from this man.

"Tomorrow, I'll take you back to the city first, and stay in the city until your parents come to find you. Is it okay?" Will said.

"……All right."

Sophia looked reluctant.

Seeing that Sophia agreed, Will happily raised the barbecue in his hand, "Come on, eat the barbecue, or I won't carry you if I can't walk tomorrow."

"I don't want you to carry it!"

Sophia pouted, hesitated for a while, and moved towards the fire.

"for you."

"Many, thank you."

Sophia took the roast and secretly looked at the uncooked raw meat.

"Try it, I'm still very confident in the grilling technique." Will laughed.

"Um."

Sophia took a bite, her eyes widened immediately.

"What is this? It smells so good!"

Sophia bit it with a "crack-crack", biting off even the bones and swallowing.

"Would you like to bake it yourself?"

"Yeah." Sophia nodded quickly.

Will put the seasoning and oil in front of Sophia, "Grind the oil while roasting, remember to put the seasoning, this is chili powder, this is soy sauce, this is salt, this is..."

Under Will's guidance, Sophia immersed herself in the joy of barbecue.

After the barbecue was over, Sophia licked her fingers to clean off the seasonings on her fingers.

Will stretched himself, found a flat place to lie down by the fire, picked up his sweater and covered it.

"There is still a long way to go tomorrow, so take a good rest."

"Um."

After Sophia licked her fingers clean, she also curled up and lay down beside the fire.

After a while, Sophia, who was mentally and physically exhausted to the extreme, fell into a dream, with a sweet smile on her face, not knowing what dream she was having.

"Crackling..."

In the darkness, only the fire kept ringing, exuding warmth.

The sun rises.

Sophia felt she was in a warm embrace.

"Father……"

She moved her body and touched the stiff beard on the top of her head.

"wrong!"

"Father doesn't smell like this!"

Sophia opened her eyes suddenly, looked up, and found a strange uncle hugging her.

"Wow-"

Sophia screamed and punched Will in the chest with her small fist.

"Boom—"

The heavy sound echoed in the cave, Sophia held her red fist with a distorted face, tears kept rolling in her eyes, and her red nose kept twitching.

"What's wrong with you?" Will patted his chest, "Did it hit my breastplate?"

"you liar!"

Sophia gritted her teeth and stared at Will.

"Hey, I fell asleep soundly. You punched me suddenly, okay?" Will suddenly noticed Sophia's strangeness, "Oh, you mean why are you in my arms? How do I know? I But I haven't touched you, the place where I sleep has never changed."

"this……"

Deep in Sophia's consciousness, the memory of last night appeared vaguely.

It seems that after the fire was extinguished, she felt cold and moved towards Will bit by bit?

She took the initiative to get into Will's arms?

"snort."

Sophia snorted coldly at Will, turned away, and while rubbing her sore hands, she secretly stared at Will.

"Strange guy."

Will got up and put on his armor.

Walking out of the cave, I glanced at the endless snow field.

"Pack up your things, we're ready to go."

Not long.

Will was carrying a backpack, Sophia was dragging the package, and two figures, one big and one small, walked towards the distance in the snow.