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Letter I : December 10th

Dear Himika,

I'm writing this letter to assure you that everything is going well. These past few months have been very eventful, after returning to my cottage I got a new job as a construction worker for Shuigang, despite being a low paying and undesirable job it actually proved to be quite helpful, especially after the momentary battles between the three kingdoms. I'm simply glad I can help however I can, and ironically is proving more fruitful than I expected. I've managed to repair any damage that was done to my house, restocked on groceries and supplies, as well as upgraded a couple of utilities.

As a construction worker, I'm fairly separate from my fellow workers, mainly because I'm usually very focused on the job at hand and can be very pragmatic. My salary is reasonable, however far from desired, a mere 20 crystals a week is very minimal, but you know it could be worse… it could be minimal wage (Which minimal wage for Shuigang have decreased post war, dropping from 6 crystals to 2 crystals). That's not including the 20 crystals you provide me every months, which I am very grateful for. As a former citizen of Shang Mu, they still provide me with welfare thanks to recent laws passed to compensate for the past energy crisis, that's another 50 gems a months which makes a total of 150 gems a month.

However I'm not writing this for small talk, instead I want to talk to you in person. During my usual hunting sessions I came across something… interesting… I can't really explain it to you specifically in this letter instead I wish to show you. If this proves to be more important than myself then I'll have no choice but to ask for assistance. Please arrive at Shuigang as soon as you possibly can.

Letter II : December 13th

Dear Himika,

Thank you for arriving to my cottage as fast as you could, I considered the advice you gave me about contacting her about the situation, however there's a minor problem. I'm not quite sure how I'll be able to contact her, I have absolutely no clue where on Avalice she lives, so it's not like I can just write a proper address, honestly I don't think anyone knows where she lives. Even with her newfound fame, she's still prefer to remain hidden, though I can never blame her for that.

I have accepted this new responsibility but this could be beyond my standards, even though it's temporary. There's already several problems I've encountered with this new development and I fear I lack the supplies to even sustain Lily.

Hopefully when I finally get in contact with her, she will provide me the help I need to assure Lily's safety and health. I'm simply not in the right state, to care for her and I know you're far too busy.

Meanwhile I have thought of a solution. A month after Shuigang's defeat, I met a friend, it's so happens that he used to live near Sash and so I have decided to ask for his assistance. I will write back to you when everything is said and done.

Letter III : December 13th

Dear Helms,

I've heard you were coming to visit Shuigang on official business and although I dislike asking such favors, as I personally consider it rude and offensive, I have to make an exception. Please bare with me as I ask you to make a short detour to my cottage, there I will explain everything to you. Before I take a moment of your time, I must ask you something very important, even though it may seem strange to ask you of this, however I'm aware that you used to be neighbors with Sash Lilac.

Not only do i want to inform you of the events that had transpired, but also need you to sort of provide Sash with the same information I'm willing to share to you, the reason being is that I need both of your help.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

Letter IV : December 15th

Dear Lilac,

Firstly, I just want to say that it been close to three years since we've had any contact with each other (Admittedly I was going to refer to her as Sash, until I was told she prefer to be called Lilac now), but I'm contacting you now because I'm in need of your help. I'm not particularly sure what you're doing now, especially after saving Avalice. However please bear with me as I explain what happened to me last week in the same detail I told both my sister and Helms, also… don't tell Carol… any of this…

So I had recently came from work as a construction worker as I helped repair a selection of damaged buildings after the war against Brevon and King Dail. although the buildings weren't too badly damaged, or at least the majority; some had reasonable amount of damage, besides it seemed those buildings appeared to have had extensive water damage to begin with, no wonder these buildings collapsed so easily. It was backbreaking work and when the job was done it was already eight o'clock in the evening and thankfully tomorrow was a well deserved vacation for us hard working people.

I decided to spend my break from work doing what I usually do in my free time, which included hunting. During my hunting session I noticed a lack of wildlife throughout the surrounding wilderness. Although the Shuigang taiga never been a very lively place to begin with, this was more quiet than usual. I spent about a half hour scouting as much of the forest as I possibly can, afterwards I took a quick snack until I heard a loud metallic sound in the distance. I followed the sounds I heard and it led me to a giant turret-like machine, it seemed like a larger version of those smaller turrets which guarded Shuigang when it was under Brevon's influence, I believe I remember Helms saying how he called them turretus, except this one was massive and obviously was designed for infiltration. What really caught my attention was the young girl being attacked by the machine, which I decided to call a prime turretus (I like naming things, even though I'm usually very bad.)

The girls was no older than six years old and she had mauve skin, white hair with mauve horns, blue eyes, sharp claws, a short tail but lacked tendrils. Her attire was definitely abnormal for any girl I've seen, she wore a jet black close-fit tank top and capris with a golden sash wrapped around her waist, the sash she wore had strange white markings on it and was bare foot. She looked partially terrified, yet she tried to hold a her ground, I was impressed none the less but I knew she would get herself killed eventually. I had to intervene and therefore I lunged on top of the mechanoid and began attacking it with my dual swords. That thing had strong armor, my attacks hardly phased it, either way I wasn't worried. I remembered what Helms mentioned about these robots regarding how certain parts of it's armor was weaker than others, likely so that they could implant those mutants into these monstrous machines with ease or perform maintenance. As the machine fires at me the girl simply observes, I couldn't tell if it was because I was a random stranger who came to her aid or that she might have been prideful and felt offended that anyone came to aid her, I got closer as the turret slowly backs away, trying to make distance between us. What caught me off guard was how it changed it's projectiles from simple balls of compressed energy to a powerful helix beam, the force of that beam was powerful enough to recoil both me and it away from each other, it attacked again but I was ready, well… okay, I was ready the third time, but that's besides the point, after it attacked again I took advantage of it's cooldown and attacked at what I perceived to have been the designated weak spot, which stunned the machine and gave me the opportunity to destroy one of its three legs and ran off with the girl (I might have exaggerated in this part.)

This girl wasn't exactly very happy at first when I suddenly grabbed her and ran away from that damned machine, in fact she actually clawed through my face.

"What the hell was that about!" She scolded, her vulgar language caught me off guard, to the point I immediately let go of her and gave her quizzed stare, "Seriously though, what are you doing grabbing little girls! Also I had everything under control!"

I simply scoffed at her, "First of all, you're like six, you shouldn't be speaking the way you are and how do you even know about that kind of stuff anyways. Second of all, I just saved your life, if anything you should be grateful!"

My harsh tone intimidated the young girl into submission, noticing the effect of my bravado, I simply sighed and gave a warmer expression. The little dragon became more open in response, she seemed to have gotten comfortable with my company already, "I'm sorry, y-your right." I would be lying if I said I wasn't impressed with her abnormally mature behavior, however she seemed awkward around me, I could've only assumed that she had poor social skills, though she was only six anyways.

"So, what is girl like you doing here? Where's your family? What's even your name?" I simply asked.

"I… I don't know… " She calmly responds, "I don't even know my name honestly."

"Surely you have a name, is there anything I can call you?", I took a quick glance at her again, she had a somewhat slender build and seemed slightly taller for her young age, that combined with her white hair reminded me of the garden lilies my family had back at Shang Mu, so I called her just that, "Lily"

"Lily? I kinda like that name."

"I suppose you can stay with me, but tomorrow we have to find your parents." I mused, Lily agreed and followed me back home. She brought with her a small pouch, I didn't bother to look inside because I felt it wasn't important and I assumed it was personal.

Apparently, providing for a dragon girl could be a real pain, unlike an avalician girl, she had a far larger appetite and required less sleep, which might be the reason as to why she eats so much food to begin with. Thankfully it also seems dragons have stronger immune systems, so I didn't have to worry about her getting sick, days of trying to look for her parents proved fruitless and I began to realize that I simply lack the necessities to provide for a growing dragon such as Lily. Her combined maturity and snark can be annoying and her undying curiosity legitimately worries me, she a quick one, to be expected, but she's also sneaky.

Apart from those negatives, her maturity does enable her to perform some life functions herself, like serving herself simple meals. Although we usually don't see eye to eye, she does seem interested on my combat skills and, as of recently, enjoys hunting with me. However like I told both Himika and Helms, I simply can't keep this up forever, I only ask if you can perhaps help me find her parents or at least provide a more suitable family for her.

I simply ask for your assistance,

P.S: Did I also mention not to bring Carol?