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Milla steps out of the Vehicle, "Thank you." she says to the hare.

"It was no problem, though I must ask, where is your parents?" asks the hare, Milla responds with a serious expression, "I understand, it's a sensitive topic, so what are you doing here?"

Her expression changes to a small grin, "I'm here to deliver something, though I don't know where to the find person I'm delivering it to, all I know is that he's some kind of General." explained Milla.

The hare ponders on who Milla could be talking about, the hare responds "Perhaps the mayor of this village will know who you're looking for.", Milla gestures with nodding her head.

"Well, see you later!" she said.

"Farewell! oh, you can call me Jing." says the hare, with his children waving goodbye "And if you need a place to stay, our house is over by that hill!" called Jing, and off he went.

Milla decides to explore the village before she head towards the town hall, the village mostly consisted of houses and farmer's markets, there was also a few watchtowers, a convenience store, and a bar. Surrounding the village was several farms with a wide assortment of grains and vegetation, orchids found scattered across the village, and a few rock gardens.

As she enters the convenience store to gather supplies, the hound overhears two women, "How's the mayor doing?"

"Not very well." said a worried panda around her late twenties "None of the villagers have found her, I hope she's okay."

Who are they talking about, is someone missing? thought Milla, she grabs some bandages and string for the journey ahead, however to her disappointment there wasn't any poultry or fish to be found in the store. I guess I'll just grab some more apples, she usually wouldn't mind eating fruit for dinner, but she haven't had any meat to satisfy her appetite for months now. "How much for this?" Milla asks the bored looking teenaged rabbit boy behind the counter "15 crystals." the rabbit replies in a rude manner, Milla pays the boy.

20 crystals left thought Milla, as she counts what remaining money she have left, I'm also running out of supplies. As she continue thinking about her situation she starts to think about the events two years ago again, I shouldn't have lied to them, she start to dwell deep into her consciousness, feeling more depressed than before, I'm still looking for them, but… but I don't know. She briefly forgets about her recent thoughts after knocking her head against the entrance door of the town hall, she rubs her head to relieve the mild headache.

At the front desk is a donkey girl, Milla walks up to the girl "Um, can I see the mayor?" Milla asks politely however the girl paid no attention to her, distracted with her own endeavours, "Hello?" asked Milla.

The girl looks up and realizes the young basset hound girl standing in front of her "Oh, my bad, how may I help you?" says the girl quietly.

"Can I talk to the mayor of this village?" asked Milla.

"Uh, sorry the mayor is not… available as of right now." the girl says hesitantly.

"Why not?" asked a worried Milla "Is it about that girl that everyone is talking about, what happened, maybe I can help?"

The girl explains "The mayor's daughter disappeared in the forest north-east from here. She was playing with a few friends at the fields, but they decided to head towards the forest, she didn't come back to the village with her friends, they said that they got separated at the forest."

"Did anybody try looking for her?" replies Milla.

"Nobody won't go into the forest, they say there's still machines in that forest."

With a confident smile Milla says "I can help", the girl makes a small sigh and guides Milla to the mayor's office.

The girl knocks on the mayor's door, "Who's there?" yells the mayor.

"It's me sir, there's a girl here to see you."

"Tell her that I'm busy!"

"She says that she can help find your daughter." replies the girl, a sudden dead silence followed leaving both Milla and the girl apprehensive, "Come in…" says the mayor.

As Milla walk into the office she sees a big, chubby, but stern looking panda standing behind his desk "My name is Wei, I'm the mayor of Xīchéng, what business do you have here, little girl."

With a slightly frightened voice, Milla replies "Eh, I think I can help find… your daughter."

"What is your name, girl." Wei demands giving Milla a stern serious look as though he was staring into her soul, she looks frantically around before introducing herself "M-Milla."

"Milla who?", the donkey girl's expression changed from frightened to intrigue The name sounds familiar, the girl thought to herself.

"Milla Basset." She replies as both the girl and Wei are taken by surprise by who they were talking to.

"Your one of those girls that saved Avalice, aren't you?" asks Wei, his tone more softer than before "Perhaps you can help, as you might have heard my daughter, Talia, went missing in the forest not so far from here. However those machines still roam the lands and the villagers nor any of the Qin soldiers are willing to help find her, because of these machines, but you've fought these things before. So I beg of you please help find my beloved daughter. I will even pay you handsomely and help with your journey in any way I can, name your price."

"There's no need to pay me!" argues Milla.

The mayor was determined to repay the young basset hound however, "Two thousand crystals!" announces Wei.

Milla makes such a large gulp that it made her throat hurt, she grabs her throat to relieve the mild pain, the other girl stood there surprised by the mayor's generosity.

Th-That's alot of money, I don't need that much money though thought Milla.

"If you bring my daughter back to me, I will pay you and help you anyway I can." Wei repeats, "Though surely you didn't come to my village to look for my village, but I thank you for helping, despite causing you any inconvenience."

"I should be thanking you." replies Milla, still surprised from Wei's own generosity "You didn't have to pay me, I would've help anyways."

"It's fine, you should be repaid, rather you want the payment or not. Anyways you should be going, do you need a weapon to defend yourself with?"

"No thanks, I can manage."

"Very well, farewell."

As Milla and the donkey girl walks down the hallway, the girl asks "Are you really the same 'Milla' who helped save Avalice?"

Milla keeps a neutral expression making a response "I don't want to talk about it, Lilac and Carol deserves the credit more."

Ignoring Milla's modesty, the girl continues "So does that mean you've been to Shang Mu, what is the city like?."

Milla makes a small grin "It's a very noisy and busy place, but it have so much fun places to go, casinos, theaters, carnivals, restaurants, why do you ask?"

"I plan on going to a university at Shang Mu, I'm raising money to go there, though I don't really know what I want to do for a living" replied the girl.

"Thats a nice plan! I wish you good luck!"

"The names Min by the way."

"Nice to meet you!"

After leaving the town hall, Milla goes into her backpack for a supply check, she reads the map for directions and starts to walk towards the forest to search for Talia.