"Hazuki."
"What?" he replied without slowing down.
"Why did you only pick one?"
Hazuki tilted his head slightly, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Because the girl only asked for one."
Ridan blinked.
"...Oh."
No follow-up. No explanation. Just that.
"Alright then, GPS. Let's go get that Chusi flower!" Hazuki said with renewed energy.
Ridan floated after him, muttering under his breath.
"Yeah, and you're going to melt on the way. Poison swamp isn't exactly a spa, dumbzuki."
"Nah, I don't believe it's that bad. Probably just exaggerated rumors." Hazuki shrugged, stretching a bit.
Then he paused.
"Oh yeah—by the way, what was it that old man Girem asked for again? Some kind of mushroom?"
Ridan gave him a flat look.
"You accepted a side request and forgot what it was?"
"Yup. Classic me. So? Mushroom what?"
Ridan sighed heavily.
"'Blackcap Gloam'. Rare as hell. Grows only in the dampest part of the swamp, deep near the basin. And it's guarded."
