"Eh?"
The reaction was very genuine.
From the moment she heard it, her brain froze, wondering if she was hallucinating.
"Anyway, you don't have any other teammates for now, so it'll just be the two of us in the team; it might be tough."
Her ears confirmed, there was no problem.
Joy, excitement, and exhilaration flashed across her eyes. She had been here for seven or eight days and hadn't been able to find anyone willing to team up with her to enter the mountain, especially after hearing the old man's words, which had dispelled their intentions.
But her expression quickly turned to hesitation; she was quite clever.
"You... you want to... steal my token."
A smirk briefly lifted the corners of his lips.
He hadn't misunderstood her.
This young girl, although she had been asking around, had also noticed this unspoken rule related to age; clearly, she had figured out the pattern early on.
