[Hearing Scarlet’s question, Jade was confused and replied with a question, "Why so? Do we look like the Blood God? Is there even a Blood God in this world?"]
[Scarlet pondered for a while before shaking her head, "I don’t know what the Blood God looks like, but they were mentioned as antagonistic towards the Light God."]
["The Light God is the deity that the Church of Light worshipped. Those hunters chasing me were hired by the clergy from the Church of Light, wanting to execute me."]
["As for whether the Blood God or even gods exist in this world, I believe they do, but I haven’t seen them yet or even heard of their descent."]
[Pausing for a while, Scarlet hesitated for a while before shifting her gaze to the picnic basket she was holding.]
[Scarlet took something from the picnic basket and offered it to you and Jade, "I know this isn’t much, but thank you for saving me!"]
["The Blood God is one of the nemesis of the Light God, and you two saved me even when the Church of Light already branded me as a heretical monster."]
["Even if you both aren’t the Blood God, I wholeheartedly thank you both for saving me. Please accept this as a token of my gratitude!"]
[What Scarlet offered was a red picnic cloth that wrapped something inside.]
[When Jade received it from Scarlet and opened it, a milky scent wafted out from it, revealing four milk cookies that still felt hot and warm, as if they had been recently taken out of the oven.]
[You and Jade immediately used your Train Conductor Authority to check its item description.]
{Grandma’s Milk Cookies (Initial Gold): Milk Cookies baked with love and the warmth of home. Grandma baked them for her granddaughter so that her granddaughter could share them with her friends.
Eating it will remove all abnormal and negative status conditions and effects that are at Initial Gold-grade and below.
It will never spoil and lose its warmth, tasting as good as new.}
[Reading the item description, you and Jade couldn’t help but be surprised.]
[Even if you were in a magic-based world, it would take a really great potion alchemist to make a potion with such effects.]
[Yet, just a cookie baked by the former protagonist’s late grandmother already achieved such absurd effects.]
[’The fairy tale world sure is weird. I wonder what the effects of other items here are?’]
[’The Church of Light and Hunter Coalition should have the most artifacts, so Jade and I should raid them after dealing with Scarlet’s matter.’]
[While you have such thoughts, you didn’t forget to thank Scarlet for the cookies, and Jade did the same.]
[Afterwards, you extended your hand and offered, "Scarlet, are you interested in being part of my crew?"]
["It’s only Jade and me now, but both of us are very strong. We can let you leave this world and join us in our travels."]
["But even if you won’t accept, we’ll assist you in dealing with the Hunter Coalition and the Church of Light."]
[Scarlet was deep in thought after hearing your invitation.]
[Her pause had allowed you to observe her appearance better.]
[Prominently, Scarlet was wearing an iconic deep crimson hooded cloak, but with silver linings.]
[Her deep crimson cloak draped over her silver hair that shimmered faintly under the afternoon light.]
[Her eyes were pale silver, like diluted moonlight caught in glass.]
[Beneath the cloak, dark fitted clothing clung to her frame. A woven basket hung from her arm, simple in appearance, except for the faint crescent clasp that gleamed whenever shadows gathered too closely.]
[’No wonder the townspeople were easily swayed and incited by the clergy. Although Scarlet is a beautiful young lady, her unique features made her easy to brand as a heretical witch.’]
[’In this case, due to her being a pure-blooded werewolf, she was branded as a heretical monster by the Church of Light.’]
[However, by using your Hint Prompt, you discovered that Scarlet had barely killed any of the hunters.]
[She mostly avoided and fled from them, only killing those who had attacked her madly. Because of that, some of the hunters knew she wasn’t evil but could only follow the crowd and attack her.]
[Of course, there were a few hunters who truly believed she was a monster and wanted to kill Scarlet.]
[Such hunters were already labeled by you, and you had asked Jade via the chat group to kill them secretly using her blood manipulation.]
[You had already decided to assist Scarlet regardless of her joining your crew or not. The milk cookies alone were already valued by you since you could easily make copies of them with your talent.]
[After a minute passed, Scarlet soon made her decision and replied, "I want to join your crew. I no longer have anyone dear to me left in this world, so leaving it wouldn’t matter."]
["However, I don’t know if you are willing to accept me. The Church of Light might have branded me as a monster, but it isn’t completely false, as during nighttime, I no longer become human."]
[In response to Scarlet’s doubt, you patted her right shoulder and smiled, "We know, and we don’t mind. Since Jade and I decided to invite you as our third crew, we naturally accept you for who you are."]
[After hearing your words, Scarlet’s previously worried face brightened up.]
[Just a second later, you and Jade heard a notification sound in your mind.]
[-Ding!]
{Scarlet Vale (Red Riding Hood) wants to become a train occupant and join your train crew. Do you accept?}
{Yes | No}
[Faced with those two options, you and Jade mentally pressed the Yes button.]
[-Ding!]
{Scarlet Vale has become a train occupant of your train!}
[-Ding!]
{It has been detected that Train Conductors Zayne Voss and Jade Willows have recruited their first train occupant, unlocking the train naming feature.}
{Please decide the name for your train.}
[’Wait, that fast? I didn’t expect recruiting Scarlet would be this fast.’]