[Comprehensive Fairy Tale] A long, long time ago

27. The tinder box expresses dissatisfaction

What else could Lilith do?Still counting on the earth gems in other people's hands!So the two sides set a time, and when they were ready, they went to the Great Swamp in the middle of the kingdom to investigate.

Monica was fully armed and in her almost inseparable red cape.Lilith thought it looked pretty: "Is this the traditional attire of the Wolfe family?" "No," Monica lowered her head and tied the dagger around her waist, "It's just that I like this dress." Lilith choked on her Suddenly, I didn't know what to say for a while, so I closed my mouth.

Soon Monica packed it up. She held the scimitar and turned it around twice in her hand, and saw the cold light of the knife nimbly.Lilith was amazed, and felt that Monica's skills were really good.Monica smiled at her: "I don't know your magic, and I can't learn the ability to use a gun either."

Lilith sat on the edge of the bed, crossed her legs and crossed her arms, looked at the sky outside the window, and sighed slightly: "I don't know, what will happen to the itinerary this time." But Monica behaved very Easy: "There's nothing scary about this, Lilith, it's just a swamp."

"It's true." Infected by Monica's attitude, Lilith also smiled, "That is a magic lamp. It has disappeared for so many years. Now I have this opportunity to see it. I am very excited." "The magic lamp only Being able to satisfy the three wishes of the wish-maker," Monica began to install various hidden weapons on her body, "it is also a way to curb people's greed."

Speaking of this, Lilith couldn't help frowning: "I don't know John, do you think that after he got the magic lamp, it was really just to lift the curse on him?" Monica paused for a moment. , She thought for a while, and said: "I don't know, the royal family of Flegie has always kept a low profile, and I have never had any contact with John..."

Lilith glanced at her: "Okay... have you packed those things?" "It's almost there," Monica glued something unknown to the cloak, "Okay, all of these gone."

It's really an eye-opener, how much stuff do you need to pack when you go out?Lilith looked at Monica, but still held back her words.The two of them went to the gate of the palace together, where John was already waiting there on horseback.Surprisingly, there was no one else around, only John.

John saw Lilith's question, and he said in a low voice, "The three of us can go." "There are all kinds of poisonous insects and snakes in the Everglades. The three of us go...wouldn't be a problem?" Lilith also said Without speaking, Monica retorted first.

John looked around, and took out a small, somewhat rusty box from his arms: "There is this." Lilith immediately recognized what it was: "The tinder box!"

Monica put her hand on the head of the shadow on one side: "The tinder box of the thief Ali Baba?" "Yes," John didn't seem to want to say more, he quickly put the tinder box back, "I have one more left." Opportunity, this time in the Everglades, can be used just right."

Now the two girls didn't say anything, Lilith got on the horse, and Monica rode on the swollen shadow as before.Fortunately, the horses in King John's palace were all war horses, so she wasn't afraid of the wolf that suddenly grew bigger. Lilith looked at the majestic wolf with a little greed.

Monica turned her head to Lilith and said, "How about it, do you want to try it?" "...No." Even though she really wanted to try, Lilith still refused, "The saddle can keep me from falling off. "I'm not used to riding a wolf... Anyway, there will be opportunities in the future, so don't worry!

So the three of them rode two horses and one wolf, and headed towards the Great Swamp at high speed.John took their special path, which was deserted along the way.Lilith felt the wind whistling in her ears, her thoughts drifted a little—wonder what César is doing now?

At this moment, César was standing by the sea, and on the sea, a man with his upper body bare was standing there.The man held a trident in his hand, his black hair was loose, and if he looked carefully, he could see his octopus tentacles floating under the water.The man looked at César, expressionless: "Where's Ariel?"

"She doesn't want to come," César said, still looking fearless, "I'll come for her." "You can't replace Ariel," the man's dark blue eyes seemed to gather a storm, "or You want to leave your life here?"

César made a fuss: "I haven't lived enough, I don't want to die now." The man didn't want to talk nonsense with this slippery pirate, and wanted to kill César with a slight movement of the trident in his hand, but César quickly stopped : "Wait, wait, Master Sea Wizard, before you kill me, do you want to hear a little news?"

The man thought for a while, then put down the trident in his hand, and the sea that was just about to move immediately became calm again.César was sweating in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face: "Ice and snow gems."

Those four simple words immediately excited the man in front of him, and his calm appearance disappeared completely.He stretched out his hand to grab it, and César flew into the air without any resistance. The man pulled him in front of him and grabbed his collar: "Where did you hear the news!"

César pointed to his hand, indicating that he was unable to speak, and the sea wizard released him: "Where is the ice and snow gem!" "The ice and snow gem is on land," César rubbed his poor neck, "I can get it for you, it's just... the transaction requires conditions."

The man knew that he had no way to go ashore, so he thought about it and agreed: "You get the ice and snow gems for me, and you can choose the treasures in the ocean." "I don't need those treasures," César refused, and he squinted He narrowed his eyes and said, "I want to know the exact location of the Fountain of Youth."

"The Fountain of Youth?" The sea shaman tightened his grip on the trident, "You are also interested in it?" César shrugged his shoulders: "I am interested in any treasure, oh, in fact, I am also interested in it." Would love to see the remnants around the Fountain of Youth."

The sea wizard snorted coldly, stretched out his hand and threw César onto the beach, rolling the sand all over him.Before César had time to get up from the beach, he heard the sea wizard leave a sentence: "Next time we meet, come to me with ice and snow gems, and Ariel."

César watched the sea wizard sink into the sea, and did not rush to get up, but sat cross-legged on the beach.He spat a few mouthfuls of sand, patted his body, and sighed weakly: "Ice and snow gems, oh, ice and snow gems..." This is not easy, after all, he has no way to do it now.

Ariel came out from nowhere, she walked up behind César, and wanted to reach out to pat him on the shoulder, but when she was about to touch him, she withdrew her hand again.César seemed to have eyes behind him, and he didn't look back: "He just left."

"...Well." Ariel didn't know what to say, so she responded dryly, "I saw it." César patted the beach beside him: "Sit down, sit down, don't your feet hurt when you stand? "Ariel understood what he meant, her cheeks flushed, and she also sat on the beach.

César looked at the sea and stroked his chin: "How long has it been since you left your home? Have you really thought about going back?" Ariel's face turned pale and her expression was gloomy: "I have no reason to go back .”

"I don't mind taking you as a pirate," César said, "It's just your feet, the beautiful young lady shouldn't be tortured like this." "I've gotten used to it over the years," Ariel said with a numb expression. "Pain has been with me for a long time, and it has become a part of my life. If it suddenly disappears one day, I may still feel strange."

César said nothing, and the two of them sat for a while, César suddenly jumped up from the beach: "Let's go! Let's see what the Everglades looks like! Do you want to follow?" Ariel shook Shaking his head, César ignored her and left alone.

Ariel continued to look at the sea, her eyes were aimless - can a person like her return to the sea?She took out a water-blue gemstone from her chest and held it in her palm, her shoulders trembling.

On the edge of the swamp, Lilith took off the horse's reins and patted the horse's neck a few times: "Go back, go back, you are not easy to walk in the swamp." The horse in the palace knows the way, the same way There is no problem returning.The shadow had also returned to its original size, and it was following Monica at this moment, with a pair of wolf eyes shining with vigilance.

John stood at the front, carefully identifying the direction, and finally he confirmed it. John turned to Lilith and Monica and said, "Your Highness, come with me. Be careful of the swamps below, even though I remember the location of all the swamps, But it’s better to be more careful.” Lilith took a stick in her hand after hearing this: “I will find the way when I leave.”

John smiled slightly, and was just about to step forward when his face suddenly changed.He took out the tinder box that he had just shown Lilith and the others from his pocket as if he had been burned by fire. The tinder box was vibrating constantly, as if something was about to break its shell and...

Something really came out! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Lilith stared dumbfounded at the blond beauty in a nightgown floating in the air, her lower body became thinner as it reached her feet, and finally turned into a wisp of smoke, which was connected to the tinder box.The woman looked at the three foolish people with great interest, and gave them a wink: "Hey dear, there are two new faces, why don't you introduce yourself to me?"

John had a headache, and his expression was obviously impatient: "Why did you come out?" "I've been stuck in the tinder box for so long, of course I have to come out to get some air," the woman said innocently, "I'm an elf, not a prisoner." .”

Lilith pointed at her, shaking her fingers: "...you can come in and out as you like?"