"Stephanie, Stephanie—"

Edith walked out into the forest in her lilac magical robes and shouted to the lush sea of trees.

Her shout used a hint of magic to be heard far away in this densely populated area, but after shouting for a long time without hearing an echo, she sighed and placed a large bottle in her hand on the ground.

"Poor boy...... Ever since the owner left, it's been like this. ”

Edith shook her head slightly, turned and left the place.

A white butterfly seemed to smell the fragrance in the bottle and flew from the grass not far away.

It circled around the mouth of the bottle a few times, and suddenly staggered in the air and flapped its wings a few times, and fell headlong to the ground.

After a while, a hand suddenly appeared in the originally empty place and held it in the palm of his hand.

"Do you want to drink this?"

Little Lori, who has long gray hair, floated in the air, looked at the white butterfly in her hand and said:

"It's not going to work...... It's too violent for you, and half of this bottle can make a warrior drunk for two days. ”

She gently fanned the butterfly with her other hand, as if to drive away the drunkenness, and the white butterfly was startled and flew out of her hand.

"Hey—"

Little Lori pulled the bottle of wine from the ground, held it in her arms and flew to a big tree.

"But let me drink it...... There is no problem. ”

The little Lori, dressed in black, opened the cork and poured the wine with her head up.

Night soon fell, and the noisy forest became so quiet that it was difficult to hear the chirping of insects.

"Poof!"

The black-clothed little Lori exhaled loudly, and the bottle in her hand fell under the tree, making a clear "bang" sound.

There are also a lot of cluttered empty bottles there. It seems that she has been here for a long time, and many of the empty bottles are even covered with moss, looking mottled and full of traces of the passage of time.

"Every day...... Only one bottle can be drunk. ”

Little Lori buried her head in her arm, an action that Natsu occasionally did.

She said with a crying voice:

"What if...... If the master is there, as long as I complete the task. She'll buy me lots and lots of wine for me......"

"What sound?"

From not far away, a muffled voice was heard.

Three men dressed as pioneers stepped out of the bushes, all of them looking frightened.

"This is the famous 'Female Ghost Forest' nearby." One of them looked nervously around:

"It is said that the cry of a little girl is often seen here at night, because the sound is very poignant, many people want to find out what is going on, so they form a group to go to the forest to investigate, but every time they are inexplicably teleported."

"How did I hear that there is a ghost of a young girl attacking passers-by?"

The other whispered:

"And the appearance of the girl is different every time it appears......"

"Silence!"

The third person warned:

"We're here to find 'rainbow mushrooms', not to explore! As soon as we find our target, we'll get out of here. He looked around the dark woods:

"This place gives me the creeps, and even if the legend of the ghost is fake, there may be something else terrible out there."

"Whew!"

There was an eerie movement from the bushes next to it.

"It seems like there's a monster."

The three of them winked at each other. He took out his hunting knife and bow and arrows.

This is not a simple hunting equipment, in order to fight at night, the blades of the hunting knives are all black and dull, and the material of the bow is also very special, not metal or wood, but some kind of glittering black crystal.

"I'll go over and have a look."

The person in charge of the reconnaissance gestured and walked around.

"Hey, come on!"

It didn't take long. There was a shout of surprise from there.

"What, did the monster run away?"

The other two looked at each other in confusion. Slowly dived over.

"Look, this should be a rainbow mushroom."

The person who passed first had surprise in his eyes, and he took a strain with dirt residue and said:

"I don't know how, it looks like someone picked it up and threw it here......"

"Are you stupid? This thing can be sold for at least 3,000 Fesser in the Bounty Guild, and maybe even some moonstones! How could anyone be willing to throw it away? ”

"There must be quite a powerful monster lurking here, and the person who got the mushroom must have been killed. With that, let's get out of here! ”

The three of them did not dare to delay, and hurriedly searched around, but found nothing more, and left the forest as fast as they could.

"Hiccup!"

Little Lori, who has done a good deed, burped. Sitting on a tree branch, holding a wine bottle that was already empty, he stared at the moon.

"How long are you going to stay here??"

A voice suddenly rang out from her side.

Two red rays appeared in the darkness, and a blonde vampire girl appeared among the branches.

"You have to take care of it."

The little Lori in black puffed out her face and threw her head to the side.

"It may be a long time before your master returns, but there is a lot you can do at the moment."

Wendy reached out and wanted to touch her gray hair, but it was opened by little Lori.

"The host will be back soon! I'm going to wait for her here! ”

Little Lori flew down the tree in a huff, stood on the lawn and said:

"The wolf girl also said that the blood contract in her hand has not disappeared, this is evidence that the master is still alive!"

"No one said she was dead."

Wendy leaned against the trunk of the tree, looked up at the night sky, and said:

"But she's not here now, that's a fact...... And you are everyone's important quartermaster, and you need your help in many things, but you have been drinking here decadently, if your master knew about it, what would she think? ”

Her voice suddenly turned sour:

"Maybe she'll get angry and drive you away, and I don't want you to stay with her anymore."

"- You are talking nonsense!!"

The little Lori in black screamed and pounced, and slapped her shoulders with two small fists:

"You talk nonsense, you talk nonsense! The master will never want me! ”

"Woo woo woo ......"

After a few beatings, she cried out sadly, and her tears fell down one by one, looking very pitiful.

"Gah?"

After crying for a while, the little Lori in black suddenly made a strange sound.

"What, biting your tongue?"

Wendy picked up her face with her hand, touched the smooth, creamy skin that seemed to be covered with tear stains, but was actually extremely dry, and pinched it hard.

"It hurts!"

Little Lori, who has suffered countless losses under her hands, launched a stealth and fled from the vampire girl's side.

"Hmph."

Wendy withdrew her hand and hugged her shoulders and said unhappily:

"Tell me, what the hell just happened?"

She stroked her golden ponytail: "From what I know about you during this time, you must have discovered something to make that stupid move." ”

"You're stupid!"

The voice of the black-clothed little Lori came from behind a big tree in the distance:

"I just felt like someone had taken something out of the space in my skirt......"

Her voice paused for a moment, and suddenly she exclaimed:

"- Huh? Why is it that not only is there no less, but there are a lot more? ”

"Master, it must be master!"

She said with tears in her voice:

"Master, you're finally back!!" (To be continued.) )