Early in the morning, Jiarong decided to take the Winged Rabbit to the town to play and buy some delicious fruits for the Winged Rabbit. This is the decision she made after eating the peacock fruit of the winged rabbit yesterday.

The Winged Rabbit knows how to bring good food for himself, how can the owner of the Winged Rabbit not show it? What's more, he also earned a moon coin yesterday.

However, she was reluctant to pay the fare for the ten copper coins, so she decided to take the winged rabbit around the lake. Yesterday, she saw on the boulder of the Black Tower that the lake was actually more like a river with a head and no tail, that is, the shore on one side of the lake was not far away, and she could use the help of the Wind Charm or the Flying Charm to make herself walk like the wind and quickly reach the opposite bank.

Therefore, Jiarong set off happily with a backpack, a winged rabbit, and a witch staff.

A wind spell, sneaking twenty spans, a flying spell, floating forward thirty spans, Jiarong had a lot of fun. The winged rabbit has to sit on the shoulders of Jia Rong and sometimes fly on its own.

Soon we came around the bend to the other side of the lake, and through the poplar forest in front of me, I could already see some small houses outside the town.

Suddenly, Jiarong saw a woman sitting under a poplar tree by the lake, hanging her head, as if crying.

She walked over and stood aside, not knowing whether to speak or not. In her doubts, the woman looked up.

It was a woman in her thirties, with a beautiful face but a little haggard, a timid look, and red eyes, like a little daughter-in-law who had been wronged at home and could only hide here to catch her breath.

"Little mage, can you do something for me?" the woman's gaze swirled between Jiarong and the witch staff in Jiarong's hand, as well as the winged rabbit on her shoulder, before she stood up and asked timidly.

"Garry of Gree Island is at your service, ma'am. Jiarong bowed gently.

The woman returned the salute and looked around, "Can you use sound insulation to make sure that our conversation is not overheard?"

Jiarong felt that this was a bit excessive, and there was no one in sight, but she still patiently complied.

"Yes, even if someone is standing next to us, they can't hear what we're talking about. ”

"Thank you. The woman breathed a sigh of relief, she saluted Jia Rong again, lowered her head and said, "I want to ask the little mage to come to my house and help me get something." ”

Go to her house to pick up something? Jiarong was stunned for a moment.

There must be something greasy in this.

"That's right, little mage. I'm not human. The woman looked up, "I was originally a snail demon. ”

Jiarong suddenly remembered that on his way to the temple, he had met the farmer who wanted to catch a water banshee and said: "A person I know, the fat man Chanton, married a snail demon as his wife, and the snail demon not only has a good face and a good figure, but also is very virtuous, and takes care of the family in an orderly manner." ”

But the woman in front of her had a haggard face and a timid look, how could she look like a demon?

"At that time, I had just taken on human form, and I was very curious about human beings, so I approached the river where human beings lived, and unexpectedly," the woman looked at Jia Rong, and then said, "I was captured by a mage, and he sold me to a man." ”

"The man was very kind to me at first, and said many nice things, and I agreed to marry him at the spur of my heart when I was young and ignorant. Of course, the main thing is that there is no way, the mage took my snail shell, and I can't go back. ”

"In the first few years, he was good to me and life was going well. However, slowly, his attitude towards me became worse and worse, saying that I was a monster, that I could not help him get rich, that I could not bring him high-ranking officials, that I could not have children, that I was not even as good as a human woman, and that I would ...... it later."

Jiarong looked at her, didn't know what to say, and thought, you are a monster, why are you so weak?

"When the mage captured me, he not only took my conch shell, but also sealed my demonic power, and I was away from the conch shell for too long to cultivate, and it was difficult for me to even maintain my appearance now. The woman whimpered for a while, then finally calmed down again, "I just want to ask the little mage to help me get back the snail shell, so that I can go back to the river to be a snail." ”

"Do you know where the shell is?"

"Yes, the mage gave the shell to Chanton, and Chanton put it in a box, but there was a seal, and I couldn't open it. Please, little mage, if you help me get the shell back, I can give you all the money I've saved over the years of needlework. ”

Jiarong was a little hesitant about this request.

She didn't know if the mage would break any rules by helping the youkai. The old mage had only told her about helping humans subdue demons and eliminate demons.

"Little mage, please, I really can't get over it, I really can't live with him," Seeing Jiarong's hesitation, the woman was anxious, and tears flowed down again, she raised her right hand and pulled up the sleeve of her left hand, Jiarong found that the exposed arm was full of scars and bruises, red, purple, blue, and black, which looked miserable.

"It's so damning! I'll help you!" Jia Rong looked at the poor woman in front of him, and suddenly forgot that she was a monster.

"Thank you!" a hint of joy appeared on the woman's sad face, "He went to the neighboring village for a drink today, and he was not at home." Little mage, can you go now?"

Jiarong followed the woman through the poplar forest to a small house in the town. The woman gestured to a cupboard next to the fireplace.

Jiarong carefully stretched out his hand, and with a slight pull, the cabinet door opened.

The woman pointed to a black box in the cupboard.

"The snail shell is inside?" It was a box about two palms long, and Jia Rong thought it was a little strange. In such a box, of course, the snail shell contained in it can't be too big, so how did this snail demon live in it before?

The woman nodded, staring at the box for a moment, as if she was afraid that it would suddenly grow wings and fly, but she didn't dare to reach for it.

"I can't touch this box, it has a charm on it, please help me open it. ”

Jiarong stretched out his hand towards the black box, this time it was not as simple as opening the cabinet door, before his hand touched the box, a string of flames burst out of the box, and the scorching flames made Jiarong unable to touch the box.

It seems that the mage spell that caught this snail demon is quite powerful, and after so many years, this spell still has such a strong power. And he used the power of the fire elf, the aquatic fairy is naturally afraid of fire, it is estimated that this snail banshee has suffered a lot, so the box is close in front of her, and she doesn't dare to reach out.

Jiarong stretched out his wand and whispered a spell into the black box, "O red flame condensed by the fire spirit, you have completed the duty of guardianship, from the beginning of nothingness to the end of this moment, please stop all fluctuations...... Extinguish!" A little starlight fell on the flame of fire, and the flame was extinguished instantly.