Alicia looked at the shivering pink shadow huddled in the corner with suspicion, and said in a slightly threatening tone:

"Okay, I'm going to ask you a few questions now, please answer them honestly, but when I ask them, don't interject, understand?"

"Woo~" Pink waves rippled in the air, and the girl nodded up and down with tears in the corners of her eyes. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"First of all, I heard that there is a sage who lives in this mountain forest, right?"

Nod, nod.

"And this is his home?"

Obediently nodded, nodded.

"That'...... Are you the sage?"

Obedient ...... Shake your head, shake your head.

"Then call the sage out of here. Alicia crossed her arms and posed in a majestic manner.

"Virtuous ...... The Sage Lady went out and is not at home now. The girl was frightened by Alicia's appearance, which made Melissa on the side only smile bitterly.

"Oh, how long will it take for him to come back?" said Alicia, who was desperate if the sage couldn't come back soon.

"I don't know, the sage often goes out, for as little as ten days or as long as several months. ”

"What?!" heard bad news, which dashed Alicia's hopes at once. After tonight, Daron had only two days to live, and she had no time to wait or find another way.

"Excuse me...... Why are you looking for the Sage-sage?" The girl couldn't help but ask when she saw Alicia's strange appearance.

"Yes, this young lady's friend is very badly injured, so he wants to seek the help of the Sage. Seeing that Alicia was sinking alone, Melissa stood up and answered.

"But shouldn't you go to a doctor if you're injured?"

"This is a disease that doctors can't cure......"

"I see. After such a conversation, the girl seemed to fully understand the intentions of the two, and relaxed her guard against them.

"What's your name?" Melissa saw that the girl was no longer so nervous, and took the initiative to try to talk.

"Mei ...... Melus Lonnie. The girl replied timidly.

"May I call you Melufa?"

"Hmmm......"

"So, Melufa, what were you just doing here?" Melissa said, referring to the explosion that had startled them all.

"I'm mixing magic potions. Only then did she realize that her hair was a little messy, and she was embarrassed to smooth it with her hand.

"Magic potion?" Glancing thoughtfully, Melissa continued, "I just wanted to ask, can you freely do these experiments in the tower where the sage lives, are you a sage?"

When Alicia heard this, she turned her head wide open. She had been devastated by hearing Merufa's remark that the Sage was not there, and had not noticed an obvious problem.

Perhaps Melissa's way of questioning caused some strange reveries in Meleva, who saw that her face suddenly became redder than her hair, and she said in a slur manner:

"I didn't ...... No, it's not a sage, I'm just her student. Also, those weren't experiments, they were assignments for me to make a flash potion before the Sage left, but as you can see, I failed for the seventeenth time. ”

"Student, are you a student of the Sage?!" Alicia only noticed the first half of Meluvia's words, and suddenly slapped her hands on Meruvia's shoulders, startling her.

"Right...... That's right. Melufa's had only been around for a while, and after Alicia's fright, she had returned to that trembling state.

"So, are you also a magician?!" Alicia's eyes rekindled the flame of hope, indeed, Darron's curse does not have to be solved by a sage, as long as it is a magician who can exorcise the curse.

"Magic ...... I'm not that good anymore, I'm just a trainee magician. Mei Lufa lowered her head shyly, as if she had a little inferiority.

"Oh, no matter what, can you undo the curse?"

"Cursed?"

So, Alicia explained the cause and effect of the incident to Melova again. When he heard that Alicia and Daron had actually defeated the legendary prince of the dead, the look of surprise on his face was overwhelming.

"Good...... It's amazing! Actually gave the demon realm that the sage couldn't even do...... "Worship and admiration, this is the look written in Mei Lufa's eyes now."

"Then, will you get rid of this curse?" said Alicia, who asked urgently.

"This ......," Merus thought for a moment and said like an endorsement, "According to what the teacher taught me, in this case, as long as the remaining abnormal mana in his body is removed, then he should be fine." ”

"Really?!" Alicia didn't understand what Meleva meant, but she became very excited as soon as she knew that Daron was saved.

"But......" said Mei Lufa, whose expression was embarrassed, "but I am only a shallow learner, and I am not very confident in myself, as you just saw, I can't even make a simple flash potion." ”

Seeing that Melua lowered her head with low self-esteem, Alicia showed a sunny smile instead.

"What, don't you know the method, that is, at least you can try!"

"Try?"

"Well, it's like you've made potions many times without success, I don't know much about it, but that's just a matter of ingredients and proportions, right?"

"Hmm. ”

"But if you continue like this, you will always find the right proportions and ingredients once, and every failure before that is just an attempt. Alicia thought as she spoke, as if organizing the language, "Because you know the method, at least you have one foot on the path to success, after all, there are many people who don't even have a method, and can only explore in the dark." ”

"But, I really can't, I'm stupid......"

"The Founding Emperor Lecrest once said, 'Failure is just a twist and turn on the road to success, some forks in the road that have to be experienced.'" I think that if you know how to succeed, you have to have the courage to try, because if you don't try, you don't even have the right to say that you have failed. Alicia said and shook Meluva's hand, "Meluva, I beg you to save my friend, even if you try." Because I don't have anyone to ask for now. ”

Melula chewed on what Alicia had said, slowly raising her head. She saw that the blonde girl opposite her was looking at her with a pair of fiery eyes. In those eyes, Melufa saw an emotion that represented the greatest praise for herself, and that was trust.

Mei Lufa lowered her head again, her face was red, the corners of her mouth were a little raised, and there was an inexplicable excitement in her heart. From an early age, she considered herself a giftless child, although now she follows the Sage and becomes his apprentice to magic. But Meleva's magic has been slow to progress, and she often has to do two, three, or more experiments that others can succeed in one attempt.

When she was at the Academy of Magic, everyone around her was promoted, but she was the only one who stayed. Just as she was hiding in the corner and crying alone, a man in a blue robe came up to her and said softly, "I lack an assistant, are you interested?"

She lived in the sage's secluded tower and studied basic magic with him. Despite her slow progress, she is really trying to improve her skills step by step. What she craves most now is the recognition of others.

And Alicia, the strange girl she met for the first time today, was willing to entrust her friend's life in her own hands, which made her feel an indescribable warm feeling.

"If you don't dislike it...... I'm willing to give it a try. Meleva looked up eagerly as she spoke, eliciting a satisfied smile from Alicia, who nodded and said:

"Great...... But before that, can you do me a favor?"

"What?"

“...... Can you go and wash your face?"

Mei Lufa's face still had the stains that had been blackened by the previous explosion, and she saw a blush on her cheeks, and Mei Lufa took small steps and ran towards the bathroom.