Skirting the groves and over the gravel beach, the bright berries of the thorns clenched the trunks like twisted ropes, and the bright berries reminded people of the spots on the poisonous snakes. The familiar path was in full view again, and Cheese could finally confirm that the Nymph had not lied to him. Let the fairy in the forest take the initiative to show the way, which shows how much the river monster's behavior makes her neighbors hate. Of course, the mage hadn't forgotten about the deal with the Nymph, but when you think about it, the deal wasn't actually very fair. Because as a lumberjack, sooner or later Bunyan would enter the territory of the Nymphs, who would only have to find an opportunity to keep him in the woods.

Shaking his head slightly, he put aside the other thoughts about the lumberjack and the nymph for a moment, since last night's rain had made the hidden magic useless, and it was not possible to let other similar defense mechanisms fail, and Cheese didn't want to fail the operation by triggering a trap that he hadn't found yesterday. The magic light in his eyes flickered, and there was no smell of river monsters in the air, which was somewhat reassuring. However, this also means that there is a high probability that there will be an accident on the construction site, and he will have to speed up his pace to solve the problem at hand. Goli, he couldn't guarantee the girl's whereabouts, he only hoped that she would sit obediently in front of the loom.

Soon, the only obstacle standing between Cheese and the abandoned hut was the labyrinth of bushes, which, as far as the mage could remember, only need to be walked through once. He turned around and turned to the hut, which seemed to be a little more dilapidated than what he had seen yesterday. However, the light in the window and the sound of the loom speak for themselves.

"Goli, Goli?" called the mage softly from the window, fearing that he would startle the poor girl by knocking on the door or entering the house in some other rough way. And he was quick to get a response.

"Is that you?" Gori's voice was filled with joy and fear, and she certainly welcomed Cheese's return. The problem is that Goli can't help but worry about what will happen if Ichiji is bumped into by her brutal master. The sound of the loom stopped, the clattering window opened, and the thin, deadwood-like woman poked her head out for the cheese.

This time, Cheese finally saw the full face of the other party, and without the cover of the hood, the top of Gori's bare head was extremely eye-catching. The mage's brows furrowed unconsciously, but he still waved his hand first, focusing the other party's attraction, "I'm here." Let me in, okay? I've got some food for you. ”

Goli was stunned for a moment, and immediately showed a bright smile after hearing the food, "I'll open the door, you come in quickly." The host could come at any time as I was lazy yesterday. ”

It was said that it was open to the door, but in fact, the door of the hut had already been fragile after the baptism of the rainstorm last night, and the wooden strip on the deadbolt was not enough to play the role it should have. Cheese approached the room and handed the prepared food to Gori. The magic in his eyes hadn't faded, perhaps because the temptation of food was too great, and Goli didn't seem too surprised by it. As the girl began to eat in front of the mage, who also saw something he had already expected through his magical vision, his brow furrowed again, he didn't like what he saw, even for an already indifferent spellcaster, it was too cruel.

"You eat with one hand, lend me the other, and I need some blood from you. The mage lowered slightly, trying to smile softly and said softly to Goli. When the latter heard about the blood drawing, he showed an obvious expression of resistance, but Cheese was keenly aware that there was a subtle difference between this resistance and the resistance of ordinary people, it was more pure, so he hurriedly said, "Don't be afraid, it doesn't hurt." ”

It may be that the trust accumulated by bringing food twice in a row is unusually high, and under the persuasion of the gray robe, Goli actually stretched out an arm, and then pinned the food and his face together. It's okay to save her from being scared when she sees how the blood is taken. Cheese took out the jar containing the leech from his bosom and opened the mouth of the bottle. Even simple creatures can't survive long without the environment they live in, especially after being semi-forced to swallow a large amount of blood, the situation of these leeches is not optimistic. But they just need to hold on a little longer.

The reason for using leeches for blood collection, in addition to being easy to preserve, is mainly because these little vampires will inject trace amounts of toxins to eliminate pain into blood-sucking subjects, and as for the wound infections they may bring, the liquid contained in the jar is already effective in killing viruses and preserving freshness. Cheese carefully placed a leech on Goli's arm, and the pitch-black creature naturally squirmed a few times, opening its mouthparts to the denser area of blood vessels. Goli's blood vessels are very shallow, which means that her skin is thin and there is no fat underneath. Cheese counted the numbers silently, and pulled the leech away as soon as the time was up.

"Blood, are you done?" Goli, who had swallowed the food in her mouth, turned back and winked at the mage, the joy of eating outweighed the fear of being taken blood, and she seemed to be in a good mood. At this time, the cheese had already put away the leeches and nodded to the other party. So the girl got up and went back to the loom, "Thank you for the food." But I have to keep working, or the master will be angry. You can go too. ”

The mage stood up, he really didn't plan to stay for long, there were still his companions fighting an unknown enemy on the other side of the construction site, he had to hurry back. But before leaving the hut, he couldn't help but look back at Goli, "Listen, Goli. I don't know if you can understand your situation, I don't know if you know your current situation. But promise me not to weave it until dawn arrives the day after tomorrow. ”

Golly replied with a few syllables, as she had no idea when what she was weaving in her hand would be. She was just mechanically repeating the tasks she was assigned, and the progress and complexity of the tasks were actually done by the loom itself. Sometimes Goli even thinks that she is just a part of a loom, not the one who operates it.

Cheese was of course not satisfied with this reply, but he also knew that it was impossible to explain to Goli why he was doing it now, and Goli would hesitate to even have a normal conversation, her mind had become too simple after being isolated from the crowd for him to explain. So instead of doing that, the mage knew that it would be more reasonable to thwart the river monster's plan as soon as possible to gain more time. With this in mind, he turned away from the hut, discerned his direction a little, and headed straight for the construction site. Behind him, the sound of the loom was as piercing as the sound of a blunt knife slowly cutting through the ropes of a guillotine.