"There's a village up ahead, let's find a place to rest there." Locke said to Peggy, "The place where the queen spoke of the giant's seclusion is not far away. ”

After about four months at the Academy of Magic, Locke and Peggy embark on a journey, this time targeting a giant who lives in seclusion in the neighborhood.

The two of them did not pursue speed much along the way, leisurely felt the scenery of the fairy tale world, and when they approached the village, they saw many farmers carrying farm tools home.

"William, do you want to go to the tavern for a drink?"

As he walked along the road, Locke saw an emaciated man greeting a middle-aged farmer.

"Sonny, are you going to cheat on drinking again?" At this time, an old farmer said.

The emaciated man is a well-known second-rate man in the village, he is lazy and lazy, he refuses to work hard, he helps people do some loose work when he has nothing to eat, and usually prefers to do some things like stealing chickens and touching dogs, and he is not treated well by the villagers.

"What's the matter with you, you old man who gave birth to bugs!" The emaciated man scolded loudly.

After hearing this, the old peasant showed a bitter color, and did not refute, but the emaciated man became even more energetic: "You old fellow, the daughter born by my wife is only the size of a thumb, and it has been a thumb for several years, and it has always been a thumb size, it must not be pious enough, and she was punished by the Lord of Light!" ”

"Thumb-sized?" Locke was slightly stunned, and Peggy also squinted slightly and looked at the old farmer, which made the two of them think of a fairy tale called Thumbelina at the same time.

"Thumbelina" is about a couple who want a child, and then somehow turn to a witch who gives them a magical grain of wheat to plant in a flower pot.

When the flowers bloomed, a Thumbelina was born, but the Thumbelina had a bad life and was stolen by a toad, who wanted Thumbelina to be her daughter-in-law.

Fortunately, some kind animals took pity on her, rescued her, and took care of her life, and after some twists and turns, she came to a mysterious garden.

There were all kinds of people of her size in the garden, and in the end she married a king of all flowers and lived happily ever after.

"It's probably that fairy tale." Peggy said to Locke.

"Well, and I remember some of the things the queen told me, and there might be a windfall this time." Locke was talking about a magical creature that the queen had told him about - the flower fairy.

Flower fairies are born from flowers, are naturally affinity for magical elements, have the same intelligence as humans, and can also learn magic.

After signing a contract with a mage, these flower fairies can quickly learn the knowledge possessed by the mage, can help the mage in battle, and can also be a handy experimental assistant.

In Locke's opinion, Thumbelina is likely to be a flower goblin, and even the garden where she came later is also a gathering place for flower goblins, if she can find it, it will definitely be a good thing to bring this flower goblin group back to the academy to settle down.

Compared to the flower fairy, the value of the giant that the queen said before was not so important, so Locke gave Peggy a look, and followed the old peasant all the way to his door.

On the way, Locke had already told Peggy about the flower fairies, and her eyes lit up.

At this time, there were no other villagers around, and Peggy stopped him directly: "Wait a minute." ”

"Ah, well, hello two nobles, I don't know what's going on?" The old farmer was called out, looking at the dress of Locke and Peggy, knowing that the status of the two was very high, and hurriedly said respectfully.

"Ask you something." As he spoke, a silver glittering object was thrown out of Locke's hand and landed right into the old peasant's hand.

A smile appeared on the old peasant's face as he looked at the silver coin in his hand, and then he heard Locke ask, "When did your daughter Thumbelina lose it?" ”

"It's been more than a year." Perhaps thinking of his daughter, the old farmer also had some loss and worry: "We have been looking for a long time and have not found it. ”

"That's a bit of a problem, if you want to follow the line to find the garden where the flower fairy is, you need to ask those nearby animals or something, like the goldfish and weasel that appeared in the story...... They are all common small animals, and they are really hard to find. ”

"Then do you know where the shrine maiden who gave you the seed lives?" At this time, Peggy suddenly spoke.

As soon as Peggy said this, Locke suddenly understood, according to fairy tales, Thumbelina is probably also a flower goblin, and the seed that can grow Thumbelina may come from the place where the flower goblins live.

"What a shrine maiden, the two nobles are mistaken." The old peasant did not dare to admit the origin of Thumbelina, otherwise it would be known that he would definitely not have a good time when he was approached by the people of the Holy See.

"We're not from the Holy See, and we're not interested in accusing you or anything, just tell us how we can find the shrine maiden, and this is yours." As he spoke, Locke took out a gold coin and shook it in front of his eyes.

For a peasant like him, a silver coin was already a lot of wealth, not to mention a gold coin that was bright, and the two of them were very sure that he knew about witches, so the old peasant finally opened his mouth.

A few hours later, Locke and Peggy arrived somewhere in the forest outside the village.

"It doesn't look like anything special here." Peggy looked at the trees around her, "Is that the farmer here to see the witch?" ”

"Sometimes, what the eye sees is just an illusion." As he spoke, Locke stretched out his hand, and a forest in front of him suddenly twisted for a while, and finally it seemed that the picture in front of him was shattered, revealing a narrow forest path.

"It's hidden by the magic array, but it's a pity that I don't know much about this knowledge, and it seems that I will have to learn more about this knowledge in the future." Peggy looked at the path in front of her, "Let's go." ”

"Don't worry, if you don't get permission from your master, you will enter a witch's territory, but you will be attacked." Locke stopped Peggy, who wanted to come forward, and he could see that there were many magic traps and traps on the path in front of him.

"Who are you?" The two of them stood at the intersection and waited like this for a while, and a middle-aged woman wearing a witch's robe and a hat appeared in front of them.

"I'm Locke, and this is Peggy." Locke introduced himself and showed his magic power: "Because I heard a little news from a nearby village, I came here to visit. ”

"In the nearby villages, I rarely have contact with those villagers......" Speaking of this, the witch's originally wary expression suddenly became more vigilant: "What are you here for?" ”

The witch knew that the last time she had come into contact with the villagers of a nearby village was to give the old farmer the seeds that would grow Thumbelina, and it was easy to guess why the two of them had found her.

(End of chapter)