A: Magic Forest
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Lila looked around the goblin area. This place ... is messy and disorganized. It fits perfectly with the popularity of goblins who like to riot and disturb the witch villages near the forest.
Acacia wood slats that were used as torches scattered everywhere. Their residences made of bamboo and grass looked like they had never been cleaned. In fact, some water jars have rolled on the ground and spilled all the water to wet the soil.
Messed up. This place is really fucked up.
If only this stop had not been the closest place from their starting position, it was certain that Lila would have balked at visiting this place.
"We have to get in. I will ask the goblin elders who are here to ask for their manuscripts. If we're lucky, we'll leave with the manuscript. But if it doesn't .. I'm afraid the worst thing I think will happen." Aliga started to step into the gate of the goblin area after finishing her sentence. Lila followed the man with doubtful and terrified steps.
This place is deserted. There was not a single goblin in sight. The green creatures with big noses seemed to already know that visitors would come to their place.
Ironies.
Goblins are violent, but they are also shy. Because of that, none of the creatures dared to come out of hiding when they saw Lila's group from a distance.
"Miss Peony, do you know where the headquarters of the goblin elders are?" Aliga opened her voice. It had been a dozen minutes they had circled the area, but there was still no sign of the goblin elder nor the manuscript.
The amethyst lady Aliga asked could only sniff her shoulders. "Peony doesn't know" he answered briefly.
Aliga exhaled her rough breath. It was free for him to ask their clumsy companion. The senior magician knew nothing and would only answer questions with a shoulder end.
On the other hand, Lila and Cia were checking things out. They opened all the houses, tracked their contents, and collected all the objects they thought were related to magic practices.
However, in one of the houses, Lila found something important. "Aliga! Look, I found something!" he screamed from inside one of the houses.
He doesn't think out. These two girls had gone too far by entering the residence of the goblins carelessly. And now, they want to take the stuff that's here.
Where are their brains and shame?
"Take me so I can get the paper up there!" Lila ruled with a ketus. Inevitably, Aliga obeyed the girl's words because she was the only man in the group.
The dark blue-cloaked man squatted down and let Lila ride on his shoulders. After a while of struggling to hold Lila's weight, the thing the girl was after was already in hand.
"What's this?"
"This is a magic manuscript, you fool!"
Aliga gasped and immediately took the rolled up paper from Lila's hand. Apparently true! It was the magic manuscript they had been looking for from earlier.
"Well, you're right! Miss Peony, look look! It's a magic manuscript, right?"
Miss Peony looked doubtfully at the paper. He spread it out and went straight through all the sides of the paper. But the doubt is even greater.
"Peony .. don't know."
"Sad."
