A: Magic Forest

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"Hng?" Lila. The voice .. familiar but foreign. The sound was heavy, weak, and dead.

It was clear that it was not Aliga's voice. As he turned to look at Cia, the girl was still sleeping quietly. If it were not the two witches, this voice would definitely belong to his companion, Miss Peony.

He turned his head and looked at Miss Peony who was on his left. The woman still lowered her head and did not show any aura of life. Lila's confused. Instead, he began to question the voice that had just called his name and became frightened when he suspected that the one who called him was not a living creature.

Lila decided to go back and say hello to Miss Peony. "Miss? Miss Peony, hello!" sweep it with spirit. As he had expected, there was no response from the oval-faced woman.

Lila had already given up on summoning her companion. He finally decided to leave the woman alone for now. Perhaps, the woman did need some time alone, Lila thought in the end.

All Lila could do right now was sit still and wait. The sound of maracas, drums, trumpets, and other musical instruments of the festival were heard against each other with the happy cry of the goblins there. The creatures are going through the best times of their lives, while Lila and colleagues are going through the worst times right now.

Contradictive.

But how else, that's how it is. The witches were just waiting for time until a goblin suddenly dragged one of them and plunged him into a sea of lava.

"Lila's."

Lila's heart sighed. The same voice called out his name. But, along with that, he began to realize one thing.

This is clearly Miss Peony's voice.

"N-missy?" ask Lila. He was of course in great confusion with Miss Peony's drastic change in attitude and the calls that she had been calling her.

Miss Peony was still staring straight ahead, but her lips started to open. "Peony .. failed."

"Fuck?" Lila raised her eyebrows. "What's wrong?" continued.

Miss Peony smiled bitterly and lowered her head again. "Peony failed to get the bottle of red wine. The peony failed to defeat the old goblin. Peony failed to save you. Peony ... failed to become a leader. Peony is aware that the original purpose of the Peony agreeing to be your companion was due to the fee offered by Mr. Moore. But, right now, Peony really feels that you guys are Peony's responsibility ...."

".... But Peony .. failed."

Right after the woman finished her words, tears escaped from her eye pellets. He's been holding it for too long, so now might be a good time to let it go.

"But this is the first manuscript, but we are already in great danger like this. How will it go ahead? Just one day - ah, no, one day is not even yet, but Peony has been experiencing mental stress like this," continued the woman with a sob. "Peony doesn't deserve to be a companion."

The woman lowered her head even deeper. Lila .... Honestly, at the moment Lila did not know what to react to.

On the one hand, he felt sorry for Miss Peony's condition and could understand how disappointed she was right now. But on the other hand, he was also tired of all this. She could not be wise and her feelings, her current state should be the same as Miss Peony.

In the end, Lila could only exhale his coarse breath. He looked up, looked up at the sky, then said, "It's okay, Miss."