A: Magic Forest

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Aliga. It was obvious that the person Miss Peony was referring to earlier was her. If so, he doesn't know what to do.

"W-why?!" Aliga doesn't know she should be upset or even happy when she is called a favorite witch by Miss Peony.

In the end, he chose to stay positive and considered that the compliment was just sarcasm. In his mind, there was no way that a Miss Peony would want to make her a favorite magician after all the events they had gone through today.

"Your powers are true, aren't they?" reply Miss Peony. He put on a face full of question marks after seeing the drastic changes shown by Aliga. But he didn't talk much from earlier.

Aliga's face flushed and her cheeks blushed. He threw his face away while puffing his lips. "Not that, but about your favorite witch. A-ah, forget!" I don't know what kind of creature possessed him until Aliga's attitude changed drastically like this. He was misbehaved because of the words of Npna Peony

Miss Peony understood immediately. However, he let the question hang for some time and replied with a small laugh. Instead of answering, Ms. Peony went on to reveal her plans to her other entourage.

"So, when Aliga has managed to free ourselves from the rope ties of this mine, Cia just took over. Take out your Soundera Bliss spell to make those goblin heads buzz. The goblin elder had indeed not been able to be greatly affected by the spell, but at least his attention could be distracted. It was then that Peony and Lila took the opportunity to subvert the old goblin. Everybody okay?"

Miss Peony explained her plan briefly, concisely, and clearly. Aliga and Lila even had a gaping moment when they saw how serious their companion was when making a plan.

The three junior mages had no compelling reason to reject the plan. The design of the incident made by the brown-haired woman was even brilliant. Again, Aliga did not believe that a Peony could come out with such a grand plan.

"By the way, what will Miss and I do?" Lila opened her voice and decided to ask Miss Peony. This question disturbs his mind from earlier.

The woman replies that she will make the goblin elder unconscious by using his drunken spell while Lila will help him by using the explosive spell the girl used. Lila understood and was finally ready to do Miss Peony's plan.

Before actually executing her plan, Miss Peony realized something fatal. He looked at Aliga and Lila who were beside him in turn and said, "What we need to worry about right now is how to keep no smoke or grill smell coming out when Aliga tries to burn this rope."

"I can do it easily. Don't think I can't do it, yeah! B-but, this doesn't mean I want to do it on my own initiative, huh!" Aliga answered Miss Peony's concerns with a satisfactory answer. If this is the case, it looks like they are ready enough to start carrying out the escape plan ala Miss Peony.

Aliga took a long breath. Right now, the fate of his other comrades was in his hands. He must not make a little mistake at this time. A small mistake can be fatal in his current condition and he does not want it to happen. He had quite often dragged the three women into trouble just because of his stupidity.

Lila and Miss Peony cheered and gave Aliga some spirit. Cia who was next to him smiled to calm the man's mind.

The man took a deep breath for the second time. He focused himself on this rope and began to channel heat from his body.

Hope this works.