The two walked a few more into the forest until they finally heard a faint sound of a beautiful melody.
"Did you hear that? It is definitely the Adarna Bird. Quick! Go and find it."
They listened closely to find the source of the sound and Abby pointed at a specific direction.
"It is coming this way. Come, follow me."
She said as she led the way. The two ran down the forest as they were trying to reach the location of the forest as fast as they could.
When they finally saw the nest and saw that there was no bird attending it at the moment, Abby immediately headed straight to the tree where it was perched.
Yet before sh
Meanwhile, the Adarna bird did not cease singing. Good thing that all it just took was one cut from Eugene's enchanted dagger to keep Abby awake.The bird's voice sounded psychedelic and before Abby knew it, she was already falling into a trance.With a dreamy glint on her eyes, Abby started at the bird's feather. They seemed to be glowing and it looked so soft as though it was inviting her to touch them."Just one. I only need one of them."Abby said as she slowly extended her arm towards the bird."Abby! No! Don't touch the bird!"Eugene's exclaimed pulled Abby back to her senses. Her hand was just an inch away from the bird and she hurriedly pulled them back."I must have lost my mind there. I almost become a stone back there!"She said as she glared at the cunning bird. She reckoned that most likely than not, it was its doing.The Adarna bird must have probably tried to enchant her with its voice so that she would fall into a trance and made her touch its feather.She almost fell t
With a sick, but a daring idea in mind, Abby started getting the attention of the Lynx."Hey, you ugly monster!"Abby shouted at the top of her lungs. But her taunts only fell on deaf ears as the lynx did not stop attacking Eugene right away."Hey!"She called out again for the second time around and this time, she tried her best to hit the lynx with the fruits she had in her hand.She threw three of them one after another and that managed to finally catch the lynx's attention."Abby, have you lost your mind? What are you doing?"It was obvious at Eugene's tone of v
Even though Abby was aching all over her body, she still pushed herself to the limit and tried to pick as many feathers as she could.After taking the feathers, Abby walked towards Eugene. However, her legs started to fail her and she fell on the ground again.Eugene on the other hand ran towards her as fast as he could when he saw her collapsed. He had a glaring wound on his shoulder as a result of the previous fight.Yet he did not seem to mind and he even picked Abby up and carried her."Let's go."He said softly. Then he started chanting."I am sorry..."Abby was not sure why she was saying that at that moment but for some reason, she felt the need to say it.Eugene's face, on the other hand, remained blank. He did not even bother looking at Abby until another blinding light swallowed them.When Abby opened her eyes again, they were already back walking at the alley."Eugene---""Shut up, Abby.""I already got you the feathers."She said as she tried her best to smile.Some of the
"What are you even thinking, Abby? Did I not tell you to stay atop the tree until I say so?"There was an obvious hint of rage in Eugene's voice when he said that."And I did exactly just like that, did I not? I mean, if not for the lynx cutting the tree into two, I would have remained on top of the tree. Besides, ---"Abby tried to defend herself but Eugene cut her off"That is not the point here, Abby. I know that you know what I mean.""What was done, has been done. I'm am still alive and kicking anyway, so let us just let if past this time. Don't be mad at me anymore, Eugene. Can't you see? Because of what I have done, we
"Elves might be small but their healing abilities should never be underestimated"Jorah was filling Abby in with details as the elves worked their way to her wounds; and just like what Jorah claimed, it really seemed that the elves knew what they were doing.Abby also felt better after quite some time and before she knew it, she was already drifting into another dreamless sleep."Thank you for helping us out again. We owe you big time for this."Eugene expressed his sincere thanks as soon as he got cured. Abby was already sleeping soundly on the sofa so he no longer disturbed her.He escorted the elves off the house by himself since that was the least that he could do for
"Master Eugene, here is what I think. I think that there is a high chance that Abby's aunt was using some sort of protective amulet""That is quite far fetched but we cannot rule out that possibility as well. After all, a lot of shamans had been starting to show up like mushrooms in the market. Those darned mortals who did not pass their apprenticeship often tried to make a living out of what they learned from us."Eugene concluded as he put a hand under his chin so that he could make a cooler pose while he was busy contemplating over a solution."But what if, her aunt made it herself, Master? Don't you also find it weird that Abby was capable of reading and comprehending the old Marcellian language? What if she actually came from a witch family?"
"Abby's family sure knows how to hide well. But we will see about that. We will get to see how far they could go into hiding. Because I would not rest easy either until I catch their tail."Eugene said word by word as though he was making an oath. Resolve was clearly written on his face and his fists were set into a ball, almost crumpling the report that he was holding in his hands"Go ahead, Jorah. Try to meet this infamous old witch at the west at once and see if she could actually help us. At most, I only need two feathers for my spell, so you could bring the rest with you and offer it to her in exchange for her help."When Eugene finally made up his mind, he issued his command right away and started formulating a plan.
"Here's the catch, the sooner we catch these people, the sooner Abby could get her revenge. What is far more important right now is for us to find her stepfamily, the soonest the better so we could give them what they deserved."Eugene said as he tried his best to divert Jorah's attention at the perks that came hand in hand with this mission that he was entrusted to him.