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The fairy Ellie pulled out a manual from somewhere.

"Little Xia Yuan, don't be in such a hurry. Let the cute fairy take a good look. According to the records in the [Hero's Guide], the legendary spirit who controls the lake lives in the very center of this forest, in the clearest spring."

The Spirit Who Controls the Springs of the Ancient Forest

Chapter 616 The Pink Fairy is Not Clean

"...Ah Quan, when did you become a character in a hero's adventure story?"

"Hmph, little Xia Yuan, you don't understand, do you? Miss Spring Spirit has many jobs in other worlds, not only playing the role of the lake god and the spring spirit who grants human wishes, but also playing the role of the villainous boss and the guide of the hero."

She would never say it was to conserve fairy magic energy.

After all, teleporting directly to the other party would consume more than twice the energy of searching on her own. Every little bit saved counts, she's a thrifty and good fairy.

"So, Airi, does your 'Hero's Guide' mention where A-Quan lives in this forest?"

Every brave traveler who comes from afar will never miss her dwelling, for the gods will guide them to the place where the spirit of the spring resides.

"So, Ellie, you don't know where the very center of the forest is either?"

"Ahem, that's what the book says."

Xia Yuan was silent for a moment, then pinched the fairy Ai Li's round face and asked her to take him to find A Quan. However, they ended up in a primeval forest. It was hard to imagine that she did it on purpose.

"Hey, Xia Yuan, let's talk this out. Don't pinch this cute little fairy's face, it'll get swollen!"

The fairy Ellie hurriedly fled from her keeper's clutches. She rolled around on the thick layer of fallen leaves, trying to hide herself among them. She was no longer clean; she had been severely humiliated by Xia Yuan.

However, as if something under a fallen leaf had touched her face, she quickly stopped.

"Hmm? Xia Yuan, come quick and look! There seems to be something hidden under the fallen leaves?"

Xia Yuan lifted Ai Li off the fallen leaves.

Now, Little Ellie is completely solid and can't be moved at all. Before, when she slept on the streets with me, her body was as flexible as Little Paddo's and could swing back and forth like a swing.

Times have changed, and Ellie has gained weight.

After a moment of reflection, Xia Yuan brushed aside the fallen leaves that the fairy Ellie had rolled around on the ground. It seemed that wooden road signs were hidden under the pile of leaves.

The spirit of the spring is not ahead of here.

Lost traveler, please return; the spirit of the spring is truly not ahead.

[We still can't find the Spring Spirit if we keep going forward!!!]

There is really no home of the Spring Spirit within about 800 meters ahead...

The road sign under the fallen leaves was engraved with many words, like a blatant attempt to conceal something, as if constantly reminding Xia Yuan that A-Quan was just 800 meters away near the spring.

That is the clearest spring in the Emerald Forest.

It was as clear as the sky and as sparkling as a sapphire, but the owner of this spring, that beautiful silver-haired lady, as noble as a queen, was sitting on the shore looking sullen.

Will a hero come here today? Will he? Won't he? Will he not...?

She picked the petals from her hand one by one, muttering incantations until the last petal was plucked. A hint of joy appeared on her face. "Will a hero arrive today?!"

Finally, I can get rid of this damned spring. I won't let her leave until I see the hero.

She misses humans...

I miss our first time together, the time when they would apply sunscreen to my face, the fresh cabbages in the cabbage farm, the beach where I could relax and have a leisurely vacation, and the endless snacks and comic books around me.

Unlike here, there aren't even any talking cabbages, let alone people.

after.......

I wouldn't take a job meant for a hero, no matter how much they offer! It's just too exhausting.

"Humans, oh humans, I miss you so much."

Miss Spring Fairy placed the bouquet in her hand aside. Countless flowers were pieced together to form Xia Yuan's face. She didn't know how long she had experienced this kind of day. Today was another day without a hero. The flower petals she picked were just her self-deceiving fantasy.

She simply admired the artwork she had created with bouquets of flowers.

This was the only pleasure the Spring Fairy had here, a way to recall human faces and pass the time. However, while she was engrossed in reminiscing about Xia Yuan, she was completely unaware that on the other side of the spring, two people were crouching low and slowly approaching through the grass.

"Xiao Xia Yuan...look! We've finally found the Spring Spirit!"

Fairy Ellie brushed away the burrs sticking out of her body, revealing herself to be a pink-furred little hedgehog. She had suffered terribly from the prickles along the way. That heartless Xia Yuan actually made her lead the way.

How could anyone bear to do this to such an adorable fairy!

Mei wouldn't do that. It seems she'll have to seriously consider changing her zookeeper when she gets back. But when she sees the Spring Spirit, she suddenly has a good idea.

Her keeper was looking for the Spring Spirit, huh? But who knows if it's really the Spring Spirit, or some high and mighty queen, the Herrscher of the Void who sees humans as ants? She was going to give Xia Yuan a good thrashing.

Just as Xia Yuan was about to walk over and greet A Quan, the fairy Ai Li stopped him in time and gestured for him to be quiet.

"Shh-"

"Xia Yuan, don't act rashly."

"Hmm?" Xia Yuan turned around, seemingly full of doubt.

“Xia Yuan, look… how can we prove that this Ah Quan is the real Spring Spirit and not the Herrscher of the Void in disguise? Look at those bouquets of flowers without petals next to her, don’t they look like a trap to lure the hero into walking into it?”

Xia Yuan stopped in his tracks.

The seeds of doubt had already been sown by Ellie. He suddenly felt a chill run through his body and found the other person's behavior increasingly suspicious. Would the real A-Quan idly pluck the surrounding flowers to vent his anger?

He decided to observe carefully before taking any action, rather than alerting the enemy.

"Alas, as it turns out, no hero will come today either." She lowered her head, gazing at the lonely reflection in the spring.

"Human who has traveled from afar, did you fall into the spring with this golden salted fish, or this silver salted fish?" She hadn't asked anyone such a question in a long time...

As for why it's not gold coins, but salted fish.

The reason comes from the inspiration of a certain human, and it is also to commemorate the encounter with the other party. She first met the human when she fell into the spring as a salted fish.

Chapter 617 Big Sister, you're back?

I wonder how she's doing now; she's been so lonely in this spring for far too long...

She stretched out her fingertips and stirred the water, splashing water everywhere.

But in Xia Yuan's eyes, who was secretly observing from the bushes, Ah Quan's back and actions gradually transformed into the image of his hands cleaning blood-stained hands in the spring water, and the pattern formed by the bouquet of flowers was that of the victim who had just passed by.

This is a spirit that eats people without spitting out the bones.

The more you look at the pattern formed by the bouquet, the more it resembles him. Does this mean that he will be the next victim to pass by here? No wonder the road sign was buried under fallen leaves before.

"Aili, does your 'Hero's Guide' mention how to distinguish between the real and fake Spring Spirit?"

Miss Pink Fairy never expected that her keeper would imagine the other person as a fairy who would devour them completely. However, this was exactly what she wanted. Seeing that her keeper had taken the bait, Fairy Airi pretended to flip through the "Hero's Guide".

In reality, the guidebook was completely empty; it was all a prank by a certain pink fairy who wanted to play a cruel trick on her zookeeper and see if she would dare to persecute him again.

"Hmm... Let Ellie look carefully, oh, I found it~"

To prevent her plan from falling apart, Ellie pressed the book almost against her little face, afraid that her zookeeper would see it.

"Ahem, there are two ways to distinguish the spirit of the spring. The first is to sincerely throw gold coins into the spring. The sound between the gold coins and the spring water is the sound that the spirit likes the most. Moreover, the more gold coins you throw in, the more beautiful the sound will be, and the more it will attract the spirit's attention. As long as the spirit is attracted by the gold coins in the spring, it will naturally be able to distinguish the real from the fake."

Xia Yuan subconsciously touched the flat pocket, which was completely empty.

He was penniless... Where could he possibly get so many gold coins for Ah Quan in this desolate primeval forest?

"Aili, is there any other way? Let alone gold coins, I don't even have a single Houmu Coin, the kind you use to play games." Xia Yuan showed her his empty pockets.

"Of course! Xia Yuan can borrow crystals from Miss Pink Fairy."

"I'm such a cute fairy... I'm super generous. One crystal is only the cost of a month's food expenses. There's absolutely no extra interest. How many do you want, Xia Yuan? As long as you sign this fairy contract, the sparkling crystals will belong to you, Xia Yuan."

The fairy Ellie revealed a mischievous smile and took out one pink crystal after another.

It was as if they were waiting here for him to walk right into their trap.

“However, I think it would take at least a dozen to attract the Spring Spirits, right?” Ellie smiled sweetly and held up her ten little fingers in front of Xia Yuan.

"Ten? Ellie, why don't you just rob them!"

Ten months' worth of food expenses is no small sum for someone like Ellie who eats like that. It's gone in an instant, especially since it's already made her plump and healthy. It's like taking advantage of someone's misfortune.

"Xiao Xia Yuan, how could you slander the adorable fairy's innocence like this? Miss Pink Fairy has a price tag on her!"

The fairy Ellie tried her best to defend herself.

Unfortunately, she underestimated her zookeeper, who kept looking at the fairy Airi with a very suspicious gaze.

"Xia Yuan, what...what do you want to do to that cute fairy?"

"I think it would be better to just throw you, Ellie, into the spring. The attraction of ten crystals is nothing compared to the value of a fairy who can produce crystals endlessly. Maybe if you plant it next to the spring, it can grow into a crystal tree. I've already thought of a name for it: Pink Fairy Tree."

"?!"

"Even if you planted Ellie in it, it wouldn't grow into a sapling!"

But seeing the zookeeper's increasingly dangerous gaze, and fearing that the zookeeper might actually throw him into the spring, he decided to...

Driven by a strong will to survive, the fairy Ellie hurriedly changed her tune, saying, "Actually, there is another way. All you need is an item that can resonate with the spirit of the spring, Xia Yuan."

"Props? I don't have any of those on me right now. It'll be easier to just throw you in, Ellie."

The fairy Airi was on the verge of tears.

She was the one teasing Xia Yuan, but she ended up getting herself involved. And she couldn't explain to him that she was just making a small joke, otherwise she might really have to sit at the same table as Xiao Paduo's "canned food" in the future.

Its status is even lower than that of the kitten that follows Pado.

As her keeper closed in, the pink fairy felt an increasing sense of impending danger.

"Wait, Xia Yuan, I can use fairy magic to conjure up that item."

"Does the power of the Herrscher of Man include this ability? Or is it just an excuse you made up to fool your closest caretaker, Airi, so you won't be thrown out as A-Quan's dinner?"

Xia Yuan's eyes held a hint of doubt.

Ellie stomped her little legs angrily, "How could there not be any!"

"Xia Yuan, think about it carefully. It was the Pink Fairy who gave the current Herrscher the will of a human being. As long as it is your heartfelt call, Xia Yuan, the Pink Fairy will definitely grant your wish."

If it were really that magical, Ah Quan's job would probably be taken away by Ai Li.

Urged on by a certain pink fluffy ball, Xia Yuan finally gave in, closed his eyes, and sincerely hoped to possess anything that could attract the attention of the Spring Fairy and resonate with her.

If we throw Ellie over there, and it happens to be A-Quan, then everything will be fine.

But if it's not the real A-Quan, but some arrogant queen, then the fate of that pink furball that fell from the sky is predictable. It will probably be skewered and roasted over a fire.

I wonder which tastes better, grilled Higokumaru or grilled Airi?

A dazzling light flashed through the grass, and a cabbage that looked just like the Scarlet Prisoner appeared in the fairy Airi's little hand.

It gazed at the fairy Ellie with a smile.

It's as if it's saying: Big sister, you're back! Where are we going today?

"Xiao Xia Yuan, is this... this cabbage with a pair of cute ears like cherry blossoms the item that can attract the spirit of the spring?" She really wanted to keep this cute little guy by her side.

In this way, she can feel the same sensation as Sakura through the other person's ear.

Chapter 618 A-Quan's Swimsuit

Unfortunately, this adorable little creature is about to be thrown into the spring to become an offering to the spring spirit.

"Farewell, my lovely little one."

With tears welling up in her eyes, the fairy Airi stroked the little creature's fluffy ears, just like Sakura's, and reluctantly tossed it into the spring. A ripple spread across the water, but it failed to attract the attention of the spring spirit on the shore.

"Um... Airi, the Higokumaru I just used wasn't actually a tool that could resonate with Izumi. It was probably because I involuntarily recalled all sorts of cabbages that Ai-chan used."

Xia Yuan explained, somewhat embarrassed.

He was prepared to be criticized by the other party, after all, he couldn't very well say that he involuntarily associated Ai with Hishigoro because he wanted to roast Ai.

In that case.....

Little Ellie would probably get angry and keep hitting his little belly with her super headbutt.

But to Xia Yuan's surprise, the pink fairy didn't denounce him. Instead, her eyes shone brightly. "Little Xia Yuan, does that mean that cabbage that looks as cute as Sakura still has a chance of survival?!"

After a moment of contemplation, Xia Yuan nodded.

Of course, this is all predicated on the fact that this Spring Fairy, whether real or not, did not set up a fire on the shore.