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Saying goodbye to her friends, Pei Xiang didn't waste much time, and immediately went to visit the witch Maggie according to the instructions of the black cat d'Artagnan.

Out of the willow grove, through the fields full of flowers, Pei Xiang walked into a dark forest with the little fish lantern that d'Artagnan gave her.

She walked along a looming thorny path for about half an hour, and finally saw the purple-green igloo of the witch Maggie at the place where the red-eyed crows landed and roosted.

Pei Xiang shook the orange-yellow pumpkin doorbell hanging in front of the cabin three times, raised the small fish lantern that d'Artagnan gave her, and smiled politely at the two monster eyes carved on the pumpkin.

This time, she successfully met the witch Maggie herself.

The witch with flaming red hair narrowed her eyes to look at Pei Xiang, and then lowered her head to carefully observe the pink bow tie that smelled of d'Artagnan. After a while, the witch said coldly:

"You are lucky to have the favor of the arrogant and moody d'Artagnan."

Pei Xiang smiled slightly, and pointed to his mouth, expressing that he could not speak.

"Oh, I know, of course I'll make you a potion for your dumbness, whatever the cause of your dumbness. Listen, little girl, as long as Maggie the Witch gets her hands on it, nothing's going to happen. What can't be solved, even the king and queen trust me very much."

While speaking, Maggie walked up to Pei Xiang with her waist twisted, and ordered impatiently:

"Stand up, open your mouth, little girl, let me see with the eyes of truth how you became dumb. Oh, don't make gestures in front of me, I don't need you to tell me what happened... "

Suddenly, Maggie's voice stopped abruptly.

She took three steps back abruptly, her flaming hair stood up one after another, tied several knots in panic, and fell heavily on the top of Maggie's head.

The witch's blue lips trembled, and she stared at the bewildered Pei Xiang in fear:

"You, what happened to you before? Why did I feel a powerful curse power... Oh my god, that power is too terrifying and evil, it almost pollutes my magic power!"

Pei Xiang was confused and innocent on the surface, but his heart was cold.

She had a premonition that some bad conjecture had finally come true, that is, the sea witch's magic power was much higher than that of ordinary witches on the mainland, so the curse brought by her potion could not be easily lifted.

——That's right, this red-haired Maggie is still working hard for the hair loss of human kings and nobles, but the sea witch can already wantonly hurt the noble mermaid princess in the sea kingdom...

——What is the origin of that sea witch?Is there really no existence on land more powerful than the sea witch?

——No, there must be some, but I haven't met them yet.

Pei Xiang—while responding to the witch Maggie's inquiries and temptations—was distracted thinking about the next itinerary.Anyway, she can't speak now, she just needs to look at the red-haired witch with a frightened and suspicious face, and then ask three questions.

Maggie asked a few more questions, and after she managed to calm down, she didn't mention how to help Pei Xiang get rid of the curse of the potion, but just kept asking who Pei Xiang had offended.

When the witch realized that she really couldn't find the answer, she could only chew her nails and think hard.

She stared at Pei Xiang's delicate and beautiful face, feeling a little jealous in her heart. At the same time, she couldn't help but guess whether it was some evil and powerful witch who was jealous of the young girl's beauty, so she cast viciousness on her. The spell that made her lose her voice?

Thinking of this, Maggie's heart tightened, and she secretly thought that if it was true as she had guessed, then the other party must be a guy with a strong desire for revenge.If... if she realizes that she has tried to help this dumb girl, will she be angry with herself?

Not to blame Maggie for thinking too much, but because the wizards on the mainland are just like this—a group of existences with weird tempers, good and evil, they can save the lives of people in the city, and they can also hurt many innocent people.

"However, even if I am worried about being angered, I have to help this dumb girl named Mia." Maggie pinched the pink bow tie in her hand, thinking of the additional magic contract restrictions when she and D'Artagnan made an agreement, depressed thinking.

"Amy," Maggie's eyes flashed, she sighed a few times pretending to be regretful, and then said softly and compassionately, "I'm very sorry, I can't do anything about your voice."

Pei Xiang suddenly looked puzzled, and her eyes flashed with suspicion, as if she didn't believe that the witch who was full of confidence just now would not be able to help her.

Maggie twitched the corners of her mouth and said softly:

"You seem to have offended a powerful being. The other party's curse deprived you of your ability to speak. Even if I have potions to heal the wound on your tongue, I still can't help you get back your pleasant voice. Well, maybe It will also anger the other party and make her curse you more severely."

"Then, can you really not help me?" Pei Xiang asked silently, pointing to the bottles and cans in the room—with an excited face, as if asking a witch, "There are so many medicines here, you can't find them for me." Echo?"

Maggie did not nod or shake her head, but simply replied:

"I really can't think of an antidote that can help you, I'm sorry. But I can tell you that the reason you can't speak is not because your throat is broken, or because your tongue is missing something, but because you were Wicked magic has been cast."

Having said that, Maggie paused for a moment, and then naturally concluded while holding a pink bow tie:

"Okay, I've answered your doubts, and I've given you a certain amount of help, and I haven't broken the agreement with D'Artagnan. So, Mia, leave the bow tie, and you can leave."

Listening to the witch's explanation, Pei Xiang's clear and beautiful eyes were gradually stained with fear and sadness.With tears in her eyes, she turned her back to prevent Maggie from seeing her weeping in embarrassment.

After a while, Pei Xiang turned around again, nodded slightly with reddish eyes.Immediately, she rushed to the red-haired witch like a gust of wind, quickly retrieved the pink bow tie in Maggie's hand before Maggie had no time to react, and then turned around to leave without hesitation.

Maggie was stunned, frightened and angry in an instant, but...she couldn't show it.

In fact, the cunning witch is not willing to return d'Artagnan's bow tie, she wants to break the previous promise with a few simple truths.

But for some reason, she just couldn't avoid the actions of this poor girl who was about to cry, and watched her easily get back the promised token.

"My reaction speed has slowed down? No, no, it must be due to exhaustion from brewing potions for many days." Maggie complained secretly.

Immediately afterwards, she thought distressedly:

"I don't want to owe d'Artagnan the promise. In the future, His Majesty the King will give me more rights and wealth. At that time, if d'Artagnan asks me to fulfill the promise, he will definitely If a cat pretends to be a lion and opens its mouth, then...my loss will definitely be even greater. Besides, I do have other ways to help this little girl at this time...so, I can't openly violate the magic contract, hey, Dardani Oco is not easy to deal with."

Thinking of the all-pervasive army of squirrels and the fleet of flying pigeons with keen information, Maggie's eyes were dark. She dared to offend Charlie the hedgehog and the flower elves in the jungle, but she had to be careful with her relationship with the black cat, General D'Artagnan. .

Many trade-offs and calculations flashed through Maggie's mind, her eyeballs rolled around, and when she looked up, she saw that Pei Xiang was about to walk out of the door, so she hurriedly stopped her:

"Wait, Amy, you wait-wait, maybe we can think-think of other ways."

Pei Xiang hid d'Artagnan's pink bow tie in his arms, and then turned around to look back—the anxious red-haired witch asked silently.

"This one……"

Maggie grabbed her fiery red hair and paced back and forth on the dark green python skin carpet, during which she almost knocked over the beauty mushroom potion that was being boiled in the pot.

Finally, she finally made up her mind:

"Amy, although I can't help you get your voice back, I can help you find a way to express yourself..."

Before she finished speaking, Maggie hesitated again. She frowned and scratched her hair, her eyes full of reluctance.

Pei Xiang tilted his head, took out d'Artagnan's bow tie from his arms and fiddled with it twice.

Maggie's eyes narrowed slightly, and her eyes stopped on the cute pink bow tie, knowing that there was a protective magic left by D'Artagnan on it, and if Pei Xiang hadn't voluntarily handed it over, she couldn't use any means to snatch it.

"Amy, I have treasured a seed," Maggie confessed reluctantly, "it's not an ordinary plant seed, but a seed that can grow elves. As long as you plant the seed yourself, be patient." Take care of me, and shed three drops of blood from your fingertips on every full moon night, until the elf is born. Then, you can have a soulmate. Whatever you want to say, little The elves can hear it, and then speak it for you, and you will be inseparable, forever."

Pei Xiang opened his eyes slightly, took out a small notebook and wrote:

"Are there many elves like this? I'm just an ordinary person. Can my blood really grow elves? I heard that elves have a long lifespan. If I die, what will happen to elves? Will something happen?"

Maggie snorted and mocked in a drawn-out tone:

"Many? Hmph, why is my precious treasure an ordinary product? Although other witches can also make people use seeds to grow small elves, but that kind of elf is useless, any - a butterfly or - straight toad and Toad can bully them.

"Besides, they are too small, and their voices are very weak, so they can't help you solve your difficulties at all. The seeds I gave you are different. They were passed on to me by my teacher. It is said that they can grow real fighting spirits. The little elf is—one of the favorite contract methods of human beings thousands of years ago.

"Of course, if you are willing to break the contract before you die, your elf can still live for a long time. Don't worry about it, d'Artagnan's kind friend."

For some reason, Pei Xiang thought of the fairy tale "Thumbelina" from the words of the witch Maggie.

She thought of the delicate and weak beauty described in the story who was smaller than a finger, was born in a stamen, used walnut shells as a bed, and rose petals as a quilt, and liked to ride tulip petals in a boat with water , using two strands of white horse hair as a paddle, he was immediately cute - a little bit.

She thought, it would be nice if there was such a little beautiful elf by her side.

"If I don't irrigate her with blood, won't she be able to connect with me?" Pei Xiang—while writing down his question—showed a embarrassed expression of fear of pain.

The witch Maggie rolled her eyes and said in a cool tone:

"If there is no human blood to irrigate, the seed that has been given special magic will not bloom and germinate at all. Mia, just - a little pain and blood, you can get - a kind-hearted elf, which is completely worth it of."

Pei Xiang blinked, knowing that under d'Artagnan's protective magic, the witch Maggie would not deceive herself, and she had to do her best to help herself solve her doubts.

"She may hide parts of the truth or mislead me deliberately with vague words, but she cannot lie until she has fulfilled her promise."

Therefore, Pei Xiang continued to ask many questions with the witch's impatient look, some related to the birth and growth of elves, and some related to the magic system on the mainland.Estimating the bottom line of Maggie's patience, she earnestly inquired about some secret information passed down by word of mouth.

It wasn't until midnight that Pei Xiang left the witch Maggie's residence holding a precious magic seed, ready to plant a sweet little cutie of her own.