20 minutes later Lily saw a huge area which was brown, and it looked like it was covered in sand and if they hadn't mentioned that it was a drought, she would have thought she had ended up in the Sahara Desert. They landed some distance from a large group of people who were wearing different kinds of clothes and it was clear who belonged to which group. She could figure out that it was people from different parts of the world who had come to help with the drought here. She saw Pegasus waiting behind her who had understood that it was a gathering for humans.
They went to a group who were all wearing the same clothes as Allan and the others and they looked curiously at Lily, especially the men.
Lily felt awkward because she was not invited to help with the drought, and it was clear that everyone here was experienced and had known names and backgrounds and she was a no name.
She looked at Allan who was standing to her right and said, "I shouldn't be standing here with you."
"We can let Saint Simon decide that." he said, giving her a friendly smile.
"Excuse me, but who are you? You must be special if Allan has brought you here.” asked a woman suddenly standing in front of her who had long black hair and was wearing a long white dress.
Lily was special but not in their world, so she didn't know what to answer.
Suddenly they heard a man shout, "Welcome everyone." and there was complete silence.
Lily cocked her head to the side and saw a young handsome man with pale skin, long blond hair, and blue eyes. He was tall and slim and was wearing a white hooded cloak. He had a white staff in his right hand and a white snowy owl sat on his left shoulders.
"There has been another drought here and this time we have to find a final solution to it." he said looking around at them all.
Suddenly his eyes fell on Lily and his eyes widened in surprise and his cheeks blushed.
Lily knew that look all too well and had no plans to approach an old, perverted man because if he was a saint, he was ancient. She hurried to hide behind a tall man, hoping he would forget about her in a few seconds.
Simon cleared his throat and said, "Come with me." and they began to walk.
"How old is he?" Lily asked curiously.
"No one knows, but he’s the oldest in the world, it is said. Even that dragon lord cannot compare.” Allan replied.
"My name is Kamille." introduced the blonde-haired woman who had flown to Lily's left.
After walking for a minute, they all stopped but Lily couldn't see anything in front of her and chose to listen instead and looked around. It was completely quiet, and you could hear the wind howling and smell the air was dry. She bent down and touched the sand and it felt soft and dug a little into it to check if there was life because she knew that scorpions and the like lived in sandy areas.
"What are you doing?" Allan asked softly, bending down to see what she was up to.
The others in the group also bent down curious and saw her digging in the sand and a man asked, "Shall we help you?"
"Just dig a little with your hands if you want." Lily replied and they all started digging with their hands.
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She kept an eye on the sand, but it was just sand and there was no life underneath so that meant something had removed the water underground so every time they tried to fix the drought it was being sucked away by something invisible. She scratched her right cheek and got sand on her skin, but she didn't notice.
Was it possible that there was a creature living below that ate water or magic because she was reminded of Baba Yaga's Bloody Worms that lived under the sand.
"Excuse me, but what are you doing Allan?" Simon asked suddenly and they stopped digging.
"We dig in sand." Allan replied.
"Yes, I can see that, but what the hell are you doing?" Simon asked irritably.
Suddenly people started laughing around them and one man said mockingly, "It's Allan and his crazy group again. Saint Simon, I don't understand why you always invite them here.”
Simon was annoyed when he heard that and walked over to them and looked down at them. Allan and the others stood up immediately and only Lily was left in her own thoughts. She was sure she had guessed right and that they were all blind.
Simon cleared his throat and asked, “Miss. You must be new here.”
When Lily heard him, she stood up but was not embarrassed by her action and looked at him. If he scolded her, she would not help them but find another area with drought and fix it herself.
Seeing her face so close, Simon's heart beat faster and his cheeks blushed again.
"Why did you dig in the sand?" he asked curiously.
“I…” but before Lily could answer they heard a man shout, “Look. Lady Celestia has arrived.”
Everyone looked up even Lily and saw a group of women flying on large white pigeons. They were all wearing white clothes and the woman in front had a long low-cut white dress with her bosom clearly exposed so that they could be seen from a distance. She was wearing a pair of silver star earrings and had a white staff in her right hand. She had a white flower wreath on her head and had long blonde hair. Her eyes were blue, her skin was pale, and she was tall and slim and a very beautiful woman who was a copy of the other Celestia.
They landed in front of the group and Celestia gracefully nodded to them all and gave them a beautiful smile and with the sun's rays shining down on her it looked like she had a halo on her head and looked like a goddess.
“Lady Celestia. Welcome.” said a man wearing a black cloak and immediately walked over to her along with everyone except Allan's group and Simon who was still focused on Lily.
“Wow. She’s pretty enough.” Lily said because even though Celestia had a black heart she did not disappoint with her looks.
“Yes, very beautiful.” Simon said, smiling widely without looking away.
“Saint Simon. Sorry we're late.” Celestia said, walking over to him.
Simon turned and looked at the group and said, “Okay. Let's get started." and went to an area and looked at the ground.
He turned and looked at them all and asked, “Which solution should we use this time? It’s clear that the others have not worked.”
People started chatting with each other and some bent down and tried different kinds of spells with water but when it hit the sand, they saw it evaporate in the same second.
When Lily saw it, she was reminded of the Bloody Worms again because it was definitely not the air.
Could there be a sandworm that lived here or was the sand the sandworm itself?
Suddenly something dawned on her, and she bent down and began to dig quickly in the sand.
“Allan, help me.” she said loudly for all to hear.
Alan didn't know what she was up to, but he trusted her, or he wouldn't have brought her here and hurriedly bent down and dug in the sand.
"What are we looking for?" he asked.
"If you feel a strange texture in the sand, mention it and quickly withdraw your hand." Lily replied.
Seconds later, Allan said, "I can feel something." and drew his hand to him in alarm.
Lily stood up and said to the group, "Hurry up far away."
They nodded and started running away in a certain direction.
When Simon saw this, he was confused and asked, "What’s going on?"
Lily didn't know how to explain it and said, "I don't think we're standing on sand but on a creature."
The others started to laugh out loud when they heard her and Celestia said, “Who brought that filthy individual? She’s clearly a complete idiot.”
Simon cleared his throat and replied, “I have. I asked Allan to bring her along.”
He quickly changed the subject, “Let's fix this drought. Lady Celestia. Do you have a solution again?”
Celestia smiled proudly and replied, "Of course and this time it works."
“What is your solution?” Simon asked curiously.
"I have created an orb that produces infinite water or rather more orbs." she replied waving her staff in the air and suddenly countless white orbs appeared in the empty air above them.