"Wait, wait you misunderstood. We're not criminals, we just want to-"

"Huh? What's going on? What's going on?" Chronos came to his senses and tried to move his body. "Damn it! Why are my hands tied? Hey, hey let us go damn it! Let go you son of a bitch!"

"Shut up and don't make so much noise prisoner!" The fat fairy immediately delivered a hard punch to Chronos' stomach that made him fall silent. "This is because of your rude attitude." He then returned the same blow. "And this is because you said we're fucking creatures."

"Now we must bring these two prisoners in front of Queen. She must be waiting for them."

" Oh my God, Chronos!" Asher shouted in panic. "Damn it, what do you want! Why are you arresting us? Where are Persea and the fairy Elders!"

"We'll tell you everything after you drink this potion." The thin fairy took out a blue potion bottle. "Hurry up and drink this, rotten prisoner!"

The two fairies immediately poured the potion into Asher and Chronos' mouths until all the potion in the bottle was gone. Not even a few minutes, the potion reacted and made their faces turn red all of a sudden, and oddly enough, they couldn't move their bodies.

"Good, I think the effect of this potion has worked. We must bring these two prisoners before Queen Rufina now." The fat fairy immediately shouldered Chronos' body like a sack of rice. "Hurry up, before she scolds us."

The two fairies then carried Asher and Chronos out of the room, through a passage that led to a place. While walking down the hallway, several other masked fairies appeared out of nowhere and just gazed at them without looking away. Even though Asher couldn't see their facial expressions, he could sense an aura of resentment behind the masks.

"Damn, what the fuck. We didn't do anything at all.”

"I don't know either, Chronos. We just need to meet with their leader and explain all these misunderstandings."

The two fairies then opened a large door right at the end of this hallway and walked through the crowd of other masked fairies in the room until they reached the center of the room. They immediately knocked Asher and Chronos down quite hard.

"Queen Rufina, we just bring this prisoner here." The fat fairy bowed his head.

"Auh! Hey we're not stuff, fucking fairy!" Chronos gave the two fairies a sharp look. "Hold on, Queen Rufina? Oh, you must be their leader figure. Listen, we are not prisoners. It looks like you-"

"How dare you speak so presumptuously in front of the queen!" The thin fairy hit Chronos straight away. "The queen hasn't permitted you to speak yet. How dare you speak so boldly!"

"I'd rather kill these two prisoners." The fat fairy put down his sword. "Let's kill them!"

"Enough!" Queen Rufina shouted, filling the whole room. "Don't make a mess in this place."

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"Pardon us, Queen Rufina." The two fairies bowed their heads.

Queen Rufina's figure appeared before Asher with Chronos. At first glance, it seemed no different from the other masked fairies, the shape of her mask also resembled a bird's beak- the same as the other masked fairies, but not the color. The milky white color with delicate sky-blue carvings engraved around the mask added to the mask's elegance, making it stand out among the others.

"What are you doing here? Are you part of the darkness?"

"No, we're not. We are not part of the darkness and we are here to ask for your help. The fairy elder's life is in danger and you are the only ones who can help her."

Rufina was silent for a moment. "Well, they're both fine."

"Really?" Chronos rounded both his balls. "Oh my, thank goodness we have to meet them now. Where are they?"

"However, first prove that your words are true."

"Quest 9: Seeking the truth (required)"

Recommended player level: lv 9-11

Reward: 1000 Gold coins, 3x Potions

Asher and Chronos must convince Rufina to find a guardian animal in the Malana forest, to prove that they are not on the side of evil.

Recommended Classes: All classes

"Find the guardian of the Malana forest?" Asher furrowed his brow. "Chronos, this might just be the test Persea was referring to earlier. We have to prove that we are not of the darkness."

"Uh, yes. But, how can we find the creature? We don't know anything about it."

"Yes, but we have no other choice." Asher immediately pressed the accept button that appeared on his screen. "Hurry up and accept this quest. Chronos."

"Ugh, alright."

After they agreed to accept the quest, Rufina explained the guardian creature in question was a white bird in the Malana forest. This creature was believed to be a figure who protected this place from evil, so all the fairies of Malana respected it very much.

"All you have to do is bring a white bird to me and I will deliver you to your friends."

"Sounds easy enough, to me. What's so hard about catching a white bird?" Chronos laughed mockingly. "What do you think, Asher?"

"Chronos, but don't get too confident. We have no idea what the bird looks like."

"Relax, I'm sure with my courage and your smart brain we'll be able to catch that thing." Chronos smiled. "But, before that our bodies still didn't move. Can you give us an antidote or something?"

"The effects of the liquid will wear off in a moment. Well, I hope you succeed in finding it." Rufina and her entourage flew past the two of them.

Just a few minutes after Rufina left, the effects of the liquid disappeared completely and they managed to move their bodies. Good, at least now they could calm down for a moment because they had escaped from that terrible situation, but not Asher.

"Finally, it feels good to be able to move this body again." Chronos stretched the muscles of his hands. "Ash, why is your face so tense?"

"I don't know, I feel that there is something strange about the quest this time along with Rufina's words that seem to have the intention of making me keep wondering."

"Hey, hey calm down don't think of anything strange, Ash. Now we just need to focus on finding the creature and getting out of this place."

"Yes, that's right. But now how can we leave this place?" Asher shook his head. "We don't have wings at all, how can we- Uh, wait what is this? There's something in my pants pocket." He unhesitatingly pulled the object out of his pocket, revealing a glass bottle the size of Asher's thumb.

"Hey, the same. I got it too." Chronos furrowed his brow. "But since when has this glass bottle been in my pants pocket?"

"I think this bottle is from Rufina. She indirectly put this bottle in when she passed us. "Asher stroked his chin, his forehead furrowed. "Wait, I seem to see a strange symbol shaped like a small arrow on this bottle. I'll try pressing it, there could be something related to this liquid. "Without the slightest hesitation, Asher then pressed the button.

Flying potion

[A special potion made by the fairies of Malana that has been extracted from wild plants in the Malana forest. It can be used by players and gives the user the effect of being able to fly temporarily.]

"It's good that with this potion we can go to the Malana forest now." Chronos smiled. "Finally, at least our problem has been solved."

"Yes, but why... why does Rufina help us? Is there perhaps a purpose behind her act?"