Elysion Online ~The Dragonewt and The Summoner~

Chapter 309: Red flower girl

While I was resting with Lily and the others at the inn, Arleigh and the others arrived.

"Hey! What! That Baba monster!"

"You're not very talkative. Arleigh-kun"

"I can understand why you'd be annoyed"

Apparently, Arleigh and the others also encountered a Baba Yaga.

"By the looks of it, you've met a Baba Yaga too"

"Takuto-kun, did you run into one, too?"

"Yes. Huh? Did you get attacked by a Baba Yaga over there?"

"Eh? I didn't get her. Even if I slash her, I wonder if I was just slandering the water alter ego?"

Hmm. It's still strange.

"Do you three know anything about the Baba Yaga? I don't know anything about it"

"I've seen it in games before, but I don't know much about it"

"I have no idea"

"I know! I believe she was a wicked witch who kidnapped and ate children in Russia"

Typical bad witch. Is that why she led us into the forest? But the first water tornado she showed us...if she can do something like that, she must be very strong...no, that water tornado was not an attack, it was as if she was telling us of her presence...

"Lily, the magic of the first Baba Yaga. You didn't use danger premonition?"

"Huh? Yeah. Nothing came to mind. Takuto"

So, I guess that attack was not meant to attack us. But for the life of me, I can't reconcile Chiffon's story with what Baba Yaga just said.

"I'm going to log out and do a little research on Baba Yaga, you three earn some points"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. I can't concentrate on the battle if I keep fighting like this. It won't take that long to find out about Baba Yaga, so let's split up. But first, don't give me any information about the monsters we fought"

As I speak, Arleigh says.

"I'm sure the Axolotl Devil will have a lot of victims"

"Most people don't remember their swimming skill"

"We can only take on Water Reaper Devils"

I really hope the three of them will do their best to earn points.

So I log out first and find out about Baba Yaga. Chiffon is right, she is written about as a bad witch in Slavic folklore, but she doesn't necessarily seem to be a bad witch.

I found a folk tale about Baba Yaga in my search.

"The Feather of Finist the Falcon"

I was drawn to this one because it was the first story that began with the heroine's desire for red flowers.

Yes...the girl Arleigh met. Furthermore, three Baba Yagas appeared in this story and gave the heroine the tools.

I think this is subtly in line with the main purpose of this event. Then we have to take action. When I logged in again, Arleigh and the others were there.

"Oh! What did you got?"

"Ah. Let's just go see that girl you bumped into"

"Eh? Ah, yes"

On the way, I tell the three of them a synopsis of the story I found.

"There was such a story..."

"It sure sounds like a story when you hear it. Only, Baba Yaga isn't helping"

"Well, I don't think we're going to retell the folktales exactly as they are, are we? And there are no demons or anything in the first place"

Sharp for Arleigh...yes. There are no demons in this story. There is a mean sister, though. The question is how the demon gets involved.

And then we find the girl that Arleigh found. Arleigh found her, so Arleigh calls out on behalf of her.

"Heihei. Hey there, girl. You want to have a little chat with us?"

Why the pick-up line? Who is this guy?

The girl stopped in front of Kaito.

"Haa..."

She sighed and left.

Arleigh froze and put his hands on the ground.

"It's harder than being through..."

Well, that was tough.

"Tte, the girl will go! Wa, wait! The girl with the red flower there"

Chiffon called out and the girl turned around.

"Do you mean me?"

"Yeah! We're not shady"

That's a line a suspicious person would say. The girl's gaze changes completely to look at a suspicious person.

At Miranda's direction, I respond on behalf of Chiffon.

"We're adventurers. Here, my guild card"

I show her my guild card and the girl's suspicion disappears for the time being.

"What's the Adventurers' Guild want to talk to me about?"

"I actually wanted to ask you about that red flower you're holding. Who gave you that flower?"

"From my father?"

It's just like the folklore says.

"I see...you always carry a red flower with you?"

"...No. I've been trying to carry it with me lately"

"Why did you start carrying it around?"

"It's...leave me alone!"

The girl ran and went away. No good~.

"You got dumped. Takuto"

"I don't want to be told by someone who sighs at me"

Nevertheless, this left me in limbo.

"Emm...excuse me"

A voice called out to us and we all turned to see a dandy.

"I'm her father. I was wondering if I could talk to you about her for a minute?"

Apparently, we can hear more about it. Good.

"It was out of the loop, but I knew that the father had seen our previous interactions"

We were damaged by Miranda's statement.

We were taken to the house of the girl with the red flower, where we heard again from her father.

"Now, where do I begin...do you all know about that flower?"

"No. What is it?"

I really know, but I want to know how the story goes from scratch.

"Yes. I found that flower that she really wanted and gave it to her, but it was the favorite flower of a prince in a certain country and until recently my daughter and the prince had been meeting, but a few days ago the prince stopped showing up and my daughter started carrying the red flower around with her"

Umm. I think there's a subtle difference. Let's check it out.

"Do you have any idea why the prince stopped coming? For example, something the other sisters did"

"Haha, my daughter is the only one. And I really don't know about the reason. That's why I think she can only do that"

I see. So this is where the difference is...if it were the original story, the mean sisters would have tampered with the window and the prince would not be able to come, but considering the demon, I wonder if this is the flow of what the demon did to the prince.

"I pity my daughter if she stays like that...prince...can you find Prince Finist for me?"

Info coming.

The event quest Find Prince Finist has occurred. Do you accept?

Event Quest Find Prince Finist: Difficulty E

Reward: Event Points

Find the missing prince Finist.

Now it's confirmed that this event is based on a folk tale. When I confirmed this to the three of them, they naturally nodded.

"I understand. We'll try to find Prince Finist ourselves"

"Thank you"

Now we have the flow of this event. All that's left is to capture it.