"If you want, I can send the three of you to the strange place in the city outside, which is the closest to the entrance. You should feel lucky, because there is indeed one nearby."
Naturally, Jenkins would not disagree. He nodded subconsciously without hesitation, but fortunately he still remembered to turn around and ask his companion's opinion.
"I have no problem. In fact, as long as he can open a passage, I don't need a tricky place, and I can return to [Flower Forest] immediately."
The elf shrugged and said lightly.
"I can do it too. It's better than staying here and waiting for the spirit to perish after thousands of years."
Mr. Black Cat also agrees with this note, although he is just about to write the word worry on his face.
"That's good."
Turning back to face the profiteer again, although I already knew his answer, I still have to ask:
"What price do you need?"
"One coin per person, is it fair?"
It stretched out its palm towards Jenkins.
Jenkins snorted coldly. He already knew that the idea of this guy, who was definitely not human, was to drain all his sin money. He himself said just now that there is no problem with five coins, and now all five coins have been paid out.
The three of them have no nostalgia for this place, so they think that it is not too late and they should leave immediately. Jenkins and Mr. Black Cat will face an unknown and strange situation, and the elf will go straight home the moment the passage opens.
For a long-lived race like him, this time is like an extremely unpleasant long-term trip. After returning home, relatives and friends are probably still alive.
Because the three of them did not go the same way, the elf asked Jenkins and Mr. Black Cat to leave first. He also wanted to visit a few friends he met here, and bring back the strange creatures they sealed and guarded together back to the Blossom Forest for destruction to prevent further accidents.
The old bookstore owner didn't ask for tickets for those weird creatures, probably because he thought Jenkins was out of money.
"Good-bye, then, my two friends."
After paying three coins, the three are ready to part at the second-hand bookstore, and the elves will leave later.
"It's a pleasure to meet you all. I haven't imagined for a long time that I will be able to go home one day."
"Thank you too, Mr. Salamanda, without your help, we would not have been able to get out of here so soon."
Jenkins and Mr. Black Cat also thanked.
"Although it's a bit unlucky to say so, if the two of you have the opportunity to go to [Flower Forest], I will definitely entertain you."
As he spoke, he closed his eyes and lowered his head, drawing a holy emblem on his chest that neither of them had seen before.
"May my lord, the lord of flowers, bless you all!"
Jenkins shuddered violently as if he was suffering from some kind of persistent illness. Because the shaking was so violent, even the cat on his shoulder trembled.
Ever since he heard the name of the world [Forest of Flowers], he guessed that it was a place occupied by a certain master, and he also thought that it would be the [Lord of Flowers] who was very destined for him. It's just that I didn't expect that the elf would suddenly say such a sentence when they parted.
"May [Shield of Protection] bless you too."
Mr. Black Cat said the same out of courtesy. He probably thought that the elves' belief was some false god whose name he did not know. But it's good to know less, at least not as frightened as Jenkins is.
The three of them came here in a hurry, so none of them carried souvenirs that could be exchanged with each other. After shaking hands for the last time, they parted from each other.
But when Jenkins shook hands with the elf, the latter stuffed a note in the palm of his hand. Although he was surprised, he pressed his thumb down and put it in his pocket naturally.
Watching the elves leave the second-hand bookstore, the bookstore owner walked out of the counter and opened the red wooden door leading to the backyard with his hand.
This process was not smooth, because the door seemed to be sucked in, constantly resisting the pulling force. During the process of opening the door, layers of spider web-like cracks appeared in the space around the door frame, making the sound of fingernails scraping against the glass.
Behind the door is a familiar and dazzling endless white light.
"Goodbye~"
The old man bent down and stretched out his hand, making a gesture of please.
"No, I don't want to see you at all!"
With that said, Jenkins and Mr. Black Cat stepped in one after the other.
The wooden door closed silently, shutting the dazzling white light behind. The bookstore owner smacked his lips and shook his head. As soon as he turned around, he saw a pure white cat standing on the counter and looking at him.
"It's... oh my god, you're..."
The cat didn't care about him, and jumped up from the counter at once, grabbed the parrot above it, grabbed it, and pressed it against the table with its small paws.
The old man stopped in place like a machine that had lost its steam power, while the parrot struggled desperately under the cat's claws.
"Help, help, I was wrong!"
The parrot fluttered its wings and shouted loudly, the voice was exactly the same as that of the shopkeeper. But the strength of chocolate is stronger. Even if the parrot loses all its feathers, it cannot be pulled out from under the cat's claws.
"Meow~"
Chocolate said.
"I know, I know, it's my fault, I really didn't know that an existence like you would be here."
"Meow~"
she said again.
"Please, I really..."
"Meow~"
It was a threatening meow, and the parrot knew exactly what it meant.
"Okay, do whatever you want, I'm just a helpless old parrot..."
There was a whining sound in its throat, probably trying to imitate the poor human voice, but chocolate has never been sympathetic in the ordinary sense.
It let go of the paw holding the parrot, looked down at the poor bird, and then patted its cheek with its furry cat paw, which was regarded as a warning.
He jumped off the counter wagging his tail, and lightly pawed at the standing old man. Immediately, all kinds of strange things fell to the ground.
Chocolate licked his lips, wanting everything without greed. It squinted its eyes and observed for a few seconds, then pawed for a while with its furry paws, first picked up the crime coins paid by Jenkins to its side, then picked out some fragmentary gems and bone products, and ate them one by one. inside.
After doing this, regardless of the old parrot lying on the counter, tears falling down like clusters of big pearls, it bounced to the back door that was opened just now, and the door opened a gap again, But this time it was silent, revealing the white light behind it.
"Meow~"
It also wandered in, and with a final wag of its tail at the door, its body disappeared.