"Sea witch Asene, why are you here?" Fress looked unhappy, but still tried to remain dignified and asked.
Asani sat on a rock by the sea, enjoying the sea breeze and listening to the conch shells. She replied nonchalantly, "I live nearby, why can't I be here?"
Frizzle: "You should still be at Gloria's coven."
"You came back early, too. I also came back early because I had something to do, but—" Arthurie stood up and brushed off the dust on her skirt, "I suddenly feel bored again. I want to go back to Gloria's place and continue."
Seeing her about to leave, Furis called her suspiciously: "Wait, Asene, you should have seen a girl coming over here."
Ashney smiled, "I saw her, but I won't tell you which direction she went. Hahaha, if you don't catch up with her, you'll never find her again. The little girl runs very fast!"
Was she deliberately stalling for her time? Furis looked at her suspiciously again, then no longer bothered to pay attention to her and followed the traces left by the swamp monster on the ground.
Ashney held the conch shell and laughed, "Let's leave now while she's being tricked!"
She was going to Gloria's witch gathering, and in front of so many people, Furis, who was very proud, couldn't take her back by force. It didn't matter if she went to make trouble, she loved to see Furis make a fool of herself.
Mei Li's voice came from the conch, "Why do you want to help us?"
Ashenee: "Because I don't like Fris!"
It was her first time seeing a swamp monster, and she was very curious, so she wanted to bring one over to share with everyone. Swamp monsters would stay in a certain swamp for a long time, and it was difficult to see them if you didn't look for them specifically. A sea witch like her had never seen one before.
Fress followed the mud trail for a distance and saw the owl Mr. Pollock fainted on the ground. She cast a spell to make it float.
The owl opened his eyes with difficulty, "Mrs. Freas... Oh, my head is so dizzy, Mary, you suddenly have a strong... magic power... and you hurt me..."
After saying that, its eyes rolled back, and it kicked out with its two paws and fainted again.
Fresse frowned and grabbed it in her hand. Finally, she realized something was wrong and turned her head sharply to look at the sparkling sea.
No, she was deceived by Asheni!
"Assene!"
A hint of ferocity appeared on her usually elegant face. She turned and ran back to the beach, only to find that Asni had disappeared.
She must have taken Mary away! She did something that would do her no good at all, just to go against her. What a boring and hateful witch!
Fress wanted to catch up, but the ocean was Arthurian's territory. Here, she had a natural advantage and she couldn't catch up at all.
Asene had flown a long distance away, but she could hear Fres's angry shouts and her particularly arrogant laughter on the sea through a small conch placed on the beach.
The sea is calm today and it is a good day.
The witches in the witch coven exchanged their magic or shared their lives. The atmosphere was relaxed and comfortable. Although not every witch got along harmoniously with each other, with Gloria around, no one had conflicts.
In addition to witches, there are also some fairies and non-human creatures here. When they hear the news of the witches' gathering, they will also come to join in the fun. The witches do not drive them away. These strange creatures born from nature are mostly fond of witches, and the relationship between them can be described as friendly.
This gathering will last for several days. After dark outside, the world created by magic here is still bright. The witches are sharing food. Suddenly, they feel that the magic world is disturbed again. A hurried figure rushes in with the breath of sea breeze.
"Assini? Didn't she leave early behind Furis, saying she had something urgent to do? Why is she back now?"
As soon as Asani appeared, she attracted the attention of many witches. She jumped onto a table and shouted, "Witches, look what I brought!"
She took out the conch and poured it out, and out came a swamp monster holding a chestnut.
The swamp monster moved slowly, and didn't react at all to the change of position, just staring down at the girl in his arms.
The kind and gentle Gloria came over to inquire about the situation. Seeing the swamp monster, she was a little surprised, "This... is a swamp monster?"
She is a lake witch. There are some swamps near where she lives, and the magic she uses is also related to swamps. She occasionally sees swamp goblins, who are said to be the least willing to interact with humans, but this is also the first time she has seen a swamp monster.
"Asnie, why did you bring the swamp monster?" She was surprised. Don't swamp monsters like to avoid people
"I stole it from Ferris!" Arsene answered proudly.
The witches gathered to watch the fun.
Mei Li was dumped out dizzy, and before she could see where she was, she saw many women of different looks and ages surrounding her. They were watching her and the swamp monster, just like watching a giant panda with a red panda.
Someone is keeping an eye on the swamp monster.
"Is this the swamp monster?"
"Assini said she stole it from Furis. Did Furis find a way to imprison the swamp monster?"
"This is not good. We should get along with them more friendly."
Someone is paying attention to Mei Li.
"Look, this seems to be a little witch too."
"I felt it too. She seems to be a forest witch?"
"I thought Frith was the only witch left in the forest."
Mei Li held the swamp monster's hand and listened to their conversation for a while. She barely understood that the women here were all witches. They were holding a meeting and they all knew Frizzle.
In short, these people are Frizzle's circle of friends.
Isn’t this a coincidence!
Gloria, the witch who just happened to be the host, came up to her and asked, "Child, who are you?"
Mei Li blinked and answered her, "I'm Mei Li. My mother is Madam Furis's...sister. She died not long ago, and Madam Furis brought me to her estate. Because she used some forbidden magic, her body had problems, so she wanted to destroy my soul and occupy my body. I just escaped and met Aseny who brought me here."
The witches were shocked when they heard this. Even Asene, who brought them here, was surprised. She was used to going against Friss and didn't expect there would be such a thing.
Although some witches did some not-so-bright things in private, with so many witches here, they had to maintain a good image and condemned Fresne one after another.
Gloria, the Lake Witch, was a truly kind and wise old witch. She glanced at the other witches present and asked Mei Li carefully.
Mei Li told everything he knew and guessed - it was almost like writing a dirty email about Mrs. Frizzle and copying her to the entire company.
As she spoke, the swamp creature remained silent. A goblin flying by attracted his attention, and he looked up and saw branches of gorse hanging down overhead.
He reached out and picked a branch and gave it to Mei Li.
Mei Li, who was talking non-stop, suddenly paused: "... Ahem."
A witch who was more interested in the swamp monster asked: "The swamp monster seems to like you very much, how do you do it?"
"Yeah, I see you guys seem to have a very close relationship?"
Sure enough, people are more concerned about gossip than scandals.
Mei Li held the flowers and led the swamp monster, looking calm, "His name is Lovely, and he is my husband."
Witches: “!!!” This is even more shocking than what Frizzle is going to do!
Even old lady Gloria was so shocked that she was speechless. Only Arseny reacted the fastest and praised: "You little witch are really a unique warrior. In this case, why don't you just not inherit the title of Forest Witch and just be called Swamp Witch from now on." Anyway, she hated Forest Witch the most.
The witches suddenly started discussing this matter.
"Although there was no swamp witch before, she is indeed more suitable to be called a swamp witch."
"In that case, doesn't that mean she is the only swamp witch?"
Mei Li: “…” Aren’t we talking about Fris’s dirty laundry, sisters, aunts, and grandmothers
She and the swamp monster were left here temporarily.
Gloria said in a friendly manner: "Don't worry, kid. Stay with me for now. At least during the witch gathering, Furis won't dare to mess around. After that, if you want, you can continue to live here."
Asani patted her shoulder and comforted her: "I will stay here when the witch gathering is over, and I will make sure that you will not be captured by Furis!"
No matter what, Mei Li finally got a chance to breathe, could temporarily relax, and had many people to ask for advice on magic.
She was the youngest witch here, surrounded by older witches.
They squeezed her hands, looked at her eyes and hair, asked her to try to use magic, and corrected and explained to her.
Mei Li was trapped in a large-scale one-to-one teaching classroom. There were so many teachers tutoring her alone, and they taught as they pleased. Mei Li couldn't understand or remember anything at once, and the pressure was extremely great.
While she was trembling with fear, she couldn't help but look at the swamp monster who was autistic in the mud not far away. Because she was by his side, he felt at ease and stayed quietly aside, looking like he was content with having a girlfriend (friend).
"Okay, Meili, stop looking at your swamp monster, you should study hard!" A serious witch interrupted her call for help.
This auntie looks like one of her math teachers!
Mei Li nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay."
After her head was filled with all kinds of magic, the witches finally got used to teaching her and gathered together to talk and chat, and temporarily let her go.
Mei Li finally escaped from the water and habitually went to see the quagmire where the swamp monster was. However, she didn't see his figure and she jumped up from her chair.
Mei Li: "Cute?!"
A drinking witch pointed to the door. "If you're looking for your swamp monster, it just went out."
Mei Li ran out of the door anxiously. Outside were lakes and marshes. The moon was shining on the marshes, and there was a gentle rippling silver moonlight between heaven and earth.
The swamp monster walked towards her on the water, holding a few freshly picked purple calamus in his hand. He walked up to her and gave them to her.
Mei Li held his hand along with the flower, took two steps forward, and rested her head against him.
Looking at the two shadows, one tall and one short, reflected in the water, leaning against each other, Asani sighed, "This is a beautiful scene, isn't it, Gloria? They have feelings just like us."
Gloria nodded graciously, "Yes, but the irises he picked were planted by me."