THE MYSTICAL FAIRY

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME AN ENEMY VANISHED OR ESCAPED IN FRONT OF THE MIGHTY KIMOWASHI.

HE THOUGHT OF IT AS FATE AND PROCEEDED INTO THE FOREST. AS HE CAME A LONG WAY INTO THE THICK WOODS, HE WAS TIRED AND HUNGRY.

GURGLING SOUNDS CAME OUT FROM HIS STOMACH. BUT HIS STAMINA TO RESIST ANY DISTRACTING THOUGHTS WAS REMARKABLE.

SUDDENLY HE FELT THE WARMTH OF HOME AS HE SAW A SMOKE COMING OUT OF A HOUSE'S CHIMNEY.

AT FIRST, HE THOUGHT THAT HE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS, BUT AFTERWARDS, HIS MIND CHANGED AND HE PROCEEDED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE COTTAGE.

AS HE APPROACHED THE UNPLEASANT-LOOKING COTTAGE, A STRANGE MIST OCCURRED BEFORE HIS EYES, WHICH CREATED THE IMPRESSION OF MISPERCEPTION. SOON HE GOT DIZZY AND FAINTED ON THE MUDDY GROUND.

KIMOWASHI, A WARRIOR OF GREAT DETERMINATION AND BRAVERY, WAS NOW A VICTIM OF SOME UNKNOWN STRANGE MAGICAL FORCE.

WHILE HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS, HE WAS DREAMING ABOUT THE BEST MOMENT OF ANYONE COULD IMAGINE.

IT WAS THE A SCENE IN WHICH HE WAS YOUNG AND HE WAS PLAYING WITH HIS PARENTS IN THE ROYAL GARDEN OF HIS PALACE.

IN THE GARDEN OF HIS DREAMS, THE ROSES BLOOMED AND BEAUTIFUL SCENTS WAVERED ALL AROUND THEM.

IT WAS ALMOST A DREAM THAT ONE WOULD NEVER GET TIRED OF AND WOULDN'T WANT TO WAKE UP FROM.

BUT GUESS IT WS FATE THAT THE VOICE FROM HIS LAST ENCOUNTER WHISPERED IN HIS DREAMS AND TOLD HIM TO WAKE UP.

HE WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR IT AND OPENED HIS EYES AT ONCE. KIMOWASHI'S HEARTBEAT ACCELERATED AT A VERY HIGH SPEED.

AS SOON AS HE OPENED HIS EYES, HIS EYES WERE ATTACKED BY THE BRIGHT AND FLASHING RAYS OF SUNLIGHT. AFTER A MOMENT OF STABILITY, HE NOTICED THAT HE WAS BEING HELD IN A WELL-FURNISHED ROOM WITH A FIREPLACE TO KEEP HIM WARM.

HE WAS STILL IN HIS KOMODO DRESS, BUT WHAT WAS STRANGE WAS THAT HIS CLOTHES SHINED EVEN BRIGHTER THAN BEFORE AND LOOKED EVEN CLEANER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL.

LATER ON, AS HE CONTINUED INSPECTING THE ROOM, HE SENSED SOMEONE COMING TOWARD HIS ROOM.

HE WAS SUSPICIOUS OF THE STRANGER'S RANDOM ACTIONS. SO HE LAY BACK ON THE PILLOWS HE WAS LAID UPON AND ACTED AS IF HE WAS STILL UNCONSCIOUS.

THE PERSON WHO APPROACHED THE ROOM ENTERED INTO THE ROOM. IT WAS MORE OF A MAGICAL CREATURE THAN A HUMAN.

IT WAS A FAIRY AS KIMOWASHI SUPPOSED IT TO BE. SHE WORE A PURPLE AND PINK GOWN THAT HAD A PRETTY FLOWER DESIGN SEWN ON IT.

SHE ALSO SEEMED TO WEAR A BEAUTIFUL DIAMOND NECKLACE ON HER NECK IN THE SHAPE OF A TEAR.

ALSO, THE NECKLACE GLOWED IN BLUE COLOR.

SHE CAME INSIDE WITH HER LITTLE MAGICAL PET-LIKE CREATURE WHICH SHE KEPT CALLING HONEYPLUM.

SHE CAME UP TO THE WARRIOR, CHECKED HIS TEMPERATURE, AND WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE, THE WARRIOR ASKED HER IN A VERY POLITE MANNER, WHY AM I HERE?

HER SMILE TWINKLED ON HER ENCAPSULATING FACE AND OF COURSE, THE WARRIOR CAUGHT THE EXPRESSION.

SHE REPLIED IN A VERY MALICIOUS TONE AS SHE SAID :

"OH MY! LOOK WHO'S AWAKE. SO THIS IS THE GREAT MAGICIAN WHO WIELDS THE POWER OF ETERNAL PEACE!"

THE WARRIOR JUMPED ON HIS KNEED AND STARED AT HER WITH AN ANGRY EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE.

SHE SIGHED AND SPOKE AGAIN:

"WELL DON'T BE TOO JUMPY ABOUT IT. I WON'T HURT YOU OR POISON YOU, AS I AM THE FAIRY OF GREAT KINDNESS. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HELPED BY ME. OH AND DON'T FORGET MY CUTE HONEY PLUM."

THEN KIMOWASHI ASKED:

"I WILL NOT FEEL AT EASE OR TRUST YOU WITHOUT YOU HELPING ME EARN YOUR TRUST"

THE MYSTICAL FAIRY REPLIED:

"OH PLEASE, DEAR! I DON'T NEED YOU TO FEEL AT EASE OR TRUST ME. THE FRONT DOOR IS JUST BY THE HALL. IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE, BE MY GUEST!"

KIMOWASHI WAS CONFUSED.