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Asher cast his eyes around, but there was no sign of the two fairies except for the silence around them. Strange. Where were they? Was it possible that the two of them were still down there?

"Uhm... wait, Asher, look at that." Merlin rubbed her eyes repeatedly. " You guys can see that something is moving behind that tree, right?" 

"Yes and?" Chronos raised his eyebrows. "Don't tell me you're afraid of ghosts. My goodness, that thing doesn't exist, don't believe in superstitions such as that."

"That's right, what Chronos said. It may just be a gust of wind, Merlin. Besides, Ignea hasn't said that the Malana forest is haunted at all. Anyway, now we must find Ignea and Aera's whereabouts. I wonder where they are?"