The fjord, the sleeping island.

"I didn't expect that the first guest of the Sleeping Curse would be you," said Tili with a smile and a cup of hot fish soup, "and thanks to your help in exploring the ruins of the Shadow Islands."

"You are kind," said Thunder, taking the fish soup, "for that mysterious sea, I would like to go a few more times, even if I don't pay the commission."To be honest, if there were no witches, the East of the Shadow Islands would be a dangerous no-go zone for explorers.”He sipped the fish soup, and couldn't help but take the heat out, "Ah... the soup of the black-tailed fish is really beautiful."

The fjord is neither popular with black tea nor black tea and masonry, and they are used to drinking a cup of boiled fish soup when it is cold in mid-summer.The taste of different species of fish is also very different, this is the custom of Tilie coming to the sleeping island and gradually understanding it.

“So you can’t wait to come to the sleeping spell?”

"To be right, I can't wait to start the next adventure," said the Thunder with great pride, "the last sight I saw in the ruins of the mirror can surprise me - what is on the land, why the stone door appears on the cliff wall, I would like to fly over to see."

"Yes," said Tily, pouring herself a cup of fish soup, "you should know that I intend to go to the border town in person, both to talk to the lord of the meeting, but also to see the demonic moon in the western world."“Don’t you want to look at it with us?”

He was silent for a moment, then grinned, "It's still impossible, she should be doing well there, that's all right... After all, exploring like this, maybe one day there will be an accident."I lost her mother and didn’t want to lose her again.Until then, please...”

"I will," said Tily, "after all, she is one of us," she said, smiling, "but business is business, and although you have helped us a lot, the price of a witch has to come up."

"Business is business, of course, and that's the fjord tradition."The thunder drank the fish soup and laughed.

...

“So, how many did he hire?”Seeing the thunder leaving the palace, the ashes came in from outside the hall, and sat down cross-legged beside Tily.

"Magic servant Molly, any portal track and doll shadow."“The cost was finally set on four thousand eight hundred golden dragons, and the returns were very rich, right?”

“Four thousand...” Ash opened his mouth, “Where did he get so much money?”

"Don't forget that the Thunder is the most famous explorer in the fjord," the five princesses smiled, "whether it is the discovery of new routes, or the treasures that have been excavated from all over the world, it can bring him a lot of wealth."It is for this reason that he has the ability to recruit large groups of experienced sailors again and again to accompany him to explore the mysterious and dangerous areas.But with the witch, the risk he takes is greatly reduced, and it is a good deal to offset the risk with money.”

“But is that really okay?”Ash hesitated, “The establishment of a bounty guile can indeed bring a great deal of wealth to the sleeping island, but the witch’s power will also be exposed, if it reaches the ear of the church...”

Sleeping Spell is a new guile formed by Tiley, where explorers of the fjord islands can hire witches of the right abilities to help them complete their expeditions.Of course, in addition to the main project, it also provides many convenience services, such as repairing broken items, making some beautiful works of art, building houses quickly, raising flowers and insecticidal, etc. - as long as it is not using the witch's ability to do evil, it will be accepted by the sleeping spell.

Of course, the premise of all this is to make their abilities public.

Tily took the ashes in hand, "I didn't tell you, I don't care about those golden dragons, but I hope that through the bounty guile, more people can understand the sleeping island and reach close contact with us."There is a saying in the Thunder that I agree that fear comes from the unknown, and so does the witch.The fear of the fjord islanders and the inhabitants of the Kingdom comes from the slander of the Church and from their own ignorance.”

“I can’t force them to contact and understand witches, so I can only actively promote themselves, telling them that this is not the power of the devil, and that witches’ abilities are not surprising – they wake up to ordinary people and are essentially human beings.”When we know each other more, that fear does not exist.”She paused and continued, “As for the church, they never cared what power we had, and the arrest of witches was always the responsibility of the adjudicators, and occasionally the punishment of the army.”No power makes much difference in the face of the stone of divine punishment.”

"I hope you're right," Ash said softly. "I'll just fight and kill, and I won't help you at this point."

"You have helped me a lot," smiled Tili, "the most important thing to grow and develop the sleeping island is to associate it with the fjord islands."Mutual understanding is a process, and I do this only to shorten it as soon as possible.In addition, the bounty guile can play a special role," she said, spitting out her tongue and showing a cunning smile, "that is, finding new uses for seemingly useless abilities, so that non-fight witches do not have to be frustrated that their abilities are of little use."

Ash was amused by her look, "Your reasons are always so many, layer by layer, it is difficult for people to want to accept it."

"Because I'm right," said Tily, "change the subject, and Macy's not yet back on Sleep Island, is there any change?"

“Maybe something is delayed,” Ash thought for a moment, “or...”

“What?”

“She doesn’t want to come back,” she shrugged, “and the living conditions there are much better than the fjords.”I had said not to send a witch over, what if lotus and honey don’t want to come back?”

“Let’s go,” Tilly said.

“Oh, I’m going to get ready... what?”The ashes froze for a while before they came back to God, “Me, we’re over?”

The five princesses brushed their mouths, "Didn't we help him fight the evil beast, and come back to the other witches?"If there is no lotus, next year's immigrants will have no houses."

“But there’s more than a month from winter, and you don’t have to go so fast, do you?”

"It takes a lot of time on the road, if the border town really encounters some trouble, we can get to the witch who can help the party as soon as possible, and..." she blinked, "I want to see with my own eyes what my disgusting brother has become."(.)