Earl and Fairy: Volume 6 [Complete] by Mizue Tani

Author:Mizue Tani
Language: eng
Format: epub

Lydia continued to try and explain to Lotta that Kelpie was just a fairy, but by the time they reached the coastal cliff, she still wasn’t sure whether the pirate girl believed her. According to Nico, this was where the dobies had said they should come. Light had started to return to the sky, and they were just able to make out their surroundings without a lamp.

“Ye’re after a worm’s lair?” Kelpie was incensed. “Ye don’t wanna be pokin’ around those, Lydia. It’s too dangerous. They breathe fire. It’s no joke.”

“Nobody asked you to come along,” she pointed out.

“I gotta come along, afore ye get yerself eaten by the damn thing. It’s no ordinary fairy. It’s a bloody big dragon.”

“If it’s such a threat, I hardly see how your presence would make any difference.”

“Ah’ve got my legs, don’t I? The thing’s huge. That means it’ll be slow as anythin’.”

Lydia wondered whether his escape plan included abandoning the unfortunate humans.

“Look, Lydia.” Lotta was pointing at the water’s edge beneath the cliff. “There’s a boat down there.”

There was no land between the cliffs and the water in this place, so to get to the sea, one had to descend a set of wooden steps built into the cliff face. A small boat had been tied up at the bottom of the steps, which had been built by the villagers.

“There should be a crevice in the rocks that leads to the worm’s lair. I suppose that’s what the boat is for,” Nico said, already making his way down.

Lotta followed him, obviously bemused by how he traversed them so easily on his hind legs. Lydia brought up the rear, and when they reached the small vessel, they found a piece of wood floating beside it. On closer inspection, it was a raft manned by a male dobie.

“Are you the fairy doctor?”

“Yes. Are you here to guide us?”

“You’ll only be fitting two humans in this little boat,” it said, glancing at Lotta and Kelpie, who stood behind Lydia. “Though I suppose the fairy-cat’ll be all right.”

“Ah’ll swim.” Kelpie dove into the sea without a moment’s hesitation. When the spray from his impact with the water subsided, there was a jet-black horse in his place. Lotta’s eyes widened.

“Please put these things on the boat too.” The dobie handed them a woven grass basket filled with forage, such as mushrooms and berries. It must have been food for Betty. “Now, fairy doctor, are you any good at rowing?”

“I’m sorry? Will I have to row?” Lydia faltered and was relieved when Lotta offered to do it instead.

“I’ll do it. I’m pretty good at it.”

“Then please follow me.”

The dobie’s raft followed the cliff. The waves buffeting the rocks sent the humans’ little boat rocking this way and that, but Lotta’s expert manipulation of the oars kept its bow perfectly pointed at the dobie’s makeshift vessel the entire time. At last, they came upon a boulder with a large, vertical crevice in its surface, into which the dobie steered its raft.

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