The mysterious journey begins with becoming a pirate

The two looked back and saw Ariel, who was wearing a snow suit, snow boots and a gray hood, standing behind them with a fierce look.

"Ah, dear Ariel. It must be hard to work the night shift." Alok quickly tried to smooth things over.

"I took a rest last night." Ariel looked at Alok and replied expressionlessly.

"Uh~~~The Queen is really caring." Alok replied awkwardly.

"So, you scolded me this morning." Ariel's expression twitched a little.

"Uh~~" Alok was speechless. He looked at Ariel awkwardly, at a loss.

Majik scratched his head and said quickly: "I have to go see if there are any broken branches in the Dusk Forest, and clean them up quickly."

After that, he ran away without even throwing away the broom.

"I only saw Majik and Danielle last night, and I thought you went to work in the heavy snow." Alok shrugged and said directly.

Ariel obviously didn't want to continue this topic, and said:

"How did you come so quickly? I thought the Dark Moon Forest would take a long time. Every time there is a change of people here, it is not called the Dark Moon Forest if it doesn't take three to five years."

"It just happened that I came here for something. The Queen arranged for us to come to replace Magik. But I don't think Magik has much interest in the Dark Moon Forest." Alok explained calmly.

"Indeed, he was not very interested in it. I submitted the retirement application for him." Ariel looked back and said.

"Is there any reason?" Alok asked in surprise.

"I have been here for too long and I regard this place as my home." Ariel answered casually.

"Well~~ It does feel like home here." Alok shrugged.

He looked around with a smile, pointed to Ir who was playing in the snow with a few children on the street, and said:

"Ivel, my sister."

"I heard from my sister. She has a good witch talent." Ariel said as he looked at Ir on the street.

After that, she smiled and walked to the street, mingling with Ir and the kids.

Alok shrugged and watched the scene.

Helplessly thought: Girls can always get along well.

Alok thought for a while, and shouted to Ir:

"I'm going to the Dusk Forest. Remember to come back early, it's too cold outside."

This earned Ir's disregard, waving his arms, not listening at all.

"I know, I know. You've become nagging, like a father."

Alok shook his head and turned to walk to the back door of Dark Night Rose.

The Dusk Forest has become completely different from summer.

The Dusk Forest, which was originally lush and covered with a thin mist, has become somewhat beautiful.

Those originally lush trees have become jade trees, with crystal snow hanging on the branches.

The whole forest is a wonder of rime.

The air is clear, and the huge snow tree in the center can be seen at a glance.

The snow in the forest was 30 centimeters deep, making it difficult for Alok to walk.

But he had no choice but to move forward step by step towards the center of the Dusk Forest.

Fortunately, he also changed into thick winter clothes this morning and put on leather and furry snow boots on his feet.

He had seen Magik's footprints, and he was also walking towards the center.

So he stepped on these footprints, saving a lot of effort.

Danielle obviously jumped over from the tree. There were no footprints on the ground, but some snow occasionally fell from the tree.

"Daniel. Magik." Alok shouted loudly while standing under the tree.

A moment later.

Danielle showed her head on the tall tree, waved to Alok, and said, "Come up."

He used his flexible limbs to jump onto the first branch.

Behind the tree was a small wooden door, and there was a different world inside.

"This is my first time coming up. It looks very good here." Alok exclaimed.

"That's because you were just a devout believer in life before. Now you are an elf of the Darkmoon Forest." Danielle teased.

She handed Elrok a cup of hot tea made from clear leaves to help him warm up. Then she said:

"Majik is about to go to the Dusk Forest for a tour. Do you want to follow? This is also a job."

"Of course." Elrok replied as a matter of course.

"Don't be too anxious." Majik drank a sip of hot tea, put down the oak cup, and said.

He looked at Alok and said, "My job here is to take care of the trees, especially the third-floor ones, and maintain the balance of nature." "Like today, nature is a little unbalanced. But this is the rule after snowing. Don't worry, it will recover naturally after a while. We mainly go to see if there are any big branches that have been broken. We need to do an operation on it and connect it." "In addition, there is nothing much to say about the work in the bar, it is just the general work of a store manager. Buying, selling, cooking, serving, arranging rooms, cleaning rooms, personnel management, withholding wages. No, it is to pay wages." Alok looked at Majik in surprise and asked puzzledly: "Have you decided to leave?" Majik fell into deep thought, and after a moment he said, "Well~~~ I just decided to hand over part of the work to you. I'm retired. Haha." "Uh~~" Alok shrugged. "That's right. After retirement, you can just do the work you like. For example, protecting nature and connecting with nature." Daniel said with a smile.

Majik seemed to be in a bright mood and continued with a smile:

"So, there's no need to leave here at all. I can still stay here. But I can ignore the things I don't want to do, right."

"That's right. Cheers." Danielle smiled and raised the wooden cup.

"That's it." Alok scratched his head.

He heard what Majik and Danielle meant.

Majik hopes to stay here and not return to the Dark Moon Forest. But I don’t want to continue with the daily management of the hotel.

He will continue the daily maintenance and management of the Twilight Forest. This is a job that a druid enjoys.

But thinking about it this way, it’s not bad.

Someone else can help me take care of the Twilight Forest to avoid too much trouble.

But I guess I have to worry about the management of the hotel.

It looked like Majik didn't like this very much. Maybe it's okay to go have a drink.

"By the way. Alok also has to be responsible for part of the daily maintenance of the forest. This is your task." Danielle said to Alok, obviously on Majik's side.

"Well~~I know nothing about it." Alok shrugged helplessly.

"So you go on patrol now." Danielle said matter-of-factly.

"Oh!" Alok replied, staring at the hot tea in the cup.

"Wait until I finish drinking this cup of hot tea."

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Walking one foot deep and one foot shallow in the forest, Majik introduced the place to Ailok.

"The larger the ecosystem, the easier it is to maintain balance, and the easier it is to adjust when it's out of balance. The smaller it is, the harder it is."

He pointed around and continued: "It's like the Twilight Forest, which is the most difficult one. Because the ecological circle here is too small, and the surrounding area is not completely opposite to nature. And there are often some external things that affect this place. . Leading to frequent imbalances.”

"So we just have to adjust the balance from time to time."

Alok knew that this was Majik introducing his experience to him, so he listened quite seriously, nodded and replied:

"Hmm. Is there anything that would affect the balance?"

"For example, there is heavy snow. Another example is man-made logging, pruning branches, and vandalism. For example, picking fruits before they are ripe. Another example is too many migratory birds. Wait, these will affect the ecology." Majik said with his fingers. said.

"Droughts, floods, hail. Too many."

"Uh~~ It's such a complicated system." Alok frowned.

He pointed to a thick branch broken from the tree in front of him and said:

"Looks like we're going to have to do some surgery on it."

"That's right, it was broken by the weight of the snow." Majik said while stroking his chin.

"How?" Alok asked.

"First, I need to straighten him up, then I have to communicate with the tree to make it wake up, and then I connect the two sections," Majik said.

"It's easy to say, but it's impossible for me to communicate naturally." Alok scratched his head helplessly.

"You don't have to come out. I'll just come." Majik replied with a smile.