Unfortunately, no matter how loudly Russell shouted, he could not disturb Saiban the fairy's sleep. Little Dream Dragon casually puffed two streams of thick smoke from his nostrils, waking Saiban.
"Hee hee hee hee hee..." A silver-bell-like laugh came from Saiban. Just like last time, the moment he woke, he entered Dream Clone, as calmly and naturally as if it were his own home.
His six withered-leaf wings fluttered lightly as he flickered before Russell.
The laughter was highly infectious, and Little Dream Dragon immediately began flying around with crackling laughter again. Russell, however, resisted it.
"Saiban, we meet again."
Saiban stopped laughing and seemed to fall silent. After a long while, a cool breeze swept through the surroundings, and indistinct whispers sounded by Russell's ear.
It was not any language, yet Russell could understand it.
"Few people see me again, Russell Fluorite Mushroom, knight who rides a giant dragon. Why are you so unique, and so fortunate?"
"Is that so? I think we'll meet a third time, a fourth time, and countless more times after that," Russell said with a smile.
With such an interesting fairy as a neighbor, one who could casually produce miraculous creations like Essence Fruit, how could he let him go so easily?
He would not stop until he had thoroughly fleeced Saiban.
Saiban fell silent again. After a long while, just as Russell thought he was about to flee, the whispers of the snow forest rose once more.
"Every encounter is fated. The will of the snow forest cannot be violated, but a knight's fortune deserves respect as well." Saiban froze in place, his tiny soybean-sized eyes staring at Russell. "But if you wish to receive the snow forest's blessing again, you must pay an equal price."
"Is that so?" Russell nodded. He could