#77 - The bait wants to be eaten

That night, the Night Owl still didn't come.

Although the hazelnut forest was very quiet all night, Moon did not have an easy night.

In order to ensure that the boy in the wooden house appeared as a clueless prey, Zalan demanded that Moon bear the pressure before the disaster alone.

So, the day before, Zalan left the wooden house and completely hid in the dense hazelnut forest.

It was also after Zalan left that Moon realized that he didn't seem to be as strong as he had imagined.

Because he was worried that the Night Owl would suddenly appear, Moon didn't sleep well all night.

By the next morning, Moon had dark circles under his eyes, and a sense of determination had grown in his heart.

He now even hoped that the Night Owl would appear sooner so that he wouldn't have to endure the torment any longer.

When setting up the traps yesterday, Moon had thought about how to lure the other party.

At that time, he had considered letting Zalan shoot arrows at the gate of the monastery, and by the way, pass the note to the Night Owl.

However, as soon as he said it, Zalan denied it.

Because everything they had designed, including the dense traps around, was to confuse the other party.

To make the Night Owl think that there was only a little boy struggling to survive here.

......

Eating the leftover rice paste from last night, Moon couldn't help but think of yesterday's method again.

Although he is now the bait, if the fish doesn't come, he may be washed away by the surrounding water first.

However, the Night Owl still proved his ability, or rather, Brad's escape made the other party aware of something.

Just as Moon finished breakfast, a dull knock came from the wooden door.

Taking a look at the pebbles on the ground, Moon knew that someone was approaching the farm.

Knocking on the wooden house with inconspicuous pebbles was the method Zalan and Moon had agreed upon yesterday to transmit information.

Following the route in his memory, bypassing all the traps, Moon arrived at the entrance of the farm.

"Friar Layton, why are you here?"

The person who came was the white-robed friar in charge of all the servants of the Xilin Monastery.

When Moon went to find Brad, he had seen him assigning tasks to all the servants.

This friar was also the one who assigned Brad to search for the birth records of the Xilin people.

"Oh, I came to ask if Brad, who raises horses, has left the monastery. I don't know if he's here."

"Brad? He hasn't been here. Could he have gone home?"

"Probably not, there's no one at his house either."

"Then I don't know either."

"Okay, if you see him, please tell him that I'm looking for him."

"Okay."

When Friar Layton spoke, his eyes were fixed on Moon's right hand hidden behind his back.

Because of the light, he could see a short section of a stick shadow appearing in Moon's shadow.

Moon also noticed the other party's gaze, and after slightly adjusting the angle of his wrist, the stick shadow disappeared, and then he smiled and watched the other party leave.

However, the chubby Friar Layton was obviously not so easy to deceive. After taking three steps, he returned again.

"By the way! Your name is Moon Scarlett, right?"

"That's right."

"Your birth information is lost. If you have time, remember to come to the monastery to get a copy."

"Okay."

After Moon agreed, Friar Layton decisively turned and left, and his pace became faster and faster.

Friar Layton was sure that he had discovered an anomaly. He had never seen a person who had lost his identity certificate be so calm.

Because he didn't know the situation in the farm, he could only choose to return first.

However, he believed that just by bringing back this news, it was enough for him to accumulate enough merit to leave Xilin.

"I didn't expect to encounter a level three mission in this broken place."

......

After watching Layton leave, Moon returned to the wooden house along the same route.

As he was about to open the door, a small pebble hit him on the head.

Moon knew that this was Zalan's signal to him.

"Thank you for the compliment, I know my acting is okay."

Moon said to the empty room, and then another pebble hit him.

Moon accepted all of Zalan's compliments.

He is now very sure that the fierce catfish that came to Xilin has received the news.

......

Whenever night falls, some small animals always appear on the farm.

Foxes, wild cats, field mice, red squirrels, nightingales...

Even though Moon's practice of spells has consumed a lot of energy, these little guys seem to be endless to hunt.

So, usually when Moon sleeps in the wooden house, there will always be the sounds of various small animals accompanying him.

Tonight, these sounds of nature also arrived as scheduled, and they should have resounded until dawn.

But when the crescent moon appeared in the center of the sky, a dull sound disturbed all the animals.

Thump!

This is the sound of a large stone being hung up and falling to the ground.

Moon immediately perked up after hearing the sound.

He participated in the production of every trap around, so he knew very well what this sound represented.

Holding the magic wand tightly in his hand, Moon resolutely walked out of the wooden house.

Not long after the sound of the stone falling to the ground, a series of sounds of wood falling, wooden arrows flying, iron nails hitting, and wood breaking came one after another.

Moon slowly turned a circle, facing the direction where the sound came from.

Because of the darkness, he couldn't see the specific situation in the distance, but he knew that the other party was showing off!

【I guessed right!】

Moon muttered in his heart, and then looked at the direction where the sound last came from.

"There are quite a few traps, you must have tried your best."

A hoarse voice came from the darkness, and then a man shrouded in black clothes walked out of the forest.

"You are not him!"

Moon could tell from the other party's figure that this was not the same Night Owl he had encountered in the cave.

"Oh, you're talking about that cripple, I've already helped him to be free."

Although he had long known that the Night Owl was inhuman, the act of killing his companion once again refreshed Moon's understanding.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to kill you. As long as you come with me, I'll guarantee that nothing will happen to you."

Perhaps the magic wand in Moon's hand played a role, the Night Owl on the opposite side didn't directly attack.

However, his words surprised Moon a little.

Not killing himself, but wanting to take him away.

Then the other party is likely to have taken a fancy to other things, and what Moon really has is something related to magic.

Seeing Moon standing still, the Night Owl sneered.

"Don't struggle, I already know that you still have uncle, aunt, cousin..."

Hearing that the Night Owl was threatening him with his relatives, Moon took two deep breaths and stared at the other party seriously.

"I still need to take some things."

"Heh, don't think about running away, this forest is very big, but all the traps have been broken by me, I will definitely be able to catch you before you run out of the forest."

"I didn't want to run, I just need to pack up some tools for making magic potions."

"Magic potions?"

The Night Owl's tone was obviously higher after hearing about the magic potions.

"The tools are in the house, I need to pack them up."

"Okay, I hope you don't play tricks."

Getting the Night Owl's consent, Moon knew that he had guessed right, the other party was here for the magic on his body.

More precisely, it was for the only Hogwarts magic in this world.

Moon held the magic wand and slowly retreated, until he walked into the wooden house and closed the door, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't waste time, take the things and come out quickly!"

The Night Owl's voice sounded again.

It's just that there's no one in the wooden house anymore.