Just as the Spirit Said

O Great Fairy... Please forgive this foolish mortal...

I wonder what that kid's doing? Hey! Are you okay?

Hello! What a happy coincidence. I dropped something into this spring a little while ago... It's something very precious to me. I was just praying to the Great Fairy who inhabits the pool to forgive my mistake and return my possession.

This is a fairy spring? Looks like a regular old pond to me. It doesn't look all that deep, either. Can't you just wade in and fish out what you dropped?

That wouldn't be right! I have to show the Great Fairy I'm sorry for disturbing the pool.

Hey! Great Fairy! Please help this foolish mortal...

What was that? Don't tell me...

The Great Fairy! It heard my prayers after all!

You heard it yourself, didn't you?

Didn't you?!

Yeah... Well, I heard a voice asking for Teardrop Grass, anyway.

Teardrop Grass... How am I meant to get that?

Teardrop Grass grows on the far side of the Zol Plains. But the plains are full of dinosaurs and other perils. I don't know if I can make that trip...

If only I had some strapping young champion who could go in my stead! Great Fairy! Please, offer me guidance in my time of need.

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Oh? Ah-ha...

Good sir, you look like you can handle yourself in combat, am I right?

It must be the will of the Great Fairy that guided you here to me!

What?!

I see it all now. Our meeting here in this place was no accident. Fate is telling you to gather the Teardrop Grass for me to offer up!

That's an...interesting interpretation.

Okay, fine. Teardrop Grass, right?

Thank you for being so understanding. Teardrop Grass is a plant that grows on the Zol Plains. I will await you here and continue wishing as hard as I can wish. Let me know when you've found it.

Teardrop Grass grows on the far side of the Zol Plains. Let me know when you've found it.

O Great Fairy... Please forgive this foolish mortal...

Hey, I got you the Teardrop Grass.

Wonderful! I knew the Great Fairy would not forsake me!

Uh, yeah, sure. Here you go.

Yes, yes, this is the real thing all right. O Great Fairy, I offer you this tribute with a humble heart...

Haaah!

Whoa, I'm pretty sure you don't have to hurl it in like that...

Kind of materialistic for a fairy...

Great Fairy, thank you for guiding this lost lamb toward salvation! What spectacular benevolence! I will gladly undertake this new trial.

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Oh, what am I to do? Kemomo Nuts grow all the way on the far side of the Zol Plains. I don't know if I can make such a journey myself. If only there were some strapping young champion who could go in my stead...

Well, I need to head home. Good luck with everything...

What's this? Surely you don't mean to flee from this challenge with your tail between your legs? Do you intend to abandon a weak, defenseless maiden to her cruel fate?

How heartless this world can be!

Okay, I get the message. I'll go for you. What was it I'm looking for this time? Kemomo Nuts, right?

Yes, it's a nut that can be found on the Zol Plains. May the Great Fairy's blessings be upon you! I will await you here and continue wishing as hard as I can wish. Let me know when you've found what we need.

Kemomo Nuts grows on the far side of the Zol Plains. Let me know when you've found some.

Oh, merciful traveler... My prayers have been answered, you did not forsake me after all!

...... Uh, yeah. Anyway, here you go.

Yes, yes, these are the real thing all right. O Great Fairy, I offer you this tribute with a humble heart...

Haaah!

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Great Fairy, you wish to wed me? I'm not sure I understand...

What a creepy laugh... Hey, don't you think there's something weird about this?

Do not sully this sacred ritual with your disrespectful words!

Great Fairy, I hear and understand. Let us be joined in wedlock. I place myself entirely at your mercy.

Whatever it is you dropped, it can't be worth these extreme measures. Ask yourself, would a real fairy make these kinds of demands? Don't let it push you around anymore!

Finally showing your true colors, huh? Quit hiding and show yourself, you coward!

Curse you... I was so close to making this maiden my own... Grawargh...

Great Fairy!

Open your eyes, that was no fairy. Just a plain old monster. It lied to you. It's been using you all this time.

Can this be?

How could I be so foolish?

At least you can see the truth now. Huh? What's that?

Don't tell me this is what you've been trying to get back?

That's, !

Yes! That's the hair clip I dropped in the spring! Kind traveler, if you have this, that can only mean one thing.

Huh?

You were the real Great Fairy all along! I knew it! I could tell the first time we met there was something different about you. Oh, my heart feels fit to burst! I must go and prepare a suitable offering!

Wait, let's talk about this! She didn't listen, what a surprise.

But she got her stuff back, and we beat the monster, so all's well that ends well. I'd better get out of here in case she really does come back with some kind of offering...