The Villainess Wants To Go Home novel Chapter 62

~Artemis P.O.V~

Following behind Elisaria, I admired my greenery surrounding that was filled with many mythical creatures and flowers I have never seen before.

These parts of the Viridis were magnifically beautiful, yet according to Elisaria it was the most dangerous part of Viridis.

Beautiful but Dangerous.

I wanted to get a better look at the creatures and maybe get to pet them, but Elisaria wouldn't let me because she wanted to gather burchwood mushrooms before the Gruirospos devoured them all.

I remember reading about them in one of the books in the Glacies library, but I had forgotten what they look like since the overload of information I was gathering.

According to what I remember reading, they are small creatures that reside near swamps or damp areas of the forest harmless little creatures that love eating berries and fruit, but their favourite food are burchwood mushrooms that only grow in certain times of spring.

No wonder Elisaria is determined to get to the mushrooms before they do and leave her nothing until next spring.

She has been swiftly waddling her way through the path mumbling curse words at the Gruirospos for what seemed like 20 minutes we have been strolling through.

"Why don't you plant them yourself? it will save you a lot of time and effort of going in and out and looking for them when you have them growing at the comfort of your own home" I suggested as I leaned behind her shoulder.

She swatted her hand back clicking her tongue. "Do ya think I have never attempted that. Those scruffy rascals decided to scurry their way to my cottage and eat them away every year knowing that I grow them." She said with irritation with a scowl across her face.

I sweat dropped and my eye twitched "Of course you have you tried that" I mumbled with a groan. I decided to keep looking around when I spotted something perching on top a log. I stopped to get a better look.

It was a fox, yet it looked smaller, and it was pale blue transparent colour with what seemed like smoke was steaming from it. It stared back at me with his sharp almond eyes that was the colour of coal, sitting with its pale blue transparent tail curled around itself.

The fox was the most beautiful fox I had ever seen before, sorry Homura but this fox is even more dashing then you.

"What are ya looking at?" I gave a side glance at the witch that staggered beside me with the same pissed off expression of hers.

"The fo-" I looked back expecting to see the fox on the log but was caught off guard when it wasn't leaving a trace of pale transparent smoke that soon faded into the air. "Fox?" I titled my head in confusion.

"Stop mucking around and lets get on with it" she trodden off with a few cursed mumbles. I pouted angrily. "Who pissed in her cup?" crossing my hands and grumbled while my gaze followed her arched back side.

Glancing back at where the blue transparent fox, I sighed in annoyance. "I'm probably hallucinating" I ruffled the back of my head.

"What's taking ya so long. Come on young lass before ya get eaten by the Carmedequus" she then proceeded to chuckle at that comment. I jogged after her making sure I didn't reopen my wound.

'For an old witch she sure is fast. Tch, how did I even get wounded in the first place?'

"Are we nearly to our destination?" I asked impatiently. "No" she replied quickly.

"How long do we have to keep walking?" I slugged my shoulder feeling tired already. 'Stupid body'

"Not long"

"Can you be a little more specific" I said with a vein throb visible on my temple, feeling frustrated and annoyed to why I'm following around a witch in a forest going to an unknown destination.

"Alright" she agreed yet I heard a hint of sarcasm in her tone. "We aren't there yet"

My eye twitched and I sneered at her. "How a bit a more"

She smacked her lips together "Not too long". I wanted to strangle this old hag like Homer does to Bart but kept my composure as I breathed in some fresh air.

"Ya try to strangle me I won't hesitate to turn ya into a slimy hobgoblin" she spoke nonchalantly making me flinch in surprise. "You turn me into a hobgoblin, and you will be hearing croaky grumbles every night when you're trying to sleep for the rest of your life until you take your last breath" I warned her with a wiggle of my eyebrow.

"Then I won't forget to mute ya" she wagged her finger in the air. I wrinkled my brow and crossed my hands.

'Stupid old hag' I kicked a small round pebble. "I agree with ya on the last statement but not the first one"

"STOP READING MY MIND" I shrieked.

"Ahhhh~ here we are" Elisaria dodged my statement and split a bush in two and walked through. I watched in annoyance and confusion with my mouth wide open.

"What is with this witch?" I mumbled before hearing her to come along.

Huffing in annoyance I followed her actions, splitting the bush apart and stepping through.

I nearly tripped over a vine, but I quickly caught myself before I face palmed the ground and balanced straight up.

"Get out of here ya scrawny little devils!" Elisaria was screaming at some small little fluff balls that were trying to get some of those light purple mushrooms that glowed a faint pink colour, growing from the side of the tree.

I sweat dropped when I saw the witch blast out some kind magic at them that sparked like a firecracker when touched the ground.

The Gruirospos hopped around for their lives avoiding the sparks the witch threw at them. The witch however was cackling like an evil witch as she did, enjoying the sight of them screaming in a high pitch squeak.

I stood there looking side to side in confusion not knowing whether to interfere or just leave the witch to her business. I decided to step back and let the witch do what she was doing.

One little fluff ball however had a mushroom clutched in between its hand was running away with its little legs, out of sight from the witch who was now busy trying to snatch one of the mushrooms from the small creature who was trying it's hardest to not let go.

"Let go ya devil. This is my mushroom!"

The Gruirospo's attention was on the witch, it's round head turned back to see if the witch was on it's trail. I watched it get closer to me before it turned it's head and squeaked when it saw me but couldn't stop in time and crashed at the tip of my foot.

I rose an eyebrow as I saw the creature roll on it's back with the mushroom flying the other direction.

It sat in a sitting position and rubbed it's head with its hand. It was a soft looking small creature with white fur the colour of snow, a round head with a flat face, golden frog like eyes with the oval pupil being a vertical. It had long eyelashes yet long looking ones growing from the corner of the eye and ending into a twirl.

It had a human like mouth yet a wider and it stretched a little forward. In the end it's body was like a toad except for it's fingers looking like brown water droplets.

I stretched my hand down startling the creature into a run, but it didn't know where it was going that it ran around in circles. I pinched the back of it, feeling how stretchy and delicate the skin was before pulling up to my eye level. Looking at it closer it looked kind of adorable.

"I had imagined you would be some ugly pixie or something. Never have I thought you would be a ball of white fluff" I poked it's belly with my long slender finger. It didn't move an inch and was still like a stone as it feared that I would attack if it moved a single finger.

I looked down to see the mushroom on the dirt floor and smirked a little. Picking it up I saw it's eyes widened. I opened my mouth and pretended to put it in my mouth.

It let out a defeated squeak when I did.

Teasing it, I pulled the mushroom away from mouth and it's eyes didn't leave the purple fungus one bit before I hovered near my mouth again "Ahhhh"

"Nooooo" it squeaked. I couldn't help but grin, teasing these creatures were amusing.

I pulled it back, then back in.