Immediately the next day Alex set off to the fairy village together with Naila. Both of them were intrigued, the fairy not knowing as much as he did but she followed him, curious as to why the elf had seemed to want to find the merchant so badly. At first they went to all of the trading roads surrounding the village. One by one most of them were actually empty. It had been a bad season for them. The elf Kingdom, which was on the main road for merchants, had fallen on a tough winter again making it hard for them to pass. So trade has been slow lately, or more like for the last three years.
"Excuse me, do you know where we can find a merchant? He was here yesterday. He sold old things, like antiques and books." Naila asked an old fairy man as he walked down the road. Farming tools on his back as he took each of his steps slowly. The man, his skin tanned by the harsh sun looked up, his straw hat hiding a part of his eyes.
