Crumble turned around and the crystal duck interrogated him on what the cat had done in the office and why. Crumble explained everything and hoped this weird figure would understand he wasn’t a threat. “I can see you’re telling the truth. This doesn’t sound dangerous for my dwarf, so I guess I don’t have to intervene”, it said. The cat was amazed by this creature and asked where it had come from and what it was (politely). “I don’t know if there are more of my kind or if I am a strange experiment of a magician”, the duck replied, “but I probably would never have seen the daylight if my dwarf had not found me in between stones and gemstones deep down in a mine… Ever since then I have promised to protect my friend and his business against any harmful people or things. It gives my life a meaning and he treats me very well. I advise him in business questions and he makes sure that I feel comfortable.”

Crumble rushed into the room and suddenly froze when he noticed a great figure on the other side of the room! Seconds passed and nothing happened, so the cat carefully lit a magic light and quietly shut the door behind him.
Now he walked closer and realized the giant silhouette was a huge crystal formed like a duck – probably the most valuable piece in the whole boutique and therefore kept safe where only the owner would be.
Crumble looked around for a while, yet he didn’t find a better place than the working desk to put the package. He had to make sure the dwarf would find it and right here he definitely would. The cat wondered if he had done everything needed for his mission and then carefully walked back to the door again. Everything should get well now.
Right at the moment Crumble was about to open the door and turn off the magic light, he heard a voice that sounded like stone and metal at the same time:”You’re not going to leave yet, are you?”
He turned around and was shocked – the giant crystal duck’s head had moved a bit and it was now looking right at him!

When Crumble had finally sorted all the facts he had written down, he crafted almost a work of art declaring why Gnol certainly must have been a dwarf. The cat made sure to save his proof on several different mediums and finally print it out.
He prepared a little package with both the important writing and a photo of the broken portal, added a little piece of paper ‘To restore our great dwarf’s honor’ and wrapped everything in paper.
Now came the most thrilling part of the whole mission: Crumble had to get in the gemstone boutique and hide the package where the owner would surely find it but not discover the cat himself (maybe it wouldn’t be that bad, but still Crumble hoped he could make it without being noticed)! He sneaked into the shop without the treasure first and had a closer look at this man: he looked at his jewels with shiny eyes and resembled a proud miner who had reached the greatest goal of all times. On the basic layer Crumble was able to see a small man, heavily built! This was definitely a dwarf!
The cat went back to get the package and had to be careful not to run into this guy’s arms while searching for a place to hide it. Gladly, the dwarf was busy talking to some others and the cat sneaked into some backrooms…

For now, Crumble spent his time reading everything about Toof Gnol. He wrote out all facts that made him seem like a dwarf and was overwhelmed by all the sites on the internet and books about him. Gnol was like the most famous guy ever (in dwarf history)!
Bunny Clemens tried helping him, but unfortunately wasn’t able to write in his furry form. So mainly he just read as well and shouted (squeaked) when he found something important.
Mira played around a lot with her new SpiriTab and found many useful applications for her everday spirit life. It made her happy that she had been able to help Stella on such an important task and she hoped this would happen more often.
Everyone seemed busy, so Jenna and Stella already prepared for creating the final potion for Clemens. These kinds of drinks had not been mentioned in magic class because they were pretty dangerous, so now there was a lot to research! Gladly, they were explained in a few of the many magic books both of them owned!
The day went by with everybody reading and concentrating…

The quarrel was about a man who had lived a few hundred years ago, philosopher and thinker Toof Gnol. He was famous for various important discoveries and elaborate works on several topics; also, he had been seen as a dwarf all the time. All dwarves in the world were proud of this person and his achievements were mentioned in almost every important speech a dwarf held (which might not be often, but his name was present at all times). Stella had already read about him during her research.
Recently, at a pub and rather late at night, someone started a discussion that Gnol had been a human or maybe an elf but certainly no dwarf! It should be mentioned the person who announced this was already drunk and only wanted to annoy the dwarves around.
Unfortunately, he succeeded and there was a huge quarrel which made the dwarves promise to not talk to or help any other people until this was cleared up and everyone accepted Gnol to have been a dwarf.
Stella smiled. Now there was a way to get out of this miserable position! Finally. Yet, Crumble would have to research and read a lot now!