A great wizard?! Is she f*****g kidding, or is she telling the truth? I wondered. The rest of the girls had to be thinking the same. Euphie and Elsa looked doubtful, although Yvonne looked as though she were giving the matter serious thought. Just how on earth could magic exist? How could it be that these Figs were responsible for giving people the ability to do magic?
Still, the fact remained that this island had surpassed all our expectations and thrown us into unexpected situations at every turn. So far, we had seen so many unbelievable things—the way we had become unusually lusty as a result of the curse that Blackbeard had put on his treasure, the way that Francis's men had reacted and begun killing one another, and finally, the Figs of Vigor themselves. Even the little monkey that h
