Reimu thinks that the first place to investigate is the Forest of Mist, as most of the goblins and youkai are all gathered here, including the spring elves she said she talked about.

Due to the snow, the fog inside the Forest of Fog has become very light, and it is easy for Ragnar and the others to look for clues.

"Reimu, are you sure it's really here?" Ragnar asked as he watched the changes around him.

"Are you questioning me?" Reimu immediately cast a kind ♂ look.

"No, no, no...... I'm just making some comments. Ragnar didn't dare to ask any further.

The Anomaly Investigation Team is searching-

I met a few passing goblins, and I only found a little clue from their words.

Fairy 1: "It's been snowing so often lately that many elves can't go out to find food, so I'm sorry, and I don't know if any suspicious characters have appeared."

Leprechaun 2: "zzzzz......"

The elf looked like it was hibernating, and Valkyrie tried to wake her up, but was stopped by Ragnar.

Fairy 3: "Spring elf? You mean Bai Lily, I remember she seemed to have appeared yesterday, but I can't seem to see her today......"

Reimu, who had found a clue, instantly became excited: "Please tell me where that goblin named Bai Lili is!"

Reimu shook Fairy 3 desperately, and Fairy 3's eyes turned into mosquito coil eyes.

"Reimu! If she faints, how do you ask her? Marisa couldn't stand it, and was busy persuading the excited Reimu Dao.

"Oooh! If you don't say it, I'll forget! Reimu let go of Fairy 3, and Fairy 3, who had been dizzy for a while, finally returned to normal, and then Ragnar hurriedly ran over to comfort her before getting down to business.

Fairy 3 wiped away the tears that came out of the frightened Reimu, pointed to the forest behind him and said, "I remember that the place where Bai Lili haunts is here, but there will be some dangerous monsters inside, please be careful."

"There's a dangerous youkai inside...... Thank you so much for your assistance, Ragnar, Marisa, Valkyrie, let's go! Reimu's gaze became serious, and it looked like she wanted to vent.

"Let's go~" Marisa carried the broom on her shoulder and followed Reimu's footsteps.

"I hope I don't kill them...... Ragnar felt sorry for the youkai.

“…… Thank you. Valkyrie bowed to Fairy 3 and thanked him, then followed Ragnar.

"It's a strange person, but that man is so gentle...... What a sweet feeling~" Fairy 3 is intoxicated with his own fantasy world.

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Reimu and the others came to the depths of the forest, the cold around them was intimidating, and the strange screams made inexplicably were the arrival of danger, but Reimu had no fear at all, but there was a lot of stuffiness to vent.

Valkyrie remained alert as a Valkyrie, and the silver sword hanging from her waist also emitted a faint silver light, while Marisa didn't have anything to do and walked leisurely.

Ragnar walked in front of Marisa, although the strength is naturally known, but it still needs to be protected, not to mention that it is quite humiliating for a big man to be protected by a girl.

"Woo-woo-"

There was a howl around them.

Listening to the timbre is supposed to be a beast or something, but why is it so tight here?

"Attention...... If someone comes, let's see who the other person is, otherwise it's our responsibility to hit the wrong person. Ragnar said.

"I know, I know, like an aunt, I'm verbose to death." Reimu looked annoyed.

Danger is everywhere, although Ragnar and they can face it, but they must still be cautious, this mutation is not something that can be launched by small people, but it requires a certain amount of power and the impact of the mutation on Gensokyo.

Rustle –

There was a sudden sound in the grass, Ragnar held the big sword behind him, staring at the grass, Reimu, Marisa, and Valkyrie also picked up their weapons and prepared for battle.

"Help—life—ah!" It sounded like a cry for help, and the movement in the grass grew louder.

"it!" Ragnar was frightened.

A white figure emerged from the grass and slammed into Ragnar's stomach, and after a brief backlash, Ragnar and the white figure flew away.

"The hosts! (Ragnar-kun!) Seeing that his master had been knocked down, Valkyrie hurried over to Ragnar's side, and Marisa followed.

"Is it an enemy attack? Now it's in trouble. Reimu muttered.

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"You are ......" Ragnar looked at the unknown creature that fell on top of him, with several cute transparent wings on his back, wearing a white dress, Lori's delicate body, this is not a goblin, this is a little Lori (all the same, okay).

"Goo, it hurts." Little Lori made an intoxicating voice, and Ragnar felt something sprout in her heart.

"It's okay." Ragnar doesn't care who the other party is, just ask the other person how he is doing.

"No, it's okay! Spring is coming! Eh, it doesn't seem to be coming......"

The lori looked at the snow around her, and then her face was full of disappointment.

"It's okay, you said that spring didn't come, are you the white Lily that the goblin said?"

"I'm Bai Lili, by the way, I'm really sorry, what is the name of this big brother?" Bai Lili sat on her knees and said apologies in her mouth.

"Hello, my name is Ragnar, I don't need to be sorry, you seem to be in danger, can you tell me what happened?" Ragnar asked with a gentle smile.

At this time, Valkyrie, Marisa, and Reimu all arrived.

"The hosts! You okay! Valkyrie half-crouched, his hands glowing, and pressed Ragnar's body.

Ragnar felt his sternum slowly healing, and knew that Valkyrie had the power to heal others.

"It's okay...... Thanks to Lord Valkyrie, I don't know if Miss Bai Lily is injured. ”

Valkyrie was overwhelmed by Ragnar's caring nature, and she turned to stroke Lily's head, and the light enveloped her, before disappearing.

"It doesn't seem to be hurt, master, is that the spring goblin?"

Hearing the word spring fairy, Reimu instantly became excited again, repeating the farce just now, and Marisa had to persuade again.

"Good...... I'm so dizzy......" Bai Lili was so shaken by Reimu that she almost vomited some vomit.

"Let me ask you, did you start this mutation?" Reimu's tone was very strong, but was this seemingly weak goblin really the one who started the mutation?

"No...... No, I'm a spring goblin, how can I make spring become winter? Bai Lily said fearfully hiding behind Ragnar.

"Miss Reimu...... Don't scare Miss Bai Lily like that......" Ragnar was suddenly helpless.

"Huh? It's not you, wait a minute............ If it's a spring fairy, it won't make your favorite season bad for no reason...... It seems that I misjudged. Reimu knew that he was looking for the wrong person, and now the clue was broken again.

"That Miss Bai Lily, do you know what spring is?" Ragnar remembered the key word for mutation, which was such a thing as "spring".

"You're talking about spring, and I haven't been able to feel the power of spring since the snow snowed in Fantasy Country."

"What is spring?" Marisa looks like a curious baby.

"Well, there's a lot of spring stuff in my head."

"Damn, there's a lot of spring in my head, that's not good." Marisa was surprised.

"Spring is a kind of strength...... There seems to be a lot wrong with what you mean. Valkyrie corrected Bai Lily's words.

"Actually...... I've been thinking that if the power of spring suddenly disappears, it is absorbed by something, but I never felt that something nearby was absorbing the power of spring. Ragnar had something to say, he already knew what aura was resonating in his body, but he didn't find evidence and didn't dare to make an assertion.

"Absorb power? That's supposed to be the power of something powerful, but where are we going to find it? Reimu was affected by Ragnar's words, and his thoughts suddenly connected.

"I think we'll have to go to Monster Mountain, maybe that paparazzi reporter who loves to take candid photos will know something." Ragnar looked at a mountain in the distance, his eyes full of confidence.