November 4th, 8 a.m

"Although the shopkeeper Sang said that he was going west, it seems that something is wrong" Sakuya couldn't help but hurt her brain when she looked at the boulder in front of her, her strength was very small, and she couldn't fly, even if she paused for time, she couldn't move away or avoid the obstacles in front of her

"Do you want to call Misuzu here" Sakuya thought about it, but quickly shook her head again, Misuzu still has to guard the Red Devil Pavilion, she was not there in the first place, if she is called out again, what happens to the Red Devil Pavilion will definitely apologize for herself

"If you take a detour," Sakiya looked around, not to mention that there were towering ancient trees nearby, and the rumors about the Magic Forest alone made her afraid to take a detour at will

"A man-eating demon?" Of course she doesn't believe this kind of rumor, she is not a three-year-old child for a long time, even if there is such a monster, she will not hesitate to cut off his (her) head, but the key is that there are many grass plants in the Magic Forest, such as pitcher plants that can melt women's clothes, and vines that bind women are simply female hell

"Sure enough, I'm going to ask someone else for help," Sakuya sighed, she had already spent three or four hours here, and if she didn't hurry up, the eldest lady would be angry

After seeing Sakiya leave, the figure hiding in the bushes gradually dispersed

———————————————————————————————————— the dividing line of the plant

Chong looked at the herbaceous plants that were about to move nearby, and couldn't help but have the idea of setting fire to burn the neighborhood clean, but it was a pity that he didn't like to play with fire, and he had many opportunities not to fight in the field because he didn't set fire. The hand didn't run, did it? I really admire Marisa who dares to live here

The sound of a "sand" object sliding across the wetlands sounded, and a vine stained with a strange liquid suddenly lunged at him

"Huh" he frowned in disgust, then drew his knife and slashed it cleanly, disgusting

Chong couldn't help but sigh in his heart, always feeling that he was going deeper and deeper, and there was no signal on his mobile phone, and there was no way to have a map here

"Sand" again? There is no mistake about these touches. Is there a problem with the sexual orientation of the hand?!

"Qiang" Chong drew his knife indifferently, and then decisively slashed back, anyway, there is no human living here, and if you cut it wrong, you will cut it wrong

"Click" Chong suddenly stopped the knife momentum, not because he saw the person clearly, but because

——— his neck was already pointed at two javelins

"Sorry, get used to it, please put the knife away first, after all, they don't have long eyes" The blonde girl looked at the blade, which was only a centimeter from the tip of her nose, and didn't even blink her eyes, but only reminded her faintly

Chong retracted the knife into its sheath

"Sha" She also pulled the little doll back to her side

Chong looked at the visitor with some vigilance, a girl actually dared to come here alone, it was definitely not an ordinary person

"Judging from the fact that you've been wandering here for so long, you must be lost," the girl glanced back at the suddenly excited touch behind her. The hand said, "My house is in front, and it is a place where passers-by are allowed to rest for a while, so if you want to go, come along, but in exchange, can you go first?"

"Deal" Chong directly interrupted her words, and then walked deeper into the vines with a knife

“！” So Chong rushed into the vines like a lawn mower in the next time and opened Wushuang, speaking of which, her hands just now can definitely brush off these things without injury, right, it was really touched. Is there any powerful buff on the hand against a woman?

Twenty minutes later

"There is clear water at the door, please wash your body before stepping in," said the girl, turning back after opening the door of the bungalow

Chong looked at the colorful liquid on his body and nodded

The girl put down the book she was holding, then pulled out a chair and sat down

"Dong Dong", who had cleaned up his body, symbolically knocked on the door of the void

"It's okay, you can come in directly," the girl's voice came from inside

"Youlao" Chong pushed open the door and walked in

"There's a towel hanging on the door, wipe your head," the girl said again

Chong picked up a towel and wiped it

"Please come in, lock the door by the way," said the girl three times

So Chong closed the door

When Chong walked into the house, he could see the whole picture inside, the first thing he saw was a large wardrobe that occupied nearly half of the area of the house, the three drawers were fastened with heavy iron locks, and there were tables and chairs scattered around him, there were no cosmetics or bits and pieces on the table, only a small puppet, and there was nothing else in the huge house, but from the point of view that there was also the second floor and the inner room, the other party should not have any problems in living

"Let's just pull out a chair and sit down, but don't mess with the dolls, they're numbered," the girl replied

"No," Chong signaled that he didn't need to sit down

"Are you in a hurry" The girl seemed to have a lot to say

"Yes"

"Well, I can see it" The girl nodded, "Tell me your name, of course, according to your meaning"

"Just call Chong directly"

"Then let's add you, Chongjun?"

"Forget it, whatever it is" sounds uncomfortable

"So is Chongjun a human from the human world, or a human from the outside world" The girl asked, "By the way, I haven't told you my name yet, Alice Margotroyd, a resident of the Forest of Magic"

Westerners "from outside"? The name is quite common, and the person named Alice can find a dozen of them by flipping through the phone book

"Sure enough," Alice pulled out a box of needles and threads from the drawer, and then skillfully manipulated "So what are you doing in the Magic Forest, this place is not suitable for human travel"

"Aren't there still human habitants?" is it really a puppet, this skill is really skillful

"If you're talking about the black thief, she's not human," Alice lowered her tone, "No, the black robber is more appropriate for her"

"Do you know Marisa Kiriyu?" As soon as the words came out, I felt bored, and it was estimated that there were only two of them living in the "humans" living in the Magic Forest

"I don't know each other, but I've met a few times," Alice said lightly, "For example, when I go out to buy clothes and collect magic items, he will always get in the way"

"By the way, speaking of which, do you know the owner of Xianglintang?" asked Alice suddenly

"No, I don't know" Chong shook his head

"Yes, I wanted to pay a visit, but I heard that he is very good at sewing," Alice muttered to herself, "and there are probably some magic items I want, but it's a pity"

"It's hard to find there?" Chong suddenly became a little interested in that Xianglin Hall

"No, it's not hard to find, it's about half an hour to walk from here" Alice subconsciously stretched out her finger and pointed outside, her slender fingers were covered with scars, but they were all shallow, and they didn't affect the beauty of her skin "It's just that I'm not used to going to a store I don't know alone, strictly speaking, I don't even want to go out"

(Squatting at home?) Chong suddenly remembered the witch in the Red Devil Pavilion, she also mentioned in the last night party that she never left the Red Devil Pavilion, so her skin was a little too pale, and the puppet named Alice in front of her seemed to be the same kind of person as her, except that she lived alone, so she should still go out often for the sake of livelihood

"Speaking of which, the little mouse often seems to come back from outside with strange things," Alice muttered to herself again, "next time I need to follow him."

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm used to talking to myself, it's a common problem of magicians, and I'm still a puppet, so it's more serious" Alice's tone didn't hear any apology "Let me ask you another question, you're also a puppeteer, right?"

“？” I didn't know how to answer, and I was surprised why I was asking myself this question

"You have the same wound on your finger as I do, albeit shallow" Alice raised her hand to look at her own slender finger "It's incredible, I thought no one was using silk thread to manipulate dolls anymore"

"When I went to the Human World to perform, I heard that you solved the Red Mist Mutation last month, and this time you are also going to solve the Mutation?" Alice looked at herself, "It's really hardworking, isn't it to be the husband of the Witch of Hakurei?"

"I'm just joking, you should go back as well, I'm only staying in the middle of the night, this time it's a small conversation," Alice stood up, and then picked up a small puppet in the compartment above his head, only then did he realize that all the dolls on the other side were using a template, and judging by the markings on the puppet skirts, they were all named after the city

"Speaking of which, if you have time next time, please go to the world to watch my performance once, I hope that a connoisseur can point out my shortcomings, after all, those humans value my puppet show every time they perform" Alice suddenly said coldly, "It's really boring, it's the same as the plants at the door"

"By the way, I'll show you the way," Alice suddenly shoved the doll into her hand, "She'll remind you where you should go, just follow her, and of course, when you're out of the Magic Forest, she'll run back on her own."

"This is an artifact for yourself, how much money are you willing to sell?!

"Then I look forward to seeing each other next time," Alice said with a noble salute

"Goodbye" is just boring to stay any longer, and it just wastes too much time

"Whew, the purpose is accomplished" After the footsteps were gone, Alice breathed a sigh of relief, "I really don't know who did it, I actually threw a boulder on the road I had to pass, and blocked the road, so that I still have to take that unsafe road"

"That human seems to have a lot of strength, and it's much better to let him do it than to do it himself," Alice muttered to herself again, "but the Forest of Magic is already sparsely populated, and there are even fewer people who can fly, so who is it used to block?" ”

"The head maid of the Red Devil Pavilion? Strange, the other party's news is really well-informed" Alice shook her head, "Forget it, it's better to finish it early, after all, the puppet in your hand will be used in the next performance"

"What should I call this time?"

postscript

Legend has it that in the depths of the Magic Forest there is a bungalow, in which lives a beautiful blonde woman, if someone gets lost in the Magic Forest, she will let people stay in her bungalow for a night, although her appearance is very perfect, but no one dares to do anything wrong to her, although she is cold, but often takes her dolls to the world to perform, and her dolls are never controlled by silk threads, she does not need the reward of others, but if someone points out the shortcomings of her performance, She would warmly invite the other person to watch a puppet show alone

It's just that she seems to like to calculate others, and she's very good at letting others do the work for her unconsciously, and she often talks to herself, and occasionally expresses dissatisfaction and disgust for others in front of acquaintances, so it's better not to associate with her

"LOOK, REIMU, THIS INTRODUCTION IS COMPLETE, I WROTE IT IN IMITATION OF AQIU! I heard that there are many people in the world who watch it! ”

"I finally understand why Alice hates you so much, it's all your fault that she doesn't have friends, right?"