Every adult was once a child. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info - Saint-Exupéry

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The desire to explore still rolls like magma in the veins of two kinds of people, one a child and the other an adult like a child.

Zhibei felt that he was not either of these two people, of course he remembered his childhood, it was a time when he could run carefree, he could spin in circles on the high horizontal bar at will and still be not afraid, but when he grew up, he regretted to become an adult who had to walk carefully. He tried to take a risk in a frenzy, but the crowd around him formed a wall of warning, their demonic faces with intimidation and sneer, leaving his cowardly soul with nowhere to go.

I had to squat down in the white-walled room, be accompanied by the dead silence, and immerse myself in the fantasy world.

Zhibei knew that he was probably not a person of courage.

So...... What does that feel like?

The itch crept up the skin of the whole body, and the heart beat rapidly, as if something was stirring in the body.

Electricity passed through the muscles of the whole body from the tips of the toes, and the soul was about to go away in a feverish tremble. The sun fell from the shadows of the trees, outlining a clear line on his excited face.

Go ahead! Go ahead!

Low as a war drum, the silent cry exploding through his body, he knew clearly what he wanted—it was the desire to explore.

Have you changed? Is it the world that has changed itself? Or is it that my own restrained soul has been reborn?

Yes...... When did you first hear the word "adventure" and get excited to try it?

The question in his mind could only be answered by fate, and Zhibei looked down at the delicate-faced little girl, who stared at her dark, night sky-like eyes—his own smile reflected in them.

"Na~ Let's go on an adventure together!" The faint voice carried a magic that Zhibei could not refuse.

"Okay......" His voice trembled a little, but he answered without hesitation, huh...... Maybe not without hesitation.

"You've got a good face!!

A storm of millet smashed into Wakamo's head.

"It hurts!" Little Lori exclaimed, hugged her head, lowered her raised little head, and ended her gaze with Zhibei.

Losing those eyes like the night sky, the blood on Zhibei's body suddenly calmed down, and even the fast-beating heart returned to its proper track - he calmed down again.

"Okay...... Sure enough, it's your little girl! Gently knocking on Ruozao's head, which was not very tightly covered, Zhibei smiled helplessly, "I almost fell into your way, if I hadn't recalled that I had never had such an experience, maybe I would have really promised you stupidly!" ”

"Tsk!" Looking up at Zhibei, Wakazao turned his hair and made an unhappy sound.

"I still smack my tongue!!" Zhibei's eyes widened.

"Ah...... Really, I've heard you say yes! Big brother, if you're an adult, you can't go back!! Let's go on an adventure together! ”

As he spoke, Wakazao smiled sweetly, grabbed Zhibei's hand, and ran forward.

"!!??? that can still be explored" Although he shouted in surprise, what can Zhibei do? He could only follow this little girl who was full of interest and ran along.

"Ahh Wait for the blue, Wakamo! Big brother! Seeing that the two figures had already run away for a distance, Lan, who had just reacted, hurriedly shouted and chased after them.

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Three (?) Bypassing the shrine's massive main hall, he stopped in front of the woods behind the shrine.

At this point, Wakazao finally let go of Zhibei's hand, she pointed to a path in the middle of the lush forest, and said excitedly to Zhibei and Lan, "Where are we going, follow that path, and go to see the apse of the shrine." ”

"The apse? By the way, you're still going to pull me? Aren't you a shrine maiden, Wakazao? And you, Blue, if you want to play, you can do it yourself—there's no danger here. "Zhibei, who has just gotten a new toy, [Mysterious Slate], doesn't want to waste his time visiting the shrine's apse.

"Hmph~" Seeing Zhibei's attitude, Ruozao turned around and gently shook her green index finger with a lofty expression, "It's so naïve!" The apse of the shrine is not such an easy place! It's a forbidden place that even Blue and I won't be allowed to enter!! ”

"Uh-huh!" Lan on one side nodded her little head vigorously, and her swaying blonde hair seemed to tell her curiosity.

"Forbidden land?" What a seductive word! Zhibei smiled helplessly, he was able to accept the audacity of this group of little guys, "Do you still want to go to the forbidden land?" Are you not afraid of being punished by your patriarchs? ”

"Hmph~" Wakazao shook his fingers, with exactly the same expression and the same tone, "It's too naïve!! ”

Zhibei inexplicably felt the ridicule......

"The patriarch won't know!! I've gotten rid of Sister Purple entangled her, and today is the only and best chance!! Well...... Big brother, you're really procrastinating, come and go, don't you want to go with us......"

"Hmm......" Zhibei saw Ruozao's beautiful eyes, and suddenly felt cold, "You turn my head for me first." ”

"Okay~" Wakazao replied helplessly.

So, to go or not? When it comes to forbidden places, people unconsciously think of treasures or powerful demons and monsters, and of course, there are unbearable dangers, but ah...... In the final analysis, people are cheap, and the more they are not allowed to do things, the more they want to do them, don't they? So......

"Is it a forbidden area that is not given in? So how can you not go? The corners of Zhibei's mouth crossed the arc of excitement.

"Haha! I knew you'd say yes, big brother! Wakazao turned around happily and shouted.

"Great, big brother!" Lan also cheered and hugged Zhibei's leg.

"Then, Brother Zhibei, this first enchantment will be handed over to you~~"

At this time, Zhibei noticed that at the entrance of the path, near the ground, there was a rope hanging from the trees on both sides.

"This is what I heard from Harumu-chan~~" Wakazao's name to the three days of the moon made Zhibei full of black lines, but he still listened carefully, "This enchantment is very powerful, unless there are ten big monsters together, it will definitely not break, but there is another way to pass, and that is to pass through the underside of the note rope......"

Note the bottom of the rope? Zhibei looked at the zigzag imperial coin that had been lifted to the ground, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration......

"In that case......"

"Ah...... Let me tell you beforehand, big brother, it will never work to dig up the dirt there and drill through it, because the dirt there is also part of the enchantment~~"

"What? In other words, do you have to drill through the gap between the rope and the ground? Do you think I'm going to make people smaller? Well...... Wait a minute...... I seem to have a way, let me try it first......"

The mysterious stone slab suddenly appeared at Zhibei's side, and he slowly walked to the front of the Zhulian rope and grabbed the rough rope made of straw.

Pulling up, pulling up, like a rubber band, the note rope was constantly stretched, slowly freeing up a space half a person high......

"That's really good!!" Zhibei was startled at first, and then laughed happily.

If it was the original straw, it would not have been stretched to such a long length even if it was pulled off, but under the action of the mysterious stone slab, Newton would have cried, and the rope was endowed with the elasticity of a rubber band......

This is the magic of the mysterious slate, even the person who arranged the enchantment in the first place probably didn't expect to be able to exploit the loophole like this!

Not to mention Wakazao and Blue, with such a large space, even he can squeeze in......

(There are still two weeks before the college entrance examination, so the next two weeks will be stopped, and the renewal owed will be made up after the exam...... ）