"yes, let's not talk about it, let's find a boat to go to the river."

Mamura wasn't interested in these strange things, and he pointed to the public boat with the blue dolphin mark attached to the stake on the shore: "Sister Jing is here, and she can take us to a farther place with her magic." ”

"What are you afraid of......

Mika muttered, but stopped the conversation, but the sparkling gaze she looked at the ice-like flowers in the water, and was clearly very curious about the rumor. Thinking that she had gone out alone at night to verify the authenticity of the cat scam, I couldn't help but worry that she would try it out of curiosity, so I reminded her, "Mika, although it is just a rumor, it's best not to try it." You must not deliberately do anything that is dangerous. ”

"Fold, you're too timid, you're the king."

"It's because you're a king that you have to be more cautious and responsible to everyone."

I'd been comfortable with Mika's black jokes, but I wasn't going to joke with her, but I looked at her with serious eyes. She didn't look at me angrily, but within a few seconds she turned her head and snorted softly, "I know, I'm not going to do anything dangerous." ”

Saa and Rina both snickered, while Mamura held back a smile, knowing that he was the target of Mika's key "attention", and if he laughed out loud, he would definitely be retaliated against. And Jing didn't care about us, although she disguised herself as quiet and approachable outside, but in fact, there was only one peer who was really close to Suizi. Apparently she is much higher than her peers, with an invisible overhead attitude, so she is not keen on talking to children of the same age or younger - probably because of the influence of my thinking.

As I thought, Jing's gaze shifted from the boats drifting on the river, and she looked at me for a few seconds, smiling faintly, obviously knowing that I was "arranging" her.

I immediately cleared my mind and set my eyes on the dozen or so boats tethered to the riverbank, and chose a flat-bottomed boat about three meters long, which was just right for the six of us to raft: "It's better to have that one." ”

No one objected, so it was unanimously approved, and our group boarded the boat. Jing used her spell to untie the ropes attached to the thick wooden stakes on the boat, and then tried to control the four wooden oars on the boat to paddle back and forth. At first, the coordination was a little uneven, and the boat spun back and forth a few times, but soon she got the hang of it, and she cooperated left and right, and easily rowed the boat to the section of the river where the ice flowers were swarming.

"Sister Jing, you haven't been in the whole class yet, have you? Why is he so skilled at manipulating mana? ”

Rina was very curious about Shizu's mana mana, looked at the wooden paddle that was paddling at a fixed frequency, and then turned her head to look at Jing with envy and admiration. In fact, not only her, but also Mamura and Mika all showed a look of envy and impatience - although they often have access to mana in the town, most of the users are adults and elders, and the difference in status makes it impossible for them to think differently about "those who possess mana".

As for those children who have mana, they will not choose to contact young children without mana for various reasons, which naturally makes the children without mana have a mentality of both desire and awe of mana - every child regards the possession of mana as a metamorphosis of a life form, and only after possessing mana, can human beings be regarded as hatching from the "shell" and becoming a complete human being.

These are the values shared by most children in the town.

"Just try it a few times, it's not a hard thing to do."

Jing calmly steered the oars, replying to Rina's question, while still having the strength to look in the direction of their punt in the early season: "Speaking of which, those are your acquaintances, and they are looking this way. Need to stop over and say hi to them? ”

I heard her say this, withdrew my gaze from the crystal clear ice flowers, sighed, and raised my hand to wave at the early season of them who were looking this way, as kind of a greeting.

After confirming our identity, Zaoji excitedly stood up and waved his hand to this side, shouting loudly: "Fold, this way, this way!" ”

Her voice caught the eye of those around her, including Mr. Kawakami. He looked up at us, and didn't react - it was impossible for him to react.

With my eyesight, I could easily see his pale face, his eyes seemed to be out of focus, his mouth was blue, it was obviously a cold environment, but he was sweating, and he didn't look as relaxed and leisurely as he had just seen.

He looks like ...... Salted fish dying of dehydration?

I felt a pang in my heart, feeling that something was about to happen, and I didn't have time to pay attention to the early season's greeting, and subconsciously stood up and wanted to run towards him, but then I realized that it was still on the boat. Just as I was about to let Jing drive to his side, he suddenly clenched his neck with his hands in pain, and opened his mouth wide with all his might, looking like he wanted to breathe oxygen, but was suffocated by the lack of oxygen.

I may have been the first to notice his strangeness, but the people on the boat who were closer to him quickly noticed that something was wrong with him, but before anyone could react, he collapsed like a puppet with a broken string, and leaned over the small canoe in full view of everyone...... plunged headlong into the water.

"Fold, come over here ......"

The shouts of the early season stopped abruptly, and Mamura and Mika beside them stared blankly at the ripples that had swallowed a human like the mouth of a beast, and almost everyone was at a loss because of this sudden situation.

"Fold ...... Is he playing a prank? ”

I didn't know how to reply to Meijia's question, so I could only remain silent. At this time, a man next to Kawakami finally reacted, he seemed to be an acquaintance in the dress, shouted the name of "Kawakami" several times, and immediately closed his eyes and recited the mantra silently after confirming that it was not a farce. There was a wave of water, as if a straw had been inserted into a jelly, and the liquid water was wrapped with mana to a square cylindrical cylinder of equal length and width like jelly, and all at once the whole piece was lifted out of the water.

The water column that is more than ten meters long is suspended in the air, and you can clearly see the water, grass, stones and other debris inside, and the figure of Kawakami is also among them, but that kind of appearance makes everyone's hearts sink more and more - he floats motionless in the water, his eyes are bulging, and his mouth and nose do not move at all, as if he is completely dead.

The man who rescued him used his spell to separate Kawakami's body from the water column and gently lay it flat on the boat, then he leaned down to examine it.

"The heart has stopped beating, the pupils have completely dilated, and there is no response to the stimulus...... There is no doubt that it is a 'shameful death' attack, and there is no hope. Miss Yamazaki asks the children to be evacuated, and then goes to inform the town office and the Board of Education. ”

The man who rescued him gave instructions to a woman who drove to his side, and the woman quickly reacted, and issued an order to the dozen or so boats floating on the river: "I'm Akira Yamazaki from the safety and security meeting, and due to an emergency, please return to the shore now, and if you have a member of the town office or the board of education, please contact the person in charge of both sides." Unrelated people take the trouble to take care of the children at the scene, and make sure that the children are not affected by other things. ”

Her small voice, with the help of mana, clearly transmitted to every ship, as if it was a mastery of "transmission into secret" in the novel.

I saw the situation clearly, and I heard the conversation between the rescue man and Miss Yamazaki with extraordinary hearing. My perception of the town was clouded again, and many doubts kept coming to my mind.

"What the hell happened?"

Mamura muttered to himself.

"Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with us, don't think too much."

I let out a breath, knowing that this cherry blossom viewing had already come to an end, so I looked at the expression that was still calm: "Sister, row the boat back." ”

Jing nodded, and the paddle that stopped rowing first rowed unilaterally, then turned around and then cooperated with both sides to row the boat back to shore. At this time, in the early season, they also returned to the shore with the adults who were operating the boat.

There weren't many kids present, and in addition to our group and the early season group, there were five children who looked older and were probably in the whole class. So when we were gathered together by a man who claimed to be Taniguchi, the five of them were told to take care of us.

"My name is Taniguchi, and I'm a staff member of Myoka Farm."

Taniguchi introduced himself, and then seemed to recognize one of the five older children: "It's Umino, you're all fourth-graders, and you've already learned about safety regulations, right?" ”

"I just learned some time ago."

The kid named Umino nodded in reply, he was stronger than the average child, and his skin was slightly tanned.

"Then you are responsible for taking care of these children, just stay here and don't run around, I'm going to inform the town office. Remember, don't violate the Code of Ethics. ”

Taniguchi hurriedly ran to the ice castle, although the office building of the town office was not there, but after the festival began, the office space was temporarily moved to the ice palace in the center of the venue.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Masato Umino, a fourth-grader in the whole class. As you heard from Mr. Taniguchi, we have encountered something very bad, and according to the ethics rules, we must all stay here until the Board of Education makes a decision. Comments? ”

Umino first introduced himself, and then introduced his companions: "These are the members of my whole class, namely Kawamata Konya, Aizawa Haru, Koisu, and Koi Ya. What about you? Tell us about yourself. ”

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