The great river in front of them was about three kilometers wide at the mouth of the Mana River, so the water was relatively gentle, and they did not make much effort to get ashore. On the west bank of the estuary is a large sandy beach with boulders ranging from 1 to several meters high, and on the west and north edges of the beach is a dense green forest that stretches as far as the eye can see. Dana found a man-high sharp rock near the water's edge and prepared to bolt the boat tightly. Taya stepped forward to help this time, she pulled the rope and flew up, flapping her purple wings, and quickly circled around the sharp stone three times.

"Give!"

Dana had just finished turning around, and Taya had already fallen in front of him and handed him the rope.

"Did you know that my house was leaking and my father asked me to renovate it tomorrow. And now I'm still in this hellish place, and it's all because of you. Dana saw that Chariel was hovering in the air and surveying the surrounding environment, and looked at Tagu very seriously and angrily and complained.

Looking at Tatsuna, who was two heads taller than him, with an angry and serious look, Taya had become accustomed to it. She snorted contemptuously and said, "Isn't it just to repair the house, I'll help you fix it then." You're always so nervous, and your dad never blames you anyway. Besides, it's so fun here, it's rare to have a wild camp and grilled fish, isn't it good? ”

"I know you're lying, you've said you'd help me countless times, and every time you've flown away without a trace. You're flying around like a nasty ghost all day long, I've had enough of you, I feel like I'm going to give you a warning. Dana was thrilled when he heard this, he knew the Mothman sister in front of him, she always bullied herself to be honest, she knew that she would always let her.

"Okay, I know I was wrong, are you going to go back by yourself now?" Taya felt that Dana was really angry and quickly admitted his mistake. The clever Duogu, although brutal, always knows that everything is enough.

"What are you talking about?" This is Chariel who landed next to them and asked.

"Sister, we're discussing whether boiled fish or grilled fish is better at night." Taya turned around and said yes to his sister, then turned back and grimaced at Tatsuna. Dana looked at her smug and cute appearance, and stopped talking.

Xia Li'er looked at Dana and found no clues, she knew that the two of them had no guesses since they were children, and they often quarreled. So he jumped into the sky again, and as he climbed, he turned back to them and said, "Prepare yourself, this place is completely strange to us, I will go to the deep forest to reconnoitre, and I will be back soon." ”

"Okay!"

Dana is two weeks younger than Charelle, but he is just three days older than Tagu, who hatched more than ten days later than his sister. So Dana was honored to be Chariel's younger brother and Taya's older brother. Dana knew that Xia Lei'er was confessing to his brother, so he looked up at Xia Lei'er and responded.

Charlais soared over the vast forest to the west for about 10 kilometres, but there was still endless forest around her. But Xia Lier could faintly see that in the northern corner of the forest sea, that is, at the end of the upper reaches of the great river that zigzagged in the forest sea and joined the Red Lake, there was a row of snow-capped mountains. At the southern part of the Red Lake, at the end of the horizon, there are also vague cliffs. Charelle thought to herself that this vast forest, which was at least 300 square kilometers wide, must be inhabited by unknown creatures that they were completely unfamiliar with, and it didn't seem good that they would be camping on the beach of the estuary near the water source tonight. But it's even more inappropriate to go deep into a dense forest. Charelle began to regret that she should not have agreed to her sister's proposal, let alone taken her and Dana to the remote center of the Red Lake to fish.

Looking at Kata, which was about to disappear to the west on the other side of the planet Seine, Charelle flew back with a heavy heart. By the time she landed at the mouth of the river, Dana and Tagu had already gathered firewood. Dana was holding a handful of freshly lit dried leaves in his palm, ready to start a fire.

Charelle approached them and saw that Dana had already lit a fire and said, "This is a large area of dense deep forest, and in order to ensure safety, we must perch in a small boat tonight, and if necessary, stay away from the river bank and spend the night in the Red Lake." Taya squatted beside Dana in a daze, looking at the clumsy Dana making a fire, she crooked her eyes, glanced at her sister, and nodded lazily.

"Ah, yes," Dana agreed, blowing the fire up.

Charelle looked up to the west, where a small patch of fish belly white remained over the dense forest, and in a moment it would be dark. She looked around cautiously, except for the occasional crackling sound of the campfire around her, there was a dead silence around her. At this time, Taya had already loaded a few huge jumping fish with fishing nets, and Dana saw it and hurried up to meet it.

Their campfire was about 10 meters away from the boat moored on the shore, which was where Charle had set. Although Charelle didn't say it explicitly, Taya could guess that this was to protect Dana, and in case of any danger, Dana could escape into the Red Lake in time.

Tagu looked at her sister and kept thinking about her thoughts, her eyes were wary of the black and oppressive forest behind her from time to time, and she couldn't help but say, "Sister, we've been here for a long time, so don't worry so much about the inaccessible here." ”

"You stupid girl, just play. Think about it, what else can a campfire at night give us warmth? Charelle tapped Tagu's head lightly with her index finger.

Taya stuck out his tongue after hearing this, and understood what his sister meant. She hugged her sister with both hands and said coquettishly: "My sister is always so cautious and outstanding. ”

Xia Li'er ignored her, and fixed her gaze on the corner of the north shore of the Red Lake bordering the forest. This mysterious deep forest, with its dense distance between trees, and countless vines entwined around the jagged and curved giant trees, and the uneven canopy of the trees looked hideous and eerie in the remnants of Kata's star. Unfortunately, on the shore of such a dense forest and the junction of the Red Lake, Xia Li'er saw a hidden path.

By this time, Dana had already killed and cleaned up the fish, and skewered them with a branch to beckon them to start grilling the fish. Taya didn't notice the change in his sister's face, so he rushed over and took the jumping fish in Dana's hand and squatted next to the fire, held the fish on the flame, looked at Dana with a bright smile and said, "My favorite jumping fish, the meat is tender and delicious, thank you, Brother Dana." ”

Taya usually calls Dana directly, but between the food in front of her, she deliberately added her brother after her name, and her tone was a little childish.

Dana handed Xia Li'er a fish, listened to Tagu's words, turned around and said with a simple smile: "Hehe, you are the best at catching fish, after I force the fish into the air, you will be full again, and the fishing net will be full in the blink of an eye, this is your credit." "Dana has always been slow to speak.

Taya impatiently changed directions and roasted the fish in her hand, while listening to Dana's speech, she looked up and stared at Dana for a long time before she suddenly learned Dana's tone without smiling: "Hehe, of course it's ......." ”

After Taya finished speaking, her face suddenly turned to the side to concentrate on grilling the fish, she couldn't see the incomprehensible amorous feelings, always so honest and serious, although she was used to it.

Dana's originally smiling face watched Tagu's change of hexagram slowly fade, and his mouth seemed to freeze, so he had to turn his face to look at Xia Lei'er. Xia Li'er saw it completely, but she knew that the two of them had been like this since childhood.

Xia Li'er glanced at Duogu: "Ignore her, let's grill the fish." As he spoke, he took the string of jumping fish from Dana's hand and sat down opposite Taya and pressed the fish towards the flames, while Dana sat between them and approached Taya.

Xia Li'er watched her sister Tagu's bulging little mouth grilling fish sullenly, and thought about the hidden path on the shore in the distance.

What kind of path could it be, do they come to the lake to drink or catch fish? If you are here to drink water, then you can also take water from the big river that runs through this deep forest, and you are coming to the Red Lake to hunt?

In the end, she comforted herself, anyway, they were dozens of meters away from the woods, and even if there was a sudden threat to her and her sister to escape into the air, Dana would have enough time to escape into the water.

"I bet I could eat two hopping fish tonight, you know, I didn't eat at noon, I'm so hungry." Dana looked at Xia Lier and Tagu and didn't speak, trying to find a topic to make everyone not so quiet, this is the atmosphere that shouldn't be, obviously he is a person who doesn't care.

"Hmph......" Taya slanted her eyes at Tana and continued to tilt her head, she liked to embarrass Dana, who was frustrated.

Dana was a little unwilling to see that Duogu still ignored him, but because Sister Xia Lei'er was watching from the side, he had no choice but to change his target and say to Xia Lei'er: "Sister Xia Lei'er, I heard that this is a forbidden place in the West, and Empress E has repeatedly warned us not to approach here. Incredibly, we're grilling fish here now. ”

Hearing him say this, Xia Li'er really stopped in a daze, and her eyes were closed from the Black Forest across the river in the distance.

"Hey, I said Dana, can't you just be quiet?" Taya finally couldn't help but speak, and secretly scolded this stupid guy in his heart for being so unrecognizable, obviously his sister was worried about him and said it.

In fact, Taya knew best in her heart, from the beginning she planned to go to this legendary and mysterious place if she had the opportunity, and now that this stupid guy talked about this topic, she couldn't help but get excited.

"Dana, you also know that this is a forbidden place in the West? Your father Roth told you? Xia Lei'er was worried, and she didn't think that Dana had just mentioned this problem, but she was a little relieved, and she just took advantage of this point to talk to them.

"Yes, my father said that the mysterious Black Forest west is the forbidden land of the West, and only Empress E knows a little about the situation here, and warned me not to approach here." Dana saw Xia Lei'er's serious appearance, so he answered honestly. In fact, Dana is also a little worried, intentionally or unintentionally mentioning this topic to verify whether Xia Lier is worried about this.

"You're right, Dana. So we have to be very careful tonight and not be careless. With a serious expression on her face, Charelle looked at Dana and said.

Dana nodded, and Xia Li'er's satisfied gaze moved to her sister Tagu, who nodded obediently without daring to be angry anymore.

"I just went out into the air and it's a big forest, with occasional meadows or wetlands in the middle, and the forest is at least 300 square kilometers or more. Deep in the forest, it borders the Red Lake to the south with a cliff of unknown length, and to the northwest, if I'm not mistaken, a plateau and snow-capped mountains. Everything here is foreign to us and can be dangerous everywhere. ”

Xia Lei'er told everyone about the general geography of this place, and she wanted to highlight that what she just saw was a superficial phenomenon, and it was precisely because she didn't know this place that this was the deadliest threat to them.

"By the way, the big river that flows into the Red Lake next to us curves through the forests to the north, and ends in the snow-capped mountains to the northwest. So once someone falls into this forest, there is no doubt that this big river is his only way out. Charelle added.

"It looks like we're going to have to be extra cautious tonight, and I'll get into the water if there's any danger." Dana picked up the cooked fish, took a bite, and said as he chewed. "And you don't have to worry about flying when you're in danger, aren't you?"

"It seems that you are not stupid, and you have figured out a way to escape so quickly." Taya replied, his slender little hands cleaning the charred skin of the fish and blowing the hot air from the fish with his mouth. Her white teeth bit a little bit of fish skin and felt hot, so she hurriedly spit it out and fanned it with her little hand.

"Well, I didn't expect you all to be aware of precautions at all times, so I'm much more relieved." Xia Leier thought to herself, anyway, on the edge of a corner of a forest, maybe she was a little too worried. She saw that the fish was almost cooked, and began to eat it.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, the black sky was scattered with scattered starlight, and the three of them chatted and laughed around the campfire under the dark starry sky, which seemed warm and peaceful in this quiet night. So Charelle slowly forgot about the path on the shore.