17. Shi-chan's training
The same forest, the same sunrise, the same road, the same companions, the only difference is that this time there is less active atmosphere between the three of them. Normally, no matter how silent Irina is, she will make a minimum response when she is accosted by Alice, but today she deliberately threw away a distance. Alice has always been the initiator of the lively atmosphere, and although it is noisy but not annoying, today she is also lost in thought.
As for Luna, her mind was all on the notebook she was holding in her arms, and it would have been easy for an outsider to think of her as a magician. Unfortunately, Luna isn't yet, and she doesn't have an ordinary magic book in her hand.
The rare atmosphere of silence is precisely for this reason.
As always, she pushed open the door and saluted Rosie as usual, but when Luna looked up and saw Rosie's expression looking at her, she really realized, or rather came to her senses.
Reality may still shatter the illusion, and the carefree time before may really fly away at the same time that Lena opened the box.
"Child, child...... What's in your hand?"
Rosie's gaze hadn't shifted in any direction since she moved to the notebook Luna was holding, and she didn't even forget to respond to Alice and Irina's salute.
Her pupils, which had been silent like a forest, rippled, as if in amazement and as if in doubt, both fear and nervousness. The forest was blown by the wind, so it was certain that Rosie must have seen something that even Alice didn't know, or rather......
She knew that.
"No, it's stupid to ask such a question. Kid, where did you get it?"
"I, I ......"
In a panic, Luna asks her master for help, but this time it doesn't seem to even be pitiful, and Irina just sits in the corner and waits quietly for the end of the matter, with the occasional sound of turning the pages. Alice, on the other hand, was humming a song with her legs crossed, of course, she had absolutely no intention of helping in such a casual manner.
However, they did not do anything wrong, but this is the right way to educate a "junior". The bird will never be able to do without its warm nest without trying to flap its wings on its own, and if you ask for help here, you will never learn more from Miss Rosie.
"That's right, teacher. ”
Luna finally looked up and whispered as she followed Rosie away from the school house at her beckon.
As the distance from the school house grew, Luna had followed Rosie into the depths of the forest, and it seemed that Rosie had something to say to avoid Alice and Irina. Despite the uneasiness and nervousness that grew with distance, Luna tried her best to suppress her negative emotions and instead poured out everything she knew to Rosie in concise words.
Important instructions, magic makes sister, seemingly meaningless notes......
There were so many things that happened in a short period of time that Luna had nowhere to talk about them, so she had to take the opportunity to say them all together, and although the words were always a little off-topic, Rosie kept her smile until the end. It wasn't until Luna had to stop because of her coughing and lack of words that Rosie spoke slowly.
"I've learned all about the incident, but you don't seem to understand the importance of what you're holding. ”
"Teacher, are you ...... Do you know?" Luna subconsciously looked around, the trees were swaying, filled with the sound of birds and beasts playing, there was no and should not be anything suspicious. There won't be any outsiders in the middle of nowhere, and Alice and Irina should know what Rosie was bringing her out for.
"Please let me know if you can. ”
"No, it's ...... Ban. Rarely, Rosie had a melancholy look on her face, as if she were fighting a war of her own. Fortunately, this war did not last long, because Rosie's expression quickly recovered, "But on the contrary, as a teacher's obligation, I can tell you how to use it, use this 'precious and cheap' magic book in your hand now." ”
"That's enough, thank you. Luna bowed deeply, Rosie's tolerance was completely beyond her imagination, it was originally Luna's breach of contract first, even if Rosie didn't say anything, and even drove Luna away as a 'magic trick', but such a gentle teacher not only chose to be tolerant, but even willing to tell some of the 'facts' cryptically.
As for the part that needs to be covered up, it must be something that Luna doesn't want to know, or is completely incomprehensible. Perhaps it was with this in mind that Rosie chose to cover up some of the facts. None of that matters, though.
"So, open your book first. ”
Rosie frowned, but then got into the explanation, "Now tell me, can you see anything on the page?"
"Nothing, nothing. ”
It's exactly the same as what I saw last night. Luna flipped through the pages again, but the blank space of the lines couldn't be faked. According to Ms. Rosie's question, this is just a very "ordinary" notebook now, of course, just now.
What will happen after that, Teacher Rosie is obviously clear. As for why she knew, this part of the reason was the part that Teacher Rosie had hidden before.
"Teacher ......"
"Well, please, a little later. ”
Rosie said as she took out the scroll of her own from the small bag around her waist, the dark green cover was already a little curled, and the texture looked a little old, but this was also a testament to the time and the strength of the book's owner.
has stepped into the ranks of "witches", and can even be used as a "fairy forest witch" who magically incarnates the forest in this fairy tale world, if the boundary of fairy tales is the dense forest that separates the sky one after another, then Rosie must also be the "city wall" guarding this world.
【gazed.thoughtfully.at.the.scarecrow】
It was a whisper from a witch, and obviously this was not the first sentence of Rosie's story, but for her as a "witch", it was not difficult for her to "jump" in the story at will.
"Scarecrow!"
The old-fashioned, but not scruffy, scarecrow jumps out of Rosie's book, and it looks a little weird with its eyes scribbled with paint, but at least it's better than terrifying.
Drawing on her childhood memories, Luna finally remembers the origin of this "scarecrow", a very important character in Rosie's story "The Wizard of Oz".
"Don't be in a daze, Luna!"
Rosie's voice woke Luna out of her thoughts, and Rosie looked at Luna as if she had changed her appearance, "Now, what do you look at in your book?"
"The book, the book...... Ahh
This is...... On the page that was still empty, there was a line of graceful small letters, which seemed to be exactly the same as the chant that Teacher Rosie had just read aloud.
"Teacher...... In the book, words appeared!"
"Sure enough. Rosie sighed helplessly as if she had confirmed something, and casually returned to her previous seriousness, "Luna, you should know by now what kind of dangerous thing you are holding, but this is not completely over, so do your best to keep up with my chant!"