Creator's Steam Fairy

The wall clock on the wall points to nine o’clock, which is earlier than the theoretical access control time. Although the management will relax a lot a few days before the start of school, if the time is still outside, it is inevitable that the teachers will catch and scold, check and confine There is no hiding from the room.

Thinking of Loria being locked up crying in the confinement room, Parel was in a good mood, and went to take a bath humming a song.

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If you lose, you will be flicked on the forehead, and among the four players on the field at this moment, Zoe's forehead is bright red.

When she saw Patricia touched the joker card in her hand, she couldn't help but raise her mouth, but the other party quickly drew another one.

"You cheat!"

Zooey dissatisfied: "Why does this happen every time, as if you can see the cards!"

"It's because your expression is so easy to guess."

Jenna threw down the last two cards in her hand, and she and Loria sat together on the cot without an owner, while Patricia and Zoe sat on the chairs, watching Patricia and Zoe not be able to tell the winner for a while , and leaned closer to Loria and asked, "Let's sleep here tonight, let Zoe and Patricia squeeze in."

"Thanks for your kindness, but I'm going out for a stroll after the lights are off." Loria lifted her chin and looked at the cloudy, moonless and starless sky outside the window. "Night is always different from daytime, maybe I will find something."

Jian Na followed her gaze and looked out of the window, thinking of walking in the dark in the middle of the night, she shrank her head and said, "It's really hard, is it always like this for the expatriate work of the Natural History Society?"

"It's hard to say." Loria held her chin in thought for a moment and said, "Looking at luck, it's not like I haven't received a task that is harder than this."

It was hard work but it didn’t take long. Last winter, she went to the north and slept in a desolate place to recover a very dangerous magic tool. Just approaching a handle will disturb people’s mind, make people full of hostility and even randomness. Attacking broken sword.

Fortunately, she was not alone, but she had to go, no one except her could accurately perceive the position of the magic item from a long distance.

The cold winter was so terrible that her chocolate was frozen as hard as a rock, and even the never-ending rain in Londinium was a hundred times better than the cold winter.

"I think it's very interesting." Patricia interjected, "Walking alone in the deserted campus late at night, so... so romantic."

"Romantic ghost." Zooey drew Patricia's ghost card into her hand again, she rolled her eyes and said, "I'm not alone, there are teachers patrolling with lights everywhere, okay? I would say it should be very Exciting is right...Loria, can you avoid the teacher?"

She was full of disbelief, how could the clumsy Luria be like the robber in the story, it was impossible.

"Of course I have a way."

Loria winked at Zooey.

Over the past year, she has been collecting all kinds of waste materials while going out for commissions. In Gu Gu's words, she has accumulated a lot of "elements". In addition to expanding the space in the virtual star ring and doubling the size of the small square, Gu Gu Gu A lot of strange machines have been added, and now she can use a little illusion in addition to the cold and hot magic forms.

Not as good as Miss Dorothy's consummate illusion, or even Alice's, useless in daylight, but hard to see at night at a distance.

"Speaking of...Loria, have you ever been to the gloomy woods north of the school?" Patricia recalled, pointing her chin with her finger: "I heard from the second-grade girl downstairs that the place There seem to be many legends, for example, there is a fairy living in it, as long as she sincerely prays, she will be answered, and a wish can be fulfilled for girls. Is this kind of legend considered strange by you?"

"Is there such a good thing?" Zooey curled her lips in disdain: "Anything that gets something for nothing must be a trap. If I say that there are no fairies at all, it might be a cruel old witch."

There are a lot of liars in Xihai, and she has heard countless stories of being cheated of all her belongings by liars since she was a child, and in the end she had to shoot herself in the head.

"I've been there, there's nothing wrong with it." Luria said after thinking about it: "This kind of rumor is indeed a strange thing."

"Hey, why do you care about this kind of news, are there really ghosts in this world?"

Even Jenna was curious now.

"Of course not." Luria couldn't help but put on a very convincing business smile: "All imaginations about ghosts come from our fear of the unknown, just like the valley that howls in the legend. Now people We all know that it is just the sound of the wind... Please believe in science, the light of reason will always illuminate the unknown darkness and dispel the fear in our hearts."

"Then why do you care about such rumors? It can't be related to gas leaks, right?" Zooey laughed and said, "If you don't know, you may think that the Natural History Society is a gas company."

So much to complain, Luria applauded Zoe in her heart, but how could this level of questioning stump the professionally trained Naturalist Society investigator.

"Because there may be clues behind this that are ignored by people, such as is this rumor man-made? Then what is the purpose of the rumormongers? The forest is close to the outer wall to the north of the school. People outside want to kidnap and listen to the rumors. A lone girl who went to the woods alone?"

"Or there may be some unknown hallucinogenic plants nearby, or chemical gases leaking underground. As a scientific explorer, the Natural History Society must investigate these things clearly."

Luo Liya can make up a lot of reasons without even thinking about it. She has read "One Hundred Thousand Whys of Yulip Citizens and Excuses for Coping" several times.

The three little girls were taken aback by the pink hair, but... it became more and more unclear what she was doing at this school.

It seems... It seems to be related to the underground gas?

Chapter 232 The Light of Civilization

Shortly after the lights-out time, at around ten quarters in the evening, Loria quietly slipped out of the junior dormitory where Patricia was staying, running magic power, and a spherical light like a magic force field flickered brightly and darkly around her After a few clicks, it disappeared again.

So, relying on the illusion of the three-legged cat, she sneaked out of the gate not far or near a teacher without being noticed.

The five-star and moonless night is very convenient to hide her figure, but it also brings her a lot of trouble... It is very difficult to see the surroundings clearly. Although it is good to light a light ball, but in the middle of the night with a light ball by her side, it is difficult to sneak around. What's the point of sneaking out?

After hesitating for a moment between going to Rosalie and letting her take her on a night watch and thinking of other ways, Loria decided to move forward in the dark. Without it, how could the reliable Miss Investigator be stumbled by such a small difficulty? ?

Goo thief, aren't you a round-faced fat chicken, why don't you even have night vision function!

【Master...that's just skin, you know, I don't have a body at all, but if you can make me a usable mechanical body in reality, I can also provide a lot of help. 】

Loria stopped and thought about the entire warehouse of "rough version of the mechanical body manual" she had seen in the virtual star ring. She wisely didn't continue to discuss this topic, but let Gugu get out.

What useless ancient magic tools, she reads that the alchemy golem in the novel only needs a lump of clay to move.

Useless, super useless.

quack!

Then she tripped over the flower stand and fell into the middle of the flowers.

Fortunately, there is no patrolling teacher nearby, otherwise she can only pretend to be meowing and perfunctory... Will this trick really work?If caught, there would be an excuse to get away with it, but that would be too embarrassing.

It is too much to turn off the street lights after the lights are turned off!

It's 351 years in the new calendar!How come the light of civilization hasn't shone into the night of reality yet!

But when the magic power is overloaded, it seems that the eyesight will improve a lot. The little pink hair in the flowers reached out and touched her head, thinking whether to take the initiative to overload it, but so far she can't control the inexplicable ears and tail. When it disappeared, it would be bad if it took too long to be discovered.

Definitely going to get caught in a circus show.

It was really difficult.

After much deliberation, Miss Luria could not find any feasible solution. In the end, she could only keep her pace and grope carefully in the dark. Occasionally, she would hitchhike a passing teacher and watch from a distance with the kerosene lamp in their hands. Clear the road and direction, followed quietly, and hid in the corner when the route was different, waiting for the next light to pass nearby.

Relying on this clumsy method, she moved forward slowly, and actually moved from the east to the position near the backyard in the north, but as time passed, fewer and fewer teachers passed by.

Fortunately, it’s not too far from the dormitory here, so I’d better give up exploring tonight and just go back to sleep honestly... I wonder if Paller will make a small report?

It doesn't matter, a large part of the reason why Rosalie stays in the school is to facilitate her actions, and the old principal is also very clear about her true purpose... She is not a real student.

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Some people say that the forest has existed for hundreds of years. Except for the cypress trees in the garden, every maple tree in the depths has a history of hundreds of years. As for the intertwined Angela roses, no one knows how long they have survived.

The old wood dies, and new shoots grow on it, life and death go back and forth, and the roots are entangled, which has never been cut off from generation to generation.

It is in such an ancient woodland that a wonderful legend is born - the pure girl is delighted by the blooming appearance of Angela's roses, and she stays with them day and night, her love for those flowers surpasses everything, and she is not stingy She spends her most beautiful years lovingly, taking good care of every shrub. Her love even moves the gods, and she even turns herself into a fairy in the forest, so that she can be with her favorite rose forever.

She loves trees more than lovers, and she only appears in the dark when no one is around. If you go to water Angela Rose with enthusiasm and present beautiful flowers, she will appear in front of you, sitting on the lush branches of the rose tree Come on, let me hear what you want.

It is inevitable that there will be all kinds of strange stories circulating in the school, either beautiful or terrifying, but there are few such detailed ones as the Fairy in the Forest.

At least the version Jasmine heard was very detailed.

She thought about making changes countless times, and bought a lot of related books with the saved living expenses... The books told her how to communicate with people, but those cold words could not understand her pain, and she did not try She walked towards the noisy crowd, but the cold indifference of her parents, as well as the faces that ridiculed and mocked her, always stood in front of her time and time again.

It's useless, you were born that way.Just like moss, it can only grow in dark and damp corners, and there is absolutely no possibility of bathing in sunlight.

She read the newspaper and said that the recently popular "doctor of the heart" can diagnose and treat diseases of the mind. She also pretended to mention it in front of her parents inadvertently... she got a natural reply, and they laughed with disdain. another name for.

Jasmine didn't dare to bring up the idea of ​​going to see a doctor again, and her poorest living expenses among her brothers and sisters couldn't afford the expensive consultation fee - she needed to pay six shillings each time to chat with the doctor, three to five times After giving a detailed diagnosis, as for the treatment, I am afraid it will be a very long thing.

Her father ran a small beer tavern, and the income was not bad, maybe 120 to [-] pounds a year, which should have made life easy, but who let her have six brothers and sisters?

If it wasn't for the elder sister already working and being able to supplement the family income, she might not be able to go to school... Jasmine suspected that her father was determined to let every child receive education after seeing the elder sister's annual income of sixty pounds.

This is also what she admires most about Senior Sister Paller—the senior only has one elder brother who is said to be very useless, but she always smiles and says that she is going to university, and she really puts in admirable efforts for it.

Jasmine didn't have such lofty ideals, and her family couldn't possibly support her to continue her studies. After graduating from here, she would definitely find a job to subsidize the family like her elder sister. To be able to do a good job, let alone start a family with strangers.

It was after getting to know Senior Sister Paller that she tried to think about her future and worked hard for it...

However, she can no longer tell whether she is really thinking about herself, or simply looking forward to and yearning for her senior.

Just staying by the senior sister's side can give me a sense of security, and seeing the senior sister working hard for her ideal seems to be able to temporarily stop thinking about the confusion ahead.

However, now that she has been kicked out of her own little safe haven, even the senior sister no longer casts her eyes on her.

Ask for mercy?

No, she wanted to be like them too.

Chapter 233 Style Transformation

Resentment?

It is natural to be resentful, but resentment will not help.

Ugly jealousy breeds a desire to change, and that desire turns into obsessive madness.

Jasmine felt that she was hopeless, and now she would actually believe in meaningless legends.

For this reason, she even did not hesitate to violate the school rules by sneaking out of the dormitory after turning off the lights. She was originally afraid of the dark, but she was even more afraid of losing the little light in her heart and letting the flames of jealousy and resentment engulf herself. For some wish, he walked into the darkness with a kettle and a bag of flowers.

Want to hurt Loria?Hurt the girl who smiled and held her hand and gave her candy?

No, she's humble, but not twisted.

Jasmine's head was in a mess, and for a moment she couldn't figure out whether she wanted to regain her senior sister's staring gaze, or wanted to be a person like her who faced life bravely.

I want both... but are these two wishes?

How can one sentence and one wish achieve two goals... After thinking about the logic of language, time seemed to speed up a bit, and the fear brought about by the darkness also subsided a little. Before he knew it, Jasmine had already walked to the edge of the forest. peripheral.

The shadowy cypress trees in the garden point to the dark night sky, like stone pillars of a magnificent building. She is worried that there will still be night watch teachers passing by nearby. She dare not light the candles she brought, and can only comfort herself desperately. The darkness is nothing to be afraid of. Slowly, Walk slowly towards the forest.

One step, two steps... thirty steps, maybe the candlelight can't be seen clearly at this distance?

Forty steps, fifty steps.

The forest suddenly became gloomy and cold, and the piercing chill ran up her back. Jasmine was so frightened that she did not dare to move. The canopy of the maple trees blocked the last bit of light that was imperceptible, and the invisible blackness was like sticking asphalt. wrapped around her body.

Even the chirping of insects and the sound of wind stopped.

She regretted it very much, and wanted to turn around and run away immediately, but there seemed to be a cold and slippery snake swimming on her back, once she turned around...

"Who, come out."

Her pretendingly calm voice had already changed its tone, and she was startled again by her own voice.

"I'm not afraid of you."

Trembling, Jasmine fumbled for the candles in the small bag, but she couldn't find where the matches went.

Don't be afraid... don't be afraid... I'm scaring myself... don't be afraid... if there is really... danger in the dark, there will be no one in the world long ago.

Can talking to yourself really give you courage?But at least a slight distraction allowed her to reach for a match and light the candle.

The faint candlelight lit up, dispelling a small circle of darkness around her, revealing the leaf-covered dirt under her feet, the old maple trees covered with dark brown bark, and... She dared not look again, afraid of the twisted The nodules associated with something bad.

A little further ahead, and a little further ahead, you can see the Angela rose.

They often have pale pink flower clusters in all seasons, which are very beautiful.

In the dark and empty forest in the middle of the night, a girl with a pale complexion slowly walked forward holding a candle emitting dim yellow light. The ancient maple trees were scattered among them, and only the sound of her stepping on fallen leaves could be heard from time to time.

Even imagining the beautiful flowers could not stop her body from shaking slightly, the further she went, the colder she felt, the autumn uniform could hardly resist the cold, gradually, she seemed to have the illusion of falling into an ice cave.

Something is nearby.

Wandering in the dark, in the treetops, in the ground, watching her behind her.

Having come here, it was impossible to turn back, another biting cold went straight up her back, she tensed her body, and suddenly quickened her pace and walked forward.

Arrived and saw Angela Rose.

At the end of the twilight, a shrub almost as tall as a person is covered with small bright red flowers, nestled quietly beside a dead tree.

Jasmine suddenly stopped in her tracks.

Angela rose, do you have red flowers?

The candlelight flickered frequently, the weak flame struggled, and suddenly went out without warning.

The remains of the flame turned into a wisp of blue smoke upwards, swallowed silently by the darkness.

The candle in her hand was extinguished, but the dim yellow light did not disappear.

A figure in a ragged white dress appeared in front of the cluster of flowers, standing motionless, with pale skin on the exposed slender limbs, and the red color on those small flowers seemed to flow, becoming more and more red.