Section 85: Exploring the Forest

He's such a diligent and handsome man; he even improves himself while traveling!

"Oh wow, hahaha!"

Yotsuba let out a rousing laugh, watching the rapidly changing scenery around her.

With the Shuya on his back, Xiu Ye naturally sank a bit.

After he settled in for a while, he called another animal over.

This time, Ichika managed to snag Ichika.

Joyful laughter rang out again.

The other three huskies stopped playing and eagerly waited for Xiu Ye, the experienced driver Shuya.

Shuya's progress did not disappoint them either.

Soon, a strange thing appeared on the river.

Shuya ran quickly, carrying five little girls on his back, who swayed in the wind...

After running for so long, Shuya and covered in sweat.

He used whatever was available and comfortably lay down in the water.

The clear, cool river water flowed slowly by, with a few small fish swimming by and curiously watching Shuya before calmly swimming away.

The wild beauty of nature is something that can captivate city dwellers.

Shuya lay there for a while, then flipped himself over and floated in the river. He paddled around a few times and swam slowly.

He doesn't need to breathe and can stay immersed in the cool water, which is very refreshing.

The Quintuplets weren't lying down anymore; they weren't tired at all from being carried around.

They played happily in the water, leaving the small room and coming into the vastness of nature, which was a completely different and wonderful feeling.

The Quintuplets' liveliness Shuya the complete opposite of Xiu's.

Shuya leisurely soaked in the water and began the next round of cultivation.

He consciously controlled the exchange between the air and the flowing water.

The transformation of the properties of Qi requires communication with and imitation of nature.

His ice-attribute ability was achieved quickly thanks to the ki left behind by Ikeda Ichinosuke.

Now he's starting from scratch, imitating the properties of water.

Water from nature has more vitality than the treated water we use every day.

In terms of the feel of the air, these two types of water are completely different.

Shuya's aura gradually shifted towards the water attribute.

This is a slow process. Even if he Natural Martial Bone, he can only shorten the time at most, unless he encounters help like the energy left behind by Ikeda Ichinosuke.

Shuya wasn't in a hurry; he was only seven years old and had plenty of time.

He enjoyed the beautiful natural scenery as he paddled around in the water, but unfortunately the water wasn't deep enough, otherwise he would have liked to swim.

I lay there for a while, and it was almost dusk.

After all, the journey from Tokyo to the Small Island took some time, and even though we hadn't been playing for very long, it was already almost sunset.

Shuya stood up from the water and shouted:

"Children, it's about time to go home!"

"Oh!"

"Um!"

"All right."

The Quintuplets responded one after another, emerging from the small river.

Neither of them nor Shuya were dry.

Shuya could certainly use his strength to shake the water away.

But it's unnecessary.

Walking back soaking wet is also part of experiencing life.

Just like the concert continues until you get home.

The Quintuplets skipped and hopped along, very lively, in front of the group.

Shuya followed leisurely.

His gaze wandered aimlessly, and before he knew it, he met the eyes of several pairs of people in the woods.

Fox.

Shuya finally saw the fox the Quintuplets had been talking about.

Several beautifully colored foxes lay quietly in the forest, their intelligent eyes silently watching Shuya and the backs of the Quintuplets in front of him.

I wonder how long they've been here?

Shuya was completely unaware of their existence.

He raised an eyebrow and casually waved at them. "Bye-bye!"

He turned and left without looking back.

The foxes remained motionless until they could no longer see him and the Quintuplets, then they marched back into the depths of the forest in orderly, graceful steps.

Shuya led the Quintuplets back to the hotel.

Rena and her grandfather were not at the front desk; instead, a middle-aged woman was there.

Perhaps the father and daughter hadn't finished talking, which is why they weren't there.

The Quintuplets entered the hotel and, full of energy, exclaimed in unison, "We're back!"

"Oh dear, what happened to you all?"

The woman at the front desk, dressed in a kimono, was taken aback when she saw them.

"Go take a shower quickly, or you'll catch a cold."

"OK!"

"Time for a bath!"

"We've gone to the hot springs!"

The woman took the Quintuplets to take a bath, Shuya knew that she must know the Quintuplets.

After all, she's the boss's granddaughter.

The woman didn't forget Shuya either; she took him to the men's bathhouse.

Although Shuya was soaking wet, he wasn't in a hurry at all. He thanked her politely before taking a steady step into the bathroom.

He was very lucky; there was no one else in the bathhouse, and he was the only one soaking in the entire open-air hot spring.

Shuya took a nice bath, changed into the yukata that the innkeeper had specially given him, and walked out of the hot spring.

Later, Shuya found the Quintuplets in the table tennis area.

They played all afternoon and still had the energy to play table tennis; children's energy is truly astonishing.

He went over to play with them, and soon it was time to eat.

Dinner was plentiful and exquisite.

When Shuya saw Rena again, his eyes lit up.

Because she had also changed into a yukata.

The form-fitting yukata accentuated her perfect figure, making Shuya fall for it...

Um...

"..."

Amidst the puzzled gazes of the crowd, he ate his meal with a melancholy expression.

Don't ask why...

Asking questions is utterly uninteresting.

P. S. 1: Second update~

Ps2: The initial subscription is currently 39, which is half gone. If I hadn't had even worse experiences with my previous book, I would have already lost my mind.

P. S. 3: It turns out that the requirement for authors to subscribe to read their own novels isn't unique to Dian Niang; I misunderstood them before.

Chapter 98, Section 85: Forest Adventure (Seeking first subscriptions)

After dinner, the Quintuplets started to feel sleepy.

But Rena didn't let them sleep; instead, she took them to talk to their grandfather.

Shuya decided to act alone.

He first wandered around the hotel.

The hotel has three floors, all of which are guest rooms and nothing particularly special.

The central courtyard of the hotel is a Japanese-style garden, and the scenery is quite nice.

Aside from that, the facilities include a hot spring and a lounge area, which have a very traditional feel.

But this actually means that we are useless except for tradition.

Okay, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration.

But overall it was boring.

This is a suitable place for retirement, Shuya concluded.

... As expected, you still have to find your own fun.

He suddenly glanced to his left and right, but the other guests didn't seem to notice him.

He quietly slipped back into his room, changed into his outdoor clothes, and took a shoulder bag, stuffing it with water, snacks, and his phone.

Then, taking First Snow and the Talisman with him, he dodged people and climbed over the wall to get out of the hotel.

He can't use the main gate; someone will see him and might prevent him from going out at night.

After escaping the hotel, Shuya was as excited as a wild horse, using his light-footed skills to run towards the back mountain.

As a newbie who has just stepped into the mysterious world, and a transmigrator full of mischief, how could I remain indifferent after hearing others hint that there was something wrong with the back mountain!

I absolutely have to go check it out!

Shuya quickly returned to the edge of the forest where he had been playing in the water with the Quintuplets. The forest felt completely different at night compared to the afternoon.

The pitch-black forest looked like the gates of hell, ready to devour all living things.

If an ordinary, normal seven-year-old child got lost in the forest late at night, he would surely die a quick and painless death.

But Shuya didn't feel any fear.

With his current combat power, he doesn't really care about ordinary Monster.

As for the big guys, this place isn't really a desolate wilderness; if there were any big guys here, we would have been exposed long ago... right? Probably.

In short, Shuya began his first-ever nighttime adventure with great enthusiasm.

If all goes well, I might even catch a few little Monster to practice on.

Shuya looked at the pitch-black forest, where even moonlight couldn't penetrate, and reached out to pull out a Talisman.

He was prepared.