How About We Just... Him? / Silly Marie, Head Up and Shoulders Back!

Calapat gave a wry smile and explained, "That fruit is precisely the reason people gather in that Demonic Forest. There's an absurd legend that those who eat it will achieve immortality."

Upon hearing this, everyone held their breath. There must be a reason behind such a rumor, and as Magus, they instinctively wanted to consider the veracity of the story.

Calapat gazed out the window, "But no one has ever tasted that fruit yet. I've heard that blood often drips from the ripe fruit."

This is probably why the legend of immortality and eternal youth has spread so widely, even though no one has ever actually eaten it.

Some of these blood drops will transform into seeds, and after dormant underground for a period of time, they will choose to evolve differently from their mothers—the so-called "Child of Fuyuki" is their final form.

The Child of Fuyuki, who is now trapping us, seems to have chosen ice and snow.

"So, how exactly do we escape from this forest?" someone asked, which was the question they needed to be concerned with now.

At this moment, the train conductor Rohan, walked over and said, "As long as we can find the point of the Ley Line, we can set off immediately. What allowed the train to escape the Ley Line was the Magecraft effect of this forest. So, as long as we find the main Ley Line and create some road signs, escaping from here shouldn't be too difficult."

Someone asked, "So, do we need to get out of the car and go into this forest?"

Everyone fell silent. Braving the blizzard to enter this bewitching forest was definitely not an easy task.

Just as they were still hesitating, a group of children ran past them.

They ran towards the car door, laughing and giggling.

"Open the door! Open the door quickly! We're going to build a snowman!"

The children said this to the train conductor Rohan.

The Magus present stared blankly at the children, some frowning, while others wore mocking expressions, crossing their arms to watch the show.

Olga Marie was also there. She rushed over and scolded them sternly, "It's dangerous outside. Go back to your rooms and don't cause any more trouble!"

"You're the one who shouldn't cause trouble. There's no danger outside. Don't make a fuss."

The children were completely unmoved and continued to urge the train conductor, "Open the door quickly!"

"Don't open the door!"

Olga Marie turned her gaze to the train conductor, staring intently at him, and refused to let him open the door and let the children out.

The situation suddenly became tense...

Section 234, Chapter Thirteen: Why don't we...

Train conductor Rohan stood there expressionless. After a moment's thought, he made his decision.

Rohan waved to signal the staff to open the car door.

He chose to let the children go out.

On the one hand, he knew these children were not simple, and on the other hand, he remembered the acting manager's warning that one should not easily offend the people around that adult.

"You!..."

Olga Marie was furious; she pointed at Rohan, speechless.

As soon as the car door opened, a strong gust of cold wind blew in, instantly lowering the temperature inside the carriage and causing everyone to tighten their clothes.

The children ran out happily and disappeared into the carriage in the blink of an eye.

Olga Marie, disregarding her anger towards Rohan, braved the cold wind and followed him out.

But unlike the children, she couldn't move freely in the snow.

Olga Marie was shivering and feeling cold all over; she wanted to go back to the carriage.

"What an annoying brat!"

She grumbled under her breath, but she was worried about those unruly kids and couldn't rest easy, so she forced herself to endure her discomfort and followed them.

The children started playing happily as soon as they got into the snow.

They were having a great time, having snowball fights and rolling snowballs, completely oblivious to Olga Marie's feelings as she shivered in the cold nearby.

"Ah! Everyone, come quick! There's a snowman here!"

Jack has made a new discovery, and she loudly calls her friends together.

Everyone gathered around, and there, in the lush grass of the forest, beneath the withered leaves of the fern, was a snowdrift.

It's very close to the train here, almost right next to it.

Jack gently poked it with his finger, and a large chunk of snow fell off the snowman, revealing a corner of its clothes.

"It's a real person!"

The children were amazed by the discovery. They quickly swept the snow off the snowman, revealing the person inside.

He had snow-white hair and eyelashes, was tall and thin, and had a handsome face; he looked to be only in his early twenties.

Even as he lay in the snow, his slender fingers still clutched a violin case and a crumpled envelope.

"Is he dead?"

"He was so pitiful, dying here all alone."

"Why don't we bury him..."

The children started discussing it, each contributing their own thoughts.

"I think I can still be saved..." Hearing the children's voices, the pale-faced young man raised his head and revealed a hearty smile.

"Woo-hoo... Gu-hoo!"

The young man, whose body was covered in snow, suddenly vomited blood.

On the pristine white earth, the color of blood visibly spread, its dazzling red standing out vividly against the snow-white expanse.

"Oh dear, he's vomiting blood. It looks like he's really going to die."

"That's not necessarily true. Okita-san often coughs up blood, but she doesn't seem to die."

"But he seems like an ordinary person, so he should be different. I think he should be dying soon."

The young man lying on the ground noticed the children were still discussing whether he would die, and his smile slowly froze.

He said, "I feel so cold lying here, but my body won't obey me at all. Could you please move me to the car?"

The young man was Melvin Weinz, a close friend of Waver.

He was now like a corpse, stiff all over, his face ashen, and his lips had turned purple.

But his expression seemed nonchalant, radiating sunshine and energy.

"Turns out he's a weird old man!"

The children immediately lost interest in him.

They beckoned Olga Marie over, "You can carry her upstairs."

Why should I have to move?!

Olga Marie was furious. They acted as if they didn't see her when they were playing, but when they had something to do, they actively sought her out.

"We're just kids, we can't do this kind of heavy work!"

"Yes, and you are still our hostage."

"Well, isn't it only right that hostages help out?"

Olga Marie realized she regretted it; why had she worried about them earlier?

"I must have been so angry that I lost my mind," she reassured herself.

With Olga Marie's help to carry Melvin onto the train, the children stopped paying attention to him and went back to playing.

They quickly built snowmen of all sizes next to the train.

After some discussion, the Magus on the train finally made up their minds to go to the magical forest of the Child of Fuyuki to create coordinates.

It's not good for any of them for the train to stay here for so long.

When they stepped off the train and saw a field of snowmen before them, they were stunned for a few seconds.

"This..."

It's only been a short time, and these kids have already built so many snowmen. They really have a lot of energy...

By this time, the children had played enough and were tired of building snowmen.

And there Gretel was, among the crowd that came out.

They ran over and asked, "Gretel, where are you going?"

"We need to go to this forest on business." Gretel pointed to the Child of Fuyuki in front of her.

"Wow! Alice loves adventure the most!"

"We want to go too! We want to go too!"

The children were very interested in it.

Gretel was in a dilemma. Even though she knew they were powerful, she still couldn't agree to let them go with her.

They have a very important matter to attend to on this trip, not to play around. These children clearly have a playful attitude and are not suitable to accompany them.

Olga Marie couldn't help but stick her head out of the car door again, glaring fiercely at them.

"You're not allowed to go!"

The children protested, "We're going, and it's none of your business!"

Gretel also advised, "You guys stay here and play. We have something very important to do. The forest isn't fun, and it's dangerous too."

No matter what the children said, Gretel refused to let them come along.

The children were somewhat helpless and decided to give up.

At this moment, Gretel said, "This forest is very likely man-made, the same Master we met on the roof of the car last night."

If she hadn't said that, things would have been better; even if the children were being unruly, they wouldn't have insisted on going along if Gretel disagreed.

But as soon as Gretel said that, Gretel immediately got angry.

"So it was that thief who did this!"

Gretel said to her friends, "I'm going to find that thief, are you coming?"

"We agreed to go together, so let's go together." The other children nodded in agreement.

This time, they didn't ask to go on the forest adventure with Gretel; they decided to go on their own.

After saying that, they turned and headed towards the forest.

"You're not allowed to go!"

Olga Marie ran out and quickly ran in front of the children, spreading her arms to block their way.

"Gretel, you need to help stop them! It's too dangerous there!"

Olga Marie said to Gretel with an anxious expression.

Gretel had no choice but to come over and persuade them. She also agreed with Olga Marie's point of view and didn't want the children to take risks.

"Ugh! You guys are so annoying!"

Chapter 14, Section 235: Little Silly Marie, Head Up and Chest Out!

The children who wanted to go into the Enchanted Forest were stopped by Olga Marie and Gretel, and they couldn't do anything about it.

The two people in front of the children were familiar to them, and the children knew that the women were acting out of concern.

Gretel, feeling unhappy, screamed with her eyes closed, "Ahhh!"

Ignoring everything else, she pulled out a colorful fairy tale book and shouted, "Jabberwocky! Destroy all the forests over there!"

Boom!