Natalie's magical growth record

Chapter 186 Extra () [Mist]·Adventures in the Midnight Forest
  Olivia Continent New Calendar Year 75...

Boom, boom!

Dazzling lightning pierced the sky and brought a burst of thunder that resounded throughout the world, waking up the dark forest sleeping under the night and also waking up the lost people trapped in the forest.

"Damn it, it's raining so heavily, how are we going to go on our way!"

Deep in the vast forest, in an inconspicuous cave, a burst of dissatisfied complaints suddenly echoed.

"Oh, forget it, David, actually it would be the same if we set off early tomorrow morning."

Beside the blazing fire, a thin young man with slightly curly hair put down the hood that covered most of his face and persuaded him with a smile.

"How could this be the same? Kaison, New Year is coming soon. If I don't go back early, what will happen to my wife and children at home? Watch them starve to death, or become homeless people without dignity? No, this kind of I won’t allow it!”

The man who spoke earlier pushed away his relaxed companion and retorted angrily.

"But, doesn't Royce also have a wife and children? Isn't he sleeping well now?"

Kaisen, who was scolded all over, pointed to his sleeping companion inside and shrugged innocently.

"Royce..." The man named David repeated the name suspiciously. He was silent for a while, and finally walked to the innermost side of the cave aggressively, picked up the sleeping man's collar, and said angrily, "Hey , don’t sleep, do you still want to go back, get up quickly, get up quickly!”

"What happened? Can we go out?"

Royce, who was awakened, looked around in confusion and asked uncertainly.

"Why are we going out? It's raining outside, how can we go out!" David still angrily vented his dissatisfaction to Royce, but then, as if he thought of something, he slowly let go of Royce's collar. His tone softened slightly, "Why don't you go out and take a look? You are a water magician anyway, so you are not afraid of rain. Just in time, it's almost your turn to keep vigil!"

"Ah, why is it my turn? It's not the second day yet..."

Royce drowsily took out his pocket watch and looked at it. Seeing that the time was not past 12 o'clock, he couldn't help but muttered something softly.

"Where's all this nonsense? If you are told to go, just go!"

This time, before Royce could refute anything, the irritable David threw Royce into the cave.

"Oh, my little Kelly, why do you think dad is so unlucky this time? Not only was all his New Year's goods robbed, but he also ended up in such a hellish place..."

After being expelled by two temporary partners, Royce had nowhere to go and had to silently perform his vigil duties under the protection of the [Water Barrier].

"I don't know what's going on with Kitty and Kelly at this time. I really want to leave this ghost place as soon as possible!"

"You want to go home...you save me...I'll help you get out of here..."

Just as Royce was bored and imagining his wife and children sleeping soundly, a weak-sounding female voice suddenly came from the barrier that should have blocked out most sounds from the outside world.

"Who, who is there!"

Royce's heart tightened, and at the same time he hurriedly mobilized all his attention to pay attention to the surrounding environment.

However, when he wanted to find out, the female voice that seemed extremely uncoordinated in the heavy rain stopped strangely.

"Is it an illusion? Forget it, it must be that I miss Kitty and Kelly too much, so I'm hallucinating."

After waiting for a while and confirming that the sound did not appear again, Royce breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately put away the attack magic in his hand and sat back at the door of the cave in a daze.

"You want to leave here...I know how to leave here..."

However, not long after, the intermittent weak calls for help came to his ears again, as if separated by something.

"What are you going to do, and why should I believe you!"

So, Royce was wary again and unceremoniously set up a magic circle in front of him, planning to launch an attack whenever there was any movement nearby.

"Indeed, you do...you don't have to believe me...but..."

The voice stopped abruptly, and just when Royce thought that the other party was not going to continue speaking, the weak female voice continued, "But I can see that your magic talent is not very high. As long as you save me, I can give you The way you enhance your magic talent, don’t you want to improve your magic talent? Don’t you want to change your life and let your wife and children live a better life?”

The 'voice' threw out his chips in one breath, and no matter how much Royce called, there was no movement. "strangeness…!"

Royce looked around the surroundings in confusion, and after confirming that the other party really had no intention of replying, he had no choice but to withdraw his attention and concentrate on guarding the area near the cave.

clang~
  clang~
  clang~
  He didn't know how long it had been, but vaguely, Royce seemed to hear a long and continuous sound of bells, as if they came across the long river of time, vicissitudes of life and sacredness.

what happens? Am I not in the forest? Why do you hear such strange bells...?
  A series of questions echoed in his mind, but before he could think about it, a dazzling white light engulfed him without warning...

When he finally managed to survive the strong light and opened his eyes again, he was already in a rather gorgeous garden.

In the center of the garden, a young woman wearing a phalaenopsis wreath on her head and a purple tulle skirt was sitting at one side of a small leisure table with a comfortable expression, admiring the butterflies playing and chasing each other in the flower field.

For some reason, Royce had a feeling that if no one else disturbed her, this woman whose face could not be seen clearly but whose aloof temperament would probably remain in this posture, admiring the flower field until the end of time.

If only it could really last forever...!
  Royce prayed from the bottom of his heart, not only out of mercy that he didn't want to break the tranquility, but also out of resonance with the pure feeling of love.

Unfortunately, such prayers failed to have any effect.

The fierce wind that followed and the noise that got closer and closer were both announcing to him that the turning point was coming.

In the firelight, the woman in the purple tulle skirt screamed hysterically and struggled. In the meantime, she tried to knock away the guards around her who were tightly suppressing her, to save the flower field that was devoured by the raging fire, and to save the butterflies that were trying to escape in the flower field, but these attempts were all rejected by the cold and ruthless intruders. blocked, destroyed...

"Do not--"

Royce screamed, and without a second thought, he squeezed past the guards around him who were responsible for cleaning up the mess, and ran straight to the blazing fire, intending to put out the fire.

But no matter how hard he tried, how hard he concentrated on imagining the appearance of [Water Wave], the advanced magic that could save everything failed to appear.

Damn it, why can't I use it? Is my magic talent so bad that I can't even use advanced magic...?
  Royce looked helplessly at his empty hands, falling into an unprecedented wave of self-blame...

If only I could be stronger, if only my magic talent could be better, if I could realize all this earlier, maybe things wouldn't develop to this situation...

……

"Hey, wake up, it's dawn!"

In a daze, an impatient voice that seemed familiar to him, but extremely uncoordinated, passed through all the obstacles and reached Royce's ears.

"I...where am I...?"

Royce opened his eyes with difficulty and asked drowsily.

"Royce, are you confused? We are still trapped in the forest. Oh, by the way, it rained heavily last night. The thunder and lightning were simply terrible. , I’m really lucky that you’ve been able to sleep since dinner until now!”

A very familiar voice, different from the previous ones, broke the brief silence and kindly answered Royce's question.

"Is that so...?" As if he was recalling something, Royce rubbed his temples painfully, "But why do I feel like I have been out..."

"How can this happen? Last night, David and I watched with our own eyes how you finished today's dry food and then fell asleep like a pig. No matter how we barked, you couldn't wake up!" The young man with a slightly frivolous tone heard. Yan became more and more unbelievable, but soon, he put away his surprised expression and changed the subject enthusiastically, "Forget it, forget it, this kind of thing is not important. The most important thing is to leave this ghost place as soon as possible. , and David said that he doesn’t want to stay here any longer!”

"Ah...Okay, I'm going to pack my bags now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Royce sat up suddenly. Without straightening out the wrinkled clothes on his body, he quickly ran to the depths of the cave and took out his backpack.

"Strange...why does it feel like my backpack has become heavier?"

Royce shook the weight of his backpack in confusion. Just as he was about to untie the straps to check, the urging sounds of two people coming from the hole once again brought him back from his thoughts.

So with no other choice, Royce had no choice but to give up the plan of checking the backpack, and quickly ran towards the direction of his two companions amidst a faint banging sound on his back...

　Minor revisions have been made, and a new 2800-word extra is officially available. I hope you all like it!

　　Then there is the prefix of the title. Well, this is what I was planning before I started writing this extra chapter. I plan to summarize and classify all the extra chapters according to certain rules. This extra story, which is full of pitfalls and has no clear explanation for everyone, will be placed in the topic [Mist]. In the future, this topic will record some short stories that have not been reasonably explained.

　　Then, for the sake of unification, I also decided to classify the previous two extras about Master Haitang’s dark history (crossed out) and call them [Time]. After all, they are all things that really happened and are very memorable.

　　Then comes the next extra chapter, which is tentatively about Suzuran-sama, so you can look forward to it!
  　　
  　
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