Forest

One hour soon passed, and Mizuki finally marked the exact locations of the three horsetails on the paper.

"Okay, let's hurry up."

Mira, who was standing behind him, saw that the exact location of the three horsetails had been marked, and without a word, she was about to enter the forest immediately.

"Wait, it's getting dark now, let's at least go back to eat and drink before entering the forest."

Mizuki first put away the board and other items and then called Mira to make suggestions to her.

"No need. There are many edible animals and plants in the forest. We just need to find something to eat in the forest."

Mira didn't consider Mizuki's proposal at all and pulled him directly into the forest.

As they stepped into the forest, the light inside became increasingly dim. Before the two of them reached the location of the first horsetail, the sky outside had completely dimmed, and the forest had reached the point where they could not see their fingers. 

Mizuki had to use magic again to turn the torches once drawn into reality to illuminate the surrounding environment.

Feeling the light source of the torch, Mira looked at him in surprise and said, "I didn't expect your magic to be very convenient."

"Of course, in such a place where you can't see your fingers, if there is no light, it would be too inconvenient to move." Seeing Mira's surprised expression, he thought she was surprised and smiled with pride.

"What are you proud of? We are not ordinary people."

Mira saw a proud expression on Mizuki's face and curled her lips to remind Mizuki:

"In such a dark place, you only need to control the magic to enter your eyes. You can see clearly, like during the day. Having a light source is nothing more than seeing more clearly."

Speaking of this, Mira suddenly thought of Mizuki stumbling as he walked up when he first entered the forest, and suddenly realized: "Did you not know it all this time?"

"I don't know what's so strange. I have heard no one say this." Mizuki, who knew nothing about it, immediately canceled the torch in his hand and controlled the magic to enter his eyes.

As expected, Mizuki, who knew nothing about it, immediately canceled the torch in his hand.

The darkness where he could not see his fingers became brighter. Although it was still not as good as what Mira had said, he was at least able to see some outlines of the surrounding environment. It was the first time he felt magic power into the sights his eyes saw. exclaimed curiously:

"It turns out that magic power can still be used in this way. This time I have learned a lot. But it doesn't seem to be very clear. I told you. It's completely different from the daytime, OK?"

"Really? Maybe you can are not strong enough, or your magic is not suitable for these things." Hearing his last words, Mira turned and looked at his eyes carefully.

"What do you mean?" Mizuki was already confused by Mira's words.

He could understand if he wasn't strong enough, but it was difficult for him to understand that magic was not suitable for these things.

"It's very simple. Everyone's magic is different. The magic is also different. What my magic can do easily is very difficult for you. For example, Erza cannot do this like me in the dark. Seeing things in a beautiful environment."

After speaking, Mira still held her chest and laughed arrogantly.

The two chatted and soon came to the first horsetail. At this moment, a venomous snake shot out of the horsetail grass, opened its fangs, and bit who was closer to it. 

By the time Mizuki discovered the snake, the snake had already been squeezed by Mira who had received it. Until this moment, Mizuki had just reacted, feeling a moment of fear in his heart, and there was a layer of fine sweat on his forehead.

This time, looking at the horsetail grass on the ground, which is the same as the ordinary weeds, Mira grabbed the snake and shook it vigorously. With a face of doubt, she asked, "What's the matter? The horsetail we saw in the painting in the afternoon. It's now like this? Why does it look so ordinary now?"

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, he calmed down for a while, and then Mizuki said with a helpless expression: "It looks like glowing in the painting because I use magic, I set the plants that look like horsetails to glow. It's more convenient, but it's only a situation that appears in my paintings. How could this be the case in reality?"

After listening to his explanation, Mira was a little disappointed with an unhappy expression: "Really, it looks pretty beautiful. I plan to find two more plants to dig back and plant them after I finish the task. Forget it."

Mizuki, who was about to come forward to pick, heard Mira's words and unconsciously heaved a sigh of relief.

Just as he was about to pick the horsetail grass, Mira suddenly pulled him aside with a look of discomfort and said:

"what are you doing? Stop it."

"Of course I picked the horsetail grass. What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

Mizuki looked at Mira in surprise and he didn't understand what she wanted to do.

"I remember I told you to find a bird that lives near horsetail grass? Did you take my words as the wind in your ears?"

With a gloomy face, Mira stared at him and asked.

"Isn't there three? We can pick two plants first and then wait for the bird on the last one. If the first two plants are reduced in the entire forest, the chance of the bird appearing in the last one should be greater, right?"

He didn't feel that he had done anything wrong and stopped to tell Mira what he thought.

Mira stood there and weighed the pros and cons. Mizuki had to stand aside and waited for Mira to decide. Otherwise, in case it didn't meet her wishes, she would rely on the girl's current temper. But it's true.

After a while, Mira thought about it and thought it was better to wait here to be safe, so she directly denied Mizuki idea and said: "We will wait here, if there is not here, we will go to the next plant and wait, I It felt like this is more secure."

"Here, you go get some food back, and I'll make a fire. We can't spend the night starving, right?" Now that Mira has decided, he rarely intends to object.

Mira threw the poisonous snake that had been played dead in her hand to the ground and then went to the deeper forest to hunt. 

Mizuki carefully picked up some dry branches around and set up a bonfire and then materialized a torch to light the bonfire. Suddenly, the firelight illuminated the surrounding environment, a warm breath enveloped Mizuki's body and dispelled the heavy moisture in the forest...