"Is this what a top student is like?" Waai Fu expressed that she couldn't afford to mess with that, definitely not. She decided to just honestly watch TV instead.
After a short while, Waai Fu sat back down next to Flandre. "Flandre, I heard the winter snow in Ursus is super, super heavy, like it can pile up several stories high. Is that true?"
Flandre recalled the time she spent in Ursus last winter and nodded. "It really is huge! Maybe you cleared the snow around you last night, but then it snows all night long. When you wake up the next morning, you find the front door blocked solid, and you can't see anything out the window either. Only when you pull open the door do you realize it's been completely blocked by snow from the outside. The snow accumulation almost submerges your door."
"Oh my god, is it that terrifying?" Waai Fu asked with wide eyes in disbelief.
"Yeah, so you have to arrange for someone to clear the snow almost every day, otherwise you might not even be able to see the house."
"Can't you just ignore it? Isn't snow all light and fluffy?" Waai Fu asked with some surprise.
"A flake or two of snow is indeed very light, but once snow accumulates to a certain point, it's actually very heavy. After all, snow is actually the solid form of water. Although it's not as heavy as water, that's only because there isn't enough of it. Remember when we used to watch the news and often saw houses in northern settlements being crushed by snow? So don't underestimate heavy snow!"
It was Hung who spoke; after he finished, Waai Fu had a sudden realization.
After watching TV for a while, everyone went to bed one after another. The next morning, Waai Fu woke up very early, waking Flandre up as well. But when the two got up, they found that Hung had actually woken up even earlier than them.
"I knew you two might be too excited to sleep well last night. Here's some fresh hot milk; have a cup first to warm your bodies." Hung handed two cups of hot milk to the two of them.
Flandre took her cup, sat down, and chatted with Waai Fu while she drank. It was mainly Waai Fu talking. She recounted how, after Flandre left last time, her school felt the sting of defeat and grew brave, increasing the intensity of their Table Tennis training. Now, the Table Tennis club was getting more competitive by the day. Even as a martial artist, she was starting to find it a bit demanding.
"Really? I'll find a chance to go to your school and spar again!" Flandre waved her hands as if she were holding a paddle and hitting a ball.
"Uh, let's not. When you came last time, you almost gave our Table Tennis coach psychological trauma." Waai Fu thought of the depressed look on their Table Tennis coach's face after Flandre left and felt it was better not to let Flandre go and bully him again.
"Tsk, that's a real shame!"
"What are you two little girls whispering about?" Just as Flandre and Waai Fu were chatting, Lee also walked out. Flandre started talking about the Table Tennis matter, and Lee reached out and rubbed her head.
"Your reactions and speed are beyond ordinary people, even martial artists can't compare to you. Playing Table Tennis is just going to bully children."
"But I'm a child too!" Flandre said indignantly.
"You don't count!" Lee said, and seeing Flandre about to retort, he picked up a cake and handed it to her. Flandre took a bite of the cake, indicating that as a child, she wouldn't argue with an adult.
Just as the few of them were almost finished eating, Aak was dragged out of the room by Lee. "Since you're here, don't sleep in!" Aak could only helplessly wash his face before picking up the hot milk on the table and drinking it in one gulp.
Stepping out of the hotel, there were specialized staff and signs outside guiding those who came to enjoy the flowers at this time toward the Wintersweet Garden. Even before they arrived, the fragrance of the Wintersweet had already drifted over. Everyone couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Only after walking into the Plum Garden did they find that it lived up to its reputation. The Wintersweets here were all selected varieties, with flowers blooming mainly in pale yellow and creamy white. Amidst the drifting snow, it was extremely poetic.
"I previously saw a poem about plums in a collection of ancient Yan poetry: 'From afar I know it's not snow, for a faint fragrance comes.' I didn't feel much at the time, but seeing it now, it's truly as they say."
"It is indeed very interesting. Come, I brought a camera, let's take some photos as we walk!" Lee pulled a camera out of his pocket, causing Waai Fu to shout 'Hooray!'
The group walked and took photos like this, playing until noon before reluctantly leaving the Plum Garden. After a simple lunch, they prepared to head back.
"You guys go back first, I'm going to play here for a while longer!" Flandre said when she saw Lee and the others were about to leave. After all, she hadn't had enough fun at all.
"Uh, won't it be unsafe for you to be here alone?" Lee was a bit worried. After all, he was the one who brought her out; if he didn't bring her back and something went wrong with Flandre here, his responsibility would be huge.
"Don't worry, no one can beat Flandre." Flandre patted her chest.
"Alright then! We'll head off first. If you need help with anything, remember to call us!" Seeing this, Lee could only remind her.
"Okay!"
Because they had to return before the Lungmen entry and exit docks closed, Lee and the others didn't stay long and soon left. Of course, Flandre also reported in with Ch'en Huijie and Beatrice Schwire. Considering Flandre's strength, the two weren't too worried, only telling her not to run too far while playing by herself. Flandre said she wouldn't run far and would just wander around the vicinity.
After leaving Flower Village, Flandre floated all the way toward the nearby hilly area. Upon reaching there, she found a place to land and then looked back in the direction she came from. Before long, a dark figure followed her. After the other party stopped, Flandre recognized the person; it was the Sullen Young Man from the trio who had come to "inspect" her earlier.
"Who are you, and what do you want?" This was the reason she had separated from Lee's group. She had noticed the other party staring at her with ill intent all morning in the Plum Garden. However, because there were many people then, the other party didn't make a move. She was worried that if she went back with Lee, the other party would strike halfway, so she simply separated from Lee and stayed here alone.
Unexpectedly, the other party didn't speak at all, but instead rushed over holding two slender daggers.
"Do you want to fight Flandre?" Flandre raised her hand and made a grasping motion.
The next second, the man tumbled directly to the ground, rolling several times because of his speed. He looked down and was shocked to find that his right leg had been twisted into a mess at some point.
"So who are you exactly, and why do you want to hurt Flandre?" Flandre said while casually glancing at her phone, which was already connected.
Unexpectedly, the other party didn't speak at all, but instead formed a hand seal. Several spikes instantly sprouted from the ground, stabbing toward Flandre from all directions. The next second, Flandre disappeared from the spot. Just as he was looking for Flandre's position, he felt his hands begin to twist and fold just like that right leg. In an instant, bones and blood splashed everywhere.
"Ah!" He finally couldn't help but scream in pain.
"So who are you exactly, and why do you want to deal with Flandre?" Flandre's voice rang out from behind him. He turned his head and saw only a pair of scarlet eyes.
"Not good!" At the moment he fell into the trap, the young man endured the splitting headache and slammed his head hard against the ground. An earth wall rose from the ground, blocking the space between him and Flandre. By the time Flandre tore through the earth wall, she found only a headless corpse left. His head had been directly crushed by the earth wall just now.
A failed spell? It didn't look like it; it seemed more like a deliberate act. The other party used this self-destructive method to evade Flandre's mental search. Seeing this, Flandre was even more bewildered, since she didn't even know how much of a grudge she had with the other party. So much so that the other party tried to kill her as soon as they met.
It was just that the gap in combat power between the two was too large; the other party couldn't even touch the corner of her clothes. She had even been in a playful mood, prepared to tease the opponent a bit. As a result, just as she was about to restrain the opponent, the other side committed suicide without hesitation. What kind of move was this?
Suddenly, urgent shouting came from her phone. "Quick, leave there quickly! Fly toward Flower Village, fly toward where there are many people!"
Flandre didn't quite understand, but she chose to do as told. She turned into a streak of light and flew in the direction of Flower Village. Suddenly feeling the sky behind her turn dark, Flandre looked back and saw a thundercloud abruptly appear above where she had just fought, and then bolts of lightning began to fall. Just as Flandre flew into Flower Village, the thundercloud also expanded to the edge of the village and then abruptly stopped.
She stood inside Flower Village listening to Wei Yenwu on the other end of the phone explain the principle of this Magic. This Magic came from the Celestial Masters Mansion. It was a death curse that many Celestial Masters fighting in the north would place on themselves before the end came. After the person died, this Magic would be activated, turning into lightning power and forming a lightning purgatory within a ten-mile radius of the corpse. But their incantation was originally meant to protect the people behind them, so it would stop expanding as soon as it detected a large number of living people. This was also why Wei Yenwu had Flandre fly back to Flower Village.
At this time, many people in Flower Village also noticed the strange celestial phenomenon to the south. Many people thought a Catastrophe was coming and hid in their houses, not daring to come out. This also saved Flandre from a lot of questioning. Sneaking into Flower Village, she found a place to order a cup of Soy Milk and a Pink Sausage... no, a Grilled Sausage.
Although they couldn't replenish much energy, in the days since she came to Terra, she had followed the local customs and learned to eat these "mortal" things to relieve boredom. Then she sat on a small stool, listening to everyone chat about the thunderstorm to the south while waiting for the thundercloud to dissipate.
More than ten minutes later, the dark clouds to the south dispersed again, returning to a brilliant clear sky. Only then did Flandre call Wei Yenwu back to tell him everything that had happened.
"Try to leave as many traces in Flower Village as possible, get more witnesses. By the way, no one saw you when you left Flower Village, right?"
"Of course not. From leaving to coming back, I used the same path, and it only took about ten minutes total. There aren't many people around here." Flandre indicated that she wasn't stupid; her little head was quite clever.