A carefree soldier king in the city

Chapter 405 Passage

Principal Smith nodded and said, "That's settled then! I'm going to check the treasury to see what we can reward them with."

Upon hearing this, Professor Warlock and the others exchanged smiles, saying nothing more.

After Chao Bufan and his group of five left the academic affairs office, Bridal breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Ah... finally, I can relax for a few days."

"You guys finally have a few days off, what are your plans?" Dosru asked, raising an eyebrow, sensing something was off about the man's words.

The others turned their gaze to Chao Bufan, who smiled slightly and said, "Don't look at me, I don't have any plans."

“I don’t want to waste this once-in-a-lifetime holiday. Bridal, you have the most brilliant ideas. Tell me, what are some good activities?” Fenrit asked.

"Well... it's not impossible, it just depends on whether you're willing to listen," said Brido, seemingly trying to keep everyone in suspense.

"Then what are you dawdling for? Tell us, what activity is it?" The others immediately became interested.

"Do you really want me to tell you?" Bridal asked unhurriedly.

"Stop talking nonsense and get to the point," Dosru said quickly.

"Hehe, alright, this is what you asked me to say. I wonder if you'd be interested in taking a stroll through the Enchanted Forest?" Bridal chuckled.

"Uh!!" Apart from Chao Bufan, the other three were all surprised.

“Brido, I seem to remember that our academy has a rule that no student is allowed to go into the Magic Forest, otherwise they will be expelled. You…”

Curry said with a hint of surprise, but before he could finish, Blido interrupted him with a laugh, "Don't forget, we're contestants now, and some rules don't apply to us anymore."

As soon as he finished speaking, Currydo and the others' eyes lit up, and Dosru clapped his hands and laughed: "Ha! That makes sense, that makes sense."

"So, are you still going or not?" Bridal asked with a smile.

“Nonsense, of course we went, but we don’t know…” As they spoke, Fenrit and the other two all turned their gazes toward Chao Bufan.

Chao Bufan crossed his arms in front of his chest, smiled slightly, and then said something that was sure to shock everyone: "Please don't look at me like that. How could I miss out on something fun?"

In fact, the age difference between these five people was less than three years. They hit it off and quickly formed a "united front". The next step was to put it into action.

“Alright, since everyone agrees, let’s not waste this precious time. Let’s set off immediately. Our destination: the Magic Forest.” Bridal took out his magic wand and said, “I’ll lead the way.”

As he spoke, he silently recited a magic incantation, then pointed his magic wand forward. Suddenly, a wooden chair appeared in front of him. Without saying a word, he sat down on the chair and then "ridden" it into the air, flying away into the distance.

Immediately, Fenrir and the other two revealed their respective flying machines. Fenrir's flying machine was a blanket, Doslu's flying machine was a broom, and Currydo's flying machine was even more interesting, simply a piece of wood.

"Bu Fan, we'll go first, you'd better hurry!" Fenrit said, then he and Doslu and the other two piloted their aircraft and chased after them in the direction of Brido.

Chao Bufan smiled slightly and flashed after him.

"Huh? Bufan, you...you can actually fly without a flying vehicle..." Seeing Chao Bufan flying directly in the air, Bridal and the others were startled. Who is this guy? He's too amazing! They've never seen anyone fly directly in the air before.

Chao Bufan seemed to have anticipated their strong reaction. He smiled slightly, then raised one foot and said, "Well, take a look at what this is."

"Well??"

When Bridal and the others saw it, they almost fell out of mid-air. The extraordinary flying device was actually two paper airplanes, one foot on the other. It was really hard to notice unless you looked closely.

"Good lad, you're something else, using a paper airplane as a flying machine." Bridal cast a strange look at Super Extraordinary, mentally adding a title to Super Extraordinary—weirdo. In fact, not only him, but Fenrit and the other two thought the same way.

"Hehe, it's just a personal preference." Chao Bufan didn't think anything of it and even said with a smile. At this moment, however, he was filled with curiosity about the four of them, including Bridal. He had only spent less than half an hour with them, but from their words, he could tell that they were all carefree young people, which suited his taste quite well.

At the edge of a forest, the five of them landed back on the ground.

"Brido, have you been here before?" Seeing that Bido seemed to know the place well, Fenrit asked, sensing that the kid had been here before, otherwise he wouldn't have come straight here.

“No, not really. However, a few years ago, I accidentally saw a map of our magic academy and the surrounding area in the principal’s office, so I kept it in mind. I didn’t expect it to finally come in handy today.” Bridal appeared extremely calm, as if he were talking about something insignificant. However, since returning to the ground, his gaze had been fixed on a certain spot in the forest directly in front of him, with a clear hint of suspicion in his eyes, which aroused the interest of Dosru and the others.

"What are you looking at?" Dosru asked, standing on tiptoe and following Brido's gaze.

"Strange, the map clearly shows there's a giant tree here, so how come it's gone!" Bridal muttered to himself, as if asking others, or perhaps asking himself.

"Huh?" Everyone was stunned. Doslut asked in confusion, "Brido, are you sure you're not mistaken? There are so many giant trees here, which one are you referring to?"

Indeed, less than fifty meters in front of where they stood was the Magic Forest, and the towering trees in the Magic Forest were so large that three adult men could not encircle them, and the smaller ones were more than half a meter in diameter. With so many giant trees in front of them, he only mentioned one. Was he brain-dead?

However, Bridal shook his head and frowned, saying, "That's not what I meant. I remember it was clearly marked on the map that this is the safe entrance to the Magic Forest, and the sign of the safe entrance is that crooked giant tree."

"A crooked-necked giant tree?" Dosru and the others were clearly taken aback. Fenrit asked in confusion, "There's no crooked-necked giant tree here! Bridal, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

“I couldn’t possibly be wrong,” Bridal said, shaking his head firmly.