The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 272 Jointly Explore the Inner Enclosure
Even on her way to her magic Q&A class the next day, Moran was still troubled by the results of yesterday's investigation.

When Vasita and Sylph asked her curiously about yesterday's exploration, she seemed to have found an outlet to confide in them:
"Did you know that there isn't a single forest in the inner perimeter area, near the core area?"

"what?"

Seeing the shocked expressions on Vasita and Sylph's faces, Moran felt much better and continued:
"Yesterday I walked around the hedge wall and saw stone forests, grasslands, swamps, and deserts, but I didn't see any mountains or forests. The mountains and forests are in a much farther place, and I have to cross those places to find them. There might be flying monsters attacking along the way, so I can't just ride a broomstick..."

“If you find it difficult, then it must be even more difficult for us. It seems that exploring the inner area is not something that can be done overnight!” Sylph also became somewhat worried.

"It's almost the weekend, how about we try to cross this area together and find a safe flight route?"

Vasida suggested, "It's difficult to handle unexpected situations when one person is in the air, but it's different when there are three of us."

“It seems feasible!” Sylph said.

Moran was somewhat tempted. If Vasita and Sylph were there, she would dare to fight the giant eagle even on a broomstick.

The power of one wand is completely different from that of three wands.

"Then come to my place after class, and we can discuss it together?"

The three little witches hit it off immediately.

During the magic Q&A session, after Moran finished asking the questions he had prepared, he began to study the route in advance.

After Vasita and Sylph finished asking their questions, the three of them went to Moran's dormitory together.

Moran took out her college map and showed it to them:
"This area is a forest of isolated peaks, with jagged rocks everywhere, obstructing the view, and deep within, there are giant eagles."

This area is a grassland. Although it offers a wide view and is home to many grazing animals, making it easy to solve the supply problem, the temperature here is much lower than in other places, and there are snow-capped mountains further in.

This area is a green swamp, and the situation with flying beasts is unknown. However, even at the edge, I saw many poisonous plants and poisonous creatures. The ground conditions are the most complex.

This area is a sandy wasteland, with endless sandstorms and strong winds. Plants and wild animals are scarce, making supplies a major problem.

Every place is difficult to navigate.

However, the border areas between each region have abrupt changes in terrain and climate, resulting in fewer wild animals and greater safety.

Therefore, I suggest we take it from a border area.

“Let’s go between the isolated peaks and the grasslands! That area has the richest supplies.” Sylph was considering that Vasita would need to eat drastically after expending so much energy.

After all, according to Moran's description, these places are very large, and it's hard to imagine how long it would take to get through them.

“That’s what I think too,” Moran said. “The roads here are the easiest to travel. The biggest problem is actually keeping warm, but we’ve all learned how to use temperature-regulating magic circles. We can set them up when we rest, and that will keep us warm. It’s just a pity that we don’t have magical fabric that can be used to draw temperature-regulating magic circles, otherwise we wouldn’t be afraid of the cold when we’re traveling.”

“That’s easy! I’ve cultivated a new type of firethorn tree. Its leaves have excellent insulating properties. I’ll go pick some, and we can just stick a few pieces inside our clothes,” Sylph said.

"That's great! There's such a good thing!" Moran's last bit of worry disappeared.

"Is there anything I can do?" Vasita asked, raising her hand.

She felt like she was a burden, not only troubling her friends to think about supplies for her, but also having no way to help in any way.

"You should go to the breadfruit grove and pick some breadfruit to fill your stomach. You'll be our team's protector, responsible for taking damage. You can't go without being well-fed!" Moran said.

Vasita nodded emphatically: "Don't worry, as long as I'm not hungry, I won't collapse!" Thinking of what happened in the wilderness survival class, she added: "Except for poisoning!"

This made Moran and Sylph burst out laughing: "Don't worry! With us here, you won't get poisoned!"

"When shall we set off?" Vasita asked impatiently.

Sylph looked at Moran, a hint of eagerness in her eyes.

Moran tentatively asked, "Now?"

“Okay! Then I’ll go to the greenhouse to pick firethorn leaves!” Sylph said.

“I’m going to the breadfruit grove to eat breadfruit!” Vasita said.

Moran: "Then let's meet at the hedge by the breadfruit grove later!"

The three of them immediately split up and got to work.

Moran took a three-tailed chicken from the refrigerator, picked some shiitake mushrooms from the farmland, and picked a bunch of breadfruit from the breadfruit grove.

They floated together to the meadow outside the hedge.

I not only made chicken stew with mushrooms and cooked rice, but also made a lot of bread and fruit cakes.

"It smells so good!" Sylph and Vasita arrived, drawn by the aroma.

"This is lunch. We need to eat our fill before we can start our adventure! As for these..." Moran divided the bread and fruit cakes into three portions: "These are our emergency supplies. They can be used when we can't find any prey and need to replenish our energy. Each person can take one portion. If one person loses theirs, the others will have others."

Vasita asked instinctively, "What if they're all lost?"

“Even if we lose them all, we still have the cards!” Moran said. “As long as I’m here, you’ll never go hungry!”

Vasita stared at her with wide eyes: ()!

No one has ever said anything like that to her before!
The sense of security is overwhelming!
Sylph also took out three small cloth bags: "These are full of firethorn leaves. Generally speaking, stick one on your chest, one on your back, and one on the soles of your feet, and that will keep your whole body warm. One leaf will be effective for 24 hours."

Moran took it and exclaimed, "So beautiful!"

The thin, crimson leaves felt warm and cozy even through the cloth bag.

It feels warm to the touch and provides continuous heat for 24 hours without any reduction in temperature, which is much better than a hand warmer.

Vasita happily used a shrinking spell to shrink the bread and fruit cake package and the firethorn leaf bag, preparing to put them into her handbag, but Moran stopped her:
"I know expansion techniques. Give me your satchels, and I'll temporarily expand the internal space of your satchels so that you can fit the flying brooms inside later."

However, my current expansion skill level is not high. I can only maintain a small space large enough to fit a flying broom for a maximum of three hours. After that time, I have to expand it all over again.

“Three hours is already very good!” Sylph said. “I was just worried about how to bring the flying broom!”

“That’s right! With your magic, Moran, you shouldn’t have any trouble expanding it every three hours!” Vasita said.

Moran nodded and said, "The expansion spell consumes a lot of magic, but for me, maintaining the expansion space for our three satchels is no problem at all!"

(End of this chapter)