Reborn as a short-lived loli who can only live for three years

As school was about to start, the list of secret places for public exploration slowly advanced to the fourth one, which was one of Ivy's goals.

This secret realm is rich in herbal resources. Many herbs are marked as toxic, but there are also many detoxifying herbs, including the effective white leaf.

There were only a few white leaf samples in the potion garden, and she hoped to pick more this time to facilitate future research.

Also accompanying them was Chu Yu.

Pukuria was still among the teachers leading the team, but for some reason, Ivy felt that she looked more focused than before, as if this secret realm was also Pukuria's goal.

……

The exploration team advanced smoothly along the planned route map.

There were no unexpected situations along the way, and it seemed that all the dangers they encountered were within their calculations.

From the hand-drawn map, we can see that the several stopover points they made along the way were all artificial herb gardens.

Free time to explore, the herb garden is evergreen all year round and the herbs grow lushly.

Teachers carrying seed bags began to check the growth of herbs in the garden. They cleared the weeds, dealt with the overcrowded herbs, reclaimed several withered fields, and sowed new seeds.

Some unique herbs, even if transplanted into the magic potion garden and tried to restore their previous growth environment, would not grow as well as those native to the secret realm. For rare herbs in the magic potion garden, teachers would take advantage of the opportunity of public exploration to sow seeds in the secret realm and come back the following year to inspect the results.

“Is this the effective medicinal ingredient?”

They successfully discovered white-leaved herbs, which covered a large area of ​​land and were dazzlingly white amid the lush green.

Ivy tentatively picked a leaf and asked Chu Yu beside him, "Would you like to try it?"

"Taking it alone won't relieve the toxins." Chu Yu said seriously.

“But it tastes sweet.”

"..."

Chu Yu took it and took a tentative bite.

"How about it?"

"It is sweet." But Chu Yu still frowned, "But it smells very strong of grass."

After carefully selecting a few white leaves and putting them in his backpack, Ivy had initially achieved his goal for this trip.

All that remains is to observe the plants along the way and see if any poison related to the blue flower can be found.

……

The exploration team's pace suddenly stopped.

"What happened?" someone in the crowd asked.

"Look ahead, the road seems to be blocked..."

They were now walking on a forest path, surrounded by dense trees, with branches and leaves above almost covering the entire sky.

However, in such a lush environment, the road ahead was blocked by dark thorny vines, and the scene hidden behind the thorns was completely invisible.

This is abnormal.

These thorns not only blocked the way ahead, but also faintly emitted dark magical power.

Almost subconsciously, Ivy looked up at Pukulia who was leading the team in front.

That serious and calm profile actually raised an almost crazy smile at this moment.

But in the blink of an eye, the smile disappeared.

As if it had never appeared on Pukulia's face.

From the hand-drawn map, we can see that the next place they are going to is a cave.

However, the way forward was blocked for unknown reasons. Considering the safety of the students, the exploration team led everyone back dozens of steps, stopped at a safe distance away from the thorns, and began to discuss a new route.

"They also sensed that it was not an ordinary dark attribute thorn."

Ivy raised her head and asked, "What are they?"

Chu Yu looked at her quietly: "Those are thorns formed by black magic. The overflowing magic power will erode life."

Black magic.

That is the most extreme and dangerous branch of magic that is exclusive to dark magicians.

It is a forbidden technique among forbidden techniques.

The first science lesson for every dark magician who enrolled was about the various dangers of black magic. Not only did they have to sign a pledge to stay on the right path, but they also had to undergo additional magic purity tests every semester to ensure that no one was secretly exposed to black magic.

"Judging from its growth, it has been there for at least a year."

Ivy tilted her head. "So, someone used black magic a year ago, causing the plants to mutate and grow wildly?"

"K."

After discussion, the expedition team decided to bypass the cave and go directly to the next attraction.

As for this unusual phenomenon, they seemed to want to wait until this batch of public explorations was over before sending a separate investigation team to find out the truth.

The students expressed deep regret, but there was nothing they could do.

So the leading teachers changed direction and chose to bypass the thorns.

Pukulia still led the team seriously, and there seemed nothing strange about her determined back.

But Ivy believed in her intuition. She felt that Pukuria would never give up exploring here.

She grabbed Chu Yu's hand and looked up and asked, "It may be a little sudden, but I hope you can keep an eye on Teacher Pukulia's whereabouts..."

Then take her with you whenever you want to sneak...

Before he could finish the second half of the sentence, Ivy froze in place.

Because Chu Yu’s expression looked surprised... and happy.

...What? It's just holding hands, why are you so happy?

Ivy didn't know he had such personal charm.

Chu Yu realized his own gaffe and quickly returned to his usual cold expression.

"no problem."

……

The students lined up in neat rows and walked slowly on a temporary path.

The dark thorns in the distance suddenly twisted and stretched on the ground without any warning.

It was as if countless pitch-black poisonous pythons were rapidly approaching the expedition team!

"Protect students!"

The accompanying team of professional magicians immediately erected layers of solid defenses to keep out the suddenly rampaging thorns.

The thorns were still growing wildly, clinging to the defensive barrier, twisting, intertwining, and overlapping.

Soon, the thorns almost covered the entire defensive barrier, blocking all light, and the barrier below the thorns suddenly fell into extreme darkness.

The students screamed in fear.

"Keep calm, we'll be safe soon!" The magician calmed the restless crowd, while another group of people were quickly breaking through the thorny vines.

The darkness lasted for less than a minute before the thorns withered and retreated under the stronger magical suppression, showing no signs of attacking anymore.

The sun shone through the mottled shadows of the trees, and the magical fluctuations in the air gradually returned to calm.

"Check the headcount!"

At a command from the captain of the magician guard, representatives from each group checked the number of people in the three groups: teachers, magician guards, and students.

"Teacher Pukuria is missing!"

The first missing person soon appeared.

“There are also two fewer students.”

The magicians all looked for the student teams they were responsible for.

Soon, the names of the missing students were also reported.

"The missing persons are Yi Wei, a first-year junior high school student, and Chu Yu, a first-year senior high school student!"