frightfiction Chapter 568 Groups formed during the field trip
Chapter 568 Groups formed during the field trip
The thing that Chongyun mentioned, which seemed like a demon but wasn't, was wandering around nearby. Xu Ning felt uneasy until he figured it out.
Now that I know who it is, I feel relieved.
It's just unclear what this creature, who sounds like an elemental being, is trying to achieve by coming to this poetry gathering, and how she came into contact with the power related to herself.
"Let her play for now. Everyone's having a great time. It wouldn't be good if she ruined everyone's fun. Just keep an eye on her."
Xu Ning watched her wander around the venue like a normal person, occasionally stopping to admire the riddles written by others, and sometimes even guessing them to herself. If Shen He hadn't reminded her beforehand, she would hardly have realized that she wasn't actually human.
After the warm-up, there was a poetry riddle guessing game. Correct answers earned points, and the person with the highest score received a gift prepared by the ancestral hall.
Although Xu Ning wasn't really looking forward to it at all.
"...Next is the third one, hmm, why is this character written so sloppily..."
Xu Ning barely participated in the riddle-solving process, but when Hu Tao read the poem riddle aloud, he noticed that Paimon, who was floating beside him, was winking and grinning at him, pointing at the poem and saying, "Listen carefully, it's related to you, you'll definitely be able to guess it right away."
"...What has no wings yet can fly, suspended in the air without getting tired; its belly is full of Mora, but it sinks into the sea and can't be retrieved."
Xu Ning glanced at Paimon with disdain. Did he really need a special hint? It wasn't hard to guess at all.
The answer is Paimon.
Paimon looked at Xu Ning's raised hand in surprise. "Hey, you weren't even thinking about it, were you? I even gave you a hint..."
However, Chongyun, Xingqiu, and Noelle immediately raised their hands and shouted, "...It's Paimon!"
Even Sora couldn't help but laugh, raising his hand and saying, "It must be Paimon!"
Paimon said anxiously, "Why does everyone say it's me? I clearly wrote about the Jade Pavilion, of course, the one that Xu Ning and the others smashed into the sea. Now, you can still accidentally fish out the little box containing Mora from the Sumeru River."
Xu Ning smiled and said, "But it feels quite fitting to change it to Paimon."
Everyone around agreed, and even Paimon had to admit that he and the Jade Pavilion shared some very similar characteristics.
The group chatted and laughed, having long since lost the initial awkwardness of their first meeting.
Seeing that the time was right, Wendy immediately took the opportunity to announce the theme of tomorrow's event—matching couplets, and added a field trip segment, encouraging everyone to travel around and incorporate the scenery of lakes and mountains into their couplets.
"Regardless, this is still the wilderness. For safety reasons, I've put the names of the friends who participated in the first round of writing poetry riddles and answering questions into the box. We'll now randomly draw names and divide into groups of four... Xu Ning, Shen He, Qingyi, and Kaliru, you'll be in one group..."
Wendy divided almost everyone into groups of four to form groups for tomorrow's field trip. Whether it was intentional or a coincidence, Xu Ning and his group ended up in a group with the blue-haired woman named Carlyle.
Xu Ning looked over at her, and their eyes met.
Contrary to Xu Ning's expectations of resistance, panic, and hiding, Carlyle seemed to have no objection to the group assignment. In fact, a sense of relief appeared on her face, as if this was exactly the result she wanted.
Before Xu Ning could even speak to her, Carlyle walked over confidently and asked, "It seems you're together. Where shall we meet tomorrow?"
Xu Ning glanced around and pointed to the stone bridge not far below.
Let's meet on that bridge.