lerbook Chapter 487 The Unexpected Mystery
Chapter 487 The Unexpected Mystery
The magical light curtain appeared at just the right moment.
After the two sisters finished playing a tune with the bell, the magic appeared beside them in the form of a door, outlining the shape of a large door that could be entered and exited on the wall.
"Wow..."
Xia Youyou took two steps back, staring in astonishment at the wondrous magic door before her.
"A door has actually appeared! But... but how do we open it?"
Xia Taotao was quite bold, so she moved closer to the light screen and carefully examined it.
Although my magical knowledge is not much better than Hyacinth's, I can still use my pure talent to predict the effects of magic.
But when Xia Taotao looked up and down at the light curtain-like barrier on the wall in front of her, she could only scratch her head, completely clueless.
Since there's a main door, a key is needed, but the key to room 105 in my hand is completely useless—
There's no keyhole on this door! How can you open a door without a keyhole with a key?
After fiddling around in front of the door for a long time without finding a way to open it, Xia Taotao retreated to Xia Youyou's side. The rabbit sisters stared blankly at the puzzle door in front of them that they had finally managed to solve.
"How do I open it?" Xia Youyou asked.
"I don't know..." Xia Taotao shook her head and shrugged.
On the balcony, the squirrel-like familiar peeked out. Xia Taotao caught the familiar's little movements out of the corner of her eye and immediately understood.
She reached out and took Xia Youyou's hand, leading her younger sister toward the stairwell.
"Sister? Aren't we going to keep looking for the entrance?"
"Let's go to the rooftop and take a look. Maybe the key to opening the door lies in the last puzzle."
As Xia Taotao said this, Xia Youyou thought about it and agreed that it made sense, so she happily followed her sister to the rooftop.
The squirrel familiar was finally able to climb onto the balcony and walk to the light curtain door to examine it carefully.
Analysis of Inari
The analysis magic activated, and the thin light barrier transformed into a collection of countless barrier patterns in the familiar's eyes.
"Hmm... I see..." Su Tianqing muttered to herself after reading the conclusion given by the magic analysis.
The barrier design wasn't particularly sophisticated; in fact, it appeared quite crude.
Create a separate space using the super-basic version of the Mindscape World, then arrange scenes and place objects within that space, continuously supplying it with leyline magic. This way, the barrier can be maintained for a long time.
However, if you don't collect everything as the riddle suggests to open the door, even you yourself won't be able to enter that space.
I'll just have to figure out a way to go in with Rabbit later. I just don't know what kind of things will be inside. Su Tianqing thought to herself.
Since the treasure is set up with magic, it means that only magical girls or people with outstanding magical talent can enter. Could there be something like a treasure guardian inside?
For example... a powerful freak?
No, no, what if an ordinary person accidentally enters the barrier? Kalia should have thought of that when she set up the barrier.
Su Tianqing became increasingly expectant.
"Let's leave this barrier to Miss Inari for a thorough analysis," Su Tianqing muttered to herself.
As for the last mystery, let Tao Tao and her sister solve it!
There shouldn't be any major problems, right?
……
The third puzzle was solved quickly.
Its riddle is very simple—[A star that should not exist has been observed].
On a snowy day, especially during the daytime, it was impractical to use a telescope to observe the starry sky, so the three of them naturally didn't think about it and began to look down and observe their surroundings.
If there are no stars in the sky, then look for them on the ground! If you can find so-called "stars" on the ground, aren't they stars that shouldn't exist?
Soon, the sharp-eyed Xia Youyou noticed something amiss:
A GG advertising sign stands in the square in front of the hotel. When looking at the side of the sign from the rooftop, you can clearly see a shiny object in the corner.
"It's over there!"
The rabbit girl excitedly ran down from the rooftop, ran to the advertising board, and after feeling around for a while, she pulled out a small star-shaped gadget:
"I found it—"
Xia Youyou was overjoyed, jumping around in the snow and showing off the little trinkets she had found to Xia Taotao and Jin Lanshuang, who were looking up at the rooftop.
A shiny gold cross star—of course, not the real Guardian Star, but just a replica toy.
The toy's surface had begun to fade, and the colors were not as vibrant and shiny as the original Guardian Star. The design was also not as attractive, but it was still enough to impress the three of them.
"Now we've solved all three puzzles!"
"Yay!"
The bunny sisters clapped and cheered, creating a joyful atmosphere.
Jin Lanshuang held the Guardian Star toy that emitted a strange magical fluctuation, while Xia Taotao clutched the metal key to room 105. The three stood side by side before the magical door revealed by the glockenspiel.
A short but very interesting treasure hunt and puzzle-solving journey has finally come to an end.
"Next, as long as we open this door, the treasure will appear before us," Jin Lanshuang said.
Xia Taotao remained noncommittal, while Xia Youyou excitedly tiptoed and gently landed, making soft pattering sounds, as if urging the two to open the door quickly.
"...Then let's go in and take a look together," Jin Lanshuang said, looking at the two people beside her.
The pink-haired bunny girl nodded gently, took the Guardian Star toy handed to her, held it in her hand along with the key, and reached out to approach the light curtain door.
Mysterious magical power emanated from the light barrier, and an ethereal gate gradually took shape. A door identical to the ones in the other rooms appeared before the girls' astonished gazes:
For some reason, Xia Youyou suddenly gripped her sister's arm tightly.
"long?"
Xia Taotao turned to look at her younger sister and was surprised to see the unconcealed fear on her face.
"Sister... I... I always feel... a little scared..."
"There's nothing to be afraid of. This is the treasure room designed by Kalia. The treasure we've been searching for all day is inside," Xia Taotao said with a smile, reassuring her sister.
Even so, Xia Youyou couldn't hide the fear on her face, and even looked like she wanted to hide behind Xia Taotao.
Even Xia Youyou herself couldn't explain why she was so scared.
There was absolutely nothing inside the door—neither magical fluctuations nor anything else—it was like an empty room.
But it was precisely this empty room that brought him an indescribable and intense fear.
"What's there to be afraid of? I'll go in and check it out!"
Jin Lanshuang volunteered to push open the door and enter.
Seeing her companion enter first, Xia Taotao, holding her younger sister's hand, was about to push the door open when she suddenly heard a magical communication:
【Don't go in! Absolutely do not go in!!】
It's extremely dangerous inside—
Xia Taotao subconsciously turned around and looked at the squirrel familiar on the balcony with a panicked expression.
Before she could react, a powerful force suddenly came from the open door, swallowing the two bunny sisters whole—
"Clatter!"
The door closed.
The squirrel familiar slammed its head against the door, its head throbbing with pain, staring in horror at the tightly sealed door before it.
"Oh no! We're doomed!"
The familiar was pacing anxiously, and Su Tianqing was equally worried. She quickly spoke to the red fox girl on the other end of the magic communication channel.
"All three of them are inside! What are we going to do?!"
"This is going to be difficult... Oh dear..." Inari was briefly surprised, then let out a long sigh.
"Be prepared to force your way in and support them at any time, Miss Kokoro."