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Cori's Adventure
Chapter 4: The Forest Behind the Crack

Chapter 4: The Forest Behind the Crack

The afternoon sunlight, still a little hot from noon, shone through Cori's room window. He was sitting boredly looking at the pile of math and literature homework lying on the table and sighed:

- Sigh, if I could go out, I would be playing soccer with my classmates right now. If I knew, I wouldn't have... Wait, Mom locked all the doors and windows, but I can still go to the backyard and crawl through the crack!

Without any further hesitation, Cori quickly put the pile of homework aside, quickly packed up his things and stuffed them into his backpack, the items were the same as yesterday, not much different, however this time he also brought a few more sheets of paper, novels and a box of crayons. Today he was determined to find out what happened last night and about the girl's magical powers.

In Eternal, very few clans had people who could use magic and his clan was one of them. The only people he knew who could use simple magic were Uncle Elden and the respected king of this kingdom. So why did Luna know how to use it and how powerful it was! She could even lift a 3m tall wolf. Could Luna be the child of some prestigious family? But that wasn’t right, no one in this kingdom had white hair like Luna, purple eyes were even rarer… So who was Luna anyway? After thinking for a while, he finished packing and went downstairs to the backyard. Cori’s mother wouldn’t come home until evening (she worked in a clothing store about 5km away from home), so he was quite confident that his actions wouldn’t be discovered. Passing through the familiar crack, before his eyes was no longer a quiet forest covered in a mysterious night, but a beautiful primeval forest with rustling treetops dotted with a few small rays of sunlight, making this place brighter and fresher than ever. Starting to go deeper into the forest, it followed the path from last night and went to the place where the fight happened yesterday. The claw marks as big as his feet were imprinted deep into the ground, giving him goosebumps:

- Cori! Are you coming back to visit me? - Luna said as she jumped down from the tree branch behind him

- Yeah, that's right, I came to visit you ^-^

- Did your mom scold you for coming home late yesterday? - Luna asked

- Of course! My mom forbade me from going out to play anymore..

- Oh, so how did you get here?

- Because the crack over there leads straight to my yard! So me coming here doesn't count as leaving the house, right?

Speaking of this, Cori suddenly remembered the story of the wolf and asked Luna:

- Oh, where is that wolf from yesterday? Did you kill it? Is it still around?

- The wolf from last night? His name is Kevin, he is very gentle, he has never attacked any creatures in the forest, he only eats the fruits I give him. When he was little, he was only the size of a puppy, I raised him somehow and now he is very tall, is that interesting?

- Oh my god, you raised him as a pet? Why do you say he is gentle? He was just about to tear me to pieces!

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- I asked him and he said he thought you were forcing him to go to the other side of the wall so he wanted to protect me, but don't worry, I yelled at him, he won't dare to scare you again

- So where is he now?

- I thought you were scared so I took him to the other side of the river

Sighing in relief, Cori's worries disappeared. As long as he doesn't fly to the other side of the river to play, he will definitely be safe. Then Luna also explained to Cori about her ability. Luna has the ability to control the plants and trees around this forest. Saying that, she raised her hand towards a tree and just like yesterday, Luna's body emitted a soft light that made the tree bend down and touch the ground.

- You sit on it!

- Will it suddenly bounce back?

- Don't worry, I'm here, just sit on it.

Cori gently sat down on the branch that Luna pointed to, and so did she. Then Luna moved the whole tree back to its original position, causing Cori to almost fall to the ground.

- Wow, this place is really high and cool! - Cori exclaimed.

- Hehe, it's really cool...

After that, the two of them had to jump down and run for their lives because they hadn't noticed it until now, right above Cori's head was a beehive as big as a pan that was swinging. Luckily, Luna discovered it in time so neither of them were hurt.

- This place seems okay, Luna, let's sit down here and rest, I'm so tired from running all this time...

Cori sat down on the green grass right under another big tree (this one was an old tree even bigger than the one before). Taking out some water from his backpack to drink, Cori suddenly saw the set of crayons he was carrying, and said to Luna:

- Hey Luna, I have something for you!

- What is it!?

- Ta da - Cori took out the set of crayons from his backpack

- Oh, what's that?

- Crayons! Have you seen it before?

- Never, this is the first time I've seen it

Then he showed Luna how to hold the pen and which colors to draw beautifully. After that, the two of them put their heads together to draw a picture:

- You draw the tree over here, Luna, I'll draw the sun and clouds!

- How do you draw a tree? I don't know

- Like this, just mix and match and it's done

- Oh, it's pretty similar

- Luna, you draw you, I'll draw me, each of us draws our own person!

- OK

*They finished the picture

- Done! - Luna and cori said at the same time

- Our painting is also beautiful, isn't it Luna?

- That's right! But where should I hang it now?

- I don't know either, let me take it home for now, it's almost dark

- Do you have to go home? - Luna asked regretfully

- If I don't go home, my mother will be mad, she's almost home

- Well then, goodbye~

Leading Cori to the crack, Luna waved goodbye to Cori sadly. Cori did the same, he waved goodbye to Luna and went inside the house. Lying on the soft bed, his spirit plummeted when he saw the pile of math and literature homework on the table. Maybe tonight would be a busy night for him...