Rebirth: I can easily control the end-of-the-world game

Chapter 228 [Fern Girl] 1

"you are……?"

After a glance, a silver-haired princess stepped forward and said, "I am Princess Lenaen of the Snow Mountain Kingdom in the north. Good evening, Mage."

"Don't be nervous, kid, I mean no harm."

The mage in the light blue dress noticed the princesses' nervousness. A faint smile crossed her kind face, the wrinkles on her face looking so elegant. "Your brother can be saved, but it requires a certain amount of courage and perseverance. Children, are you willing? Are you willing to endure this hardship?"

The princesses all nodded in unison, their eyes so firm and full of faith. The wizard smiled even more kindly, "Children, I believe in your perseverance, courage, and love for your family. If you want to rescue your brother, you must collect a special kind of fern on rainy days. This fern grows on tall fern trees, and you need to climb up to find it. These ferns are sticky and wet, and it will feel itchy and painful if you touch them with your hands—"

"But, princesses, it is precisely because of the special properties of this bracken that it works. Although it will burn your delicate hands and cause blisters, for your brother's sake, you must use this special bracken and weave it into a piece of clothing by hand."

"Apply these clothes to your brother and those Saker Falcons, and the curse will be lifted under the influence of magic."

Before the princesses could be happy, the wizard continued to add.

"But please note one thing: from the moment you begin your work until you finish, you must not utter a single word. Once you open your mouth, your words will be heard by nature, carried by the wind and snow, and into the ears of the Winter Queen. Everything you have done and endured before will be ineffective, and your brother will never be able to return to normal until he dies."

After she finished speaking, a light rain began to fall in the forest. In the rain, strange, huge, dark green fern trees grew. The wizard waved her hand, and a fern appeared in her palm. She asked everyone to touch it to make sure they would not make the wrong choice.

When the princesses touched it, their palms felt like they were burning with fire, accompanied by a strange itch. Before they could say anything else, everything disappeared.

There were fireflies flying around, a light rain falling, a kind wizard in a glowing blue dress, and only princesses standing in the forest at night, holding strange slippery ferns in their hands.

They looked at each other, some had wet eyes, some were full of excitement, and some were trembling, but no one spoke. The princesses looked at each other and acted tacitly without communicating, picking up the slippery and sticky bracken from the fern trees that had not disappeared yet, and then everyone returned to their own little house.

Feng Lan watched everything secretly wearing an invisibility cloak. She came out after the princesses returned to the room and looked around, but couldn't find the wizard. Feng Lan then turned her attention to the strange fern trees around her. She reached out and touched them. They were sticky, cold, and slippery. The place where they touched the liquid felt a burning pain and was extremely itchy. The feeling was definitely disgusting.

"Whose fern grows on a tree like this?"

Feng Lan complained, but the next second, she felt energy from these fern trees, a subtle and stable energy.

Bracken: Hmm... a disgusting-looking plant, but it has a certain repellent effect. Grind it into powder and sprinkle it around your home to prevent the growth of evil. I heard some witches use this bracken juice to lose weight. Oh, that's quite the determination.

This tree is a magical plant.

Feng Lan's eyes lit up, and she ignored the burning pain in her palms. She took out a pair of gloves and started collecting the fruits quickly. The princesses had already collected them, so Feng Lan helped them deal with the remaining fruits to avoid waste.

The collection was not enough. Facing the bare fern tree, Feng Lan tried to dig one out. Unfortunately, the entire fern tree was bare and had no roots underground. After digging it out, the fern tree disappeared completely, leaving only a dark green piece of wood. When he smelled it up close, he could smell a faint fragrance.

[Fern root: A fragrant, soft wood. After being processed by a wizard, it can be used as incense to bring good luck.]

Even though he didn't know its value, Feng Lan knew that it would bring good luck, so he knew that he would have no trouble selling it when he took it back. After all, who can refuse good luck?

During Feng Lan's felling period, as the rain stopped, many fern trees had disappeared. Feng Lan looked up and found that several of the already few fern trees were missing. He hurriedly asked Hua Hua to join him in picking ferns and cutting trees.

Before all the fern trees disappeared, Feng Lan cut down a total of seventeen fern roots, twenty-six ferns, and one wet seed.

She put her treasures in the supermarket and opened up a new section, the magical plant area.

I copied it casually.

[Fern: Ordinary fern, it has lost its disgusting appearance and burning toxins, but also lost its magical powers. It has a slight exorcism effect, but its medicinal effect is very poor.]

[Fern root: A soft, fragrant piece of wood. Your imitation was crude, resulting in only a single fragrant piece of wood. When lit, the fragrance it emits can soothe the mind.]

Feng Lan was very calm about this copying effect. Anyway, for this skill of hers, when copying someone, the other person must have a certain degree of goodwill towards her, and she must see the other person's complete display of the skill. The scene like Nan Qingsheng's was entirely because the other person's display was too comprehensive and his attention was too focused on her, so he was picked up by the skill.

It's okay when copying ordinary items, but when copying things with energy, such as food, plants, and minerals, the copying effect is very random and needs to be judged. The more complex the energy and the better the effect, the lower the chance of complete copying. However, Feng Lan doesn't mind things that are obtained for free.

……

At dawn the next day, the mountains and forests were still as green as before. The tall trees spread out their dense branches and leaves. The sunlight fell through the gaps between the trees and scattered on the green ground, like flowers made of gold. After the light rain last night, these tender green branches and leaves were filled with the unique fragrance of plants.

When the princesses got up, each of their hands was no longer as white and tender as yesterday, but covered with painful blisters.

When Feng Lan went out, she saw scars on everyone's hands. The princesses looked at her with complicated eyes and said nothing. They could not explain to Feng Lan, nor did they dare to explain, for fear that what they said and did would be discovered by the Queen of Winter, because this accident made it impossible for their brothers to regain their human form.

Feng Lan didn't say what she saw last night. She grabbed a princess's hand. The magic fern juice was gone, but the blisters and wounds were still there. "Does it hurt?"

The princess, whose hand was held by Feng Lan, shook her head, her eyes full of guilt. Because she couldn't confess to Feng Lan, she raised her face and gave Feng Lan a beautiful smile.

Feng Lan looked around. All the princesses just smiled without explaining their wounds. She sighed, "Okay, okay, I get it. You all have your reasons. After all, compared to yesterday, you have a firmer goal today. Princesses, now, let me treat the wounds on your hands first, and then we can eat, okay?"

The princesses nodded and smiled at Feng Lan a little embarrassedly. While she was being treated, each of them came up and gave her a soft hug, silently expressing their gratitude.

(Reference to the fairy tale "The Wild Swans". Please do not apply this to reality. Ferns do not grow like this in reality.)