9

Helena was initially unsure of what Amora said about her sister's diary, but she wanted to try to solve the mystery about the forbidden forest. She wasn't really sure, but she was going to keep looking for answers for Axton as much as she could. 

Helena returns home with her teleportation and searches for Winter's whereabouts. At least she wanted to ask Winter about this. Helena still wonders why her sister chose Winter and Winky as a partner who can open the gates of the forbidden forest. Amora, Helena, Alex; the three of them came to the Castile La Mancha region. They are looking for Winter's whereabouts. When Helena came home she was very happy when she saw Winter who was at her house was fine.

“Have you managed to save Prince Axton's life?” Winter asked Helena who saw her back with Amora and Alex.

“No, I haven't found Axton's soul yet, but to get to that forbidden forest, I have to be with you.” Winter furrowed his brow, he didn't understand what Helena meant.

Winter and Winky are indeed the destiny partner that Selena Dazzle chose, but they have absolutely no idea that they are the key to the forbidden forest.

"What does that mean? Why should I come?" Helena then took Winter's hand and invited her to teleport to the gate of the forbidden forest.

"Look! This is where you are supposed to be the key to the forbidden forest, but according to my sister's notebook, you should come with your partner named Winky. However, I don't know who Winky is. Do you know him?" 

Winter was getting confused by what Helena said. She didn't understand what she meant. She just kept quiet and looked at the three of them.

"No, I don't know what you mean, in fact I've never even met Selena before. Indeed, I had met her once when she was a master at my school, but other than that, I never spoke to her again. I think Selena is a busy person and it is impossible to have long conversations with a small child like me." 

Amora sighed, she also didn't know who Winky was, who made Winter's partner. Because it was already noon and hot, the four of them finally sat under a shady tree, while Alex walked into the forest to find a water source. Just as the source of the water was flowing, above him was a white foxglove flower and a pink one on his head.

A second later he stared at the beautiful flowers. He was about to touch it, but suddenly something happened. Strong winds like a hurricane hit Alex, actually not a hurricane due to nature, but this was Vale's doing.

"What are you doing here? Who are you? Why are you here? This is the forbidden forest belonging to the village road! Why are you here? What are you looking for?" 

Previously, Vale had never behaved like this. He is neither strict nor evil. Vale is a cheerful person and can do whatever he wants, but right now he is really panicking. He was thinking of a way to release Prince Axton's soul and hide it forever, to avenge the death of his father and mother

"I am a tier two witch and master who masters the power of the wind, who are you yourself? Why are you in this forbidden forest?" 

Vale suspects that Alex is about to steal the foxglove flower above.

"I'm just an immigrant. I want to find fresh water to drink. My friends were exhausted there so I had to give them a drink. Do you rule this area? Is this forest yours?" 

Vale shook his head but he didn't leave Alex right away. "Answer my question first, is it true that you didn't have any intention of going into this forest?" 

Alex nodded, "That's right, I don't have any purpose in this forest other than looking for a drink. What's going on in this forest?" 

Actually Alex knows that this forbidden forest is a cursed forest that holds all the souls that have been cursed by Selena Dazzle, but Alex deliberately pretended not to know because he was also new to Vale.

"Looks like this water is enough so I have to go first." 

Alex then left in front of Vale. He didn't want to have long dealings with foreign man he didn't know. But Alex still suspects that Vale has other intentions. He also definitely wanted to do something in this forbidden forest. When Alex returns to the place where Amora, Helena and Winter rest, they were very happy and immediately gulped down the water brought by Alex. 

Vale secretly follows Alex and he finds out that Helena has brought Winter. He planned to kidnap Winter because he didn't want Helena to open the forbidden gate at this time. This forest looks like an ordinary forest, but actually if the fateful couples are united, it will be seen where are the souls that have been cursed by Selena Dazzle. In addition, these forests will not look like ordinary forests. This forest will look very beautiful and have beautiful lights that are very beautiful from blooming flower petals. 

Vale then returned to where Robert and Winky were sitting. He then said that Helena Dazzle was nearby. The only way to make Vale succeed in obtaining Axton's soul, he must first kidnap Winter. Vale immediately rushed to Winter, kidnapping him rashly. He moves forward to kidnap Winter with his wind power. Although very fast, but Alex is a reliable fighter and Amora is also a witch who can do anything. When Vale arrived, Amora immediately locked the magic power and asked Vale to release Winter from his grasp. 

Helena was surprised when she saw Vale in front of her. She stared in disbelief for having him made this mess.

"Gosh, Vale! What's wrong with you? Why you are here? Then why did you hurt Winter? Tell me, what really happened? What do you want to do?"

Vale was still silent and didn't want to answer, instead he looked down in guilt because he had been caught off guard.

"Answer to atone for your guilt, explain to me what you really want to do!" 

It took Vale a long time to answer, because he hesitated to answer. If only Helena knew his intention to steal Axton's soul, then Helena wouldn't agree. 

"It's none of your business Helena, I just wanted to bring Winter home. Why did you bring her into this forbidden forest?”

Helena became suspicious of Vale's movements, seemed nervous and lied about his answer. Helena felt that Vale was hiding something. She wasn't sure what it was, but she was sure if it had something to do with Axton's soul or maybe Helena's guess was right, if in fact Vale already knew that Winter and Winky were the keys to this forbidden forest.