It was a place covered with faint light.
　A carriage stops before the light, Marina, Audovan, and Jusla's Dark Elves appear from inside, and the Rays follow suit.

"This is the boundary of the barrier... I never thought I'd be able to see it so blatantly."
"Guru..."

　Seto, who moved by the carriage, chants in agreement with Ray.

"Well, that's what I used to say about barriers are boundaries. I wonder if what you can see is the other person's aim to be vigilant."
"But as long as it exists as a wall of light, it stands out. If so, could there be monsters drawn to this light?"

　Listening to Vichela and Elena's conversation, Ray suddenly reaches out to the wall of light as if interested... Marina gently grabs the hand and stops it.

"No, Ray. As I told you when I fought the aerowing, if Ray's magic is used to reach the boundary of the world tree, the world tree might weaken all at once. Then there's no point in bringing Ray, is there?"

　Marina tells the child in a way that makes her feel as if she were telling her, but the way she acted, consciously or unconsciously, somehow, her charm oozes out.
　Of course Elena and Vihela can't leave it alone.

"Marina, I'd rather you be in the boundary now than that now."
"Well, I've come all the way here, and I don't want to waste my time here if possible."
"Oh, come to think of it that way," ... anyway, Ray, act with a firm understanding of what his magic is."

　Marina herself probably didn't mean to seduce Ray in particular. When Elena and Vihela tell them, they simply distance themselves from Ray.
　As I approached the boundary of the barrier, a few words or so made a hole in a part of the boundary of the barrier as if I had lifted the boundary of confusion.

"... As expected of Marina,"
"Well, it must have been a long time since I came back, but with such ease..."

　I guess Audovan and Jusla didn't know what they were surprised at. Vichela speaks to represent him.

"You two," Why are you so surprised? Are dark elves free to enter and exit the boundary?"

　It was only natural that the question was answered immediately.
　For Audovan, it was more important to deal with the beautiful women in front of him than to carry out his mission to bring back Marina and bring back the world tree on top of it.
　No, maybe it's right to express that you're able to immerse yourself in your hobbies because you've been able to bring enough people to save the world tree.
　At any rate, that was the greatest reward for Audovan.

"I think Marina said that there are two boundaries of the world tree, including the boundaries of this barrier." That's why the barrier is not as strong as the barrier, but the barrier is different."

　Audovan's gaze was directed to the wall of light pierced enough for the carriage to pass through.

"Beyond this barrier lies the settlement where we, the Dark Elves, live." And above all, there is the main body of the world tree."
"...wait a minute,"

　The Audovan, who still seems to keep talking, pauses with Arra's words.
　If this had been heard by a man walking around, he might have ignored it, but for Audovan, Arra could not have ignored it because she was a beautiful enough woman.

"What?"
"I don't think it's better to notice that the world tree is on the other side of this boundary... in the dark elf village?"
"Yes,"

　Arra continues with a mystified expression on her face as she nods.

"Then why can't you see the world tree from here? It's like a world tree. Of course, I thought it was a big tree."
"Yes!"

　Bune also calls out to agree with Arra.
　These two... and Ray, who had the same doubts, looked at them and Audovan opened his mouth with a small smile.

"I think you'll see that clearly when you get into the boundary."

　Unusual... yes, really unusual, even though he noticed Ray's gaze at him, Audovan didn't show the same expression of awe or fright as before.
　Ray finally thought he had gotten used to himself, but soon shook his head.
　Perhaps it was because I was able to come back to where I was born and raised.
　Given that, Ray's gaze is once again directed to the light barrier in front of him, judging that he should not get involved much.
　Already, on the other side of the wall of light, there was a marina figure, urging the lays to come quickly.

"Well, let's go first," Marina is afraid of anger."

　All nodded to Audovan's words, and walked straight behind the carriage, through the walls of light... over the boundary of barriers.
　Originally, only dark elves could pass, but anyone who was recognized by dark elves could pass.

(Then I think those who want to go in might trick the Dark Elves into inviting them in... well, that's some sort of countermeasure.)

　Ray immediately denies what he wonders about as he looks at the barrier.
　The leading carriage... and Arla, sitting in the coachman's seat, tensed into a hole in the barrier... and passed by empty.

"What? Huh? Huh!"

　And the moment I thought I had entered the boundary, I heard Arla's cry.
　It's not a kind of scream, it's a cry of astonishment.
　That's probably why Elena was nervous for a moment, but she didn't act like she was going into a barrier right away.
　Then the carriage enters the boundary completely, followed by Elena, Vihela, Bune, and others.
　The last ones left were Ray and Sett. ...and, perhaps tired from the journey to here, Yero, sleeping with his belly on his back.

(Don't you hurt the wings? No, it's a dragon, so what will happen to the wings?)

　The moment Ray entered the village of Dark Elves through a hole in the boundary of the barrier.
　Something pulsated.
　For a moment, Ray wondered if something had pulsated inside him, but his thoughts were different from those around him.
　Elena and Marina are the first to enter the boundary. And a few dark elves who could not be seen from the outside but must have been inside the boundary.
　All of that was looking around with a look of surprise.

"That's not the normal reaction... is it?"

　This was evident from the surroundings, and above all from the increasingly astonished gaze of the dark elves on Ray.

"Oh, hey. Is it just now.
"Wait, look at that!"
"Good, Gryphon!? Well, the pulse is that of Gryphon."
"I don't know. I don't know, but..."
"Well, hey. I don't know what that pulse is, but can I leave him alone? Wouldn't it be better to catch him before he does something?"
"No, but he's like a Gryphon, and what do you want him to do about it?"
"You can't leave it as it is, can you?" I'll call Mr. Grouller
"Stupid. Mr. Glowler is not there because he is going to the Elf forest in the east about the world tree.""What are you going to do, then?" Is it that man or woman? No, considering his behavior, it's probably a man, but it's impossible to leave him alone."
"I'll go to the elder man for a moment, so please come here. Don't let me go!"

　A dark elf woman briefly tells her companions and leaves.
　Ray, whose senses were sharper than the average person, could naturally hear what he said... but he was at a loss what to do.
　I understand that if I stay here, I'll be in trouble, but since I've come here to treat the world tree, I can't help but feel like Marina's rampage here.
　I looked around and saw the dark elves staring to keep Ray in check.
　But he didn't try to do anything with his strength because he understood from Ray's movements that he had a great deal of power.
　Even under such circumstances, they don't pretend to let Ray go because they have a strong feeling that this is their hometown.
　...maybe partly because Ray is trying not to take violent measures.

(But what was the pulsation? The reason remains unknown after all... I suppose it has to do with the world tree.)

　Ray's inwardly muttered gaze is directed to one place.
　a huge tree invisible from the outside of the barrier barrier
　It is a tree that seems to be two hundred meters tall, and its trunk is naturally thick.
　Ray wonders why he couldn't see such a tree from the outside, but he is convinced that the boundary of the barrier is related.

"...what's the matter now?"
"Grull".

　Ray's words make Seto cry.
　He is usually unrelenting to anyone who is hostile to Ray, but now he is quiet, partly because Ray doesn't care about the dark elves' eyes.
　It's safe to say that it was lucky for the Dark Elves.
　If we had tried to force Ray to do something about it, there would certainly have been a disaster here.
　Then it is quite possible that Ray and Sett had destroyed this village before the world tree disease.
　Especially for Audovan, who felt Ray's magic directly in the party and was in awe and fear, he was so nervous that he thought his heart would explode.
　Contrary to this hordeban, Marina has a hard time deciding what to do with the occasion.
　It was out of the question to catch Ray, but that doesn't mean I'm going to let the pulse go.
　We had to look closely at what had happened...especially what had happened to the world trees.

"Oh, oh, oh, oh... where is the man?"
"That man! He's by the Gryphon!"
"A man? ... a man? Oh, no. ... Whoa."

　A woman who had just left for the village came back with about five dark elves.
　The man who seems to be the captain turns his eyes to Ray at the woman's words and momentarily hesitates whether Ray is a man or a woman.
　But he immediately decided that it was far from it and spoke.

"Are you... the cause of the pulse?"
"I can only say, perhaps.

　The words from Ray's mouth seemed to misrepresent the facts. Dark elves' eyes become sharp, and the spears held by the other dark elves they came with become more intense.
　Dark elves will be easy to use. They are thinner than ordinary spears and easier to handle, but the shivering of the owner has not been completely killed.
　In response, Seto groans low next to Ray, but the Dark Elves tremble for a moment, but immediately strain their spears to kill the fright.
　Seeing these dark elves, he caresses his head to calm Seto down and reopen his mouth.

"I didn't do anything on purpose. It was all of a sudden the moment I entered this boundary."
"...not hostile to us?"
"Oh, I'm..."
"Tortus, Ray was brought by me."

　It was Marina who interrupted me.
　A man called Tortus looks astonished at Marina's appearance.
　Tortus, as shocked as he had felt by the pulse, spoke nervously.

"Marina...?"
"Yes, it's been a long time no see.
"...so this man is the world tree?"

　You must have known that Audovan had left the forest and gone under the marina to treat the world trees. Looking at Ray, Tortus asks Marina...

"Yes, but that's not all,"

　Marina, smiling, gently approaches Ray and puts her arm between the rich dunes.

(Sorry)

　Just by looking at Ray and moving his mouth, he apologized... and covered his lips with his own.
　After a few seconds, gently take your lips off... the sunlight forms a silver bridge between Ray and Marina.

"As you can see, Ray is my darling. You may want to investigate the pulse, but please understand it and deal with it."

　I told you so.