The early hours of the day after Elena and Vihela cast doubt on Marina. Ray gets up in the house he's given, gets dressed and goes out, as usual, half an hour asleep.
　There was a stable in the house which Ray was renting, and when he went to that stable...

"Squeak?"

　For some reason there was a figure of Yero lying on Seto's back.

"Why are you here?"

　As he asks, Ray understands why Yero is here.
　Yero is on good terms with Seto.
　That is to say, you must have come to see me.
　There are stables in the house where the Elenas are staying, but there are a carriage and two horses pulling it.
　He would have preferred to be with Seto at a distance rather than with the two horses.

(I suppose she slept in the house with Elena and so on... she must have wanted to be with Sett.)

　Watching Yero lying on Seto's back, Ray gently reaches out and holds him up.
　When you touch hard scales, you feel a slight chill.
　Even a child was a child of a dragon, and its scales had something of a moist smooth.
　Even if they are the same scales, they are completely different from the ones Ray touched when he was in Japan.
　It is appropriate to call it a similar scale.

"Squeak? Squeak!"

　Perhaps it was comfortable to have his scales stroked, Yero exclaims happily.

"Guru..."

　Seth, who was watching him, gets up and rubs his head against him, hoping to stroke him.

"All right, all right. Seto is as spoiled as ever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "

　Ray puts the yellow back on Seto's back and reaches for Seto's head.
　Ray is now completely relaxed, stroking his cetto, and he has the atmosphere that only those who know the nickname crimson will not recognize Ray for a moment.
　Ray had been patting Seto's head for a few minutes, but he let go when he heard his gutworm assert himself.

"It would be nice if I stayed here playing with Seto, and I wouldn't miss my breakfast." We are already going to treat the world tree today, so we have to eat well when we can."
"Glu? ...Glu!"

　"For a moment, Seto bowed his head disappointingly, but I couldn't complain any more when he was told he was going to miss breakfast."
　Like Ray, Seto is hungry before breakfast.
　And with Yero on his back, Ray made his way to the house which the Elenas were renting.




"Huh? Yero, did you go to see Seto if you didn't think he was there?" I wasn't there, so I was going to look for it."

　In front of the house they rent, Ray is greeted by Elena.
　They say they wanted to find it, but they must have expected it.
　It's a surprisingly curious Yero. I thought I might have been looking around the village of Dark Elves.

"I went to the stable and slept with Sett's back as a bed."
"... did you go to Sett last night, not this morning?"
"What do you think?" But I wouldn't be surprised."

　Anyone can understand that Yero loves Seto by his attitude.
　That would have naturally been the case with Elena. With a small smile around her mouth, she catches Yero flying up from Seto's back.

"You can't help it," ...but it's about time we started eating. Today is finally the treatment of the world tree. You must eat well and cheer yourself up."
"Sure, my dear," Well, for my part, I'm happy for me. To Seto,"
"There's no problem with that, either," A marina is prepared for the villagers. They say it's a whole oak. He was cooking with great delight."
"... I suppose,"

　If you remember Jusla's fight against the oaks on the way to the settlement, you don't have to wonder what the Dark Elves feel for the oaks.
　Ray knew that Jusla's emotions were not the same as those of the Dark Elves, but he still had more or less the same hatred of Oak.
　When Ray learns that the only person who likes oak seems to be oak, which has died in this way, he suddenly remembers the lines of a novel or something he saw while in Japan.

(There was only one thing that was good or bad: dead or something.)

　There were a lot of words in the place, but in this case, oak would be in it.
　In fact, it's also true that oak meat tastes pretty good, even though it's not such a high-ranking monster. Dark elves may well like it.

"Grull!"

　Maybe Seto is happy to be able to eat oak meat in the morning, but he is in a good mood.

"Well, shall we have dinner now?"

　She tells him so, and when she sees Ray about to enter the house... Elena smiles a little smile.
　Ray, who entered the house, immediately realized what the smile was all about.
　because there was only one definitely out of place at the table.
　I'm supposed to be hostile to myself...or maybe not exactly, but I'm sure I wouldn't be here today.
　Ray talks about his opponent's name.

"What are you doing here?"

　Perhaps dissatisfied with the remark, Ragdo opens his mouth sullenly.

"The elder told me to watch you treat the world tree. It may be someone else's suggestion."

　Ragdo's gaze is directed at Marina sitting in front of him.
　Even though it's morning, it still creates a glamorous atmosphere, and if it's night, even the political rival Ragdo could lose his temper.
　But Marina looks at Ragdo's words and opens her mouth with a smile.

"Oh, but if someone who likes me becomes a witness, you don't know what you're going to say later, do you?"

　It's a fact without a doubt.
　At the same time, it was because he believed Ray could treat the world tree.
　Knowing Marina's intentions, Ragdo gasps bitterly, looking away from her.
　The sigh also includes the reluctance to fall in love with Marina despite her political rivalry, and the reluctance to be caught in the eye by two other men, such as Vihela sitting beside her and Elena, who entered the room with her.
　Ray had a mystified look on his face as he headed for such a rug.

"No, I know you're a witness, but why are you here? You don't have to have breakfast with me, do you?"
"...ask Marina,"

　Ray turns to Marina as Ragdo announces his dissatisfaction itself.
　But Marina opens her mouth to Ray without showing any concern.

"You'd better have dinner with me anyway, wouldn't you?"
"Really? No, I don't mind."

　Nevertheless, Ray's gaze turns to Ragdo.There's no doubt that I wouldn't welcome him because of yesterday's incident.
　Still, she didn't complain because Marina had decided that it would be best to follow Marina's instructions for this world tree case.
　After that, the atmosphere becomes subtle, but it still fills the stomach with Marina and Bune's dishes.
　...although Ragdo, who saw Ray and Bune's appetite up close, naturally twisted his face with astonishment.
　And after breakfast, when you finish your meal break, you head to the world tree.

"In normal circumstances, I think it is necessary to keep my spirits up."
"Glu?"

　As Ray gets ready outside the house, Seto cries out and looks at him.
　Ray shakes his head as if nothing had happened while stroking Seto's head, but Elena, who was stroking Yero beside him, opens her mouth with a smile.

"Normally, that may be the case, but in this case, it's impossible to be nervous because there's a world tree in this village... no, as long as the barrier is unfolding to prevent monsters from entering."

　Ray nods back to Elena, who tells her she's optimistic.

"Still, from my experience up until now, there's usually something or someone. If you're not a monster, you're a man."

　Ray has been embroiled in a lot of trouble since he came to Elgin. ...no, I've had the right experience to describe it as continuing to get involved. 　
　When you think about it, it's only natural that you wonder if it's true.

"Don't say too bad a thing," If anything really happened to the trees in the world, it would be a little uncool."

　Marina comes out of the house, muttering a little dumbfounded.
　Behind it was a ragged figure with a distinctly unpleasant expression on his face.

"It's easy for those who don't live in this village at all."
"You may say so," That's the truth, and..."

　Ragdo's eyes are lifted at the words that come out of Ray's mouth and he tries to say something... before that, Marina opens her mouth again.

"Well, it's no use doing this forever... shall we go?"
"It's a world tree. I've heard about it before, but I've never seen it in person. -- well, I've seen it many times since yesterday, from afar."

　mutter, turning one's eyes to a huge tree that Vihela can see from where she is.
　Everyone looks satisfied following Vichela's gaze.
　Ragdo, in particular, is born and raised in this village, so I don't feel any discomfort in the view of the world trees.
　As we set out for the world tree, this group naturally stands out.
　There are three beautiful women, Elena, Vihela and Marina, as well as Seto and Yero.
　Also, many people have seen Ragdo's antagonism with Marina in yesterday's incident, and it's not surprising that they're acting together.

"Where are you going, Marina?"
"It's a world tree,"
"Oh, by any chance..."
"Yes, you can think it's just as I expected,"

　They talk to each other about the dark elves they talk to, and then the number of dark elves they talk to decreases.
　Then... eventually they reach the bottom of the world tree.

"This is... the world tree?"

　The one who muttered amazement was Ahla.
　I can only look dumbfounded at the size of the world tree before me.
　I've heard that she's sick and weak, but she doesn't seem very weak to Arla's eyes.
　It was lush with leaves and looked lively from every perspective.
　Next to Arra, Marina, who just came yesterday, can feel a little bit of life coming back from the world tree.

"...weak as ever."

　Rags mutter when they see the world trees.
　Ray looks a little unexpected when he finds the words mixed with feelings of unexplained sadness.
　I didn't have any good feelings for Ragdo because of yesterday's incident, but I guess it's true that he still thinks about the village as Marina said.

(I don't know if that's going to excuse me for yesterday's incident.)

　Lei looks away from the lagdo, which is captivated by the world trees, and then turns his eyes to the world trees.
　Even if you look up, you cannot see the tip of the world tree covered with branches and leaves.

"Well, let's get started," Ray, may I ask you?"

　Ray, who was fascinated by the world tree, comes to himself with Marina's voice.

"Okay. ... I'm not used to doing this kind of work very much.

　Rather than muttering and expressing the trunk of the world tree... it touches on the trunk that would be right to describe it as a wall at close range.

"Do you like it? Don't put too much magic into it."

　I nod to Marina's attention, gently... that's like using magic items.
　with a thud
　The pulsation occurs again, as when Ray enters the barrier.
　Surprised by the pulse, Ray tries to let go for a second, but Marina's hand gently rests on the hand she tries to let go.

"Don't let go. It's all right. ...it's all right. This pulsation is a sign that the world trees are willing to absorb Ray's magic. Slowly... Slowly cast magic on the world tree."

　Following Marina's words, Ray casts magic into the world tree.
　After a few minutes, the entire world tree begins to emit pale light.
　a few more minutes from there Eventually, for a moment, the world tree shines brightly... and gradually the light turns into a faint one.
　Ray mutters, looking at the world tree.

"Did you?"