Let's go and see the state of the forest today as we did yesterday.
　That's what Ray thought, but Marina, who joins him, reveals her surprise by saying something unexpected.

"Well, are you serious about that?"
"Yes, take me there, too." As a dark elf, I'm a little curious about the forest."
"…I see. That's why I'm dressed like that today."

　With a keen stare, Ray understands why Marina, who usually wears a party dress, wears pants, which is unusual.
　Traveling with Ray... more precisely, he can't travel on a set.
　I don't know why, but Seto couldn't fly with anyone but Ray.
　No, it's not exactly impossible, but then it's almost impossible to fly.
　Even then, I could fly with Ray on my front legs holding onto a bear's corpse.
　Taking advantage of Set's characteristics, Vichela was moving at high speed with Set's paws when she had an affair with Ambris.
　Marina would have thought of moving in the same way when she learned about it.
　But the usual marina outfit... if you do that in a party dress, you'll naturally see the inside of it from the ground.
　Marina can't hold onto Seto's feet in a party dress, as long as she thinks the person who can show her underwear is the one at the end of her eyes.
　As a result, the choice was to change the outfit from a party dress to something more mobile, including trousers.
　Of course, the clothes are also a kind of magic item made of magical fabric just like party dresses.
　For Ray, who is accustomed to seeing his usual glamorous party dress, Marina, dressed in trousers, had a strange charm.
　The upper half of the body is not a dress, so it looks like a man's dress, but it's too big to hide the huge twin hills.
　Maybe it was because he was a man's thing, but he was showing the unusual charm of marina to people around him.
　Marina probably noticed it from Ray's appearance. open one's mouth with a smile

"What do you think? Don't you think you look good in this outfit?"
"Oh, if you look good on me or not, I'm sure I look good on you."

　Marina smiles happily when Ray is honest with her.
　Marina's smile catches the eye of passersby walking around her, but she doesn't seem to care at all.

"Do you like Vihela, let alone Marina?"
"Yes. There were no monsters when you went yesterday, too, right? Then you'd better wait quietly in the guillem."

　Viehla nods as she says so, and Ray agrees.
　If there were many monsters in the forest, it would have been a different story, but as far as I saw yesterday, there was no monster.
　There was talk of Trent's presence, but since even Sett couldn't find him, there's very little chance he'll be able to fight today.
　It's no wonder I'd rather spend time with Bune than go to such a place.

"And it's not always like me and Marina can hold on to Sett's forefeet."
"No, I don't think that would be a problem,"

　That's what Ray said, but if the two of us were heavier than the bear, we wouldn't talk about it.
　Ray had the decency to do that, and most importantly, he was chilled down the spine the moment he thought about it.
　and I was about to finish the conversation, when...

"Ray, Ray! Wait a minute!"

　I hear a voice like that.
　Looking toward the sound of his voice, Ray saw Lenora running in a ponytail.

"Renola?"
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I'm in time." Actually, I have an additional request from the guildmaster. If you go and see the state of the forest today, please go and cut down a tree...a tree of some thickness. Of course, there will be additional compensation for this matter."
"... the tree? Why again?"
"No, I don't think so, either."

　When she answers that point, Lenora reopens her mouth, breathing.

"I don't know the details because I had a holiday yesterday, but I think the unusual nature of the forest has something to do with it. ...what do you think? If possible... I've been told by the guildmaster to take it as much as possible."

　When Lenora asks, "Can you please?" Ray nods without any hesitation.

"Oh, I see," One tree, right? If that's enough, I'll accept it."
"...only Mr. Ray can say that."

　Without the mistiling, it would be quite difficult to cut down a tree of some thickness and bring it to the guillem.
　Ray is the reason why it's so easy to accept.

(And if that tree were indeed Trent -- I don't think so, but even if Sett's sensing ability was misrepresented, he would show himself if he were to be cut down.)

　Ray believes in Seto's senses.
　At least a higher-ranked monster would not be able to make a Trent-sized monster slip through Set's sensing capabilities.

"For the time being, I understand the matter of trees. Don't worry, I'll bring it with me. Well, Seto, Marina. Are you going?"
"What? Are you going too, Marina?"

　Lenora looks surprised at Rey's words, which she also called Marina.
　But Marina nods back that she has no problem with Lenora.

"Yes, there are a lot of questions left about this case," -- well, I'm strong in that direction."

　If you say so, Lenora can't say anything as long as Marina is a dark elf.
　The guild also knows very little about the matter yet.
　If Marina, who knows a lot about the forest, is willing to investigate it, it's no wonder.
　It's probably true that you have such a feeling.
　At the same time, it is true that Lenora is worried about Marina, whom she respects.

"I see. ... Be careful."

　All Lenora could do to Marina in the end was say that.
　He must have understood Lenora's feelings. Marina gently caresses Lenora's head, saying no worries.
　After about 10 seconds, Marina opens her mouth to Ray as she releases her hand from Lenora.

"Well, let's go,"
"Oh, I think I can cut down trees... well, I don't have anything particular to prepare if I have a death size."

　A woodcutter would certainly turn red in the face.
　What is the hardest part of the work of a woodcutter is not cutting trees, but transporting them.
　It is not difficult for a woodcutter to imagine what he would think of it, since it is possible to store it in a mistling and carry it without regard to its weight.

"Oh, yes. Wait a minute."

　As Rey, Marina and Seto head to the main gate, Lenora calls out in a flurry.
　So, two of them... and close to Lenora, Vichela and Bune's gaze, Lenora says what she has forgotten to say."It's the forest that you're going to visit, but for convenience it's called the Trent Forest."
"Forest of Trent?"

　It's Ray to mutter mysteriously.
　Lenora nods back at Ray, perhaps because he never actually found Trent in the woods.

"Yes, for the time being, it would be necessary to have some kind of name, so from the name of the forest that Mr. Slasha was attacked by to the forest of Trent." Of course, I know that Ray and his men were not attacked in the woods yesterday, but... for now."
"All right. I'm not that particular about names, and that's all right. It's the forest of Trent."

　Confirming so, Ray heads to the main gate with Marina and Seto.
　Seeing them off, Vichela returns to the inn with Bune, and Lenora returns to the guild.





　Seto flaps his wings, Ray rides on his back, and his forefeet holds a lifeline marina.
　Moving around holding onto Seto's forefeet requires a lot of grip and strength, but Marina was looking at the ground flying in the sky without any particular concern.

"Marina, let's get off."
"Yes, I see,"

　Looking at the green carpet spreading across the ground, Marina briefly replies to Ray's words from above Sett's back.
　That way, Seto descends to the ground.

"...as far as I can see, the forest is probably wide."

　As Ray mutters as he gets out of the set and looks around him, Seto purrs and Marina looks toward the forest.
　There was no standard for it, but it still seemed to Ray that the forest had spread out.
　The area will be clear if you head to where the Slays were camped.

"Marina, I and Seto go into the woods, but what about Marina?"
"... well, I'll go, too." I don't know exactly what to do just by looking at it from outside."
"Don't you know?"
"Yes, I'm sure this is not an ordinary forest. But I don't think we'll know how and how it became such a forest until we get into it."

　Ray agrees that if Dark Elf's Marina says so, so be it.
　But even in Ray's eyes, the forest right in front of him... there's nothing but a sense of strangeness in Trent's Trent's forest.
　Not being able to hear any animal or insect chirping was an anomaly as a forest.

"Seto, you... oh... what shall I do?"
"Grull? Grull!"

　If you go into the woods, you'll find it difficult to move considering the size of the set.
　That's how Ray asks, but Seto says, "It's all right!"
　In fact, I went into the woods yesterday, so I'm sure it'll be all right if you think about it normally.

"Then shall we go?"

　Thus Ray goes into the woods with Marina and Seto.

"...I can't hear an animal's voice, after all."
"Well, it's quite unnatural. --this tree, too --

　nodding to Ray's words, Marina gently caresses the trunk of a nearby tree.

"It looks like an ordinary tree trunk, but it certainly feels uncomfortable."
"In the first place, Slasha was attacked by Trent, but this tree is obviously a normal tree, isn't it?" Not really, but not Trent. right?"
"Glu".

　At Ray's words, Seto purges.
　In fact, even when Ray was touching it, he didn't seem to attack me at all... or even move slightly.

(What's going on? It's Trent that's definitely been attacked, isn't it? So isn't this growing tree Trent? ... If it's not Trent but it's not a monster, does it multiply like this?）

　Ray mutters, touching the trunk of a different tree than Marina is touching, which, of course, is only an ordinary tree.

"What do you think?"

　Ray asks Marina, a forest expert, but she also shakes her face with a difficult expression.

"I don't know," But it's true that at least it's not an ordinary Trent problem."

　At Marina's words, Ray once again looks at the tree he is touching... and at the trees around him.
　Even though the forest has just spread, the trees that grow there are thin... not so-called young trees, but trees that can only be surrounded by a few adults holding hands.
　Even in the eyes of Ray, who grew up in the mountains, the trees are so fine that you can tell that they won't grow this far in a few years.

(Well, this place is Elgin, and there are magic and so on...this tree is probably related to monsters in the first place, so Japanese common sense doesn't apply.)

　With that in mind, we move on to the site of the camp we saw the day before.
　Not surprisingly, Ray finally reaches the camp after walking twice as far as he walked yesterday.

"If you look at it like this, the forest is spreading."

　muttering, Ray takes out his death size.
　Marina was bowing an arrow at a distance in case something happened.
　Seto can react as soon as something happens... and when he confirms it, Ray magically wields a great deal of power over his death size.

"Huh!"

　A sharp flash ran through the trunk of the tree... the next moment the trunk was cut in the opposite direction of the Ray's presence... no, the cut tree fell.