Time returns, and a few hours after Ray put the trees in the forest of Trent in the mistling and left with the marina... it's already close to evening.
　Near the forest of Trent, there were four adventurers.

"Are you sure you're okay? You told me not to get too close to the forest guild, right?
"It's all right. And if we continue to listen to the guild, we can't be ranked any better. Then we must do something about it, even if it is a little dangerous."

　A man with a spear answers to a woman with a long sword.
　The other two nodded in agreement with the man holding the battleax and club and spear, respectively.
　This party is the third eye of the Rank D party that came to Gilm last spring... just this time of year.
　However, even after about a year has passed since we started our activities in Gilm, we haven't been able to perform as well as we thought at first.
　Of course, there are not many parties that produce results in a year.
　Still, for the man who thought that they could do it... the results of the year were far from satisfactory.
　Furthermore, the man's impatience was probably caused by a rapid increase in the number of adventurers coming to Gilm this spring.
　However, it's just a man's feeling, and it's actually increasing every year.
　In fact, the third eye came to Gilm last spring with another party.
　But this was the first Guillum spring for men.
　To be exact, I spent the spring in Gilmoo last year, but I arrived in Gilmoo after the middle of spring, so this is definitely the first time I've had a real spring.
　And among the newcomers who came, there were clearly more talented than themselves.
　Then it was only natural that the third eye should be in a hurry...then I hear a rumor in the guild's bar.
　According to him, an adventurer's party headed for Gilm was attacked and destroyed by a forest that should not exist there.
　And as if to confirm the rumor, the request board also had a notice telling them to stay away from the forest as much as possible.
　If this happens, there might be something.
　It's only natural to think so.
　Maybe I don't want to show it to others... I think there's something like that.
　If we got it, we might rise to a higher rank and spread our names.
　This is how my third eye came to the forest of Trent.
　If he really didn't want anyone to know, that's the last thing the guild could have disclosed about the Trent Forest, but the third eye was so far off the map.
　To support the information, the third eye is that all four of us are warriors.
　They are inferior to thieves in handling information.
　...however, there are few thieves, if not as many as wizards.
　A party of warriors was not so unusual.
　In this case, however, it could be said that it had the worst consequences.
　Until now, they had been able to gather some information on their own without thieves, but at critical times they had a fatal flaw of being out of touch with that information.

"...but there's really no sign of monsters or animals in the woods." for the forest of Trent is nothing more than a tree."

　A woman with a long sword muttered, touching a red tree in the setting sun.
　If the tree you're touching is Trent, it could be attacked at any time.
　However, the tree that the woman was touching was nothing but an ordinary tree, and there was no sign of movement.
　In fact, the tree that the woman touches is attracting attention as the building material used in building Gilm extensions, but so far no one knows it in their third eye.
　No, it would have been only a small number of Gilm as a whole before that.
　That's why his third eye would not do anything in the face of a tree that would sell for so much money.
　But if I knew that the tree would sell at a high price, I couldn't do anything about it in my third eye.
　Some people have battleaxes, so if you use them to cut down trees, there's no way to take them home.
　A woodcutter would have been no more than an adventurer... or a rank D adventurer, if he had cut down a tree.
　Now that we've walked this far, it's no wonder that there's no such thing as a carriage, and if you're going to take it home, you have to cut it into pieces that you can hold in your hand before you have to take it home.
　However, it would be difficult to say whether it would be helpful to bring a tree cut to the size of a person's arms to use as building materials.
　Of course it won't do you any good.

"Well... but now it's a waste of time. I'd like to get some secrets about this forest by night. I don't think Trent is the only one, as the name suggests."

　The third-eyed party leader, the man with the spear, nods in agreement.
　The only female adventurer with a long sword looked anxious, but she probably understood that whatever she said here would not change her mind.
　go quietly into the woods with one's companions

"Now that I see it, I don't think there's anything in this forest,"

　It's evening... animals and monsters, in spite of their relatively active hours, can't hear any fuss.
　She questioned it, but it resulted in a relaxation of the tension among her peers.

"Well, then you don't have to worry about being attacked by anything."

　The man with the axe says so, but the woman can't take her guard down.

"Well, there's nothing in the woods even though it's evening like this, and there's no way you'll feel safe, right? Maybe there's something ahead of you. Be more vigilant."
"But as far as you can see, you don't have to worry, do you?"
"...that it is unusual in such a forest that there is nothing wrong with it." Think so."

　The woman muttered amazemently, but in reality, there is no particular danger in the present situation, and everyone is talking through the woods.
　The sight of the forest, which is bright red in the setting sun, may well be seen as pure fascination if it were an ordinary forest.
　Or when I was playing outside when I was little, and it was evening and I went home.
　It was a nostalgic sight, but there were many things to think about... or to say, that's all.

"...there are nuts and fruits, so you don't have to worry about food."

　The man holding the spear of the party leader muttered a little relief.
　There's only a Rank D party, and the financial situation in the third eye is far from comfortable.
　Of course there is no problem with normal living, but it was only natural to save where you could save money.
　In that sense, this forest, with its nuts and fruits, is the perfect choice.

"I'm curious that there's no meat, but there's no wild vegetables."

　A man with a club mutters as he looks around him.
　Meat... I knew in advance that there were no animals or monsters.
　I couldn't believe it was really there until I saw it in person, but I'm sure it's true that I've checked with my own eyes.
　But... it was a season of wild vegetables in spring, and it was unexpected for a man with a club that there were no wild vegetables to eat.
　There are many wild vegetables that require a lot of effort, such as removing ash, but there are many wild vegetables that can be eaten as they are.
　I know it's not because it's on the frontier that wild vegetables don't grow, because I collected wild vegetables in a different forest.

"I wanted to eat seasonal food, but can't I help it?"
"Well, when it comes to the crunch, we can go back to Gilm and eat it. I've been looking about it for the most part, and I'll camp out to-day and look into it first thing in the morning."

　Following the words of the party leader, the third eye members leave the forest.
　The only woman in the party with a long sword without any animals or monsters... on the contrary, I felt uncomfortable in the forest where even insects did not exist in spring.
　But if you say it here, nobody will listen, and most importantly, you go out of the woods without saying anything more.
　I immediately set out for the camp, but the night is still rather cold, even though it's getting much warmer in spring.
　You prepare a layer of cloth that you bring and finish your meal with nuts, fruits, dried meats, baked bread, and so on top of it.
　The sunset, which had been floating in the night sky until recently, completely sank and the surroundings were enveloped in darkness.

"Well, I'll ask you, are you not going to go back to Gilm?"

　She asks, though she thinks it won't work.
　Fortunately, there is a forest nearby, so there is no need for firewood.
　Even now, the faces of the third eye were talking in various ways over the fire.
　In the midst of all this, the words came out of the woman's mouth, but they were naturally rejected by everyone.

"What do you think we've come here for?" There is no doubt that there is something in this forest. It's necessary for us to get up.""... well, I'm sorry." I think I was a little bearish."

　When the woman apologizes, the party leader nods gracefully from a stern look.

"Well, there is no doubt that this forest is eerie." Considering the circumstances, it's no use feeling uneasy."
"Well, I suppose you'd better keep a sharp lookout at the camp tonight."

　The leader of the party nods to the words.
　It remains the same that this forest is an eerie place.
　It's out of the judgment that you can't be too vigilant.
　Then, after a while, each of us falls asleep because it's getting late.
　The rule of camp with the third eye was that one of the four of them would always be awake, but this time, just in case, the two of them would be on guard.
　First, two men with battleaxes and clubs keep watch, and the party leader and the woman with a long sword fall asleep.

"...huh..."

　I wonder how many hours you slept.
　I should have slept light as it was camped out, but I heard that I slept soundly today.
　He turned his gaze casually to the bonfire... where he saw the bonfire out, and the woman's head, which was still a little half asleep, wakes up.

"What!"

　Reaching out almost reflexively to a nearby weapon...

"Ah?"

　I was surprised that my hands didn't move as I had expected, and I tried to raise doubts... even the voices were out of control.
　In the first place, I was reaching for a weapon and trying to touch the ground, but it wouldn't budge either.
　It would be like a caterpillar crawling on the ground from the sidelines.
　The woman understood that something was wrong with her, but she didn't know what it was.
　Anyway, in an effort to check the situation closely, I managed to look around with only my moving eyes... the next moment I was completely blanked out by the sight that jumped into my field of vision.
　Because there were two of my partymates... who were on guard before me.
　...that's nothing to be surprised about.
　But... it was quite surprising for a woman to understand that they were companions, or even human beings.
　The reason is that the two of them, who were originally bigger than women, were now skinny and skinny.
　It would have been twice or three times the weight of a woman... no, it would have been nearly five times the weight of a woman, but now it would have been less than one-third the weight of a woman.
　What is astonishing is that they were still alive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
　Intense pain, fear, confusion, despair...these emotions had already completely killed the two of their eyes.
　When I saw them, I looked for another fellow party leader, who had lost his upper body to a huge insectivorous plant.
　And... even though she was paralyzed, her consciousness disappeared when something pierced her body.