"What? Go cut more trees? Well, it's not that hard for me... Why again?"
"Now? I don't know if you ask me. I only received such orders from above."

　At the counter in the guild, Ray turns his head to Kenny.
　I usually get requests from Lenora, but unfortunately Lenora was busy today and Kenny was in charge of Ray.
　While delighted by it, Kenny still served as a receptionist.
　It was only natural for a guild official to do so.

"The trees in the forest in Trent are big, and it's hard to bring them, isn't that why you ask Ray? If you have an item box, you don't have to worry about the weight."

　Kenny's words are convincing.
　But Ray still doubts.
　It's true that it's difficult to bring that many trees in the first place.
　Ray travels with a set, so it takes only a short time, but it takes a lot of time to move on the ground in a carriage.
　What's more, it's only natural that it takes more time to walk around.
　Even with that understanding, Ray doubts.
　I wonder if that tree is worth that much in the first place.
　In Ray's eyes, that tree is not much different from an ordinary tree.
　Of course, there may be a lot of differences when you think about growing up overnight...but it's still not that important to Ray.

"Well, if you're going to pay me, I have nothing particular to complain about."
"You're an adventurer, aren't you? Then I'll take care of it. ...and now that you mention it, did you hear that Gillum's policy is to attract more adventurers?"

　Kenny continues his conversation with Ray, writing papers about his request.
　I have to write some papers, and I want to talk to Ray at the same time.
　That was Kenny's thought, but he's done this many times before.
　Therefore, both of them were compatible without any particular difficulties.

"More than now?"... "Why?"

　Ray was thinking of getting his request done quickly, but Kenny's story must have attracted him. ask so
　If Marina, Vichela or Lenora had been present, she would have gone with Ray to ask him, or slapped Kenny on the head with papers.
　But now, partly because the busiest hours of the morning are over, there are few adventurers in the guild, and the only ones who decided to rest today without asking have been making a fuss in the bar all morning.
　This left the receptionist unbusy, and other guild officials to some extent overlooked Kenny's conduct.
　...in fact, it's probably one of the most important events for Guilds to deepen their relationship with high-ranking adventurers.

"Now? I've only been given a vague smell by the guildmaster, so it hasn't really been decided yet... maybe there's something big going on."
"Still, do you want to attract a lot of adventurers? That's what I think today's guillem will do for most of the time, even if something really happens."

　Ray's muttering was, in a sense, true, but in a sense wrong.
　In fact, there are many adventurers in Gilm, and their quality is on average high.
　However, there are only adventurers who can change their base to other towns and villages if they feel like doing so.
　Of course, there are few adventurers who act as if they are going to change their base so easily from a place called Gilm.
　Many adventurers were certain to leave the guillem if they still wanted to force something.
　As guildmaster of Guillum, it is certain that the workers don't understand it, and for some reason it brings together adventurers.

"If you didn't mention it all of a sudden, was the reason why you had planned something for a long time and it was going to be carried out?"
"Well, what do you think?"
"I don't think that the forest of Trent has anything to do with it,"
"Mr. Ray!"

　When I say the word Trent Forest, I'm called out as if I've been waiting for the right time.
　When I turned my eyes to the voice, it was Ray's former female adventurer... Slasha.

"Well, it was Slasha, right? What's wrong with you?"
"I heard that Mr. Ray was heading for the forest of Trent. Please take me there, too."
"...even if you say so,"

　When Ray heads for the forest of Trent, he travels on a set.
　If that happens, Ray is the only one who can ride the set.
　Marina, Vichela, and Bune have their own business to-day, and Ray is the only one heading to the forest of Trent... the way to move with Sett's feet seems a little difficult for Slaisha.
　There was also a problem that Ray had just met Slasha and did not trust her so strongly.
　There are many problems with grabbing a set flying in the sky, unless you are a certain type of person you can trustworthy.
　If you do something strange while you're flying, Ray... and there's only a limited number of countermeasures against Seto.
　That's why Ray didn't have the option of bringing in someone he knew little like Slasha.

"I'm sorry, but I'm working with Sett. I don't want to take someone I don't know very well with."
"Well... I'll do something about it." I want to know the truth. Why did such a thing happen in the forest of Trent, and, if possible, to my comrades?"

　Sleisha says so in a wringing voice, but Ray shakes his head silently.
　One of the major reasons why I didn't take Slaisha with me was that she was never so good, though I didn't put it into words.
　So far, Ray has never been attacked in the woods of Trent.
　But as long as there are people who have been attacked, like Slaisha's companions, there is no telling when they will be attacked.
　At that time, Ray and Seto, or Marina or Vihela, would be hard to move if they had a Rank D adventurer, Slasha.
　There is a possibility that you will fall behind if you try to protect yourself from encumbrances.
　And as long as the forest of Trent itself was unknown, it was highly probable that the delay would be fatal.

"... I'm sorry,"

　Instead of saying the reason to the end, Ray tries to leave... suddenly stops.

"Come to think of it, what's wrong with Loono who saved you? He's a good solo adventurer, and I think he'll help you."

　Although Reno is known only for his magical powers, he is good at basically doing solo activities.
　Soloing in guillem is only about being overconfident or having real skills.
　Ray also worked solo with Marina before forming the Red Lotus Wings, but in that case he had a partner named Seto.
　With that in mind, it's safe to say that the guild's system is solo or not.

"Mr. Luno helped me, and after listening to me in the guildmaster's office, we broke up there."

　Looking down, Sleisha probably wanted to work with her.

"Well... but if you're going to ask, you'd better ask Reno instead of me. For some reason, he's very helpful."
"...but I've heard that Ray is one of the most skillful in guillem. And now, as long as I am actively receiving requests for the forest of Trent..."

　I'm going to wrap up my words to say that I want to cooperate with you.
　I don't understand what Slesha meant, but I still can't accept it in the current situation.

"I'm sorry. I'll do whatever I want."
"If it's a reward... I'll have a little ready."

　Ray soon knew where the reward came from.That's because it was Ray who found traces of the camp at the Slaisha party, and it was Ray who brought the remaining luggage.

(Well, now that the party has been wiped out, Slaisha has ownership of that package. I could have gotten it, but if it was a rank D party, it would not have been so unusual.)

　So I don't blame Slasha when she decides to turn the package into money and give it to Ray as a reward.
　I don't think there would have been any other good use for it.
　At the same time, there is also the admiration that Slaisha's lost companionship was so important.

"I'm sorry, but I can't afford it now. That's the money you'd better use to hire a place around Luno."

　Finally, muttering caution, Ray leaves the guild regardless of Slaisha.
　Slasha sees him off regretfully.
　But he still doesn't seem to have given up because he anticipated it would be impossible to gather Ray's information in advance and take him with him.
　I would have liked to work with Ray if I could, but I guess that was just hope.

(First of all, I must find a good adventurer... in that sense, I was lucky to be here in Gilm.)

　There were few skilled adventurers where Slaisha's party used to be active.
　...there were quite a few self‐styled skilled men.
　That's why the Slays came to Gilm.
　Therefore, it's not that difficult to find a good hand in guillem -- in the sense that you're better than Slaisha.
　Of course, some will try to trick Slasha.
　In any case, Slaisha, an archer who uses a bow as a weapon, must have an avant-garde regardless of what he does.
　A more skilled archer may be able to work alone without the avant-garde, but unfortunately, Slaisha has not reached that level.

(Trent's Forest... I won't die until I've solved it.) I'm sure you'll do it with this way.

　Showing her determination, Slasha began to look for a companion.





"Grull!"

　As before, Ray and Sett were heading for Trent's forest, but suddenly Sett shrieks as he sees Trent's forest.

"Set?"

　Despite doubts about his partner's behavior, Ray lets Seto have his own way.
　That's because I understood that Seto couldn't have acted strangely in this situation.
　Feeling Ray's feelings, Sett continues to descend toward the ground.
　However, Sett is heading a long way from where Ray has been several times before.
　It's such a large forest that, of course, Ray's activities up until now are limited.
　...although it may be natural to see how much the forest is spreading.

"...that's..."

　And as he approaches the ground, Ray realizes what Sett has found.
　something that reflects the sun's rays between trees
　It was something of a sight to behold.
　Yes, like when Slasha's party found evidence of camp.

"I expected this to happen,"

　What happened in the woods?
　Ray, who understood it, muttered.
　Coming to this forest is not strictly prohibited in the guild.
　Still, it has been announced that there are no monsters or animals in the forest.
　There is no prey to be hunted down.
　If it is a request for harvesting, I wonder if... but since it is a forest that suddenly appears recently, I don't know if it really has the kind of plants that I don't know.
　If you can't come into the forest of Trent and find the plants you've been asked to pick, you'll just waste your time.
　Then it was definitely better to go to the other forests where the plants, mushrooms and others were growing.

(It might have been a failure to name it Trent Forest. I sometimes come into this forest looking for Trent. were they the ones who were in the ruins of the camp?)

　In the meantime, Seto landed a little further away from what seemed to be the site of the camp... outside the forest.