Ray's first hug in the woods was a sense of strangeness.
　To be exact, it is right to say that there is no discomfort.
　The place where last night's battle took place has already been swallowed up by the woods.
　This may not be the only reason, but the fact that there is no discomfort at all gives a sense of discomfort.

"...what do you think?"
"Even if you say so," It's strange to me that there are no monsters or animals."

　The first to answer Ray's words was Marina, a dark elf with a deep knowledge of plants.
　But even for the marina, I've never seen or heard of this forest of Trent.

"This little tree turns into Trent, doesn't it? If it's true... It's strange, isn't it?"

　Vihela gently pats the trunk of a tree.
　Of course, however, the tree's trunk does not suddenly start to move...
　One of the woodcutters who saved Trent yesterday was naturally guilded to say that the wound on him was on the tree where he had grown as a landmark.
　But yesterday I went home right after the Reys had saved me, so I was called back early this morning and questioned in detail.

"If it were true,"
"Oh, don't you believe Ray?"

　Vichela's words make Ray nod after some thought.

"Well, I can't believe it completely in this particular case. I believe this is what an adventurer would have seen, when a woodcutter was caught up in battle and in extreme circumstances, perhaps because the wound upon Trent resembled the one upon which he had been wounded by chance."
"...that's undeniable,"

　It would be more difficult for a woodcutter who is not used to fighting to believe the wounds he saw in the fight.
　What's more, the mere tree turns into Trent.

(Oh, but that Trent was probably brought down by us and handed over to the guild. If you look at it again... I don't know.)

　As for trees, the words of a woodcutter can be said to be his specialty, and above all, this is the forest of Trento, which is full of mysteries in many ways, so I doubt the information from woodcutters, but I cannot deny it completely.
　I'm not sure if it's true or false... I'm not sure if I'm not sure.

"Anyway, there seems to be nothing wrong with this area, so let's go a little further."

　Following Marina's words, the Rays head deep into the woods.
　But, of course, there are no animals, monsters, or even insects around.

"It's the same as always," and yet the plants are growing well, so I wonder what they're doing with pollination."
"Well, Ray," In the first place, ordinary plants don't grow like this overnight."
"...is that so?"

　Ray's common sense has gone a little off the beaten track, perhaps because he's been in the woods almost every day these days.
　At any rate, Ray once again walks through the woods looking around him.
　A soft spring sunshine drips through the branches of the trees as sunlight.
　Some people who don't know anything will want to see this and rest here.
　However, to those who know the truth about the forest of Trent, I think that even these scenes are meant to deceive people who come into the forest.
　Of course it should never be wrong.
　For the Lays, who have experienced a battle in the forest of Trent, there's no way they can imitate relaxing in a place like this.
　Still, I still feel a sense of relief... in a way, I guess it can't be helped.

"Yes!"

　Bune's voice suddenly reverberates, with only the sound of the wind shaking branches and leaves and the sound of a different team of researchers than the Ray's coming from afar.
　Ray turned his eyes and saw Bune holding fruit in his hand.

"Oh, Bune," What's the matter with that?"
"Yes!"

　Viehla's words cast Bune's gaze at a tree a short distance away.
　It is a tree of fruit...yellow skinned fruit, similar to the one Bune has.

"Do you know this fruit?"

　As far as Ray can see, it's a fruit of a tangerine hue.
　But the answer would be no if we could trust the fruits growing in the forest of Trent to that extent.
　In fact, Viehla had stopped Bune trying to bring the fruit to his mouth.

"Stop it, I don't know what the fruit is from this forest,"
"Well..."

　Vichela's words discourage Bune from biting into the fruit, regretfully.
　Watching their conversation, Ray looks around again.
　If you omit the absence of living things, you can only see the forest as ordinary as it is everywhere.
　However, this forest is still extraordinary.
　In the first place, I have to say that it's strange when trees grow overnight.

"Here we go a little further for now," I want to find some clues if possible."

　Ray says so, listening to the twigs and leaves swaying.
　The others are marching through the woods, wondering if they have any particular objection to Ray's words.

"... I see,"

　a good walk in the woods Marina muttered suddenly.

"What's the matter?"

　Marina points to the ground when she asks Ray if she's aware of something because she's familiar with the forest.

"Look, look... don't you feel uncomfortable?"
"... a sense of discomfort?"
"Grull?"

　Perhaps inspired by the word discomfort, Seto digs the ground with his forefeet.
　Even large monsters can dig easily if they want to dig the ground with their claws stretched out, since Seto has the power to blow it off with one blow.
　But there's only earth and... the roots of the trees buried in the ground.

"What are you doing?"

　It must have been interesting to see Seth look like that. Vihela says so with a smile around her mouth.

"Glu?"

　She stopped digging and tilted her head, but Vihela managed to hold back her laughter.
　Marina opens her mouth again, looking at one of them with a little astonishment.

"Look at the ground. There is a certain distance between the trees, isn't there?"
"... well, that's true,"

　That's why it doesn't take much time to walk in this way, and even a large set of bodies can enter the woods normally.
　If this were more dense with trees... if it were like a mountain road or a beast road, Seto would have difficulty walking with ivy and bushes stuck to his body.
　However, given the strength of Seto's power, it would not be impossible to walk with a normal pull, even if a little bit caught.
　With that in mind, I remember that this scene is nothing but unnatural.
　When Ray was a child in Japan, he would run around in the mountains as he please, and even after coming to Elgin he would often go into the mountains, forests and forests.
　In such a place you can't walk comfortably unless it's a road you've trampled on.
　But this forest of Trent is just right... that's enough space between the trees for Seto to walk about, and not much bush.
　Of course, it was not entirely empty, but it was still clearly smaller than ordinary forests.

"But this is the Trent Forest, isn't it? It's an insane forest that spreads every day, so isn't it acceptable?"
"If you say so, I can'

　Since it's originally a special forest, it's not surprising that there might be something special about it.Vichela's words told him so had no choice but to nod.

"I understand what Vihela means, but listen a little more. If this tree were to become Trent... of course, if it grew thickly, the other Trents would be in the way, wouldn't they?"
"... well, that's for sure,"

　Trent is walking around at the roots of a tree, but if there are other Trents nearby, there is no doubt that the branches and roots of the tree will bump into each other.
　It's also true that this will get in the way of travel.

"Right? So back to what I said, this tree has a gap just right for us and Seto to walk. Don't you feel like believing a little in the woodcutter's explanation that a tree would be Trent?"

　Listening to Marina's words, Ray pulls a knife out of the mistling.
　Then, after looking at others so that they can respond quickly to whatever happens, they lightly thrust a blade against the trunk of the tree trunk.
　The edge of the blade sticks into the trunk of a tree a few centimeters, but the tree does not move at all.
　I tried a few more times to stick the knife blade into the trunk, just in case, but the tree didn't start to move.

"... Marina,"
"Oh, that's strange,"

　This must have been an unexpected sight for Marina, too.
　He was looking at the tree in wonder.
　But I thought about it a little bit... and then I opened my mouth.

"Hey, Ray. Can I take this tree home?"
"No, I don't mind that... Are you serious?"
"Yes. Ray wouldn't have that much trouble, would he?"
"That's true,"

　Whether you're a woodcutter or an adventurer, you'll usually have to shake an axe many times to cut down trees.
　But in the case of ray, it doesn't take long to cut down trees.
　That's all you have to do with a big death size.
　Marina gives him an expectant stare and breathes out a small sigh, Ray puts the knife in a mistling and takes out his death size to replace it.
　Seeing Ray take the death size, the marinas distance themselves from Ray without saying anything.
　Death-size blows are powerful, but at the same time they range.
　His behavior was to keep Ray out of the way.

"Huh!"

　A flash of magic flashed the death size right next to it.
　If the blade passes by, the tree will not budge at all.
　But when I touched the tree... the next moment it was stored in a mistling, and all that was left was a stump.

(It'll be growing again tomorrow, I suppose.) it's a real nuisance.)

　She also stores her death size in a misty ring, and while she harbors a bad feeling about the ever-expanding troubles of the forest, she doesn't express it and calls out to Marina.

"Is this all right for you?"
"Yes, thank you," Ray's mistling is really convenient at times like this."

　Ray nods to Marina with a smile and asks her about her surroundings again.
　But, of course, there is nothing special there, just a thick forest.

"What should I do? I don't care which way I go."
"Gururu..."

　The first person to react to Ray's words about where to go was Set.
　As she looks to the right, Seto chants.
　Ray nods that Seto has chosen, and neither Marina nor Vihela says anything about it.
　Bune also respects Sett's will by simply patting him on the head.
　Thus the Lays make their way through the woods to the right.
　If you keep going for a while...

"Glu".

　Suddenly, Seto's throat rings.
　Ray, who turns his eyes to Seto, soon realizes that he is approaching themselves.

"What!"

　Ray quickly pulls the twilight spear out of the mistling.
　Given that this is in the woods, they probably decided that death size would be hard to fight.
　Marina, Vihela and Bune also begin to prepare for the battle, seeing Ray's movements, to see if anyone is approaching.

"Is there really something here? Not to mention the broken trees, but the trees that are growing emit magical powers from all over them, so it's hard to understand them?"
"It's all right, I whisper that there's something big in my mind. Don't you think so, Mr. Slasha?"
"No, I am..."
"Wait!"
"What!? ... What's that all of a sudden?"
"A strong, strong magic... Huh? This is..."
"Strong magic!? There's something here! Here we go!"
"No, wait a minute. There's nothing else.

　With such a voice, several figures appear, forcing the branches of the tree down in front of Ray's eyes.
　The first man to appear was a little fat in his twenties.
　He's taller than Ray, but he'll still be much shorter than average in this Elgin.
　Then came... as Ray had expected, Luno and Slaisha, and a few familiar adventurers.