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"Forest?　Are you really in these woods?"

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"I know these woods too, Commander Alphonse. It's a forest relatively close to the city. I believe it was forbidden for unrelated people to enter without permission. I believe that valuable medicinal herbs and mushrooms could have been harvested there.

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"You mean like managing the forest's resources?　But a tracker bird that followed the scent of the assassin is trying to enter this forest. That means there are assassins in this forest."

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"Hmm. I've never heard of people living here."

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　We traced the smell of the two assassins we had defeated in the village to a forest within a reasonable distance from the Orient.

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　It is an ordinary forest with many trees.

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　I had never heard of people living in this forest either.

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　Zen and others who know the area better than I do also say the same thing, that there should have been no one here.

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　It is a forest near the city, but it was not supposed to be freely accessible to anyone.

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　Because the forest belonged to someone and the products from the forest were the property of the owner.

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　If you entered the forest without permission and were found harvesting in the forest, you would be punished in any way.

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　Therefore, it is said that not many people enter the forest.

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Some people have come out of the forest, though. Aren't they from the favelas?

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　But while we were looking at the forest and talking, a man came out of the forest.

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　The figure was a ragged figure that reminded us of life in the favelas.

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　He was probably not the manager of this forest.

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　The poor man is holding something that looks like a nut in his hand, but is that a good thing?

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"Come to think of it, it's supposed to be forbidden to enter without permission, but I don't know if I've ever heard of anyone watching over it."

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"Now that you put it that way, yes. Zen is right. There are no guards anywhere. At this rate, isn't anyone going to walk further and further into the woods?"

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"I think so, but it doesn't seem like there are as many poor people as they say. There was a storm this year, so people must be eating their way through. If it was safe to come and go, more people would be in the forest.

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　Zen was right, some figures could be seen in the forest.

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　Only in the shallow part of the forest, there were human figures.

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　And there is no one anywhere to stop them.

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　Normally, the poor would have jumped at the sight of such a natural forest, which is like a delicious food store.

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　The poor are hungry and needy.

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　It is not surprising that they would risk going into the forest if there is a possibility of getting food even if it is a little risky.

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　But if that were the case, it would not be surprising to see more people in the forest.

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　Nevertheless, it did not seem to be like that.

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　Until now, I had not paid attention to the forest because it was located so close to the Orient, but there was something strange about the management system of this forest.

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"Something is bothering me. Let's gather some information first. Can you go talk to the guy who just came out of the forest?"

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"Okay. I'll go.

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　I could have walked straight into the woods.

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　The tracker bird followed the scent and brought us here.

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　At least it had nothing to do with the assassin.

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　Or maybe the assassins are the ones who control and monitor this forest.

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　But in that case, it would be dangerous to enter the forest.

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　There is an entity that can mimic the forest so well that we cannot distinguish it from others.

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　Let's be sure just in case.

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　So Zen went to talk to the poor people who came out of the forest.

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"Can't you go deeper into the forest?"

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"It seems so. I talked to the guy I just talked to, and to some of the other people I saw in the forest. They all said the same thing.

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"I don't understand. What do you mean?　Is someone blocking your way in the woods or something like that?"

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I thought so too, but I guess not. I don't know how to say it. It seems to come out on its own when I try to go deeper.

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"On its own?　You mean unintentionally?"

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"Yes. It seems that even if he thinks he is going straight into the forest, when he realizes he is out of the forest. So, they seem to be walking at random and bringing back food they find along the way.

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"Wow. It's a mysterious forest. I didn't know there was such a place.

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　Zen reports the information he gleaned from listening to the conversation.

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　The contents were astonishing.

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　Apparently, there is no one in this forest who can act as a watchdog.

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　But instead, the forest itself seems to have changed considerably.

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　If you try to go deeper into the forest, you will leave the forest on your own.

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　It is said to be such a mysterious forest.

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"It is similar to the old Hermes territory, isn't it?"

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"What?　Hermes, the United Kingdom of Fontana?"

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"That's right, Mr. Alphonse. The former Hermes territory is a mountainous land north of Boutica. Because of the difficulty of growing wheat and other crops, it is famous for its medicinal herbs. And it was once a place of witchcraft.

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"...... illusions. Was it the magic of the Hermes family?"

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"Yes. The higher level magic used by the head of the Hermes family is called [Illusionary Warding]. It used leaves of trees in the mountains of the old Hermes domain to hide the headquarters of the Hermes family at that time. As a result, neighboring noble families were unable to locate the Hermes family's stronghold, and it was called the Lost Forest."

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"I see. Does that mean that this forest might have some kind of boundary like that?

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"We do not have enough information at this time. But I think it is possible.

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　Ai says that this forest may be similar to the mountain where the Hermes family's higher magic, the [Illusionary Warding], was used.

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　It may be so.

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　We haven't tried it ourselves yet, but there are several testimonies that people leave the forest on their own.

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　This means that there might be a large-scale magic in this forest.

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　Could it be that there are people similar to the Hermes family in such a place?

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　Maybe the shadows are more interesting than we expected.

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　With a nervous feeling in my heart, I decide to enter the forest with a group of mercenaries.

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