Theta was carefully running her horse as she looked around.

From the conclusion that we have followed the trail so far, there are signs of someone passing through this road recently, rather than just one person, so it is more likely that Guillaume passed through.Moreover, since this road is the shortest route from the Cairo Maier side to the center of the realm, it is not taught much to the rest of the population, and the number of users is limited.

Anyway, I just want to go ahead and see who it is as soon as possible, but if I rush the realm, the spirits may come out a little bit, so I can't help but act carefully.

I thought so, but Theta felt uncomfortable as she went further.

"That's strange, I don't see any sign of spirits.I feel like I'm avoiding something passing through here. "

Spirits are in the mood anyway, so it might just happen that they weren't there.So I can't say for sure, but I felt that Theta was ambiguous about something different from when I sneaked in here before.

After a while, you can see a small wagon ahead.

From the resemblance to the wagon Gillan was using, the speculation that he had come here was confirmed.

Seeing no shadow, Gillan thought he had stepped out of the carriage and walked toward the Spirit Tree, and Theta got off the horse and barely approached.

However, Theta remembers the twitching sensation in her spine, rushes into hiding in the bushes, and looks around.

"What, now? A monster?And, anyway, let's act carefully. "

Beyond living in the old forest, danger is always adjacent.Not to mention, this is the back of the woods, and it is one hand to act with your instincts, Theta was a person on your side.

Without going through the road, while hiding in the grass and trees, Theta proceeds deeper, and eventually sees a large open place, and a very large tree rises in the center.

A middle-aged man stood nearby.

Theta sighs and exhales when she finds out at first glance that she is Gillan, and tries to call him when she relaxes her tension.

But the loose mouth squeezed tightly and Theta hid herself again.

Because there was no sound around Guillaume, and there were black-and-white clothes.

Looking at them, Theta feels the same twitch again.

It feels like they are all wearing black hooded capes, black light armor, black clothes and black masks. The only visible part of the eye is also black and the skin is hard to see, so I can't tell who it is.The black uniformity and abundance created creepiness.

There are three people.

And he that stood in the center was wearing a white, strangely shaped mask on his face, over all black.

"No, why are you here? It's supposed to be tomorrow."

Guillaume's voice echoes in silent forest spaces.

"Why are you here?"

The voice returned by the person wearing the mask was such that he barely knew that he was a man because of the clutches.It feels like I heard it somewhere, but I can't say that considering the possibility that it has changed due to the mask.

"Wow, I'm... uh... I'm working on something else..."

With a low posture that does not seem to be the guillain of the usual tyrannical attitude, or somehow looks scared, Theta decides to take a deep breath and watch what happens.

"Something else... that looks like the Book of Orthoagina in your hand?"

"This is...."

The man in the mask pointed out that Gillan was trying to hide a book he had in his hand and clogged it with words.After all, it was Gillan who brought out the book, but for Theta, the current situation was more worrying than that, and she couldn't afford to let herself guess.There was so much tension between them.

We know each other from the feeling of listening to the conversation, and it feels like a companion or an accomplice, but the atmosphere is not very comfortable.

"Yeah, yeah, check it out. I thought I'd make sure this was the book of Orthoagina before I gave it to you."

"What are you shitting me with?"

"Well, wait."

The attitude of the black attire to Guillaume, who started making excuses to cover it up even though he said it was something else earlier, was cold.The masked man quietly stops when one of them tries to get stuck in Gillan's lie.

"Confirm beforehand that you do not give the wrong things to the customer.It's a merchant's mirror.I want you to check it out here. "

Gillan and the others were surprised at the unexpected proposal.

"Are you sure... that guy just wants to sell the contents of the book to the rest of us..."

"Gillan, if you say so, you know how to open it and read it."

The man in black next to him didn't listen at all, and the man in the mask went on talking.

"Yes, of course. I took out some of the elf's forbidden books and opened them before I sold them, so it's okay, Hehe."

Guillain answered with his usual lewd smile to relieve a little tension at the unexpected suggestion of the masked man.

Theta is once again unable to conceal her surprise in the words.I knew Gillan had taken the book out and sold it before, but I didn't know that he was secretly selling it even though it was an important prohibition...

Perhaps this take-out was just by chance discovered and stolen several times in the same way.

"... the elf's prohibition..."

I couldn't hide my surprise from Gillan's words, and Theta missed the words that the masked man murmured meaningfully.

While Theta and the others are watching, Guillain begins to draw a magical formation at the root of the Spirit Tree and prepare some tools.

Theta understood at a glance that it was like a ritual to temporarily unlock the keys to a book given by elves.The accuracy was such that it seemed more like someone had taught it than self-study.

Ready or not, Guillain places the book on the magic team and starts casting spells on the Spirit Tree with a special wand made of Spirit Tree branches.

When the magic team glows, magic is poured from the Spirit Tree, and the seal of the book is unwrapped, the book opens by itself, and...

"Gu... ahh, gah..."

Suddenly, Guillain suffered with his head in his arms.

"Nh, what is it? I... no, no... aaaaaaaaaaa!"

Theta didn't know exactly what happened to Guillaume, but at least I don't think she was able to unlock it.It seems certain that I am influenced by the book.

Did you fail?

No, I've been looking away, but I'm sure there was nothing wrong with the way.It was a surprisingly perfect elf unlocking ceremony.While unlocking a book made by Elves should be an exceptional way to open it, Theta felt that Guillaume's current state resembles retaliation after forcibly opening a book.

Without knowing what was going on, Gillan screamed as Theta watched, and as the light of the book faded, he fell like a doll with broken threads, and then he stopped moving.

Only one masked man approached Gillan, completely left behind and confused by everyone.

"... thank you, Guillain. We've saved you the trouble of checking."

When the man in the mask discards the fallen and immobilized guillain, he kicks him out of the way.

"... fufufu... this is definitely the book of 'Cairomaia'..."

The emotionless voice contained joy, and the man in the mask held the book.

Looking at the whole thing, the perfectly left Theta is distracted by the actions of the masked man and is delayed in detecting signs of approaching behind her.

Hmm!

The sound of cutting the sky grabbed Theta's ear.

Critically, Theta jumps off the scene to see who she is.

It was a sword.

One of the black men sneaked up behind Theta and waved down his sword, wondering when he was getting close.

Apparently, they weren't the only ones who saw it.I was vigilant considering that area, but I was neglecting to be vigilant due to the impact of the previous events, and the other party seemed to have noticed.

"Chi! You're different from your elves... huh?You look like... a resident of Cairo Maia... "

When the man sees Theta, he is convinced by himself.Theta also interprets herself as convinced that Chiromeia's elves have different basic stats than the other elves.

Nevertheless, Theta was not confident that she could manage the situation.

Because now I'm out of the bushes because I jumped out, and I'm showing up in front of everyone else.

"It's troublesome to be seen.I'll take care of it here..... "

Think about how Theta can get through this as expected.

"Stop it!"

What a loud voice enough to interrupt Theta's thinking, that masked man stopped me.

"Look at her rise, that's the dean of the Great Book Tower.Don't you know that either? "

Without emotion, the man in the mask who was talking indifferently turned around and spoke with anger.The upset seemed to be hidden from those around me because of the pressure.

"Get him. It's worth it."

But it also ends in an instant, and doesn't give Theta time to think. At the order of the masked man, the agitation of the black costumes disappears and the air becomes tingling again.

Analyzing the conversation seemed to guarantee Theta's life.That's why Theta has concluded in their behavior so far that they're not a good group to catch Whiskey.

Nevertheless, I'm not sure I can get away from these guys.

At the very least, if there's any gap...

Gobbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb....

The moment I thought about it, a loud sound of trees moving in the distance echoed, and a huge spiritual tree groaned for a moment as if responding to it.



Perhaps someone made a little noise to the Spirit, or was it made, anyway, the trees moved in response to it, and the central Spirit Tree also rolled in response to it.The wave turned into a small earthquake, enough to induce a moment of agitation in the group in front of us.

"Accelerator Boost"

Use acceleration magic to jump off a nearby tree at once.

I don't know who it is, but it was Theta who thanked me for causing trouble at this time, but for the time being.

"Ku"

Suddenly, I felt pain in my left thigh.

Worst of all, it was about to fly through the trees, making it sweeter to step in and fall.

He was hit on the ground, and for a moment his breath clogged and his eyes darkened, but his thigh ached and his consciousness awakened.

When I looked closely, I noticed that there was a spatter and a large cut on the thigh.Probably a throwing knife or a magic wound.Given their ability to attack this precisely in that situation, it is unlikely that they will be a gang of thugs there.Theta spared no time to heal her wounds before she could be caught more and more.

Then you'll see a puncture in front of you.

Probably because the Spirit Tree moved earlier, it collapsed.Looking closely, it seemed to be deep and connected to a cave underground.

It may be easier to go underground and hide than to escape from the ground.But I'm not sure that's the right answer.

Theta makes the most of her elf's hearing and listens, trying to sense the other person's sound and locate it.

Then, not so far away, the masked man heard a faint scolding of the other man.

"Don't hurt her, I was gonna make the same mistake again."

Theta didn't know what the word meant, but somehow it caught my mind.

Same mistake?

Unfortunately, Theta was attacked when her feet were neglected because her attention was distracted and she became aware of it for a moment.

What a fragile hole, the size of the hole has increased to the weight of the nearby theta.

Shh, uhh

When the right foot collapsed and the posture collapsed, the shaft foot became the injured left foot, and the theta that ran in pain fell into the hole without slipping.