Legend

"No, it really helped. Thank you. I never thought I'd be captured by a bandit. Honestly, I thought you'd be sold as a slave any longer... Oh, thanks"

A dark elf woman reaches out as she says thank you to Vihella for the sandwich she offered.

That's how she throws the sandwich into her mouth, while the woman looks around with a smudge and opens her mouth.

"Still, it's amazing how much you have such a magic item carriage. No, Auduban, anyway, because there's a marina, so maybe it's natural."

Anyway, Auduban, who was told, opens his mouth like a shudder.

"You know, Jusra. You were caught by a bandit or something. Using spiritual magic, it didn't matter, did it?

"Hey... that's right. I was taking a nap because the spring sun was so nice in the woods. So, when you realize it, you're already in that situation. I can't even use spiritual magic because I've been fitted with monkeys, and I'm not good at close range anyway."

"I was frightened. You know what's going on in the woods right now, don't you? So why bother getting out of the world?"

"Haha. With a little adventure. But you're not out of a stray line, are you? Only out of the junction of the barrier.... ma, the, you see. Something happened, but in the end, my chastity was safe. Glad you don't mind."

Audubans and marinas are relieved by the words.

Some thought that the bandits didn't get their hands on Jusra would probably be more expensive as slaves if the bandits hadn't got their hands on them, even if they weren't their biological daughters, but the bandits are still bandits. It's not strange to be flushed by immediate desire.

Thinking about it, I'd say that it was half as close to a miracle that Jusra was safe.

"But what were you doing at dinner? Whatever it is, it's not like they caught you yesterday, is it? Then selling them as slaves doesn't make sense if they're weak, and you let them eat about as much?

"Haha. Yeah, well, they let me eat.... Yeah, here's the thing. With a weapon thrust down my throat."

Everyone who was listening is convinced of Jusra's words.

Spirit magic tends to be shorter to chant than normal magic, but it still takes time to chant to call on the Spirit.

In a situation where a weapon has been thrust down your throat, that would be faster to slash and tear your throat than to utter a chant to call on the Spirit.

And if he slashed and tore his throat, it was naturally impossible to chant any more, and it was certain that he would die before using spiritual magic.

"If you were good at close combat, maybe you could have done something about it... As I said earlier, you're good at bows, but you're not good at close combat"

Hey, Jusra scratching her head when she's embarrassed is the kind of woman you can describe as looking neat, but she doesn't look strange and feminine.

"Totally, that's why I've been telling you. He said not only to bow, but to train for melee. The arms of the bow are above us, so if you want to fight close, you can do it."

"Haha. It doesn't suit you sexually, does it?... Well, there were things like this one, and I'm going to think about it a little bit. … so, I'll change the story."

So stopped the words, Giusura turns her gaze in turn to the personnel in the carriage.

Ray, Elaine, Vihera, Bühne, Oudban, Marina.

I was supposed to get Ara in here, but now I'm doing the carriage owner.

And then Jusra turned her gaze at the carriage window.

From there I can see Seto walking next to the carriage and Yellow sleeping comfortably on its back.

"... What kind of a group is this?

"You know what? When I left the woods, the elders gave me an explanation, didn't they? There was Jusra, wasn't there?

"Huh? Um... uh... yeah. I remember, I remember. He said something about going to the marina to help treat the world tree."

"Why don't you remember exactly?

"No, because it was a long story about the elders. So I lost my sleeper."

Auduban gives a frightened look from the bottom of his heart to Jusra, who says he's fallen asleep.

Talking about elders is, naturally, important.

When people say I fell asleep because I'm sleepy about it, I don't know what to say.

"Haha. Ma, look. Don't worry too much. Anyway, we all know I'm not serious."

"You're no different, Jusra."

Jusra smiles lightly at the words of Marina, who watched Auduban and Jusra interact.

"Eh heh. Oh, but Master Marina taught me that bow arms have improved. I'm the best hunter in the woods."

"Really? I told you I taught you a bow, but it was when Jusra was just a little girl, so you don't have to worry about it that much."

With that said, you're still happy to have someone to admire you. At the mouth of the marina, there was a rare, glossy grin.

"Eh heh. Marina taught me how to remember things that are important to me."

"I'm glad you said that, even for me....... so jusra. It's a different story, but what's going on in the woods?

Marina, who had a tender grin, asks with a slightly more serious look.

For that inquiry, Jusra also doesn't show a joke, and shakes her neck sideways with an equally serious look on her face at the marina.

"Compared to when Auduban left, I knew it was getting worse. Because it doesn't feel accelerating, but it still really weakens the world tree junction. In fact, that's why I got caught by a bandit. Until now, it was inside the lost junction..."

"Yes."

It meant that the medical condition of the world tree was becoming instantaneous and serious.

In the meantime, Fu Ray speaks out what he cared about.

"How did the world tree get so weak? No, I hear you got some kind of sickness, but it's about a world tree, so it's all kinds of special trees, right? But I don't think it's so easy to be weak."

"... I left the woods a long time ago and haven't been back since, so I can't say anything. What do you think? At least the world tree didn't seem to get sick when I left the woods."

With their gaze on the marina, Auduban and Jusra give each other a difficult look.

Marina left over a hundred years ago, and I guess she remembers that time.

But soon, Jusra shook her neck to the side.

Regardless of Auduban, Jusra is still - though annotated as a dark elf - young.

That's what I was talking about earlier, when Marina taught me how to use her bow before she left, it was still pretty small.

Compared to such a jusra, Auduban remembers the time firmly only for his position that he is more of a dark elf perception than a marina, but somewhat younger.

"Well, the world tree hasn't been sick in a while since Master Marina left. I think I've been a little weak since a while before Jusra started walking alone in the woods... Of course, it was a little bit, so I didn't think it was going to be as much of a fuss then as it is now."

"Little by little, yeah. That's a rough neighborhood. Anyway, if the world tree starts to weaken rapidly in a short time, little by little, it's hard to notice. Especially since we've been living for years, it's hard to feel extra."

Unlike the common dark elves, only marinas who came out of the woods because they wanted to see the outside world had indescribable weight in their words.

"Heh... Dear Marina. Is the outside world interesting after all?

Marina grins and nods at Jusra's words, who glanced at her curiosity.

"Yeah. It's true that it's very different from living in the woods. It's been a lot of trouble until I got used to it, but don't you understand Auduban around there too?

"Right. When I first went out of the woods, things were tough. Well, I could still get used to it."

I guess I remember my failures a lot. Auduban groans with a complex expression and once again turns his gaze toward Jusra.

"So let's get back to it, other than the fact that the bonds are weakening, has there been any anomaly?

"... uh, did I hear you say you're starting to see monsters like you've never seen in the woods before"

"Yeah? Wait a minute"

Ray, who was listening to the three dark elves, opens his mouth as if he noticed something.

Auduban only made Ray stretch his face for a moment like that, but fortunately only Marina noticed how Auduban was doing like that.

(Maybe it failed a little. I didn't think Ray's magic would shrink this far.... No, I guess this is normal)

The magic released from Ray when he removed the Crescent Moon ring had completely atrophied Auduban.

As a marina, I would like Auduban to get along with Ray if he could.

Even if it doesn't get that far, I don't want you to at least imitate it like it's hostile.

"There was a bond in the woods, wasn't there? And yet, monsters have been coming out for a long time?

"Oh. Right. It's pretty big when it comes to forests. That's more than that forest the Rays recently fought against Cyclops. So the only place where the world tree is tied up is around where Dark Elves live. Usually we can't live without eating, can we? If you're going to eat it anyway, you'd better have high-ranking monster meat."

Monster meat is probably an important food for dark elves as well.

And as for eating, it was also understood by Ray that delicious meat... was better with high-ranking monster meat.

"If the connections are strong and wide, the monsters that feed will not show up,"

"That's right. Besides, we need food and ingredients."

With a few exceptions, many people basically have higher magic than humans: elves and dark elves.

Naturally, it's not that we don't like alchemy with its magic, but we can also make some magic items ourselves.

If that happens, what you will need is material, many of which are monster objects.

Having been asked to explain the area, Ray makes his eyes glow with curiosity.

(Is it a magic item made by Dark Elves? Honestly, I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't interested.... I'm talking about the World Tree material as the reward for this case, and do you want the alchemist in the Marina's hometown to make magic items? World Tree Materials would be used to it)

Because you live in a place with a world tree, you will naturally also be used to making magic items made from a variety of materials from the world tree.

That's what I decided, Ray, but Jusra opens her mouth before she talks about it.

"Anyway, I wonder how the woods are. I don't think this is going to happen, but it's definitely getting worse. So, as far as I'm concerned, I'm counting on you."

Some of the people who were listening to me laugh bitterly at the way Jusra tells me that she helped me too.

If it was, it was because he thought it would be better to head straight to the dark elf forest without stopping by Ajito after defeating the bandits that attacked him.

If Ray had listened very hard to the word, Jusra would still have been captured by the bandit Azito.

Of course if I knew Jusra was being captured, I would have been lightly convinced that other faces would raid Ajito.

But I don't know that.

Therefore, I can even say that this case was halfway through...

"... Marina. I'd like to ask you a few questions, could there be bandits from here on out? If so, given this case, shouldn't we crusade as best we can?

To Elaine's words, Marina smiles bitterly.

"Even if I ask. I know you've heard me talk a few times, but I left the woods a long time ago. I don't think the bandits who were there are still here."

"Is that right?... So how about you guys, Auduban and Jusra?

"I wonder. When there was a bond, the bandits couldn't come in unless it was some kind of coincidence, and when I left the woods, I wasn't particularly attacked."

Elaine turns her gaze to Ray like she's having a little trouble with that word, whining at her lack of confidence.

Ray, having received that gaze, nods back when there is no particular problem.

"Ma, if bandits attack, why don't we just destroy them sequentially?

To Ray's words, everyone nodded that it was certain, and the fate of the bandits around here would be determined.