Legend

It looks like a little kid in the long run.

But there's no way a normal child would be in a place like this at such a time in the first place.

Not to mention that child sitting on the branch was illuminated by the moonlight pouring down from between the branches, revealing its alien appearance.

An equally sized doll...... perhaps that's what you can call it.

But that's only if you dare to say it, and normally it's just a little hard to call it a doll.

The branches, the leaves and the twigs were cluttered together. It was only in the distance that I looked like a child, but it was a little difficult to call it a doll if I firmly confirmed its appearance.

"That's..."

"What's going on?

Vihera, who is grasping at Seto's feet, questions whether he has overheard words that set his gaze on Ray, who shrugged.

"Oh there...... Huh?

Ray, who returned to me with such vihella words, only for a moment - I can barely see him - looked at him and turned his gaze to those who had puppets and thoughts again, stopping him from moving as he raised his loose voice between them.

Because I was there until a moment ago... no, because the figure of the doll that was there was already gone.

Ray also understood that it was not a mistake.

But as a matter of reality, there's no doll there anymore.

"Wait a minute, Seto!

Ray hurries to speak to Seto, who was trying to get away from here with wings flapping.

"Grrrrrrrr?"

What's the matter with you? and it was Ceto rattling his throat as he watched Ray on his back, but Ray pointed to the ground against Ceto like that... pointing to where the doll was and opening his mouth.

Seto, get down there.

"Gru."

Seto didn't know why Ray suddenly said that, but still goes down to earth if it's what Ray said.

At this time, Ray understands that Seto was unaware of the doll.

(Seto's sensing abilities are better than mine overall. I can't believe I didn't notice that ceto... Is that possible? No, then how could I have noticed?

It was a real coincidence that Ray found the doll.

When Ray saw the woods while he spoke to Vihella trying to go explore other places... there, there was the doll. No, should I say it was exactly there?

Is that a coincidence, or is it some kind of message that just tried to make Ray look like him, or is it something else... he was Ray questioning that, but in the end it doesn't start even if he's worried about it this way.

It was Ray's honest thought that if he actually looked at that doll again, he would be clear about what was going on around there as well.

Of course there is no clear reason.

But that's how I understood that the doll who showed herself was definitely involved in this Trent forest.

"Are you going downstairs? I think I looked from the top and checked it out... something that bothered you?

Vihera grabbing onto Seto's forefoot wonders so much about Ray's words.

Ray saw the doll, but Vihera didn't see the doll, so she wouldn't have to either.

"Oh. Now I see a doll-like sitting on a tree branch"

"What's a doll like?... So, where is it?

With only a few doubts about Ray's words, Vihera turns her gaze to the trees on the ground.

But there's nowhere there like a doll like Ray says.

"Hey, Ray? Could it have been a mistake or something?

"I definitely saw it...... I think. However, when I took my eyes off for a moment, there were no more dolls there"

"Hmm... it's not like you're looking at it wrong, is it?

Naturally, Vihera also knows how capable Ray is.

So I didn't think Ray saw anything wrong...

Vihera, for example, who doubtless thinks there was a doll there, looks at the ground again with only a little interest.

But it was Vihera, who was also watching what was going on around him while Seto went down to where Ray had instructed him, but there was nothing there.

There are trees to be exact, but there was no substitute anywhere like the doll Ray talked about.

Forecasting Seto lowered altitude to near the ground, Vihera releases the hand she was grasping.

With Vihela's physical abilities, she could normally land on the ground without imitating things like rolling around the ground as they were.

And Seto, who felt Vihera let go of her own feet, lands on the ground as usual.

Land on the ground, walk a little and kill the speed.

Ray also got off Seto's back and took the Death Size and Dusk spears out of Mystering respectively to look around him no matter what.

There's nothing around.... Yes, that's what even the monster looks like, starting with Trent, who has made an extended offense until he flew off on Seto.

That was an anomaly already.

Whatever happens, it's not weird.

Feeling that atmosphere, Ray turns his gaze around again.

I guess what Ray feels is the same for Seto and Vihera.

When I was in the air, I didn't even suspect Ray's words, but Vihella, who still didn't completely believe me, could still feel the difference from the previous one if I looked at the current state of Trent's forest.

When I was in Seto, I had no doubt because I believed fully in Ray's words.

"... weird. There were so many monsters out there earlier, but nothing only this time. Is this also about the doll Ray saw?

"I don't know. Maybe you're involved."

Ray answers Vihera's words as she peeks around.

But while I do, I'm not caught off guard so that whatever happens next is okay.

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

What are you gonna do? Ray thinks a little into Seto's words as he asks.

It was possible that the doll I saw earlier might have been a mistake or something.

But this is how I got down in the woods and nothing was happening... the fact that not even any of those massive monsters showed up was still certain that something was around here.

"Do you want to explore a little?... I'm pretty sure there's something going on."

"Right."

Is there no objection to Ray's instructions, Vihera immediately agrees.

Seto also rang his throat briefly and began to check what was going on around him.

It was Ceto using his olfactory ascending skills to find out if there were any anomalies around him, but all he drifts through is the scent of the forest, with no particular smell of anything different.

Most of all, only plant-based monsters appear in the Trento Forest.

With that in mind, I guess it's no strange story that it only stinks of the forest.

"Grrrrrrrr"

Seto can't smell the smell out of his sense of smell, and he sounds sorry toward Ray.

Ray is the back of his hand holding the Death Size, and I'll slap him gently if you don't mind Ceto like that.

That was all Seto was happily throbbing to see if his depressing feelings had come back to life.

"You see, the exploration of the surroundings is solid. I don't know what it is."

"Uh... yeah, bad"

Inspired by Vihera, Ray checks his surroundings again.

You can say that the moonlight is blocked by the trees and the surroundings are dark.

But here we are with two people, Ray and Vihera and Seto.

To this extent, the surroundings are dark and invisible.

... but if you ask me if I can find anything suspicious right away, the answer is no.

"Even so, there's nothing.... and they don't show up like that doll."

Ray groaned warily about what was going on around him... but as if that were a signal, the branches of the tree that were growing nearby sway.

Considering that the wind didn't blow, let alone its branches, obviously something man-made was the reason the branches rang.

"Huh!?

Ray turned his gaze toward those who branched toward him, but there was nothing there.

Vihera and Seto also looked at the branches, but could not find anything.

"I rang... right? That's pretty unnatural, too."

"Yes."

"Gru."

Vihera and Seto reply to each of Ray's words.

To that reply, I was relieved Ray that what I heard was not an illusion or something... but it still doesn't look like something is around me.

Ray and Vihera have five senses that are sharper than normal, and only Ceto has five more than those two.

It was also an anomaly that such lay people could not find anything.

And at the next moment, the branches of the tree that are in a different direction from what the Rays are looking at sway unnaturally again.

"... are you provoking me?

It's not just the act of ringing tree branches, but it just seems to provoke ourselves.

I guess that's the same for Vihera. If anything happens, I create nails by spreading magic on my armor so that I can attack right away.

"Well, I wonder. I'm pretty sure there was some intent in calling us here. I don't think you'd welcome us at all."

Given the damage we have done to the Trento Forest, it is easy to predict that even if we are resented, we will not be welcomed.

That's how you keep an eye on what's going on around you, minutes.

Tree branches sway unnaturally again.

But this time it wasn't where the Rays were, it was a branch a little further away.

And then one branch after another, as if that branch were a signal to shake.

It's also as if we're going a little further away from the Rays...

"Are you inviting us? You want to take me somewhere?

"You're hostile. You want us? … but it's also true that I just think so"

Vihera returns with a grunt that makes Ray question his words, and Seto, who was listening to it, rattles his throat in favor of Ray's words.

As if to solve such a row of problems… or should I say to make it even more distressing, once again the branches that were a little further away from each other shake.

Seeing the swinging branches, Ray, Vihera and Seto and one face each other.

If they had done something so obvious, naturally there would have been something ahead of them.

But the question would be whether that something is a trap, or something that constitutes this forest that the Rays were looking for...

Still, it was for a moment that Ray was bothered.

"Let's go"

"... okay? It could be a trap, right?

Vihera speaks of prudence because Ray spoke of aggressive behavior while not being herself.

Most importantly, Vihera said it that way in her mouth, but that her opinion is the same as Ray's... no, I can't hide my desire to ride the other invitation more aggressively than that.

More adventurers would normally be alert to traps and act cautiously.

But... happiness or misfortune, Ray, Vihera, Seto, and the best of the best... there are all of them who are super capable of fighting.

If it's about a trap around here, that's all you can do to forcefully break through it.

"Right, maybe there's something. But at the end of the day, if you don't try to move. Is there anything to do with Trent's Forest ahead, or is there simply a trap... you don't get that either, do you?

"Well, that's..."

Anyway, if you don't move, there's nothing you can do.

Vihera has no objection to Ray's words to say so.

In fact, that's an unmistakable fact.

... There are some ways to get away from the Trent Forest in the worst case scenario.

Before entering the woods, Vihera and Seto were in the woods, so we couldn't make that choice.

But now that we're together, it's possible to choose that option.

Still, Ray chooses to solve the secret of this place called Trent Forest.

In front of me, I definitely have some kind of clue.

That's because it seemed certain to Ray.

Not all of Ray's thoughts could be understood, but still, Vihera nods to see how Ray is doing.

"Okay, let's go"

I grumbled so much because I didn't want to waste Ray's thoughts... but most importantly, I have my own desire that I might be able to fight a mighty enemy.

Seto decides that Ray's words are fine… and that everyone agrees, and Ray exhales in relief.

"Okay.... so I'm in the lead, Seto in the middle, and Vihella in the rear guard, okay?

Seto and Vihera nod silently to Ray, who directs the formation.

So get ready... the Rays walked out toward those whose branches were shaking.