Let's Manage The Tower

After a discussion with Shreyn and the others, Kaosuke visited the village of Elves in the forest of Seuli.

To be precise, I came to see Utta, the world tree in the center of the village.

I don't know if the "talking tree" that came out of fortune-telling is Utta, but if there is anything unusual about the forest, it is best to ask her.

The elves in the countryside are also familiar with the woods, but the elves do not feel comfortable when the instruments of God become entangled.

Conversely, even if there was no change in the forest, it should be accepted as one of the consequences.

Kouchi and Mitsuki were naturally the ones who came along with Kaiseki this time, Colette and Sylvia, and then Shreyne.

Colette's role as a connector to Elves, and Sylvia's role as an artifact, meant that Shreyne simply followed her interests.

Florian also wanted to follow me, but because of the large number of people, I was asked to refrain this time.

It was as welcoming as ever that I visited the village.

That said, it's not like a lot of elves have come to pick you up before, it's just showing respect while watching the sudden appraisal.

In such a gaze, the students told Siomara about the situation and immediately headed to the base of the world tree.

"Welcome, Kaosuke."

As Kaiseki approached the world tree, Utta appeared and lowered her head.

"I'm sorry I came all of a sudden."

"If you're an examiner, you can come at any time.

When Utta said that, Siomara nodded loudly behind her.

Those two?) I decided to get down to business without answering the question.

"Thank you very much. That's why I'm here..."

Kaiseki talked about the artifact after putting it in front of him.

However, the fact that the artifact has disappeared from the realm of God is omitted from the explanation, and we only talk about the fact that we are looking for the artifact.

"... so, as a result of fortune-telling, do you know anything about Utta?

When asked to do so by the examiner, Utta lay down to think for a while, but eventually looked up and said.

"... about two months ago, I felt the boundaries of the forest shake. I thought it was just because I was back on track in a short time, but maybe it was."

If the divine instruments entered the woods and influenced the boundary in any way, it is well thought out.

I am worried that it will go back to normal soon, but it will be worth looking into.

"I see. It's certainly worth checking out."

As soon as I heard Utta's explanation, I nodded, but at the same time I looked reluctant.

Only Utta was able to accurately understand the meaning of the facial expression of the examiner.

Both Kouchi and Mitsuki have no expression on their faces, but I don't know why Kaiseki has such an expression.

Even the two of them didn't know better.

Colette listened while tilting her neck.

"I think you should be happy because it seems like it came with a hit, but is there anything?

"Oh, that's..."

In response to Colette's question, he nodded and said that he could think in his current state.

If the reason for the sway in the forest boundary is really because of the artifact, then the artifact has the power to exert that much power against the boundary.

It's fine if that's all, but the problem will be after that.

It is possible that the ability of the artifact is related to the fact that Utta only felt the shaking for a short time.

It is still clear that the instruments of God caused a sway in the forest.

However, the fact that the boundaries returned to their original state without any change after that can also mean that the artifact of God has the power to return the boundaries to their original state and hide.

Of course, it is also conceivable that someone entered the woods and took the artifact away from the scene in the sway of the boundary.

However, it is more likely that the artifact was concealed from influencing the boundary with its own power than if it had been taken away in a situation close to a miracle rather than a coincidence.

And in that case, another big problem arises.

Shreyn nodded and listened, tilting her neck.

"What's the problem?

"Because I have the power to hang inside the boundary and not influence it, don't you think I'll hide from you when I get close?

When Kaiseki said so, the faces of the gathered people became as reluctant as those of Kaiseki earlier.

Certainly, Kaiseki was right, and he understood that it was a very likely story.

"So, what do we do? It doesn't matter if we go looking in the woods, but we don't know if it's a divine instrument... Oh, isn't it?

I almost said I couldn't tell, but I saw Sylvia tilting my neck along the way.

Sylvia, under Shreyn's gaze, has a difficult face.

"... if you put your tools in front of you, you will be able to tell if they are divine instruments. But it may be difficult to find out if there are any artifacts in the place."

Sylvia said that, and they all had a difficult face to convince.

Although there is a certain amount of contact, rather than knowing what the artifact is in the first place, there are some things that are difficult to find in the wide forest.

Looking at all of them who became troubled faces, Kaiseki made a suggestion for the time being.

"Well, whatever the power of the artifact, I'll go and see where the boundaries have swayed for now."

"Hmm. Maybe we should run away?

Kokuri nodded to Colette, who leaned his neck.

"Yeah, we need to find out if the shake is really the result of the artifact."

I'm sure it is.

Colette nodded for the right reason.

It is unclear whether the assistant studied the details, but I don't know anything about not looking into it first.

Even if there is a possibility of escape, even if we only know that there was a divine instrument there, the development from now on will change considerably.

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After confirming the intention of the examiner, it was decided to go first to the place where the boundary was swayed by everyone.

Although there is no problem because there is an examination aid, I went into the forest after obtaining permission.

However, since the boundaries are still working in the woods, the guide Elf is walking ahead of the auxiliaries.

The boundary itself is quite large, and the location where Utta sensed the sway is outside the boundary, so there is no doubt a guide.

In fact, I arrived at my destination about three days after the students left the village.

Incidentally, I knew it would take a few days to move, so Colette, who is raising a child, is back in the tower.

"This is where I heard about it."

When the conductor elf said so, the examiner began to look around.

If there were any artifacts around here, or if there were any, you would be able to feel the spirit.

However, there are various signs in the forest, starting with normal trees.

Among them, Kaiseki sighed deeply at the difficulty of finding only the divine spirit of the divine instrument.