Let's Manage The Tower

(4) Forest setup

A few hours into the woods.

The examiners were still wandering through the woods.

"--Hmm, I don't feel lost, but I can't find anything."

I can't identify this as a divine tree because it looks like a normal tree no matter where I look.

In the first place, Kaiseki said that with a bitter smile to the fundamental problem.

Boundaries confirmed from the sky (?) was not so wide.

Of course, it took quite a while to walk, but it took less than half a day from end to end.

Even with that range of forests, I expected that it would take a lot of time if I actually looked for a tree on foot, but the study aid that I encountered due to the root problem was unexpectedly blurred.

Sylvia looked like she remembered something.

"Can't we follow the divine powers?

"Hmm. What do you think? I think we can find out who's divine power is, but I wonder if we can... find it for an unspecified opponent?

In response to Sylvia's question, Kaiseki replied with a half-crustrated look.

In the case of divinity, it is normal to think of it as the power that the god of ○ ○ possesses (or uses), so it is difficult to find the divinity of the other person who has never seen it.

However, it is unusual to face God or someone who can directly use his/her powers, so the way of appraisal is unusual.

In that sense, Sylvia, who is more trained than assistant student, is more sensitive to divine power.

The examiner who thought so looked at Sylvia and heard about it as it was.

"- So what about Sylvia?

Sylvia unfortunately shook her neck to the side when she heard that.

"For now, nothing..."

"No, you don't have to be depressed. Just because it's a god tree in the first place, I don't know if it really emits divine power or power."

While saying that, Kaosuke remembered what Colette told him about the divine tree.

In the first place, the tree of God refers to the tree that holds the power of God, and it is not specifically determined which species is the tree of God.

Simply put, whether it's willow or cherry blossom, with that kind of power you can become a god tree.

That alone is complicated, but what makes it even more difficult to find God Tree is that, as Kaiseki said, it is impossible to rely on God's power and power to find it.

There are various reasons for this, for example, trees that have been descended by God in the past are also called God trees, but such trees may no longer have the power of God.

Still, the tree of God is a tree of God, so if this happens, the Kaiseki may not be able to distinguish it from the ordinary tree.

After all, Floria opened her mouth when she began to wonder whether the experts should have come with her.

Back to the beginning, are there boundaries here?

That's what Floria asked because she couldn't find it herself, but Kaosuke and Sylvia shook their necks to the left and right at the same time.

"I don't think there's anything like that."

"Neither do I."

Kaosuke and Sylvia searched carefully for divine powers as well as boundaries.

But so far, I don't see any sign of it.

It was the same with Mitsuki, shaking his head silently.

After seeing the three of them, Floria said with a difficult face.

"So you have to change your mind from the beginning?

"What do you mean?

Without knowing what Floria was trying to say, the examiner leaned his neck.

"Of course, if you can't find an intrusion from the sky, there's definitely something around here. And yet, even though I walked in properly, I couldn't find anything that looked like a boundary. Don't you think it's strange?

I nodded to Florian's doubts that the examiner did.

Sylvia, who was listening to it beside her, said she was afraid and asked.

"In fact, I've been bewildered by the boundaries from the beginning, and this isn't around...?

"Simply put, that's what I'm talking about."

It was almost at the same time that Florian nodded and realized that there was a study aid.

"... ahh. When I heard that story, I came up with something I didn't really want to think about.

The words of Kaiseki gathered the attention of other facets.

The examiner, who received everyone's attention, went on to say that he didn't want it to be so in reality.

"Actually, what if you were in the border from the beginning?

From the beginning, it means from where the dragons got off and stood.

The students were prioritizing places that could not be penetrated by flying dragons and floating islands, so if what they have just said is correct, they will have to rethink it fundamentally.

Because if the place that I actually thought was in the ordinary forest was already in the boundary, it's easy to make it look like there's no boundary.

The opinion of the sufficiently considered examiner was satisfactory, but everyone on the spot turned to traffic.

The reason is that if Kaiseki is right, all the time he has spent wandering in the woods will be wasted.

Nevertheless, once I come up with the idea, there seems to be no other reason.

They stopped at the scene and thought a little, but eventually came to a conclusion.

"... I can't help it. Don't try to relax, let's get in from the edge of the forest."

"... that would be nice."

Sylvia also replied to the words of the examiner with a slight reluctance.

It's unusual for Sylvia, but if we start over in the woods again, we can't help it.

Florian sighed clearly and loudly, so it was even better.

Both of them dropped more bombs without help.

"There's a lot more trouble, but I'm also worried that when this happens, we'll be able to get down to the right place."

If there are really boundaries in the forest as a whole, it's not unlikely at all.

Then the question arises as to why they got off at first, but there are many ways to do it.

Failure to realize this is probably the cause of the examiners' defeat.

The examiner who was thinking of such a thing shook his head before saying.

"No, I don't think so. I think it's too good for me to think badly. Let's just get back to where we were."

When Kaisuke said so, the other three nodded silently.

Considering the efforts made so far, I don't know what it's like to be silent.

In the end, the last anxiety that the examiner thought of was not met.

I was able to call the dragons, so I was able to return safely to the floating island.

At that time, I saw the examiners with exhausted faces, and Eile had a strange face, but that was another story.