Let's Manage The Tower

(14) No harvest

It took about an hour for the examiner to decide to proceed within the boundaries.

Meanwhile, the students were well in the woods, but things changed around there.

The first thing I noticed about it was, of course, Colette, who knew the woods well.

--I see you're here.

In one word, the examiners figured out what Colette wanted to do.

The elves who were supposed to live in the woods noticed that the archaeologists were entering the border and came forward.

The examiner, who stopped on the spot, looked at Colette and listened.

"For the time being, do you understand the purpose?

"Well, surveillance or warning... I don't think you're gonna suddenly throw a bow at me."

"Oh, I see. If that happens, let's get out of here."

Even if you're going to warn, if you're going to throw a bow at someone you run into all of a sudden, it's best to assume that you're definitely refusing to break into the country.

Even if it had been a misunderstanding, I had no intention of going into the country that far.

After the attack, the opponent decided to withdraw immediately, and other people agreed.

They also go because they know that there is an elf village in this forest, and if they know that they are not welcome from there, they will not be forced to enter.

Since the intention had already been determined by the previous interaction, there was no problem with the reasoning of the examiner.

As the examiners stopped and spoke lightly, the people Colette found were definitely getting closer.

We were already getting closer to where we could see each other, and we found a few elves, thought to be the inhabitants of the village, hanging their hands on the bow.

Meanwhile, Kaiseki began walking deeper into the forest as usual.

He is pretending to not have noticed the elf yet.

However, since Colette is here, it doesn't make much sense, but it's easier to deal with it than just being close.

Under a feeling of indisputable tension, I got into the bow's range a long time ago and approached the distance where I could hear a loud noise.

So the approaching elf came out with a bow in his hand.

"Stop right there! What are you doing here?

The opponent was holding a bow, but the examiners remained as usual.

At this distance, you can use fairies to become magic (holy law) and easily remove the target.

The opponent will think that it is a definite distance, but for the assessors, it is also a position where they can escape immediately if they just run away.

Following the words of an elf holding a bow, Kaiseki stopped on the spot and gazed at Colette.

In this case, I think it would be better to leave it to Colette, who is the same elf.

Of course, Colette knew it would happen, so she nodded once and stepped out one step ago.

Your hands are slightly lifting your palms toward each other to show that you don't have anything.

I don't know if it was because of the trick, but the opponent didn't suddenly strike a bow.

And Colette, reassured, began to speak loudly.

"We've come for the Tree of God! I'm not thinking about doing anything in the country in particular!

The elves who heard Colette's answer started discussing something with him.

It was a surprise to the elves that Colette said something useful to the Tree of God.

It's no wonder Colette, who is an elf, knows about the Tree of God, but he doesn't even know what he's trying to do.

Colette also understands the other person's confusion, so she won't do anything extra here and won't say anything.

Now the elves of the village spoke with a voice in the wind to see if that intention was understood.

"If you were an elf, could you use this technique? - What are you gonna do when you find the Tree of God?

"I'm not trying to change anything in particular. If I can get one, I'll just get one of the branches and plant a tree."

"Tree planting? God tree planting?

Colette's answer was too unexpected, and her opponent's elf shouted at her.

Colette nodded with a serious face just to understand how she felt.

"That's right. Is there a godfather here? That's why I thought there might be a god tree. I'm not going to waste my time upstairs."

The god tree refers to the world tree among the elves.

In response to Colette's words, the other man, Elf, also responded immediately.

"Unfortunately, I've never heard of a god tree in this forest. It's not just me, it's my people."

"Yes, that's fine. There's nothing more to do in the woods, so I'm pulling it up."

When Colette quickly declared so, the opposing elves made a little noise.

"... really? I don't suppose they're going to turn back, huh?

Colette answered with her shoulders clasped.

"I don't mean to... but you don't believe me, do you? Then you just stay there and watch us come back."

That way, Colette dared to point her back at the person holding the bow.

Of course, the words contain the confidence that nothing like that can hurt them.

The examiners have left it entirely to Colette to speak, so they have never spoken.

Even if we go back like this, we know there is no god tree, so there is no problem.

The male elf returned looking around at the examiners.

"- Very well. If you look back and show me a little bit, I'll shoot this arrow right away."

I wouldn't do that.

I knew it was useless to say anything else, so Colette returned it and her heel.

I don't intend to spend too much time in vain, just to stimulate them.

Following Colette's words, the examiners began to return the way they came without looking back in particular.

The opponent's elves kept their promises and never let go of their bows.

"I'm sorry, it ended up like this."

The examiner gently waved his right hand to Colette, who apologized on the way.

"I don't care. I don't care. That was a pretty stubborn attitude. I thought it would be better not to be so bad."

Sylvia and Floria also nodded when Kaiseki said so.

No one here disagreed with Colette's judgment.

As much as that, the opponent's elf was willing to refuse.

As Colette said, just knowing that there was no god tree was enough harvest.

Of course, there is a possibility that the other person is lying, but if you say that, you will lose it.

If you are interested, you should be able to ask Essena to contact the world tree that is building this boundary, but she didn't take that approach.

Colette's words that he had no intention of forcibly disturbing the village were untrue.

Anyway, after that, the examiners, who left the boundary without incident, summoned Ko and returned to the floating island.