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Author: Kaburagi Haruka Original Source: Syosetu Word Count: 2579 characters Translator: Mui English Source: Re:Library Word Count: 1094 words Editor(s): Deximus_Maximus

The Treants suddenly appeared before us . They had encircled us and were acting clearly wary . I wasn’t certain about it due to smoke, but we were probably already completely surrounded, making escape exceedingly difficult .

Seeing the situation, Cortina started immediately issuing the commands .

“Lyell, Gadius, prioritize defense . Protect the cart!”

“Got it!”

“Right!”

Lyell and Gadius moved and surrounded the cart, taking the protective formation . Maria and Maxwell also stayed alert, setting up their staves to be able to cast Magic at any time .

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The treants were just as vigilant of us, raising alerted creaks .

Their species had different ranks to them too, and their higher-ranked one was called Elder Treant . Those higher species had the ability to speak, but it wasn’t so for the lower-ranked Treants .

That said, it wasn’t like they were completely unintelligent either . They had means to express their intent, but they did that by rubbing their branches and rustling their leaves, and used that sound converse .

However, as those sounds were impossible to be imitated by humans, the dialogue with them was well-nigh impossible . In other words… If the ones surrounding us were the lower-ranked Treants, we had no means to reach mutual understanding .

“Should we force our way?”

“Not yet . Treants should be gentle by nature . For them to attack us with no reason should be out of… Question?”

“Why did you word that as a question!?”

Lyell retorted to Cortina whose answer lacked the usual confidence . But given the situation, that was only natural . If they were by themselves, they could tear through the Treants like paper, but now they had us behind .

No, if it was just me and Mich.e.l.le, there would be no problem still . After all, we had the skill to defend ourselves . But Tricia and Letina’s power remained an unknown factor .

You could say they were no more than ordinary, powerless citizens from Lyell’s perspective . And fighting while burdened with such people put more pressure on you then you could imagine .

“Wouldn’t it be better to make the first move and exterminate them?”

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Gadius who excelled in defense also suggested the preemptive strike . When it came to protection, his judgment was correct . But even after his suggestion, Cortina chose to keep the stalemate .

“Not yet . The Treants are also simply remaining vigilant . Since they aren’t attacking us, there must be a reason . Let’s be careful until we find out what it is . ”

“We still have some leeway if it’s just protection . Besides, we came here to ask the Queen Blossom for its nectar, so I don’t think we should aggravate the situation . ”

Maria also took Cortina’s side . She fundamentally had a moderate approach to things, so even in these kinds of situations, she often chose the dialogue .

She could remain so calm despite burdened with us because she had full confidence that her Absolute Protective Wall would never be broken .

“We came here to ask the Queen Blossom to share some of her nectar with us . We are simply here for negotiation, we have no plans to take it by force or fight you!”

Cortina addressed the Treants using the common continental language . The lower-ranked Treants could not understand it, but the upper-ranked ones had vocal organs and could understand the common language .

She called out to them hoping that would be the case .

“Then lower your swords . It’s quite absurd to ask for conversation while baring your blades at us . ”

A loud girly voice responded to Cortina’s appeal . A giant flower made its way through the Treants and walked towards us . No, to be more accurate, it was a giant Treant with a flower blooming on it .

At the center of that flower was the figure of a small girl . Even I was familiar with this characteristic appearance . So we finally met, huh, Queen Blossom .

“Queen Blossom… Lower them, Lyell, Gadius . ”

“Ah, huh? Are you sure?”

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“Swords are no longer necessary from here on . ”

She was an intelligent monster, the Queen of Treants . The surrounding Treants ceased emitting threatening sounds . At the same time, Lyell sheathed his sword . Gadius too returned his ax to his back .

“Hm-hm, excellent . Now there is no need to resort to the armed might . ”

“That stands true for us too . I’m glad we could resolve this without force . ”

“Oh? Based on that wording, I take it you could trample us all if you so wished?”

“Indeed so . If we felt like it, we could blow you off along with this mountain . ”

Cortina responded with a meaningful smile . But indeed, if Maxwell went all-out with his Magic, he could easily erase this mountain and all . While the Queen Blossom was perplexed at her self-confidence, Cortina started introducing herself .

“I am Cortina, I have no family name . These are my comrades in arms . Lyell, Gadius, Maria, Maxwell . As for the rest…”

“No need . To think the Heroes of Salvation would come to visit me . You lot, return to patrolling . ”

With a wave of her hand, the surrounding Treants started to withdraw . Only two Treants and the Queen Blossom remained behind .

“The situation is somewhat tense in this region . We couldn’t show negligence towards trespa.s.sers . ”

“I thought you resided in the forest at the mountain’s base… Did something happen?”

“Indeed… But let me hear your business first . ”

“Well…”

Cortina explained about my illness, and that we needed Queen Blossom’s nectar to cure it . Meanwhile, Mich.e.l.le and I started tapping our hands on the Treants .

We had fought monsters before, but we never had an opportunity to touch them like this . Touching one without any hostility was a fresh experience even for me .

Letina was seeing a monster for the first time, so she was panicking with her hands raised up .

“Oh, it’s surprisingly warm?”

“You are right . I thought it would be a lot colder . ”

“We are in a volcanic region, so the air temperature is high . It makes our barks appropriately warm too . ”

While we relentlessly tapped on their barks, the Treants courteously explained it to us . Given that they could talk, these two must have been Elder Treants .

“U-Umm… That’s dangerous…”

“Professor Tricia, why don’t you try touching them? You won’t know when you’ll have another chance . ”

“That’s true, but still!”

I wonder how many times was her common sense destroyed in this one day .

Leaving us aside, Cortina was still in the middle of her negotiations .

“I see, I understand your circ.u.mstances . But unfortunately, I cannot hand it over just like that . ”

However, the Queen Blossom’s reply was a definite no .

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