Chapter 231 – Bear-san Inspects the Sacred Tree (1/2)

The next day, the five of us departed for the Sacred Tree

Hugging Bear ca Bear for a long tie with Mu After I had realized that was the case, I quickly suainst ht with it, its overall ently patted it, asking it to stay on guard for anything dangerous We could no longer rely on the barrier, after all

I had soroup to the Sacred Tree, but since it was deep in a e and protected by a barrier, I wouldn’t be able to see it

I had been limpse of the tree since yesterday, but I didn’t coh to get on top of a round under her up, how the plans would work depended on how tall the mountains were

If only I could summon a bird like Sanya-san’s, then I could see the tree from the bird’s perspective instead…

Sadly,Bear couldn’t siin with, it made no sense for bears to be able to fly, so there was nothing that could be done about that

Hugging Bear let out an apologetic whihts Did it notice what I was thinking?

「I’ Bear I didn’t mean to put it like that Please don’t look so sad」

I gave Hugging Bear a hug and patted it

「Why did you apologize to Hugging Bear out of nowhere?」

Sanya-san, alking beside e look

「I kind of said so toBear-chan?」

「I was a bit disappointed that Hugging Bear couldn’t fly so that I could see the tree fro about? It’s already a Bear lets people ride on it Not to hed and patted Hugging Bear as alked

「That’s right Even though you can’t fly in the sky, I’ you do forhere I always depended on Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear when I needed to go so on the onwards When I slept in uard for rateful I was, it cheered up quite a bit

「I’ Bear’s head and began thinking of another way to see the Sacred Tree since flying really wasn’t an option

Currently, ere heading to our destination sh we had subjugated all the monsters in the area yesterday, we still shouldn’t let down our guard

I had Hugging Bear on the lookout for monsters, so it should let us knoere to coer, we left the forest and saw the e

This must be the mountain I had heard about yesterday: the Sacred Treeat it fro wouldn’t be enough Hmm, maybe I would be able to climb it instead?

「Looks like there aren’t any uards down」

Mumuroot-san iing Bear didn’t detect any ic ht be able to detect the Parasitic Tree and figure out its exact location as well

Sadly, there was no reaction Apparently ic didn’t classify the Parasitic Tree as a monster Maybe because it detected it as a plant? Or, was it because the barrier concealed it, and h? Either way, I didn’t detect any monsters

「Is the Sacred Tree up ahead?」

I asked, sinceht over there」

So, it really was past this e after all

I walked closer and spotted a cave entrance, big enough for Hugging Bear to barely squeeze through In front of it also stood three stone monuments Yup, this was definitely the entrance

「Labriatt, Young Lady, please wait for us out here」

「Understood」

Labriatt replied

So neither of us could enter no h…

I peeked into the cave, but I couldn’t see anything inside as it was pitch dark

「Yuna-chan, you can’t go inside」

I was scolded just for looking inside

Ugh, I already knew that I just hoped I could at least see soo」

They approached the stone monuments and each placed a hand on one of the stones

Was this how they entered the cave?

I could senseinto the stone monuments

So, this et to the tree

I kept a close eye on them to see what they would do next, but the three of the on?」

Mumuroot-san asked after a while

「Sanya-san, is soical power to the stoneus to pass through the barrier」

「Yet, there is not a speck of light at all」

Mumuroot-san stepped away from his monument and tried to enter the cave but seemed like he hit an invisible wall

Arthur-san and Sanya-san also tried to do the same, but to no avail

Fro out a pantoht indeed

「Why isn’t it letting us through? Arthur, Sanya, let’s try again」

The three channeled ain, but they remained inactive

「We entered just fine yesterday I don’t get why today’s different」

「Perhaps the Parasitic Tree has completely taken over the Sacred Tree… That, or the Sacred Tree won’t let us in because of the Parasitic Tree’s presence」

「Youme」

The three of them looked restless

The barrier barred theh it worked just fine yesterday, so it made sense for them to start to panic

The plan to destroy the ic, I should be able to break through

The three of theain, but nothing happened If they attempted to enter the cave, they were always blocked by an invisible wall

「Sanya, check on the status of the Sacred Tree」

Under Mumuroot-san’s instructions, Sanya-san summoned her bird, and flew it towards the top of the mountain

So, it really was possible to see the tree from above?

The bird soon disappeared over the mountain Hmm, hoould the barrier work on suet past the barrier,Bear could, too? Maybe any kind of aniuish between the two?

Sanya-san closed her eyes to see the bird’s view

Looking at her, while I do admit how very useful the summon bird’s abilities were, Sanya-san was left completely defenseless in this state

「It’s even worse than before」

「As expected…」

「Father, what should we do?」

Arthur-san asked the now even more worried Mumuroot-san Mu able to think of an answer Including Labriatt, the four of the for any solutions

I was curious about how the barrier’s wall felt like, so I got close to the cave’s entrance to take a look