Equipment Printing School Mage

The wife beside him burst out laughing, but she was halfway through when the old pastor ruthlessly hit her: "What are you laughing at! Didn't you two pull it out together? I was embarrassed to expose your shortcomings in front of outsiders, but you are forcing me to tell you everything, right?"

The couple's faces suddenly turned red, and even the lark's feathers stood up slightly.

"Before the druids, our village of a hundred or so could do whatever we wanted in the forest. Now that the forest ranger is here, we'll have to take care of everything!"

Eswhite raised his voice, "Given your usual free-spirited personalities, we can only get along peacefully at first! What about after that? Can you tolerate the druids bossing you around? You'll be fighting with the druids in just two or three days! Rather than causing a huge fight then, it's better to leave now!"

The old minister's voice was so deafening and heartfelt that the lark that had been perched on the girl's head was frightened and flew away, turning around and disappearing into the forest.

Ulvette held it in for a long time, but couldn't help but say, "But relocation is a big deal after all..."

Eswhite snorted coldly, "You still haven't given up? Come on, Emiya! I'm not as familiar with druids as you are. Tell me, what do the druids want from the residents near their sacred forest?"

Emiya glanced in the direction the lark had disappeared and said loudly, "The druids fully understand the normal needs of the residents... and understand that they need to engage in the necessary logging and hunting to meet their needs."

The couple opened their mouths and were about to say something, but the old pastor glared back at them.

Emiya remained calm and continued, "[...However, druids firmly oppose trapping or hunting beasts for their parts or other body parts for frivolous reasons.]"

The couple's faces turned pale.

Eswhite coughed lightly. "Now you understand? How can a druid stand the noise you make every full moon? How can you be comfortable if I ask you to follow the rules? Stop talking nonsense to me and go home and pack your things!"

Ulvette hesitated and clenched his fists: "Then I can't-"

The old pastor coughed heavily and his eyes drifted towards little Natasha. His meaning was very clear - you two have already started a family and have children.

The couple looked at each other, held their child's hand, and sighed: "Okay. Come, Natasha..."

Just as the family of three was about to head towards their residence, a female voice with an unconcealable anxiety came over: "Please wait a moment——!"

Fenwei hurried out of the forest: "There must be some misunderstanding here!"

When she heard the voice, Emilia lowered her eyebrows.

He probably didn't laugh.

The intrigue before Eighteen's departure

Fenwei walked quickly out of the forest, came to the front of the crowd, bowed and said, "Good evening, Mr. Eswhite. I am here to visit as promised..."

She looked around at everyone present, her cheeks slightly reddened, and her speech speed increased a little: "But, what happened? Why do you want to move suddenly?"

Her attire revealed her identity. Upon seeing her appearance and attire, the bear couple almost subconsciously took a few steps back and hid their child behind them.

Eswhite walked up to the family of three and said frankly, "Now that it's come to this, let's not beat around the bush. You've probably heard it all—let me be frank. I believe our lifestyle is incompatible with druidism."

"So, next I will try to use all my influence to get the village to relocate."

Finwë hesitated, then whispered, "I consider you a wise man, and you may be passionate, but you are not without your own evil nature. I do not believe there is any irreconcilable conflict between us."

"My opinion is exactly the opposite!" The old pastor scratched his beard. "Why was I made a pastor? Because I'm so impatient and I'm the calmest person in the village. How could anyone else have the patience to study the scriptures and listen to oracles? They'd make a scene if I asked them to drink less!"

"It's always like this on weekdays. It's even more chaotic during the full moon. As for maintaining the balance of nature? We don't care about that kind of thing." Eswhite sighed. "We bear people like to live alone. If we weren't all believers of Selune, we wouldn't build a village around the church.

"Even so, we still live our own lives. If I hadn't been raising bees and making wine near the church, would these guys have come to see me every month?"

"Now, a group of people suddenly showed up and wanted to control us..." Eswhite shrugged. "I think we can't afford to offend them. We might as well leave quickly."

After saying that, Eswhite turned around and waved to the family: "That's it, I suggest you move immediately. You can ignore me, but you have to think about the children."

"Wait a minute, you misunderstand Druid!"

Seeing the old pastor's words so decisive, Fenwei immediately shouted, "It is your freedom to leave the Sharptooth Forest, but please at least listen to my defense!"

"Druids are definitely not the same as those nobles who suck the marrow and blood. We don't think we are the managers of the forest!"

"Just think about it! The Sharptooth Forest covers tens of thousands of square kilometers! In such a vast forest, the Hollow Horn's activities will have no impact at all!"

"Even if we take a step back, with less than ten of us, managing the Sacred Forest is already exhausting, so it's impossible for us to nitpick with you."

"I'm really just here to visit and inform you that the Sharptooth Forest Association can be of assistance to you. That's all!"

Eswhite sneered. "Ask you for help? From an organization whose location is unknown, whose members are unknown, and whose attitude is unknown?"

"Dang... huh?" Fenwei took a deep breath and was about to answer when his expression suddenly changed.

Her slightly nervous posture relaxed and she put on her usual bright smile.

The druid lifted the hair by his ear, walked to the little girl with a smile, and nodded her headband, causing the green buds to bloom instantly.

After confirming that the rich floral fragrance made the girl smile, she walked around the old pastor and came to Emilia: "Young man? Why do you stay around here on such an occasion?"

Emya replied expressionlessly, "Perhaps it's because the followers of Selûne understand the meaning of master better than the druids. We just arrived for a visit, and you can't just kick me out of the city right away."

"After all, only druids think they are the masters wherever they go."

Fenway was almost speechless. She took a few steps back in frustration before saying to the old pastor, "...Ah, Mr. Eswhite, that's all."

"Are you interested in visiting our woodland? While the druids' woodland is important, it's not a forbidden place for outsiders to tread."

Eswhite was silent for a moment, then asked, "Am I the only one here?"

Hearing this, Fenwei's last bit of nervousness disappeared without a trace.

A brilliant smile spread across her face. "Of course, you can also bring friends you trust. For example, friends from your own tribe..."

At this point, she walked up to Emilia and placed a hand on his shoulder. "For example, what about the two harpists who have come all the way to visit us? The Ring has no intention of isolating itself. On the contrary, we hope to make more friends."

Having said this, Fenwe looked face to face with Emilia, and breathed his flower-scented breath on Emilia's face: "Are you satisfied with this result, Mr. Harpist, the resourceful one?"

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As Fenway puts it, the move was partly a double act, but also partly serious.

If tonight's negotiations don't go well, relocation is indeed an option for Hollow Corner - they must prepare the villagers.

On the other hand, if you want to visit a druid, you must have a legitimate reason.

The druids' sacred grove was an especially sensitive place—if they took the initiative to ask to visit, they would likely arouse the druids' vigilance and be rejected outright. Even if they managed to obtain permission through various means, the journey would likely be closely monitored throughout.

However, now that a druid is leading the team, the nature of the situation has completely changed.

Essentially, they were asking Fenwei to use his own credit to guarantee them—that way, there would be fewer eyes watching them.

"Ah, it seems that everything is over for you?" Mars walked out of the church and asked.

Emiya nodded. "It's over. You've worked hard."

"It's really hard work." Mars sat down next to Emilia and sighed. "As soon as these guys heard about the possibility of relocation, one after another asked to help Mr. Eswhite reduce his burden."

What the bear man meant by reducing the burden was naturally helping Eswhite empty the wine cellar.

Emiya raised an eyebrow. "So how did you stop them?"

The paladin straightened his right arm, clenched his right fist, and made a gesture as if to place his elbow on the platform. Then he slammed his forearm down heavily: "—Conquer others with force."

Seeing this scene, Emiya couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Bearmen are a race of extremely strong people. Male bearmen probably wrestle with each other frequently, so they naturally have a special liking for arm wrestling.

But the most terrifying thing is that Mars can actually defeat the bear man... and it seems that he can do it with ease.

This can only be explained by the fact that although Mars looks strong enough, the power hidden in his body is even greater than his appearance.

At that moment, a little bear girl named Natasha rushed over to them, holding a wreath. "I finally figured it out! You two big brothers are going to a dangerous place with Grandpa Eswhite, right?"

Emiya shook her head: "No. That place is not dangerous, you don't have to worry."

Although the Sacred Grove is the Druids' stronghold, as Finwe said, the Druids are the protectors of the Sacred Grove, not its rulers. So while the Druids can indeed draw strength from the Sacred Grove, the Sacred Grove does not deliberately favor the Druids.

However, their situation may be really dangerous.

"Is that so?" the little girl thought for a moment while holding the wreath in her arms. She looked at Mars, took a step back fearfully, and then stretched out her right little finger to Emiya, "Big brother, can you stretch out your little finger?"

Emiya was stunned. She didn't expect that the customs in the other world would be similar. After hesitating for a moment, she hooked her little finger with Natasha's finger.

The next second, he knew he was terribly wrong.

The little girl actually showed her arm wrestling attitude and suddenly pulled his fingers to the side. Caught off guard, Emiya was almost twisted aside.

——What surprised him most was that this little girl’s strength was definitely no less than that of an ordinary adult!!!

Fortunately, Emilia still pays attention to exercise.

——Besides, he also has dignity!

He exerted all his strength, and the rapid secretion of adrenaline made his face flush immediately.

After trying their best, the balance of power between Lunya's Emiya and Natasha was finally broken, and Emiya successfully pulled Natasha's little finger to the other side.

Natasha released her pinky finger, blew gently on it, and placed the wreath on Emilia's head. "Big brother is so awesome! Natasha lost! If I can beat Natasha, this trip will be a breeze!"

A rare twitch on Emilia's face, she silently massaged her trembling little finger: "Thank you for your kind words, I will definitely make sure Mr. Eswhite returns safely."

Mars, who was standing by, suddenly asked, "Natasha, how old are you this year?"

Natasha stretched out her hands and opened them, then said excitedly, "Six years old!"

"...Pfft." Mars covered his mouth with his hand, forcing a serious expression. "Mr. Emia of Lunya, your magnificent feat of overcoming six-year-old Natasha in strength will surely go down in history."

"Oh, I'm not being sarcastic. The strength of a bearman is indeed far beyond that of an ordinary person. Even though Natasha is only a six-year-old girl, her strength exceeds that of an adult male. So you... pfft... are indeed very strong."

“You don’t have to tell me!!!”

The Sacred Forest of Nineteen Stars (I)

What would you do when you are about to visit the headquarters of an unknown force?

Emiya especially wanted to solve this problem - because he could confirm that during this trip, he would definitely meet the shadow druid named Khar.

The organizational forms of druidic circles vary greatly from one another and cannot be generalized.

Some circles strictly adhere to the survival of the fittest and rely on internal competition to determine the druid's position in the circle.

To put it more simply - it depends on who has the bigger fist.

Whoever survives this life-and-death struggle will be promoted.

"——We are not that kind of ring society!!!"

Fenwë's voice finally became shrill with anger. "That kind of ring will be as radical both internally and externally! Do I look like that kind of druid?"

"I don't know. After all, we are not familiar with each other."

It was now night, and most of the animals were resting, but they had only just begun their journey.

The three of them had already said goodbye to the Hollow Corner - although when they left, Emilia and Mars had not seen many villagers.

Theoretically, Fenwe could have taken them directly into the sacred forest, but on the other hand, Fenwe didn't seem to have that intention and preferred to take them on foot through the forest.

And Emilia and others hope so even more.

They wanted to know the route to the Holy Forest, but were unwilling to step directly into the effects of the teleportation spell.

They can try to resist the teleportation itself, but once they allow the spell to work upon them, they no longer have the final say in where they go.

They would rather walk all the way through.

To Emilia's surprise, Fenwe himself didn't seem to mind accompanying them on their journey through the forest and readily agreed to their request.

Of course, judging from the results, Fenwei herself didn't have to spend much energy - she had now turned into a beautiful snowy owl.

Naturally, they had a long journey ahead of them, so using only their own two feet was out of the question. Otherwise, traversing such a vast forest would likely take several days to reach the Sacred Forest. If they wanted to maintain their condition and combat effectiveness during the journey, they would have to slow down even further.

However, Emiya's Phantom Horse easily solved this problem - the phantom horse created by magic had a speed that ordinary inferior horses could not match, and its non-physical form did not require any rest.

At this moment, except for the Holy Knight who was still riding on his holy horse, Emilia and Old Eswhite had already ridden on the Phantom Horse.

However, there is a problem with the Phantom Horse being too convenient - it easily attracts hitchhikers.

At this moment, Fenwei was standing on Emilia's shoulder without any hesitation, digging a pair of sharp claws into Emilia's robe, and then he followed the Phantom Horse's rise and fall with extraordinary stability.

And Emilia was naturally very unhappy about this.

"Can't you fly yourself?"

"No." Fenwei stretched out his body with a sense of righteousness. "The Sharptooth Forest has been well-preserved over a long period of time, but the vegetation has become too complex. There are branches and vines everywhere that hide. Flying a hundred kilometers in a row in such a place? Don't be ridiculous."

"Even if I didn't hit my head against a tree, I would have died of exhaustion. Besides, our sacred forest is much larger than you can imagine. As long as we don't stray too far from the right direction, we'll definitely get there."

"This is too rough a guide!"

As the two were talking, the paladin's mount suddenly let out a loud neigh.