"Are you sure about this?" Ruby asked me as we made our way into the forest. The other four were just behind us, but all of them stopped mightily when I started to walk toward the trees. Well, maybe not so much Kade and Stell but Menchin and Kellon. "There are monsters of unknown powers in here. Do you really think it is smart to go in there by ourselves?"
"As a matter of fact, I do! The best way to get over your fears is to face them again and again until you realize that they aren't what you were worried about in the first place. We have lost out on quite a bit of time, so this is not just exploration; it is also training," I explained as I kept walking, using magic to push the foliage back, so none of us got cut.
"I don't get why we are not just taking the main path to the Kerris village," Mechin complained, and Stell chuckled.
