{Sofia's POV}
Raye and I have been collecting alchemy ingredients for a while now.
And so far, we haven't encountered any monsters or animals yet...
'Lucky.'
By now, I'm not wary of Raye anymore.
The rumors around him might be bad, and they probably exist for a reason...
But for now, at least...
'He has no intention of doing something bad.'
All he's done so far is collect things not far away from me. He only approached me to hand over the ingredients he found.
'He probably noticed that I'm uncomfortable near him and is intentionally giving me space.'
And I really appreciate him for that.
Looking at Raye...
-Meep!
I saw him resting, playing with Pyro.
He doesn't really look like a bad guy now, especially with a cute slime beside him.
Anyway...
"I'm gonna go a bit deeper into the forest."
I said that to him.
"Be careful. Don't go far."
