( About ten minutes before…
"Have you encountered any aggressive beasts here, Rigel-kun?"
"Eh? Aggressive?"
Raising an eyebrow at Shizaki's sudden question as he and his group traversed Sekoto Forest, he began to ponder for only a second before responding.
Not really, most animals here are peaceful, though we still stay alert just in case. Why?"
"Uh, well, I haven't told you this until now, but me and my adventuring party were given a quest to obtain Wild Beast blood for Artifacts from Komaia Village. It sounded a bit weird to me that we were supposed to come here though, since I read that there are usually no hostile animals there and certainly no Wild Beasts."
Wanting to gain more info about the forest from someone who constantly lived close by, he hoped that Rigel could answer. Unaware of his thoughts, Rigel smiled calmly.
