() Deedlit wanted to try to recall her past memories, but she immediately gave up the idea. This was the first time she saw a human being, and she had never seen it anywhere before.

Seeing Deedlit's silence, the young man seemed to have misunderstood, and he shook his body uneasily.

I heard that humans are not very able to suppress their emotions, and it seems that this is probably true. However, Deedlit will not feel unhappy because of this.

"I can understand what you just said. I'll just treat this spotted deer as being captured by a wild wolf."

Deedrit laughed as she spoke.

"Think of me as a wolf?"

Although the young man protested like this, there was a reassuring expression on his face.

"You thought I was a monster just now. This was just a mutual relationship."

Deedlit then told the young man her name and also told him that she was a fairy living in the Forest of No Return.

"My name is Juld, and I live in a village called Lesparo."

The young man introduced himself thus and extended his right hand.

Deedlit didn't understand what the other person meant by doing this, so she just looked at his right hand blankly.

The young man who called himself Juld retracted his hand in embarrassment, and laughed a little shyly, his cheeks turning red.

What does this probably mean? Deedlit thought to ask Estas next time.

"But it really scared me. I didn't expect that there would be monsters in the Forest of No Return."

"I was shocked too. I never thought that humans would enter this forest. Don't you think this is a forest of demons?"

The young man looked around with a proud smile.

"Everyone else is like this. They also say that this Forest of No Return is cursed, so no one dares to approach this forest, except me and my father."

Jude said this and looked into the distance unconsciously.

"It doesn't matter around the forest, as long as you don't go too far in. But I know where I can go. My dad is even better. He said he can see the curse surrounding the forest like a wall.

So dad can just hunt in the forest as if nothing happened."

"It turns out there are two wolves in human skins."

Deedrit sighed loudly on purpose.

Just two people won't make the forest animals extinct, not to mention they won't enter the barrier.

"There aren't two. After all, dad is no longer here..."

Jurde answered weakly, his shoulders sinking slightly.

Deedlit couldn't help but think that she had said the wrong thing.

It is said that most human beings mourn the death of their loved ones, and only a small number of people kill each other. But what is frightening is that most of these people are from the ruling class such as kings or nobles.

"One day my father went hunting in the forest and never came back. It has been about fifteen years now?"

Jude said with a lonely smile.

"Everyone says that dad is cursed by the forest, because he won't lose even if he encounters a bear or a wild wolf, so I think that's the case. But dad should be able to see the curse of the forest.

Yes, and no matter how anxious my dad is, I don’t think he will be taken away..."

"anxious?"

Deedlit couldn't help but ask.

She became interested in what Juld said. If she had stayed in the village, she would not have been able to hear these things.

"Because my mother is sick."

Jude replied and lay down with his hands behind his head.

"My mother was very ill, and taking medicine alone had no effect at all, so my father ran to the temple to ask for help, hoping to use the power of God to cure my mother's illness."

"It's sacred magic, I've heard of it before."

The elves do not believe in gods, but humans or the earth elves and dwarves have deep faith in the gods that perished in ancient times. And some of them can use the power of gods to perform miracles called sacred magic. , this is the magic user generally called a priest.

"But you have to pay a huge fee for this."

"You still have to charge money to use magic?"

Deedlit couldn't help but feel angry. Is this the behavior that a believer of God should have?

"There is nothing we can do about it. If there is no fee, the temple will be crowded with sick and injured people, and they will not have time to serve God. So the poorer people ask herbalists to treat their illnesses, but it still costs a fortune. It’s all about money.”

Therefore, Jude's father would work hard and even hunt around the clock in order to find rare and high-priced prey.

"There are a lot of prey in this forest, and because of the curse, it has become my father's exclusive hunting ground, so I have saved more and more money. On that day fifteen years ago, my father came here to hunt as usual, and then He never came back. He seemed to have set his sights on a big prey, because at that time he kept saying that as long as he caught it, he wouldn't have to work so hard in the future..."

But this shouldn’t be said to the guardian of the forest? Juld added.

"Of course. I'm a little unhappy when I think that so many animals were sacrificed just for money."

Deedlit showed an unhappy expression, but at the same time she was surprised that human beings can be so active in their short life.

"You're right."

What surprised her even more was that Jude actually agreed quite a bit.

"I think my father violated the rules between hunters at that time. Otherwise, no matter how many animals there were in the forest, he would not have been able to make so much money at once."

The reason why his father didn't come back was probably retribution. Jude added.

"What about your mother later?"

"It's really ironic. After the priest knew that my father was dead, he sympathized with us and cured my mother's disease for free. But after that, I had to work hard and donate a fixed amount to the temple on a regular basis."

"Thank you so much for your hard work."

This was not to comfort him, but Deedlit's true words.

"It's okay."

Jude answered cheerfully.

"Although I was less than ten years old when my father disappeared, I had already learned everything I needed to learn, so I went out hunting the next day, and I have been a hunter ever since."

"In this forest of no return?"

Deedrit's words made Jude nodded sheepishly.

"Actually, you can go to other forests, but it's still hunting anyway, and I want to know the real reason why dad didn't come back, so I stayed in the Forest of No Return."

Julte also said that in his imagination, the demon living in the Forest of No Return has sealed the forest with an invisible curse and will kill all intruders.

"Is that why you thought I was a monster during the day?"

"I'm really sorry!"

Jude lowered his head again and apologized to Deedlit.

"Stop apologizing!"

Deedlit couldn't help but feel a little sad.

There are no monsters like Jude mentioned in the Forest of No Return. The people who live in the forest are high-level monsters. However, for humans, what difference does it make whether the people who live in the forest are monsters or monsters?

The reason why Jude's father disappeared in the forest was probably because of the forest curse rumored among humans. Either he broke into the barrier and was imprisoned in the magical space by the king of the forest, or he was killed by the wild beasts living in the forest.

In addition to bears and wild wolves, there are also phantom beasts in the Forest of No Return. If a one-horned beast or a griffon really gets angry, no matter how powerful a person is, they will probably die without their whole body. Deedlit

I can't help but think that the "big prey" mentioned by Jude's father may be the unicorn, because the unicorn's golden horn containing healing magic can cure all diseases, and even the dead can be resurrected, so if he really gets the horn,

If you use the horn of the beast, you don't need to go to the temple to pay the priest for treatment.

"I already know the reason."

Deedlit said this and slowly stood up to check the injury.

"No, no problem?"

Jude was startled and stretched out his hand to help her.

Although the wound was still a little painful, it was not to the point where she could no longer walk. Deedrit declined Juld's help and tried to walk a few steps by herself.

There should be no problem.

"I'm going back to the village..."

Deedrit turned back to Jude and smiled.

"I'm sorry to frighten you, but I hope you can listen to me. This forest is very dangerous to humans, so don't come here again, otherwise one day, you may encounter the same disaster as your father

…”

Deedrit then turned her back to Juld and walked deeper into the forest.

Jude also said goodbye to her.

"Will we meet again?"

Deedlit did not answer.
To be continued...