The next day.

White Cherry and Blue Maple stuck around the miniature Elven Forest for a day and throughout the night, but they still hadn’t discovered any traces of the elves. They didn’t even meet more than few wild beasts, not to mention the elves.

There were the occasional normal and tiny animals which turned to run when they saw Blue Maple. They all appeared like they were afraid of humans. However, strangely, there was a time when Blue Maple went out to find something to eat, leaving White Cherry by herself, and quite a few little animals actually found their way next to her. They didn’t seem afraid, but every single one scattered in the blink of an eye once Blue Maple appeared.

That made White Cherry giggle. She claimed that that happened because Blue Maple always had a cold look on his face, and that scared the animals off.

Blue Maple picked wild berries and other items of the sort when he was looking for food to with the dried rations that he was carrying with him. Blue Maple always had drinks or beverages with him other than the time when he was outside for too long.

There were many reasons why Blue Maple didn’t kill little animals for food. Those tiny fellows didn’t attack him, so he didn’t...