Part 5

The tree that I thought to be a man is a woman, a beautiful woman nonetheless. She has a tall and alluring body for a woman, her dark brown hair blowing has a certain unique charm in it and her skies like blue eyes mesmerising me, she also has a very alluring smile which I found very irresistible.

"What a woman doing in this dangerous place?"

"Ara~ are you curious? Anyway, I have always been in this forests, is that enough for an answer, Mr Wolf"

Dangerous, that's what my instincts tell me about this woman, how did she know that I'm a wolf, is she observing me, damn! I let my guard down.

"What do you want, woman!"

"Ara~ aren't you little too clod Mr Wolf, even after the fact you destroy my precious garden?"

Ugh! You got me, woman.

"I know and apologise for it, are my apologies is enough?"

"No no no, your apologies is enough, I just want to know your reason for waking me up, Mr Wolf, ah! don't tell me you just want to tease me? Isn't you a little impis Mr Wolf"

... Huh my goodness, isn't it you who is very impish, woman. Back to the real topic, should I give her my real reason or should I lie about it? For now, let's just be true and tell her.

"Honestly I want to talk to you, don't get the wrong idea and wipe that smile off your face. The reason I want to talk is I want to know more about this forest, I thought talking to the strange Oaktree I climb might get me some results, but I certainly didn't expect to meet such a beautiful woman instead of old Treant"

"Ara~ thank you for your praise, Mr Wolf"

That's right what I expect to be an old and wise Treant turns out to be a mature and beautiful woman, this turn of event is very shocking, as expected of the fantasy world.

"So you want to talk to me, sure! I won't mind it after all you are such wondrous creatures"

Wondrous creatures, that's quite a fitting name for me, I doubt out there there are creatures like me, after all, I'm fully aware of how broken my power is. Let's ask her, why she know this is me, a former wolf and not another human being with unique features.

"Before that, I want to know, why you deduce that I am a wolf you previously known"

"Ara~ are you curious?"

"Yes I'm"

What does she mean by that, is there something wrong with my questions.

"That's easy, Mr Wolf you are the only monster that doesn't have unique features, I sure you already know that"

That's didn't answer the question, just to know me by that is scary, is she always observing me? Is she not an enemy? Huh... There is no choice but to ask again.

"Please explain in detail"

"Ara? Is the answer not clear enough? I think Mr Wolf have enough brain to comprehend it"

I have! And stop that smug face of yours, it irritates me. I understand the meaning behind the answer, I just want to check the possibility that she is a potential enemy. The last thing I want to know is having an enemy watch my back.

"Don't give me that look, Mr Wolf, your face is more handsome when you smile, you know?"

"... Huh... Just answer the question"

"Ok ok, but give me a smile when I answer it ok?"

This woman, how far she willing to go to tease me off.

"Do you know Mr Wolf, I have always been in this forest from the beginning, I am also among the first you know? This forest is like a home to me, so it's obvious I know all the thing going on in this forest. I have a lot of eyes and ears you know? Don't underestimate me or you will got hurt"

So from the beginning, she already knows who am I and always see me with her many eyes, that's eyes possibly already know where I live. Great now I have a potential enemy that always watching me, yeah, what a great thing.

And what up with that 'Don't underestimate me or you will get hurt' is that a threat, if it's then how big a threat danger she possess.

"Is the last one a threat"

"Ara~ I think it's not"

You liar of course it was, your smiling face tell it out loud, at the same time I find that face very alluring though. It's hard to be a man, isn't it?

"Then I will the main topic, I want to know this forest layout"

"Oh! That's quite an easy question, Mr Wolf"

Even it's easy it's very important, if I know this forest layout I can leave and enter this forest freely without going lost in the forest.

"First thing first, this forest is shaped like this"

She proceeds to sit down and draw in the ground a U shape, to see it in more detail I have no choice but to get close to where she is, and that's very troublesome to me because she is literally in front of the tree, which already attacks me before. Let's not let the guard down.

When I sit down and look at the ground, I can see the layout of the forest, but also I can see something more. And that's something that is making her smile blossom, not good news for me.

"You know what Mr Wolf, your face is more handsome when I look up close"

"Thanks"

Receiving praise is always a welcome, especially from a beautiful woman. Not only I can see something, her smell is really nice too, is this a parfume, are they exist in this world.

"You smell nice, by the way, how you smell so nice is there any secret?"

"Ara~ are you flirting with me, that's nice Mr Wolf I always welcome a handsome man to be my partner however, the price is not that easy, you know?"

Why is it end with marriage, why? I just give back the compliment and ask a simple question, huh, forget about it. Let's get back to the main topic.

"Is there any strong monster around here?"

"Ignoring me? Anyway there are three strong monster around here, we call them the Three Kings Of The Forest"

Three King Of The Forest, interesting, I wonder how strong they are and what kind of unique ability they possess. Hope they are matched with my expectations.

"By the way, how strong of this Three Kings compared to you"

"That's quite a nice joke from you, Mr Wolf. How strong I compare to them, you could say even if the three of them attack me, I still will win"

That's quite a big statement right there, but I believe in her, after all, I already test her power even only a little. I can say she is within my level maybe even more.

"Then they are not quite as strong as I'm expected"

"Sorry to disappoint you but there is one more strong monster in this forest"

Oh! Maybe this one is worth expecting, not like the so-called Three Kings Of The Forest.

"Evil Tree that the monster worth defeating"

Evil Tree never hears of that before and why her smiling face becomes so serious.

"What's that"

"The dead giant tree you see sleeping in the east from here is the Evil Tree"

So that's a giant tree where I got my slime ability and meet my kind which ends up discovering a new ability that changes my life. But the big question here is how strong this Evil Tree is.

"How strong this Evil Tree, can you defeat it"

"You good at joking Mr Wolf"

That's, not a joke though, but at least I can bring her smile back, maybe that's worth it.

"Simple answer I can't, we already try it many times and in many different way, only to end up as a failure"

That's sad, I don't know what kind of past she has, but it seems to me she has a hard one, I cant casually support her, I might say something wrong and worsen the situation.

This Evil Tree seems like a strong enemy and it seems like to have a unique ability too, an enemy worth fighting, but only if the Evil Tree on my level. To be honest, I don't have the confidence to defeat them after hearing her.

"Mr Wolf, do you want to help me defeating it?"

"...Huh?"