Forced Transmigration
18 - Expedition

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A week passed and now Laveron and Ivew were preparing the goods they would bring for the expedition. Ivew's emerald bead stared at Veister's cat who used his magic to compose some items. The events of one week ago again invited his laughter when Laveron accidentally heard Veister muttering about the strength of the wind.

The black cat with two-colored eyes panicked and instantly fell silent. In fact, her laughing self staring at the fluttering petals also fell silent. The wind dance disappeared as Ivew's focus was on Veister who was silent under Laveron's sharp gaze.

The young man with navy eyes kept asking questions and waiting for answers from the black cat in front of him until Veister admitted that he could talk but the cat still kept his true identity as a holy witch. Laveron sighed and raised the body of the black cat while asking a question that made Ivew laugh at that moment.

“You male or female?” laveron asked staring intently at the bead of two black cats in his hand.

Veister gave a slight goosebump when he met the young man's sharp manic navy gaze. After getting an answer from the cat, Laveron decided that the cat would sleep in his room which Veister followed without protest.

That's how Ivew's sleep during the week is quieter without Veister's distraction which will usually disturb the end of his bed. The sound of the sword entering the scabbard caught Ivew's attention, his emerald bead staring at Laveron who had just put the second sword into his sheath.

The girl looked at her arrows and immediately put them into the storage tube. His fingers began to lean a bow against his body and a small knife into the sheath at his waist. Laveron looked at Ivew and nodded, preparing to set off and activate the shield to protect their home.

Riding on each horse the Veister cat remained in Laveron's arms. The young man's navy bead seemed to focus on staring at the black forest in the distance. The two Mirabeth brothers stopped in the courtyard of the Flowerlax mansion, where Lolita and Leister were waiting in their silver uniforms. Contrast that with the black Mirabeth brothers hunting uniform.

Lolita greeted the two with a warm smile, the silver hair of the pomegranate-eyed girl was bunned and rolled up using a red ribbon. The sword with the silver-colored sword hilt was neatly caught in the sword sheath at his waist. Leister who was behind him seemed to be discussing with some military and kstaria soldiers who would come with them.

“How are you, Ivew?” lolita asked as Ivew approached her. A wide smile was present on the pomegranate-eyed girl's face.

“As you can see. I'm good, Young Miss,” Ivew replied kindly and glanced at Veister's cat sitting next to him.

“What is this cat also coming with?”

Lolita again asked and looked at Veister's cat who was back licking its shiny black fur. Ivew nodded in response. Lolita was about to ask again but the look on the girl's face turned flat when she found Duke Ekan Flowerlax standing at the door of the mansion and looked at the entourage with a slanted smile.

Leister glanced at Lolita who averted her gaze, the young man walked towards Duke who was staring at them and greeted her politely followed by the others. The Flowerlax family leader smiled and said a few words, the point is that the man did not accept failure. Leister nodded in response and glanced at Laveron who nodded.

The party was ready to set off and walk towards the back of the Flowerlax mansion under the gazes of joy and prayer from the Flowerlax servants. They all started riding on their horses with Laveron at the front as the leader of the party, followed by Laveron with a pale yellow horse. Behind the two were followed by Ivew and Lolita as back-up attackers. And both of them were surrounded by military soldiers and some flowerlax knights who were coming along.

The group began to move towards the black forest at a moderate speed. The silent atmosphere within the forest began to greet them. Ivew stared at the rest of the fight one week earlier with the spider monster. The rest of his wind spear thrust was still clearly visible on the ground. In fact, the stench of the purple liquid of the monster did not disappear.

The slightly damp ground made their horses pace a little slow.

Kstaria and the military soldiers around them were already prepared with their respective weapons. Laveron who was at the very front stared at the scene in front of him. The forest has become quieter since the last time he and some of his colleagues visited. They began to enter the middle of the forest that was getting closer to the trees.

Darkness began to greet them, remaining silent until the sound of the wind was not heard. Ivew moved his hand trying to find the wind. The girl's emerald eye beads stared at the small wind that swirled in her palm and spread it in all directions tracing the forest in front of them.

“Do we also check the protective wall, Leister?” tanya Lolita broke the silence. Leister who was in front of him turned his head and nodded.

“We don't know where the spider monster came from. We can't dispose of the possibility if the protective wall is destroyed or hollow,” replied Leister refocused forward.

Ivew nodded at Leister's reply. The girl glanced at Veister's cat who was in Laveron's arms. His silver tail seemed to be waving to and fro and that was enough to relieve Ivew's tension. The rustling sound of leaves rang out in the middle of the forest, Laveron glanced at Leister who nodded to stay forward.

Ivew began to feel a strange thing from the wind that hit his face, a foul smell entering his sense of smell. A shrill voice began to sound as they approached the middle of the forest that contained a deep swamp. The stench from the swamp let out and Ivew immediately closed his nose tightly.

“What's up, Ivew?”

Lolita made a sound as she watched Ivew cover her nose. The emerald-eyed girl turned her head and looked at Lolita and the other members of the entourage who did not seem to smell the stench she felt.

“Young Miss, you don't smell this stench?”

Ivew turned his head with his hands closed one of his noses and the other hand held a horse rope. The pomegranate-eyed girl shook her head and looked forward as Laveron's voice echoed conveying the state that they had reached the swamp.

“There is a strange trail around here.”

Laveron said as he looked at the land around the swamp that had traces of friction something. Leister nodded and looked at the direction of the random trace of friction. The ruby beads of the young man stared in all directions until his gaze reached the black tree above their heads.

“Sial! Dodging everything!”

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