Leaving the unicorn colony, Gran felt a lot more relaxed.

Although the unicorns are friendly, Gran can't let their guard down against them.

It would be more comfortable to go back to the forest, and away from the settlement would allow him to worry too much about being assassinated by the unicorns in various ways.

[What should I grab next? Glenn stroked his shriveled and hungry belly and looked greedily at the birds in the sky.

Aiming at a bird resting by a stream, he quietly approached, intending to pounce it on the ground.

The bird reacted quickly and flew away before Gran was close enough to pounce.

[I've never succeeded in catching a waking bird, it's really troublesome, I should have chosen to come out last night.] 】

Gran grumbled in his heart, but his mind had been busy dealing with the imaginary unicorn attack last night.

He found it too difficult to catch live birds during the day, and decided to change the ingredients.

Gran wandered the forest for a while and found a piece of rotten wood.

Huge mushroom-like creatures grow on the rotten wood, and they are very plain in color.

In his memories of Gran's previous life, it was often said that mushrooms could tell if they were poisonous by their color, but this seemed to be a widespread rumor.

Plain-colored mushrooms can also be poisonous, and brightly colored mushrooms may not be poisonous.

In the end, the best way to avoid poisoning is not to eat, and just like Gran has always taken, the best way to face difficulties is to avoid them.

As long as it is avoided, the difficulty does not exist!

If you can really avoid it... At least that's what Gran himself thinks.

For this reason, he chose not to eat these mushrooms, and stayed next to the rotten wood just to destroy the rotten wood and see if there were any insects in it.

Gran used brute force to destroy the rotten wood, and actually found three worms inside.

With great joy, I picked them out, stuffed them in my mouth, chewed them and swallowed them.

The moment he swallowed, Gran suddenly had some thoughts.

[I first worried about whether the fungus was poisonous or not, and then I quickly happily ate the larvae of some kind of insect that I don't know if it was poisonous or not, have I already assimilated the lizard?] 】

But even so, Gran swallowed the worm.

Anyway, it's not the first time he's done this, so it shouldn't be the case this time.

But this little worm, even if it is not poisonous, cannot fill Gran's belly, and it is not enough to stuff the teeth.

He avoids the rotten wood and goes in search of other food.

Finally Gran walked back to the stream, staring hungrily at the tall grass by the stream, remembering an incident.

There were plenty of edible plants growing near the upper reaches of the stream, and they tasted okay and were large enough to fill his stomach.

So Gran climbs up the stream and eventually comes to the place where he first meets the unicorn.

I was disturbed by a unicorn last time I was eating grass, but this time I won't be disturbed, and I can eat the tall grass to my heart's content.

[Why do you feel so miserable, chewing grass and being so happy.] Glenn thought as he took a bite of the blade of grass, but his chewing didn't slow down in the slightest.

The sap from the leaves splashed in his mouth, not unpalatable, but not palatable either.

After eating too much, he felt a little tired, but compared to being tired, Gran was more afraid of hunger, so he couldn't help swallowing more blades of grass into his stomach.

Eventually, Gran stuffed his stomach with blades of grass and began to plan his next move.

[Do you want to go back to the unicorn settlement? It's uncomfortable to stay there, so you can say goodbye now. But I really need the old donkey's cave as a shelter for the second evolution. 】

Glenn couldn't think of a better place to be a shelter than the cave, which was surrounded by unicorns and the caves he had borrowed from them.

[I still have to go back to that settlement, or bring some grass to eat when I evolve.] 】

Grande had stockpiled a lot of food for the weakened period of evolution, and all he could think about now was bring back lots of grass.

But he felt that the grass could not last long, and he still needed food that could be stored for a longer time.

The second evolution Gran wanted to be more prepared and not as embarrassed as he was the first time.

[I don't know if the unicorn crushed horn can solve the problem of hunger.] 】

Gran had an idea that he planned to put into practice later.

Filled with his stomach, Gran decides to return to the unicorn colony and negotiate with Guri about remodeling his cave.

It's not possible to be warm in winter and cool in summer, but Gran at least wants to make it more suitable as a shelter for the second evolution.

It's just that I feel that Guri may not be able to agree to this, and it would be too generous if he could agree.

Once planned, Glenn left the stream and returned to the unicorn colony.

Sensing a sense of danger when he reached the vicinity of the settlement, he stopped continuing his journey to the unicorn colony and ambushed him by the nearby bushes.

As a result, Glenn saw a creature he never wanted to see—the dryad.

A couple of dryads wandered around the unicorn colony, as if looking for something.

Soon after, the unicorn patriarch Guri also came out of the settlement with several unicorns and walked towards the dryads.

This upset Gran.

[Could it be that the unicorn and the dryad colluded? 】

Gran couldn't remember if the dryads belonged to the group of dryads who had besieged the rocky wurms the other day, but he knew that the dryads and dragons were undying enemies.

If the unicorn had colluded with the dryads, it was possible to get Gran to agree to be their allies, and then kill him if he took him lightly.

Glenn also thought of a possibility, with the abilities of the dryad and the unicorn, it would be easy to kill him.

But instead of choosing to do so, they have adopted the strategy of 'allies'.

Could it be that he fell in love with the identity of the son of the first dragon and wanted to get information or something from him.

But what happened next was different from what Gran had expected.

Instead of showing a friendly attitude towards the dryads, Guri addressed them in the dryad language, "Dryads, why have you come to our settlement? ”

"Lord of the Forest, we have no intention of offending. Just wondering if your clan has seen a crimson dragon and the black lizards that stay by its side. The dryads spoke politely.

Gran felt a chill in his heart after hearing this, and the black lizard in the dryad's mouth must be referring to him.

The dryads had come to him and the red dragon Red.

If Guri truthfully reports to the dryads... Gran couldn't imagine what these dryads who could easily defeat the rock wurms would do to him.

The unicorns looked at the unicorn patriarch Guri and said nothing.

It's not just that they obey the patriarch, but also because in the entire unicorn clan, only the patriarch Guri understands the Tree Spirit Language.

These unicorns have no idea what's going on.

Guri shook his head and said, "On the night of the full moon last month, we saw a red dragon flying through the night sky and quickly disappearing. As for the black lizard you are talking about... We've never seen it before. ”

Guri's tone was so natural that he couldn't tell him to lie at all.

The dryads looked at each other, and one of them said, "Is that really the case? ”

"You don't believe me?" There was a deliberate anger in Guri's tone.

The dryad frowned.

They have the ability to defeat these unicorns, but the leader of the team probably doesn't want to make a difference.

The dryad said, "No, thank you for the news, Lord of the Forest. As the spirits of nature, we will not embarrass you. My people will stay on the outskirts of the forest for a while, and if you find any news of those two creatures, I'd like you to let us know. ”

Then the dryad left with his companion.

Gran hid beside the bushes and thought, "I didn't expect this old donkey to be willing to offend the tree spirit for me, I really don't know what to say."

However, I can't rule out the possibility that they will attack me, so it's better to be careful.

Gotta stay here for a while before going back to their colony, not letting them know that I've seen them talk to the dryads. ”