A member of Ms. Milan's team planned their route based on the target points provided by the Counts and Counts of Cartwright, and they first had to travel about 3 hours south of the town of Mima, through a small forest inhabited by an ancient magical creature called Mertban, to a settlement called Sotu.

Elph and Vincent hadn't met Merteban, they had only learned about this magical creature at school, and they knew that Merteban existed in large numbers before the Great Collapse, and was a non-godly creature recognized by the gods- They are about one meter tall, only living in forest or rain forest environments, the territory range is large or small according to the total number of ethnic groups, with a large head like a sunflower, a black and swarthy round part resembling a large stamen in the middle is a face, the face has two or three huge moonstone-like milky white eyes, the mouth is a wavy crack, it is difficult to be observed when closed, it is composed of many green vine-like tentacles to drive and limbs, the female limbs are even, the male limbs are singular, the life cycle is about 20 to 30 years, only once in a lifetime, each time will give birth to a pair of offspring, after breeding together to raise children for five yearsFrom the fifth year onwards, it will gradually harden and die, and the offspring will enter a week-long breeding period every other year from the fifteenth year, and the breeding period will send out something similar to "Momo" It has its own language and can communicate with any other creature, can easily control the plants and soil in the territory, is curious and gentle, rarely intervenes in the things in the territory, is very curious about the creatures that enter the territory, will gather around to communicate, is one of the most friendly and friendly magical creatures, but as long as it is determined that the visitors who step into the territory are hostile to their race or will destroy the necessary territory for their survival, then these invaders will definitely be attacked by the group, and usually will not leave the territory of the Mertebans alive。

Before entering the forest, Teacher Luna instructed the children not to be too rough with the Merte class who gathered around, the Mert class is likely to touch and touch with tentacles out of curiosity, and may also ask all kinds of strange questions, and don't like to say where not to touch or you don't know how to answer, Alver and Vincent nodded, and Carl made a gesture that was okay, saying that he had come into contact with this little creature and would never have an accident.

All of them dismounted at the edge of the little forest and fenced their eyes with cloth to prevent the swarmers from startling the horses.

Vincent instinctively became vigilant after his body was completely obscured by the shade of the trees, and when Alph asked him what was wrong, Vincent just waved his hand, and Carl laughed and said that he would have something to play later.

After moving forward for less than two minutes, the surroundings began to appear one after another Merteban gradually approached, and then more and more, Alfer could even vaguely feel the soil under his feet trembling slightly, and finally hundreds of Mertebans came from all directions, holding small green tentacles to make a "Momete" or "Moban" murmuring, boldly began to "move hands and feet" to a group of people, and gently touched here and there to pat, and when they got closer, they would chant "It's a fairy ~ There are gods ~" There was even a smaller Merteban who climbed up to Alver's body and touched Alver's head with his tentacles to comfort him, as if "don't be sad, don't be sad, don't be sad if you are bullied." "Miraculously, all the horses were quiet, despite their curiosity about the horses.

Vincent was very interested in these little things, and touched each of the Mertebans that came to him, and some of them seemed to be very happy, and after Vincent touched the small tentacles, he let out a thin and pointed "Ah-" and ran away with a few small tentacles, and after running away, he jumped and jumped to say something to his kind, and then the other Mertebans would be brave enough to come over.

After nearly stumbling over the tentacles that the Murtebans were used to walk, Ms. Milan told the group that it might be more efficient for everyone to rest in place, and to let the Murtebans see enough before moving on.

Alfer lifted the little thing that was climbing on top of his head, and the petal-like part of the raised Merteban was folded back to his face, and then opened it with a slurp, and made a "choking~" sound at Elver, and the tentacles shook with a brush, and when Alfer put it on the ground, it also jumped up, and shouted loudly, "Ma Ma Ma, the cursed one seems to be a fairy hugging me~" and ran away, slamming on the body of another Merteban, who was much taller than it.

Vincent and Merteban were in a mess at all, four or five small ones on their bodies, turning Vincent's hair left and right, and the larger ones called Vincent "windy free firebirds," and asked Vincent all kinds of messy questions, Vincent answered what he didn't know and began to talk nonsense, causing Merteban to let out "wow~" and "wow~" exclamations; Carl was surrounded by a few circles of Merteban, he showed them the scales with the back of his neck, and said that he could touch them, but all the Mertebans shook their heads, but the smaller ones couldn't help but probe their brains, some of the adults hid in the trees, saying that they needed to rest, Teacher Luna praised her for being like a little girl because of a Merteban, and Emerson and Emerson used water magic to condense a lot of small droplets of water that could be held in their hands and distribute them to the Myrtbans who had hardened phenomena, and Ms. Milan was called Sister Ant, and she was telling all kinds of fairy tales, so that there were the largest number of Mertebans around Ms. Milan。

After almost an hour of "visiting" and "questioning", the satisfied Mertebans gradually dispersed, and a few said that they could lead the way out of the forest, and asked everyone where they were going, and when they knew that people were going to the map, all the Mertebans shook their heads, saying that the picture was not good, the people were rotten mushrooms, and the gods would be angry when they went to the map.

"All that is pictured is the bad guys, whose horses will step on Merteban's body without apologies. ”

"As long as Meteban is angry, they will set fire outside, and Merteban can't do without the forest, and there is nothing to do. ”

Lady Milan said that because Alph was cursed, she had to find someone to be able to lift the curse, and that a Merteban, who had been carried by the other Mertebans and was almost hardened all over, wished the White Fairy to free herself from the wrath of the resentful banshee.

"Wow! Can these little things see the banshees?" Vincent was surprised, something that had not been written in the books.

"They're older than the creator gods!" Karl explained to Vincent with a smile, "and it's not surprising that you can see some of the essence of life." ”