After temporarily parting ways with Luvia, Shade prepared a generous lunch of cat food for Little Mia before heading to the unfamiliar city within the forest.
After emerging from the Tree Hollow in the ruins clearing, he immediately leaned against the great tree and looked around. The woodland remained tranquil during the day, with tree shadows cast across the floor tiles at the edge of the ruins. A large-tailed squirrel that had been gathering pinecones in the shade was startled by Shade's sudden appearance and scampered up a tree with a pine nut clutched in its paws.
Shade had assumed that mysterious elf would appear at once, but even after waiting for quite some time, he saw no sign of her.
So he put on the flower wreath and tried to find the sea of flowers based on the location he had noted last night. The forest told Shade which way to go, but when he reached that clearing, the flowers were still there while the elf had vanished.
Fortunately, above the silver-blue sea of flowers floated the familiar little silver-blue blossom beneath the sunlight. When Shade approached it, it took the initiative to fly ahead and guide him.
Shade entered the woods once more, following the little flower for about five minutes. After crossing a forest stream, the flower stopped beneath a gigantic tree. When Shade drew near, it slowly descended into his palm again.
Shade looked around, then finally raised his head and spotted a set of Tree Houses in that giant tree. It was called a "set" because rope ladders and vines connected three spacious structures stacked one above another.
This was a typical elven-style building. Clearly, that mysterious young elf woman lived here.
Shade transformed into a butterfly and flew upward. Just then, the door to