The rainy season in "Doldia-the Great Forest" seemed to have no end.
The unceasing rain fell like a gray curtain draped from the heavens.
It shrouded the entire Beastfolk village.
Everything lay still, save for the towering trees that supported the whole settlement.
Washed by the rain, they looked greener and more majestic than ever.
The endless patter of rain brought no sense of clamor.
Instead, it lent the lofty treehouse settlement an unusual air of peace and tranquility.
Cui Ciyou had already spent several days in this rain-soaked world.
Every day, his enthusiasm undiminished, he joined the equally restless Alice.
Together, they went to "check on" the furry Beastfolk children who had already grown familiar with them.
Especially the unusually clingy little golden-haired fox, Luna.
Whenever she saw Cui Ciyou, she would happily leap toward him, begging to be petted.
Perhaps it was because Cui Ciyou had saved her twice.
At other times, he would spar beneath the eaves with Rujierd, who held himself to exceptionally exacting standards in martial combat.
That was how he passed the long, rainy days.
But after a while, even he began to feel a little bored.
Today, the rain had briefly eased.
The air carried the refreshing scent of damp grass and trees.
Cui Ciyou's thoughts could not help drifting toward someone.
The unfortunate monkey-faced Demonfolk man still imprisoned in the wooden cage on the settlement's raised platform-Kishirika Nucadia.
Counting the days, he's been locked up for almost a week now.
He may deserve it, but we can't really leave him in that cage until the rainy season ends.
Besides... he's a friend of an old acquaintance.
Having made up his mind, Cui Ciyou decided to pay the two Beastfolk chieftains a visit himself.
He would get that "troublemaker" out.
When she heard