Settling Down

New World, Wenmikudan Island.

As dawn rose over the sea, sunlight began driving away the darkness. Golden morning light spread inland from the island's port until it reached the very center, completely awakening the Rainbow Tree that shone with the most beautiful light in the world.

Brilliant, multicolored radiance shone from the Rainbow Tree and blended with the sunlight, giving all of Wenmikudan Island a dreamlike, fairy-tale quality.

The Rainbow Tree awakened more than just the island. It also roused the members of the Harot Tribe living in the port town. They awoke from their dreams and began another day of work.

Compared with the unease they had felt when they first arrived on the island more than two months ago, the Harot Tribe had now fully adapted to life here and accepted it as their new home.

The port city had grown another round in just one month. Countless houses had been built in preparation for the arrival of the newcomers.

Besides that, they had begun gradually transforming the island to create a better and more livable environment for everyone.

In plain sight, farmland had been cleared not far from the city, and all kinds of crops had been planted.

Rings of trees had also gradually appeared around the city, so the island was no longer covered only in low shrubs.

Other animals had begun appearing on the island as well. Most were birds drawn by the beautiful Rainbow Tree at the island's center, while some were various kinds of insects.

Everything was progressing in an orderly and methodical manner.

These past few days, everyone had been busiest with solving the island's water supply problem.

Seawater obviously could not be drunk directly, but Wenmikudan Island was not lacking in fresh water.

However, all the island's fresh water was concentrated