The Tale of Hero Alice's Social Death (Pantsu Hero Alice) Chapter 361 - Sylvia: I Know This Feeling

After following the little treant out of the settlement, Alice found the other party walking up to a small lake and soaking the roots growing out of his feet in the water. Seeing this, Alice quickly understood what the little treant had left the settlement to do.

Looking back now, it had already been over a week since the Rhine Kingdom had seen any rainfall. While this wasn't a problem to the Rhine Kingdom's inhabitants since dams existed in this world, it was a different story for the treants who lived primitive lifestyles.

A week without rain would cause the land to dry up to a certain extent. It was especially true for the clearing the treants used as their settlement. Without tall trees to shade the ground from the sun, the soil's moisture would evaporate much quicker. In such a situation, the treants would naturally have to seek water sources outside their settlement when they needed to replenish the fluids in their body. Meanwhile, this small lake should be where the treants replenished their fluids.

It was obvious the other treants knew about this small lake. Hence, when they saw the little treant leaving in the lake's direction, they only glanced at him before returning to their slumber. Since the little treant was only leaving to get a "drink," there was no need to worry that he might get into trouble. Although there were wild beasts in this forest, these beasts did not have any interest in the treants.

However, the treants evidently did not expect a human to cross the humans' cordon outside and sneak into their settlement.

Alice hid in a tree as she observed the little treant. However, she failed to see anything interesting as the little treant did nothing else after sitting by the lake and soaking his feet in the water. Meanwhile, after soaking in the water for about ten minutes, the little treant stood up and began treading on the path back home.

Alice knew that she couldn't wait any longer. If she allowed the little treant to return to the settlement, she would lose her opportunity to question th

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