"Then why did Dryad have the honor of visiting us?" Genimaru asked, not being friendly at all.
Unlike the others who had never met Dryad before, Genimaru had seen them and interacted with them, so he knew how cunning and deceitful they were.
In addition, they were very frightened when the forest was put in danger, but they did not care as they would not care even if all the Monsters were exterminated as long as the forest was fine.
As someone who knew this well, Genimaru did not have a good impression of the Dryads.
"Ara~ He doesn't seem to be very welcoming to me," Treyni said with a beautiful smile, not seeming to care about Genimaru's hostility.
Treyni knew about Genimaru's past with the Dryads so she didn't care much since she wasn't from the faction Genimaru interacted with.
Although Dryads always seem united and mysterious, they are not much different from humans and Monsters, as they have their own society, in addition to the fact that there is more than one faction, but some of them have their own beliefs.
As for the faction that interacted with Genimaru in the past, it was an extremist faction that only believed that they needed the forest and there was no need for anything else as long as they had the forest.
Although this faction causes headaches, Treyni did not take any action against them as they were of the same race. In addition, this would cause resentment among others and an internal war might occur, causing them to be dispersed and suffer, and this is what Treyni did not want. In his vision.
"I beg your pardon for spying and interrupting your meeting." - Treyni did not hesitate to bow her head and apologize seeing that everyone was staring at her with an unfriendly look - "But as a forest supervisor, I cannot ignore the presence of a being trying to destroy my home, which is why I came here to seek the defeat of the Orc Lord." ".
"You're saying something interesting for a stranger we've met for the first time," Benimaru said, giving Treyni an unpleasant look.
"I know I'm overstepping my bounds, but I have no other choice," Treyni shook her head with a sarcastic smile, "but it certainly won't be for free."
"If you help us get rid of the Orc Lord, we Dryads will do our best to compensate you." Treyni said seriously, staring at Rimuru and Arata as they were the real leaders in this meeting.
"Fair enough, I suppose," Arata said, staring at Treyni with a smile, "so in that case I want the Dryads to swear their loyalty to me and dedicate themselves to my service."
Arata did not hesitate and gave what he wanted with a big and kind smile.
Arata was accustomed to always having someone serve him, so he needed a maid since Luminous, who was taking care of him, was no longer by his side, so this was a good opportunity to get some nice maids.
"There is no problem, but unfortunately I cannot represent all the Dryads, but I will talk to the other factions." - Treyni did not hesitate to accept Arata's request and did not forget to try to benefit from him by getting his help to unite the Dryads under her banner.
"Okay, I will give you 3 days until the end of the battle with the Orc Lord and tell everyone who opposes my rule that I will visit him personally." Arata said with a smile as he knew Treyni's plan but he did not mind helping his cute new maid deal with her race problems.
"Then I will be under your care from now on Master." Treyni smiled as she knelt towards Arata and there was not an ounce of unwillingness in her eyes.
"Then I will rely on you to serve Treyni," Arata said and soon he felt his demonic power being pulled out of him again and again and enveloping Treyni.
A vibrant green cocoon soon formed around Treyni and began her evolution into a higher type of Dryad.
"Interesting..." Arata murmured as he did not expect Treyni to be renamed just by dropping her name.
{Note: The most likely renaming of the individual Treyni again is that she has sworn allegiance to you and recognized you as her new master, allowing her to have a new name}
"Okay, since we agreed on everything, I will go now," Arata said as he used Ruler's Authority to pick up Treyni's cocoon and take it home with him.
"As for your compensation, what do you think about obtaining the natural resources you need to develop the village?" - Arata asked, looking at Rimuru, as he knew that he wanted to live a simple and carefree life, and that is why he needed many things - "In addition, I will Allow some Dryads to stay here and work under your command as they know the forest well in case you need something."
"Of course I don't mind." Rimuru nodded without hesitation as that was what he was going to ask but he had to admit that he was jealous of Arata who had the loyalty of the Dryads but he was happy as Arata was going to let some of the Dryads stay in his village.
"Then in that case I will go first" Arata said and left the room with Shizu and Shion behind him.
"As expected from Arata-sama, he has earned the Dryads' loyalty so easily," Shion murmured as she walked out with Arata proudly.
"..." - While Shion was happy and carefree, Shizu had a complicated feeling about this as she saw that the number of beautiful women around Arata was increasing.
This was the first time that anyone confessed his love to her, but he declared his love to her and told her that he would make her his, and that is why Shizu was very interested in Arata and even had a crush on him, but it was definitely not love.
But she didn't know why, but she felt tight in her chest seeing Arata surrounded by beautiful girls one after another.
'What is this feeling...' - Shizu thought silently as she placed her hand on her chest and did not know why she felt suffocated.
Although Shizu did not really understand her feeling, it was a feeling of ownership, as she had a kind of ownership towards Arata, and this was even before he confessed to her, as she had helped him at that time in the guild unconsciously, and this was due to the ownership that she felt in him.
The moment he saw Arata.
Ownership was a very common thing for girls, and this was not limited to the person she loved or her husband, but she had ownership of nice, beautiful things, etc.
Shizu's ownership of Arata was unknown, but this may be due to Arata's handsomeness and the reason she felt a similar mood to the blond man who brought her into this world.
Unfortunately, this was not known at the moment, as Shizu herself did not know this feeling.
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