Satou's here. Similar with the tale about snow woman, they say Dryads charm men into tree's trunk while letting them see happy dreams.
It might have been dangerous if the Dryad I saw back then wasn't a little girl.
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I'm moving to base of the giant sakura tree while princess-carrying Mia and hiding using Spy skill with Ground Shrink skill.
We arrive under the sakura tree without anyone noticing.
There were some fences and barrier that protected the sakura tree in the middle of the way, but it couldn't become a hindrance.
There's a girl with ephemeral body sitting on the base of the sakura tree.
She has pink blonde hair.
This girl must be the sakura spirit who called Mia.
I carelessly showed myself up in front of that girl without even checking the AR reading.
"Who are you?! You dare to approach the 『Holy Sakura Tree』 without permission from 『Sakura Protector』!"
The girl completely changed from her ephemeral appearance that almost looked she was melting into the darkness and asked our identities with the force of raging fire.
Let's reply with some theatrical gesture.
"Pardon us, we have come as called by the sakura tree."
"What suspicious things are--"
A beautiful woman who appeared from the tree's trunk stopped the girl who was going to deny my word.
Geh, the sakura tree spirit really shows up....
"I'm sorry 『Sakura Protector』-chan. Sleep for a while okay."
The woman who suddenly appeared from the trunk touches the girl, making her sleep in an instant.
The sakura spirit catches the listless falling girl and gently lies her down on the root of the sakura tree.
And then, after gently tidying the girl's hair, she lifts her head and faces us.
I feel like I've seen that face--
"Ara! Isn't it the bo~y. You've even come to visit the sakura me!"
As if affirming that, the AR reading even says [Dryad].
Although, this one is a sensually attractive beautiful woman that's unlike the little girl dryad I know.
The Dryad beauty tried to stretch her arms in order to embrace me, but Mia stopped it.
"Mwu, shameless."
"Ara? Boruenan Baby-chan was here too? To think you're being jealous, you're a woman after all despite being a baby."
Apparently, Mia wanted to meet this Dryad beauty.
The conversation continues while Mia is taking a posture that prevents Dryad getting closer to me. Dryad's given many reasons to persuade Mia, but her business is always the same.
"Satou."
"Boy, sorry for always asking you this. Can you give me magic power?"
--as I thought.
She puts Ban the vampire to shame.
But well, with such voluptuous beauty as the partner, one or two kisses are no trouble at all.
Dryad hugs my head and then kisses me.
It seems Mia is also clear that this is magic supplying, she's not saying [Guilty]. She seems dissatisfied though, her cheeks are inflated like balloons that are going to burst.
After sucking the largest amount of magic power she's done so far, around 2000 points, Dryad parts her lips from mine with a lewd sound.
Mia pulls Dryad away from me as soon as the magic supplying is over.
"Un, satisfying~. Ya~, I'm saved. The flow of mana in the royal capital has been strange for awhile now. I was really troubled since I couldn't absorb mana from the Royal Capital's Source. Baby-chan and Boy really saved me."
"Nn."
I inquired her since I heard some questionable words, but I couldn't obtain any other information besides the fact that the flow of mana became amiss only recently. 'Recently' is also seen from Dryad's out-of-order sensation of time, so just when was it is also questionable.
"Boy, this is a thank for the magic power. Ask Aialize-sama for the way to use it. She must know how."
After giving me a sakura-colored orb, Dryad disappears into the sakura's trunk.
According to AR appraisal, it's called Sakura Drop. It seems to be a crystallized power of spirits. I've been getting a lot of rare materials recently.