With the arrival of the observers and the soldiers they brought with them, things have been hectic in Genos. Unrest has filled the town, and even the people at places like The Kimyuus’s Tail have been suffering from their presence. Asuta was called in for questioning, along with many of his comrades, and no matter how hard they assert their innocence, the nobles from the capital just don’t seem to want to listen.

Even having made it through that initial interrogation, though, their ordeal isn’t over yet. The soldiers cause a huge commotion when they force their way into the forest’s edge, angering all who live there, in what may be an intentional ploy by the observers. And that may not even end up being their worst transgression. Will the nobles of Genos and the people of the forest’s edge be able to survive this trial, or will the observers prove too cruel and stubborn to win over in the end?

See all this and more in the exciting thirty-first volume of Cooking with Wild Game!