Lloyd takes a job as a cleaner at a hotel. The owner, Coba, admits something keeps attacking his workers. A notoriously difficult guest, Lord Threonine, arrives and asks Lloyd's opinion on a cypress forest his family takes care of and is impressed with Lloyd's answer. Later, Threonine meets one of Coba's maids, Kikyou, and shares his suspicions that Coba is illegally raising treants in the forest. He also shares his is annoyance that local lord wants his daughter to marry his son, Allan. As treants are linked to Demon Lords, Kikyou accuses Lloyd of possession due to his abilities and is given an antidote by Threonine...