Ephemeral Scenes of Setsuna's Journey, Vol. 2 (light novel)

EVERY FAMILY IS UNIQUE Setsuna continues his journey with his apprentice Alto in tow. Along the way, Alto experiences a host of new feelings toward Setsuna-from doubt to envy to love-as their teacher-pupil relationship evolves. But the pair's bond is put to the test when Setsuna is attacked by two beastfolk who mistake him for a slave trader and attempt to separate them. Still, this is but one more trial they will have to overcome as Setsuna and Alto happen upon a mysterious woman in a cave and they begin to consider what it means to be family...