> Fly up and scope around for intelligible and unintelligble youkai.
> Memory check for that place Chen ran off to play in during the stolen spring incident.
>You fly up and explore the Forest.
>Just lifting yourself beyond the tree level allows you to see a big lake with some kind of a building on aan island in it's middle. The lake is pretty vast, actually. that must be the Misty Lake you heard about.
>Flying a little further, towards the lake, you notice smoke, coming from two places from a distance. Those immediately remind you that Alice Margatroid and Marisa Kirisame live in their homes around here. That's worth remembering. Who knows when those will come in handy.
>It's hard to see from the air but you start seeing some activity as you are getting close to the lake. On it's shores there are fairies playing around. One is freezing the lake's surface for reasons unknown to you. They all laugh rather loudly.