The Sea at the Bottom of the Cave

The Sea at the Bottom of the Cave (Horaana no Soko no Umi, ほら穴の底の海) is the title of episode three of the Somali and the Forest Spirit anime.

Overview
Golem and Somali arrive in a desert city where they stay and work in a restaurant. Somali heads with Kikila into the caves under the city to locate a flower believed to be able to grant wishes.

Characters

 * Golem
 * Somali
 * Yabashira (mentioned and remembered)
 * Shizuno (remembered)
 * Kikila
 * Kokilila
 * Giina

Summary
In a desert region, Somali receives a drink from a water pump before smelling the sweet bag Yabashira gave her. Golem remembers telling Shizuno and Yabashira that the end of his 1000 year life is coming to and end.

Reaching a gap in the mountain to Anthole City, Golem sells some items before searching for a place for Somali to eat. Outside a restaurant, she spots a box moving by itself, which has Kikila hiding underneath it. With the place understaffed, Golem agrees to work to help Kikila's father, Kokilila and mother, Giina.

As Somali and Kikila bond, Golem serves customers and hears that there have been sights of humans on the west end of the Osuna Desert.

To save up for the supplies required for the journey, Golem continues to work but the devotion to that results in a lack of attention paid to Somali. Still not permitted to leave his supervision, Golem relents in letting her head out into the city with Kikila on an errand for his dad.

With Somali upset with the consideration that her dad might leave her, Kikila suggests they ask the yozame flowers. If one is brought back alive, it will grant a wish.

The underground world where these flowers are found belongs to different creatures, yet after locating a flower Somali pleads it to let her stay with her dad forever. A large mushroom with multiple eyes nearby spots her, before a crossbow bolt is fired into it.