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As the rain pours down, my beloved robe and school uniform get wet.

As I run, my feet are covered in mud and dirty, and my stockings get stuck in the rain, making me feel uncomfortable.

The water-colored hair I was proud of every morning became scattered and looked like a dog getting wet in the rain.

“Uh, why is this happening…!”

I couldn’t overcome my resentment and let it out, but I immediately realized it was a mistake.

I was already straining my body and forcing myself to run, but my breathing was disrupted and I couldn’t run anymore.

As I paused for a moment to catch my breath and calm my pounding heart, my unmoving legs called for a strike, saying they wanted a break.

“Hey, if I had known it would be like this, I would have listened to the teacher who told me to exercise!”

The magic city of Silica. There, when she graduated from the academy with excellent grades, her teacher always nagged her.

“Yuna! The teacher told me! Even a wizard needs at least some athletic ability!”

What did you reply to the teacher who nagged you like that?

“Eh, teacher… For an excellent wizard like me, it’s not even exercise! I’m too busy completing the assignments you give me.”

“I know you’re saying things like that and putting off your assignments and then rushing to do them! That’s not going to work, come here! I’m going to make you exercise today!”

As I ran away from my homeroom teacher who said that and chased me, my physical strength eventually increased.

The teacher who made me exercise said that no matter how much I was a magician assisting the rear, there would always be an emergency.

The teacher was worried about me because I was small and petite and didn’t move much due to studying magic, so I was thin.

Would I have been able to escape further if I had listened to the teacher and exercised?

Wow! Wow!

As I was resting quietly instead of running away, two wolves jumped out from the pack of wolves that had formed a siege and rushed towards me.

“Ice Spear!”

As soon as I finished casting, I felt like something was leaving my body and icicles formed on my hands.

As it flew towards the mouth of the wolf that rushed at him without delay, a small scream came and blood sprayed the rain.

When two wolves were suddenly attacked by prey that seemed to have no ability, the wolf pack growled and showed their guard.

“Heng! Don’t look down on Yuna, the academy’s top graduate!”

Yuna bluffed, trying to hide her trembling hands and walking stick out of fear that she might die.

If I sit down here without being able to overcome my fear, I will become food for the wolves.

That couldn’t be possible.

The money I saved through countless hardships before receiving my diploma and returning to my hometown.

It was not used when renting a carriage provided by the Academy, when hiring mercenaries in case of an unexpected situation, or when stopping at a village to rest in between.

The carriage and mercenaries were scattered due to a surprise attack by bandits, but this money was not lost because it was not left in the bag.

This is money that everyone in the village has donated for me.

Instead of laughing at me for wanting to learn magic, he sent me to the academy in the capital of the kingdom and even steadily paid tuition.

At the academy, they laughed at the country boy for struggling in vain, but he studied tirelessly for the scholarship.

This is the money that the village chief, my parents, and neighbors saved for me.

I had to return this money, repay the favor to the villagers, and show myself as a wizard, but I couldn’t die from a wolf or something in a forest like this.

“Come on! I’ll take them all down!”

Icicles created by magic rain down on the wolves who can’t hold back any longer and attack them.

But it only pours from the front. Wolves rushed towards Yuna from the side and rear.

“Aaaah!”

I tried to twist my body right after casting the spell, but I couldn’t avoid all of the wolf’s attacks.

He dodged the attack of the wolf charging from the left, but was knocked down by the agile wolf charging from the right and rear.

One wolf, which had already lost many of its pack, was caught off guard and lunged straight for Yuna’s neck.

However, the wolf’s teeth aimed at the nape of the neck did not take the skin.

Before she knew it, a blue magic circle embroidered with geometric patterns was circling around Yuna’s neck, protecting her.

The wolf did not give up and continued to attack, but it was unable to penetrate that strange pattern.

“Aaaah!”

While the wolf was panicking because the attack did not work, Yuna’s scream rang out.

A wolf attacked Yuna and bit off her leg.

Yuna, who was screaming and suffering, instinctively stretched out her hand to stop the wolf.

Yuna’s hand went towards the head of the wolf biting her leg, and the icicle that came out immediately stuck between the wolf’s eyes.

“Kang! Kang!”

The wolf, which was constantly targeting the back of the neck, suddenly realized that it was the only one left, stopped attacking, turned around and started running away.

“Sigh… Okay, is it over…?”

Realizing that there was nothing around anymore, Yuna, who was in pain, began to look around.

“Well, you ran away… I’m glad. I don’t have much mana left…”

I took a sip of the emergency potion I had in my arms and took out the map from my pocket.

The terrible pain I felt in my legs gradually began to subside and I began to gain weight.

“As expected, it’s expensive…”

I was amazed as I watched the wound begin to heal in an instant.

When I told him I was going back to my hometown, I couldn’t overcome the nagging teacher who told me to prepare the potion so I bought it…

Performance was better than expected.

“Hmm… If this is where we are now, will we arrive in two hours…?”

I didn’t know how to read a map accurately, so I couldn’t figure out the exact location, but after calculating the distance and time traveled by carriage, it seemed like I would arrive by night if I started walking slowly.

Even though he recovered with the potion, he was injured so he shouldn’t overdo it.

When I get home, I want to take a bath in warm water…

“Are those mercenaries… going to be safe?”

Mercenaries hired to return to their hometown.

Even though the relationship was based on money, I felt worried when I couldn’t find out the fate of people I knew.

When he thought that he might no longer be able to see the people who protected him from the bandits’ attack, his briefly brightened mood turned gloomy.

“Well, we’re safe, Yuna.”

When I turned around to hear a happy voice coming from behind me, I saw the faces of the three men I had hired as escorts.

“Mr. Clinton! You’re safe!”

“Are we ignoring you, Yuna?”

“Oh, no, no! Of course Lucas and Robert were worried too! I’m glad you’re safe.”

I was embarrassed by Mr. Lucas’s words, which sounded like he was disappointed, and I stuttered.

There were Mr. Lucas and Mr. Robert, but only Mr. Clinton was called…..

I was a little uncomfortable with the two people looking at my body during the escort, but I felt a little sorry because it was rude to show off in this situation.

“Haha, just kidding. By the way, it looks like you got hurt a lot. Are you okay?”

“Yes, yes! It’s okay. Did you use the emergency potion?”

A sense of discomfort came over me.

They clearly came with a friendly face, and they were mercenaries I had hired, but there was something strange about them.

“What’s wrong, Yuna? What’s the problem?”

As I took a step back, overcome with anxiety, Mr. Clinton looked concerned for me with a kind face.

I was horrified by this shameless behavior.

“How did you know I was hurt?”

“Is that what you cared about? Look at the blood splattered on your body and your torn clothes. It doesn’t make sense that you weren’t hurt.”

“Yuna, are you doubting us? You are also doubting the mercenaries you hired. It doesn’t feel good.”

“So, if you were that suspicious, you shouldn’t have hired him at all.”

Mr. Lucas, who grumbled at me, Mr. Robert, who seemed dissatisfied with everything, and Mr. Clinton, who was always kind.

The sight that I had become accustomed to after spending a few days together filled me with fear.

“Then…how on earth are you guys so fine?”

Apparently, they were riding a carriage with me through the forest when they were attacked by bandits.

But now they were so fine.

Even though I only fought a pack of wolves, I had scars all over my body and traces of the fight were left behind.

They must have been fighting with people. There wasn’t a single wound like that and the clothes couldn’t be neater.

When I rebutted that, Mr. Clinton smiled brightly and said.

“You’re smarter than I thought, young lady.”

At the same time as those words were said, three people approached me, pulling out their swords. He pointed his staff at them.

“How did you know? I thought you hid it well.”

“You fought with bandits, but you showed up so unharmed? Make sense.”

“Because our skills were good, we might have been able to harshly punish the bandits without getting hurt.”

When he asked me a question as if I was genuinely curious, I answered with a wrinkled face.

“Do you think that would make sense for people who fight with swords without any blood on them?!”

As I aimed my wand and started casting, icicles began to float around my body.

I can’t believe the mercenaries I hired were in league with bandits. My body trembled with a sense of betrayal.

“You probably don’t know that I’m a wizard. Seeing our past affection, I’ll give you a chance to escape.”

At those words, Clinton, with his friendly smile gone, approached me with a laugh.

“Haha, I know you’re out of mana, Yuna. We can at least block that magic.”

Lucas and Albert also slowly approached me, arguing with each other.

“I know that you lost all your stamina while being chased by a wolf. If you are easily caught, there will be no bloodshed.”

“Ha, if you had at least pretended to fight like I said, you wouldn’t have been caught. I don’t listen to what you say.”

“These are my favorite clothes. If they get dirty, it’s in trouble.”

“After all the rain, my favorite clothes are ruined.”

The magic that was cast as a threat was canceled when the mana ran out.

If I go a little further, I can reach my hometown. Am I going to die here?

“Why… why does this happen to me…”

Clinton leisurely approached and answered.

“It looks like you have a lot of money in your pocket. Next time, be careful not to get caught with such a large amount of money.”

“If there is a next time. Be careful of the mercenaries who come to escort you, girl who doesn’t know anything about the world.”

“He has a smooth face, so if I play with him for a while and then make him a slave and sell him to a nobleman, I can make some money. Isn’t that a complete fortune?”

Haha, I took a step back when I saw the three people walking towards me with a smile, but I tripped over a rock and fell.

I wanted to become a wizard and someone who defeats bad people.

My life ends here.

The tears flowing from my eyes mixed with the rain and fell to the ground.

I’m sorry, Mom.

I’m sorry, Chief.

I closed my eyes tightly in fear of Clinton stretching out his hand.

“I’m sorry, can I ask you directions?”

Suddenly, I heard a beautiful voice in front of me and opened my eyes.

Suddenly, a beautiful woman with flaming red hair and a sharp look appeared, holding Clinton’s wrist.