episode_0033

There are no notable characters.

That protective shield that was used to correct memory.

With that size and density, it’s bound to be noticed… .

Is it right to intentionally not show strength?

Or, did he have stronger strength than usual in an emergency situation?

The latter is also a possibility.

It’s the first day, so don’t worry too much, let’s figure it out slowly.

Above all, we must still pay attention to Vivian.

While I look for a priest, I plan to have her learn other magic.

“Wow, how cute is it?”

I returned with Marie to the riverside tent.

I brought it here because I was curious.

“It’s okay for everyone to stay together. But is Ian also sleeping with other people?”

“… What are you thinking?”

“Tell me what you’re thinking?”

“I was wrong. We don’t sleep together.”

Marie giggled.

What should I say about this man… .

He scratches me so much.

If this is a good match, should I say it is a good match?

Vivian was surprised by my answer.

“Where will you sleep, Ian?”

Marie and Mercy responded simultaneously to that question.

“Oh… .”

Vivian looked embarrassed and averted her gaze while waiting for an answer.

He seemed to feel sorry for sleeping in a place where he was comfortable.

“I can sleep on the floor. Or, you can sleep face down on the table here.”

Marie and Mercy’s gaze returned to Vivian.

The look in his eyes showed great anticipation of what he would say.

“Well, that’s right… Okay… .”

Marie and Mercy slumped their shoulders as if disappointed.

What did you expect?

I couldn’t bear to touch Marie, so I held Mercy’s cheek with my fingers and pressed it.

“Do you keep acting like a fool?”

“Neug meulneug meulneun!”

“Even though I knew it, I just did this.”

“M! M!”

Marie laughed again as she watched Mercy waving her arms wildly.

That human being is evil.

Much more than me and Mercy.

“When did you prepare all this?”

“I brought it before I came just in case.”

“Is this what you need to be to become the number one party manager? . Can I stay with you today?”

“Well, it doesn’t matter to me.”

All eyes focused on Vivian.

“Uh, huh? yes? It’s me, if it’s okay with Ian… .”

“Speak your opinion, not mine.”

“That’s right. You have to speak up when you can, right?”

“Hmm… . Then it’s okay for me too. It’s good if there are a lot of people.”

Vivian smiled and answered.

It was a reaction like a puppy that loves people.

Marie, who was looking at this blankly, muttered.

“I really want to steal it. Can’t I kidnap you while you’re sleeping?”

“No.”

“I know. Because it’s Ian’s.”

“… … .”

Let’s not react.

If I react, I lose.

It was evening as the sun was slowly setting, so I prepared a meal.

Marie tried to help, but she had to do something for Mercy, so she just had to sit down.

Marie opened her mouth as she looked at the ingredients being lined up one by one.

What is “? . Why are there so many, no, where does it all come from now?”

“Artifact bag.”

“… and. I can’t take Vivian with me.”

“Do you understand now?”

“Oh, keep it in check a little.”

“Ah.”

Don’t react… .

Vivian must have been embarrassed to listen, so she turned her back and looked up at the night sky.

Still, I can see the red ears.

“But you cook… Are you doing well?”

I laid out the ingredients and asked Mercy.

“Well… ? I don’t know. Didn’t I always do what you told me to do?”

“Because there was a separate main cook back then.”

“Well, if you can’t do it, just give up!”

“Why are you saying that with your own mouth?”

Mercy, who was trying to be optimistic, surprisingly followed along easily.

However, I had never held a knife in any way, so I was inexperienced at cutting.

In the end, I did it.

Vivian, who had already shown her back, came over and took a look.

This is my first time showing cooking in front of my eyes.

“Hmm… . Actually, maybe I’m not qualified to be a manager.”

I finished preparing the table full of food, leaving Mari muttering.

“I will eat well.”

“Thank you, Ian.”

Vivian and Marie said hello and started eating.

Mari woke up and looked at me with bright eyes.

“You know I gave up on Vivian, right?”

“That’s a good thing.”

“Instead, please include me at the party. If I can eat this much of this, I’ll go in. Where are the knight positions left?”

“You’re not a superhuman.”

“Ah, I got caught. I almost got over it.”

*

After eating, Kati caught fish in the river.

These are tomorrow’s ingredients.

Marie watched it.

“Haha! Hey, why do you catch it every time you stretch out your foot? Is it amazing?”

Kati was indifferent to Marie’s praise.

“It’s also good to be consistent and not cheesy.”

Mercy cleaned up the dinner table, saying she would do it alone.

With time running out, I took Vivian and brought her to a place where there were no obstacles.

“Vivian.”

“Yes, yes?”

… Why are you so embarrassed?

“Are you paying attention to what Mari said?”

“Oh no?”

“The answer is almost the same as saying yes.”

“Keu… .”

In the distance, Marie clapping her hands while looking at Katy is a bit disgusting.

“It’s just a silly joke, so don’t worry about it.”

“Yes, yes. sure. Yes.”

“Anyway. Last time, why did you say there was one more magic you could use?”

It was when I first asked to see magic in Arche Village.

She said there were definitely two.

He later said that he did not use the other one for fear of it catching fire.

That’s probably fire-type magic.

“Yes. That’s right.”

“I’d like to check the rest as well.”

“I understand.”

“For your information, there is nothing to ride here, but please keep the intensity low. Because I’m just trying to see what kind of magic it is.”

“I’ll try my best… .”

Vivian cannot handle Mana delicately yet.

Although it has improved a lot, it is true that it is not enough.

Vivian opened her eyes and stared straight ahead.

Now, the habit of using magic with my eyes closed has been completely erased.

Soon, a red magic circle was drawn above her head.

A black fireball appeared in the center.

… Is it a bit big?

“Uh, uhhh… !”

He was in a hurry and shot a fireball straight into the river.

A large fireball cut a short tail and fell to the river bottom.

-Kwakwang!

The rushing water and broken rock fragments flew out in all directions.

I quickly pulled Vivian and knocked her down.

Immediately after covering my stomach, a large rock passed behind my head.

In the distance, I could see Marie and Mercy lying face down near the campsite.

Even though the fragments were not within reach, it seems like everyone fell down in shock.

– Hood crackle… .

I hit the pebbles and sand and waited for the commotion to subside.

“Are you hurt?”

“Ah, I’m okay… But, that’s… .”

Vivian stopped talking and quietly looked up at me.

Vivian’s eyes, hidden in my shadow, trembled.

uh… .

I think it’s a bit close now… .

“Ah, hmm… . Sorry.”

“Oh, no… . That’s what I did wrong, um… .”

This is all because of Marie.

It shouldn’t be this awkward, right?

There’s nothing wrong with trying to protect your close colleagues… .

It was a similar situation to this when we first met, but the atmosphere wasn’t like this back then.

[master.]

“Billion!”

“Hiik?! Why, why are you like that?”

“Oh, no.”

I need to take his ring away quickly.

My heart was pounding and I almost died.

‘Why why.’

[…] be careful.]

‘What? you?’

[…] … .]

‘You bring the ring.’

[…] I don’t like it.]

‘Look at him?’

I glared at Kati in the distance.

Kati closed her eyes and rested her chin on her front paws.

Marie and Mercy quietly got up and looked at us and smiled.

ah… .

“Well, anyway. You can control your strength by practicing little by little… .”

“Yes, yes. That will do… .”

“It would be better to shoot farther next time. Anyway, it’s a fireball, right?”

‘Fire Ball’ is the most basic form of flame-type magic.

As the name suggests, it is a magic that projects a round ball of flame.

“Yes, that’s right.”

However, Vivian’s fireball was a little strange.

“Did you know that there was a black sphere in the middle of the fireball?”

“Umm… . yes… .”

A fireball is a ball of pure fire.

The middle cannot be black.

“I actually learned it from looking over my shoulder… . I didn’t see the schematic completely. So, I’m using it in combination with fire ball and rock shot.”

Rock Shoot is a basic rock magic that shoots rocks.

… So, because you didn’t know much, you combined the two magics you learned through Yamae?

Magic fusion?

Do you know what you are talking about now?

“Huh… .”

Magic spells serve two functions.

For example, with Ice Spear, ‘ice’ is a trait and ‘spear’ is a method.

Magic is like a mathematical formula.

The traits and methods that can be harmonized are determined.

Magic is simply understanding the schematic and implementing a fixed answer.

What deviates from that formula is ‘magic fusion’.

Mixing traits or methods with other magical ones.

To put it in an analogy, it is the same as mixing water and oil.

No casting talent, Sylvia-level understanding… .

If the magic tower lord found out, I think he would make a human sacrifice to take him away?

“Um, I, want to say something… .”

Even if I tell Vivian now, she won’t understand.

To be honest, I don’t have any expertise in magic, so I’m not confident I can make him understand.

“Well, I was a bit surprised… .”

However, I can’t let that fireball be used as is.

What if Vivian had become highly skilled in mana handling?

Mixing the two magics is dangerous for Vivian right now.

“Would you like to draw the diagram that Vivian remembers?”

Vivian moved to the table and smoothly drew a complex diagram on parchment.

“It may be wrong, but this is it.”

“Hmm.”

It’s definitely different from the fireball schematic I know.

This is a schematic that I roughly put together… .

“Oh… .”

“Yes? Ah.”

When I looked closer, my shoulders were touching.

“Sorry.”

“Well, it’s okay.”

I’m okay with that too, but… No, it shouldn’t be okay, right?

is not it… ?

Marie makes me think all kinds of strange thoughts.

I sat across from Vivian and drew up a diagram of a proper fireball and lock shot.

“Wow… . Do you remember that too?”

“… ? You also drew Vivian from memory, right?”

“Oh, that’s right. Hehe.”

… Do I have the image of being a bit ignorant?

It doesn’t look knowledgeable.

“This is a fire ball. This is a rock shot. First, understand these two spells separately. I think it needs to be used separately.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Even though it is a no-cast talent, it does not mean that all magic can be used immediately upon sight.

You have to understand the schematic and envision the magic reproduction in your head.

However, once you understand No Casting, you can skip the chanting and use magic at the speed of thought.

That alone is an insane ability.

Although I need to refine it by using it several times and getting it into my head.

“That’s right, Ian. You know, I got 1 gold.”

“Yes.”

“How do I divide it?”

Oh, I see.

Usually, the money is split between the hero and the manager.

It’s a bit of an ambiguous value to me… .

“I will have it all.”

“Yes. here… ”

“No, no, wait. Why don’t you hesitate?”

“Yes? When I think of the money Ian spent on me, I think it would be more than 1 gold… .”

“But if you skip it right away… .”

Vivian tilts her head, looking at me with innocent eyes.

… I was just joking, but I feel so guilty.

“How can I get it all? I was joking.”

“Then what?”

“Vivian take it all.”

“… What?”

Vivian opened her mouth for a moment, blinked, then grinned.

“Are you kidding me too?”

“No?”

“… Nehe?”

“Then I will go to Paris.”

“Oh.”

Vivian closed her mouth and stayed still, then suddenly stood up.

“Wait a minute! You want to have all 1 gold?”

“Do you not like it?”

“Poetry, the reason I don’t like it is because it’s not… .”

Right now, I have all the emergency money I saved to give to the kids in my first party when they need it.

So, there will be no shortage of money for the time being.

“I think it is a commemoration of the first settlement and a reward for two years of hard work.”

“2 years… . Okay, thank you… . Ugh, huh… .”

Wait, why are you crying… ?

“Wow. Ian made Vivian cry.”

“You’re a really bad guy.”

Marie and Mercy suddenly approached and laughed.

“I didn’t do that.”

“Then why would Vivian cry alone?”

“So, that’s right. Anyone can see that it’s your fault, isn’t it?”

“Ah.”

“No… .”

Vivian, who was whimpering, came to my defense.

Marie looked at that, crossed her arms, and spoke confidently.

“You just have to give me at least 1 gold to get this cute Vivian.”

“… Yes?”

“I’m a bit of a snob, so it won’t work. It’s a pity.”

It seems that Vivian will be teased by Marie for the rest of her life.

“But didn’t you two write a contract? Usually, when I use that, I write down the settlement ratio.”

“Ah, that’s right. But I don’t have a contract form right now.”

How long has it been since I signed a hero contract? .

“How many copies do you have? Would you like me to give them to you?”

“Do you carry something like that?”

“Whether you are a warrior or an aspiring person, you never know when and where you will be seduced.”

I received a standard form contract from Marie and sat down in front of Vivian.

“Oh… .”

When I handed him the contract, he was visibly embarrassed.

Even his eyes turn here and there, as if he’s anxious.

“Why?”

“Ah, that’s… . All, next, later! Is it okay if I use it… ?”

“Well, you don’t necessarily have to write it now… .”

“Then I’ll write next time… ! Now, I have to study magic too… .”

I don’t know, but there must be a reason.

“Yes.”

Vivian talked to Marie while she was studying.

“Do you have a list of trainee nuns at the monastery?”

“Yes, there is. We have released the rankings of the monthly mid-term evaluations. Do you want to go see it together tomorrow?”

“Let’s do that.”

I’ll have to look at the list tomorrow.

There is too little information.

*

Looking at the list didn’t really change anything.

Although the names were listed from 1st to 30th, there was no useful information.

“It’s not particularly useful.”

“That’s right.”

However, the monastery administrators will have detailed information.

There is a way to meet… There is.

“Hmm… .”

When I was the first party manager, the title alone gave me power, but not now.

I have to use everything I can.

“I’ll go somewhere else for a while.”

“Sure.”

I left Marie behind and moved to my seat with Mercy.

Vivian is training and has Katy by her side.

That’s why I couldn’t take the ring.

“Where are you going?”

“To meet the highest person here.”

I asked a passing nun for directions and found the abbot’s office.

I stood in front of the door and knocked carefully.

It feels a bit like I’m being abusive, but I can’t help it.

-Come on in.

Permission was granted inside.

I opened the door, holding the Apostle’s gold coin in my hand.