I Have Been Reincarnated (2)

1.

The nunnery’s day ends with the completion of dinner.

The girls return to their rooms to prepare for bed.

I took off my nun’s habit.

Instead of pajamas, I changed into casual clothes.

A navy blue dress with traces of time.

It felt awkward when I first wore it because the bottom was so loose, but now it’s comfortable.

“Where are you going?”

A girl reading a book on the top bunk of the bunk bed suddenly poked her head out.

Her name is Millie.

My roommate.

An orphan living in the nunnery like me.

“Just to the forest for a bit.”

“At this hour?”

“Just going for a walk. I ate too much for dinner.”

I patted my stomach.

“Ew, was that delicious?”

Millie stuck out her tongue and frowned.

I thought about the dinner menu.

Vegetable soup boiled until the vegetables were mushy.

It was a bit much for a young child to eat.

But it suited my taste.

Considering the swill I ate on the battlefield, it was excellent food.

“You can’t be picky. You have to eat everything. Especially when you’re young. Or you won’t grow tall——.”

I taught Millie the importance of eating everything without being picky.

Advice for a child from an adult.

I emphasized it even more because I didn’t eat well when I was a child.

“But Elia, aren’t you shorter than me?”

Millie, who had climbed down from the bed, stood in front of me.

It’s a close call.

I admit that Millie is a little taller than me.

A little, really a little!

“Because you’re still young. Just wait a bit. I’ll grow quickly and you’ll be looking up at me?”

Really.

Anyway, let’s end the small talk here.

“If Mother Superior asks where I went, tell her I went to the bathroom.”

“Okay.”

I opened the window.

And jumped out of the window.

It was the third floor, but there was nothing to be afraid of.

I grabbed the branch right in front of me and used the long vines that grew down like a rope to land safely on the ground.

“Have a good trip~”

Millie waved to me as if she was used to this.

I waved back and headed straight for the forest.

A forest covered in deep darkness.

Today is a full moon.

But the moonlight was faint because the night sky was covered in clouds.

“I can’t see anything…”

I stood at the entrance of the forest and closed my eyes.

I focused on the flow of the air.

The cool night air felt soft on my skin.

The flow of air draws a picture.

Drawing trees.

Drawing rocks.

Finally, it drew the entire shape of the forest.

I roughly grasped the structure of the forest.

I opened my eyes.

“Let’s go.”

I picked up a stick-like branch lying on the ground and started running into the forest. I avoided obstacles by using the information about the forest that I had grasped in advance.

As I ran, I laughed softly.

The thrill I felt after a long time.

The corners of my lips twitched with the expectation that I might be able to hunt a Magical Beast.

“Huh…?”

I can feel it.

The Magical power of the Magical Beast is nonchalantly mixed in the night air.

It’s that way.

I turned my body.

And chased the Magical power.

The Magical power that pricked my skin became clearer as I ran east.

“Found it.”

Purple Eye light floating like Goblin fire in the darkness.

It is moving very leisurely between the trees.

Without knowing that it will soon be eaten.

I hope it’s a strong one.

“Ssssh…”

I inhaled through my teeth.

Regulating my breathing.

I engraved the enemy on my pupils.

“Hah…!”

I kicked the ground with my foot.

The ground caved in and my body shot forward like an arrow.

Golden hair, shining gracefully even in the darkness, fluttered.

Oh.

My body is as light as a feather just by slightly strengthening my body with Magical power.

The background split apart.

I reached the Magical Beast in just one step.

The Magical Beast’s eyes widened as if surprised by the girl who suddenly appeared in front of it.

I rotated my body and struck the Magical Beast’s head with a branch.

-Crack!!

The sound of its head being smashed rang out cheerfully.

“What? That’s it?”

It’s too boring.

It’s not even a warm-up.

I never thought it would end in one hit.

Thump, thump.

I poked the fallen Magical Beast with a branch.

It was warm, but there was no movement.

“Heh…”

It ended so anticlimactically that I felt uneasy and in a bad mood.

“But… it’s a bit small?”

Thinking back to the village chief’s words… he clearly said that there were footprints the size of a human palm, but this guy’s feet were only the size of my fist.

It’s small.

I checked the Magical Beast’s corpse.

Its fangs were not yet fully developed.

And its fur was still soft, which was a bit different from the wolf Magical Beast I knew.

“This is a baby?”

It’s a small one.

There must be a big one somewhere.

I almost felt disappointed.

It was the moment I was about to explore the forest again.

The bushes around me began to shake busily.

And after a while.

Several purple Eye light flickered in the darkness.

There are roughly 15 of them.

“Grrrrr…!!”

A huge wolf Magical Beast is approaching step by step.

Even the Magical power that rises from its body is different.

It’s a sticky and quite unpleasant Magical power.

That must be the mother of the baby whose head I just smashed.

To think that something like that was in the forest.

If it had gone to the village, it would have caused great damage.

I’m glad I found it before it went to the village.

“By the way, isn’t this too big?”

Am I small?

Or is this guy big?

The village chief clearly said that the footprints were the size of a palm, but to me, it looks like it would leave footprints the size of a human head.

Even better.

I smiled and rushed at the Magical Beasts.

2.

Three adventurers entered the forest.

The silver emblem on their chests proved that they were Silver-ranked adventurers.

A warrior armed with leather armor.

He had a sword on each side of his waist.

His face was full of youthful energy.

Dian, the leader of the party.

He became an adventurer at a young age, and his eyes sparkled with passion.

Next to Dian was Piara, a blue-robed mage holding a staff taller than herself.

“L, let’s come during the day…!”

“Don’t say such nonsense. They only appear at night, how can we catch them if we come during the day?”

The man who was scolding Piara, who was mumbling as if she was scared, was named Arold, and he was this party’s scout.

Arold took out a yellow marble from the pouch on his belt.

He pressed the marble with his thumb and forefinger, and it cracked and shattered.

As the fragments crumbled, a small spirit flew out from inside.

Bright light illuminated the darkness.

It’s a disposable Fairy light.

It will follow us for three hours and act as a lamp.

“Dian…!”

Piara whimpered and grabbed Dian’s sleeve.

“Don’t be scared. Wolf Magical Beasts are only Danger Level 2. We’ve even subjugated Danger Level 3 Magical Beasts before.”

Dian comforted Piara and walked into the forest.

“Ah… ah…”

Piara scurried and stuck close to Dian, following him.

As the party moved, the spirit followed.

The party searched the forest, cutting through the darkness.

“Arold, tell me right away if you find anything.”

“Okay.”

“Piara, don’t be scared and get ready to use Protective magic.”

“Y, yes!”

Although he was the youngest in the party, Dian appropriately controlled the party members as the party leader.

“Multiple movements detected in the west.”

Arold, who was walking while using detection magic, confirmed that something was moving quickly in a slightly distant place.

“M, multiple?! Wasn’t it just one?”

Piara turned pale and was horrified.

The request was clearly for one wolf Magical Beast.

There was no mention of multiple Magical Beasts.

“How many are there?”

Dian calmly began to assess the situation.

“Wait… seven, no six… huh? Five?”

The signs are disappearing quickly.

The detection magic was working fine.

There was no barrier around that was interfering with the magic either.

However, the presence of Magical power was disappearing rapidly.

“Two…!”

I don’t know what’s going on.

“Could it be… that another party is being attacked by the Magical Beast?”

The possibility existed.

Unless it is a joint request, one party is basically assigned to one request.

However, in this rural area, sometimes two or more parties are mistakenly assigned to one request.

We had experienced such things several times before.

Since the Adventurer’s Guild said there was only one.

Instead of there being multiple Magical Beasts.

It was highly likely that another party was fighting the Magical Beast.

“Let’s go quickly! Lead the way!”

Arold took the lead.

Dian and Piara followed behind him.

“It’s right ahead!”

“Prepare for battle!”

Dian drew his sword from his waist because they might have to go into battle right away.

Arold also took out a dagger and held it in his hand.

“I, I’ll prepare here…!”

Piara prepared to use magic in a slightly distant place.

The wind blew.

The clouds that had been covering the moon were swept away to the east.

Bright moonlight poured down on the forest shrouded in darkness.

“Kuaooooooo!!”

A tremendous roar was heard.

Is that the cry of a wolf Magical Beast?

It was not the cry they knew.

“…One.”

The party tensed up at Arold’s words.

A Magical Beast that swept away the adventurers in an instant.

It would not be an ordinary Danger Level 2 Magical Beast.

At least 3… no, it would be 4.

Dian and Arold held their breath and slowly approached.

“…?”

However, there was no wolf Magical Beast there.

No, there was.

More than ten Magical Beasts were lying on the ground with their heads smashed.

“What… is that…?”

There was also a huge wolf Magical Beast.

It had a thick branch stuck in the crown of its head.

And in front of it.

“Hoo… I feel refreshed.”

A girl was brushing back her golden hair and smiling beautifully.