It was now the third day of the investigation, and the path was becoming even steeper as they approached the deepest part of the Demonic Forest.

　Furthermore, demons are also beginning to appear here and there.


　If you're alone, it would be easier to use large-scale magic to eradicate the demons all at once and proceed, but .......

　I'm on escort duty this time, and as much as possible, I need to avoid fighting and avoid causing any unforeseen problems.


　This is what I learned last night from a scholar who is studying the ecology of the demons accompanying the research team.

　The mana wood, which grows wild in the magical forest, accumulates magnesium in the ground and the atmosphere, creating a very dense mana mist.

　It is said that the mana mist causes native wild animals and low intelligence sub-humans to grow larger and more violent, and creates monsters.


　The manamist is said to occur everywhere, but the density of the manamist is especially high in the forest of the demon's domain, which is why the rate of occurrence of monsters is much higher than in other places.

　This is why the demons that are born in large numbers become a rich source of food for the strong individuals, and even though the area has become such a high concentration of strong individuals, the numbers are still high.


　Even so, there are a lot of them .......

　There seems to be about 10 of them wandering around the perimeter just from the signs you can sense.


　Myth, who is guiding us on our way, was also advancing along the grassy beast path while being wary of the surroundings.

　He came here every year to visit the graves, and he said that the density of demons was higher than usual.


　Normally, he said, there would never be such a high concentration of demons around the 'Abyssal Hole (Abyssal Fall)', their destination.

　I'm not sure why they're gathered together, even Myth said it's not clear why.


It seems that two of them are approaching. I'll go ahead and finish them off.''


　Walking next to me, I whispered to Mais to tell him that I was ahead of him.

　If I shouted loudly, it could attract the demons as it did the day before.


''Yes, please leave the back to me.''


　Mais was sending instructions with his gestures to the knights in his guards.

　Both Lloyd and Noelia, the frontier count, saw the situation and prepared themselves.


　I made sure that everyone was on alert, and then I scrambled through the grass that stretched to my chest and headed towards the direction of the signs.

　The two dragonets that were ahead of me were the two dragon children.


　Even though they were still children, they were still the most powerful creatures of dragons, and although they were the size of cows, they had hard scales and preyed on us with their sharp fangs and claws.

　Since it was still growing, it was at least a relief that it didn't have the breath of fire or flight.


　You have to deal with two heads without making a fuss: .......

　Even though it's a dragonet, if it roars, the demons will be rushing over here.


　When I was looking at the dragonets that seemed to be wandering around looking for food and thinking of ways to defeat them without being roared at, I suddenly remembered the exchange between the frontier count and Noelia.


　Silence (silence) was a magic that made the target's sound impossible to transmit to the surroundings, right?

　That might be able to shut down the roar of the dragonet.

　It's a supportive magic that only determines the target and doesn't need to adjust its power, so there shouldn't be any problems.


It's also a great way to get a good idea of what's going on. Silence (Silence)''


　I hid my voice and activated the magic of silence (silence).

　A transparent bubble that only I could see, generated from a fingertip that pointed one of the dragonets, surrounded the dragonet.


　Noelia said it would crack if it was resisted, and it didn't, so it was a success.

　And he doesn't seem to realize that he's being silenced.

　Let's just silence one more and silence it as well.


　After silencing the other one with silencing magic, I drew the sword borrowed from Lloyd.


　It's a good thing that you're not going to be able to find a way to make your life easier.

　I'm sure you'll be able to cut through the scales of the dragon without letting the blade fall off.


　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most out of your time with us.

　With that sword in hand, I challenged Dragonette to a battle.


　The result was a complete victory for me.

　When the dragonet saw me, it tried to roar, but the silence (silence) prevented the sound from being transmitted, and I succeeded in killing both of them by cutting their faces in half without a roar.


'You cut off only the face cleanly. The scales are still clean. If you take it back with the scales and wing membranes off at this point, even if it's a dragonet, it'll be a pretty good amount of money.


　After checking the safety of the surrounding area, Lloyd and the others who had caught up with them were inspecting the cut of the dragonet that had been cut in half.


''It's only a few more steps to our destination, the ruins of the inn, and tonight we might as well have fresh dragonet meat.


　Mais seemed ready to take it with him, but even a single dragonet weighs as much as a large cow.

　As expected, I thought it would be too much to carry with this many people.


'Be the invisible hand and reduce the weight of his men. Lighten his weight (weight saving). That should allow me to carry one head on my own. Dragonette meat is my favorite food, and I would love to take it with me.


　Noelia was using a magic I hadn't seen yet.

　Apparently it is a magic that reduces the weight of an object.


　The petite Noelia was dragging a dragonet the size of a large cow as lightly as she could.


'Noelia, can I use that magic on the other one?'

'Yes, it's fine. And it's a supportive magic. As long as you can imagine the spell and the effect of the magic, it should be activated, so I don't think it will cause any problems for Flick-sama.


　I got permission from my master, Noelia, so I activated Lightweight (Weight Saving) on the other dragonet in the same way.

　The magic activated without a problem, and the dragonet's weight had changed to about the weight of one of my Namakura swords.


　Light!　If you're going to lose this much weight, wouldn't it be so much easier to put it over a backpack (bag) packed with all sorts of things?


Noelia, how long does this work?

'It should last for about half a day. It will get progressively heavier as the effect wears off, though, so be careful.

Well, can you make it work on the backpack and stuff?


　Noelia put a hand to her chin at my question and pondered it.


'I've never used it that way before, and it wasn't mentioned in any of the magic instructions, so I can't give you an immediate answer at .......

Can I try?


　I had a feeling that if weight saving was activated against the backpack (bag), it would make it much easier to carry heavy loads without strain.


I agree. It is necessary to evaluate it. And if you activate it with this, it can be added as an annotation to the magic instruction booklet.


　When Noelia called one of the knights of the guard, he let down the backpack (bag) on his back.

　I lifted the bag and found that it was heavy with camping gear, food and water.


Be the invisible hand and relieve him of his weight. Be the invisible hand and relieve him of his weight.


　The magic had been activated.

　Then I picked up the backpack (bag).


　It's light, this is light.

　It's packed, but the weight is like when it's empty.


It's activating. It's a lot lighter.

Are you sure?　This lightening (weight saving) is a buried magic, right? And we had to find a magician who could use the magic. This is a special note that needs to be annotated.


　Noelia was also surprised to see how light the backpack (bag) that the magic had activated was.


　The consumption of magic power isn't that much, and if the sorcerer learns this magic and reduces the load of the party's luggage carrier, he'll be able to carry quite a bit of it.

　But still, magic is useful: .......


　I received the backpack (bag) from Noelia and returned it to the owner's guard knight.


It's light. It's still in there, right?

It's in there. But it's light enough. The weight seems to come back with time, though.


　The escort knight, who had reloaded his backpack (bag), was surprised when he repeatedly tugged on the shoulder strap to check the weight.


''The great discovery of magical benefits is a big deal, but if we don't enter the ruins of the inn soon, the smell of blood is likely to attract other demons.


　Myth, who had been alerted to the surroundings, warned me that it was time to move.


　It looks like the dragonet's blood has been drained out of it, so we'd better move it from here as soon as possible.


　We hurriedly regrouped and dragged the two dragonets to the ruins of an encampment near today's destination, the Abyssal Hole (Abyss Falls).