As we moved southward through the Glide Great Gorge, we used magic to kill the demons we encountered, such as Black Horned Goats (Black Horned Goats), Sleeping Sheep (Sleep Sheep), and Fire Eater Birds.

　It's not an opponent that can be defeated with a sword alone, but after all, using magic makes it easier to fight because you can attack from a long distance, which greatly reduces the danger level and increases the options for attacking.


I'm jealous of Flick-sama's ability to specialize in attacking magic with his excess magic power, since he can deal with it with his swordsmanship even when he is approached. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most of your time in the city.


　Noelia, who was watching me as I killed some of the flock of sleep sheep (sleep sheep) that had approached me through magic with my sword, had uttered such a murmur.


''Noelia is a platinum grade, but have you been working with someone else before?''


　Usually, sorcerers were often teamed up with someone else since most of them were not capable of close range combat.

　Noelia might have teamed up with someone else as well, since she said she had no close combat skills at all.


''No, I'm a solo adventurer. Since I'm the daughter of a lord, other adventurers are not allowed to join me.''


　It was true that Noelia was the daughter of Lloyd, the frontier earl of the Yuguhanotes' lord, so it was understandable that she was a bit of an awkward status for adventurers, who were common people, to party with her and receive requests together.

　However, when she had reached the Platinum Grade, the highest achievement for a solo sorcerer and adventurer, despite those circumstances, it seemed that she was truly an excellent sorcerer.


'To reach the Platinum Grade as a solo sorceress ...... Once again, don't feel Noelia's amazingness.

''Fortunately, I'm not as good as Flick-sama, but I have more magic power than the average sorcerer, a little knowledge of magic, and more types of magic I can use, so I can use ....... I've been using them to defeat strong monsters as a practical test of magic, and I've reached the platinum grade.


　Noelia's voice was as inflectionless as usual, and she said amazing things in a matter-of-fact manner.

　It seems that the reason she reached the platinum grade is not because she received various requests, but simply because she was given a number of high-level requests to defeat demons.


　He looks young and younger than me. ......

　It means your competence is real.


It's a great way to take out the demons with the first strike without letting them get too close. I've never been able to get out of the habit of fighting with my sword in time, so I can't think of a way to use magic to defeat them.

'Flick-sama has both talents, and I think it's better for you to fight at a distance you're comfortable with. I don't think you need to stand around like a magician just because you can use magic. I think you can dismiss magic as a means of attacking an opponent who cannot reach you in sword range.

That's the way it is.

That's just the way it is. Flick-sama can use both magic and a sword, so there's no need for you to imitate my moves.


　As Noelia said this, she began to cut off the hair of the sleep sheep I defeated with a knife to bring back as proof of my defeat.


　As a mage, I'll just have to find a way to balance the use of both sword and magic in my fight from now on.


　After taking Noelia's words to heart, I immediately took out my knife and began to help her cut out the hair of Sleep Sheep. I can't let her be the only one to do it.



　We then made our way steadily down the Great Glide Gorge to the south, and before noon we were at the Yasbah hunting ground near our destination.

　The foothills of the Yaweha Mountains in front of us, and the Yasbah hunting grounds on the left. It was a good vantage point with rolling hills and grasslands.

　There was a glimpse of the magical forest at the far end of it where I went with the survey team last time.


This is Yasuba's hunting ground? It's a pretty good vantage point, though.

'There's too much water coming out of the foothills of the Yaweha Mountains to grow trees, so it's mostly swamp or grassland, and there are a lot of water bodies. There's another reason why this is called a hunting ground--


　Noelia was about to utter this when she heard a roar in the distance.

　When I looked in that direction, I saw a dragon flying above me.


　That's a pterodactyl wyvern. ...... It's pretty far away, but at that distance and at that size, it's a pretty big size.

　It has something on its legs.

　It's not just a matter of time before you get your hands on one.

I see what you mean by the pterosaurs' bait shop.

''Yes, that's right. The pterodactyl comes from the Demon Forest to hunt for food for the demons that gather at the watering hole, so that's how it was named. Not many Bronze Grade people go deep into the forest. The risk of being attacked by a pterosaur increases.


　I remember struggling quite a bit with pterodactyls, along with Alfine, when I only had a sword.

　Since they can fly freely in the sky above, they are an existence that is difficult to hit with sword attacks.


　However, I don't think it's such a terrifying existence since I have magic now.

　If you can knock it down to the ground, it's an easier opponent than a dragonet.


　However, it's still a dragon species, and no bronze-grade adventurer would go near a place where such a demon is flying around.

　If they were to go to such an out-of-place place, the Adventurer's Guild would normally stop them. ......

　I don't remember being stopped at all.


'Rebecca didn't stop me from going to Yasbah's hunting grounds, though.

''For those who have returned in plenty of time from the more dangerous Demonic Forest, it means that this place is not dangerous or anything. Master Flick's sword skills alone would reach the platinum grade, and he also has a talent for magic, which means that the Adventurer's Guild of Yuguhanotes is starting to take notice of him.


　Ah, so that's how it is.

　It seems that the Adventurer's Guild side also heard about my battle in the forest of the Devil's Landing from the Count of the Frontier and others, and didn't stop me.


I see. ......

''Because your father is actively recruiting capable adventurers to become knights, the adventurers' guild in Yuguhanotes has a chronic shortage of platinum grade adventurers of the demon-slaying type. The promotion of people with high combat skills may be faster than other city adventurer guilds. Sometimes there's too much of a shortage and knights take over requests to defeat high-level demons on their behalf.

'Was that part of the reason why the knights guarding you weren't far from actual combat?

Yes, the Adventurer's Guild still asks for the knights.


　Unlike the knights of the Kingsguard, it seems that the knights of Lloyd the Frontier Count's vassals were receiving requests to defeat demons as adventurers even after they became knights.

　But the adventurer's guild side would also be troubled if they pulled out adventurers with superior abilities one after another, so why didn't they say anything?


　I asked Noelia about my doubts.


''Does the Adventurer's Guild have nothing to say about the drawing of the Frontier Count?


　Noelia gave a little thoughtful gesture.


'I thought you couldn't complain about the Adventurer's Guild of Yugha-Notes since your father is the largest and only investor in the guild.

'Um, do you mean that the Adventurers Guild of the Ygghanotes belongs to the Count of the Frontier?


　Noelia nodded at Cocoon.


''When your father became a frontier count, he invested the bounty he received from the king and made the Adventurer's Guild of the Yuguhanotes an institution directly under the lord. He said that the purpose is to gather personnel to prepare for the 'Great Raid'.

And that it's still going on.

'Yes, your father is morbidly concerned about 'The Great Raid', so I don't think he'll stop stockpiling and recruiting knights in the future.


　I knew from my visit to the mansion yesterday that Lloyd has always been prepared for the 'great attack', but I didn't think that he had even bought and prepared for the Adventurer's Guild.

　My daughter, Noelia, is said to be a morbid worrier, but there's no guarantee that it won't happen a second time.


　The adults who survived told me that the 'great attack' occurred without warning.

　It hadn't happened for twenty years, but it could happen suddenly tomorrow.


"Frontier Count, you're an amazing person to be prepared for this for 20 years.

I have the same respect for your father, sir.

'You should have told that to the Count of the Frontier.

...... Now that we're running out of time, let's cut the chatter and head over to Master Gawain's workshop.


　Noelia dropped the subject and looked down at the handwritten map her father had drawn and walked towards Gawain's workshop.


　Even though Noelia had a lot on her mind, she still seemed to respect her father.

　If they were honest with each other, they wouldn't be so strained.

　The father-daughter relationship seems to be a difficult one after all.