'Good morning!　Noelia!　You look something amazing. What are those shades under your eyes!


　As I was putting away the sleeping bag I was encamped in, I heard Gawain, who had entered the main house earlier, shouting.

　Gawain's panicked voice made me wonder what had happened to Noelia in the main house, so I threw my sleeping bag out and ran to her.


'Noelia, what's going on?'


　When I walked in, I saw Noelia with huge circles floating under her eyes.


'Master Flick!　...... Nah, it's nothing. Just a little, I was writing a letter to send to the Institute of Magic, and I've been staying up late.


　When Noelia saw me, she looked flustered and hid her face in her hands.


　I caught a glimpse of it, but there were some pretty clear shades showing.

　Noelia was a girl who rather forgot about time and got carried away when it came to magic.


You should probably get a good night's sleep. It's a good idea to get a good night's sleep, because even though the study of magic is a job assigned to you by the kingdom, it's not good for you to put your roots into it.


　Noelia, who had been covering her face with her hands at the words from me, was trembling.


　Shaking?　Huh?　A bit of a harsh word, wasn't it: .......


'!　Thank you for your concern. I'll take care of it afterwards. I've already prepared breakfast for you, so I'm going to let you get some sleep now.

Oh, yeah. I should.

I could carry you in my arms.


　Gawain was showing off his muscles for no reason.


'I'm not a child, I'm fine.'


　When I refused Gawain's offer with a snap, Noelia, who was wobbling on her feet, left for the room with the bed.


Flick, don't you think Noelia's attitude towards me is a bit bland?　She wasn't like that before.


　Maybe it's just that I'm wasting my time showing off my muscles and trying to avoid touching each other as much as possible to avoid getting hurt.

　But I had a feeling that Gawain would be quite shocked if I told him as it was, so I decided to blur it out as much as possible.


'Noelia is a grown woman too, you know. She must be embarrassed to be with someone who knows her own childhood.

I've never had a child, but that's how it goes, isn't it?

I don't have one either, but I think I probably do.

You'll have no choice. I'm not going to be able to get my hands on any of them. And while we're at it, we'll also collect materials for the sword.


　With that said, Gawain took a seat and began to work on the large amount of breakfast Noelia had made.


''How far will the defeat of the demons go?''

We're going into the magical forest. You can make a day's return trip from here. I've been trying to make a sword for you, but I'm missing a lot of materials. You'll be able to explore the area around the entrance and forge your own sword.


　You're going into the demonic forest: .......

　It's the opposite of what I entered with Lloyd and the others, but I'm sure the demons are wandering around strong as well.


　It was just a good opportunity to see how much my swordsmanship had improved with body-enhancing magic.


''I understand. If we're going to go to the Devil's Forest, we need to finish eating and get ready right away.''


　I also sat down and reached for the prepared breakfast and ate it hastily, and immediately got ready to go exploring.
　Since he said he was going to explore the forest of the demon world, I thought he was going to walk to the forest, but--


I'm getting old, you know. I'm getting to the age where I need to be comfortable. And that's where you see the pterosaur?


　Gawain, who was walking at the front of the line with a large backpack (bag) for storing materials, suddenly grabs a fist-sized stone that was at his feet.


　I have a bad feeling about this.


　I'm not going to be able to get to the bottom of it.


''What are you doing!　In that case, the pterodactyl is coming this way!

It'll save you a lot of trouble. Here, take it.


　Gawain, who had left his backpack (bag) with me, turned with only a thick rough rope in his hand and ran toward the pterodactyl that was coming toward us.


　As usual, what we do is absurd.

　But, since there is only one opponent, we can handle it.


　I put my backpack (bag) on the ground and prepared to shoot out my magic for cover at any time.


'I'll cover you.'

No, this is an easy job that isn't even good for belly exercise. If you're going to be an adventurer, you should at least learn to use a pterodactyl as a leg.


　When Gawain, who had refused to cover, dodged the attack of the pterosaur, who had swooped in angrily, he had the thick rough rope in his mouth to his wide open beak.

　Then he held the rough rope in his mouth with both hands and rode directly on the pterosaur's back.


I'm not going to be able to get it right. The rest of the time, just do it like this...


　Gawain gets on his back and kicks the pterosaur's back with his legs.

　The pterosaur continued to make sharp turns and dives, trying to shake Gawain off, but he didn't let it shake him off and continued to kick him in the back.


　Eventually, when the pterosaur let out a screeching sound, it stopped turning and plummeting and began to follow Gawain's instructions.


''Since it's like that, Flick can also try using the rough rope left in the backpack (bag). If you use these guys as legs, it's easy to move around. Just don't go down to the city or anything. They'll mistakenly shoot arrows at you for a demon attack.


　I didn't think it was possible, but yesterday's arrow in the pterodactyl's wing meant that it flew to Yuguhanotes and was mistaken for a demon attack?

　Could it be that Gawain was setting up a workshop in Yasbah's hunting grounds because he was not allowed to live in Yuguhanotes after doing a lot of things in Yuguhanotes?


　It's possible ...... it's only been two days since we met, but there's a lot going on, so that possibility is very possible.


　I was looking at Gawain who was in a good mood on the pterodactyl and had come to that conclusion.

　Nevertheless, moving in this pterosaur is much faster than walking.


　It's a great way to cut down on travel time.

　I couldn't get down to the city, but it was going to save time, magic and energy rather than carefully walking through the demonic forest.


''I understand. I'll give it a go.


　I took the fist-sized stone at my feet and activated my quickness and strength training.

　Then he threw a fist-sized stone as hard as he could at another pterodactyl that was circling in the sky looking for bait.


　The pterosaur, noticing my presence, screamed a threat and swooped down.

　I held the rope in my hands and carefully assessed the movement of the descending pterosaur.


　The figure became bigger and bigger, becoming ...... and ......!

　Isn't it a little too big for you?


He's good at it. I thought that guy was too big for me, and I was going to quit. You're a flick. This is a guy I've allowed myself to be touched.

What?


　A large pterodactyl with a vicious-looking face descended in front of me at once.

　There was already no time left to get lost.


　Now!　Here!


　He avoided the sharp beak and exploited the gap between his wide mouth and the pterodactyl's mouth to suck the thick rough rope into the edge of the pterodactyl's mouth.


''Alright, that'll do it!


　Gripping the rough rope firmly, he returned himself and jumped onto the back of the big pterodactyl.


''Wow!　You'll be shaken off!

Hang in there. If you get shaken off, you'll get poked in the air with a sharp beak. That's going to hurt rather badly.


　That would definitely be a wound that would not be rather painful, wouldn't it?


　I wanted to tell Gawain that, but it was all I could do not to be shaken off.


'd*mn it, listen to me!


　Following Gawain's lead, I pulled the rough rope I had in my mouth and kicked the pterosaur's back hard.

　But against my will, the pterosaur continued to make sharp turns and dive, trying to shake it off.


　No, it won't listen to me at all!

　What can I do to make you listen to me .......


　I was trying to figure out how to be quiet while I held on desperately to keep the pterodactyl from shaking me off.


　If I numbed it with magic, would it listen to me?

　Just kicking him won't open it, and if you keep swinging, he'll drop you.

　I have no choice but to try.


　I've decided to use the lightning attack magic that Noelia taught me to use to paralyze the disobedient pterosaur.


You have to be a small thunderbolt and show up from my hand. Electrocution [Electric Shock].


　Seeing an opening where the turn was loose, he touched one hand to the pterosaur's back.

　When a purple light emanated from his hand, the electrocuted pterosaur let out a loud scream.


　However, it didn't seem to give up its resistance yet and began to surge again, trying to shake it off.


''Then, one more shot. It's a small lightning bolt that appears from my hand. Electric shock.


　When the second electric shock 《Electrical Shock》 entered the pterosaur, it let out an even louder scream than before, and then stopped surging and began to fly towards the direction where I had pulled the rough rope.


''Huh, you finally obeyed.

'Oh, it looks like they have the pterodactyl in tow. These guys are obedient to anyone who takes their back and gives in. If you take proper care of them, you'll be able to call them with a whistle. They're very useful as an emergency food and transportation vehicle.


　I didn't see that. ......

　But Gawain was eating that pterodactyl, wasn't he?

　I'm ...... not going to eat it if you say that.


　I felt a little unhappy with the pterosaur with a rough rope in its mouth as a rein.


　It's okay.

　I'm probably not going to eat you.


Now that we've got our legs to move, let's get to our destination.

Yes, lead the way, please.


　We got the pterodactyl and flew in a straight line towards the forest of the demon world.