Dimol, let's go!

Queue!


　After finishing my preparations, I straddle the back of Dimol, who was waiting for me at the ranch.

　The sun has already gone down and the area is shrouded in darkness, but in the mansion, I can see the members of the knightly order with their torches upraised busily moving around.


''Flick-sama, we've been waiting for you!


　Noelia, dressed in her usual sorcerer's robes, came running in from the direction of the mansion.

　I held out my hand to Noelia and pulled her up into the riding saddle I wore on Dimol.


'Noelia, hold on tight to me. We're going to fly you to the magical forest.

Yes. Um, excuse me.


　Noelia clings to me in a reserved manner.

　I was going to skip quite a bit, so there was a chance of shaking her off if she refrained from clinging too much.


'Noelia, hold on tighter!　I'll fly!

'Ha, yes ....... Is that OK?


　Noelia put her hands around my body and squeezed and held onto me.


　If you held on to me this tightly, I won't have to shake you off.


'Alright, let's go then!　Our destination is near the entrance to the magical forest. It seems to be close to the road that the survey team passed through last time.

'Yes, sir. I have been taught by your father so much about Abyss Walker since I was a child that I don't think I could ever mistake him for anything else.


　I can imagine what the Abyss Walkers heard from the adults, too, but I was grateful that Noelia was accompanying me to make sure I was in the right place, because it would be a big deal if I made a wrong decision.

　For that matter, I should not forget to protect her.


　According to the adventurer who reported to me, the number he witnessed was one, but he hasn't confirmed what happened after that.

　It could be that the place is full of Abyss Walkers when they arrive.


　We would have to be careful of the demons, and it was going to be a flight that would not allow us to relax.


'Noelia, I'm counting on you. Alright, Dimol, let's go!

Kuehne!


　I pulled the leather reins on Dimol and let him fly up into the sky, and we decided to head to our destination, the Forest of the Magical World.



　Thanks to the fast pterodactyl Dimol, we had flown from Yuguhanotes to the Devil's Forest by dawn, a journey that took several days on foot from Yuguhanotes.

　Lloyd and the others would have already marched out of Yuguhanotes as well, but the sighting site would take two days no matter how fast they rushed, so until then we were going to proceed with the search for the Abyss Walkers on our own.


'Noelia, we're dropping altitude. We'll take a nap once we're down there. We've been flying all night and Dimol is probably tired.

'What?　Are you done with that ...... Oh, no. Yes, I understand.


　A strange reply came back from Noelia, perhaps half asleep.


　I knew it was a bad idea to fly without sleeping, right?

　Let's take turns taking a nap and then start looking for Abyss Walker.


　Deciding to take a nap, I lightly pushed Dimol's neck as I made my descent.


'Kueye!'


　Dimol, sensing our intentions, gradually lost altitude and found a little bit of open space and landed there.


We're here. I'll make a temporary tent for you in a minute.

I'll prepare a light meal, then. I haven't been hungry since dinner last night.

Speaking of which, yes. I'll keep a sanctuary in place. Just be vigilant, okay?

Yes, sir.


　Noelia said as she dismounted from Dimol and immediately took the ingredients out of her bag strapped to the saddle and began to prepare the food.

　I also immediately take out the tent from my bag and assemble it.


　The current location is one step before entering the magical forest, so there are not many signs of demons yet.

　However, if we are not careful, we could be scratched in our sleep at any moment.


　Once we finished preparing the tent, we took a quick meal and took turns taking a nap.

　After finishing the nap, we began to search the area near the entrance of the magical forest where there were reports of sightings.


[Fuaaaah ....... ''Good morning!　Master!　Where am I?


　I thought she hadn't spoken to me since last night, but it seems that the demon sword was sleeping.


　Everyone said that sleeping children grow up, but would the demon sword also grow up if it slept?


''You were sleeping?''

[Yes, Master was happily wiping Dimolu's body, which made me sleepy ...... and I've been sleeping until now!

"Master Fricke seems to be enjoying Dimol's body ...... and so am I. ...... It's nothing, sir.


　Noelia, who was listening to the conversation between me and the demon sword, suddenly blushed.


　Could it be that Noelia also wanted to take care of Dimol?

　If that's the case, I'll ask her out next time.

　Dimol will be happy, so let's talk about it after the Abyss Walker matter is taken care of.


[So?　Why are you in this place?　I thought you were in the Ugghannots?]


　Come to think of it, the demon sword was asleep and didn't know why we were in the magical forest.


　I told the sleeping demon sword the reason why we're here.


"There was a sighting of the Abyssal Walker monster," he said. "We're on a scouting mission on the Dimol.

[Abyss Walker?


　The demon sword, which didn't know what an Abyss Walker was, made the magical stone flicker faintly.


The Abyss Walker is the creature that plunged this country to the brink of extinction twenty years ago, although you may not know it. There have been no sightings of the Abyss Walkers for the last 20 years since their demise. ......

[So that's what you've discovered!　Oh, my God!　How strong is this Abyss Walker?　Could it be that it's a fake battle?!]

Yeah, we'll find him and then we'll be in a fight.


　The demon sword began to clatter and tremble as Noelia explained.


''It's okay, you and I also defeated that demonic beast Cerberus. Maybe one or two Abyss Walkers.''

Master!　Ha, yes!　I'll do my best!]

'Yes. With Flick-sama and the others, there's room for at least one or two Abyss Walkers.


　As I was talking like that, I saw what seemed to be a shadow of a person moving in the back woods.

　However, the sanctuary (sanctuary) that should still be activated has not responded, even if it is within the area of effect.


'They may have been there as soon as possible. Everyone, don't let your guard down. Noelia, get on the Dimol and keep an eye on them from above. There might be a ground fortress turtle, the Grand Fortress Turtle, so I don't want you to jump up too high, though.

'Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I will search for Abyss Walker from above--

Queue!


　Dimol took the collar of Noelia's robe in his mouth and immediately took off on his own back.


[Dimol's reaction was yay!　You flew in with Mr. Noelia on a lightning bolt!　Early work!]

'Despite his looks, D'Moru is a smart guy. I don't care. We need to find out who that is.

Oh, yes!　It's a battle!　I'm going to go all guns blazing with my newly learned magic!


　I pulled the magic sword from its sheath and ran towards the forest where the figures had disappeared.