Graduated from Witchcraft Institute

I took Satsuki back to the hall where the elf warriors were gathered.

There were warriors in a state of battle with a surprise look at me and Satsuki back there.

I brief my employer, Finola, on the results.

"We're clear."

"No, that was an easy win. After all, Will's magic is the strongest."

To my brief report, Satsuki adds a subjective sentiment.

But that was something that I didn't feel was reasonable.

"Wait, Satsuki, don't pass on inaccurate information. Where's the easy win?"

"Hmm? 'Cause you can beat me intact even if I'm not so impudent. It's an easy win, and it's all Will's power, right?

"Have you not heard what people have said? I told you I was glad I had Satsuki. I'm not the one who can do this alone. Besides, I just happen to get the most out of it. If you call that an easy victory, you're gonna shrink your feet."

"Ah, Will. Ugh! My Will is the strongest! Fine. So..."

"... are you a child? I'm not playing games at all, you know."

"Eh heh."

Satsuki gives him a hectic, tight smile.

I was so poisoned.

Recently I thought maybe the essence of Satsuki is "sweetheart".

The stoic part is terribly stoic, but when it comes to the part that isn't, it gets sticky and sweet on my people.

I hear that when I grow up to be as sweet as the humans my parents didn't let me be sweet in my childhood, but maybe Satsuki has something like that too.

Well, that's anyway.

When they came back, they started arguing, and they saw us, and the elf warriors were flabbergasted.

By the way, Mi and Cyril are sighing.

Finola, the head of the elf warriors, asks, roughly speaking.

"William, what do you mean, 'cleaned up'? What happened to the orcs, they retreated?

"No, I destroyed all thirteen bodies. I don't think I'll have to worry about it for a second."

"Is...? What do you mean, you defeated all thirteen? Incredible...... the enemy didn't have a superior species?

"No, there were two leaders and one mage, in addition to a single general class as commander. It would be standard configuration for a squadron-level force."

"Such an idiot..."

Finola, who seemed distracted, walked past me and Satsuki to confirm the scene, as she had just realized.

Other elf warriors followed Finola to see the scene.

They will now be seeing a total of thirteen orcs fallen to be brought to the floor of that tunnel.

Meanwhile, Cyril and Mi come to me and Satsuki.

"Good day. You're gonna do it flashy as ever."

"That's right, and Satsuki is too twisted with William. I hope you take Mi's place."

Cyril was a naughty word, but what Mi uttered was a poorly understood bitterness about Satsuki.

And skinning that Mi statement, Satsuki and Mi begin their mysterious obsession.

"Hehe, I don't like it. Will said to me," I want you around. "

"No, I don't remember making those remarks..."

"Look! I'm saying I didn't say it. I'll give it to Mi when I know."

"Huh? That's why I have to give it to Mi. Bellows -"

"Ko, no...! ─ ─ William spoils Satsuki too much! It would be unfair if you didn't spoil me more Mi too!

"Hey, hey! It won't be that way though. What are you gonna do with William till Mi?"

"Ugh... even though Mi has to be an adult, Satsuki is sloppy that she is a good child. I like to treat you like a child."

"Mi, if I showed you my true nature, you'd start saying something lame..."

"I mean, wait. I'm not a child in the first place."

"" is where?

"Eh."

It's helpful because Cyril is turning to me as a scratch all the time, but there's something wrong with Mi's remarks over the chaos of the conversation as a whole.

It's probably different that it's not like Mi, and this is one side of her...

When we were playing such a comedy, Finola came back to the hall after she had finished her test.

She talks to me like she still can't hide her confusion.

"To be honest, I was surprised. I didn't know you guys had that much power... But if you have enough power to sweep Orc's squad size, don't you even need to move the base out of here?

Finola has run into frank questions.

I don't think this statement of hers is necessarily the wrong way to look at it, either, which is somewhat reasonable.

But once again, I will state my views to my employer.

"Certainly that terrain is quite desirable as an environment to intercept a flock of oaks. To see that point, it also seems to me that using this cave as a defensive base is not a bad choice. ─ ─ But it's dangerous to assume that things will always work just as well once they've been carried well. As I said, there's no escape here on the trail. If one gear goes off, it's going to be a ruinous thing. Maintaining that state of affairs is, in my opinion, an extremely high risk."

"Mother, I agree with William, too. Just because it worked out for once, it would be ruin waiting for you."

Lefania, who was nearby, agrees with me.

I guess she is now thinking of the lapse we committed in our previous oak exorcism.

"Besides, with the current interception flow, I'm losing a third of my total amount of magic. If I am attacked by a larger legion and made less powerful, my magic vegetables will dry up early. You shouldn't overestimate my magical interception."

"Right..."

"Oh, yeah, that's it, Will"

And there Satsuki came his mouth from the side.

"Why aren't the orcs attacking me all at once when there's supposed to be more than a hundred? It would be better for you to attack me all together. Are you stupid because you're an oak after all?

That sounded satsuki, a frank question.

But it doesn't make sense there.

I'll explain to Satsuki.

"Satsuki, suppose you let the shepherd's brother get away with the sheep he had. There are ten sheep who escaped. There are three brothers of the shepherd. Do the three of them move together to find the sheep that escaped?

"Uh... then we'll split up and look. Does that mean they think we're sheep?

"Oh. The Elves are the only ones in their accounts in the first place, and our presence should be out of the question. ─ ─ If a detachment-scale force were not to return, it would be doubtful that what we are chasing is a flock of fierce wolves. If I were the enemy's commander, I'd either form a unit at least the size of a platoon next time, or as soon as I spot the enemy, I'd make a complete retreat and contact headquarters."

"Ha...... Uh, that platoon size? How long is that?

"One guideline is that about three detachments come together into one platoon. In this case, one platoon should expect between 30 and 50."

"Gee, are you serious..."

"What's more, you'd better think that commanding a platoon-sized army would be even more generic - a road-class oak. In some cases, the emperor himself may command a single unit as a mobile base."

…………

Someone spit on you.

That was an explanation to Satsuki, but the elf warriors around him seemed to be listening.

Finola seemed to think of something when she listened to me.

She might have thought as much about the rationale and expansion that I've just said, but it's often the case that hearing it in someone else's language hardens the way I see it again.

By the way, I myself can do something on a personal level if it's about a squad of oaks, but I just don't feel comfortable bumping into the platoon size.

A frontal collision would be a battle that would have to be ready for total annihilation, even if we worked with all the elf warriors on this occasion to challenge the total force.

"... I see the situation has been sorted out. Sure looks like you should get away from this place. Let's move forward as planned."

A while after what I said.

Eventually, Finola proclaimed that, and once again, the elves began to prepare for the base move.