... live free!

The snow began to shallow from somewhere walking in the deep snow and it was now at a lower depth than my inflated tibia.

"It's a lot easier to walk, isn't it?

"Oh, yeah."

Yes, when I spoke to Elena, Elena was slightly out of breath. Are you a little tired because the speed of walking shouldn't have changed? Oh, maybe higher altitudes make the air a little thinner and harder?

"Shall we walk a little slower?

"Please"

Elena was whining about this when she slowed down her walk that way and walked for a while.

"(I may have lost more strength recently than before because I wasn't moving much...)"

"Didn't you just not get to go out because of Aldine?

"Huh? Could it have been in your voice?

"... Well, I don't think you care, do you? I think the guild is a busy place, and I think it looks more mentally tired than physical strength."

When I said that, Mr. Elena was laughing bitterly.

"Lena's right, it may be in the guild, but it's also true that I've been busy here lately and haven't walked in most of the time except to come and go from the house to the guild,"

"... mind your body"

"Right."

And when I talked about it like that, I felt signs that demons were approaching me, and I magically looked into it, and something seemed to be coming this way. Up to this point, I regularly used magic to check if the demons were not coming, but there was no response. That will be the first time I encounter a demon now. Maybe the shallow snow allows demons to move too. And I was thinking about that, but I realized it was here.

(Speaking of which, did you feel any sign of a demon even though you didn't use magic? Maybe he was using magic unconsciously...)

and I was just a little happy to know that I was growing a little bit thinking about it. Well, I need to protect Mr. Elena more than that!

"Mr. Elena, something is coming. Step back a little."

That said, I wait for the demon who is coming forward. Maybe it's Wolf because he moves fast? and I cut off my neck with a knife where Wolf came out of the right diagonal front thinking about it. Then, use magic to check your surroundings. When I finished making sure there were no enemies around me, I spoke to Mr. Elena.

"It's okay now."

When I said that and looked at Elena, Elena was solidifying as she rounded her eyes.

"Mr. Elena?

"... Oh, well, I knew Lena was strong, but I knew how awesome she was when I saw her actually take down the demon. He said he would sense he was coming before he could see his enemies and stumble into the encounter... Not many high-ranking adventurers can do that."

Huh? Few people can do what I was doing? And I was surprised at that. Well, there are a few adventurers I know in the first place, and I may not have seen anything but yur where someone is fighting...... and with that in mind I also asked Elena what confirmation meant.

"... is that story true?

"Is that true? Maybe some people are hiding it, but what Lena's doing is pretty awesome, huh?

Yes Elena told me and I was doing pretty amazing... I didn't think so.