Munou To Yobareta Ore, Yottsu No Chikara Wo Eru

"Mm...!

"... Found it?

"Yeah... it's close"

We were asked and came into the mountains a little further from Ist.

Even so, it's not such a difficult request, it's about eliminating C-rank demons from getting in the way of picking mountain vegetables.

Tia has been listening to the wind with her hands on her ears since earlier.

I pull my bow out of my back, bend over and wait for that time.

"Asuna, over here... I have two. I'll take care of one."

"Okay."

I still can't use magic.

But I really wanted to be of some help, and I started practicing my bow so I could fight at all.

I tried swords and spears, but they didn't work well, and the magic I originally used was a long range system, and I was good at hitting distant ones, which is why I chose the bow.

I was really glad Mr. Gagan bothered to present me with a good bow like that.

Tia dated me to practice, too, and I can only thank my mother, Mr. Finty, and the people in town who supported me.

You even accompanied my practice to the Heavy Knights people in Ist right now, and now they were totally part of the town.

Mr. Gagan and Mr. Farzolt were having a nasty drink every night.

Thanks to this, my bow arm came up a lot.

And then Levi taught me my skill "Magic Immunity".

With these two, I'm sure I can help.

One day for the load too...

"There he is..."

"Mmm..."

Two demons appear ahead of us.

As you can see... it's a C-ranked flaming pig (Flamebore).

These guys are troublesome to run through flames on their bodies, especially when they were rampaged in these mountains, the biggest problem was that they caused a mountain fire.

I need to finish it before they even know it.

Tia signals me, and I exhale heavily.

Then he squeezed his bow in his breath, stopped breathing and set his aim.

Noise disappears, all you hear is your own heartbeat.

The distance is about 20 meters...... the aim is the heart at the base of the foot......!

The arrow thus released flew in a straight line, tearing open the air, and pierced the steep point of the flaming hog (Flame Bore) in front of him.

"Puggyyyy......!

"Ok......!

Shortly after one collapsed while raising the cry of the disconnected demon, the other noticed this way.

Flaming pig (flame bore) tries to scrape the ground multiple times with his front leg and raise a flame from his body to thrust.

But the wind of Tia, which had already been unleashed, tore itself apart from every flame.

"Yay!

"You did it, Tia!

"I can concentrate on just one! Thanks to Asna. Yikes! You're in the middle of nowhere!

"Eh heh... thanks to everyone"

"Pfft! Then go home with proof of your crusade -!

"Right!

We were asked to do it every day, and this is how the two of us did it.

It's worth it. Tia's almost in A-rank, and I'm about in the middle of B-rank, too.

There were times when the two of us made a request to do this was dangerous, but I still enjoyed it, and I was happy to be of service to someone.

I can't use magic, but I think I found something more important than that.

So, this is fine now.

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"Mr. Gagan, I'm home!

"Oh, have you cleaned up yet? That's our earners! Ha-ha-ha!

Back in the guild, Mr. Gagan was drinking alone at the counter.

Since daytime......

"I'm home, Mr. Gagan. What about Miss Ellie?

"Oh, I went shopping."

"Nor... can you drink too much because Mr. Ellie isn't around?

"I didn't tell you..."

"... to whom do you keep what to yourself?

"Buh!

"Ah, Mr. Ellie..."

Soon Mr. Ellie, who was behind us, unleashed a great deal of anger.

Ellie's in trouble too......

"No, this is... water"

"Heh... water smells like alcohol these days... I see..."

I'm afraid of Ellie's smile......

"... sorry. I'll be working."

"Do that... because you drink at night anyway"

"See you later! Tia, Asna!

Mr. Gagan disappears into his room like a wind.

Ellie says there seems to be a pile of paperwork to do.

"Oh man...... Oh, I'm sorry, both of you! Because I'm going to process it now!

"Yeah, I'm fine. Tia, what's for dinner?

"Hmmm... meat today... no fish... no... it's up to me to decide...!

"I eat it every day and that's all I bother you so much... so why don't you go to Mr. Paz? There's everything there, right?

"Oh, Sassai! The two of us ask for something separate - split it up!

"Yes, sir. Let's do that."

"Heh heh... you two get really close and envious. Yes, please wait. Nice to see you again!

"Thank you, Mr. Ellie! Not again!"

"Mr. Ellie, see you."

Breaking up with Ellie, who smiles and waves, we head to Mr. Paz's dining room on the town's shopping street.

The weather is beautiful today and the wind blowing through my body feels good.

It's casual. Every day like this is really happy and overflowing.

Thanks to all the loads.

I want to repay you soon......

"Heh heh heh... you've saved a lot of money...!

That's how Tia talked to me as I counted the rewards.

We spend very little money except the first time we gear up.

Tia used to wear a white one-piece shaped robe, but she had some painful experiences on the Demonic continent and was turning it into new clothes.

The colors are the same, but to make it easier to move, they turned it into a robe that split up and down instead of covering the whole body.

He had short trousers underneath, like a front open coat on the top, feathers on the back to the waist cape, and boots on the knee socks.

She's cute and looks great on chestnut hair.

As I used my bow, I wore lightweight armor for once.

Tia chose to make it look good on my golden hair, a simple one based on orange.

There was nothing else I wanted in particular, and the money Tia and I made was saving as a common asset.

"You don't nibble... Speaking of which, Tia doesn't want anything? What if I bought something once in a while?

"I do... but I don't think it's enough yet. Oh, but if it's cheap, maybe I can buy it..."

"Yeah... because over a million more..."

Then Tia suddenly looked at me with a serious look.

I don't know what this feels like......

"... come by tonight"

"Huh...? Fine... even now if we're talking..."

"No, I just want to talk to you two. Please…"

"Ugh, yeah... ok..."

It's a bad thing if someone asks...

I wonder what Tia's trying to do.

... I hope it's not weird.

"Sa, rice, rice!

"Nor..."

Tia was back to her usual condition.

Well, it's about Tia, so don't worry about it.

Then we had lunch and went home after a short talk.

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When I walked out the front door at night, Tia was already outside.

Illuminated by the light of the full moon, she looks up at the night sky with a kind of uncut look.

I wasn't sure if I could call, but I never called my name.

"Tia......?

"Mmm... well, let's go"

"Ugh, yeah......"

We walked in the woods in silence and reached the grave where Lord's parents would sleep.

We come here every morning without Lord, hand in hand.

Because that's all I can do for Lord.

As usual, the two of us put our hands together on the grave, and when it was over... Tia looked at me with a serious look.

"Tia...... what's going on?

"Yeah... it's me... I've been thinking a lot. I don't know what I should do or what I want to do... all the time..."

Oh...... well......

"Mother and Asna in this town...... I really enjoy my days with everyone. I always thought I could stay like this. But... I knew... I was gonna think about it."

Me too...... maybe so.

"Ist has everyone from the Heavy Knights, Mr. Gagan and other adventurers... I've been deluding myself... already..."

"Tier......"

"I want to see Mr. Lord..."

Zukin and heart ache.

I was trying not to think about it.

But Tia... must be better than me...

"So buy a carriage...... I want to go to Mr. Lord! Gu... with Asuna... Ugh... I know it's dangerous! It might get in the way, though, huh? But... I want to see you..."

I hugged Tia like that all the time.

Tia shudders her shoulders and keeps crying.

"Tia really... you like the road"

Neither do I... I gave up thinking I didn't deserve that.

Besides, Lord has Levi.

It was Levi who saved him.

I didn't... No, I tormented him the other way around.

So I...

"Asna... don't you want to see me?

That's what they say, and the moment Lord's figure comes up in my head, tears fill my eyes, too.

I... even I...!

"... I want to see you. That's all I need... I don't want any more. To the power of the Lord...... I am now too......!

No more... I didn't lie.

I don't want to give up... I just want you on my side... I want you to forgive me...!

"Asuna......! Then go? I'm sure Mr. Lord will forgive you...... right?

"... Ugh! Phew."

"eheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheh?

"Haha...... Tia too?

Thus we decided to embark on a journey to meet Lord.