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- Miss Villain Warrant is going hunting.

"Paul! It's a great hunting day!

"Yeah. I got a feeling you're gonna get a big shot."

The hunting grounds on the territory of your father's friend, His Excellency the Minister of Military Affairs, had gathered ministers from this country. Your father, the postal minister, a skinny old man, the minister of Ozo, a nerve-looking middle-aged man, the minister of the interior, and His Excellency the Minister of Military Affairs, the energetic uncle.

And let us not forget His Excellency Count Fidelio von Fraunhofer, chief magician of the court. This person will be taken care of in the future. A lot. Yes, a lot.

"But you're bringing your family with you today. I don't hate that kind of taste."

"Oh, my daughter Astrid wants to join the hunt."

As His Excellency the Minister of the Interior tells me, I will go beside your father and greet him with a little raised skirt like a nobleman.

"Paul's daughter's grown up, too. I used to ride with one hand."

"It wouldn't have been that small. It's not a kitten."

The Honourable Minister of War laughs and so does your father.

It would be tough if you were small enough to ride one hand. You're too immature.

"Miss Astrid said she'd join the hunt?

"Oh. I'll take a look, but be careful. You don't know where the arrows are coming from, do you?

His Excellency the Home Secretary told him that as he was impressed, and your father laughs again. Father, I hope you're in a pretty good mood, but I'm not that no-con!

"Whatever it is, it's a good thing the younger ones join us. Just Grandpa doesn't have the luxury. My daughter and others keep choosing dresses, and avoid these kinds of things."

"Right. I asked my son out, but he said he was busy with his next exam and he turned me down."

His Excellency Minister Ozo, the oldest, and His Excellency Count Fraunhofer exhale.

Is that what every household is like? Or lip service? I just want to get my mother's reading skills quickly.

"And I hear Astrid's already started studying magic so early, isn't he, Paul?

"Oh. I really don't have to ask. I'm asking Wolf."

His Excellency Count Fraunhofer shows interest in me, but your father returns it.

"Wolf? Wolf von Vlangel? That one is competent. You will either pass the exam immediately and become a court magician or take a college position. You chose a good tutor. Is this Astrid, too, a court magician in the future?

"No. I didn't know you could be such a competent magician………"

I'm humble, but I could be. If you become a court magician, you will be safe in the future, and you can study magic all you want. I think I can live a dream life.

"Don't be silly, Fidelio. If I become a court magician, I will lose my daughter-in-law. I need to ask you about a more glorious profession. I have to find my daughter-in-law faster than that."

Father, isn't it a little too soon to think about getting married? He's a 4-year-old, isn't he?

"We're in too much of a hurry, Paul. I need to get into school first and study magic for real. If she's good, I'd love to be a court magician."

Yeah, that's too soon, too soon.

"By the way, how far did Astrid learn magic?

"Yep. Magic Control and Elemental Magic 4 kinds of control and Blood Magic as far as physical control and treatment techniques are concerned. Discuss with Dr. Wolfe if there's a suitable material to control the flow of magic in matter right now."

Well, this is the place now at best.

"Oh, so much? Is that how you're taught? That's over the high school, one foot into the bachelor process………?

Count Fraunhofer looks at me with a tight grin.

"My child has a lot of magic."

"That doesn't explain it, Paul. Magic control slowly becomes proficient from the elementary to the higher, and Elemental Magic has four years to follow the four spirits. Blood magic is finally banned from the middle. Materials suitable for controlling magic in matter are more advanced than bachelor's or doctorate theses."

Was that it? Was it that far? Is it because I prefer the way Dr. Wolfe teaches?

"Astrid is a delicacy every 50 years. I need you to be a court magician."

"I won't let the court magician alone, Fidelio."

Oh, I'm serious about your father's eyes!

"Father, I'm talking about earlier. I don't know what's coming."

"Yes, but not just court magicians."

It's hard to disagree so much......

"Are court magicians that plain?

"That's not true. It is the court magicians who support this Prussian empire. It is the court magician who develops magic that involves everything from improving the quality of life to the defense on which the nation is founded."

Hmm. I wonder if it's an institutional existence. If it's Earth, it sounds like an elite job at a research institute. I wonder what your father doesn't like?

"But isn't it just the junior nobles who get together? I want my kid to go to his wife in a good place. It's the Duke's Lady. It's best to marry the same Duke's house."

Oh. Does your father care about the family? That's a great profession for anyone with a magical talent and a cheap court magician to become a junior nobleman in the future, isn't it? Can't you send the Duke's Lady to a workplace where you haven't met her?

"Speaking of which, the school will have His Royal Highness Prince Friedrich enrolled next time. Right?

"Yeah. You and Astrid will be in the same grade. This one was also rough in preparation for His Highness's acceptance. The teachers also re-examined to see if there were anyone with dangerous ideas. This was also the job of the Home Secretary, wasn't it?

Whoa. Friedrich.

One of the guys who can be a factor in my ruin is in the same grade. I don't like it. I don't know.

"His Excellency Count Fraunhofer. I have a question!

"Something, Astrid?

I reach out my hand to avoid my destiny toward ruin.

"Can a school be a flying class? I'm confident in my magic grades."

Yes, if you don't want to be with me, you just have to run away. Bye, Friedrich! Be happy with your heroine! Stay out of my way!

"I didn't approve of the flying class. Because it's in spite of other aristocratic faces."

"Hmmm..."

Damn it, Friedrich. Do you see how far I can go?

"Astrid, I'm going to be in school with your Highness because of this. Why don't you try your best to hang out with His Highness?

"Eh?"

What's that lowest suggestion?

"Wow, I'm terrified of Your Highness for a magical idiot like me. I don't want to!

"What? If you're also a Duke's Lady, you don't have a problem with the family. Your Highness might buy you a lot of good magic talent."

Stop! Stop! Stop guiding me to the bad end!

"Oh, more than that, let's go hunting, hunting! Finish off a bear or something!

"Bears cannot be bouldered…………"

I pushed myself off topic and chucked my father in the mouth trying to lead me to the bad end.

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"Hmm. You use crossbows in hunting."

When I forcibly led your fathers on a hunt, I had a weapon in my hands that I wasn't used to.

Crossbow. Mechanical bow.

"This is how I use this."

Your father set an example of how to use it. Turn the circle and pulley and wind up the string. Load an arrow there, pull the lever and release. It's really simple, but it takes time, and it takes force unexpectedly to wind it up.

"Fine, you need strength, this"

"It might be difficult for a kid."

Your father is proud. Should I compliment you on something like this?

"The boulder is your father! It's hard for me!

"You will, you will. I'll take care of it."

Whoa. That's a good reaction. That's a boost in liking.

"This forest is inhabited by many sea lions. Some things are as big as monsters. If you go to the pond, there are ducks. This is a hunting ground rich in forest grace.

"But don't worry, there's no warcraft. There's nothing to get close to thanks to the fact that I let adventurers hunt warcraft on a regular basis. Unless you're too stupid."

Then you can hunt with confidence.

And if there's no danger, sneak away from your fathers and try shooting shotguns at your living target. Heh.

Whoa. That was kind of like a psychopath. But if I can try and shoot, I've never been over it. Rubber bullets have tried the poor cattle thieves against them, but we haven't tested the slug bullets yet.

"Well, Astrid. Shika has to aim for her head or neck, so it's hard. Ducks and rabbits are small in purpose and difficult to hit. Hunting can't be that easy. But you can rest assured I'm watching."

"Ugh, I'm glad, Father."

Ugh. There may be no gap to get out......

"Use a hound to find prey. Kai, who we own, is a fine hound, too. Kai is a good boy, so he finds his prey right away. It's Kai's job to hold back his prey."

"That's why you brought Kai here."

We have a big dog named Kai. I wasn't that much of a dog lover, so I was wary at first, but I just felt familiar because I was so close. He says he doesn't bark as much as a big dog, but Kai is really a quiet dog. But I didn't know you were a hound......

"Come on, let's find the prey. Are you blessed with prey this season?

We proceed through the woods with the hounds brought in by His Excellency the Minister.

Take the hounds along the path of the forest silently.

"Astrid. Are you tired?

"It's fine. Because I'm boosting my physical abilities with blood magic."

There's no way a 4-year-old can walk on a mountain road like this for hours. There he used Blood Magic to do a physical ability boost and was ready to go down the field with endurance. Long live Blood Magic. This is convenient.

"I didn't know I could freely exercise Blood Magic at that age...... By the way, you're always doing surveillance in your body, right?

"Yes. Dr. Wolfe taught me first."

Gradually, His Excellency Count Fraunhofer is gaining interest. I wonder if you'll let me fly specially as an exception. I guess I can't.

With that in mind, Kai turned in the eastern direction and began to roar. Quick, huh?

"You see the sea lions. That's a herd, too. This is a great opportunity."

Your fathers lower their posture and approach the herd of sea lions. Quiet, quiet not to be noticed by the prey. The herd of sea lions is unaware of your fathers, who are steadily approaching their prey.

I also have a crossbow in my hand, approaching Shika.

It seems Sika has to finish the steeple with a single blow. I don't know why, but there must be some reason. So I continue to explore Shika's steeple.

But what is the range of the crossbow? I wonder if 100 meters will fly. No, you shouldn't be able to set a goal that far away. It is true that 40 meters should have been there. Crossbows don't know what they're capable of because they're not modern weapons.

But wait. In the future, if they were to fight this country, they would use bows and arrows and crossbows. It will be necessary to know how far away it is to be safe at that time.

So I mix with my fathers to determine the performance of the crossbow.

"Let's go."

Your father whispers and I point the crossbow at Sika.

"No."

The next moment, your father's arrow was released.

I pull the lever, too, and release the arrow. The arrow didn't strike me as clever.

I couldn't figure out how to use the crossbow, and my arrows flew in the direction of the day after tomorrow.

In contrast, your fathers had three chickens.

"Don't do it, Paul. But my arm would be pretty good too, wouldn't it?

"Oh. The boulder is the Minister of Military Affairs."

That's what your father and the Minister of Military Affairs say when Sika runs away.

"The boulder is your father!

"No, it's as easy as this."

What I found out was that it would take about 40 meters to hit the crossbow. And it's hard for me to aim right now.

Anyway, when I crossbow, it doesn't have a sight on it, the arrows are susceptible to the wind and flow sideways, and the recoil, unlike the gun, is my first sensation, and it's impossible for me, the amateur, to target the prey I was after first.

Often the fathers were made to hit by the prey they were after.

But if you're a weapon with a range of 40 meters, you won't be dealing with it. The range of the automatic pistol over here is 300 to 400 meters. Then it's possible to hit him unilaterally from the outrage.

You win.

"Is Astrid still unfamiliar with crossbows? Then it will be difficult to pin down the prey. There's a trick to this. Let me tell you something."

"Yes, Father!

I don't hate dealing with weapons. Even if that's a crossbow. I love weapons and namesakes. I just don't know if you're interested in swords or spears or anything. When you get so primitive, you feel like it's not funny.

...... so your father taught me the trick of crossbow.

"Eh!

Minimal use of Blood Magic. If we don't decide that we've only been preyed upon with the technology your father taught us, it won't lead to increased liking. I aim for the rabbit, aware of all the tricks your father taught me.

Hit!

"Whoa. That's a pretty good idea to tailor a wild rabbit."

"Eh heh. Thanks to your father for the trick!

Praise your father. Praise.

"Do rabbits even stew? Your hunted prey. Hold it."

"Yes. Father."

You can drain the blood here, peel the skin, take the bones and stew, but that's not what the common Duke's Lady would do, so I'll keep my wild rabbit feet tied with strings on my waist belt.

By the way, the chicas your fathers had just planted went to the servants to process them.

"Whoa. There's a bunch of chicas over there, too."

"Ooh. That horn is really splendid...... You can surprise the Guests by stripping them and decorating them. Yes, I do."

Oh. Your fathers are obsessed with new prey. Your father is also distracted from me. This could be an opportunity.

I snuck out and looked for my prey in the woods.

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