Evening.
"Okay, that's enough for today's training."
As soon as I proclaimed that, Efa fell in big letters.
"Or didn't even scratch..."
"You don't have to hit it. Even I can't attack Ash."
With that said, the master gave the water to Efa.
Efa receives the water as it falls and drinks it all at once.
I guess my throat was ragged by the fact that I kept moving for nearly half a day.
"We didn't hit the offense, but it's amazing how we kept moving without a break"
I honestly thought so.
If it had been Efa six months ago, it would have fallen less than an hour later.
It's an inspiration to build strength every day.
When I complimented him, Efa woke Gabba up physically.
"Really?!?
With one word so far, I hear my tiredness has blown away.
"I was anxious to see if I was getting the right results, but I was relieved! I will continue to train hard!
"Oh, I'll take care of you till you graduate!
My master snapped as me and Effa were burning their motives.
"Will Effa stop training when she graduates?
Efa just shakes her neck to the side.
"When I graduate, I get a job that moves my body. Then it's like training every day!
"What kind of work moves the body?
"He's a gym teacher!
What do you mean, do you have a job at a primary school in Nemnesia?
Five kids have been in elementary school since this year, and if Effa becomes a teacher, she must be happy.
"Efa would make a good teacher."
"I would be glad to have my master say that! Because I decided to be a teacher because of my master!
"Thanks to me?
Efa nods forcefully.
"I thought you wanted to get a job locally, but you didn't have anything in particular you wanted to do. It makes me happy to be able to live with my family... but I guess it's going to be a boring life, I thought."
But Effa chuckles.
"You know the pleasure of moving your body thanks to your master! So I can have a much better life ahead of me! Really, I'm the happiest I've ever met my master!
I didn't think you'd be so grateful.
At first I thought we had a cheap contract... but I was so happy for you.
I am so glad to have Efa as my apprentice.
With that in mind, the sound of my stomach sounded guuuuuuuuuuuu.
"If I'd stayed still, I'd be hungry."
Efa blushing her cheeks in embarrassment.
Speaking of which, you haven't eaten anything since you got here.
Efa told me, and I'm hungry, too.
"Time's up, and it's time for dinner"
"Yes! Oh, but what do you do with the food? It's a long way from here to town..."
"I'll get food in the woods."
Food procurement is also in training, so only water is in the bag.
... but Effa will be tired, and I can feel it letting her help me procure food.
"I'll fetch the food, so Efa and her master will collect the dead leaves and branches."
"Got it! Then I will gather the dead leaves, and Mr. Maurice will ask for branches!
"Uhm."
"Thank you both. Okay, just be quiet for a second."
"Quiet...?
Efa did what I said, even as she leaned her neck strangely.
I lay my hands on my ears and concentrate my consciousness.
- - Bullshit.
From afar, I could hear birds winging.
"Well, then, I'll catch you a little bit."
Tell the masters that, and I jumped.
He jumps like a bat and lands at the point where he hears the sound.
Then there stood Cocatrice.
They look like chickens, but they're over a meter in size.
Cocatrice, the size of a child who seems to be able to swallow whole, came at me looking at me and spreading my wings.
Spahhhhhhhh!!!!
After releasing the wind knife (Kamaitachi) and slashing Kokatris' neck and gently draining his blood, he takes charge of his torso and turns back to the Ephas.
I'm home.
"Welcome back ~... is that, like, a demon?
I suppose you thought you were going to hunt animals, and Effa pointed to Cocatrice with a slight face.
"Oh. This is a demon... it's a cocatrice"
"Eating cocatrice isn't a hiccup."
"Haven't you been in eight years?
"It's been so long. Time passes fast..."
"I've never eaten... but if you think it's a big bird, it looks delicious!
In fact, it's delicious.
That's what I said, I ripped off Cockatrice's feathers.
"You're gonna be naked in a flash!
Cut to affordable size with a knife while Efa says.
Stick the branches in the meat and set around the dead leaves.
All you have to do is start a fire.
"Efa, light me with magic"
"Yes!... Oh, I'm sorry, I can't"
"Why not?
"I thought I wouldn't use it, so I left my magic wand (Withers Rod) in my room."
"Oh well. Then there's no choice."
I rubbed my fingertips together near the dead leaves - and it caught fire.
Bring the melamera and burning dead leaves closer to the branches and transfer the fire.
That's how the fire started, and Efa started screaming.
"What are you doing now?
"Hmm? Yeah, I started a fire with friction fever."
This is how they always lit up when the match went out.
"I don't know... Master can be more of a wizard than a wizard"
Efa says the same thing as her master six months ago.
Objectively, I guess that's what it looks like.
"But I'm a militant."
Objectively you look like a wizard, but not to me.
I draw runes and paranormal things - I want to be such a wizard.
To do so, we must acquire magic at all costs.
Only one site remains.
The departure is in four days. It will be about ten days before we arrive at the ruins to the east.
I hope you find a clue there about gaining magic......
I can't expect much more from you now.