We arrived at the Adventurer's Guild and got our quests as soon as we could. Here's the quest to defeat the boa and the new quest to try.

Defeat the Goblins: Difficulty Level F-.
Reward: 300g
Take down five goblins in the forest of young trees.

There's a reason I took this on. When I asked Mr. Mochi where I could get salt, he informed me that there is a river running through the young tree forest beyond the grassland at the beginning, and that salt can be obtained from the rocks at the riverside.

Does that mean there's a lot of salt in the river water?　You can't usually get salt out of a river. Well, it's a game, so let's not think too much about it. The important thing is that we can get salt.

The beginning grassland seems to be fine to fight in, and we can move on. So we'll start by defeating the boa in the beginning grassland.

'Wait~!　Meat, wait~!

Wielding a stone sword, he saw Lily and Lily chasing after Boa, and Boa running away from him. What is this .......

'Slash!'

Eventually, Boa's good fight was overrun by the first martial skill of Lily's one-handed sword [Slash]. By the way, the initial martial skill of the staff was the skill of hitting the enemy with the staff with 【Hit】. It's a martial skill that you can't use at all based on the performance of the weapon and your own muscle strength. If this was a metal staff, it would be a skill I could use, but it's impossible to use with a wooden staff in my hand.

Now, they were overrun by Lily, and they didn't get hit for free. They didn't lose their meat. I took five out of every boa I took down. Greed sensors working too hard. That's what's making Lily dip.

"The meat ...... didn't fall off. ......

'I got it off the guy I beat, so I'm good. Let's go to the woods for dinner or ...... you're hungry from walking around, right?

'Yes!　Eat!

Lily ...... gets in a good mood as soon as she hears the word "food". Simple is a good thing. By the way, the only thing that raised the level this time was Lily's one-handed sword skill.

Name Lily, Dragoneut Lv8.

Vitality 18
Magical power 12
Strength 36
Defensive Strength 10
Agility 12
Dexterity value 10

skill

Bare-handed Lv6 One-handed sword Lv1 -> Lv2

Sirloin's leveling up was still a big deal. I think it's getting tighter and tighter to get to the next level up in the boa.

So, we finally enter the forest of young trees. While searching for the river, a goblin with a wooden club attacked me, but Lily's attack was a blow. Lily, you're too strong, aren't you?　I'm going to try and fight it too. I was able to defeat it in ten times when I hit it with my staff, five times when I hit it, and three times when I kicked it.

I haven't raised the skill of the staff, and the weapon itself doesn't have any attack power, so this is what it is. The difference between hitting and kicking is the difference in skill.　I've been kicking around a lot against Boa.

For now, it's been confirmed that I'm weaker than Lily. I'm not really disappointed, but it makes me feel pathetic. Lily's one-handed sword skills have improved again in this battle, and I've improved my summoning magic.

Name Takuto, Summoner Lv8.

Vitality 15
Magical power 22
Strength 14
Defensive Strength 6
Agility 11
Dexterity value 22

skill

Bare-handed Lv 1, kicking Lv 3, staff Lv 1, summoning magic Lv 3 -> Lv 4, alchemy Lv 1　
Mining Lv2 Demolition Lv3 Appraisal Lv5 Light Magic Lv2 Cooking Lv6

Name Lilly Dragoneut Lv8

Vitality 18
Magical power 12
Strength 36
Defensive Strength 10
Agility 12
Dexterity value 10

skill

Bare-handed Lv6 One-handed sword Lv2 -> Lv3

That's proof that Lily is doing a great job.

While completing the goblin quest and improving my skills, I found the river I wanted to go to. It's a beautiful river. I guess it's safe to use this as drinking water. When I was looking at the river, Lily let out a pathetic voice.

'Tact~...... rice~'

'I'll get ready now, just wait. Lily asked me to watch for any monsters that might come.

Okay!

I collect just the right rocks lying by the river. Then I pull out of my inventory the dead trees I picked up along the way. I realized something important here. There's no way to make fire: .......

''We have acquired fire magic.''
We have acquired fire magic [fire], [power up].

So I acquired fire magic. I have 19 skill points left, and no, I can use it in combat, and I didn't get it just for cooking!　And with that excuse, using the fire, the dead wood is lit. Yeah, now you can cook!

Fire seems to be a spell that shoots fire out of a wand and power ups are like a spell that temporarily increases muscle strength. I have a feeling that using power-ups on Lily would be a terrible idea.

I resumed my interrupted cooking when I found out about the new magic.

I poured river water into the pot and appraised it to be salt water. Okay, I'm right on target. I finish prepping the boar meat and stick a piece of dead wood just thick enough to pierce the boar meat. And grill it!　In short, I envisioned a whole roasted cartoon meat. Why did I choose to use cartoon meat?　Because I wanted to make it once. I wouldn't make it unless I had the opportunity to do so. Carefully grilling the boer meat. And here's the finished product!

Boer meat roasted whole: rare degree 2 Cuisine Quality F
Effect: Recovery of 50% of fullness, increase physical attack power for 1 hour (slight)
A dish made with a whole boa meat that is grilled. It's bled out but tastes beastly.

The description makes sense. The smell of the boar is very strong because it was not sliced. I'm sure you'll be able to find the right seasoning to remove the odor from this dish .......

Anyway, the food is ready, so I call Lily and she flies over. You really are a kid with a reaction ...... smiling.

Lily's eyes light up when she sees the grilled meat. When I let her hold the meat, Lily asks me.

'Can I eat it?'

Yeah, go ahead.

Let's eat!

Lily takes a bite of the meat. And her eyes widen and she looks happy. Just seeing her face is enough to make it worth it.

But the next time you hear the sound of grass from the forest, you look over and see a wolf. I didn't know that there would be ...... wolves. Is this a pinch?

That's what I thought, but it's strange. He's staring at me. No, she's looking at Lily. To be precise, I think she's looking at the meat in her hand.

Jeez.

Jeez.

Jeez.

The wolf approaches Lily without taking his eyes off the meat. Lily panics at the sight of the wolf.

'Da, no!　This is Lily's!

Lily steps back, holding the meat, but behind her is the river. There's no escape. Still, I admire Lily for not letting go of the meat. You're going to have to help her.

"If you want some meat, I'll cook it for you in a minute.

I say that, but the wolf ignores it. Well, okay, so you're ignoring me: .......

"If you don't want it, I'll stop cooking meat.

When I say that, the wolf stops moving in a flash. Then he waits in front of the fire in a heap.

Okay, good boy. We made a deal, and now it's time to cook some meat. I make the same boer meat roasted whole and give it to the wolf, and he takes a bite. Meanwhile, Lily eats the whole roast, too. I grill my own meat too.

Later, Lily and the wolf's gaze attacks are defeated and I have trouble giving them my meat, but I'm able to regain my fullness. We're going to be mining salt now, ...... this wolf, and as I was thinking about what to do, the info is played.

《I have successfully fed the wolf. We can make him a mate.
Your feeding skills have been released.

Huh?　Can this wolf be one of us?　But what should we do?　Let's ask her anyway.

...... Want to come with me?

Gow.

The wolf nodded. Ooh, the wolf is joining us!　But can we have them as friends at the feeding?　This game. But even if you get Wolf's permission, apparently you can't join him unless you take the feeding skill. It's only natural. It costs 3 pts. well, if it's a skill that allows you to get more friends, it's no wonder it's better than magic. Moreover, if the cooking skill is needed to acquire this, the 3 pts for the cooking skill makes sense.

''I've acquired the feeding skill.

At any rate, I got the feeding skill. Now I have 16 pts left, now I have 16 pts left, now, the Wolf that became my friend, but apparently I have to name him. I'll decide on a name immediately.

Name: Grey, Wolf, Lv 1.

Life force 8
Magical power 2
Strength 12
Defensive Strength 6
Agility 12
Dexterity value 8

skill

Biting Lv 1 Suspicion Lv 1 Night eyes Lv 1

The name came from the fact that his fur was gray. It's easy to understand and that's fine.

In terms of ability, it's like a speed type with a physical specialization. The position would be ranger. Is presence detection a skill for detecting enemies?　We're going to need a lot of help in the future.

It's good to see you.

Gow!

Good reply. Thus, Gray the wolf joined his new companion.