It's a peaceful morning with a laid-back atmosphere.

Whereas the forest of the demon mist is always covered with deep fog, the village of the spirits is bathed in warm sunshine and is as bright as another world.

The spirits are chatting with each other and the fairies are flying around freely, which is one of the reasons why the atmosphere of the village has been improved.

The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that you're early today, Virum. ''Good morning~''

Vilm! Oh, hello! OHAYO!

Yeah, good morning.

Spirits and fairies who noticed the black-eyed, black-haired boy called out to him, and the boy returned the greeting.

Naturally, the opposite is also true.

It's a familiar and commonplace scene in this village.

Thirteen years had passed since Virum was picked up by the spirits.

The young Virum was growing up well, and his body was beginning to show its masculinity.

After the incident with Radia, Virum's desire for the sake of his family has become stronger and stronger.

He took the initiative in doing what he could, and with the help of the spirits, he tried to do what he couldn't.

"Good morning, Vee-kun!

When Wyrm turned towards a slightly sleepy voice, there was a fairy-sized girl who wandered up to him, rubbing one eye and wandering up to him.

She was the one who had finally evolved from a fairy to a spirit recently.

''Sis Fu, good morning.''

"Hmm, good.

She nodded with satisfaction at being called a big sister by Virum.

Apparently she was influenced by Hinori and Radia, and she often plays big sister to Virum.

In fact, since she is older than him, Virum seems to have no qualms about calling her an older sister.

Since she is clearly younger than him, the scene is quite surreal.

''Well, I'm going to go play with the others, okay?

Yeah, have a good day. Big sister.

She still hasn't lost her habits from when she was a fairy, and she often works with other fairies.

It was Virum who saw her off with a smile on her face as she went out with the fairies around her.









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A few hours after Wyrm had seen them off, he received a call from the spirits who were patrolling the Demon Fog Forest.

It seems that a group of five adventurers have entered the alert area.

''The adventurers consist of two vanguards, one middle guard and two rear guards. Please be especially careful as the two rear guards seem to be using advanced magic.''

''It seems like the midshipmen move according to the situation regardless of offense or defense, so it's probably best not to let them run free.

The Queen's aides, Jenny and Meeni, have informed Virum, Hinori, and Radia that they are to intercept.

I'm aware of this. Hinori, Viru-boy, don't overtake me.

I know. I'll take care of the middle guard. Sister Dia will take care of the two vanguards and Sister Hinori will take care of the two rear guards.

OK, Virum is getting pretty good at that. We're so happy for you!

He received a request to intercept the intruders and immediately began to prepare to intercept them.

At that time, Virum noticed that he couldn't see Fumil and the others in the village.

''Hinori sister, Dia sister. Hoo sister hasn't come back yet?''

"Speaking of which, I don't see you. "This is no time to be taking your time getting ready if you're still playing in the woods.

'Well, I think Fu-chan would run away before he finds out. It's so quick... what?

Hinori noticed something, and as Virum and Radia shifted their gaze towards it, the fairies wobbling back into view.

In a panic, Virum ran over to the fairies and held them gently to transfer their magic power.

Although exhausted, the fairies, who were not noticeably traumatized, immediately regained their energy and began to make a lot of noise.

''Fumir, it's dangerous! Watch out!

"I'll get away with it! I'll get away with it.

"Fight me! 'War-tell!'

Apparently, it was the fairies who went out to play with Foomil.

What's more, it seems that Fumil and someone else are in a state of war.

In light of the situation, they are probably the adventurers who came up to report.

''Sister Hinori! Dear sister!

Let's go!

Mmm!

After confirming that the fairies were safe, the three of them headed towards the Forest of Demon Mist with all their might.










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They're coming your way! Don't let him get away with it!

I know that much!

He's fast, sure, but... not insignificantly so.

In the forest, the mixed voices of men and women could be heard.

There was the figure of Fumil, who was engaged in a battle with the five adventurers.

Although she hadn't sustained any damage, her breath was panting and her movements were not as sharp as usual.

It was clear that fatigue was building up.

Since one of the fairies she had gone out to play with had been found, she was probably planning to use herself as a decoy and escape after she let the fairies escape.

As a wind spirit, he was quick and seemed to be fighting quite well, but the adventurers also seemed to be quite skilled, and they couldn't find an opening to escape for the time being.

''...Ha! ...Ha!

'Good! I'm getting pretty tired. I'm almost there!

Get it together! Allorain.

Arrows made of mithril rained down on Houmill.

I'll take care of it. Flamelance!

.... Ugh!''

The only way to get rid of Mithril's arrows is to avoid them, but the mage's Flame Lance is a decent hit because it restricts his range of motion.

Okay, we did it.

'Heh! You're making it hard for me.

It could still work. Stay alert.

I'll be fine. No one's afraid of a genie taking the Flame Lance in stride.

One of the adventurers approaches to restrain Fumil, who has fallen to the spot without power.

It's not as if he's expecting to be unable to resist anymore, or perhaps he's reaching out carelessly, but there's no caution in his appearance.

"...wind, blow.

Huemil unleashes a wind magic as a last scrape.

''Guh!''

The adventurer was caught off guard and ended up taking the wind magic (it) seriously.

However, it seems that because he was exhausted, the density of his magic was low, and it was only able to produce a bruise on the adventurer's face.

''Te Te Te Te! You should have just kept quiet!

Oh, oh, hey!

....

The adventurer who was hit by the wind magic reversed from pain and embarrassment and slashed at Foumil with his mithril-made sword.

As if he didn't have the strength left to evade the earliest, Fumil was unable to avoid the slash and received a large wound from his left shoulder towards his right hip area.

''This, you idiot! If this guy dies, the reward for this search will be par for the course!

Shut up! You just disciplined him because he was licking his ass!

As the magic power drains out of the area where he was cut and Fumil begins to feel dazed, he hears the adventurers cursing at each other.

(Everyone was able to escape, I guess?)

Fu-mil worries about the safety of the fairy he himself let escape.

(Huu could be a big sister, could she?)

The sense of responsibility that had evolved into a spirit and sprouted from her evolution into a spirit was driving her.

(Vee-kun...)

What came to my mind was the image of a boy who really called me his sister.

'Sister Fu!'

Just before Houmill let go of her consciousness, the boy's voice reached her ears.