"Itaaa .......

　Mizuki spat out her frustration at the throbbing pain as she touched her stomach where the soldier had kicked her.
　It was a good thing that only one of the soldiers had made it out alive, but she hadn't expected him to kick her.
　It had been a long time since the pain had been inflicted on him, so it was hard to get rid of the feeling.

　For now, I'll just consider myself lucky that I didn't get my face hurt.

"Hey, hey. One of you has escaped, hasn't he? Also, is your stomach okay?

"...... Yeah. I'm fine.

That's good. Just be careful next time.

　Aria, who had been watching the whole thing between Mizuki and the humans, used her small body to jump directly from the window.
　As expected, she didn't hear the conversation between Mizuki and the soldiers, and she seems to think that Mizuki was just careless and let the soldiers escape.

　He took some damage, but as long as the conversation was not overheard, there was no problem.
　Now she wouldn't have to worry about her relationship with the Demon Lord or the attacks from the humans.

　Mizuki was relieved that everything went well, and stood up, holding back the pain in her stomach.

You've passed. I was afraid you'd be too scared to do anything. You've done quite well.

"......, that's rude.

And I've never seen blue fire before. It's a spell I can rely on.

...... Thank you for that.

　Aria's words came out as a tease and a simple compliment.
　Mizuki took both of them and sighed loudly.

...... I woke up early today because of someone else, so I'm going to rest now.

"Well, that's a pretty healthy lifestyle. Well, you have a pretty healthy lifestyle.

Are you coming back?

Mm-hmm. When I'm not busy and I can't help it.

　Then - and Aria jumps up and down and out of sight.

　When is your free time?
　Will she contact me beforehand?
　Where does she live in the first place?

　I couldn't ask those questions, so I was forced to leave her.

...... has gone.

　Looking up at the sky where Aria had disappeared, Mizuki could only mutter to herself.
　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

(...... Well, that's okay. More importantly--)

　After regaining her composure.
　Mizuki looks fearfully at the charred corpse beside her.
　Since Aria had left him, it was his job to clean up the body.

　She had cast a very powerful spell to avoid suspicion, and the scene was so horrible that even she was surprised.

I should have studied cleaning magic.

　Mizuki sighed for the umpteenth time today as she began to work on the dead body.