Mi carefully opened the entrance door of the mansion without making a sound, and she slipped into the mansion.
After her, Cyril, Filia with Satsuki's body, and I followed.

The view beyond the door was, of course, just as I had confirmed using my see-through vision.
It was a large hall, with six bandits slumbering on the floor.
Scattered food, wine barrels, and wooden mugs were also lying in the hall.

From the left side of the hall, there is a staircase with a landing leading to the second floor.
In front of the hall and to the left and right of the hall, there were doors that led to the next room.

While keeping my eyes on them, I came close to Mee and Cyril and whispered to them.

'Mee, Cyril, I'm sorry, but please follow the usual procedure.

'Yes, sir.

'I know.'

Mee pulled out her dagger and Cyril pulled out his mace from his waist and started to dispose of the sleeping bandits.
It's a difficult task for me, and it's best left to them.

It's not an easy task to keep them from screaming even in their sleep.
It's also a psychologically taxing job, but both Mee and Cyril have their own philosophies, and there's no hesitation there.

Satsuki, on the other hand, has a strong psychological resistance even though she has excellent skills, and she refused the goblins even though it was painful for her to do so.
However, this should be seen as a sign that both Mee and Cyril are mature enough for their age.

Now, what about the current situation where Filia is taking over the psychological aspect?
I look at the girl in the kimono...

For the first time, I realized my mistake.

The girl in my line of sight had drawn her sword from her waist with a look of hatred in her eyes.
She walked towards one of the sleeping bandits.

I hurriedly began to chant a spell, but it was obvious that I wouldn't make it in time.

Standing in front of one of the sleeping bandits, the girl raised her sword and swung the tip of the blade down into the bandit's chest with great force.

' Gaaaaaaaah!

'You ...... die! Die! Die, you scum!

The bandit let out a desperate scream.
The girl thrusts her sword into his body over and over again with a vindictive voice.

'Became ......!

'd*mn it! I was wrong. ......!''

Cyril shouted in surprise, and Mee clicked her tongue.
But Mee quickly made the next decision and moved, and Cyril moved a little later.

'Oh? What the...''

And as the remaining three bandits who had been asleep began to wake up... my spell was finally complete.

'What the...?

'What the...?

The bandits were surprised that I couldn't speak.
But that wasn't the only thing that was happening to the bandits.

As if everything had suddenly stopped, all the voices and sounds that had been going on in the place disappeared.
A complete silence ruled the place.

It was the effect of the silence spell I had cast.
It has the effect of completely erasing all sounds within its area of effect.

The abnormality of it puzzled everyone present.
Not only the bandits who were trying to grasp the situation with sleepy eyes, but also Mee who was sneaking up on them, Filia who was shouting in resentment, and even Cyril who was on his way to stop them, were surprised at what had happened.

But it was Mee who immediately regained her composure and started to act.

The beastman girl glanced at me, and when she saw me nodding, she slipped from the blind spot of one of the sleepy-eyed bandits and slashed his neck with her dagger to reap his life.
Blood spurted from his neck, and the bandit collapsed in a heap.
Mi's speed of reaction and sharpness of judgment in such a sudden situation was outstanding.

She then leapt over one of the two startled bandits with a brilliant cat-like leap, took the bandit's blind spot, and slit the throat of the confused prey from behind.

By then, the remaining bandit had rushed to his feet, but when he turned away to pick up a nearby weapon, a girl dressed as a samurai was rushing toward him with unusual speed.

The girl's sword sliced diagonally across the bandit's back.
The bandit fell, badly wounded.

Then Filia stood in front of the bandit and thrust her sword again.
The bandit gave one last jerk and then stopped moving.

All the bandits in the room stopped breathing.

I looked at Filia and saw that she was breathing hoarsely and with an ecstatic smile on her face.

Cyril was pointing at me, mouth agape, alternating between his own mouth and hers.
He probably had something he wanted to say to Filia, but was having trouble speaking even if he wanted to.

However, once used, the effect of Silence cannot be canceled even by the sorcerer himself until the prescribed effect time expires.
It is possible to remove the effect by using a dispel spell, but it is not desirable to waste mana to do so.

On the other hand, the area of effect of Silence is not wide enough to encompass the entire hall where we are now.
With a gesture, I instructed everyone to move to the far corner of the hall.