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　Crunchy, crunchy.

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　Such sounds are being made in my lair in the woods.

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　The source of the sound is the beast that has been sleeping on my legs, sitting cross-legged on the floor.

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　It had been sleeping for quite a long time, and when it woke up, it stretched its back out with a groan, and then landed on the floor.

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　Then, after looking around, it moved to the corner of the room.

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　The hiding place is a brick house in the woods.

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　However, the size of the hideout was not so big considering the area of land they had obtained by cutting down the trees, and there was other land left over.

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　The vacant space was transformed into a field by the magic of "Soil Improvement" and planted with hutka, which grows quickly.

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　The hutka, which grows in a few days, was harvested and left in the hiding place.

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　It seems that the waking beast had found the hutka and approached it.

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"You like it?　There's plenty to go around, so you can eat as much as you want."

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　When I said this, the messenger animal squealed and put its mouth on the hatzkah again.

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　He seems to be a herbivore and is eating the hatzkah with relish.

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　Thank goodness.

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　I was worried about what I would do if he only ate meat.

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　Compared to that, we can prepare as much hutzkah as we want.

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　If I were to eat it raw, I would be tormented by a bitter taste that would make me frown, but it doesn't seem to be like that.

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　I think it would be a good main food source.

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　I breathed a sigh of relief when I realized that raising a messenger animal is not likely to lead to economic ruin due to the cost of feed.

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"Well, you've grown up. How did they grow so fast?"

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　About 10 days had passed since the birth of the messenger beast.

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　What a surprise!

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　When it was born, it was only the size of the palm of your hand, but now it has grown to such a large size.

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　In just a short time, the beast with the magnificent horns on its head has grown to a size where a grown man can ride on it with no problem.

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　It's a magnificent body.

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　A white-haired horse-shaped beast with muscular reindeer horns.

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　Its fur is silky to the touch, almost glistening in the sunlight.

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　Even from a distance, its presence is not half so impressive.

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　This will surely sell.

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　No matter how one looks at it, one is bound to think so.

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　But there was something I wanted to do before selling it.

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"Okay, now I'm going to give you a name."

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　In fact, I had not even given the beast a name since it was born.

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　To be honest, I was afraid that I might get too emotionally involved if I gave it a name.

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　I was afraid that I would be very depressed if it died, as well as when I sold it.

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　However, it is unlikely that they would die of sickness or starvation so soon after they grow up so much.

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　They may cry when we sell them, but we are not going to slaughter them like livestock for food.

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　It would not be a bad thing to give them names.

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　And there is another reason why I want to give it a name.

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　It's because of the magic circle I saw in the naming ceremony at my baptism.

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　Father Paul was naming with a magic circle that he spun with his magic power from the palm of his hand held out toward me.

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　And after that I got the magic of life along with my name.

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　But I had always wondered about the life magic.

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　Father Paul said that it was obtained by the Lord's blessing, but I have a feeling that it was something else.

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　The moment I finished naming the spells, I understood the names of the life magic spells, their usages and effects, without any explanation.

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　It was as if an instruction manual or a program had been written directly into my head.

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　Assuming that this is true, I wonder what would happen if I named the beast using magic circle.

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　That is what I was interested in.

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　Among the life magic, I think [drinking water] is especially simple but amazing.

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　In my previous life, I could drink water anytime and anywhere, so I didn't think anything of it, but when I came to this world, I realized that it is a great thing.

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　Drinking raw water from the streets can cause diarrhea and other health problems quite easily.

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　Diarrhea is dangerous.

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　No kidding, it can lead to death in situations where there is no proper medical care.

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　Normally, you have to remove the dirt, boil water over a fire, and drink it.

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　But with the living magic [drinking water], you don't have to do that.

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　I have gathered the magic power in my eyes and looked at the beast that is using it, and I know that it has magic power too.

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　If we succeed, it will be possible to prepare its own drinking water.

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　I was afraid of the existence of the "ignition," but I really wanted to try it out.

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　Because I can't just use this magic circle and name it after people in the village without permission.

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　Don't worry.

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　If something goes wrong, we will think of it then.

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　There is also the possibility of failure. .......

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　And so, I decided to name the now grown-up messenger beast.

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