You will arrive at your destination today, won't you?

Yeah, I think we're half a day ahead of you.

　It's the second day since we left Cueres.
　It looks like we'll reach our destination, the forest, by the end of the day.

'Nothing happened yesterday and hopefully nothing will happen at the end of the day.

Yeah. Well, it seems like it's an area where you don't encounter many demons, so you should be fine.

　The place we are heading to this time is close to the city, and there is no place that seems to be inhabited by demons on the way to the city, so it seems that there is no chance of encountering them.
　There is a possibility that there are some demons in the destination, but even if there are, they seem to be only quite weak demons.
　I was worried about the large number of people escorting me, but it looks like this will end without incident.

'As soon as you start saying things like that, something will come, right?

Geez ... that's true, but it's a disturbing thing to say--

　Just as Sisha began to say that, a red dot appeared in the corner of the map app she was looking at with her monitor glasses.

''..............See, you've come.

Wow, that wasn't my fault!

　I looked at Sisha and said that, and she denied it with a wave of her hand, saying it wasn't her fault.
　I don't think it's Sisha's fault, but.......perfect timing.

'I'm going to go tell the teachers anyway, so Noor and the others can stay alert in the back. If I don't seem to be able to handle it, I'll give you a signal, and then the Noles can come forward.

Yes, sir.

　In order to tell them that there are demons ahead, I'm going to go to the teacher who is walking in the front.
　The tail end of the line will have Nol and the others to keep a vigilant eye out and try to deal with the demons I'm about to encounter.
　If it seems impossible, just call the Nolls. Well, I heard that there are no strong demons around here, so it should be fine.

"Excuse me.

How can I help you?

'There seems to be a demon up ahead, so please stop for a moment.

Well, a demon?

　I ran to the front of the line and called out to the teacher, while the students were looking at me as they advanced in line.
　And when I tell them that there is a demon ahead, they look forward and start looking for where it is.

''Well I can't see it at all, but where on earth is it?''

'I don't see them now, but I think they'll be there a little further on. I can recognize the demons at some distance.

I didn't know he could do that.... Well, as expected of a B-ranked adventurer.

　As was the case with Annelie, the map app also shows demons that are some distance away.
　So there are no demons at a distance that can be seen.

　The teacher told the students that the demons are there and made them wait in place.
　If the demon goes in another direction, I thought, but the demon is heading straight for us.
　As I looked at the direction it was coming to see if this was the only way to deal with it, the demon finally came closer to where I could see it.

　Three round objects whose entire bodies are formed of green vines.
　Unearthing, there are tentacle-like vines extending from their entire bodies, and they seem to be using them to advance.
　It's kind of a creepy demon...........Trent too, but aren't all the demons around here with tentacles?

I'm sure that's a Tilps. If it's that one, I can deal with it too, so may I be allowed to do it?

'Oh, yes. Then I'll be on guard beside my students.

　The teacher wanted to deal with him, so he agreed, and he walked towards the demon.
　I decided to stand by the students and watch them instead.
　The students are quietly watching it, perhaps because the teacher is about to fight.

　Finally, we'll get to see the mages of this world fight....

''Flama!''

　The teacher, who had approached the demon to some extent, shouted that, and held out a wand about 30cm long.
　A red light ran from the tip of the staff, and the light reached the ground near Tilps.
　Then all at once, the light turned into flames, and the three round tentacles were engulfed in flames.
　The tentacles leap out of the flames, wrapped in the burning flames, toward the teacher.
　In response, he waved his wand with a light shout, and when a thinner light than before hit the tentacles, it created a small explosion that bounced off the tentacles.
　After continuing such an offensive and defensive attack, and firing the same magic as the first, Flama, for the second time, Tilps may have burned out, but the tentacles that had been stretched out became particles of light and disappeared.

　I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to find out what's going on, but I'm sure I'll be able to find out.
　When I heard of a mage, this is what I thought of.
　It's still crazy that he can turn everything to ashes with a single word like Esther's, huh?
　It's a great help, though.

''Magic is awesome, after all.

Ha, that's quite a compliment.

　When he approached the teacher after the battle, he rubbed his head in embarrassment.
　Even the students who had been quiet a moment ago were buzzing with conversation with the people around them, as if they were excited to see him in battle.

''When you use magic, you still shout out the name of the magic and so on, right?

''You're right. The Flama you just used is an intermediate level magic, so I mentioned the name of the magic, but if it's Ignis, which is a beginner level magic, you can use it with a single shout.

　Since it's a good time, I decided to ask the part of the battle that I was curious about while watching it.
　Was the flama you mentioned earlier when you were fighting still a magic name?
　And the one that was lightly waving his staff and launching it out was Ignis.

　It's a bit of a longing to use it by shouting out the magic name like this.
　I've been shouting it when I use Centitabula too.

　Then we had to be on the lookout for other demons to come in for a bit, and since there was nothing, we had to go on again.

'Hmmm, teachers are awesome.'

You're a teacher at a school of magic, and you're very strong.

You're in a teaching position. It's not surprising that you have a certain amount of ability.

　I told the Nors back to their place and told them what I said earlier.
　It's like being a teacher at a magic academy to deal with three bodies lightly without being attacked even once.
　It doesn't seem to be serious, and it seems to work well enough even against stronger demons.

It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

Oh, yeah?

Esther's all ei, but how the hell does she do it?

''Well it's an image of which attribute to use, and when it's strong magic, yeah!　When it's medium magic, ei!　I guess it's like, "Yay for weak magic.

　I've heard you doing exactly what you imagined you were doing before, but I asked Esther what exactly it was like.
　I can understand strong magic and weak magic, but what's the difference between strong and medium magic.......it sounds exactly the same.

'I don't understand the difference between strong and medium...'

No, the momentum is different. What?　And, eh!　Isn't it?

Yeah, yeah, that's about it.

'I see, it's certainly not the same momentum, if you ask me.

　Then I heard the difference in Esther's shouting a few times, and it definitely seemed to have a subtle difference in momentum or awesomeness.

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Then I want you to each prepare the materials needed for the upcoming experiment!　There's still time to collect tomorrow, so don't rush to find it!　And don't go too far away!

　A few hours after encountering the demon, we arrived at our destination after lunch.
　The place is covered with trees with various colors of red and yellow berries and black straight grass on the ground.
　The trees and the trees feel apart, kind of like a little orchard.

　After the teacher gives the students a heads up, it's time to collect for a few hours, so the students spread out as far as we can see.
　We will leave today and spend the night away from here before sunset, and tomorrow morning we will return to Queres after another half day of collecting.

'Ho, there's a place like this,'

There's a lot of stuff that looks like fruit!　We are going to take it too, sir!

Is that a fruit...?

What do you think?　They're all taking it, and it sounds like some of that stuff is material we need to experiment with.

　The red berries look like apples and the yellow berries look like oranges.
　They even look like pink peaches and orange oranges, and they don't look at all like places where you can get things that you would use in a magical experiment.
　Still, the scattered students are collecting the berries one by one and taking the grass from the ground as well.
　They seem to be using magic to remove the things that are growing out of reach.

　Some of the grass was pulled out of the ground, and when the grass was pulled out of the ground, there was a long white thing attached to it that looked like a radish that had split into two halves at the bottom.
　As soon as the student pulled it out, the tip of the two-pronged thing started to move and run somewhere as it escaped from his hand.
　.........As expected of a grass used in magic materials. Is it a subspecies of the grass that screams when pulled out or something like that?

　Noll looks at the fruit hanging from the tree and decides that it's a fruit and is straining to take it.
　When food is involved, I'm motivated all at once... but I'd like to have an apple or a shakshaka after a long time, too.

This looks good, I'll have one of those--whoops!

You know, it exploded!

　I grabbed what looked like a perfectly round, bright red apple that looked like it could fit just in the palm of my hand, and I grabbed it to take it without a second thought.
　At that moment, the apple exploded and the juice and pulp poured out from inside towards my face.

　What is this?
　Ah, but it smells so sweet. It smells so good when you eat it.

''It's called a bombi, and you have to cut the handle off without touching the fruit before you can take it off.

Ma'am, Mr. Myra.

　As I was wiping my face, one of the students approached us.
　I looked over and saw that it was Myra.
　Ah, I thought I wouldn't have a chance to talk to Esther like this, but here she is.....

　As I was fumbling around, wondering what to do, I was unexpectedly tapped on the shoulder.
　When I turned around, I saw Esther smiling at me, and as if to tell me to leave it to her, she slapped her own chest with a thump and stepped out in front of Myra-chan.
　I wonder if it's okay........

''Are you Esther-san?''

Yes, I do.

'Well you're...'

　Myra-chan is much taller than me, and I feel like I'm looking down on Estelle a little bit as we face each other.
　It's right in front of us, so it doesn't seem hostile like before, but Myra-chan is unsympathetic, and Estelle is smiling and smiling.
　Me and Noll and the others look at each other and watch in silence, a little afraid of the situation.

"Since you called out to me, do you have something to do with me?

No, I'm not here for anything.

Oh, yeah.

　I thought he was going to say something, but he said he had nothing to do.
　What, I thought he would say this or that when I met him, but it doesn't seem to be the case.

'I was just wondering what kind of person Annelie was, since she seemed to enjoy talking to me so much. She's really small, isn't she?

Well, you're still the same.

It's bigger than you.

　When Esther, who was said to be a bit sarcastic, said it back with a smile, Myra-chan raised her eyebrows and looked a bit uncomfortable.
　It's like a fight..........atmosphere?　But it's totally Estelle's pace.
　Trying to win with your mouth against Estelle is absurd.
　If I argued with her, I'd be beaten to a pulp by the verbal abuse and I'd be wetting my pillow.

'I've heard you can do some amazing magic, but I don't think we're going to get to see it this time. If it's true, I would have loved to see it.

Wow, do you want to see it, my magic?　Then let me see--

Yes, stop, stop.

　He didn't think he was going to win with his mouth, so now he insisted on showing me his magic.
　Estelle was totally on board with it, and as she readied her wand and tried to get even Grimoire out of her bag, I held her from behind and held her with my hands.

'Mmmm, what are you doing brother!

You were just about to use flashy magic.

'Excuse me, I wouldn't do that. I was just trying to make a brother doll.

'Don't do that...'

　Esther is protesting to me about what she's doing with her legs flapping around.
　If I let her do it like that, she was going to set off some beautiful fireworks anyway.......
　That's what I thought, so I restrained her, but it seems that Estelle was trying to make another Heihachi doll.
　No, that was awesome, but it wasn't, was it?　It's definitely not what you're expecting.

''Well I'm afraid I'm interrupting, so I'll have to excuse myself.

Oh, hey.

　Myra-chan, who was watching our exchange, looked at us with a slightly dumbfounded expression, then bowed her head and went back to collecting the materials.
　In front of such a large number of students and teachers, I can't let them use magic like I showed Annelie-chan, so I'll let this one go for now.

　If I let the two of them meet, even when Annelie-chan was around, I'm sure it would improve somewhat.
　If you let them talk, it didn't seem like they were actually that hostile to you.
　I had the impression that they were competing with each other rather than seeing each other as enemies.

　This is how the first meeting between Estelle and Myra ended, and after this, a pissed off Estelle demanded that I hold her until she was satisfied.