We still haven't received permission to visit the temple, and the reconstruction of the town was getting underway.
　Perhaps thanks to the support from the lord, an army has been dispatched from the country, Sevalia's patrols have been completely taken over by them, and our work as adventurers has become much more relaxed.
　So I've begun to resume hunting for magic stones from time to time, but....

''Haha, I wonder if we can't get the magic stone fully automatically...''

What do you mean by that all of a sudden...?

　When I complained in the living room of my home, Noor, who was petting Moffitt on his lap, responded with a disgusted voice.
　The white furball collapsed on its side, showing its belly, poo-pooing and looking comfortable.
　Thanks to its recent calming down, Noor seems happy to be spending more time with Moffitt.
　While I was watching the scene, Esther, who was also in the living room, joined the conversation.

''You've already had Dius and the others and your uncles helping you hunt for the magic stone.

Yeah, but... I'm just trying to figure out if there's any other way to get more magic stones.

You still try to get your head around that sort of thing, don't you...

''Haha, you have to always have high aspirations for messes!

　Although magic stones are still in somewhat stable supply, we shouldn't be satisfied with this.
　In order to always have plenty of time to mess around, we need to make sure we can earn as many magic stones as possible!

So, if you're going to go out of your way to tell me, you must have an idea, right?

'Yeah, I've got a few things I want to try. I'm going to need Esther's help to do that...

Oh my God, you need my help. I would have done anything for your brother.

'Oh, yes. Thank you.

　He says something happy with a wink, but I'm a little afraid it could mean a lot of things.

''What on earth do you plan to do with Esther's help?''

I was wondering if I could magically create a system that automatically hunts demons.

　Hearing my words, Nol and Esther are tilting their heads.
　Hmmm, they don't seem to get it unless I elaborate.

''You know, like making a deep pit and letting it fall, for example.

You plan to bring it down by dropping it? But that doesn't mean we beat you, does it?

As it is. So I wondered if there was any way we could pretend that we had defeated it. You can put a spear or sword at the bottom of the hole, or use Esther's magic to deal with it.

You come up with another garbage idea, don't you?

　If we can set up traps that defeat demons on their own, and get magic stones from them, then the magic stones will increase without us having to hunt for them.
　If we succeed, we will be able to mass-produce them in various places and achieve a stable supply of magic stones even when we are sleeping.
　I had such an ambition in my heart, but Esther raised her eyebrows and asked me a question.

''Hmm, if it's automatic, then you want it to be able to operate while we're not there to defeat the demons, right?''

Yeah, but ... how hard can it be?

'Sort of. It's not impossible to do, but I don't think we'll be as efficient as your brother expects us to be.

　It's doable, isn't it? Hmm.

But if you can get at least one more, it's worth a try. Can you help me test Grimoire's performance as well?

'Huh, you said you'd do anything for me. Besides, I've been wanting to get a real taste of my new grimoire, so this is perfect.

　I haven't had a real battle yet since I released Grimoire "Septem Peccata", so this is a good time to test its performance.
　A single shot 3x enhancement is a level I would never normally use.

''I'm about to do something outrageous again...''

This time it's just a quick experiment, so why don't we take me, Esther and......................and him?

　I snapped my fingers and heard a slamming sound coming from the back of my house.
　Then with a bang, the door opens and out comes Freesia.

'I'm calling for you!'

'You just snapped your fingers and they started coming...'

'He's been sitting in my room lately, so I snapped my fingers for fun and called him over and he started coming over.

What is it that you are teaching Freesia...

　He may be completely addicted to the reconnaissance camera, but he's been sitting in my room for a long time, playing with it here and there.
　Thanks to that, he's been quiet while I've been flying him around, so our house is peaceful these days.
　He doesn't do any peeking or pranking due to the Sisuha and Luna busting incident, so he doesn't abuse it, just to see what's going on in the town and so on.

　At any rate, Freesia came too, so I explained what we are going to do now, including Esther.
　The location of this experiment is Mount Remri, where the Lizardman is located.
　That's where we're going to look at magic that could be used for traps and test Grimoire's performance.
　For that reason, I want to test it out while fishing for some Lizardmen away from the place where the Lizardmen spring up.

''That's why I want Freesia to attack from a distance and fish for the demons.

I got it!　I can't wait to see Estelle's magic!

"Hmm, I think I'll have to try something fancy then.

"Be careful not to destroy the hunting grounds, sir...

　That worries me too, but we'll figure it out.
　That's why I'm choosing Mt. Remri, which is far from town and likely to be unpopulated.
　I can use the map app to see if there are people around, but if someone comes while I'm trying out a trap, I'm in trouble.

　With Nohl and Moffitt seeing us off, me, Esther and Freesia quickly came to Mount Lemuri with a beacon.
　Then we moved away from Mt. Lemuri to some extent and moved to the place where the traps were to be set.

We're going to think about making a trap first, but what's the reason why Esther said it was so difficult earlier?

There are several problems, but the first one is guiding the demons. There's a way to get the demons to pass through the traps, but if it's a one-time thing, there's a way to do it, but if it's a series of times, it's a little difficult.

　I see, there's a way if you just want to trap them, but it's hard to do that consistently.
　When it comes to hunting magic stones, the main target is rare species.
　In that case, the trick should be able to continuously defeat the demons to make the rare species spring up.
　It's definitely hard to lure the demons from the place where they are always springing up to the place where the trap is located and trap them.

And it's also difficult to find a way to defeat the demons. You can set up a spear or sword in a pit and defeat it, but there are many problems that arise when dealing with it using magic. For example, how to use the magic power for traps?

'Ah, can't you use your power there, Esther?

'I can't do everything, either. It's a good idea to make sure that you have a good idea of what you're looking for. The one you put on the guardian goddess' shrine is also of this type, but it doesn't take long to replenish the magic power after it's activated. Instead, I worked with Sisha to trap them in the wards and make them explode, so if there are intruders, I can make sure they are killed.

　Oh, you've added such a horrible magic to the shrine?
　I don't want to get blown up with nowhere to escape or anything like that, I definitely don't want to go in there.
　...Anyway, from what I've heard so far.

'So you're not suited to deal with demons continuously?

I know. We can squeeze the power in a little faster, but I still don't think we can use it that often in a row, and it should only work four times a day.

Gimme, not so much of a tasty treat. Get it, Freesia?

Huh?　Um, it's hard to tell!

　When I waved the story to Freesia, who was in a state of bobbledown superiority after listening to Esther's explanation, she hurriedly gave a thumbs up and gave a sense of understanding.
　This guy couldn't understand it in the middle of the story, and the story went from right to left.

But even so, if you can get a magic stone with trap-type magic, I can think of many things, so let's just try it out for now. Hmm, I think this Grimoire can use pretty amazing magic.

　When Estelle said that, she took out a black book, Grimoire, Septem Peccata, from her bag and flipped open the book.
　Then something like a black aura comes out of the book and is entangled in Estelle's hand that is holding it.
　It's obvious that there's a bad smell in the air. It's a forbidden book or something of that sort.

'Ooh, I can feel awesome from that book!

There's enough stuff out there for me to see. Are you okay?

'Yes, something I've tried a few times at home. But the magic power is still being sucked into this book at an amazing speed. Even though the recovery speed has also increased, the magic power being sucked in is still greater than that of the book. If it were a normal mage, I'd probably faint.

　While saying that, Estelle seems unconcerned.
　If I used it, I'd be blinking my eyes white and falling over in an instant.............as expected from Esther.
　Estelle, who opened her Grimoire, waved her wand with a shout.

''Yes!

　For a moment, the black aura entwined with Esther swelled up significantly and Grimoire emitted a black glow.
　Then a large black magic circle emerged in the position she had designated.
　After the magic circle was finished setting up, he followed Esther's instructions and got further away from Mount Lemuri.

''Is it going to be bad if we don't get this far away?''

''It's something I made pretty powerful because I'm dealing with Lizardmen. And I also used the 3x enhancement. It's the type of thing that disappears after you use it once. I simply set it to explode when it goes over the top.

　It's roughly 500 meters from the magic circle to the Lizardman's position, and our position right now is about a kilometer.
　In addition, Esther has also built a wall with earth magic to prepare for the blast.
　It's a bad enough explosion trap to go that far.
　It's getting a little scary to see it go off.

''I'll triple support magic on Freesia too. I might be able to take out at least one lizardman with a sniper to test it out.

'Wow!　Estelle's support magic is awesome, so it looks awesome!

　When Estelle waved her wand, Grimoire shone out again and a black aura covered Freesia's body.
　Even a mere support magic would be considerably enhanced, but how much would it be enhanced when it was a support magic that had been tripled?
　Freesia happily held up her bow as Estelle had told her to, and fired her bow at the lizardman, which looked like it was only the size of a pea grain.
　As I watched through the telescope, the upper half of my body popped and flew off the moment it hit, killing the lizardman instantly.
　The arrow went straight to a crater in the ground, shattering a nearby rock.
　The lizardmen around him seemed to be confused by the impact, looking around them as they scurried about to see what was going on.

''Atari.''

'Oh, beauty four. You're hitting it at this distance with no problem. I mean, one hit just obliterated the Lizardman........

I knew Freesia was a good shot.

Ehehehe, it's not so much.

　I finished experimenting with the support magic, and this time I trapped the Lizardman in a fishing trap.
　As it was, Freesia's arrows were too powerful, so I had Grimoire touch it and make Estelle's support magic absorb into the book to disarm it.
　It said in the description that it can absorb magic, but it can also be used like this.

　That's how I got Freesia to shoot Lizardman with an arrow again.
　It hits my shoulder so that I don't knock it over, or it hits my shoulder, and the lizardmen who were alerted by the commotion earlier come running out en masse in the direction that the arrow flew.
　And luckily, even the rare species of Kepur was mingling with them.

''Hey, I only shot one of them, but a lot of them are coming here.

Whenever one of them gets beaten up, they call out to the others to attack. So I thought this would be a good place to test the trap.

If you attract one, the other Lizardmen will come with you. It's true that we could use them to set traps, but the problem is that each one is stronger than the last.

　These guys' habits seem to make it easier to trap large numbers of them at once, but like Esther said, Lizardmen are pretty strong.
　Dropping them into a deep hole doesn't seem to kill them, and even if you stab them with a sword or spear, it will take them quite a while to fall over.
　The strength of Kepur, a rare species, is even higher.
　

　The lizardmen who are running towards us finally came to the place where the magic circle that is the trap is set.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a good deal more information on the subject.
　At that moment, a strong light flashed in front of me and a shockwave was transmitted with a thumping explosion sound.
　I hurriedly hid behind the wall that Esther had created, and through the wall I could see a huge black smoke rising into the sky with a moiety moiety.

''There's a huge, huge explosion!

We're not at the level of traps anymore.... It was a good decision to choose Mt. Remri as the test site.

It's quite powerful. It's probably even more powerful than your skills. The new Grimoire is very useful.

　Estelle is caressing Grimoire with an enraptured look.
　.........This, something quite horrible must have ended up in Estelle's hands.
　When I look at the position where the explosion has stopped and the trap was set, a huge crater has been created and there are no lizardmen in sight.
　It seems that the lizardmen who were outside the range of the magic circle were also erased together.
　And when I checked my phone to see what happened to the magic stones........yay, more!
　In other words, if it's a trap made by Esther's magic circle, it seems to automatically defeat the demon and get the magic stone!
　

　While I was happily pondering what to do, Freesia shouted out loud.

''Ah!　The Lizardmen are coming over here all at once!

Oh, man, this number is just too high!　There's about 40 of them coming our way!

Oh, my God, that was a little too much of an explosion.

'This is not a time for fluency!　Freesia, reduce your numbers!

Yes, sir!

　Oh, shit!　The current explosion has brought out a bunch of lizardmen on Mt. Lemuri!
　And it moved as soon as it blew up, and it's pretty d*mn close!
　I can run away now, but if there are such a large number of Lizardmen wandering around and wandering around, if there are people nearby, it will be a nuisance.
　Anyway, I'll have Freesia reduce their numbers as much as possible, and use the Goddess Sanctuary to fight annihilation while using the Goddess Sanctuary--''

''Yeah!''

　An extremely thick pillar of water passed by us in a panic.
　As the pillar of water hit the group of Lizardmen, Esther swung her wand to the side in one fell swoop.
　The pillar of water was then reamed off to the side and engulfed the lizardmen while gouging out the ground.
　When she finished shooting the pillar of water, there was no sign of the lizardmen, only shredded limbs, tails and weapons lying here and there could be seen.

'Huh, I knew this would be easier to use on the plains.

'I, in a flash, the lizardmen...'

''Awww.......yeah, Esther's magic is too awesome.......''

　Looking at Estelle's magic, Freesia is trembling.
　Umm, hmmm, even if you don't have to play around with traps, if it were Esther now, she could probably beat the ridiculous efficiency of magic stones.......