My individual abilities have increased and my coordination has become extreme.
　Also, my party has only one thing left to do.

"You will acquire magic, my brother.

　That's Sheila.

　Yeah.
　It's a matter of increasing your magic repertoire.
　As I've said before, increasing the amount of magic I have is the fastest way to become strong.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot of people who are interested in it.
　At the student level, you won't be able to compete with them.

　But magic can only be acquired through skill points.
　And skill points are finite.
　Originally, the way I'm going to try it now is to let all my students experience it.
　But the number of magical beasts is limited.
　As expected, I couldn't prepare (I'd like to be able to get that much ready (I'd like to be able to get that much ready), too (I'd like to be able to get that much ready).

''What is this!

　It was Cecil who raised his voice.
　He rolled his eyes at the sight that was spreading out.

　A green subterranean lake lit by several bonfires.
　Around it, there is a small pond that is depressed like a bowl.
　In addition, there was a robust [Warding] set up.

　What was inside it were demonic beasts.
　From Sahagin Tempest to Seahorn, Scylla, or even Demon Fish such as Killer Fish were present.

''Hii!''

　Sarasa screams.
　Beside her, Rowan was stunned.

'Hey!　What is this?!

It's like having a hexenbiest...

　Sheila was also surprised to see her deep green eyes widen.

''That's right. These demonic beasts are the ones I manage.''

"[W]e're going to keep track of this hexenbiest!

　It's not surprising, though.
　I've used 【Storage】 on Cecil and the others a few times to burn the demonic beasts with 【Storage】.
　All of them were increased using 【Duplicate】.

''Eh?　So you used [replication] to increase this many demonic beasts?

Oh, come on. There must be at least 500 of them, right?

　I agree.
　As it stands.........
　225 Sahagin Tempest.
　67 Scylla.
　Seahorn, 135.
　Killer fish, 250.

　That's a total of 677 fish.

　Six hundred and sixty-five ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

　His friends shouted.
　Cecil rolled his eyes.

'Did Lacelle increase all of that?

'Oh...'

　I nodded.

　Probably ten times the number that were there in the beginning, zap, ten times the number that were there in the beginning.

'I'm starting to get a headache,'

Likewise....

I don't know. It's a little risky, don't you think?

　Sarasa chuckles.

'That's my brother. I can't believe you're so thorough about being strong. You can't possibly match Sheila.'

　My sister admires it.
　Clever Sheila seems to understand how great it is.

''Was this all increased by your brother by [replication]?

No, that wouldn't add up in such a short period of time.

　Duplication] is related to the size or magic power of the item being duplicated.
　In other words, the bigger the size, the more magic power is needed.
　Compared to when I was a kid, my magic amount has increased by 3 orders of magnitude.
　But with a Seahorn's size and magical energy, my limit would be seven Seahorns a day with full rotation.

　That's why I tried a different approach this time.

''Hiiin........''

　I heard a small cry.
　A chattering sound of water.
　A pony pokes its head out of the water and looks at us.

'Hey!　What, that!

It's so cute...

　The girls' group of Cecil and Sarasa got excited.
　I waved to them, "Come here.
　The pony comes closer.
　The girls gasped at the sight of the increasingly exposed figure.

　The little pony had a water paddle on it.

''Rah, Lasell........''

What's that?

　I moved my head in the air.
　Cecil and Sarasa turned at the same time.

'It's a juvenile Seahorn.

　I grin.

'Oh come on. That can't be--

Are you saying you're a child of a hexenbiest, my brother?

Oh, you!　I'm raising a child of a hexenbiest, oh my God!

　Cecil exclaims again.
　It's always noisy, but today it's ringing up.
　Don't provoke the monster beasts too much.
　Surprisingly, these people are naïve.

''Can demonic beasts be raised?''

'No..... Do you have children in the first place?

　Sarasa and Sheila ask the question verbatim.

'Hmm?　You guys don't know how to be a Hexenbiest?

　Mm-hmm, my friends nodded.
　I shook it off to Sheila, but my sister didn't seem to know either.

　What the hell.
　Is the knowledge lost again?
　I wish you could keep at least a basic knowledge of magical beasts.

"Demonic beasts are not male or female. They're hermaphrodites. However, they're born just like other mammals. They do have a placenta and what looks like a womb.

But, brother, I've never seen a hexenbiest mate. I've never seen a hexenbiest mate.

'That's right, Sheila. That means that demonic beasts don't have things like eggs or sperm.

Then how are there more magical beasts?

It's easy.


　It's magical power.........


　A demonic beast is a magical creature.
　They use magical power when they are born, and create a fertilized egg called a demon nucleus, which is called a human nucleus (the demon nucleus functions as the heart of a demon beast as it is).
　) They grow them inside (or outside the body depending on the type) and then they are born.

　The reason why Demonic Beasts attack humans is to collect the magical power that resides in humans.
　The reason why they want magic power is not only to feed themselves, but also to increase their number of friends.

The only thing that matters is the fact that you have to be able to get your hands on some of these things. When I hear something like that, I feel like I'm getting emotionally involved in it. I thought demonic beasts would increase more automatically.

'Yeah. And it sounds kind of cute.

　Cecil and Sarasa look at the little Seahorn and relax.

　Hmm.........
　It's certainly endearing.
　If these guys grow up well and become adult beasts, I'll get a lot of skill points.

　Raise them well, guys.
　For skill points, and by extension, for me.

Something about Lacelle looking bad.

''To Lacelle-kun, raising a magical beast is directly related to making himself stronger.

But, brother, doesn't it take a long time to raise them from scratch?

　Sheila's point was right on target.
　It doesn't take ten days in October like it does for humans.
　But it takes at least 90 days to become an adult beast from the time of nucleation (I wish I could have been more like you).
　That's not much different than me increasing it through [replication].

　It's precisely a matter of time.

　But I had used the points I gained from the last sealed area search to clear the problem.

''It's 【Time Acceleration】.

　I grinned.

'Ji.'

"Ji.

"Ji.

　Time is running out!

　My friends exclaimed.

　Even Sheila's voice trembled.

''Jeez, all time-manipulation magic is the highest level of magic. It is said to be a legendary magic. It's a good thing. That's as good as brother Lacelle!

　I applauded at the end.

　There are only five types of time based magic, 【Stop】, 【Deceleration】, 【Accelerate】, 【Chaos】, and 【Manipulation】.
　However, as Sheila said, all of them are top-tier magic.
　In the current Stravar, it was positioned as a legendary magic that was impossible to acquire.

　I finally earned that one.
　I was only 12 years old.
　By the way, this record is the fastest for me as well.
　Since I'm a [villager], I need more skill points than a regular [mage (wizard)].

''Eh?　So how many points did you need, then?

　Cecil asks, half interested.

'That was a lot of work, 5.6 million points.'


　Gosh, gosh, gosh, gosh, gosh!


　Once again, the friends exclaimed.
　This is the third time.
　How do you not get your throat crushed, guys?

'Well..... The Sahagin Tempest is 400.

Oh, man. I'm so upset, I can't do the math...

Well....560 divided by 400 with a zero...

Fourteen thousand, ladies and gentlemen.

　14,000...!

　With a pushy sound, his friends put their butts on the ground of the dungeon.
　They were completely lost in thought.

　Of course, it wasn't an easy road.
　I had saved before I left the village for this, and the only thing I acquired during that time was that [Surface Walking] and [Underwater Breathing].

　Thanks to this, I ended up setting the fastest record as a result.

　This is also due to the fact that 【Villager】 is not an inferior job, but an all-around job.
　And it was because we were able to find this dungeon.

''You gave [Warding] a [Time Acceleration] spell to the [Warding], speeding up the growth speed of the demonic beasts.

　Sheila is impressed.
　Beside her, Sarasa raised her hand.

'But you need your magic power. 'What's wrong with that, Lacelle-kun?'

"They feed him magical plants that are high in magical power and that activate the magical power in his body.

　Demon grass is more efficient than feeding humans.
　Above all, it's cheaper.
　As you would expect, it takes a lot of money to maintain these magical beasts, but they have plenty of money.
　To begin with, they are killing these monsters and selling the materials to pay for the food.
　It was almost a 'zero' cost.

''Well, I guess we've explained it all. Let's get you stronger from here. You guys--

　I raised the corners of my mouth.