I brought Salatha, Cecil, Rowan, and Sheila to the school's backyard.
　It's where my hiding place is.
　It's that space I hid in when I was fighting for party members when I first started school.

"Eeeeeeeeee!　What is this?!

　It was Cecil who let out a vulgar scream.
　He's still a noisy guy.

　It used to be a big, empty space, but not anymore.
　Fields, trees, animals, and even mountains.
　The sky is blue, and even the birds are flying.
　The sky was blue, and even birds were flying.

I'm sure you're not the only one. You're not going to say you created the world with magic this time, are you?

　Rowan scratched his head and was mortified.

　He hadn't created the world in its entirety, but he wasn't wrong.
　The soil, plants or animals were brought in from outside.
　The sky was drawn by [automatic writing].
　It is controlled by a magical gemstone to show the sky in various weather conditions.

''Doesn't it resemble the Stark Domain somehow, brother?''

Yeah. Yeah. How do you like that, Sheila?

'Yes. Lovely.

　Sheila clapped her hands and her face lit up.
　She hadn't been back for nine years now.
　She must miss her home.

　I didn't make it with the intention of making it.
　If I made it with the image of the frontier, it would be Stark territory.
　But if Sheila is happy with it, it was worth it.

''So this is Lacelle's home........''

'It's certainly a lovely place. I'd like to go there.

'In Sarasa's case, maybe she wants to go on another errand.　Say hello to your father or something.

　Cecil chuckled and teased his best friend.
　With a bobbing sound, Sarasa's face immediately turned red.

'Huh?　You're right?

No, it's not like that.

　With a cute popping sound, Sarasa tapped Cecil.

'Huh?　Sheila, what are Cecil and Sarasa saying?

Yes, sir. I will do everything in my power to stop them.

　Sheila answered immediately.

　'Huh?　What do you mean, stop it at all costs?

'What?　What?　I'm sorry, my brother. Hmmmm. That's right. Both Cecil-san and Sarasa-san are saying something strange, fufu.

　No, the weirdness is the same for Sheila.
　Anyway......

"By the way, let me ask you something, Racel.

What is it, Cecil?

How did you bring in the mountains and the woods and all that?

　Hmm?
　It's a simple thing.
　I activated my [Mage (Wizard)] magic.

　[Storing]

　God d*mn it!

　What emerged from the empty space was a huge rock.

　Even Rowan looked up at the rock and they were all speechless.

''Yeah. I knew what it was........

It's Lacelle.

　Cecil and Sarasa muttered with distant eyes.


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So... What do you want us to do?

　Rowan asks a question.

'What..... It's not that hard. You're going to spend seven days in here.

'What?　So what are we going to do about school, then?

　Cecil gawked at him.

'Don't worry about that.'

'Well, if Lacelle says so, that's fine. But it's nice. I've been here for quite a long time, but I've never been able to get together like this and live together.

It's like a camp.

　Apparently, they accepted it.
　And he seems to be enjoying it.
　Little do they know that hell is waiting for them from here....

'So?　We're going to spend the night here, so we've got somewhere to stay.

　Cecil looks around.
　But all he could see were fields, mountains, or forests.
　There were no man-made objects, and there was no bridge over the river that flowed across the space.

'There's no such thing,'

Huh?　So, you want me to.... You want me to camp out?

"If you guys think that's what you want, fine. But I'm going to suggest something else.


　The first thing I want you to do is to build a house for your time here.


Yes, a home...

Make it?

　Cecil and Sarasa look at each other, scowling.

　Sheila asks me with a slightly difficult look on her face.

''Could it be that your training this time is to build a house?''

'You're right, Sheila. You're right. But building a home is only one thing in a year's curriculum. Quite simply, your time here is your goal this time.

Spend time here, sir?

　Sheila put a hand to her chin.
　I nodded a few times as if to say, "Hahan.
　Apparently, she has already begun to notice something.
　As expected of my sister.

　On the other hand, Cecil's face is bright.

''Nah. I was wondering what kind of training they would make you do, since it's called hell or something like that, but it doesn't seem as easy as it seems.

Cecil. You have too much on your mind. How could Lacelle's training be so sweet?

　Rowan is cautious.
　Well, he's the biggest victim of all.
　You are justified in being cautious.

"Don't be so cautious, Rowan. "We're just letting you stay here.

No. No, they're up to something. When you look at me like that, something bad always happens.

　That's sad.
　Isn't that your former roommate's sobriety, Rowan.

　That said, your instincts are right on, though.

"What's it going to take to build a house?

I guess we'll just have to cut out the wood and build it.

I'm allowed to use my magic, right?

Of course.

　I responded to all of Cecil's questions in rapid succession.

'Alright!　I'm going to build you a huge log cabin!

　Cecil wrapped his arms around her, motivated.
　And now Sheila asked a question.

"Brother, does staying here mean that we have to secure our own food as well?

That's a good question. Sheila's right, you'll have to provide your own food, too. And by the way, you are not allowed to bring in food from the outside.

'What?　They don't allow people to come in from the outside. ...Well, I don't blame you. In the meantime, we need to get some food.

　That's when Cecil the divider comes in handy.
　Cecil and Salatha, prey in the mountains.
　Sheila for medicinal herbs and edible nuts.
　Rowan was to get the wood needed to build the house.

　It's quite an accurate choice.
　Cecil and Sarasa are said to have experience in hunting, and Sheila tends to look at their powerful magic, but they also have a lot of knowledge about medicinal herbs and other things.
　Rowan wouldn't need to be told.

　Each of them scatter to their intended location.
　I don't do anything.
　I just grinned while looking at the backs of my friends.


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　Evening arrives in the created space.
　The sky in 【Automatically Written】 was slipping away at dusk.
　When the sky darkened, the space was naturally set to darken as well.

　Each of them fulfilled their roles and their friends returned.

　Cecil and Sarasa, river fish and small animals.
　Sheila, herbs and mushrooms.
　Rowan is carrying a cut tree.

　But none of the four of them looked dull.
　On the contrary, they were out of breath and their jaws were open.

　When they get to me, they collapse as if they were falling down.

''Wha, what?　I'm kind of tired as hell.

'I'm not moving any more than I was fighting in the dungeon.

What the f*ck is going on?

　Cecil, Sarasa and Rowan were puzzled.
　Sheila, thrusting her hand and dripping beads of sweat on her forehead, said as she squeezed the words out.

'Ku, the air must be thin,'

What do you mean by thin air, Sheila?

　Sheila responded to Sarasa's question with an interruption.

'It means exactly what it says. .........hahaha.

　It seemed difficult to explain.
　I took over the explanation.

Sheila is right. The air here is about 30% thinner than on the plains. That's the same density as being at the top of Mount Granbell.

Mount Gramberg. It's the fifth highest mountain in Galvale!

Yes.

Why would you do that, ha-ha-ha?

''It's simply to improve my cardiorespiratory function. Now that we know that Volfot isn't the only demon, it's possible that we'll fight multiple demons. It's also possible that we could have an endurance battle. From now on, I'm going to have you guys build up your physical strength. That's why we're doing simulated altitude training.

How could you possibly...

I didn't do anything difficult. I'm just controlling all the air in space.


""That's what makes it so hard!"


　When I said nothing at all, he immediately responded with a rebuttal.
　It's not that hard to do.
　If you clear this infernal training, everyone will be able to do the same thing.

No...... I'm going to wriggle........

I'm gonna...

Hey, guys, we're not ready for this.

　Cecil, Rowan, and Salasa all slept at the same time.
　I didn't do anything.
　I guess I simply fell asleep from exhaustion.

''Brother........''

　Sheila was still conscious, apparently.
　But her eyelids were closed.

'Rest for the day. You still have six days to go.

Yes. ... but I'm still not sure if you're going to ask me about it... ...sooooo.

　I could hear him breathing in his sleep.
　Very restful.

　I guess I can't blame them for the first day.

　I put the four of us to [restful sleep].
　Within the membrane of green light, each of my friends went to sleep.