The next day, we headed to the guild together.
　Yumina's clothes were too glittery and conspicuous to walk around town, so she borrowed clothes from Else and Linse to wear.



A white blouse with a ribbon on the chest, a black jacket, navy blue culottes and black knee socks. Even though they are someone else's clothes, they look relaxed and well suited. It does look a bit big though.
　Her long blonde hair was braided into one piece, making it easy to move around.
　For me, I thought that odd eyes were more noticeable, but apparently that's not the case in this world. I heard that odd eyes don't always have magical eyes.
　If it's just her appearance, then she's a normal girl. I'll leave aside whether or not I'd call her pretty much a beautiful girl or not.

''I was just wondering, if Yumina marries Fuyuya, will Fuyuya be the next king?
'Yes. I'd be happy if that were the case. In order to do that, though, we have to get the nobles and the people to recognize Fuyao-san. Well, if I have a younger brother, he'll probably take over.

　On the way to the guild, I overheard Else and Umina's conversation and gave the king a hearty shout-out. Good luck, for my happiness. Somehow another child. That's assuming he's going to marry Yumina!

"I don't want to be a king...
I know. If your uncle has a boy, or, you know, a boy is born to us, he can take over!

　What do you mean, between us? Also, don't get all red in the face when you say it yourself. It'll reflect on us too.
　Before going to the guild, I decide to stop by the "Weapon Shop Kumahachi" and get some equipment for Yumina. When I asked him if he had any money, he showed me a bag of money that he said he got from the king as a parting gift and jerked it off. I had a bad feeling and asked him to show me the contents of the bag, and the contents were 50 white gold coins. 50 million yen for a parting gift is a bit much.....
　I asked Baral, the owner of Kumahachi, to show me a bow. The selection of goods is not as good as in the royal capital, but this place has a good selection of goods. When I picked out some of them, Yumina pulled the strings to check the feel of them and chose the composite bow, a short and light M-shaped synthetic bow.
　She chose the fast firing nature of the bow, which was easier to handle than the distance. It's true that the long bow would be difficult for her to handle with her little one.
　Together they bought a hundred arrow tubes and arrows in a set. I also bought a white leather armor breastplate and a pair of matching boots.
　Okay, I guess I'm ready to go.



　I take Yumina with me into the crowded guild as usual.
　The people in the guild glanced at me, again as usual, and some of the men threw tight glances in my direction.
　At first, I didn't understand why, but now I do.
　Else, Linse, and Yae, too... they're pretty cute without being patronizing. And this is the way they look at me with those cuties. It's a prickly thing.
　As a matter of fact, I've been tangled up with these girls when they weren't around, saying "I don't like you! Well, I was politely distracted by them.
　Well, it's best not to deal with this kind of people.
　While I take Yumina and ask the receptionist to register her, Else and the others go to the request form board and check the contents.
　After registering, Yumina and I went to the others, and they had a single green request form in their hands.

'Did you find anything affordable?'
Hmm, well, I don't know, maybe this or that.

　A request form handed to me. A request to take down a guy. Let me see.

Five King Ape.... What kind of monster beasts are they?
The Great Ape Hexenbiest. They form groups of several animals and attack us. They are not very intelligent, so they often get caught in traps, but be careful with their power. At our level, they should be able to hunt them with no problem.

　I guess you could call it a power monster of force. Even so, it feels strange to have so many 'kings' swarming around, doesn't it? While thinking about this after listening to Linse's explanation, I handed the request form to Yumina beside me.

''What do you think? Does it look okay?
No problem. I'm fine.

　Our guild card is green, but Yumina's card is naturally beginner's black. There was no need for them to match our ranks, but Yumina refused to budge on green.
　The ranks change from black > purple > green > blue > red > silver > gold, respectively.

Black: Beginner.
Purple: An apprentice adventurer.
Green: Third-rate adventurer.
Blue: Second-rate adventurer.
Red > A top-notch adventurer.
Silver: Top-notch adventurer.
Gold -> Heroic.

And this is how it seems. Naturally, as you move up to the higher ranks, it gets harder and harder to rank up. By the way, there are no gold ranked adventurers in this country. So there aren't a lot of heroes in this country.
　Anyway, I took the request for defeating King Ape to the receptionist and had it accepted. The place is in the forest to the south of here, across the river in Arene.
　Unfortunately, I hadn't been to the south before, so I couldn't use the gate and decided to rent a carriage to get there.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most out of your trip. By the way, it seems that Yumina can also handle a horse. I'm a princess, though. No, is it because she is a princess? Have you been doing long rides or something like that? Perhaps in this world, it's the minority that can't handle a horse.......

''Hmm... I wonder if I should buy one, since I don't want to have to borrow a carriage every time.
There are many different kinds of carriages, that I know of, but they all cost a lot of money.　Besides, it's hard to take care of a horse, that it is. I can't leave him with Gingetsu for a long time, that I can't, that I can't.

　That's right. It's one thing and another. To be honest, I can't take care of a horse. If you can't even take care of them, why should you keep a living creature?
　We continued on our way, and three hours later, we crossed the river at Arene and arrived in the southern forest.


　We wondered where we could find King Ape. It would be nice if we could search for him using Search, but if there was a magical beast within 50 meters, we would usually notice it. You could also use the Long Sense, but that's like creating a sentient alter ego at a distance, and in the end it's no different than searching the forest alone. The degree of danger is reduced, though.
　If you look at the map on your phone, it's a reasonably large forest. It's hard to find a specific monster beast from here. The map's search function doesn't even search for creatures or monsters.
　We'll just have to look for them steadily. When we were about to step into the forest, Yumina stopped us.

''Excuse me, can I use the summoning magic before we enter the forest?''
'Summoning magic? What do you call it?
'Yes. It will probably help us find King Ape.

　Yumina moved away from us a bit and began to activate her magic.

'Come, Darkness, I seek you, proud Silver Wolf, Silver Wolf.

　When he finished casting the spell, silver wolves appeared one after another from Yumina's shadow. Five of them in total. About a meter in size. They circled around Yumina, happily wagging their tails. There was only one wolf that was a little bigger and had a cross pattern on its forehead.

''I'll have these kids look for it. They can communicate with me at a distance, so I'll know as soon as I spot them.

　I see. It's a wolf, not a dog. With your sense of smell, you'll be much easier to spot.

Okay, you guys.

　When Yumina ordered, everyone ran into the forest with a womp and a bark. So this is the summoning magic. I wonder if I can use it too, as I thought about it when I saw the lizardman before.
　I ask Yumina while walking into the forest.

''Basically, as long as you can make a contract with the demonic beast you summoned, you can learn it. Their contract conditions weren't difficult, so it was easy to sign a contract with them. Some of them would tell me to fight and show my strength, or answer their own questions. The stronger they were, the harder it was to get them to obey.

　I see. The stronger the summoned beast, the tougher the conditions are. It's only natural.
　As I was thinking about that while exploring the area, Yumina suddenly stopped.

''........It seems those girls have found it. Ah, but there's a bit too many of them. There are seven of them.''
"Seven... what to do?　I'm asking for five.

　Else beats the gauntlet.

'I think it's better to eradicate them all at once. If we miss even one of them, there's a chance they'll call our people.''

　I agree with Linse's thoughts. Maybe there are more than seven of them. It would be better to hit them now.

''Yumina, can you lure the King Ape and the others over here?''
You could, but... what are you going to do?
We'll set up a trap. We can get to the pit in a minute with some earth magic.

　The earth magic creates several pitfalls and we hide behind a tree. Eventually, Gogaa! With a yell, a few great apes appeared in pursuit of the wolves of Yumina.
　Slightly larger than a gorilla and with longer fangs. The monkeys, with pointed ears and bright red eyes, chased the wolves with a fierce look on their faces.
　Just before the pit that was disguised on the ground, the wolves jumped wide and leapt over the trap. Without questioning it, the great monkeys plunged straight into the pit and fell into the pit with flying colors.

''Gogao!''
Now!

　Me, Yae and Else jump out from behind a tree. Three of them were caught in the trap. They were buried in the ground up to chest height and struggled to crawl out.
　An arrow deep into the eye of one of them. Yumina? From the blind spot of that great monkey's lost eye, Yae slashed at it, severing the carotid artery in its neck.

'Come, flame, whirling spiral, Firestorm.

　A tornado of flames called by Linse attacked the other two trapped animals. In the blink of an eye, the two animals were scorched black, and me and Else put the finishing touches to their weakened king ape.
　Before we could catch our breath, the remaining four animals emerged from deep in the forest. Waving their big, fat arms around, they came towards us with a yell and a ground shaking.

'Slip!'
Uggah?

　With the momentum of the rush, one of the lead monkeys falls over with my magic. One after another, arrows were shot at the fallen giant monkey, piercing it. Finally, Yae, who dove for that one's chest, thrust her sword with her weight and the giant monkey stopped moving.

''Boost!''

　Beside her, Else, who had activated her body-strengthening magic, jumped into the bosom of King Ape and hit him hard in the abdomen in succession. Unable to withstand her blows, the wolves of Yumina attacked the great ape who fell as it was.
　Two left.

''Thunder, come, White Lotus Thunder Spear, Thunder Spear!
'Come, flame, come, Red Lotus Flame Spear, Fire Spear!

　Yumina and Linze's magic was released. Two magic spears, one with the wind and one with the fire attribute, pierced the chests of the two great monkeys.
　Ggogaaaah! And with a decapitation, two of the pierced animals fall down.
　Oh, great. I'm sure your magic skills are on par with Linse. It's a good idea to have a good time with them. It's a good thing that you're not able to get a good control over your magic, or maybe that's why it's so difficult to learn higher level magic, especially attack magic. It's not that I'm not good at it, but I'm pretty good at the light attribute.
　All seven King Ape were defeated. Is this the end of the battle? I'm glad it was easier than I thought it would be.
　Five wolves jumped in and out of Yumina's shadow and disappeared.

''Um, how did I do?''

　I guess the question that Yumina is asking is whether she didn't slow everyone down. To put it bluntly, it was not just a hindrance, it was a great help. I didn't think that covering fire would be as effective as it was.

''It's not a problem for us, competently speaking.
Magic is a pretty good thing, too.
The logistical support is still very helpful, that it is.

　One after another, a positive opinion that recognizes Yumina's abilities. That's true, but........I still don't think it's a good idea to put a 12 year old in danger.......hmmm.
　The girl who continues to stare at me, who is thinking about it, with an anxious look on her face. So that's why those eyes are foul........ This girl doesn't understand and do it, does she?

It's a pleasure to work with you, Yumina.
'Yes! We'll take care of it!　Winter Night!

　Yumina hugs me with a spilled smile. Wait, don't do that kind of thing! Everyone's looking at you!
　I manage to pull her off and collect the fangs, which are the number checking part of the King Ape.

''But when Yumina enters, there are four girls and I'm the only one guy.......

　A small sigh.

'What's wrong?'

　Linse tilts her head. The fact that she's unaware of it is also troubling.

'The three of you may not realize it, but you stand out in a guild or something... and the way you look at me for it hurts.
"? Why, that is?
That's because I'm surrounded by girls. Else, Linse, and Yae are all especially cute.
""What?"

　Everyone freezes. What? What did I say? A guy can't stand it if he's surrounded by pretty girls, you know?

Well, what are you talking about, Fuyuuya? You're always joking. You're cute and stuff...
What?
"............

　Why does everyone blush?

Well, let's get out of here!
...Yeah, you're right, sis!
We're going home, that we are!

　All three of them went Zunzung quickly through the forest. What is that........
　The sleeves of my coat are pulled on with a nip.

"Fuyao-san, what about me? Am I pretty?
"? I think it's pretty...?
Heh.

　Yumina hugged me again with a shy smile. I told her to stop!
Then he returned to the carriage, activated the gate, and returned to the riffle.
　But still, summoning magic.... I hadn't dabbled in the dark attribute yet. The first thing I saw was a lizardman, so it was kind of a bad image...
　If there's an animal type like that, I'll probably sign up for one. I'll have to ask Yumina to show me how to do it next time.