On the day we defeated the bandits, we decided to stay in the village where they were sitting. It was good that we rescued the women, but they were all more fatigued than I thought, and I couldn't let them walk to the nearest town.

　Well, as expected, we burned the house where the women were being held captive. Some of the girls started crying just looking at that house, and it wasn't very sanitary. They all agreed to it.

　Some of the women we saved would cry just by looking at us, the men, and we had to take care of them. Alexia is looking at them one by one to see if there's anything wrong with them, and Helen is questioning each one of them, so I'm sure they'll be fine.

　The other women, the women we've helped, and even Hilde-san, have been taking care of the children who are weak in body and weak in spirit. Hilde-san is only the Light Dragon King, and her light magic is amazing. She can calm a girl in a state of delirium just by using light magic.

　While the ladies are nursing the girls like that, what are we men doing?

"Is that all you got?　Especially Ray!　I'm not going to leave you in charge, Ekla-chan!　I mean, I'm not dying!

　I had Levin-san put me through the training. At first he started doing it to see what I was capable of doing, with Ekra wanting to follow me, but Mr. Levin said, "Come on, the rest of you guys, come on! So Dagris and the others joined in. I'm already the only one standing here. Besides.

Hey, what's up, Ray!　You're gonna die!　You're gonna die!　Then die!

　and Levin moves in front of me and hits me with his thunder-clad left hand. This guy, every attack against me is hitting me with the intention of killing me!

"Chaos vortex body grant, weapon grant!　Black Thunder Spear!

　I hit Levin's left hand with my black lightning-clad Rowga. With a bang, my lightning and Levin's lightning collide, causing sparks to fly, but...

Ame!

　And then it just blows away. d*mn it!　I'm outgunned!

'Tsk!　Why don't you take yourself serious, man? You think I'm stupid?　Ah!

No, I don't want to use it in front of everyone.

　And I don't want to get involved. Even when I'm training with my master, I'm doing it where everyone else isn't.

"Do you think I'll let people get involved? Come on, come on!

"If you say so, Hikarin, let's go, Thunderbolt Tenkoku!

　The next moment, blue-purple lightning gushes into my body. Dagris, Kate, and Burton, who were seeing me here for the first time, have surprised expressions on their faces, and Alexia and the others, who were nursing the women, also came out of the mansion as my magic suddenly swelled.

'Oh, that's all right. Come on!

I'm coming!

　I'm going to gush out my thunderbolt and run into Mr. Levin. I'm facing the Attribute King. I want to see how far I can go!

　◇ ◇ ◇.

"Huh, huh.

Even though I'm in a humanized state, it's still a good idea to injure my body. Well, that's something to be proud of.

Yes, that's right. Thank you.

　d*mn, there's too much of a difference in strength. If you're not good at it, you're even stronger than your master. No matter how much you attack, he's going to defend against you with his lightning-clad arms. I was pinned down even though I was finally able to scratch my body after playing both hands. When I look at Levin-san like that.

But at this rate, we won't stand a chance against the seven demons who have regained their full strength.

Nah!

　Levin's sudden statement startled me awake.

''Why did you mention the Seven Demon Generals!

'What?　You know how many hundreds of years I've been alive. I know everything about them and everything that happened three hundred years ago.

　Levin said and looked into the distance.

'Mr. Levin was in that fight too?

Yeah, there's a Dark Dragon King among those seven demon generals. We, the Attribute King, joined forces with them to stop him.

　I didn't think there was an Attribute King among the seven demon generals.

''They can all use level 9 magic. Among them, the Demon King and the Dark Dragon King can use magic up to 10. At this rate, they'll die for sure.

　With that, Levin-san returns to the mansion. Are you saying that your current state isn't enough? A level 10 magic to counter them. But it's not that easy.

'You don't have to take it so seriously.

　I was looking at my right hand when I heard a gentle voice from behind me. I turn around and see Hilde standing there with Ekra on her chest.

'I've heard from everyone else, but it seems that Gylfi is her mentor, and I'm sure she knows what she's doing. Besides, she seems to have taken a liking to you, too.

　Then Hilde smiles as she looks at Levin's back. And Ekla, who is holding me to her chest, takes off from there and gets on my head. And then she pats me on the head as if to encourage me.

'Thanks, Ekla.'

　I stroke Ekla's head, and she cooed happily. Yeah, it's soothing. When I'm at ease like that.

Ray, most of the healing is done.

　And Alexia comes in.

'Well then,'

'Yes, as planned, Helen and I will meet with the nearest territory, Baron Mangus, and borrow a carriage.

　When we all gathered here, we decided that we would not be able to take the ladies with us at this point, so we decided to let Alexia and Helen go ahead of us, and to borrow a carriage from the territory near this one, the Barony of Mangus, its lord, Baron Mangus.

　It was decided that if Alexia, the princess of this country, and Helen, the daughter of the vizier, would go, these two would not be paid at the gate, so they would go.

　We will be waiting in this village for the time being. The reason for this is because Alexia and her friends use one of the two carriages, and we don't have the legs to go, but again, we can't go alone without the women.

　Demons come to this village from time to time, and if we are not good at it, other bandits may come. It was decided that we must stay behind to protect ourselves from them.

　They decided to leave tomorrow, so they'll take it easy here today. I'm not sure if it's just a matter of time before I'll be able to see it.

"Good work, Alexia.

　I say that and stroke Alexia's head. Then Alexia smiles while blushing. Then

Squeak!

　The éclat on top of my head is saying something. She's extending her arms towards Alexia, so what's going on with Alexia?　I put my head towards Alexia and she's close to my face.

　The eyes meet mine and Alexia blushes again. I'm embarrassed when she looks at me like that.

''Squeak, squeak, squeak!

　That's not a problem for me," said Ekla, smacking Alexia on the head. It's as if she's imitating me. I'm sure Ekla is also punishing Alexia. Alexia knows that, so.

Thank you, Éclat.

　Alexia strokes Ekla's head as she says that. Ekla is in a good mood too, cooing and purring. Tomorrow we have to start moving again. I hope that the day will continue to be as calm as today.