In front of me is a brown mountain of a monster.
　A mysterious giant monster that didn't move and didn't know why it jumped out of the scene.

　'I never thought the time would come when I could cut such a huge thing. I'm glad I joined Kakeru's party.

　Touka huffed in a breath as if to sharpen his spirit and let the words slip out.

　''Two Heavenly Roaring Currents.''

　The pale white light running around her gained momentum with a roaring sound.
　As she returned the Japanese sword in her hand to its sheath on the left side, a white glowing sword appeared on her right hip.

　''Hey, no way.''
　Hmm. There he is. Oh, yeah!　I'm two-faced by nature.

　Isn't it too cool to have a sword made of lightning and a Japanese sword?　I wish I could use that one.
　As usual, there is no sign of the monster moving.

　"Ichino kata iai

　Touka lowers his stance and crosses his hands and puts his hands on the swords at his sides.
　That stance!　The move I wanted to do most when I used my sword!　

　"Thunderbolt!
　What?

　I was expecting to see a rambling sword fight, an iai, but what I actually saw in my field of vision was a girl who skidded into nothing.

　''.........''

　Touka got up with a whimper.

　Ichino Kata Iai.

　Get back on your feet.

　"Mewl-- What the hell?

　He spun around. Touka whipped up again, lowering his stance.

　Ichino Kata Iai.
　Hey, wait a minute!

　I stopped Touka from trying to resume as if nothing had happened.

　'What?'　I'm in a good place right now.
　Not a nice place. Did you just fall off your bike?　I fell down twice, didn't I?
　What?　What are you talking about? There's no way I'm going to fail in such an important situation. That was this monster's attack.
　No, he didn't do anything. He hasn't done anything since he came out.
　'Ugh!　I didn't expect you to use earth-based magic and wound me.......this monster is very strong.
　'Ugh!　It's not. You're hurting yourself because you fell down.
　"I didn't crash!　Stay back, Kakel!　You're going to get hurt.
　You're the one who's hurt, though.
　....

　"Ichino kata iai.... narukami ichisen...!

　Touka said the name of the technique as if to escape from me and disappeared in front of me.
　A thunderous roar echoed in my ears, and what I saw in my eyes was a buzzing white light and...

　Wow.

　A brown pile cut in half.
　The ground where she must have passed through was gouged out, leaving a pale light crispy.
　The corpse of the giant monster that had been torn apart by Touka's two swords lost its balance and collapsed to the ground.

　I can see the black-haired beautiful girl who was scrambling in the middle of nowhere earlier running towards me.

　''Oi!　Kakeroo!　This is my-- aha!

　Touka scrambled again, adding fresh wounds to himself.
　That guy, he has the doofus attribute, huh? You can use such a cool move, but even before you use it, it's really lame.

　I don't know. I didn't expect him to use earth magic on me even after he died... he was a powerful enemy.
　....
　'Are you so amazed at my swordsmanship that you can't even speak?
　I'm just amazed that I've never seen a guy go down three times in such a short period of time.
　I didn't skate!
　....

　As I looked at him suspiciously, a voice came from behind me.

　'Ah!　The Kakers are here!

　Aria and Stella came running up to me.

　'What's the matter with you, Touka?　You have such a powerful enemy!　I could hear a lot of noise over there, though.
　What? It's just a scratch. You don't have to worry about it.

　That's just a scrape.

　But you're bleeding!　We need to stop the bleeding!　Huh?　What's that brown stuff?

　Aria noticed the corpse of the giant monster behind us.

　''Ho, Touka must be a pretty awesome swordsman.
　'I knew Touka beat you!　Kakeru can't take down a monster like this, can he!
　'Hmm. But I still have a long way to go. You shouldn't let a monster like this hurt you.

　No, you got that one yourself. That monster hasn't done anything to you. How can you look so pissed off?

　'It's amazing how you can take down such a big monster even with your wounds!
　Oh, yeah?　Don't be shy.

　Why are you so embarrassed? It's more embarrassing that you got that wound yourself.
　I suddenly remembered the time when Touka was coming after me.

　"Touka, there's something I want to ask you.
　Hmm?　What is it?
　''That earth magic you're talking about, was Tobidryu and the others using it too?
　'That would be true. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to take damage to such a small monster.
　Hmm.
　What's the reaction?

　That is, Touka had been skidding a lot when he was chasing me, he said.
　That's why that horrible sound of thunder was sometimes far away, he said.

　''It's nothing.　Aria, bring me the body of this giant monster.　Also, I want you to take care of those Tobidryu's that are scattered over there.
　Buy two ice creams later.
　All right, all right. I'll get you three for free.

　Aria's eyes sparkle as I say it. Even though Aria's verbal magic is useful, it would be tiring indeed.
　How sweet I am.

　''You said it!　I promise!　Three, three!

　We stepped forward into the city.

　'As expected, you can't bring this huge body into the city with you, can you?
　Yeah.
　But I thought you couldn't give me a quest completion report without a dead monster.
　'Yeah. I'll go ahead and talk to your sister for a minute.
　Are you trying to escape?
　No, what?

　The corpses of the monsters, including the Giant Tobidryu, were then taken over by the guild's staff.
　The giant monster Touka cut off is said to be called a Giant Tobidryu.
　It is said that it is the same as the giant tobidryu in that it hides under the ground and lives there, but the difference is that instead of attacking things that pass directly above it, it uses its huge body to play a game of warp.
　Incidentally, the cost of dismantling the giant flying dragon, sending guild staff, and many other things were deducted from the quest fee, and I only received a few tears of money.

　Honestly, I don't know what that means. The quest rewards that I know about should be the face value of the money plus the materials for the monsters I beat.
　Well, I guess that means reality isn't as simple as a game, but I'm pretty sure I'm wrong somehow.