Chapter 6 (1/2)

The first job is collecting medicinal herbs.

There was a trouble at the guild, but for us who decided to take the collecting medicinal herbs request as our first job, we went outside the town.

Our destination is a different forest than forest of death. It’s a forest suited for beginners with less dangerous magical beasts.

“Oh, I find it.”

I who have found the medicinal herb, pull it from the ground.

“Isn’t that way too fast?”

Firia who is also currently crouching on the ground to search for the medicinal herbs says so with a seemingly surprised voices.

“I can somehow know it from its scent, after all.”

For me, such a feat is a piece of cake.

Anyhow, for me who had lived inside the forest without any potion, if I left my injury as it was, it would led me into death, after all. In that situation, understanding the effect of each medicinal herbs was an important thing for me.

Even if I say so, ever since I lived inside that forest, I never got any injury even once, though.

“Even though there’s recovery magic, do we still need medicinal herbs?” that may be indeed so, but people who could use recovery magic are scarce in the first place, and seems like you need to pay a load sum of money to have them cast it for you.

That’s what Firia said yesterday at the inn while puffing her nihilistic chest with a somewhat boastful expression.

And then, right now, for me who said that I can know it from its scent, Firia makes a dubious expression.

“I though medicinal herb has no scent, though.”

“Its scent is quite nice, you know?”

When I say so, Firia sighs with a seemingly resigned expression.

“…as I thought, I think Yuri-san aren’t a human, after all. To be able to discern the scent of medicinal herb is, even dog can’t do it.”

“Well, I’v lived inside the forest, after all. So of course I’ll be able to do this much.”

*twitch*, Firia’s ear twitched when I say so.

“As a resident of forest, I can’t afford to lose…!”

Firia is looking at me with a pride blaze at her eyes.

“Want to have a match?”

“Bring it on!”

And so, my and Firia’s showdown of collecting medicinal herb began.

At evening. Inside the forest.

My and Firia’s showdown of collecting medicinal herbs still continued.

“Since my dimensional is full, so how about we end the match here?”

At Firia’s word, I stop looking for the medicinal herbs.

It became more enthusiastic than I expected. She was quite a formidable opponent….

The medicinal herbs which are collected by Firia is nothing inferior to mine. I could say that her t.i.tle as the resident of the forest is not just for show, huh.

Seems like she could understand which place where those medicinal herbs were growing at.

“That’s a skill of a race who lived inside the forest for a long time.” Or so Firia says, but from my point of view, I think Firia is way far more apart from a human than I do, though.

“I got one hundred forty, and Firia got one hundred thirty six. So it’s my win, isn’t it?”

The result is my win with a slight margin.

“Mugugu… if I know it would happen then I should had bought a bigger dimensional bag at the town. If we continue the match a little longer we won’t know what would happen then.”

Firia bitterly bits her lip.

…this girl, is she such compet.i.tive fellow?

From the time we live together thus far, I thought she was the doing at her pace type and had no attachment to compet.i.tion, though.

Could it be, as an elf she has a high pride?

“Since we already have no business here, so let’s return immediately.”

“We~, we~.”

“….”

Firia suddenly starts to perform a poorly act of crying.

Sitting on the ground, she cover her eyes with her little hands.