Chapter 7 (1/2)

Broccoli + Kirin (giraffe) + Banana = Brokkina

Several days later.

I and Firia who are undertaking the gathering medicinal herbs request as usual, feel that the atmosphere inside the forest is a bit strange, different from usual.

“…Firia, do you feel that there’s something strange here?”

“Perhaps something happened here. I can feel a remains of magical energy with greatly different density from the other.”

Firia makes a stern expression.

Considering about it by combining her statement with the presence I feel, it seems like it’s quite a formidable fellow.

“You sure are amazing, to be able to feel the remains of magical energy.”

“Even if I look like this, I’m an elf, after all. Or rather, how could you notice this abnormality, Yuri-san?”

“Intuition. Also, if I should say it, perhaps because the smell of the forest is slightly different from usual.”

“I think you’re the one amazing, though….”

Anyhow, I think without a doubt there’s something here.

Unable to conceal my elated feeling, a smile floats at my face. I want to travel this vast world more. And then, I want to fight against many strong opponents.

But unfortunately there’s no subjugation request at E rank requests.

But, be that as it may, if I don’t undertake the request then my rank won’t raised.

The only way to solve those problems in one go is none other than my “great plan of defeating a magical beast when we were gathering medicinal herbs”.

“You sure have an amazing naming sense, aren’t you, Yuri-san?”

“Don’t peek at my mind! Good grief….”

Seems like Firia used her “Mind read” and peeked at my mind.

Nevertheless, this presence.

It isn’t a presence of a magical beast that usually lives at such a forest mean for beginner.

That means, we must defeat it by any means, don’t we?

Or rather, such a thing is unrelated, I don’t see other option but fight it.

“Walking to search for it seems like a pain, isn’t it? So let’s flying for a bit”

“Flying? Yuri-san, what are you— kyaa!”

I’m flying.

My body is gradually floating, and finally surpa.s.sing the height of trees. And then I search for the figure of this magical beast— find it.

The first one comes into my sight is its surprisingly long neck.

Looking at its body that almost equal to the trees around it, perhaps its height is not less than then meters.

Perhaps it’s trying to mimicking the trees around it, with a green colored body, its neck has a similar green color of tree leafs.

Its face is covered by a green colored s.h.a.ggy fur, and there’s a yellow fruit-like thing similar like a banana atop its head.

After confirming its appearance I return to the ground.

“I found it, Firia.”

“Before that, could you please explain to me what you just did?”

“What I just did… I was flying. If you keep kicking the air before your body fallen, you could keep flying, right? Something like that.”

“I see. I understand that it won’t be any use as reference at all.”

When I tell Firia about this magical beast’s traits, Firia’s face is slightly stiffened.

“That… perhaps it’s brokkina. I’m not fully remember about it, but I think at least it is supposed to be a B rank magical beast.”

According to Firia, seems like Brokkina tend to attack by swinging its long neck.

And then, above all, it seems like it’s a strong magical beast that may endanger the balance of this forest.

“Any adventurers who come here perhaps would got instantly killed by it, right? We have no choice but to defeat it, isn’t it? Haa, such job is….”

“It seems strong, isn’t it? I’m looking forward to fight against it.”

I can feel my body and my emotion in excitement. My blood is gus.h.i.+ng strongly, and flowing through my whole body.

Fresh, without a doubt this is a fresh feeling. Without a doubt I’m alive right now.

“Why did you say such battle junkies words?”

“Having an opponent where you can crash your power till your heart content sure makes you thrilled, isn’t it?”

“I don’t feel it at all, though….”

Seems like Firia doesn’t get the point here.

“Good grief, this is why Firia is….”

“Eh, am I the one strange here?”

Firia opens her eyes wide as if surprised.

Thinking about it logically with common sense, without a doubt the one strange here is Firia.

If she thinks about it, she should be able to understand that soon, though.

“Then, What should we do, Yuri-san? Should we make a strategy or something?”

“Hmm, let’s see…. This time I’ll show you the amazingness of my muscle magic.”

I fold over my arms.

Simultaneously, seems like can’t endure it for any longer, she opens her mouth.

“Then, it seems like this time there’s no need for me to take any action, isn’t it~? Is there anything I can help you?”

“No, no problem.”

“Then, I’ll watching you from distance. I have a considerably good eyesight, after all. Which direction is it?”

“Perhaps, around forty degree to the left.”

“I got it. I’ll wait from atop this tree.”

Saying so, Firia floats her body and then sits at a branch atop the tree.

So wind magic could also be used that way, huh. I can’t imitate it with my muscle magic, but it seems very convenient.

“Ah, I can see it. Uwah, it sure is big, isn’t it?”

“I see, then I’m going.”

“Ah, Yuri-san.”

When I’m intending to run, Firia addresses me.

“…do your best. Please don’t die on me.”

“Ou, just look at how I go rampaging there.”

I return a thumb up to Firia along with a wild animal-like smile.

I run at my full speed toward where brokkina is.

I can feel its presence immediately, after I run toward that direction for a while more I finally make a contact with it.

“It sure is big, isn’t it?”

I put my impression into words.