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But she really has good skills. With my eyes I couldn’t even see it until it fell over and hitting its vital spot from this distance is very impressive. It even has longer range than magic, the battles might turn out to be much easier from now on.

“Okay, let’s head back. However not the way we came, but let’s try getting through to the main road.”

If we can find more prey on our way back then it would be the best.

This time my Sense Presence reacted first.

“Sati. There is something over there. About half the size of an orc.”

Sati is looking in the direction I pointed, her ears are twitching and she is sniffing with her nose, but it looks like she doesn’t notice anything about it.

I stand at the front as we slowly close in.

“I see it. It’s a big spider.”

It’s the effect of Hawk Eyes, huh. She finds them fast. Maybe I should take it too.

“Can you do it?”

“Yes.”

She shoots her bow. Dosa, gasagasa, sounds could be heard. But I can hear it making sounds as it’s still moving. Sati shoots one more time. The forest finally regained its silence.

With a sword in hand I carefully go and confirm it. The poison is the scariest about the spider.

The big spider breathed its last after taking two arrows. I take the arrows out and put the corpse in the Item Box.

“You are great, Sati.”

If it’s like this, then we should be able to fight a few at a time. The forest isn’t as dangerous as they say, huh. Using wide area detection and long range attacks to perform sneak attacks seems super effective.

After that we didn’t encounter anything until we reached the main road. Also, with just two enemies our level didn’t go up it seems. On the way back to the town we hunted a few wild rabbits and went home for that day.

“Heeh, an orc and a big spider, huh.”

We show Sati’s Guild Card to the guard soldier.

“One hit from long range to its vital spot. I feel like there was no need to be scared.”

“Well, don’t let your guard down, okay? The forest is really dangerous. Also, make sure to return for the night without fail.”

I’m scared of the night too. Even though we have detection abilities, we won’t be able to see. I’ll need to take Dark Vision too sometime in the future.

“I heard that Ojou-chan played an active role that time with the harpies too, you can’t be considered an apprentice adventurer anymore, huh.”

Now that he mentions it, there was something about being an apprentice or something.

“That’s right. Sati is already an excellent adventurer and my party member.”

“Is that true! I’m happy!”

Sati is overjoyed. In fact, isn’t she already stronger than me? That’s what I think. I have higher firepower, but if I fought her I think I would lose. This cheat I got from G.o.d is really something.

We received the reward from the Guild, then headed for the shopping district. Tilika-chan was out on business.

“Sati, here is today’s reward.”

I hand over a few silver coins.

“Eh, but this much…..”

In the past I gave her some pocket money so she could buy things to eat, but it’s my first time giving her a bigger sum. That being said, it’s just a few silver coins.

“It’s the money Sati earned. We bought equipment from the one with the harpies so you couldn’t use it that time. You can use it as you see fit.”

It’s something of an initial salary, today is special.

After thinking for a while, Sati entered a clothing store. Clothes, huh. That place should be no problem. If she has that much, then she can most likely buy two or three good set of clothes. As I follow after her, she goes through between the clothes and enters the back part.

Cloth? It seems sewing tools were her target. Sati is anxiously looking my way so I nod to her. You can spend it as you like.

After buying some cloth and sewing tools she looks satisfied. Self-made clothes, huh. Maybe she could make a sailor uniform. I think it would fit Sati very well.

“Sati, do you know how to make clothes?”

Sati suddenly stops in her tracks. She is looking at me with a troubled expression.

“I didn’t know. What should I do…..? Do you know how, Masaru-sama?”

“What a coincidence. I don’t know either.”

Sati looks like she is about to cry.

“That’s it! Angela. We should ask Angela about it.”

“That’s true! Angela-sama knows how for sure!”

It’s before noon, so Angela was preparing lunch in the orphanage.

“Sorry, I’m bad with sewing.”

Sati is openly dejected.

“Aaah, you know what, Sister Matilda is good with it!”

It’s been decided that Sister Matilda would teach her in the afternoon for a bit.

Sister Matilda would be in charge of the medical clinic in the afternoon, so in exchange I help out in the medical clinic. From next time, she promised to teach her if we come over during the morning.

While we were there, we also ate lunch there. As a gift I gave them three of the wild rabbits we hunted today.

Sati started practicing sewing as soon as we got home. We borrowed something like a textbook, so she is st.i.tching something as she is looking at it. She is deep in concentration, so she probably won’t accompany me today…… Let’s read a book or something. There was that history book we borrowed from Tilika-chan.

Apparently this kingdom was originally a part of the Empire, but approximately 300 years ago a count of a remote region, the founder of this kindom, rebelled and became independent. It seems they had a lot of pent up frustration regarding the demon border. So, with the help of the powerful soldiers tempered by the demon border and also by allying themselves with the demi-humans, like beast people and the elves, they fought evenly with the Empire and finally won their independence.

At the time the social status of demi-humans was low in the Empire and they successfully exploited that fact. After that, although it was somewhat rowdy, they reconciled with the Empire. The Empire found that it was a big merit that their northern border wasn’t adjacent to the demon border anymore. Now, materials from the demon border are being exported to the Empire, and food and products are being imported from the Empire. The royal families also married amongst each other a few times, became relatives, and now they have an very positive relation with each other.

When I finished reading Tilika-chan and Angela were here already, then it was time to prepare dinner. After that, the usual bath time.

After getting out of the bath, Sati and Tilika-chan went to the dining room and continued with the sewing. They are doing it with the addition of Tilika-chan. Well, it’s good thing to have a hobby.

I was affectionate with Sati just before in the bath, so I was satisfied, but I was a bit lonely, so I acted lovey-dovey on the sofa of the living room with Angela. I wonder if Angela will stay today too~.

As I was thinking that, “Can I stay for the night tomorrow?”, she asked. But of course!

We alternate the days where we go into the forest and the days of training. On both days, first in the morning there is an hour of learning sewing under the guidance Sister Matilda. During that hour I’m free, so as thanks for teaching them sewing I go and help Angela with the treatments.

We finish both the hunting in the forest and the training before noon, then relax in the afternoon.

I do training every four days, on the others I read books at home. If I partner up with Sergeant-dono for the training then he beats me to a pulp every time, it’s very painful. Since we go out to the forest every other day, I think it’s fine to be more moderate with the training. I think that even this is a big step forward compared to the time I was living a NEET life back in j.a.pan. People shouldn’t overdo things.

The forest wasn’t particularly dangerous either, it’s going very well. The enemies were mostly brought down by Sati’s bow, so I made sure to have her gain plenty of experience points. Some trolls did rush in, unfazed by the arrows, but we fought while I obstructed their movements with Earth Magic, so those went fine too.

I used Sati’s three level ups worth of Skill Points to get Covert Action and Stealth Steps, then raised them each to level 2, so our level of safety went up yet again. Her skills with the bow improved and managed to learn the three shot rapid fire. d.a.m.n, she is dependable. What only I could do was just about the wild rabbit hunting on our way back home, but by learning Covert Action Sati become able to do that as well. Somehow, am I an unneeded child?

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