Chapter 217 – IO’S PAST (PART 1) THE HARDWORKING GIRL (2/2)

However, she is nothing but a rookie adventurer.

She did not have experience nor power, she did not have the courage that would enable her to move her own body as she wanted in real battles.

She still, lacks everything of them.

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Deep within the night, when the three adventurers were sleeping by the fire, Io was practicing by herself.

When one uses magic, there are generally three steps needed to be taken.

First, one must muster the needed magic powers within their body.

Next, one must change those magic powers to the shape of the magic they wish to use. There are people who express it as kneading clay, others imagine the ingredients of pudding being poured into its mold.

Lastly, one must release the shape of that magic outside of their bodies and shoot.

Io was repeatedly doing the first step.

No matter what magic would be used, it does not change the fact that one would need to gather the needed magic powers in an instant, which is the same with training the body, the more one trains on it, the more the amount they could use would increase.

In other words, although Io looks like she is just sitting, she is actually training strengthen her magic powers.

“I want to become stronger.”

“I want to become stronger and fight side by side with the adventurer I admire.”

She continued to train with that in mind without sparing the time to sleep.

「What the heck are you doing?」

Io raised her face.

It was the plump man standing in front of her. It the man called Biron who uses bow and arrows fought against the monsters with high accuracy.

「U-Uhm. I……」

「Sleep. You must sleep whenever you can, that’s common sense as an adventurer」

「But……」

「You’re already dragging our leg, shut up and sleep while you still can」

「……yes」

Io reluctantly lied to her side.

「Damn, I let her enter the party to meet numbers, but what a baggage 」

Hearing Biron’s footsteps getting far away, Io secretly shed her tears.

The ground of their camp felt very cold.

She bit her lip and controlled her magic powers while laying down.

She silently continued her training.

She continued it to become stronger. She continued to be more useful.

She continued to step into the world of the adventurers she admired.

She did her best to raise the amount of her magic powers little by little.

But the result of her hard work had no chance to be shown.

Starting from the next day, the adventurers declared Io as “just there for numbers” and completely ignored her. They cleared the Guild’s monster subjugation quest with just the three of them.

But even so, Io did not stop and waited for her turn. As she did that, she did her best to enhance herself.