"That means before the powerful adventurers and knights from the capital
come here next month, we can't work as usual."
"That's how it is… During this period of time when we can't do quests, I would need you to accompany me like this…"
I came with Meguma to the outskirt of town. There are no dangerous monsters around town right now. After the demon army boss came, the weak monsters hid themselves in fear.
I came along with Meguma who couldn't use explosion spell because we couldn't take on quests for a walk. This girl had something she needed to do every day, which was casting her explosion magic. Would I need to accompany this fellow out here every day for the whole month? I thought about ignoring Meguma and asked her to go alone, but she countered that no one would be carrying her on the way back.
"Here should be far enough right, hurry up, cast your spell and let's go back."
A short distance from town, I rushed Meguma to cast her spell. But Meguma shook her head and said:
"No, the guards will lecture me again if we do this too close to town."
"You said 'too' just now right? Because it was too loud?"
Meguma nodded to acknowledge me. Can't be helped, I felt a bit uneasy without my weapon, but there's no monsters around anyway. And so I decided to hike a bit further.
Now that I thought about it, I didn't have much chances to walk around outside leisurely like this. My trips outside were usually because of hunting monsters or quests. Not a casual stroll like this…
"…? What is that, an abandoned castle?"
On the hills in a distance ahead. A deserted ancient castle was erected there. It looked just like a haunted house…
"It feels creepy… As if there are ghost residing in there…"
I mumbled to myself…
"Let's pick that place! No one would complain even if I destroy a ruin like that."
Meguma prepared the spell happily after she finished. A breeze blew through the hills that made me felt refreshed. The chanting of the explosion spell that didn't fit in with this comfortable atmosphere was carried off by the wind…!
… And so, Meguma and I started our new daily routine. The penniless Terly was working hard every day. Lighttress said she would return home to train. The idle Meguma went to the abandoned castle to cast her explosion spell daily without fail.
It might be a cold evening with icy rain.
Or a lazy afternoon after lunch. Or a refreshing morning when she went for a stroll. No matter the time, Meguma would cast her spell at that castle every single day…
And I watched Meguma's spell every day, and was even able to judge whether the condition of the explosion spell was good or bad.
"'Explosion'–!"
"Oh, that seemed pretty good. The impact of the explosion could be felt through my bones, followed by the air tremor that followed immediately after. It is strange that the abandoned city remained intact but… What an explosion!"
"Great explosion! Kuku, Kanike understands the way of the explosion more now. Your comment today hit the mark and was poetry like… how about it? I am not talking about this casually, Kanike do you want to seriously consider learning explosion magic?"
"Yeah– the way of the explosion is interesting… But from the composition of our current party, there is no need for 2 wizards. But when I retire from adventuring and have left over skill points, it would be interesting to use them to learn explosion magic."
Meguma discussed such things with a smile. Just like this, we talked about how much points we could give the sound of the explosion: Like even though it wasn't too loud, but the pitch was great, and chatted about the way of the explosion.