A week had passed since that day.
They say children's interests shift quickly, but Nina-chan's focus remained unshaken, still entirely on exorcising monsters.
That's why every morning, we met early and spent about an hour practicing magic behind the gym—since no one ever went there. Then, after school, we'd go on what we called monster-hunting walks together.
As for what exactly a monster-hunting walk is, it's really just as it sounds, and it was something I had suggested.
I'd told Nina-chan, "Maybe it's better to start by getting used to seeing monsters first," a rather naïve suggestion, but she had accepted it, saying, "That makes sense."
Incidentally, if we just wanted to encounter a monster, all I'd need to do is recklessly release my magic power. That alone would be enough to attract monsters to me like moths to a flame on a hot summer night.
But that would be dangerous.
