"That again… Feel it-, Feel it… Closing her eyes because she wasn't supposed to see anyway, Lila concentrated on the spot where the wolf mentioned it to be. "Hrmm… Hrmmm… Hey, Fen… you're just messing with me, aren't you?! I can feel absolutely nothing!"
"Don't give up so fast, girl. I told you something is there. Focus on the area and feel the power that is radiating from the place."
"Fine…" Slightly pouty, she continued to focus on the target. "Hmm… maybe it's something like a radar…? AH!" She suddenly clapped her hands together. "Some sort of red dot appeared in my head!"
"See, I told you so."
"That's super handy!"
"Once you get better at it, you can even tell what kind of monster it is, or how strong. Well, not that their strength matters to ones such as us."
"You're rather proud about being strong, are you not?" She noticed just how Fen was boasting about it whenever he could.
"You'll come to enjoy it soon enough as well. Okay, now that you have the basics down, two other monsters are hiding somewhere. Try to find them."
"Sure!" Feeling motivated after her success, Lila kept going with her detection magic training. A little over five minutes passed before she finally broke her concentration and looked at Fen with a troubled expression.
"Can't do it yet, girl?"
"Yeah, seems like it… You said there are two monsters, but so far, I picked up four, no, five signals. Apparently, I'm doing something wrong…"
"Eh?!"
"Hmm?" Lila didn't understand why he sounded so shocked.
"You… W-Where have you detected them?!"
"Uhh… let's see… a group of two is about two kilometers to our left… Two more, almost six kilometers in front of us, and the last one… there's a tiny red dot about seven, maybe a little more, kilometers behind us, I guess."
"…"
"What's wrong, Fen?" She tilted her head, still not understanding his reaction.
"…"
"Hmm…? Ah!" She finally noticed. "Could it be, Fen~? You only found two monsters because the range of your detection magic isn't that big~?" She looked unbearably smug after finding out the reason.
"R-Range isn't everything!" She was spot on. "Y-You still can't make out details from your detections, r-right?!"
"Didn't you say yourself that details like their powers and whatnot aren't of importance for the o so strong ones like us~?"
"You insolent…" Clearly embarrassed, he was trying to stay calm under her teasing.
"Anyway, putting that aside." Finally, noticing that she was overdoing it, Lila decided to change the topic. "How do we hunt that monster… animal…? Whatever it is now?"
"Find it out yourself, girl!" Still angry, Fen turned his head away.
"Come on, I'm sorry, okay? I didn't mean to tease you… that much. I'm still figuring out how much that god messed with my personality. It happened unconsciously…"
"That's some handy excuse you came up with."
"It's true!"
"Fine…" Sighing, the wolf gave up and walked towards the target he had spotted in the beginning.
"Yay!" Lila quickly followed him, and the two stopped around 100 meters before the group of trees.
"That should be close enough."
"Hmm… Ah, I just saw something moving behind the bushes!"
"Were you doubting me?"
"Well, all I saw was a red dot after all… It's still hard for me to fully grasp this magic thing."
"Watch me closely then. I'll show you the beauty of magic."
"Bring it on, Fen!" Following his order, Lila looked at him and eagerly waited for something to happen. Immediately after, three semi-translucent spears, apparently made of ice, formed in front of the wolf. Once they finished materializing, the spears shot towards the bushes with tremendous speed, followed by a pained cry.
"M-Mooo…" The sound didn't last long before the two heard a soft rumbling as if something heavy fell on the ground.
"Moo…?" Lila had no idea what kind of animal he had just killed, but she thought the cry sounded familiar.
"Let's go and look at our spoils."
"Yeah." Saying so, the two approached the bushes where the cry came from and inspected the area.
"One kow, ready to eat."
"I wouldn't say ready, but… Wait, kow, huh? Well, it's close enough…?" Lila was looking at the killed animal while pondering about the name. No matter at which angle she looked at, it was a perfectly normal cow, albeit maybe a bit smaller. Assuming these kows aren't naturally equipped with ice-spears sticking out of them.
"Looks tasty, doesn't it?"
"Does it…?" The girl had a hard time agreeing with him on that, taking another glance at the dead animal, riddled with bloody icicles.
"Now we wait until it's bled out, and we can get to the skinning and preparing part."
"S-Sure…"
About an hour passed since the kow had met its icy end. Fen waited until it was bled enough and started with his skinning magic. Having no urge whatsoever to learn this specific magic, Lila decided not to watch and gather firewood instead. For her, at least, meat has to be adequately grilled, after all. She didn't know how Fen felt about this topic, but he's probably okay with whatever as long as it's a lot of meat, is what she thought.
Once the meat vaguely resembled something she was used to from supermarkets in her previous world, thanks to the wolf cutting it into pieces by using some sort of wind blades made by magic, the two sat down next to the campfire that was handily lit by Fen's fire magic.
"You sure are useful." Lila was amazed by how versatile he was. "Teach me some of those magics later, okay?"
"Sure, but food comes first."
"Yes, yes."
Fen threw a big slab of meat on a flat stone right next to the fire, lightly roasting it. This apparently was his favorite way of eating kow meat. Quite the gourmand was the comment that Lila gave in response. On the other hand, she used smaller pieces of meat, which she impaled on a branch before sticking it into the fire, grilling it at a higher temperature.
While they enjoyed their barbecue, although Lila was missing some vegetables as side dishes, the sun began to set, and their surroundings slowly turned dark.