「… Then, here I go」

Iris stands in front of the sword and glances at me.

「Hoi!」

「Ohh!!」

What a surprise, Iris was able to lift the sword. To be honest, I thought the best she could do was to drag it away.

Iris grabs the sword with both hands and gives us a big smile. So cute… No, she’s just a normal cute doll, so of course she’s cute…

「T- That’s amazing…」

「Not yet!」

───Shupapapapapapapapapa!!

「Eiei!!」

「! Hey! Look out!」

「Haa!」

───Kyin! …… Tosu…….

The sword that was swung wildly at me was repelled by the Black Wolf King’s Magic Sword that I held in my right hand… It got stuck in the floor, but it’s my room… It’s okay, right?

But it would be great to teach it too… A little doll that learns the same sword art as me… No, but because it’s so small, maybe I should teach her a different sword art… ? Well, I guess I’ll have to teach her later…

「Aya?」

「… Hmm?」

「You okay?」

「Un. I was just thinking」

「I see」

「What do we do now?」

「…… Do you have any ideas, Suzu?」

「Tossing it back… Well, that part is cute, too」

「! …. Do you have to say that now?」

「Hahaha! Sorry?」

「… So? What are we gonna do?」

「… I don’t know what to do…」

「Ah! Then I want to go to the Land of Blacksmiths!」

「Ahh, I remember you saying you wanted to go…」

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「So, which city is next?」

「Well… If you go out the south gate, there’s a road that leads to a place called Farrell… The east gate leads to a place called Formana!」

「… Suzu. When did you get that map… ?」

「Eh? After I logged in a while ago, I went out for a bit and got this from the informant who promised me」

「That informant is amazing… I can’t believe you can make a map like this…」

「Yeah! I heard that they don’t know about the other continents yet, but this map alone has all of them, so it’s very useful~」

「Ah, the Tower of Trials…」

「Hmm? It’s near the Great Labyrinth of Formana, isn’t it?」

We sat down on a bench in a little square and spread out the map to decide where to go. We decided to go to Farrell’s first, since I wanted to save the fun for later… I always eat the strawberries of shortcake last, you know.

Once we have decided where we want to go, we head for the south gate that leads to the road that leads to Farrell.

「Hey, Suzu. What kind of place is Farrell?」

「I heard it’s a port town…」

「I wonder if I can eat fish…」

「I think you can eat some?」

「Really?」

「It’s called a port town, so wouldn’t it be strange if there wasn’t?」

「That’s true too!」

「Excuse me!」

It was a man who called out to me. He called my name in a very loud voice, so I started shouting too.

「Please enter into a relationship with me and marry me!!」

「M- Marriage… ?」

「Yes! That battle made me fall in love with you! So───「《Thunder Strike》」─── gubea!?」

「Suzuuu!?!?!」

Before he could finish, Suzu struck him with lightning… What a mess…

「You can’t touch my Aya!! I’ll never forgive you!! 《Thunder…」

「T- That’s enough!!」

「A- Aya… ?」

「I’m not going to accept it either, so don’t worry?」

I don’t really know what I’m relieved about, but I felt like I should say this, so I did… Well, after this───his HP was cut down to the bone… (choking)