First Defeat:-

　The pair of me and Frau were the first to get 5 points in the special exam.

"This gives us a lot of leeway."

　So we were walking leisurely through the forest.

　As of now, we are well ahead of the others, so there is no need to panic.

　I keep a close eye on Otto's fighting style, and when he seems like he's about to lose, I go all out. That alone won't let me lose to him.

"Even so, that blow just now was incredible... If you just keep doing that, I wonder if this test will be a piece of cake?"

"No, no one will be able to enter the forest. That's a linear attack, and you can't bend it or do anything fancy like that."

　Once is one thing, but if you keep doing it you'll have to stop.

　It won't be a test.

　I can think of many spells that can annihilate everything at once, but...there's no spell that doesn't drag those around it down.

"Besides, Frau doesn't have any experience, you know?"

"Hmm. That's disgusting... you monster."

　Frau, who spotted the monster mid-sentence, immediately crouched low and began to look around cautiously.

　Just as Frau said, there was a monster in front of us, looking around restlessly.

　The monster's name is Goblin. It's like a degraded version of the famous goblin from my previous life.

　It looks like a dwarf with green skin and an hideous face, and is a much inferior creature to goblins of a similar appearance, as it lacks intelligence and does not live in groups.

　It can be said to be one of the weakest monsters.

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"I was walking in the direction where the monsters were. There are no monsters nearby. The only enemies are the monsters over there. Would you like to try, Frau?"

　Frau calls me her master... so I can properly think about my pupils' growth.

"...Do you know everything? That there are monsters around and that there aren't anyone around?"

"of course"

"...What was the point of me being so cautious?"

"It's too late now if you're casually walking around in a forest with monsters, and even if you do spot a monster and panic and become wary, it'll already be too late."

"Ugh."

"So? There's only one monster in front of you. Will you do it, Frau?"

"...Yeah, I get it. I'll make sure to make up for it."

"Yeah. Good luck."

　Well, it's not like the teachers are devils.

　There are no monsters who form gangs to begin with.

　I guess she thinks she's not yet at the level where she can continue to walk through the forest while feeling tense all the time.

　First, you advance through areas where monsters are present while remaining alert, and then you learn to relax while remaining alert, preventing the loss of stamina. This is the basic growth curve, I think.

　This test doesn't even get into that curve yet. Is it just a meeting to get used to monsters?

"... Phew."

　While I was thinking about this, Frau readied her sword and slowly approached the monster in front of her, Goblin, on tiptoe.

"Ahhhhh!"

　While Frau was slowly closing the distance, Goblin noticed her presence and charged towards her without any hesitation.

　Frau calmly responded to Goblin who was charging towards her.

　She dodged the blow from the slow, with a sword she was holding.

"Haaah!"

　Then, in counterattack, she swung the sword in her hand and cut the goblin's body down.

"Ahhh!?"

　After receiving the attack, Goblin's body was easily knocked down and he died.

"...D-Did you defeat him?"

"Yeah, that's right. Good job. Is this your first time defeating a monster?"

"...Eh, yeah."

"Yeah! That was a piece of cake. Nice."

　Well, the monster that was defeated was something that even a novice adventurer who was still just a child born in a slum could defeat if he tried hard. There was no way that Frau, who had been carefully honing her skills and building up her abilities, could lose to this opponent.

"Th-Thank you... I see... even I can fight."

"Of course. There's no need to lose confidence like that."

　As I approached Frau, I called out to her.

"……yes?"

“Yeah. From my perspective, your practice swings are still clumsy, and there was a lot of waste in your last fight. Still, you have a good foundation. This is a strength that cannot be underestimated──Fly!?”

　In the middle of a sentence.

　So I raised a loud voice, kicked the ground, and jumped towards Frau.

"Huh?!"

"Bwaaaah, I made it in time!?"

　Just as I was about to cling to Frau, who hadn’t reacted at all, and rolled to the ground, a huge, long centipede monster broke through the ground where she had been standing a moment ago, its mouth wide open, and appeared in front of us.

"There's something like this out there?! It's clearly stronger than that spider..."

　Surprised by this, I waved my arm without hesitation.

　The wind blade released from it vertically bisected the centipede monster that was growing from the ground towards the sky, splitting its body in two and knocking it to the ground.

"Suuuuuuuu"

"……Huh?"

　To my surprise, that's the end of it.

　As I was thinking about this, something caught my eye, and I had no idea what time it had happened.

　It was a humanoid monster located at the back of the bisected centipede.