It was something strange but my senses were honed, by walking on as the forests, mountains and valleys stretched out.

    My vision opened up as if my senses naturally connected, my hearing improved.

    There’s absolutely no way that that was what’s called a case of the imagination or such.

    Walking the woodland path I became able to detect the dangers of my surroundings a moment faster.

    Preferring to avoid futile killing, when I thought that beasts had taken interest in our location, we purposefully detoured.

    When I thought monsters were lying in wait, that couldn’t be helped so I attacked preemptively.

    Even without relying on magic, that which is called a person’s limit might be very high.

    「Alice-san?」

    「Saira, the current me could beat Till with one fingertip.」

    「That’s your imagination nya, more importantly Alice-san.」

    Eh?

    「Ah, hai.」

    「We’ll arrive at the royal capital soon nya. Are we going to stay here for a while?」

    A branching road, as Saira pointed toward the sign there her eyes faced toward me filled with expectation.

    Naturally, she’s enthusiastic since she can study blacksmithing I suppose.

    「Of course, we’ll stay with the determination to not leave until you grasp the trick for katana practice. It’s all up to Saira okay.」

    「I’ll do my best! My arms cry out nya!」

    「Fufu, I’ll be holding expectations.」

    「Hai desu!」

    And so I was a little injured.

    Occasionally she’s someone that comes to harsh judgments, speaking of Saira.

    Issn’t she? Kyuu?

    「Kyu～i」

    Why do you avert your face, Kyuu?

    I grasped Kyuu from the top of my head with both hands and brought our faces together and, that face was abruptly averted.

    You, definitely read my heart didn’t you?

    That’s so isn’t it?

    「Alice-sa～n, over here over here!」

    「Over here～!」

    We advanced down the road to the royal capital while I and Kyuu began a pointless fight and, we called out to by Makina and Rin-chan who were stopped before the branching path’s sign.

    Oya, and I turned around while my face met with Saira’s.

    「Is the royal capital not this way?」

    「That’s so but, there’s a renowned blacksmith on this path to be sure.」

    「To be sure.」

    Rin-chan’s body is jumping with her hands waving as she’s matching her voice like an echo at Makina’s feet.

    At some point they came to get along, Makina and Rin-chan.

    Maa since Rin-chan is a child who doesn’t do things like dislike people isn’t she.

    ……And so the destination was postponed, Kyuu!

    「Kyui!」

    Making one cry, Kyuu went up my arm and rode on my head again.

    The fluffy warmth of that soft stomach, seems like it could become a habit doesn’t it……

    「……Here?」

    We’ve come to a stop.

    The place we arrived at via Makina’s guidance.

    After the matter of enjoying hiking again for a bit, we brought our feet to a halt and gathered having climbed along a mountain stream.

    I, Saira and Rin-chan, looked up to the vast heavens in one group.

    「Huge isn’t it nyaa……」

    「Huge!」

    「……」

    I held back my impression.

    Before us as such the unexpected figure showing itself is, a waterfall.

    The water raising its rumbling groans fell into the basin below and, a white mist is rising up.

    Perhaps carried by water droplets turning to mist, I felt that chilly damp air with my body.

    「It’s a superb view, but.」

    Makina-sa～n?