The day after Mile had registered as a Hunter she started right away with her first job.
Since the setting she had made for herself included being able to use Storage Magic, there was no need for her to carry any luggage. But since people would look strangely at her if she went out empty handed, Mile decided to take at least a backpack with her. Itâs contents will only be the prey she hunted though. Bread for lunch and her water canteen were inside her Item box where they wouldnât spoil.
Her armaments consist of a leather breastplate, leather boots, and the Mysterious Sword at her waist. It made her look like a novice Hunter for the most part.
Since this was a rural town, the way to her hunting grounds, the forest, was short. An adult would take about an hour to reach it. Mile reached it in 15 minutes. Since she slowed down when she happened upon other people it took her this long. Since it wouldnât be environment-friendly if she ran at her full speed she wouldnât ever do it.
ăSo this is the forest where Iâm going to huntâŚă
She followed the instructions and had even been handed a map. This should be it.
To the unpopular and dense forest, she spoke her thoughts. Since only silently thinking them would make her feel kind of lonely.
ăAside from beginners, everyone else probably either headed further in or went to another forest altogetherâŚ
Since itâs a place meant for beginners, there are probably no monsters here that give high rewardsâŚă
Mumbling this, Adel entered the forest.
After walking for a little, she found a bird perched on the branch of a tree. Even though the forest was fairly dark, Mileâs eyes could see perfectly fine for some reason.
Despite detecting it, there was nothing she could do with just her sword while the bird was all the way up in the tree. But since the bird was fairly big, Mile was sure that it would be bought by the Guild if she hunted it. If not, she would just have it plucked at the inn and eat it herself.
Mile looked around the ground and picked up a stone about the size of her fist. She then extended her arms backwards, aimed for the bird, and threw with her full power.
Doooon!
A deafening noise resounded.
And the figure of the bird had vanished. Along with the bird, the upper part of the tree was also missing.
Apparently, it was quite unlikely for the bird to have escaped.
Due to Mileâs slightly too good eyes she could see specks of meat, feathers, and blood splatters clinging to the treeâs remains.
ăAhhhhhâŚ.ă
After a few minutes, Mile had regained her motivation and started walking again. In the pockets of her tunic were several pebbles around the size of her fingertips.
With that size theyâd only penetrate her target. It would probably be best to aim for the head.
Mile is a girl that can learn from her errors.
It might have been caused by the earlier noise, but there was no sign of any prey.
Thus Mile decided to focus on collecting herbs in the meantime.
But since barely found any by searching earnestly, she decided to cheat. Of course, Search Magic.
Mile wouldnât even think of doing something strenuously if there was an easy way to get it done. She could justify this level of cheating.
ăSearch Magic! Show me the location of herbs!ă
ăPlease take seventeen steps forward, then turn left, and finally take another six steps forward.ă
ăWhat are you, a sat nav!? Arenât you just guiding me? What about this is magic!?ă
ăFundamentally, the thing called magic is all our doing thoughâŚă
ăRightâŚ.ă
Since she had expected something like a radar to pop up in her vision with blue or red points indicating the herbs, or pillars of light to indicate the position of the herbs, Mile sunk to her knees in disappointment.
ăWe could arrange that if you would like us toâŚă
ăThen say that!ă (TL: I suck at translating TsukkomiâŚ)
Not wanting to rely on the nanomachines too much, Mile refrained from talking to them when she wasnât casting spells. But right now she couldnât not reply.
If someone were to see her, theyâd certainly think she was strange in the head for rebutting herself.
Having changed the Search Magic from voice directions to radar mode, Mile steadily collected herbs. Apparently her optical nerve gets stimulated directly to make her see the radar.
When she had harvested enough of a certain herb she switched to the next kind, stuffing all of them into her Item box. Mile thought that it wouldnât be good to forage too much of only one herb.
While she was busy collecting plants the effect of the earlier noise seemed to have run out and the animals came out of their hiding spaces.
In reaction to a Horn Rabbit that showed itself a short distance away, Mile flicked one of the small stones from her pocket at it.
There apparently are techniques to shoot coins or metal balls with your fingers on earth too, but they ultimately aim at the opponentâs face and eyes or only serve as a distraction. But in Mileâs handsâŚ
Woosh!
It penetrated.
Since she accurately hit the head, itâs meat and pelt were unharmed as was its horn. Nothing that would lower its value.
Motivated by this success, Mile switched from harvesting plants to hunting.
Horn rabbit. Bird. Fox-like animal. She hunted them without discrimination.
After restocking on her pebbles on the go, she continued shooting them like a madman.
The prey would disappear if you got into range for sword or spear and the hit rate for bows wasnât too good either. Accordingly, a normal Hunter couldnât hunt that many birds and small enemies.
And finally a big one appeared: a boar!
Woosh!
She had made a big catch.
Mile returned with a happy and relaxed expression on her face.
But then she noticed it.
ăAh, I didnât use magic even once despite being a magicianâŚă
As it would seem, Mile didnât recognise using Search Magic as âusing magicâ.
Certainly, it didnât leave the impression that she had âhunted with magicâ if she didnât use any Attack Magic, but this was too hard on the standing of Search Magic. Although the fault for this probably lies with the first impression of 'sat navââŚ
And in conclusion, Mile had used neither Attack Magic nor her sword.
Mile had come to the Hunter Guild to turn her prey into money.
She carried a part of it in the bag she had slung over her right shoulder.
For the sake of convenience she wouldnât hide that she could use Storage Magic from now on, but returning empty handed would make it look like she failed to hunt anything, so she wanted to show that she successfully hunted something.
Since she only wanted to turn in the Horn Rabbits and herbs from the continuous commissions as well sell off other animal parts, Mile headed directly towards the material counter without stopping by the reception counter. Before reaching it though, a man approached her.
ăDo you have a moment?ă
Does he want to flirt or does he want to nag me about something?
When Mile took a slightly defensive stance, the man, no the boy, quickly continued.
ăIâm nobody suspicious!ăI just want to recruit you into our party!
Our party has five people, but we are lacking a bit of offensive power. And so weâre looking for a new member. These guys are the members.ă
Behind the boys were two other boys and two girls.
ăI havenât seen you around here, are you from another city? Judging by that full bag you seem quite skilled, but when you go solo thereâs nobody to help you in a tight spot.
Thereâs not much of an age gap between us and you could be at ease since we already have two girls in our party. Would you be interested in joining us?ă
Mileâs intention to join a party was zero. If she formed a party her irregularities would come to light immediately and her teammates would probably either try to use her or even sell information about her to some nobles.
But having this conversation in the middle of the room, while still carrying her stuff, take any longer would stand out and it would be even worse if he got stubborn about it.
ăIs it okay if I turn in my goods first?ă
ăAh, sorry. Weâll wait hereă
The boy obediently stepped back.
Mile then went to the material counter, recited her name and identification number, and took out her prey.
By doing this her accomplishments as a Hunter, such as the continuous commission or the delivered materials, will get recorded and count towards raising her Rank.
ăOh, little girl, you seem quite skilled despite your youth. Not to mention thereâs quite a lot and the pelts are essentially undamaged. Iâll add in a little bonus for you.ă
The middle aged man behind the counter said while admiring the fruits of her work.
ăReally? Thank you very much!
Ah, but I still have moreâŚă
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Mile then started pulling out the remaining animals from her Storage Magic and lined them up on the counter. Meanwhile the clerkâs eyes had grown to the size of saucers.
ăS-Storage MagicâŚ. And whatâs with that amountâŚ.ă
ăEh? Is something the matter?ă
ăIs something the matter, she saysâŚ.ă
When Mile took out the boar at the end, the manâs jaw dropped to the floor.