I'll use《》for Prenna's dialogue and 『』for Haku's dialogue from now on. I tried to make this as English styled as possible, but with the different marks, I can't. This also means I have to copy & paste and keep changing keyboards. It's absolutely impossible to type any English using the jp romaji keyboard.
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I headed to the gate with Gil-san. This one is different from yesterday's because it's the South gate, not the North gate.
I showed my guild card to the gatekeeper and went outside.\nYesterday, Clive-san was the gatekeeper so I was exempt from that.
"All good. Now then, Marina, get on."
Gil-san bent down to make it easier for me to get on his back.
"Hold on tight by using physical enhancements."\n"Okay"
Honestly, I don't think it'll be a problem if I don't strengthen my body. If I did, I'd most likely strangle Gil-san.... I won't do that, right?! Maybe in the worst case scenario?
"Let's go"
And with that, Gil-san ran. Woah, that fast, fast.
......... but still slower than I was when running. What even are my limits...\n
After holding on for a while, he suddenly slowed down.
"Ok, it's around here."
Oh, we've already arrived. In the end, Gil-san didn't have to rest at all.\nAfter he dropped me off, I observed the forest in front of me.
"This is it?"
"Yeah, this is the Forest of Fog."
What can I say... it was exactly like the name says. There was truly a lot of fog around, blocking my vision. What's strange is that everything around it was fine, it's just the forest that's foggy.
"Heeeh..."
"It'd be disastrous if we get separated, so make sure you follow me."
Lina-san said. She was right, it'd indeed be a disaster if we got separated here.
"Are we going to look for slimes here?"
"Yes. Well, actually, we don't really need to go around looking for them."
What? What could that possibly mean?
"Since we were instructed to exterminate them, it means there are a lot, right? In other words, they're gathering somewhere."
Oh, I see. But where?\nSeeing me tilt my head in contemplation, Gil explained to me.
"They should be just beyond this forest."
"Is that so?"
"Yeah, because there are almost no monsters in this forest."
Really, so even monsters can't find prey in this fog.
"Ah, Prenna!"
At this moment, I realized that I had completely forgotten about Prenna, so I hurriedly called her out.
《 Aujizama~! (Master~!)》
*over here, the author (Kaguya-san) wrote Prenna's cry as aujizama instead of arujisama because Prenna is, well, crying. Kaguya-san added the kanji in parentheses just in case someone does not understand, I guess. There isn't really a way to translate that into English, maybe "mastuurrr" or "muastur"? Looks weird.
With a tearful cry, Prenna jumped out from my shadow.
"Wah, I'm sorry!"
《Uuuh...》
I stroked the head of the sulking Prenna.
《Funyaa...》
I wonder if she's in a good mood...? Judging by her voice, it sounds like she's in a good mood, so I'm sure she's fine!
"Fufu, you two are really close."
Lina-san, who was watching the scene, said that to me while smiling. The expression on her face was as if she had seen something unusual.\nIs it that rare?
"Hey, let's go"
"Right!"
At Gil-san's command, we stepped into the forest.
It was kind of... eerie. All I could hear was the sound of grass being stepped on but not a single creature's cry. And even though Gil-san was right in front of me, I could hardly see him. I'm definitely lost in this one...
"Are you okay?"
Gil-san calls out to us every once in a while as we move forward. If he didn't, we might get separated.
"Yes"
We reply and confirm each other's whereabouts.
《Master, something's wrong.》
"What do you mean?"
《I think.... someone's calling me?》
Calling you?
"Who?"
《I don't know. But it needs help.》
Help... is it
《Ah, it's gone.》
What Prenna told me gave me a bad feeling.\nA call for help. And then it disappeared... which meant that the person might not have made it.
"Here we are."
As my heart sank, we happened to arrive at our destination.\nI lifted my lowered head... ...
"Woah, isn't that a lot?"
The fog was clearing up, revealing an expansive field. In the field... ... there was a cluster of blue things in one area.\nOf course, those things were... slimes.
"There's indeed a lot, but we still have to do it. Marina, you're logistics support."
"I understand"
Leaving Lina-san to support with magic, the 3 of them plunged into the slime cluster.
"Okay, let's do our part too."
Lina-san said and started preparing her magic.
"Ah, Prenna, do you want to practice using magic?"
《I do!》
We have a lot of good targets, so I decided to let her practice.
"Then Prenna will use magic while I'll use a bow."
I set Prenna down on the ground and took out a bow from my inventory, which had been filled with weapons for some time. It's not the kind that uses consumable arrows, but the kind that uses magic power to generate arrows.
I put my fingers on the string and drew the bow, generating three golden arrows.\nAs soon as I released my hand, they pierced straight into each slime. The impaled slime melted into the ground and disappeared.
"You're good. But did you have a bow like that?"
Oh, I forgot that others can see.
"It's just some..."
"Fuuun. Well, it's not that unusual."
Oh, I see. That's a relief.
《Master! Look, look!》
Prenna called me, so I turned my eyes towards her.\n...... and witnessed the moment when Prenna emitted a ray of light.
"Ue?! W- w- w- w- what's wrong with you?
《Isn't it amazing?》
"eh, ah... un"
I couldn't help but say that, but isn't it dangerous? Isn't that a beam? The ground was scorched in a straight line.
《Common light spell. It's a laser.》
That's common?!
『Yes. But, as a member of Marina-sama's family, the power is increased.』
Ah... I understand.
"Are you okay? Are you overexerting yourself?
《Un. But, I feel a bit dizzy.》
『She is out of mana』
"You seem to have run out of mana... do you want to rest in my shadow?
《...un. Sorry》
"No need to apologize"
I put the staggering Prenna in my shadow. Rest well.
"Eh, was that the magic your familiar released earlier...?"
.......Ah.
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