My daily life after returning has always been a series of busy days.

Although he was busy handling major events such as the Cherry Field Nursery, Professor Hemes of the Ministry of Pensions, and the contaminated World Tree, ahead of time.

Other than that, what consumes the most time in my daily life is, of course, personal training for my own growth.

Of course, I had to train the weak body that held my ankle the most before returning.

I had to study even the magic that I couldn’t finish in my previous life, and I always had to sharpen my sense of practice so that I could prepare for a combat situation at any moment.

Physical training with Stella every morning and evening. When I have free time during the week, I mainly study magic.

On weekends, most of the time was spent hunting monsters through the academy hunting guild.

One of the best ways to increase the mana sensitivity and the total amount of mana is to release magic freely outside the body until the mana in the body is almost exhausted.

The academy hunting guild was not only a stage where they could freely use magic without restrictions, but it was also a great environment to maintain a sense of real combat.

Usually, the representative way for students to train themselves at the academy is to have mock sparring with opponents of similar skill.

Not too long ago, I had beaten Stella one-on-one in an evaluation match, so there was no student in the academy with a skill similar to mine.

Even quite a few professors were confident enough to win once they got into practice.

At least there are at most three professors who are strong enough to really help improve their skills.

Professor McDowell Arwen of the Swords Department and Miss Del, the Librarian of the Ministry of Magic.

And maybe the academy’s principal, Professor Russell Michael?

All of them are busy people, so they probably didn’t have time to accept my sparring.

Even if they really accepted it, it would be difficult as it is.

It was obvious that if I sparred with those professors on a stage without death prevention magic, it would definitely not end at the sparring level.

If both sides were sincere, either side would be slandered.

In particular, falling down during the semester and being hospitalized at church was only a bad result for me and the professor.

In the end, even if I use my skills to my heart’s content without controlling my strength, there’s no problem, at most, when dealing with monsters.

Above all, after graduating from the academy, he would have to deal with monsters much more than humans for a while, so of course, the practical sense of dealing with monsters was a little more efficient training.

It was more likely that hunting with a few and many would be much more similar to the battles they would experience in the future, rather than one-on-one sparring.

For reference, the guild that leads to the Demon Forest is no longer in use.

Although the final evaluation stage, which takes place twice a year, still uses the Devil’s Forest as the stadium.

It was good to say that there was no monster I couldn’t catch in the Demon Forest.

Instead, of the three hunting guilds belonging to the academy, the activity stage was moved to the cold cave where the strongest type of monster lives.

The monsters living here were much stronger and much more intelligent than those living in the Demon Forest, and most of them were well trained to live in groups.

Above all, it was perfect for large-scale fire magic, which was almost impossible to use in the Demon Forest because of the fire hazard.

The proceeds from the sale of the material were even more impressive than when hunting in the Forest of Demons.

Now even this has become one of the minor advantages.

Originally, it was a guild that I visited once or twice before finishing the 4th grade or to fill the conditions for graduation.

In fact, in my previous life, I also went hunting with this guild right before graduation or with Stella and Lulu.

Since it was a hunting ground that was not frequently visited, leisurely activities were possible without interference from other students.

As the party leader, in order to test the limits of my ability, I first moved the activity stage to this place where the strongest monsters in the academy appear.

Not long after, Xian-senpai, Stella, and even Lulu naturally moved their training camp to this hunting guild.

To be honest, I was thinking about whether I should suggest it first to help others improve their skills.

I was just grateful that everyone voluntarily followed me to reconcile with me.

The only thing that changed was the location.

Even after changing the background of activities from the Devil’s Forest to the Cold Cave, the rotation of the main members who are together every weekend was almost fixed.

First of all, senior Xian, who leaves his schedule almost empty on the weekends, was almost always participating, so most of the time he and I went out of the guild alone.

As Stella and Lulu could only afford one day out of the two days of the weekend, when one of the two participated, it was often a three-member party, including senior Xian.

Sometimes, when the date was right, the four of us went out together.

By the way, Saint Clare, who is the busiest on weekends, unfortunately rarely participated in her usual training.

Although it was a pity that we couldn’t get together often.

On the contrary, excluding her as a priest would have been a little more helpful in pushing her skills to the limit.

Above all, no matter how badly he was hurt, it wasn’t a big deal because Saint Claire was waiting for him whenever he went to church.

Indeed, in case of emergency, there is also the power of the sacred object she handed over to me the other day.

Anyway, that day was also the weekend after heading to the frigid cave right after breakfast for personal training.

“Oh, Conrad. You’re here early.”

I was able to face Lulu who was waiting for me at the guild near the Cold Cave.

“Did you wait?”

“No, not at all. Senior Xian seems a little late, doesn’t he?”

“Senior Xian said he couldn’t come because he had a schedule today.”

“Uh, that, is it? Then what about Stella?”

“Since it’s Saturday, Stella is also private practice.”

“I see… . So, can it be that Conrad and I are alone today?”

“It seem to be like that.”

It was almost the first time this year, and it was just the two of them with Lulu.

Come to think of it, I’ve rarely gone hunting with Lulu in this lifetime.

In my past life, I spent a long time promoting just the two of us with Lulu. In this life, there are many things to do in many ways to focus only on her.

Those things piled up and piled up until they exploded like the last runaway incident.

That’s why, given the opportunity to be alone with Lulu, he thought of protecting her with extra care so that she wouldn’t break again.

Actually, the Lulu I met today seemed to have completely different thoughts from mine.

“Uh uh… .”

“Uh uh uh uh… .”

black haired yeti. One of the dangerous monsters you can encounter in a cold cave.

It was difficult to predict his movements because he was wearing protective colors in a dark cave.

The leather was also thick, so if you didn’t properly attack the weak spot on the back of the head, you couldn’t do any damage.

Even the cold air exhaled from its mouth was cold enough to freeze, so it was a type of freezing magic that only monsters could use.

“Because it’s dangerous, stay behind, Lulu.”

It was a bit dangerous to involve Lulu in battle, so as soon as she encountered them, she told her to step back.

Rather, instead of meekly accepting my proposal, Lulu spat unexpected words out of her mouth.

“Conrad, I’m just trying to play a fool with you.”

“yes?”

“The biggest guy in the middle over there, can you make me one-on-one?”

“… I’m serious? It probably won’t be easy.”

“I do not care. I’ll try bumping into it.”

Since I went hunting with her more than anyone else in my previous life, I thought I knew more about Lulu’s real skills than she did.

That’s why I was naturally worried about Lulu’s insistence on dealing with the black-haired yeti on her own.

Her eyes, speaking to me, were firm even in the dark.

In that situation, there was no way I could repeat the words, “Don’t do anything reckless and fall back.”

In the end, after entrusting the largest individual opponent to Lulu with dubious doubt.

I had a two-on-one battle with the other two.

Each of them had a fighting power equivalent to that of a Great Owl Bear.

It was clear that the largest entity she said she would deal with was, of course, a stronger entity than that.

At first, while Lulu was wasting time against him, she intended to quickly catch the other two and assist them immediately.

However, the moment he took a little time to stop the two black-haired yetis and turned his head.

What caught my eye was the figure of Lulu who struggled without being pushed back at all even against that large monster.

To the extent that if I had intervened and assisted, it would have overshadowed her efforts.

Even against the huge black-haired yeti, Lulu’s fast movements were no shortage of opponents.

When it seemed that an attack that was difficult to avoid was approaching, I used the coil mouse greaves and took the most effective defensive stance.

The moment when the black-haired yeti got tired of Lulu’s quick movements and became a bit dull.

Accurately approaching the back of the monster’s neck, she stabbed the poisoned dagger deeply into his neck.

“Uh uh uh uh… !!”

With the loudest cry of the three, the last black-furred yeti collapsed to the ground.

Above the corpse was the figure of Lulu standing with a triumphant expression on her face.

“Look, I saw… ? Nana… . I can now win against a black-haired yeti… .”

“yes. You really did a good job, Lulu.”

Academy’s 3rd year.

The fact that Lulu, a student in the technical department, not in the combat-related department, defeated the black-haired yeti.

In a previous life, she meant growth that made no sense to even imagine.

Roughly what level was the prey Lulu caught on her own?

First of all, it was clear that the student party belonging to the combat department was a monster that could be submitted as a joint graduation project.

Since she defeated it alone and without any help, there must be no other evidence of Lulu’s growth as this.

No matter how much I took her to hunting and combat training, etc.

It was an incredible level of improvement that was hard to believe he had achieved in just a year and a half.

For a moment, I reflected on myself for thinking of Lulu as an ‘existence that needs to be protected’.

What was it that made her grow so hard?

On the way back from monster hunting, when I asked Lulu indirectly.

My name came out unexpectedly from her mouth.

“Conrad, it’s because of you.”

“yes? Is it because of me?”

Because I was tilting my head questioning Lulu’s answer.

She kindly continued to explain the answer that it was because of me.

“Look at each of the party members you gathered with your own hands.

Conrad, who belongs to the entire Ministry of Magic. Needless to say, of course you are. The head of the swordsmanship club, the countess’s daughter. The only elf in the academy who is the head of the archery club. And there is even a saint from the theology department who was born after 300 years.”

“Yeah, it is.”

“If I’m the only one with mediocre skills in the midst of such people gathering, people won’t misunderstand that you and I are in a strange relationship.”

“What kind of misunderstood relationship is there?”

“… I opened my legs to you and went in, what is it? … What kind of gossip is coming out?”

I felt my head heat up for a moment at the words that reminded me of the past that came out of Lulu’s mouth.

“What other child talks like that?”

“Oh no! Not that anyone said that! I just think to myself that I might feel that way!”

“… Really? Didn’t someone else blow a strange wind into you, Lulu?”

“Hey, this is just my opinion! Anyway, if I don’t want your honor to be tarnished strangely, I have no choice but to become stronger!

After all, Conrad, you don’t seem to have any intention of taking me out of the party. Then, what should I do to become a level suitable for Conrad’s party?”

It seems that the last time I strongly told Lulu not to go to the party, it stimulated her mind in a different direction and led to her growth.

I thought that I was proud of such Lulu in my heart, and inadvertently stroked her erect ears and head.

“yes. Thank you for taking what I said seriously, Lulu.”

“Chi, we’re friends, of course!”

“But don’t strain yourself too much. You are very good as you are now.”

“Yes… .”

“And in case someone else says you are my lover or not. It’s not a disgrace at all to me, but rather a compliment, so I don’t have to worry about it.”

It was just the literal meaning of what I said was a waste for a beauty like Lulu.

As soon as she heard my words, she blushed and suddenly started spitting out words in a panic.

“Oh, come on, wait a minute. Is it a compliment to call me your lover? What the heck does that mean?!”

“What do you mean, literally?”

“So what do you mean by that word?!”

I don’t know what it meant, but it was because Lulu, who showed a confused reaction, was a little cute.

I left her to think as she pleases.