Me and Tina follow as Yelle and the others walk ahead of us through the forest.


    I cried when everyone in the village saw us off, but now the tears have already receded and we are walking in silence.


    ''''Well Eric, have you stopped crying?''''


    I''m not crying.


    That''s a lie, he was crying.


    It''s a mistake.


    ''No way!　Eric''s crying face is so cute... it was so cute!


    Hey, if you''re going to go off on me, there''s no point in stopping me in the middle of a sentence. And I''m not crying.


    Tina pursues me endlessly, but I keep ducking.


    ........I don''t know if I''m really ducking.


    If we continue walking a bit more, we''ll leave the forest and a single road to the royal capital will appear.


    It seems that Yele-san and the others have left a carriage there, so we''ll ride on it and go to the capital.


    ''''However, Tina-san also has a lot of stamina.


    Mr. Yelle, who is walking in front of me, only turns his head and chats with me.


    ''''We''ve been walking through the forest for this long, and I''m surprised you haven''t been breathing a little less.


    ''Because Eric and I have been running through the woods since we were kids!


    Well, Tina''s been with me since I started training.


    So you can afford to walk in the woods for an hour or so.


    ''I see. If you can also use magic and have that much strength, you really seem to be able to join the magic knights right away. I have more material to recommend.''''


    Oh, thank you!


    Tina happily thanked me and gave me a smile and a peace sign so that Yele couldn''t see me.


    I also think Tina''s magic is really great, and I think she has quite a bit of strength.


    ''''Hahaha........d*mn, we''ll do our best too!


    ''Ha, ha ... of course, I''ll have to do more training when I get home!


    I heard the two people in armor saying that under their breath.


    These two were pretty shocked yesterday when they lost to Tina.


    So today, seeing that Tina seems to be able to afford it while they are walking around out of breath themselves, they are no longer in a state of shock and are fired up.


    Well I''m wearing armor that probably weighs more than five kilos and I''m not used to walking in the forest, so I think it''s a little bit of a no-brainer.


    Ah, but Tina''s carrying a heavy load too........


    I hope she can do this much without losing her breath at all like Yelle-san.................good luck.


    After that, we walked for a while more, and finally saw a single road through the forest.


    There is a carriage parked there. Apparently that''s the one Yele and the others rode in.


    The carriage is large enough to hold about five people, and is designed to be pulled by two horses.


    Then please get in. You are in charge of your own.


    Yes!


    I can finally sit down...


    Yelle instructed two of his men to do so and put me and Tina in the car.


    I felt bad for the two of them that they were tired, but they took off their armor and sat down to take a breath, so I guess it was okay.


    After a while, me, Tina, and Jere entered the carriage, and after a while, the carriage started to move.


    ''''We expect to arrive at the royal capital in about two hours. Until then, please take your time.''''


    Oh, yes.


    You say you''re going to spend a lot of time, but there''s nothing much to do in this carriage, you know.


    Oh, yeah. You said earlier that you had more material for Tina to recommend, let''s get some more of that material.


    ''''Yele-san, you mentioned before that I defeated Felix all by myself.


    Yes, it''s really impressive that you could take down that dangerous man by yourself.


    ''No, it''s really not. I couldn''t have defeated it on my own, I would have lost if it wasn''t for Tina''s magic.


    ...Is that so?


    Yes, actually--


    I told Yere, who said that he would recommend Tina to the head of the Magic Order, how he defeated Felix.


    She said that she protected me from Felix''s magic and that she defeated Felix together by granting magic to my body.


    ''''A magic grant........!　Tina, can you even do intermediate magic?


    ''Yes, sir!　I can do it!


    Tina replies, at a loss for words, when she is suddenly talked down to.


    ''Eric even taught me intermediate magic...........Eric can do it too!


    ''Eric, you can do magic too?!


    ''Yes!　Because Eric taught me all my magic!


    That''s amazing...


    ''Yes!　Eric is amazing!


    Huh?　Before I know it, it''s all about me.


    ''I taught Tina, but when it comes to magic, I don''t have the elements to beat Tina anymore.


    It sounds good to say that I taught her, but in my opinion, I''m stopping her from growing.


    If I knew more magic and was better at it than Tina, I could have made her grow even more.


    But now Tina''s magic is more powerful and more varied than mine.


    It''s been a long time since I surpassed her, but since then Tina''s growth has slowed down drastically.


    Maybe it was partly because she was a bit cautious with me, but the main reason was that she had no one to teach me.


    So I think Tina will develop her talents more if she joins the Magical Order.


    ''''Well it''s great to be able to use even intermediate magic at Tina''s age. It was necessary to be able to use at least intermediate magic in order to join the Magic Knights, but now we''ve cleared that too.


    ''So that''s what happened!　Oh, so Eric can join the Order of Magic, too?


    Well, according to that rule, yes.


    ''Eric!　Let''s join the Order of Magic together!


    Tina says emphatically to me after hearing Yere''s words.


    ''''I''m better with a sword, so I''m better suited to the Order.


    Mmmm, well I can see that.


    I mean, I might be able to join the Magic Knights.


    I''m not far behind Tina in terms of power and such, but I''ve been training since I was a kid.


    I thought I didn''t have any magical talent because of Tina, but maybe I had the wrong person to compare it to...?


    Some people can''t do magic at all, so maybe that''s true.


    And so, as we continued to chat in the carriage for a while, I heard one of the voices that was playing Gosha.


    ''''Commander!　We''ll be in King''s City of Begonia in a little while!


    Oh, already? That was quicker than I expected.


    It had been two hours already.


    Tina leaned out of the carriage and looked at the front of the carriage.


    ''Wow!　A big wall!


    Following Tina, I leaned forward to take a look.


    It seemed that the royal capital was surrounded by an outer wall, and the thing in front of it was a very large white wall.


    Visually measured, it was about fifty meters high.


    It''s the largest outer wall I''ve seen in the city in my previous life.


    ''''This is your first time in the royal capital, isn''t it?''''


    Seeing our reaction, Yelle asks me that.


    ''Yes, I suppose so,''


    ''Yes, sir!　It''s still big!


    I''m used to seeing somewhat larger cities in my past life, but Tina is excited because this is the first time she''s leaving the village.


    ''Then it''s a little early--welcome to the royal capital, Begonia.