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We finally got away from the Participant Killers, far from the former camp and I can see from my Mana Scan that there are no pursuers who discovered our trail.

Although we escaped, I know that I will be meeting those guys sooner or later as long as I still remain here in this other world. Of course, I am not going to keep on running, I just decided to retreat for now and plan accordingly. I don't want my familiars to do the dirty deed of killing those bastards. Best, it would be good to lure them to a dangerous place.

But before that, I had to make sure this place is safe and danger free. Due to the Weakness Perception, most of the living things I saw, give out a panel on their weaknesses. The bigger the creature, the wider amount of weaknesses it possesses. Of course, not all small creatures have a small amount of weakness. It all just depends on the creature.

I looked around the place and evoked the Mana Scan to help me locate any hidden enemy which luckily did not appear. The sun is setting already and the surroundings are starting to get darker. If we keep on going deeper into the forest right now, we will have a higher chance of meeting a big foe.

When everything is secure, I let my familiars to camp here. Kon reverted back to its small form and returned so that he can recover his mana that he expended when he turned into a big fox. The girl looked around and sighed. She can't do anything because her arms and legs are still on bindings which is restricting her movements.

I approached her and started cutting her bindings which caused her to heighten her alertness level.

"What are you doing?!"

"Isn't it obvious? I am cutting your bindings. I am not going to keep you a hostage anymore."

"Huh? Are you planning something?!"

I scratch my head and cut the last remaining piece of rope in her feet. "You sure have a wild imagination out there on your mind."

SNAP

She started to feel her fingers and stretched her legs again. She rubbed her wrists a little bit and glared at me.

"Where are my weapons?"

Hearing that, I looked to Yuri and signaled her to return the weapons. Yuri quickly obeyed and snapped her fingers. In an instant, all her weapons that were previously concealed on her body appeared on the ground.

She looked at me and to my familiars warily before she started picking up her weapons. I sighed and started making the campfire. Of course, I made sure to make the smokeless fire pit to avoid giving out our location.

When I was done lighting up the fire, I was surprised to see the girl that I released earlier still in there and currently leaning on a tree while observing my actions.

"Why are you still here? I already freed you and you are free to go."

"Did you think it is that easy to go away from this forest at night? I am not some dumb girl that will go on a suicide escape. And besides, I can tell that you lack the ability of social conversation and interaction with anybody. I don't think you will do something bad to me if I keep on staying. Don't worry, I will leave once the daylight breaks out."

"...Suit yourself," I said.

The air is awkward without any of us talking. Yuri is currently patrolling the area with Yuto so only the girl and I are left in the camp. Still, I don't want to get on the initiative to start the conversation. I can last on not speaking with her for the entire night but I don't know about her.

And I was right, this girl did not manage to last the awkward silence between us and started speaking.

"I apologize for our behavior last time."

"Forgiven."

"Eh? You are not angry?"

"Of course not. I let bygones be bygones. I am not someone who bears hatred for a long time. What, you don't want me to accept the apology?"

"Well… usually, everyone would be angry if they are accused by someone for the deed they did not do."

"And what makes you think I didn't peep on your group when all of you are taking a bath?"

"I was able to know that you are not a pervert. In fact, I didn't see you peep on me whenever I go pee somewhere."

"Huh? Pee? Wait, hold up. I never heard you ask me to let you pee. How did you even do that? I mean, you are tied up from hands and feet."

"I asked your female familiar, you know the succubus for help in peeing while having my bindings. The good thing is that your familiar is kind enough to help me with that. I guess it must be because we are both females."

I slapped my forehead in shame. I forgot the fact that she might be in need to pee. I have not think of it as something I needed to take a look into that problem.

"I am sorry. I forgot that you also have the urge to respond to the call of nature."

"Ha, no worries. With your familiar helping me that time, I didn't get into an embarrassing situation."

She was right. If I was the one she called, I might be hesitating to do it. It was not something I would immediately respond kindly and calmly.

"By the way, can I ask you something?"

"Mmm, go ahead."

"Alright. How come you possess multiple familiars?"

"Huh?"

"You have three familiars that I saw with you. You can easily recall them without a problem. I thought that the succubus and Incubus were your companions at first and the fox was your real familiar but when I saw you recall the two the other time, I was baffled since you possess multiple familiars."

"Uh…isn't that normal?"

"What? Did you think possessing multiple familiars is normal to you?! That is not normal! A magician can only have one familiar in their entire life! I never heard of a case having multiple familiars even those strongest magicians I know! You are the first case!"

"Uh…"

"And yeah! You also learn magic without consuming the Skill Genomes! That is not something you can easily do!"

"Isn't that a bit too troublesome?"

"It might be a bit complicated but it was clear as day that you need to consume a Skill Genome to learn a magic skill! The way you are learning it is unheard of! I consumed 12 skill genomes just to use the 12 magic skills I own!"

What… Did she really mean it? But wait, I remembered that Moonlight giving me a Skill Genome. So that means what she is saying is true? Then what the heck is this thing I am doing? How the heck I can learn magic without consuming a Skill Genome?!