“Air bullet.”
A ball of air flew at the horned rabbit, striking and piercing through its body. The horned rabbit fell down, convulsed, and passed away.
“I did it!”
“A good job for your first time. The power of your spells is ridiculous.”
“Cain, you can bring the horned rabbit back with you the way it is.”
“Really? I want to show Mom and Reine, so I’d like that.”
Cain approached the horned rabbit and put it into his Item Box.
“Item Boxes sure are convenient. I wish I could use one. Once I save up some money, I’m going to buy a magic bag.”
“Oh, magic bags exist? This is my first time hearing about them,” Cain said.
“Magic tool shops that specialize in rarities sell them. The cost varies based on how much the bag can hold.”
That was some valuable information, Cain thought. The Item Box skill was tied to the blessing from the God of Commerce, making it rare amongst adventurers, but magic bags could be acquired as long as one had the money. He could potentially purchase one to camouflage the usage of his Item Box in the future.
“Let’s search for and hunt a few more. Nina, can you use Search?”
“Yep. I’ll give it a shot.”
Nina raised her staff and began to chant, “I do seek. Unveil now mine foes that lurk near. Search.” Nina pointed her staff. “There are several monsters about a thousand feet in that direction.”
“Maestra Nina! What was that magic you just used?” Cain was very interested in this new ability he hadn’t encountered before.
“I searched for monsters that have mana by thinly spreading out my own mana. I can’t tell how strong the monster is, though.”
Cain tried doing what she just described and thinly spread his mana around the area. “I do seek. Unveil now mine foes that lurk near. Search.” He was able to sense monsters coming from the direction Nina had just mentioned.
“Maestra Nina! I did it! There are five monsters!”
“…It’s not normal to get it right on your first try. Sensing the direction isn’t unusual, but knowing how many enemies is. Are you really only five years old?” Nina could only sigh at Cain’s magical talent, which defied all common sense.
“It’s best not to think too much when it comes to Cain. Let’s get hunting,” Millie said. She already had her sword drawn and was raring to go. They quietly approached the monsters since they didn’t want to alert them.
“There’s five of them. Nina and I will take two each—can you take the last one, Cain?”
“Yes!”
Millie cast Boost on herself to increase her physical attributes and then charged at the enemies. Enhanced by Boost, Millie hurtled toward a horned rabbit faster than an Olympic sprinter and slashed through it with her sword. The rabbit had its head cut off before it could even react.
“I desire. O wind, keen as tempered steel, cleave mine foes asunder! Air Cutter!” Nina’s spell flew at a horned rabbit and cut its head off as well.
Cain headed towards his assigned target. He visualized the image of a blade cutting through the air.
“Air Cutter.”
The blade of wind unleashed from his hand flew at the horned rabbit. It didn’t strike the rabbit’s head, but instead cleaved its body in half. The blade of wind continued to slice through the grass in the direction it was unleashed for over a hundred feet, ultimately vanishing into the distance.
The battle was over in an instant.
“No problems with horned rabbits, at least. Still, that’s some firepower. Even the grass all the way over there has been cut down… Let’s hurry up and let out their blood. We need to dispose of them before wolves show up, attracted by the scent.”
Nina opened a hole in the ground using magic then placed the horned rabbit into it before she began draining out its blood. After all five were drained, Cain put them away in his Item Box.
“Let’s head back. The Lord will get mad at us if we get back too late,” Nina said.
“Yeah. This is our first outing, and his parents are likely worried,” Millie agreed.
They packed up their belongings and returned along the same road they had followed out. The view of Gracia from a distance, with its mile-high city walls, was a sight to behold. This was Cain’s first time seeing the territory from the outside, and he stared at it, impressed.
“Gracia is quite big, looking at it like this. The walls are also quite tall.”
“If the Empire gets through the fortress, this is the first city they will arrive at. There are also tons of monsters in the nearby forest. I heard that, a few decades ago, hundreds of monsters flooded out of the forest.”
Cain had heard his parents mention something like that, but he hadn’t known the particulars.
“I’ll look into that in the library once I get home.”
As the three of them chatted, they arrived at the city gates. Millie and Nina showed their guild cards to the gate guard and passed through.
“We need to show either our guild cards or citizenship tags when we enter,” Millie explained.
“I don’t have any sort of identification like that,” Cain said.
“No need. I told them you were the Lord’s son.”
“Oh, okay then.” Cain was relieved he wouldn’t be denied entry.
The three of them strolled through the city and arrived at the Lord’s mansion.
“That’s all for today. Let’s head out to the grasslands on our next outing as well.”
“Okay! Leaving the city is fun!”
“See you later, Cain!” Millie said, with a wave good-bye.
“Later, Cain,” Nina echoed.
“Let’s do this again. Thank you for today!” Cain said, waving at the two girls as they left.
Cain entered the mansion and returned to his room where he took off his armor and cleaned himself using everyday magic. He changed into fresh clothes.
“Today was a lot of fun. I only defeated two horned rabbits, so I probably haven’t leveled up.”
Thinking that perhaps something may have changed since he used magic to defeat some monsters, Cain casually opened up his Status.
“Status.”
Status
Name: Cain von Silford
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 5
Titles: Margrave’s Third Son, Reincarnator, Disciple of the Gods, Prodigy
Level: 8
Health: 3,180/3,180
Mana: 254,890/254,890
Rating: SS
Magic: Creation Magic Level 10, Fire Magic Level 10, Wind Magic Level 10, Water Magic Level 10, Earth Magic Level 10, Light Magic Level 10, Dark Magic Level 10, Spacetime Magic Level 10, Everyday Magic
Skills: Appraisal Level 10, Item Box Level 10, Military Arts Level 10, Martial Arts Level 10, Physical Tolerance Level 10, Magical Tolerance Level 10
Blessings: Blessing of the God of Creation Level 10, Blessing of the God of Life Level 10, Blessing of the God of Magic Level 10, Blessing of the God of Earth Level 10, Blessing of the God of War Level 10, Blessing of the God of Technology Level 10, Blessing of the God of Commerce Level 10
He was definitely level 1 this morning, but now he was level 8, even though he only defeated two horned rabbits. On top of that, his health and mana levels had increased by a completely unreasonable amount. He had heard from Garm before that having 10,000 mana was enough to become a Palace Mage, but his current mana was already over 200,000.
I’m becoming even more of a freak! Cain collapsed onto the bed while looking at his Status.