Normally, having an elemental affinity means that you have potential and talent as a magician, although this is not always the case, as in Lys's case.

And yet the trainers, or rather the kingdoms, want to raise as many mages as possible, so they focus on the fact that someone has affinities or skills that help them with magic and encourage them to change their path.

In fact, many in our group at the beginning of the year, such as Ban, who had a slight affinity for wind, were recommended to start magic classes.

But I advised him that even if he did, he should not abandon being a warrior with high agility.

The same thing happened with Alice in my previous life, who was a mage for a few years until she discovered her talent as an archer.

So, while I don't think it's wrong to learn magic, it's better to stick with what you're really good at.

Ophelia's talent as a mage may be decent, since she made it this far as one, but I feel that it's not as excellent as her talent as a warrior.

Seeing that she hasn't practiced any arts, and yet her vitality is hot on the heels of her mana, it's obvious where her talent for growth lies.

I could be wrong, but that could be the cause of her pain: having a special physique, her body wants to grow, to become stronger, but she, practicing breathing techniques that only increase mana, does not.

So her body, on its own, forces growth abruptly, and that's why she lives in suffering. That was one of my conclusions, but there was another explanation, and this one had a greater possibility because it was linked to the smell, as I noticed that, for some reason, poison was beginning to accumulate in her body.

Given her abilities, it doesn't seem like a bad thing, but I wondered what would happen when it accumulated too much.

And remembering the symptoms she told me about, maybe that was the problem. For her, releasing poison was like a natural function of the body, and by restricting it in some way, she suffered the consequences.

Impeding a natural function of the body is bad no matter what. I know better than anyone that the body is a system with a delicate balance, and no matter what form I take, I always have to maintain that balance.

What she's doing is like me preventing myself from sweating or...

'Hmm, I guess the best analogy is closing the anus. Well, that's not a problem for me with purification. Oh! That's what happened to her. So, I purified everything that was stuck.'

Now I understood why the pain went away with my purification. Basically, I cleaned her up and removed those years of accumulation and stagnation of poison, only that, with how ingrained it was—or perhaps due to the influence of another ability—she felt like a part of herself was burning.

But in the end, the method is simple: she just has to start using an art.

She has to learn to use her skill to fix that imbalance she made unconsciously.

It would be bad if she started exuding poison, but I think that if she was able to alter her current state, she can prevent the poison from coming out in another way.

And the easiest way to learn how to use her ability is to practice an art based on vitality and poison, since it was an ability that affected the body, and warriors have more understanding, comprehension, and control over the body.

And if, by chance, the pain came from her vitality, which was forcing itself to grow, it would also be fixed.

..

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Fwoshh!

'Tsk! These chimera wolves are like pests.'

Yes, the ambush by these wolves was endless, and they continued to harass our group... I've heard that there are already some casualties in the groups.

They're not really that strong, since my brother, along with the other two leaders and their subordinates, are taking care of the most powerful ones. We're only facing wolves of 6 or 7 metamorphoses.

Even so, it's annoying that their continuous attacks are slowing us down. I want to finish this as quickly as possible, and those damn wolves aren't cooperating.

At least I know we're not far away; at this rate, maybe one more day.

'But it's curious... this sub-species of chimeras... well, as long as there's a sapling nearby, the species takes on this characteristic. I wonder why?'

'... '

'And it's always a specific species. The ones on the central continent are reptiles... those are the real problem. Ugh! I really hope I don't have to fight that chimera dragon.'

'...'

'I wonder if they all have an skill... something like synthesis or fusion.'

'...'

'It's a shame we can't have beast skill.'

'...'

'We would need the legacy of gluttony or pride... hmm, but now that I think about it, didn't the legacy of gluttony do something similar to chimeras?'

'…'

'It would be a very cheating ability… what if… we somehow seduced an intelligent one?… if it felt lust towards us, we could see its state and stab it with the spear, right?'

[[What you're thinking is not possible. That's not our territory, so don't think nonsense]].

'Oh! Qetesh, I haven't heard from you in months... but where are the limits? I mean, as far as I know, we can handle divine beasts and—although I'm not saying they're beasts—the beastme-women too.'

[[...]]

'Why not normal beasts? Some of them are intelligent, aren't they? They even acquire humanoid traits.'

[[…]]

'ey!, you bastard, you can't just come here and say whatever you want and then shut up. Hey, original, say something too! Why so quiet?'

'...I don't talk to privileged people.'

'Hey!, don't be childish, that wasn't even the point here. I feel like that bastard Qetesh is hiding something.'

'Tsk! Only a privileged person like you has the luxury to think about things like that, while I live drowned in loneliness with no choice but to use my hand. If you're going to stare, don't talk to me.'

'Tsk! How dramatic. Anyway, I just came to look, since I was bored in class. I just thought it would be a good idea to have some of those wolves to study them.'

'I'll do it if I feel like it, but I'll tell you that I don't feel like talking to a privileged person.'

'I'd say you're a pain in the ass, but that would be like spitting upwards. Whatever, help the hairball, there are two wolves that got too close.'

I'll do it, but it's not like I'm doing it because you told me to or anything.'

'Damn, you're getting worse every day. You better try to find another way to do it with the hairball so you can get rid of that attitude... Oh! Well, I'm leaving, Astrid's class is coming.'

'Tsk, privileged.'

I'm not going to waste any more words on them. Earlier, when we were having breakfast, I was just going to see what was going on over there because of yesterday's incident...

But those bastards were doing it, it was like teasing someone dying of thirst with water and in the end it turned out to be an illusion, it was exactly what I wanted to avoid.

Those damn privileged kids, it's like that's all they ever do, they have nothing else on their minds.

Those guys don't care about me, so I won't care about them either, I'll totally ignore them.

..

Fwosh!

"Hey, why do you always let them get close to you!?"

If I weren't here, she'd already be one of these wolves' victims.

"I-I'm sorry, I'm not very good at fighting."

"I really don't understand how you survived this long."

"I-I..."

"Again, that was rhetorical. Anyway, just be careful; I can't always be watching out for you."

Well, it looks like the wolves have retreated again.The leader of the pack always stays in the fog. Apparently, my brother tried to go after him, but he always retreated before the confrontation.

'That wolf looks like someone I know...or rather will know'.

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"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"…"

"Goddamn it! What the hell! Why are you looking at me so much? You're going to put a hole in the back of my head, even with - Eira, I didn't feel it so much and she wanted to kill me!"

"...I-I'm not."

"Don't deny it, I can feel your gaze. You said it wasn't because you didn't trust me, but you never explained why you were looking at me? ...So tell me, why are you staring at me so much?"

It was already too much, aside from the fact that I gave up and let her walk a few steps away from me—since it was annoying to scold her all the time—her penetrating gaze was mortifying me.

I felt like the back of my neck was even itching, to the point that I really couldn't keep up my role as David.

If I had known that everything would be more annoying and without benefits, it would have been better with the talkative guy from before.

"...I don't know."

"wait... now answer me, why are you looking at me so much?

"I-Id... haah~ I don't know."

I had to confirm that she wasn't lying, so I moved closer and parted her hair. It seemed like there really was no reason; at least she herself really didn't know.

But seeing how she blushed intensely and breathed heavily, I could even hear her heartbeat quicken, it made me think of something.

"Hey, tell me... do you like me? Don't tell me it's that cliché of 'because I helped you' or 'I talk to you when no one else does' or 'it's because I gave you the solution to your problem.'"

"..."

I mean, I just thought of that possibility. If it wasn't that she distrusted me, then maybe it was the other extreme and she was very interested in me... and interest is a sign of love.

"Come on, answer me! It's just a yes or no, even if you lie, I'll get the answer.

"...I don't know."

"Ah!, yes... there was a third option, so you don't know."

"N-no."

"..."

'This is a bit problematic.'

Right now, I'm replacing someone. I came here undercover, and I plan to stay that way until the end.

No one must know that I've snuck in here, or it would be very problematic in the future, so starting any kind of romantic relationship is out of the question, doing something like this would only be bad for both of us.

I still feel remorseful about what happened with Vey, and I don't intend to make the same mistake again.

That's why, even though I found her to be an exotic beauty (without the hair), I only proposed a short-term, carnal relationship, making things clear so that when this was over, we would each go our separate ways, with no possible continuation or anything, just like I did with the one-sans at Lily's place.

So the idea of adding her to my harem was not in my head, nor was it under consideration.

'I really hope she didn't fall in love because of such clichéd events, those events that never really appeared when I needed them.'

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