Chapter 10 – Newbies Are Sexy.

“Ugh! Really! I can’t believe it! How can that be the same person as yesterday!”

Lucia was irritated by wiping her sweaty, dirty body with a cloth soaked in water. When she saw Tiaran not taking off her old helmet and armor and not showing her face even when she was sleeping, she thought he must be a suspicious man.

“I can’t believe he was such a strange person!”

I suspected that she might show her true colors one day, but who would have thought she would have such an eccentric personality?

-Gurrrr!

“Ugh! I’m hungry…”

As he claimed, she trained hard without even eating breakfast, so her stomach was crying out for food right away.

“They don’t even let me wash even though there is water nearby!”

Besides, Lucia didn’t like the idea of ​​wiping herself with a cloth in the tent like this. She would have done so if there was no water nearby, but even though there was, she had to get water and wash herself.

“Ah! What on earth is this person doing?”

“But Lucia, he’s not asking you to do something ridiculous.”

“Ugh, that’s…”

At the words of Asta, who was cleaning her body next to her, she silenced the woman who had been constantly complaining. That’s why his teachings were more authentic and effective than Lucia thought.

Tiaran seemed to know her Maka well and checked the maximum power that her Maka could exert and the number of times it could be fired in succession, and barely depleted the remaining energy in her Maka.

I’ve heard that squeezing her Maka’s energy to the limit is a good way to train her Maka, but few people put it into practice.

‘Who does something this difficult?’

For Makashia, who focused everything on handling Maka, her Maka’s energy was something that had to be kept at full or even half at all times in case of an emergency.

For Makashia, the fact that her Maka energy had run out meant that all her means had run out and that her death was just around the corner.

Since there is no being as helpless as Macia, whose Maca energy has been depleted, this type of training method was especially discouraged by everyone.

In other words, this training was no different from forcing Makashia into a defenseless situation. But this time, Lucia realized that there was only one exception.

‘But as long as someone keeps you safe, there is no other training as good as this.’

Tiaran slaughtered her the moment she put her head into the clearing where they were so that the monsters who came after hearing the noise she made while training could not touch Lucia.

And seeing her calm look as if something had happened and telling her to resume her training, Lucia decided to trust him for once.

‘I also have a secret weapon.’

When she glanced at the clothes she had taken off, the thing on top of her was a leather holster that could be worn on her thigh. Inside it was a dagger for self-defense, but the important item was a potion that was fluttering blue liquid right next to it.

‘I wish I didn’t have to use that.’

It was a mana potion that could quickly recharge her Maka’s energy by more than half. However, considering the side effects, it can only be used as a last resort.

“It’s temporary, but he’s a colleague. You have to trust him.”

“I see.”

“If he’s a terrible person, just cancel the contract! You can’t give Asta affection too carelessly!”

“Yes.”

In fact, Asta knew that if what Tiaran had asked her to do was truly ridiculous, Lucia would have quit a long time ago.

‘Maybe they would have kicked out Tiaran or just the two of us would have returned to the territory.’

The reason they were washing their bodies like this now was because of Tiaran’s words.

“You want to take a bath?”

“That’s right. There’s water over there, so there’s no problem, right?”

Lucia had been sweating for a while and wanted to wash her body, and Asta did the same. Besides, she had a swamp not far away.

When you think of a swamp, it’s easy to think of muddy water, but unless you intentionally muddy the water, it was full of clean water. Since it was a place like that, I thought there would be no problem if I washed my body.

“What? Are you thinking about what you’re saying?”

“W-what is it? There’s no need to say it so harshly…!”

“I have to be harsh! I have no intention of turning newbies into suicide seekers!”

Swamps are full of various dangerous elements, as well as herbivores and wild animals such as crocodiles that want to drink the water.

Not only that? All kinds of animals come and go, parasites and bugs run rampant, and even in the water, there may be some kind of germ as an unknown source of contamination.

Washing your body defenselessly in a place like that? Of course, you are exposed to all kinds of dangers. It becomes perfect prey for wild beasts or monsters that may be hiding.

Tiaran said that although the swamp looks peaceful on the outside, it is no different from the society of nobles where fierce secret struggles unfold.

“Well, then how should I wash my body? Anyway, just leave it like this.”

As Lucia listened to his explanation, she seemed to have a feeling that something might happen if she washed in a place like that, but she spoke as if she was troubled.

“Now, take this pot water, wet a cloth and wipe it.

What was held out as if he had been waiting was a pot full of hot water. Asta noticed that he had already brought this water from the swamp and boiled it. Otherwise, the temperature wouldn’t have been this appropriate when they wiped their bodies.

‘A fascinating person.’

Even though it happened yesterday, he is very considerate in unexpected aspects. Although the time they met was short, Asta liked a person named Tiaran.

-Chiiik!

“Hmm, it’s slowly getting ripe.”

Meanwhile, while the girls were cleaning themselves briefly in the tent, Tia Ran was turning a large piece of meat around, making cuts and seasoning it with salt and pepper.

“Oh! Is that lunch today?”

Todotot, Lucia came out of the tent neatly dressed and walked quickly to his side. That’s her. She is the one who endured the hard training while starving since morning.

Even if she didn’t like meat that much, in a situation like this, she couldn’t help but be excited like this unless she was an elf, but her face blushed as if she were embarrassed.

“Hot?! Haha! W-what is it? Is there any other bread or vegetables?”

Lucia cleared her throat and asked politely, perhaps realizing that she had belatedly realized that she was running towards him like an excited puppy when she saw the meat, but her eyes were still glancing towards the meat he was grilling.

“The only thing for lunch is meat.”

“Eating only meat? Wouldn’t that be very bad for your health?”

“The meat is perfect! You don’t have to have the vegetables!”

Meat contains more essential nutrients than you might think. It’s good to eat vegetables if you can, but the problem is the current environment.

“Rookie! Are you planning on farming here and growing vegetables now? I’ll starve to death before then!”

“Kuuu! Okay! I understand. Go back to the way you were!”

“Of course I should.”

“Ha, what kind of person is this?”

Lucia patted her forehead and lamented, but he planned to teach the newbies the skills of an adventurer at least this way.

“More than anything, meat gives the body the most strength even in a relatively small amount. If you can hunt it, there is no better source of nutrition than this.”

It is not for nothing that meat is not preferred by most adventurers or those who use strength.

“Hmm, that’s definitely worth mentioning.”

“I agree too. I’m hungry. I want to eat quickly.”

As Lucia took out a small notebook and wrote down things, Asta also came here and watched the meat being grilled with sparkling eyes, so he gave the meat a spin.

-Chi-ik! Sizzle, sizzle!

“Wow.”

“Gulp!”

The cut that is left out to ensure that the inside is cooked the surface golden brown and makes it crispy, but the meat juice or oil that seeps out from between the pieces accumulates and causes it to sizzle.

“Get the oil in an appropriate container and store it… You’re not listening, are you?”

I tried to teach them the know-how by showing them how to catch the occasionally dripping oil in a bowl, but I laughed when I noticed that their eyes couldn’t stay away from the cooking meat.

‘What can I do?’

Since it was her first time teaching, she decided to skip this part. Once you get used to this kind of life, you will know even if you don’t want to know.

“I had no idea that meat from wild animals could be this delicious.”

“Yes, it tastes much better than eating at the store.”

The women looked impressed as they bit into the meat he shared with them, but there was still some leftover that had been cooked near the firewood.

“It’s already difficult to do that. I should try applying this too.”

“Ugh, what is this?”

“Bone?”

“It’s bone marrow. You can spread it on meat like butter and eat it.”

The girls looked like they were wondering how they could eat something like this, but when he scraped it out, spread it on the meat, and ate it, they couldn’t help but eat it out of curiosity.

“It’s delicious!!”

“… Your skills are amazing.”

I should have looked into it when cooking buffs were given. After Lucia’s last mutter, there was no conversation between them.

‘It’s rewarding to have a hobby.’

Silence was the best compliment.