Frilian: This Demon Isn't So Cold

"roar--!"

The powerful gravity pulled the lion-boars that were pouncing on the two people into the air, making them unable to move. No matter how hard they struggled, it was to no avail. They could only roar in despair as the gravity compressed them into a sphere and gradually fell silent.

"I'm so lucky, they're just the right distance from me where the magic is most powerful." Frilian looked at her masterpiece with great satisfaction.

A few seconds later, the sphere disappeared, and a clump of squeezed blood and flesh fell straight down, hitting the ground with a 'thud' and emitting a foul stench.

Then Carlos tapped Frillie on the head with his knuckles.

"Ouch, why did you hit me?" After being hit on the head, Frilian quickly protected her head and turned to look at Carlos, who had suddenly appeared beside them.

"Because you've ruined all the ingredients." Carlos glanced at the rotten, mushy lump of meat and shook his head. "Look at that one that was electrocuted earlier, didn't you notice how delicious it smelled?"

"Honestly, given what happened just now, how could I possibly notice such details..." Frillian muttered under her breath, "You're making things difficult for me, I hate you the most."

"But," Carlos changed the subject, amused by Frillie's sulking, "you did a good job this time."

"Hehe, it wasn't that great." Frillie immediately forgot her bad mood after his simple praise. "Didn't you help out a little at the last moment?"

"Really?" Sylvia asked weakly, lying on the ground unable to move. Even if she wanted to appear cute in front of Carlos, she had no strength left to do so and could only manage a faint smile.

"Yes, you probably didn't feel it, but there was a trace of magic being activated around us at the time. Although it disappeared quickly, I don't know exactly what the effect was." Frilian looked at Carlos.

"I only slowed it down a little. Looking back, it was unnecessary. You could have done just fine without me." Carlos helped Sylvia up from the ground, not minding her dirty clothes, and carried her on his back.

"Am I...am I dreaming?"

Sylvia squeezed every last bit of strength from her body and wrapped her arms around Carlos's neck from behind. At the same time, she smelled the pleasant floral scent on him, and for a moment she thought she was hallucinating.

"It's just a reward for how hard you worked today, don't overthink it." Carlos raised an eyebrow, but his tone was gentle.

"By the way, why didn't you use the [Spell to Thoroughly Remove Stains from Clothes] on me before carrying me? I'm so dirty." Sylvia, now back on his back, immediately regained her usual energy and asked with a smile, "Could it be because you didn't want me to think you were disgusted by me?"

"..."

Carlos paused for a moment, unable to answer the question. But the next second, Sylvia's previously dirty clothes suddenly became clean.

Frillie, standing nearby, was immediately filled with envy. Looking at her own filthy clothes, she muttered:

"I want to learn this magic too."

Then Frillie's clothes became clean.

"I mean I want to learn it myself!" she said angrily.

"Then go and become Celia's apprentice; she will teach you."

Carlos replied casually, while at that moment Sylvia was using her little strength to pull his face, for reasons unknown.

However, Carlos simply went along with it.

Using [Flying Magic], the three of them carried the first lion-boar that Frilian had killed from behind, and began their journey back.

"By the way, how did you get next to me? I've seen your [High-Speed ​​Movement Magic] before, but it's not quite the same as the one you just used," Frilian asked curiously.

"Ahem...you caught me." Carlos gestured for Sylvia on his back to stop fooling around. "That's [Spatial Transfer Magic], which is roughly an advanced version of [High-Speed ​​Movement Magic]."

"Is it difficult to learn?" Frillie was very interested in this magic. "After seeing this magic, I now want to become Serie's apprentice."

"..." Carlos was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "This is very difficult to learn, and Master... may not know how to do it."

He estimated the difficulty of the spatial teleportation magic based on the difficulty of the spell reversal magic. Both took him about 10 minutes to learn, although one was learned in a safe environment and the other in a combat environment. However, Carlos felt there was no difference between them.

Besides the difficulty, the two also differ in other aspects. [Curse Return Magic] is a crystallization of human wisdom from the mythological era, while [Spatial Transfer Magic], like [Flight Magic], is still the exclusive domain of the demon race. Therefore, Carlos does not believe that Celie would use this magic.

"I think I understand, they're from the demons..." As she spoke, Frilian suddenly noticed Sylvia on Carlos's back giving her a meaningful look.

Oh no, we got so caught up in talking about magic that I forgot to ask the most crucial question.

Frillie was somewhat annoyed, but fortunately Sylvia lived up to expectations.

With astonishing willpower, she broke free from the warmth of Carlos's back and joined their conversation.

"Oh, right, I just remembered there's one more question I haven't asked you yet." Sylvia poked Carlos's cheek with her finger.

"Ask away, ask away." Carlos felt that her opening was too abrupt, but he also felt that this was more like Sylvia.

"Hehe, then I'll really ask." Sylvia, on his back, smirked. "A month ago, when we first arrived here, didn't you cover my mouth in front of Ms. Frilian? Why did you stop me from continuing then?"

It really is this.

After noticing Frillie's undisguised annoyance, Carlos guessed what the topic would be next.

Although it was blunt, he really couldn't not answer the other person.

"Sylvia, it's not that I don't want to use that method, it's just that I can't possibly do everything in my power to help everyone I go to every place. If it were something I could do easily, I wouldn't mind, but this is different."

Carlos said earnestly, "Even though this village is relatively small now, the amount of magic power I need to consume is still enormous. Besides, Frilian's relationship with us isn't that good."

Actually, there was an even more important reason he didn't mention.

Carlos remembered something Volame had said before coming here, something along the lines of hoping that the strongest magician here, Frilian, would become their ally later.

They haven't even managed to abduct the person yet, so how can Carlos help them for free?

We can only take a roundabout approach.

The reason why this wasn't mentioned...

Carlos felt the warmth on his back.

Sylvia gets jealous of everyone, so if I say it out loud, I'll inevitably get a few jealous comments, so it's better not to say anything.