If your with me, my image goes down the drain!! Sword thundered at me.

In the first place, its plain weird to worry about your image ever since you clung to me and apologized while bawling like a little kid. Arent people treating you super casually anyway in places like Ys?

That place houses many acquaintances who know me since my beginner days. Many of em havent quite realized that Ive become an S-Rank adventurer, and thus they havent changed their ways, treatin me like normal! But, Ive got quite an image to uphold in other towns and cities like the capital!

Reaaaally? Oh well, whatever.

Take me for an example, I dont pretend to be anyone other than myself, so Ill keep things like that.

No, you should pretend a bit more, you know? Ah, but sometimes you actually do. I mean, what the hell was up with that actin towards the spice-sellin lady the other day? Also, sometimes you shower the guilds receptionists with compliments. Isnt that no different from a womanizing swindler?

I act in such a way when Im looking to get a freebie from the other party. I also do it with men, but its not as effective as it is with women.

Wouldnt it be awful to have a beautiful girl call out to you with a smile and then having something shady done to you by her?

Bein called handsome lad by a brat aint anythin but shady.

Hmm? Did he say something?

A wyvern subjugation! It gets my blood pumping, but not to the extent of a dragon.

Have you ever subjugated a wyvern?

Just once. Well, I got lucky. Those things can fly, so they immediately scoot if theyre at a disadvantage. Because I had a spear with me by chance, I was able to take it down with a throw.

A long throw, huh? Then again, the dragon knight of a certain RPG performs such a jump that it makes even wyverns pale, and skewers them with his spear.

Suddenly recalling that, a question popped up in my mind.

Hmm? Youre good at lightning magic, arent you? Wouldnt it be easy to take out wyverns with a bolt or two?

In response, he thrust his hand in front of my face, First, wyverns are one of the few monsters that are immune to lightnin spells.

Hee, I didnt know.

Second, your lightnin magic and regular lightnin magic are like day and night. Sword raised a third finger, Third and lastly, your able to strike down lightnin from the sky, but you see, usually no one can use lightnin magic like that!!

I see.

Can you use any ranged, large-scale magic?

I got lost in deep thought when he asked me.

Yep. Well, I wont know unless I try it out, but Ive got options. The simplest one would be Nuclear Poweryou can call it explosion magic, but if I use this, the whole area and its surroundings will become contaminated. Itll have a lasting effect for a super, super long time, and in case you get polluted, youll have a condition where I cant say whether an antidote would help you fix it. By the way, this is the Big Taboo Spell I often mention.

Okay, that ones sealed.

I thought hed say so.

Then Ive got a spell to create a vacuum. This works against living beings who need to breathe, but it wont have an effect on monsters that dont require any air, like ghouls or skeletons. And, the magic that can kill those mobs as well would be wave magic, Id say. If I shower them with several harmful waves, most monsters will fall prey to it, though Im not quite sure about mud and sand monsters. Its kinda like light magic that doesnt shine.

Ahh, the one you used back in the dungeon, right?

I nodded.

Hmm, then this light magic of yours would be the safest approach?

I folded my arms, Well, we wont be able to loot any materials then. After all, the wyverns body would be in a worse state than getting burned by fire. Itd get vaporized, carbonized, and its intestines would even spill out of its skin.

Gotcha. Askin you will be the final measure, answered Sword.

Now then, how are we going to take that thing down?

If it comes to fighting airborne enemies

Yep, in the end, as a romanticist, youd go with the theory of a beautiful girl straddling a broom to fly up there.

If you can fly while straddlin a broom, you can also fly without broom, right?

Thats indeed true! But! Wheres the dream in that!?

Since it wouldnt be fun otherwise, I made a broom out of a random, nearby tree. All the while with Sword coldly staring at me as if watching the antics of a retard.

When I started to sing a magical girl song I recalled, Sword burst into laughter.

Your really happy-go-lucky through and through, arent you? Im 100% sure no one but you would head out to defeat a wyvern in such a cheerful mood.

Dont just admire me, and become cheerful yourself as well.

And, just as I warbled my song, the wyvern appeared. It immediately shot a fireball at us! Quite the hot-blooded one, isnt it?

But, it was still a good distance away. It was circling high up in the sky, obviously wary of us.

Sword shaded his eyes, looking up to the wyvern.

Fair way up there. Hmm, what are we gonna do bout this?

Of course, fly up! I straddled my broom. Come on, toss me towards the wyvern! Like throwing a spear! Hurry, hurry!

Sword opened his mouth, but then gave up, apparently having switched his thinking.

Oh well, whatever. You wont die from it nyway.

He lifted the broom and me up with a jerk and shouldered us.

Kay, here we go. Go n take it down

And you make sure to not misswaaaaaahhh!

I flew off in a straight line with a whoosh, like a bullet.

Im flying on a broom. No, thats a lie. Even without a broom Id fly. But! Its quite the event anyway!

Its that. That! That super popular fairy-tale about wizards where they fly around on brooms! This feeling of speed! The thrill! Im a SEEEEEKER!!

as I thought all that, I immediately arrived underneath the wyvern. The wyvern got extremely startled, freezing with its mouth agape.

Sorry, but Ill take you down in a whiff.

The theory for flying magicians is to defeat enemies with magic, but with this momentum, its much faster to wrap it up with a neck chop.

In passing, I quickly drew my wooden sword and delivered a single flash of a slash.

Haah, once again I had to cut down something boring. 1

After muttering that standard line, I swung my sword, causing a gust of wind and braking my ascent.

So, currently I was crashing down together with the wyvern. But, on the way, I used gravity magic to slow the fall before landing safely.

Sword came over while guffawing.

Your the best. Its been a long time since Ive laughed this much.

Oh, so you enjoyed it! Next time you try it as well, okay?

Sure, Ill do so when a wyvern crops up next time.

For a change Sword was positively interested in going along with it.

Given that the blood of wyverns seemed to be valuable, I bottled it up as I drained its blood. Afterwards, I washed the remains, and tossed them into my cooled bag just like that.

Once we entered the guild, we were warmly welcomed again.

The guildmaster said, Looks like a wyvern is going to appear on the market for the first time in a while. Its materials are definitely going to sell for a hefty sum!

I see. I cut off its head and drained its blood, but since Sword told me that the blood can be sold as well, Ive stored it away separately. We want to eat the meat as well, so keep some of it back for us. Make it all parts that can be eaten, please, I requested, just for the entire guild to freeze. Mmh? Did I say something weird?

The guildmaster pointed at me, and timidly asked, Has that boy defeated the wyvern?

But, who does he mean with boy?

Yeah, thats right, answered Sword and laughed again as he obviously recalled the whole scene once more. She got on a broom and told me, Throw me towards the wyvern!. While wonderin whether I should chastise her a bit or somethin, I threw her up there with all my strength. While flyin she chopped off its head, and after showin off like some weirdo, she fell together with the wyvern, you see? Thinkin shes a lost cause of an idiot who cannot be saved anymore, I let go off all my worries and decided to simply enjoy myself.

Whats with you!?

Flying while riding a broom is etiquette!

For you at least, yeah. But, well, it does look fun, I spose.

Of course it is! I full-heartedly enjoy every situation! Thats what adventuring is about!

When I threw my hands in the air, the entire guild broke out in laughter.