... live free!

"In the meantime, I won't use it much in public"

"? I think you'll be fine with chanting, huh? Few people may be able to use magic, but if it's easy, it's because people there use it."

That's what Elena told me, but I barely knew the chant, and I slipped my gaze softly.

……

"Huh?... Did I even say something unsavory?

Then Elena asked anxiously.

"It's not Mr. Elena's fault."

"Really? But because Lena was doing it at first."

"Oh, that's... Feel the magic? So I'm having a little trouble when they say chant because I use it..."

I'm just imagining what kind of magic you really want to use, but is the explanation that you're using magic with your senses albeit incorrect?

"... Huh? So, Lena, you don't get the magic chant?

"Well, that's how it is. I know a little bit about it, but I don't know more about it because I read the book and I was self-taught."

"Oh, yeah. But, Lena, it's amazing how you can use magic."

"Oh, yeah? But I will try not to use it in public as much as possible. Still, I might as well start a fire or get some water out..."

"Lena, you might have a little trouble deciding what you can do about it, right? Because I feel like I've been using this trip quite a bit too...... But thank you for making things easier for me, huh?

"Never mind that much. Because I'm Elena, and I'm just doing that."

We were walking around talking like that.

From then on, when I was tired, I took a break and went ahead a few times, and the snow gradually became shallow and I didn't have to use magic to get better. And then, when much of the time has passed, is it time for lunch? When I thought about it, I went out to a slightly open place and saw what looked like a home ahead. It was a little hard to tell because there's so much snow on the roof......

"Oh, Lena, it's the village of Coccolo you can see over there"

and Elena told me that in a healthy voice. You finally reached the village of Coccolo...... and walked to those who could see the house with that in mind.