I formed a party with three others: Mee the Thief, Satsuki the Samurai, and Cyril the Holy Order.

Our party left the city of Atratia the next morning after accepting a quest to exterminate goblins.

We left the city of Atratia early in the morning and arrived at the village of Mith, where we had received the goblin extermination request, in the early evening of the same day.

We met with the village chief, who told us that the goblins had taken up residence in a cave about half an hour\'s walk north of the village through the forest.

We took a short rest and headed for the cave we had been told about.

We walked through the forest for a while.

At last we came to a place where we could see the cave.

We peered into the forest, through the trees, to see the cave.

\'There are guards. ...... Two of them. ......\'

Satsuki hid behind a tree, her face slightly exposed as she watched the cave.

I also looked, but there were two goblins standing in front of the cave, and neither of them seemed to notice our presence.

Goblins are a kind of demihuman race that is hostile to humans.

They are about the size of a human child, and their appearance is hideous.

They are characterized by their greenish skin, bony and strangely thin limbs, pointed ears and large noses, large gaping mouths and bulging eyes.

They often live in caves near human settlements in groups of about 20.

They attack human villages, looting crops and livestock, and sometimes killing people.

They are extremely fertile, and no matter how many times they are exterminated, they will reappear as if they were springing from nowhere.

These goblins are typical of the harm they do to humanity, and adventurers are often asked to kill them.

With the goblins in the distance, Satsuki calls out to Mee.

\'Mee, can you do it without making a scene?

\'Mmm, I don\'t know. If it\'s one of them, I\'m pretty sure I can do it, but if it\'s two of them, I\'m not so sure.

\'So that\'s it. How about the newcomer?

Satsuki now turned her gaze to me.

Now, what should I say?

I\'m sure the fireball spell will take out the two goblins, but the sound of the explosion is too loud. This is inappropriate.

A magic missile spell would have no sound problem, but I can only fire three arrows at a time. But I can only fire three arrows at a time, and I\'m not certain that I can kill two goblins at once.

If that\'s the case, the best solution would be to use a sleep spell.

Alternatively, you could try activating Silence and then hitting them with a fireball. .......

\'I think it\'s best to put him to sleep for now. I\'ll leave it to Satsuki and the others to take care of it.

With that, I raise my sorcerer\'s staff and chant a rune spell.

When the spell was completed and the sleep spell activated, the two goblins in front of the cave collapsed in a heap.

The two goblins in front of the cave fell to the ground. Satsuki, who was watching the scene, said in dismay.

\'...... What? What happened to them?

\'Like I said, I just put him to sleep. It\'s the same as normal sleep, so if you make a loud noise, it might wake him up. We should deal with it quickly and quietly.\'\'

\'Haha, ...... magic is amazing...\'

As for disposing of the sleeping goblins, Mee and Cyril crept up to the front of the cave, slit the throat of one goblin with a dagger, and smashed the head of the other goblin with a mace.

Satsuki refused to take care of the goblins, saying, \'It is not the place of a samurai to unilaterally kill an unresisting opponent.

This may have been his pride as a warrior.

Some negative thoughts about this way of being came to mind, but if it was connected to the core of her being, she thought it was not something that should be denied.

Then, after the goblins had been dealt with, Satsuki came to me and said, as if she had been watching the scene and had something on her mind.

\'...... I\'m sorry, I\'m being selfish out of the blue. But if I bend that thing, I won\'t be able to wield the sword with pride anymore. I know I\'m being selfish, but ......\'

Satsuki looked down.

Her usual coarse demeanor was gone, and her gaze swept over the scene as if she were terrified.

I had thought that a little bitterness might be necessary, but if she herself was thinking this much, there was no need to say anything else.

\'No, that\'s fine. If that\'s the case, I\'ll just assume Satsuki\'s thoughts and stance and think of a way to deal with it accordingly.

\'...... Thanks. I\'m sorry. ...... Hehe, you\'re awesome. I\'m kind of in love with you.

After saying that, Satsuki padded away from me.

Then she went to Mee and Cyril and talked about something.

He must have been talking about something similar to what he told me.

But this was a good experience for me too.

As a member of a party of adventurers, there are situations that cannot be measured by simple strength calculations when working together with others.