I Can Speak with Animals and Demons

In a clearing in the quiet forest, three goblins are lying on the ground.

Among them, Zabu and Gigi have fainted with a painful head, and when you look at Beru, he is unconscious and has creepy white eyes.

Standing on the spot is me, completely intact and an ostrich-like bird a little farther away.

『Itchy! But I can’t reach the itch with my feet.』

『I get it. Because it’s hard to reach that place with my feet, I want wings with hands like harpies at least.』

『There aren’t any more monsters…. And because of that there’s nobady to scratch around my hip.』

『All right.』

『…. Umm, wait a minute.』

『….. Hmm?』

『Hmm? It can’t be? I have to kick my waist!?』

『No, it can’t be helped. Would this happen when I scratch with my wings?』

『Uhahaha! Itchy!』

『Right? That ’s why I’m scratching with my feet like this.』

『It’s not doing anything.』

Looking at the ostrich, Zabu and Gigi who had fainted in pain, stand up.

『Stupid! You could have done it in an instant!?』

『I don’t get what you mean.』

His head is swollen, and he whispers as he supresses the pain.

“No, no, it’s natural, you rushed at me like an idiot.”

Three-on-one match with the goblins.

As you can tell, the result was instantaneous.

They suddenly jumped and attacked, full of gaps, Zabu and Gigi got hit on the crown of the head and fainted.

And then Beru that jumped at the end got hit in the same way, because of them provoking me with ‘hobgoblin’.

Zab and Gigi roll around in pain, and Bell faints with white eyes.

And that’s the current situation.

『What’s wrong with killing before being killed?』

Gigi protests tearfully.

“No, that’s true, but it depends on the situation, and that wasn’t a good method of attack. You didn’t take advantage of the three on one.”

『So what do you do, for example?』

“Sometimes you can spread out and attack my back, or attack slowly and wait for your opponent to give you a chance.”

I answered this casually, but the goblins seem to be taking this seriously.

『I don’t do that. Isn’t that bad personnality?』

『To gradually attack to weaken, then to attack all at once? …… So cunning.』

“Anyone can come up with this!”

Even if a race has a weak body, they will win in the end if they have more wisdom.

『I’m scared of humans.』

I agree with that. However, monsters look scarier than ordinary humans.

“Rather, Gigi, wouldn’t it be better if you add a handle on that log and turn it into a club to make it easier to hold? Currently, it’s lumpy and seems difficult to hold firmly.”

『Oh, oh. Is that better?』

“Would it be a weapon you’d entrust your life to?”

『Oh, oh. I get it.』

Under my coaxing, Gigi shakes his head up and down vertically.

“Right then, see you next time!”

『『What about Beru?』』

“… Pick him up and wake him up.”

We repeated the match several times after this, but all that happened is bruises piling up on the goblins.

The sun is setting and the sky is dyed red and purple.

When I returned to the mansion after seeing off the goblins who just went through hell, I saw the unusual figure of Gillion.

For my brother that holes up in the masion to study magic to be outside is quite uncommon.

What are you doing?

My sister Julia is sitting beside him and is talking about something.

Oh, Gillion is angry and Julia is laughing. Is she teasing him?

As I approach, Julia notices first, and then Gillion turns around vigorously.

And points at me.

“Right, Jed! A one on one magical match with me!”

My brother Gladys said something similar to me a week ago. He seems to be the opposite of my usual brother.

Beside my brother Gillion, Julia is watching us carefully.

I absolutely enjoy this situation.

“What about the right of veto?”

“None.”

Immediate answer.

“You’re doing magic training.”

“Wow … If you say so, you are weak.”

“Gillion, you can’t fight with your brother who’s five years younger.”

“So noisy! Anyway, it’s to see the training results! I’ll do it!”

I think you’re deceiving yourself Gillion .

Perhaps the real reason is because you want to use new magic, or you want to see the reaction of a magical collision. Actually, it happened several times before.

“Understood.”

“I don’t get my brothers.”

After that, Julia unfolds her long red skirt and sits down at the entrance of the mansion to be safe.

She seems to want to watch from that safe zone.

I’m jealous. I want to sit there too.

“Okay, let’s go!”

“What are the rules?”

“No injuries, and to be fine!”

“That’s impossible!”