The Centaur Tribe That Nearly Met Disaster

This isn't right!

Didn't it just defeat such a big, such strong, clumsy bear?

What awaits it next should be a bountiful diet of delicious food and a wonderful life of eating until you're full, sleeping until you're awake, and eating again after you've woken up.

Although it seems no different from usual...

In short, it hasn't even caught its breath yet, and now it has a new task?

Under Little Fina's tense gaze, Shanna continued:

"I want you to live here for the next week and try to leave your mark on this area."

"!? Awooooo!"

Upon hearing that she would be living in this desolate wilderness for the next week, unable to eat or sleep well, Fina shook her head frantically.

Unfortunately, its resistance could not change Shanna's mind.

She placed Fina on the ground, took two steps back, and pointed her Wand at Fina.

"Contain the magic power within you, and do not resist."

Engorgio!

With a bewildered expression on Little Fina's face, its gaze gradually rose, as if the world were shrinking. In no time, Little Fina had become Big Fina.

Fina looked around with curiosity at her enlarged body and the surrounding scenery.

Although it often flew into the air after it awakened its ability to fly, looking down at the scenery on the ground, that feeling was completely different from what it felt now.

"You need to maintain this posture for the next week. You absolutely, positively cannot mess this up, understand?"

Shanna raised her little face and stared at Fina seriously as she spoke.

The Little Fina, who had always been held in her arms, suddenly grew to be so big. Even though she had transformed herself, the little girl still felt very uncomfortable.

"!?"

Fina froze in place once again.

What did it just hear? To stay in this state forever!?

It's important to understand that casting Curses on an object containing a large amount of magical power is extremely difficult. Let alone Magical Animals with its own consciousness.

Generally speaking, the total amount of magic within Magical Animals exceeds that of a wizard.

So don't be fooled by how small Fina is now; the total amount of magic power within her is not much less than that of Shanna.

The reason why Shanna's Enlargement Charm is working so well is mainly because Fina is trying her best to control the magic power in her body.

In other words, if Fina uses the magic within her body, the Enlargement Charm that Shanna cast on Fina will lose its effect in just a few minutes due to the conflict of magic.

This was even without Fina actively resisting the Enlargement Charm.

If it has to remain in an amplified state for the next week, does that mean it can't use magic for the next week?

How is it supposed to survive?!

Feeling her life was hanging by a thread, Fina used her eyes to attack Shanna. Her large, teary eyes stared unblinkingly at Shanna, hoping to win her back.

However, what Fina didn't know was that with its current size, its cuteness factor was at least 50% less effective. Therefore, Shanna effortlessly resisted Fina's cuteness offensive.

"Listen, at this time a week from now, you'll be waiting for me by Black Lake. Then I'll give you the next task."

After saying that, Shanna didn't linger and turned to walk towards where her two good friends were.

It was getting late, and she was exhausted. All she wanted to do was get back to her dorm and lie down comfortably in bed for a good night's sleep.

Coincidentally, Fina thought the same thing, but unfortunately, it couldn't go back!

I glanced at Bobo Bear's charred corpse and wondered how much of it was still edible.

"Seriously? They didn't even leave me any food?!"

Lena and Phyllis sat back to back on the ground.

Even after a while, the two girls were still too weak to stand up.

Although they were not injured, the long search in the Forbidden Forest, coupled with the fright they had just experienced, had completely exhausted their strength.

If it weren't for the inconvenient location, they would have loved to just lie down on the ground and fall asleep.

"Shanna, we can't stand up, please help us."

Seeing that Shanna had finally arrived, Phyllis said weakly.

Although she was also curious as to why Shanna had made Fina so big and left her here, she simply didn't have the energy to care about that anymore; all she wanted to do was sleep!

"But my magic power is exhausted, and I can no longer cast Curses."

To ensure that the Enlargement Charm on Fina would last for a week, Shanna almost exhausted the little magic she had left.

"Huh!? Then, how do we get back?"

When Phyllis heard that Shanna had lost her magic, she almost burst into tears.

Lena, who was even more timid, felt a sudden dizziness, and her eyes began to roll upwards.

"Look how scared you all are! It's just that I've lost my magic, what's the big deal? Okay, I'll stop teasing you. Come out, Mad Bear!"

Seeing how easily her two good friends were frightened, Fina, afraid of scaring them badly, had no choice but to cancel her prank plan. She took off the Little Bear from her waist and tossed it high into the air.

Mad Bear has Inferior Philosopher's Stone inside its body as an independent source of magic power, so it can move around without Shanna consuming any magic power.

Boom!

The Mad Bear, which had grown to over 5 meters tall, landed on the ground, sending Lena and Phyllis, who were sitting on the ground, flying into the air.

Just as the two little girls were about to fall hard, Mad Bear, under Shanna's control, reached down with its paws and grabbed them in its furry giant claws.

After placing the two still-shaken individuals on Mad Bear's shoulders, Shanna also scrambled onto Mad Bear's other shoulder.

She'd wanted to try this for a long time!

"Mad Bear, let's go!"

Shanna stood proudly on Mad Bear's shoulder, her little face full of excitement.

This was the first time she had ever truly used the Mad Bear that her Gege had given her.

Previously, because of her Gege's instructions, Shanna treated the Mad Bear more as a plush toy.

(To prevent Shanna from becoming dependent on the Mad Bear, and also to train Shanna's spellcasting abilities, Bell specifically instructed Shanna to avoid using the Mad Bear unless absolutely necessary.)

The previous fatigue vanished instantly, and the emptiness that kept coming from her body was also suppressed by excitement. If it weren't for her two good friends, Shanna really wanted to control the Mad Bear and go for another trip in the Forbidden Forest.

Ideally, she'd encounter a few more powerful Magical Animals so she could test Mad Bear's combat abilities.

I've heard there's a sizable Centaur Tribe in the Forbidden Forest. Maybe I should take a detour on my way back and see if I'm lucky enough to run into them?

After thinking it over, Shanna finally gave up on this tempting idea and obediently returned to the castle.

My Gege said that when your magic power is low, you should avoid fighting as much as possible.