Reborn as a hero's daughter, the hero aims to be a hero again.

Chapter 23 - Results of the examinations

A rope is hung from a branch and the strike boa is suspended from the branch.

　It is impossible to lift a boar weighing several hundred kilos with the arm strength of a child, so we managed to do it using pulley principle and stone weights.

　The arteries in the hind legs were slit and the arteries in the neck were also cut to drain the blood.

　Meanwhile, Michelle was on the lookout for the surroundings. She had to be careful while she was draining the blood, because another animal might smell the blood.

　Once the draining was complete, I removed the skin, tore open the belly and processed the internal organs.

　I separated the edible and inedible parts and dug a hole to bury the remaining parts.

　The large amount of meat that remained would be cut off from tree branches to make a simple sledge-sled to transport it to the village.

　When we had made all the preparations, someone approached us.

'Yes, that's it. You've passed the battle. The processing afterwards took a bit of time, but it was fine. I mean, Nicole's very handy, isn't she?'

'Well, I did my best.'

　As a matter of fact, I'm only familiar with it because of my previous life experience, and I've repeated it enough here to be able to do it in a streamlined way.

　But because of my lack of muscular strength, it took me a long time to cut off the skin and to perform the act of hanging.

　The combat so far has been a graduation test, so to speak.

　In pairs, they hunt monsters the size of a strike boa to obtain food and useful materials. The process was checked.

'How are the results?'

'Oh, yeah. Why did you only aim at the neck, Michelle?'

　Indeed, with her gift of marksmanship, she could have aimed for the head.

　But she focused on the neck, not the torso or head.

'That's because with the head, the bone might bounce back, and with the torso, it might not be an effective strike.'

'Certainly with the head it could have bounced back, but with the torso I don't think it would have been a problem'.

　If an arrow pierces the torso, the pain may inhibit movement.

　A direct hit to a vital organ could even be fatal in itself. If my movement was impeded, it would have been easier for me to evade. That is what Maria is trying to say.

'I thought the neck was more likely to be fatal ......'

'Yes, not bad, but a bit greedy. 'Strike boa's neck area is robust. Think about it, it's the neck that's supporting the assault, remember?"

'--Oh, I see.'

　The boar are experts at charging with their huge bodies of several hundred kilos. The neck that supports that power cannot be slender.

　In fact, it could be said that its muscles are more concentrated than those of other parts of the body.

'So ...... I'm a scratch?'

'That's not why I'm here. Of course you pass!　Because you hunted the strike bores properly. This is more of an advice to do better in the future."

Really!　Good."

　Maria then turns to me.

'Next, Nicole, but ...... you made a mistake by underestimating your own attack power and not applying the enhanced grant enchantment.