「Akira, cheer up.」
「…haa.」
I leaned against the dungeon wall and sighed.
Perhaps, mushrooms were growing on top of my head right now.
Not being able to defeat the Big Goblins, I did not want to immediately rush into the boss’s room when I didn’t have my own technique.
Amelia comforted me, but there was no way I would feel better with just that.
「The Adventurer Guild’s recommended level for the subjugation of the Big Goblin is seventy and above. From the start, it was an opponent that the Akira without his skills would not be able to defeat.」
It seems that she was, more or less, doing something like following up.
However, I was also in a bad mood.
There was no way it would get better.
「Why are you in such low spirits?」
「…for a man to be protected by a woman.」
That’s right.
What was frustrating was, the fact that I was being protected by Amelia.
I’m a troublesome man?
Then you try being protected by a woman….
It’s a complete disgrace.
Moreover, against the monsters that Amelia killed in one blow with gravitational magic, I struggled against them until I was on the verge of death.
I wanted to die.
「…or rather, there’s something like the Adventurer Guild?」
「Un. No matter the race, it’s a popular occupation. As long as you are strong, you would earn money with ease.」
But on the other hand, you would die though.
I unconsciously straightened my back at Amelia’s cold voice.
Commander Saran, had briefly talked about there being an occupation where the death rate was extremely high, but it seems like he was talking about the adventurers.
And, Amelia did not think well of them.
「Is Amelia part of the Adventurer Guild?」
「Un. Because I needed to earn money, more or less.」
Amelia said that, and took out dog tags from around her neck.
The two tags were linked together with a chain and had been hanging from her neck like a necklace.
How cool.
How nice.
「I won’t give it to you.」
「…I’m obviously going to get my own.」
「Akira was greedily looking at it.」
「Stop talking like that.」
I looked closely at the tags, the first one had Amelia’s name, race, and occupation written on it, and the second one didn’t have anything on it.
Seeing the curious look on my face, Amelia properly explained it to me.
Even though I was wondering if she was an idiot at first, perhaps it was because she had a younger sister, she too had a reliable side to her.
How strange, even though I have a younger sister as well.
「This tag, shows your rank. Your rank is different depending on the color, so there’s no need for letters to indicate your rank.」
「Hmm. What rank is Amelia?」
When I asked that, Amelia’s face stiffened a little.
It seems that it was a subject that I shouldn’t have asked about.
However, Amelia gave me an answer.
「The second from the top. The level of difficulty differs depending on the race, so the standard for humans and elves are not the same.」
「Hee. Then is it amazing for an elf, to be ranked second from top?」
「Maa, it’s amazing. But, my younger sister is ranked first.」
The younger sister again, huh.
Talking with Amelia, this younger sister came up many times.
And, every time we talk about the younger sister, Amelia would look like she was about to cry, just like she was now.
I wanted to try asking, but I wasn’t able to,
In the first place, it had only been a few days since Amelia and I met.
Right now, we had gotten to the point where we’re joked with each other, but actually, my fear of strangers should’ve acted up and the silent atmosphere would’ve continued.
「You are silver-ranked, but was the first rank gold or something?」
「That’s right. There are only four people who are gold-ranked in ‘Morigan’. They were the world’s strongest.」
「They were?」
「Akira is now the world’s strongest. … besides, truthfully, there is a rank that is above gold.」
「What color is that?」
…I believe it’s black. It seems that it was the color that the first hero-sama liked. These last several hundred years, there hadn’t been anyone who was black-ranked, so the humans don’t remember it. Even the elves, there aren’t many who know about it.
Now that you mention it, elves lived for a long time.
Compared to the elves, humans had short lives, but they had high reproductivity.
「By the way, how old is Amelia?」
「…you can’t ask women their age.」
Her fist came flying.
However, even if her fist with an attack power of 4000 hit my solar plexus, I would be completely fine.
Even though it was four times the humans’ maximum attack power, it didn’t hurt at all.
Rather, it felt like it would be extremely effective on the itch where I had been bitten by a mosquito.
If you thought about it like that, you would understand just how weak humans were.
They often won against the beast men.
Did they beat them with numbers.
…huh? Was I just out of the norm?
「My bad. …now then, why don’t we do it again?」
「You’re still going to do it?」
「Unfortunately, there’s a reason why I must become stronger. In order to do that, I would even be willing to fight until I’m on the verge of death, I would endure the training as well, no matter how harsh it is.」
When I said this and smiled, Amelia’s face also turned red and she put her dog tags back and stood up.
「Then, I will also help. …s, since I said that I would stay by Akira’s side.」
「…I see. Thank you.」
If you looked at it from the side, it may have been a cold response.
However, even though it may appear that way, I was extremely embarrassed.
As proof, the heat on my face was rising.
I turned around, and with my back facing Amelia, I began the exploration once again.
「There’s a White Bat coming from above.」
「I know.」
After walking several meters, Amelia sharply raised her voice.
However, before Amelia said this, I knew that something was coming from the sound of flapping wings.
What appeared in front of us was, a white bat.
Of course, it was not a normal bat.
It was as big as a human, it was not a colony, but a single bat.
With sharp, pointed nails and strong teeth, if I were to be bitten, my upper body and my lower body would surely be eternally separated.
In terms of its level, it seemed pretty strong.
「It’s not your sense of hearing, sight, nor smell. It’s much different, intuition, so to speak, use it to read the opponent’s movements.」
「Don’t be so unreasonable!!!」
I drew Yatonokami from my back, and slashed diagonally down.
I thought that I had defeated it, but the blade didn’t even cut into its neck, it just made a small scratch on its white skin.
「White Bats confuse their opponents’ perception. It is the perfect opponent for Akira right now.」
「Say that earlier, earlier.」
My companion, as well as my combat teacher, was often concerned about her student.
Until now, I used my sense of sight and my sense of hearing to perceive and fight my opponent.
Of course, I have fought with monsters that disappear before, but they were extremely close battles.
In the end, I killed them with shadow magic.
「I only sealed your skills . Your magic was not sealed.」
「Is it, ok to, use new, magic?
TN: so the ‘magic’ in these two lines have different kanji 魔力 (maryoku aka MP) )and 魔法 (mahou) respectively. Mahou is usually used when talking about magic in general, like fire magic, water magic, shadow magic, etc.. On the other hand, maryoku is used when talking about the magic that’s inside one’s body or the amount of magic one can usesu. Usually I translate this as either ‘magic power’ or ‘MP’ when appropriate, but most times, it just sounds better to just leave it as ‘magic’.
Even when I was talking, the battle continued, naturally.
I’m avoiding being hit in my vitals, but many scratches had already appeared on my body.
「Magic, huh….」
I feel like I can understand, the sensation of the movement of magic.
Ever since the time when I first willingly entered stealth in this world, I had an inkling that there was something inside of me.
And, to give an image of the stealth skill, it was a skill where one needed to align one’s magic power with the magic power around the surroundings, and the combined magic power had to be cloaked around the entire body.
…wouldn’t it be fine to release that combined magic power into the surroundings instead of around the body.
If you visualize it, it would kind of be like mist.
「…」
「Akira!? If you shut your eyes in front of the enemy!」
Amelia’s voice, did not enter my ears as I was concentrating.
I aligned the magic, and released it.
「!?」
「Oh! I got it, I got it.」
For some reason, the white bat was restlessly looking around, as if it could not see me.
Perhaps it was the result of not fighting like an assassin recently, it’s been a while since I looked at the target from behind.
These thoughts were the worst for an assassin.
I brandished Yatonokami.
A few seconds later, the bat’s head fell down.
「Amelia, is it fine with this?」
「…」
「Amelia?」
Amelia, made a face on that beautiful face of hers, she seemed to be pondering something.
When I tapped her shoulder, she finally looked over at me.
「Are you ok? If you’re not feeling well, it’ll be fine even if you don’t force yourself to stay with me?」
「I, I’m fine. Akira, what was that just now?」
I tilted my head in confusion.
Did I do something that strange.
「What, you say, I just aligned my magic with that of the surrounding’s and then released it from my body though? 」
「Akira, normal humans are not able to do such a thing as aligning their magic with that of the surrounding’s, it’s also impossible to control it after it’s separated from the body. …except for one person.」
I tilted my head even more.
Impossible…wasn’t it possible just now?
「Can you still control the magic around you?」
「Nn? Aah, come back.」
When I called for the magic, it obediently went back into my body.
Amelia had a complicated look on her face.
「…is something wrong?」
Even I had become uneasy.
Did I do such a dangerous thing.
Setting aside my uneasiness, Amelia solemnly started talking.
What she said, was enough to make me speechless.
「There was a person who could do the same thing as Akira. …that was, the first hero-sama.」
「Ha?」
It seems that, I was able to do the same thing as the ‘first hero-sama’ that the people of this world had always respected.
「Akira, cheer up.」
「…haa.」
I leaned against the dungeon wall and sighed.
Perhaps, mushrooms were growing on top of my head right now.
Not being able to defeat the Big Goblins, I did not want to immediately rush into the boss’s room when I didn’t have my own technique.
Amelia comforted me, but there was no way I would feel better with just that.
「The Adventurer Guild’s recommended level for the subjugation of the Big Goblin is seventy and above. From the start, it was an opponent that the Akira without his skills would not be able to defeat.」
It seems that she was, more or less, doing something like following up.
However, I was also in a bad mood.
There was no way it would get better.
「Why are you in such low spirits?」
「…for a man to be protected by a woman.」
That’s right.
What was frustrating was, the fact that I was being protected by Amelia.
I’m a troublesome man?
Then you try being protected by a woman….
It’s a complete disgrace.
Moreover, against the monsters that Amelia killed in one blow with gravitational magic, I struggled against them until I was on the verge of death.
I wanted to die.
「…or rather, there’s something like the Adventurer Guild?」
「Un. No matter the race, it’s a popular occupation. As long as you are strong, you would earn money with ease.」
But on the other hand, you would die though.
I unconsciously straightened my back at Amelia’s cold voice.
Commander Saran, had briefly talked about there being an occupation where the death rate was extremely high, but it seems like he was talking about the adventurers.
And, Amelia did not think well of them.
「Is Amelia part of the Adventurer Guild?」
「Un. Because I needed to earn money, more or less.」
Amelia said that, and took out dog tags from around her neck.
The two tags were linked together with a chain and had been hanging from her neck like a necklace.
How cool.
How nice.
「I won’t give it to you.」
「…I’m obviously going to get my own.」
「Akira was greedily looking at it.」
「Stop talking like that.」
I looked closely at the tags, the first one had Amelia’s name, race, and occupation written on it, and the second one didn’t have anything on it.
Seeing the curious look on my face, Amelia properly explained it to me.
Even though I was wondering if she was an idiot at first, perhaps it was because she had a younger sister, she too had a reliable side to her.
How strange, even though I have a younger sister as well.
「This tag, shows your rank. Your rank is different depending on the color, so there’s no need for letters to indicate your rank.」
「Hmm. What rank is Amelia?」
When I asked that, Amelia’s face stiffened a little.
It seems that it was a subject that I shouldn’t have asked about.
However, Amelia gave me an answer.
「The second from the top. The level of difficulty differs depending on the race, so the standard for humans and elves are not the same.」
「Hee. Then is it amazing for an elf, to be ranked second from top?」
「Maa, it’s amazing. But, my younger sister is ranked first.」
The younger sister again, huh.
Talking with Amelia, this younger sister came up many times.
And, every time we talk about the younger sister, Amelia would look like she was about to cry, just like she was now.
I wanted to try asking, but I wasn’t able to,
In the first place, it had only been a few days since Amelia and I met.
Right now, we had gotten to the point where we’re joked with each other, but actually, my fear of strangers should’ve acted up and the silent atmosphere would’ve continued.
「You are silver-ranked, but was the first rank gold or something?」
「That’s right. There are only four people who are gold-ranked in ‘Morigan’. They were the world’s strongest.」
「They were?」
「Akira is now the world’s strongest. … besides, truthfully, there is a rank that is above gold.」
「What color is that?」
…I believe it’s black. It seems that it was the color that the first hero-sama liked. These last several hundred years, there hadn’t been anyone who was black-ranked, so the humans don’t remember it. Even the elves, there aren’t many who know about it.
Now that you mention it, elves lived for a long time.
Compared to the elves, humans had short lives, but they had high reproductivity.
「By the way, how old is Amelia?」
「…you can’t ask women their age.」
Her fist came flying.
However, even if her fist with an attack power of 4000 hit my solar plexus, I would be completely fine.
Even though it was four times the humans’ maximum attack power, it didn’t hurt at all.
Rather, it felt like it would be extremely effective on the itch where I had been bitten by a mosquito.
If you thought about it like that, you would understand just how weak humans were.
They often won against the beast men.
Did they beat them with numbers.
…huh? Was I just out of the norm?
「My bad. …now then, why don’t we do it again?」
「You’re still going to do it?」
「Unfortunately, there’s a reason why I must become stronger. In order to do that, I would even be willing to fight until I’m on the verge of death, I would endure the training as well, no matter how harsh it is.」
When I said this and smiled, Amelia’s face also turned red and she put her dog tags back and stood up.
「Then, I will also help. …s, since I said that I would stay by Akira’s side.」
「…I see. Thank you.」
If you looked at it from the side, it may have been a cold response.
However, even though it may appear that way, I was extremely embarrassed.
As proof, the heat on my face was rising.
I turned around, and with my back facing Amelia, I began the exploration once again.
「There’s a White Bat coming from above.」
「I know.」
After walking several meters, Amelia sharply raised her voice.
However, before Amelia said this, I knew that something was coming from the sound of flapping wings.
What appeared in front of us was, a white bat.
Of course, it was not a normal bat.
It was as big as a human, it was not a colony, but a single bat.
With sharp, pointed nails and strong teeth, if I were to be bitten, my upper body and my lower body would surely be eternally separated.
In terms of its level, it seemed pretty strong.
「It’s not your sense of hearing, sight, nor smell. It’s much different, intuition, so to speak, use it to read the opponent’s movements.」
「Don’t be so unreasonable!!!」
I drew Yatonokami from my back, and slashed diagonally down.
I thought that I had defeated it, but the blade didn’t even cut into its neck, it just made a small scratch on its white skin.
「White Bats confuse their opponents’ perception. It is the perfect opponent for Akira right now.」
「Say that earlier, earlier.」
My companion, as well as my combat teacher, was often concerned about her student.
Until now, I used my sense of sight and my sense of hearing to perceive and fight my opponent.
Of course, I have fought with monsters that disappear before, but they were extremely close battles.
In the end, I killed them with shadow magic.
「I only sealed your skills . Your magic was not sealed.」
「Is it, ok to, use new, magic?
TN: so the ‘magic’ in these two lines have different kanji 魔力 (maryoku aka MP) )and 魔法 (mahou) respectively. Mahou is usually used when talking about magic in general, like fire magic, water magic, shadow magic, etc.. On the other hand, maryoku is used when talking about the magic that’s inside one’s body or the amount of magic one can usesu. Usually I translate this as either ‘magic power’ or ‘MP’ when appropriate, but most times, it just sounds better to just leave it as ‘magic’.
Even when I was talking, the battle continued, naturally.
I’m avoiding being hit in my vitals, but many scratches had already appeared on my body.
「Magic, huh….」
I feel like I can understand, the sensation of the movement of magic.
Ever since the time when I first willingly entered stealth in this world, I had an inkling that there was something inside of me.
And, to give an image of the stealth skill, it was a skill where one needed to align one’s magic power with the magic power around the surroundings, and the combined magic power had to be cloaked around the entire body.
…wouldn’t it be fine to release that combined magic power into the surroundings instead of around the body.
If you visualize it, it would kind of be like mist.
「…」
「Akira!? If you shut your eyes in front of the enemy!」
Amelia’s voice, did not enter my ears as I was concentrating.
I aligned the magic, and released it.
「!?」
「Oh! I got it, I got it.」
For some reason, the white bat was restlessly looking around, as if it could not see me.
Perhaps it was the result of not fighting like an assassin recently, it’s been a while since I looked at the target from behind.
These thoughts were the worst for an assassin.
I brandished Yatonokami.
A few seconds later, the bat’s head fell down.
「Amelia, is it fine with this?」
「…」
「Amelia?」
Amelia, made a face on that beautiful face of hers, she seemed to be pondering something.
When I tapped her shoulder, she finally looked over at me.
「Are you ok? If you’re not feeling well, it’ll be fine even if you don’t force yourself to stay with me?」
「I, I’m fine. Akira, what was that just now?」
I tilted my head in confusion.
Did I do something that strange.
「What, you say, I just aligned my magic with that of the surrounding’s and then released it from my body though? 」
「Akira, normal humans are not able to do such a thing as aligning their magic with that of the surrounding’s, it’s also impossible to control it after it’s separated from the body. …except for one person.」
I tilted my head even more.
Impossible…wasn’t it possible just now?
「Can you still control the magic around you?」
「Nn? Aah, come back.」
When I called for the magic, it obediently went back into my body.
Amelia had a complicated look on her face.
「…is something wrong?」
Even I had become uneasy.
Did I do such a dangerous thing.
Setting aside my uneasiness, Amelia solemnly started talking.
What she said, was enough to make me speechless.
「There was a person who could do the same thing as Akira. …that was, the first hero-sama.」
「Ha?」
It seems that, I was able to do the same thing as the ‘first hero-sama’ that the people of this world had always respected.
