🞛 If that is so, can you really call this Staff Wielding?
Translator: Skythewood
Editor: Hiiro
Day 10 Cave
I woke up with my body aching all over. This bed is just a block I made with Earth Magic, so it’s no different from sleeping on the floor.
「Uwah, that hurts.」
I crack my joints loudly, my body will break down if this goes on.
I got a new Wood Magic in my Status, since it says wood, it can be used on trees. I can imagine accelerating its growth, but it will be worth a try if I can mold it.
I took out the Goblins’ clubs and left over wood from my previous projects, and started to experiment with wood magic. But I don’t know what to do, so I wrapped the wood with Package, and tried to bend it.
「Bend, bend...... Woah.」
Saying things like a suspicious ESP user, I slowly bend the wood.
I don’t know what this magic actually does, but since the wood bent, it is similar to Earth Magic?
─Shit, what happened? In the middle of the room is a 20th century style big dining table. Beneath the corners of the rectangular table are table legs made by extending the Goblins’ clubs and tapering it down at the end. Around the table are eight Eames style four legged Shell chairs, an egg chair in the middle, and a pod chair in the corner of the room.
<TL: American Designer Charles Eames>
I completely forgot my goal. I made so many chairs even though I’m alone… I-I’m not lonely!
The most important thing is the bed. I lined up wood lengthwise as if I am stacking up a bonfire, then placed thin planks on top horizontally to form a grid. And so, the wooden spring bed is done. There’s no cushion and it can’t be compared to a normal spring bed, but it’s better than a stone bed. I also made a cabinet which I think is stylish and placed it by the wall. It was empty, so I put the clubs on it, and the stylish feel disappeared!?
At a glance, this place looks much better than the 6 tatami room I had in the old world. The furniture might be wood and stone, but it’s better than my cramped room, and I don’t have money to buy furniture~
A few hours have passed since I got engrossed in my work, so it should be past noon now. Anyway, time for lunch.
It’s a little delayed, but I will still follow my schedule for the day. From the map I got from my Skill, I have only explored along the river upstream and downstream, and didn’t venture far into either side of the river. I don’t know what’s on the right side of the cave, which makes me feel uneasy, so I decided to explore that way.
I walked along the forest path in the forest, and the forest isn’t as dense as I expected.
「There’s quite a number of them.」
I can sense presence everywhere. I can’t be sure whether they will head to the Cave. They might just be Goblins, but I won’t stand a chance if they swarm me with numbers. I have to keep my distance and then pick them off one by one.
In order to survive, I have to raise my level and learn Skills, and accumulate battle experience for a safe lifestyle. Careful not to get surrounded, I maintained 『Hide Presence』 and 『Covert』 as I approached the enemy. There are only three of them, none of them are high leveled.
With the Staff in my hand, I advanced with the movement I thought up when I trained my 『Staff Wielding』. Steadying my breath and erasing my presence, I closed in on the middle Goblin and slashed down with the staff in both hands. Did I kill it?
The two Goblins on the sides scream, then raise their clubs and charge at me. I held the staff at its end with one hand, then thrust straight at the chest of the Goblin to my right. I then pull back the staff to my left hand, and swing widely to my left. The Goblin backed away in a panic, so I cast fire at it as I stepped forth to thrust the staff at its throat.
I took a deep breath and after scanning the area, realized the Goblin on the right is still breathing, so I approached it to finish it off, all the while staying alert and erasing my presence? Did I succeed? The results aren't bad. The Staff Wielding practice I thought up on my own yielded results… don’t say it’s embarrassing! I-It breaks my heart.
But it worked too well, the first Goblin died to a slash, spilling a shocking amount of blood. I did wrap the staff with mana and slash the staff with the image of slashing with a sword, but I really cut the Goblin down? So that’s what slash like a sword meant? Shindō Musō-ryū is amazing─ that’s impossible, so it’s the effects of Mana Wrap? Or did I enhance the effect because I learned the Four Elemental Magic?
The chest of the second Goblin also has a stab wound, because I thrust it with the image of thrusting a spear? The biggest question is the swing I made with the image of a naginata. The Goblin dodged it, but the attack range got extended? Shindō Musō-ryū is amazing, it can even extend the attack range? Although I never learned it… I only heard about it from the Geeks.
So the old world has a staff move that can cut and extend its attack range, this style must be famous. No, it’s the magic in this world that is amazing.
It’s probably due to the mana I wrapped on the Staff. I can shoot out a small ball of fire, an actual fireball attack. It’s range is less than 2m though… a short range fireball is still a fireball!
I should test it out back home, but since I’m already here, I have an ominous feeling about going back to the Cave and practice.
The ominous feeling refers to my level in 『Shut-in』, 『NEET』 and 『Loner』. It’s too late to worry about that now. Well, let’s use 『Hide』.
Resetting my mindset, I use Detect Enemy, and use it again. Found it, two of them.
I slash diagonally at the first one, and slash backhand to cut down the other one (I’m using a stick though).
As I thought, I can slash with this. I swing at another two Goblins nearby (It’s a stick), then thrust at another one that showed up. Yes, that’s right, it can slash and stab (What’s a stick again?)
I snapped out of it when the place got darker. Huh, how did this happen? A whole place was littered with dead Goblins, what a wonderful massacre scene. Is this the skills of a master artisan? Sorry, I got too cocky.
My Level 4 stats play a part too, my body can move deftly to slash, thrust and sweep. I got completely into it and slaughtered the Goblins coming at me at will.
As things went on, I would even make the stick heavier with 『Weighing Scale』 when my foe was defending with their clubs, slamming it down like a hammer. When they were too far, I would shoot fireballs with the image of firing a gun, fighting consecutive sniping battles.
As my opponents are Goblins, I can roll over them with my better stats. But if I encounter the quicker Kobolds or the more powerful Orcs, I will get killed.
This world isn’t a game, it might look similar, but it is real. If I’m not careful, I won’t even get a chance to regret it. I collected the Mana Stones and clubs, then dumped them inside the Item Bag. I defeated 32 today, including consecutive battles with 25 of them towards the end. I need to cool my head and head back. Since I worked so much, I shouldn’t be a 『NEET』, but I’m still a jobless bum. Uwah, I’m already level 5!
I thought about that as I returned home. Before I know it, I’m already calling the Cave home, more comfortable than my 6 tatami room in the old world. This 30 tatami room comes with a kitchen, a bathroom and a toilet. I can’t say anything about my 『Shut-in』 title now.
As I eat a late dinner, I think back on today’s battle. Absurd ~ guns are too absurd.
The Different World’s Shindō Musō-ryū customized style: 「Thrust like a spear, sweep like a naginata, slash like a sword, snipe them if they run, hammer them if they defend. The staff attacks have no blind spot since it can extend its attack range? If you learn now, you will get a complimentary magic power up!!」... The hell is that?!
The size of the fireball got smaller, probably affected by the image of a gun, and the range is about 10m. It also spins, gains a penetration effect, and the shape changes from a ball to a bullet.
If I didn’t have an image in mind when using it, will it penetrate or stop when it hits the enemy? Or will it burst into flame on impact? If that is so, can you really call this Staff Wielding? There’s too many things to consider. I will receive a protest from the Different World Staff Wielding Association one day. But I’m alone right now, so it should be fine.
🞛 They have brain problems, which means people who are like them also have brain problems too
Day 11 Cave
Today’s breakfast is the seasonal Different World mushroom and jerky fried with herbs. I will occasionally eat a Different World style salted roast rabbit. I’m tired of all that.
I can’t make any progress in testing mysterious prowess, my main attack method gives off the impression of 「Huh, that’s Staff Wielding?」 In any case, I need more information, but the Geeks who are a treasure cove of information, have set off for town. I don’t want to get involved with the class that is as dangerous as a swamp. If those guys find my nice 20th century style residence, they will definitely seize it for themselves. After hearing what happened to the Geeks, I’m sure nothing good will come out of meeting them. As for information about the Different World, they will only know what the Geeks said. Searching for a town isn’t dangerous when compared to living with people without common sense or culture. Don’t look down on a Loner, my title is already level 3 (smug face).
The most important thing is to 「cherish your life」, protect yourself and then get stronger. My level is lower than the other transportees, and it is hard to raise it further. It’s the fault of 『Master of None Lv1』 and 『Blockhead Lv1』. It hit so hard at Level 1, I can’t imagine what it will be like if it levels up.
But the Otherworlder I saw last time is level 11, the Geeks are Level 16, and the stats they are proficient in are in the later half of 2 digits. So about 60~70?
From the trend of my stats increase, I will hit the 120~150 range by level 10, maybe the 200s by level 16. If this is a game, the rate of increase will gradually slow down, but that didn’t happen. When I reach level 5, the rates are increasing slightly instead.
Leaving the stats aside, the Geeks are forced to fight constantly during this first week in the Different World, but they had a hard time fighting 5 Goblins despite being level 16. Their mana was depleted, and having only one vanguard was a problem, but the four level 16 with cheats were in danger of being defeated by two Goblins sneaking up on them from behind. I guess experience is more important in battle… they are the Geeks after all.
If I can appraise the other otherworlders or the locals, I can compare and analyze the information. I’m not sure whether they will attack me though. Even if they are weaker than me, I might fall into their trap.
The Geeks also said the most dangerous things in the Different World are enslavement Magic, Fascination, Robbery, instant death Skill or items. If you don’t have any resistance, poison and sleep spells can kill you too. Humans are much more dangerous than monsters, should I just stay home and be a loner NEET instead?
But no matter how dangerous it is, the Geeks still head for town. That’s right, they are High School boys, so their goals are the girls.
It seems there are a beast ear slave harem, lewd beautiful elves and legal loli dwarves waiting for them. They barely escaped with their lives though… Never mind, good luck.
The depth of the forest… I never venture in after seeing the naughty kids. I’m even more reluctant after hearing the Geeks’ story.
The naughty kids’ Fascination and Puppetry Skill got Sealed, but they might have other Cheat Skills. Now that the Geeks are gone, the other classmates might get in danger if they resort to violence.
I don’t care about them. But no matter how much of a loner I am, they are still my classmates. There are a few people I hope will be safe, I don’t care about the rest.
Especially the naughty kids and Mean Gals, I hope the Kobolds attack them and give them a good bite. That really hurts! (speaking from experience here.)
Should I check on my classmates? The Geeks seem worried about the Monitress, since she’s hot. Well, there are a huge variety of mushrooms around here, but they are just mushrooms. There might be different ingredients deeper in the forest, so let’s check it out. Forage for food, training, experiment and scout? Expanding the map by moving around is meaningful too.
The plan for today is to go deep into the forest. If the campsite is by the river bank, then I just need to go upstream to the place where I met the naughty kids. I heard they stick close to the camp, so I just need to go a little further up from there. Upstreams, huh~ can I fish there? I really want Lightning Magic.
I walked in the forest along the river. I will be in danger of being spotted if I walk right by the river, and there’s no mushrooms there. I thought there would be food around there, but I can’t find any, have all of them been eaten?
There are plenty of Goblins, but it’s no problem at all since they are weak. The group of 5 or 6 made me wary for a moment, but they are just Level 3~4, they are slow and lack power. With training in mind, I fight the Goblins head on, but it’s pointless since my opponents are weaker than me, and isn’t even useful for Staff Wielding practice. Yes, it’s Staff Wielding, although I have my reservations about calling it that too.
There are also dog-faced Kobolds. I wrapped my mana around me again and approached them. Level 2 and 3… The Geeks are right. They are just slightly stronger than Level 3~4 Goblins. They are quick, and charge at me immediately. Are you Goblins? But they stop and attack with sticks, making them a suitable practice target.
During the battle with the two Kobolds, I notice they aren’t using Skills. That’s why they aren’t working together and are just using bite.
If the Geeks are used to Kobolds like this, they will definitely find the Goblins near the Cave to be tough. They might all be Goblins, but they are completely different. If these two are Kobolds, then what about the two fearsome Kobolds I faced last time? I glare at them, and the Kobolds back away.
Fierce glare, scary eyes, dangerous looks. Many people talk bad about me behind my back, and I know that myself too, but why are the monsters scared too!? Is my eyes like a monster? I’m a human, right? I will feel hurt, why are you hiding your tail?
I got agitated and killed the Kobolds. Reflect on your actions, damn it. I’m planning to live peacefully by the Cave, but to think that the monsters around the Cave are the higher leveled and dangerous ones.
There are also Orcs who are tougher than Goblins and have the Staff wielding Skill, probably the strongest monster in the vicinity. However, if the Goblins here get stronger and obtain Skills, isn’t that just like the Goblins around the Cave? So the level 16 Geeks were in a tough fight because they are used to the low level monsters around here.
I finally found something like a camp with my Farsight, but the fence and tents are in shambles. So no one knows how to repair them after the Geeks left? Or have they moved to a new base? That can’t be~ according to the Geeks, their status isn’t strong enough for them to move as a group. Even if they had a falling out, it’s still strange that no one stayed behind. I approach the camp warily, and it really is deserted. Did they go somewhere else? What happened?
I scan the camp and the forest around me, looking for tracks and clues. My vision shakes for a moment, and I suddenly see something, and I reel back from the information flooding into my brain. A new Skill? Let’s leave that for later.
I stare at the base, forest and river bank again─
There are two damaged places in the camp, one is in an area inside, probably where the Geeks got attacked. The signs of battle look older than the other one.
The other one stretches from the camp to the riverbank, and then to the forest. The signs of spells usage are fresh.
Spell usage indicates a fight broke out here.
I don’t know what Skill I just obtained, but I’m going to use it. I follow the tracks into the forest, run for an hour and finally detect some presence. The group running away seems to have looped around and is running towards me. Should I hide and observe, or rescue them?
I stare at them. The group running away from their pursuers are bleeding. I can’t see them, but I can sense them.
If the ones running away are evil, I will block their way. If the pursuers are evil, I will stop them too.
If both sides are evil… Okay, time to go home. What should I eat for dinner~? Mushrooms? Or mushrooms? Mushrooms again!? Sigh~ can’t I have something else~ Like...「Wait!! Hey you!! Wait!!」... Hah~ so noisy.
「Ehh~ Hello, Mean Gal-san? Bye bye~」
Alright, I will pick some berries on the way home… 「I said wait!!」「What the hell do you mean by Bye!?」「Who are you calling Mean Gals?」「Gya~su!!」「Gya~su!!」... What’s that? Gya~su? Is that crows? Forget about the crows, let’s go home~
「「「I told you to wait~!!!!!!」」」
Sigh~Why does it have to be the Mean Gals. I will wait for a High School girl, but not for High School Mean Gals. Substitution please!
「Why are you here?」「Are you part of their group!?」「What’s with you?」「Do something!!」「Why aren’t you saying anything?」
Noisy, noisy, noisy. What the hell is with them, so annoying. What are they saying?
「Huh? What do you mean 『What’s with me?』『Why am I here?』 You are the ones coming to where I am!『Part of their group?』 Which group? I’m not part of any group, I’m alone! Don’t make me say that out loud!」
I don’t know who is pursuing these gals, but it’s impossible for me to save them. Appearing out of the blue and saying 「Do something!!」 What’s wrong with them? Enough, let’s go back.
「「「I told you to wait!!」」」「...Please.」
Huh? Was that my imagination? It’s all because of the ruckus the Mean Gals made, my hearing is going.
「Please listen to me.」
Oh no, an abnormal status attack? I think I heard 「Please」!?
「I don’t know why you are here in this Different World, but you are on good terms with Oda’s group, right? We are looking for them, if you know, please tell us!!」
She seems to be the Mean Gals Leader, is this an illusion? She’s the Mean Gal of Mean Gals, the Mean Gals Queen. The wilful and berating machine, her pride causes the class to fall apart. There’s no way her lexicon includes the word 「please」.
「Who are you?」
「Why! We are in the same class, but you don’t know me!?」
Oh, she’s angry. Huh? That is how the Mean Gals Leader acts when angry.
「You are the real one?」
「What real one!? What do you mean by that!!」
Huh, it is the Mean Gals Leader.
「Sorry, I thought I was hallucinating when I heard 『please』, and thought you were a fake Mean Gals Leader.」
「Who are you calling Mean Gals Leader, and… you didn’t hear wrong, please, tell us if you know.」
「Who are you!?」
「The real one!!」
「Huh? Are you really the Mean Gals Leader?」
「Yes! No!! I’m the real one, but I’m not the Mean Gals Leader!!」
「?... Is that a yes or no?」
「Forget it, Mean Gals Leader is fine!! Huff… huff… puff...」
She should be the real one. Others can’t use the exclamation marks「!!」 like she does.
「Who’s Oda?」
「Why don’t you know that─! Didn’t you talk with him occasionally!!」
Talking with Oda… The Mean Gals are looking for Oda...
「Oda? Oda? Oh~ You are talking about Ota? Then just say Otaku, I didn’t know his nickname is Oda.」
<TL: Otaku is japanese for Geek, will continue using Geek in this translation.>
<TL: Otaku is japanese for Geek, will continue using Geek in this translation.>
「His name is Oda─!! Huff… Puff… Puff...」
Huh, he’s name isn’t Ota? What a shocking revelation! Never mind, let’s continue to call him Geek.
「What do you want with the Geeks? You want to order them around? Or hunt them down?」
I said as I looked at the Mean Gals’ eyes. No, don’t shiver when you meet my eyes, okay? That incident with the Kobolds already traumatized me.
But I’m really glaring at them, since I heard the story from the Geeks. If they are chasing them to… 「...We want to apologize.」 What!?
「Hmm, aren’t you going to capture them and order them around? Or hand them over to the naughty kids? Or… are you serious about wanting to apologize?」
「We just want to apologize properly… We are not seeking forgiveness or want any help!! We know what we did… No, we finally understand… So we are hoping to be forgiven, even if it doesn’t help, we can only apologize… At least… Let us apologize properly to them...」
「We should have… died powerlessly, we couldn’t have survived in this place… We know that we are only alive because of their help… So we want to apologize properly in the end. Please, if you know anything, please tell us!!」
「「「Please!!」」」
I never thought they would ask me for a favour. Sigh~ did they turn over a new leaf or give up on living… For the past weeks, only the Geeks helped them… They got abandoned by everyone… thrown away… The last thing on their mind are their gratitude towards the Geeks and apologizing to them… To make up for their foolishness up until now… A last will in the form of an apology.
「I know where they want to go, but I’m not sure where they are right now. And you won’t be able to catch up, you need to go through the forest you know? Can you fight? You can’t, right?」
I don’t know whether the Geeks will be happy to receive their apology, but normally speaking, they will lash out with a 「Are you kidding me?」 Well, they are incorrigible good guys, so they might get dragged down by these girls, but I don’t need to worry about that.
「You can’t catch them, and you aren’t capable of catching them. There’s no meaning in pursuing them, right?」
The Mean Gals lower their head and tremble, this must be their last bit of resolve. Something they have to do before they die, a show of their resolve. But it’s too late.
「Even so, that’s fine, tell us. We don’t want to give up and apologize sincerely… Even if we can’t reach… Please!!」
This is already religious fervour. They are about to die, but the last thing they wish to do is to express gratitude to the people who helped them. The guilt of bullying them, ordering them around and abandoning them urged them to seek redemption… Even if they fail to reach their destination, they will achieve their goal on this journey.
The god who should be taking care of them took away everything. And a week later, they were abandoned and understood that they were doomed. Such a major event is enough to change someone’s personality.
「I already heard from the Geeks about the things that happened earlier, or rather, what you all have done. Before saying sorry to the Geeks, have you apologized to the Monitress and the others yet?」
「... Yes, but the boys attacked after we split up, and everything is a mess… The Monitress said 『I accept your apology but we should be apologizing to Oda’s group instead』... As for the others… We apologized, and are searching for Oda’s group...」
Sigh, is there no other way? The naughty kids who are cocky in the old world have left, and the Geeks who suddenly powered up in this Different World are gone too, even the Monitress lost her role as the leader… In the end, they didn’t unite together or fight the monsters. Some of the boys gave up on thinking, and attacked the girls out of lust. But they were fended off by the Monitress group.
The Mean Gals escaped from the boys, and got abandoned by the Monitress’ group. With nowhere to go, they finally understood their mistakes, and decided to apologize to the Geeks who helped them as their last will… And to thank them too. In the end─
「You have three choices. One, you fail to escape the boys pursuing you, and fail to reach the Geeks. Two, you successfully evade the boys and run into the forest, get eaten by the monsters and fail to reach the Geeks. Three, beat up the perverted boys, massacre the monsters, and beat off the Geeks too… then apologize to them. What do you choose?」
「That’s...」「Impossible...」「I can’t do it...」「... Enough already.」「Such a thing is...」「Please just tell us!!」「「「Please!!」」」
I’m a little, just a little angry, so I glared at them.
They fell onto their knees with a pale face and teary eyes, and kept trembling… I don’t care.
「Be it reflecting on your actions, turning over a new leaf, repenting, regretting, apologizing or redemption, I’m not interested in all that. Be it evil Mean Gals, repentant Mean Gals, or rectified Mean Gals, none of that matters. I’m asking you to either apologize to the Geeks or give a bunch of excuses to give up. Which are you going to choose?」
「That’s...」「I’m asking to choose!!!!」
I just learned the Mean Gals exclamation mark「!!!!」, is this the effect from my Master of None?
Alright, let’s use 「!!!!」 to the limit!
「Listen up, the Geeks you look down on and bully have always been helping you, and you received their aid, right~? That’s the thing they want to teach you~!! How to live on! How to not die!! Even when you ignored them!! Berate them!! They kept teaching until they can no longer stay!! They want to teach you, the ones who bully, look down on, and berate them!!」
Good, thirteen exclamation marks! I will push it to the limits, and achieve the Mean Gals Leader’s 「!!!!」
「You were saved, and you want to die!! You were helped and you don’t want to live!! Is it fine to make the Geeks saving you a meaningless gesture!!!! Does it sit well with you that they risked their lives for nothing!! You want to die without understanding what they are trying to teach you!! They want you to live! They don’t want you to die! Are you going to ignore the Geeks effort!! Is this how you are going to apologize! You are not accomplishing anything, and are just trying to satisfy your own ego!!!!」
I surpassed my limit and the Skill the Mean Gals Leader was born with!!!! It is a huge success. I’m burning out and turning into pure white ash… Huh? That seems out of character for me.
<Referencing to this picture, https://i.redd.it/fy4tvw42ka7z.png>
「Uwah─ I don’t want to die! There’s no way I want to die!! I want to live!! I want to survive!! They helped me, and I want to be alive when I thank them!! I want to apologize properly to their faces!! But we didn’t listen, didn’t do anything, and gave up without even trying. When they almost died and were about to be killed, we only look at them condenscendingly becaue we are stupid!! We can’t do anything, and can’t say that we are scared!! Or ask for help!! Even saying sorry… or thank you… we didn’t do that,not even once!! I don’t want to die!! I don’t want to die just like this!!!!」
Uwah, what a tremendous display of 「!」, there’s 25 of them. My 「!!」 is just an amateur attempt!
Master of None is just copying the motions, and can’t reach the essence or overcome my Blockhead title. That’s really… Huh?
For some reason, the Mean Gals are wailing loudly, what happened? Huh, what’s wrong?
Uwaaahhhh~ their hair is a mess, and they are scowling their faces like children… And the way they are crying and sniffling is shocking. Why did things turn out this way?
If I go through the order of events, I can figure out the situation.
The Mean Gals Leader and I had an extreme battle of 「!!!!」, end of story.
Huh, something seems to be leaving my body? It seems that a certain tennis player possessed me midway, so my only memory is the hot blooded exclamation marks「!!」 duel.
No good, I don’t understand the situation, I should ask them.
「Erm, well~ what’s going on?」
The Mean Gals turn to me with their crying faces intimidatingly. Oh no, that’s really scary!
「「「「「We are stupid, and didn’t learn how to survive. We can’t die like this! No way!! Please teach us! Please save us! Teach us about Skills and knowledge, so we can survive and apologize to Oda and the others! Please give us the ability to redeem ourselves and repay the favour!! Please!!!!」」」」」
「... Okay!?」
Oh no, I agreed by accident.
I-I’m going to be honest about what is happening! You might not get what I’m saying, I don’t understand what’s happening to my body either… My brain is going out of whack… This is definitely not something vulgar like Puppetry or Fascination, but something more terrifying...
『Taming Lv1』, why is this happening!?
A 『Taming』 column appears on my status screen, and the Mean Gals Leader, Mean Gal A, B, C, D are on it… What’s this? I did have 『Taming Lv1』, and thought it was a Skill used to subjugate and tame monsters. I killed all the monsters I came across though. Ahh─ I didn’t even try it once!
I suddenly tamed 5 Mean Gals? Am I going to become a Mean Gals master? Don’t wanna! I-Is the Mean Gals Leader an evolved form?
<TL: Referencing THE iDOLM@STER franchise.>
There is an evil guy who wants to do you and the girls with Puppetry.
And a perverted boy who wants to make the girls serve him with Fascination.
Now, I successfully tamed a girl. A serious crime!?
Uwah~ this means that other than being a Loner, Shut-in and NEET, I also tamed 5 High School girls.
Wait, I’m the person in the meme 「Mr Police, that is the person」!?
I muttered as I walked along the forest, Mean Gals Leader, Mean Gal A, B, C, D followed me.
I’m worried as I walked along the forest, Mean Gals Leader, Mean Gal A, B, C, D followed me.
I’m regretting this as I walked along the forest, Mean Gals Leader, Mean Gal A, B, C, D… Are you girls ducklings!?
Goblins appear, I cast a stone lance that the Mage Geek used before to pierce it, then continue ahead.
Kobolds appear, I snipe it with my fire bullet modified from a fireball, and continue ahead.
They keep staring at me with serious eyes. They are… learning to fight. I’m just a Jobless level 5 though? I don’t dare to look back, and press on ahead with my eyes forward.
Where should I go? I don’t know, but I keep advancing, I can’t stop or turn back now. The Mean Gals’ eyes are scary! Those are probably the eyes of fanatics, they keep staring at me.
I charge on ahead as if I have a destination in mind. Kobolds keep showing up non-stop, and I sweep them aside easily and forge on ahead. The further I advance, the more presence I sense. I can’t go back now, the Mean Gals are following me!
I moved forth as if I’m running away, or rather, I really am running away. I have been running into Kobold just now. Kobolds to the front , Mean Gals to my back. Hmm, I choose the Kobolds, please die.
Mean Gals Leader, Mean Gal A, B, C, D are looking at me quietly.
Mean Gals Leader, Mean Gal A, B, C, D are following me, what do I do?
There’s a Kobold nest ahead that feels intimidating, but I can’t turn back either, it’s too scary behind me!
They probably learned it after watching me, the Mean Gals dug out the Mana Stones from the monsters I defeated and offered them to me. They dug out the Mana Stones with unskilled movements, spluttering blood all over their bodies, and their eyes looked dead… That’s really terrifying!
The Mean Gals covered in blood is like a murderous army, marching with dead eyes and following me obsessively. What is this, I’m scared and about to cry.
The effects of Taming─ distribution of experience points raised the levels of the Mean Gals. I weakened a few Kobolds and pulled away from them. The Mean Gals look silently at the group of Kobolds, then thrust out the swords and spears in their hand. I have never seen such a pitiful looking Kobold, and that’s the first time I saw fear in their faces. My face is probably as scared as theirs!
The presence of the perverted boys are gone before I realize it. Maybe the Kobolds are after them or have killed them, I don’t care! Because of those perverted boys, I got traumatized, and the Kobolds are traumatized too.
So kill them, Kobolds. We are enemies, but we have the same goals. Huh, are the Kobolds my ally?
But no one will want to assault the Mean Gals now. The scariest people I met in this Different World are my classmates. Before that, it was the hot blooded man who possessed that old man. It seems that Japanese people are more fearsome than the monsters in a Different World.
Kobolds keep showing up with numbers in a wide area. Instead of power, I focus on creating a large number of bullets, spraying a wide area with flame bullets. I keep shooting at the Kobolds.
If ten shows up, I will shoot 30 bullets, if twenty shows up, I will shoot 60 bullets. Create, shoot, create, shoot, I keep creating and shooting flame bullets, covering a wide area with my firepower. The individual bullets aren’t too powerful, but I can suppress the Kobolds’ assault.
The Kobolds are quick but lack resistance against physical attacks. The bullets hit them like a rain falling horizontally. They are slowly weakened and their speed drops significantly, making them easy prey for the Mean Gals to hunt.
There might be 30 or 40 of them, but the sparkling rain hits them continuously, while the Mean Gals behind me creates a rain of blood with the Kobolds. The last badly wounded Kobold tried to lunge my way to bite me, but fell before it got to me.
The Mean Gals keep dealing the final blows to Kobolds in the field of carcass, and dig out their Mana Stones.
In front of us is the large group fighting the Kobolds surrounding them just now, and they are looking my way.
They are covered in wounds and bloody, but nothing serious.
「These are HP potions, you can recover HP by drinking it… But it’s mushroom flavoured.」
I offered them a drink, but no one moved. So they can’t accept mushroom flavoured beverages after all? Is it not suitable for High School Girls? The boys don’t like it either, since I hate it! I can even drink vegetable juice, but I will puke if I drink this. The potion made from Vitality Mushroom and herbs created such a yucky flavour…
「Haruka...kun...?」
「Oh, the mushroom flavour tastes bad, right? It’s nasty and you will smell like mushroom if you pour it on yourself.」
The bloodied Mean Gals behind me continue to harvest Mana Stones from the Kobolds. Up until a few days ago, they won’t listen to others, refuse to fight, won’t go near the monsters and will scream when they see blood. But now, they are moving quietly to finish off the monsters, and dig out the Mana Stone without any regards for the blood and gore.
That is a shocking sight, and you won’t believe it even if you see it with your own eyes. You will think they are a different group of people, and that their eyes are dead… Yes, it’s really scary!
The Mean Gals who are behaving strangely run to me after collecting the Mana Stones, and present them to me quietly before returning to work. This is too strange! A few days ago, the girls were in an uproar because of the Fascination and Puppetry Skills, fearing what would happen if those Skills were used on them. So it is normal for them to be afraid after seeing this scene, even I will think it’s scary! It’s really freaking me out.
No one will believe that the wilful and hostile Mean Gals had a change of heart, even if they see it for themselves. Furthermore, the change is too sudden, their personality is completely the opposite from before. Normal people won’t think the Gals turned over a new leaf… and will think they had been brainwashed or mind controlled.
Who will drink the beverage of a guy who brought someone under such a dangerous state? And its mushroom flavoured!? It looks like a trap, so no one will drink it! Terrible, both the beverage and the guy are terrible. There’s also the suspicious mushroom ingredient too. In any case, that guy is bad news, and his glare is scary!! ... Wait, leave me alone on that!
Yes, my credibility is negative, and that thing tastes nasty, just the smell alone is horrible. I should have mixed in the sweet berries, and make the colour more pleasing~? Simply put, it’s off putting right now for High School girls… Really now~
「Hey── earth to Haruka-kun, come back to us─!」
Wooahhhh─! That surprised me, before me is the close up view of the Monitress. This is bad for my heart and my heart is racing from that.
「Erm~Can I take that potion?」
「Huh~ you are going to drink that!?」
「Well, didn’t you ask us to drink it? Why are you so surprised?」
「No, normally, you won’t drink a weird beverage that a stranger offers you, right?」「We are classmates! Why would we be strangers!?」「...What?」
The retort by the Monitress who is the Monitress of all Monitresses is enhanced by the close up view of her beautiful face, and incredibly destructive.
「Erm~ Class Monitress-sama?」
「That’s not my name! And what did you add sama?」
I should explain about the Mean Gals behind me, this is really suspicious~ But even if you ask me, I can’t figure out what happened and am looking for answers myself. What do I say? 「I Tamed them~」 That’s horrible! Instead of resolving the misunderstanding, it will just clear all doubts and confirm the culprit!
「Haruka-kun, what’s wrong with Shimazaki-san and the others? And why are you with them?」
「Erm~ it’s a long story… Well… I tamed them?」
「What are you doing──! And that’s really short!」
The Monitress screamed─ What a terrible name for a literature piece! I feel like ordering one, should I summon a courier?
I will definitely click if there is a One Click purchase button, but is it okay if i’m underaged?
「Why did you Tame them! That’s a Skill for monsters, right? Why did you use it on your female classmates!?」
I want to know why too, and if possible, I want to put them back at the place I found them. If I tell them to 「return to the forest」 will they go back? The Monitress seems to be on the verge of breaking down. I should fulfil my obligation of explaining, but there’s one thing I need to confirm first.
「Shimazaki who? The Romanticism Ideologist who wrote 《Before the Dawn》?」
<Tōson Shimazaki (島崎 藤村), poet of Before the Dawn>
「Why don’t you know them even though you tamed them!? And people will normally talk about 《Collection of Young Herbs》 first, why did you suddenly jump to Before the Dawn!?」
The Monitress screamed again. So there’s a sequel! Is it a trilogy? And of course, I will buy, buy, buy. Will I get a bonus merchandise if I buy the whole set at once? Alright, it’s summoning time!!
「You came together with them to save us, right? But you tamed them unknowingly? But why don’t you know their names? They are your classmates!?」 So it really is a trilogy.
「But their Status only says Mean Gals Leader, Mean Gal A, Mean Gal B, Mean Gal C, Mean Gal D.」
「Why did you pick such names for your female classmates! This is the way you treat monsters, right!? What are you trying to do to the girls!?」
I think there will be more sequels, I have to consider buying them periodically.
Uwah, the girls behind the Monitress have icy glares, there must be an Ice Magic user amongst them. Should I warm them up with Temperature Magic? Cast it right at their eyes!?
「Thank you for your help, Shimazaki-san. You saved us.」
The Monitress bowed towards the Mean Gals Leader.
「... We were just following him.」
「Nevertheless, let me thank you for rescuing us.」
「...Yes.」
「Oh─ So Shimazaki is referring to the Mean Gals Leader! You picked a name that sounds similar to Toson, so it’s easy to get mixed up.」
「Shimazaki is her family name! I didn’t name her!! And who is the Mean Gals Leader!?」
Why is she scolding me? Her name on the Status screen says Mean Gals Leader, I’m not wrong?
「Listen to me, if you tame a monster normally, you can name it, and the name chosen by the tamer will become the name shown on their Status screen… So you tamed her without knowing her name, and picked such a terrible name for her!」
I got scolded. But she is the Mean Gals Leader, so why is it my fault?
Uwahhh! Fifteen girls are looking at me, and the 5 Mean Gals behind are looking at me too.
I finally understand how people who are afraid of other people’s gazes felt, it drains me mentally. Are they waiting for me to speak? I need to say something? Well~ an ending speech?
「Well, good work everyone, bye!」
Good, I said it, phew~ I’m tired, let’s go home.
「「「「「Why are you leaving!!」」」」」
I got scolded in a group chorus. Huh, I can’t go home? Even though I’m a Shut-in...
「Erm, thank you for your potions, everyone is fine now. And like I said earlier, thank you for saving us.」
The Monitress thanked me. She drank that thing!? She must have the title of a Brave!!
「But to think you actually found us. We are just running away, and don’t even know where we are.」
「Oh~ I’m just passing by.」
「Why would you pass by such a place!?」
「Rather then passing by, I’m actually running away?」
「What are you running away from, Haruka-kun!?」
「Well, the Mean Gals following me?」
「You are the one who Tamed us!! So why are you running away!?」
「Because you are scary.」
「「「......」」」
That seems to be the end of the Monitress screaming series, and she just stares at me silently. Scornful Eyes, it’s Monitress-sama’s Scornful Eyes. I never thought I would see Scornful Eyes in real life, and this is a close up view of a beauty’s Scornful Eyes, I’m flattered. This is the best thing that happened to me after coming to this Different World.
<ジト目: Jitome, often portrayed as looking at someone suspiciously with half closed eyes.>
「Hmm, we won’t make any progress if we talk to Haruka-kun, so I will sort out the information with Shimazaki-san’s group first. Please stay there and wait, and don’t leave yet.」
After saying that, the Monitress holds a meeting with all the girls while I wait. For some reason, a few girls hug the Mean Gals, while I wait. The Monitress said something, everyone laughed, while I waited. Am I being bullied? The Geeks escaped, so they are targeting me now, huh~ Never mind, I have always been a Loner. But it’s boring to wait like this, so I will follow the cliche and write 「の」 on the ground. The most orthodox meme.
Writing 「の」 on the ground is dull. I use a lot of force to write, but the ground is too hard to leave any trace. I used Mana Wrap on my fingers and tried again. OOh, there’s a faint「の」, this will work!!
I focus my mana on the tip of my finger to write 「の」, and my finger sink into the ground. I continue injecting mana to make the 「の」 bigger and cast Earth Magic at the same time, digging out a 「の」 on the ground. The mana from my finger writing「の」 starts to spin, and expands like a spiral, sinking into the ground. I can dig a hole directly down with this move! I can expand my home by making a basement! I focus my mana and concentrate on the image of a spiral as I continue drawing a 「の」. My mana lines continue to strengthen and deepen, and finally...
「Haruka-kun─ why are you buried!? I told you wait, how did end up there!?」
The Monitress looks down at me, specifically, she is looking down with Scornful Eyes. Thank you very much.
「Erm, because I’m bored?」
「Don’t bury yourself because you are bored, I was thinking what happened when I see the glow of magic!」
「I got engrossed drawing 『の』 on the ground because I was bored, that’s the gist of it?」
「Just because of that… Oh, sorry.」
I’m surprised by the 5m deep hole I dug unconsciously, it’s quite a challenge to climb out.
「Well~ I heard what Shimazaki-san and the others said. You saved Oda-kun’s group, Shimazaki-san’s posse and us, thank you very much. Normally, our group should be the one helping you who is alone… Sorry, and thank you very much.」
「...Ehh~ who’s Oda?」
「Why don’t you know Oda-kun! You talked with him in school, and also rescued him! They met you when they were running away, right!? Why don’t you know his name!?」
The Monitress screaming series, Remake. Coming soon, no it’s already here. When can I preorder? What’s the special bonus for the preorder?
「Oh, you mean the Geeks? I did meet them, and the Mean Gals Leader kept saying Oda Oda, I was wondering who that was. The Geeks are doing well.」
「Oda is his actual name─! There’s no way there is a Geek-kun! And you already forgot Shimazaki-san’s name, right─! Huff… Puff… Puff...」
The Monitress seems tired, the Geek is called Oda? She is still panting, she must have accumulated a lot of fatigue, so it can’t be helped.
「Don’t worry, Monitress, you are suddenly thrown into this world and led the class for a week. So it’s natural for you to be tired, thank you for your hard work.」
「It’s Haruka-kun’s fault that I’m so tired!! After coming to this world, the most tiring is talking with you!!」
...She’s making it sound like my fault. That’s too unreasonable, right?
「You said you want to go back, so what do you plan to do with Shimazaki-san’s group?」
Vice Monitress A asked me with a glare. By the way the Vice Monitress refers to the Monitress’ companions A~C. I don’t know who the real Vice Monitress.
「What I plan to do… Put them back where I found them? Something like that?」
「What do you mean by put back!? They aren’t abandoned kittens, and didn’t you tamed them!」
「Huh? Since I Tamed them, I can just tell them to return to the forest, right?」
「What do you think they are!! And why is their natural habitat the forest!?」
For some reason, Vice Monitress A started shouting, is this a spin-off of the Monitress screaming franchise?
Vice Monitress A’s chest armour might be a regrettable A, but she has the looks and slender body that can rival the Monitress, and is called an Ice Maiden. She might not be popular with the chest armour faction, but she ranks high amongst the legs propulsion alliance. As expected, it’s a derivative work that can’t be missed.
「In short, you are not planning to bring them back with you and do something suspicious?」
「Absolutely not.」
「Why! Are you!! Not hesitating!! Take us back with you! You said you will make us stronger, right!? Why did you answer that question immediately!? Why is that the only time you didn’t use any question marks─!!!!?」
Woahh, the silent Mean Gals Leader is yelling, seems like she broke free of her fanatic state. Or maybe she’s relieved after meeting up with her classmates. She sure is noisy after reviving.
「Because it’s a bother… No, because you made up with our classmates. From your Status, I can see you can fight normally, and are stronger than the Geeks when I last saw them.」
That’s right, with the effects of Taming, the distribution of experience points, the Mean Gals leveled up and has surpassed the Level 16 Geeks, reaching Level 19. They will be unstoppable if they activate their murder mode they used to massacre the Kobolds. Well, it was me, I will run away!
「Your level has increased, and you have enough Skill points now. After you activate your Cheat Skills, you will become stronger, the five of you can hunt the monsters or the perverted boys… or even the Geeks?」
「Like I said! Why!!? We want to apologize to Oda’s group and thank them for their help, why would we hunt them─!!!!」
「Well, maybe you will do it to go with the flow? Or on a whim?」
「「「......」」」
The silent gazes are pricking me. The Monitress and the rest are having a meeting with tired faces.
「Alright~ Alright~ calm down~ Seeing how Haruka-kun is~ he’s not planning to do anything strange to Shimazaki-san’s group~ Right~?」
Vice Monitress B is speaking up for me, what a good person. I have no doubt she is the number one good person in school. But don’t be fooled by her name, B! Her chest armour surpasses the Monitress, and is a god-like figure to the devotees of the chest armour faction. She nodded in agreement to what she just said, and that place is shaking. W-What a fearsome girl!!
「It’s strange that he’s not doing anything to Shimazaki, the popular magazine model though?」
Hey! Vice Monitress A is picking a fight with me, even finding issues when I said no, does she have a two tile wait to win the game? Just how much do you like picking fights? I’m against picking fights!! But I’m all for chilling and having fun.
<TL: Referring to Mahjong two tile wait.>
「Speaking of that, I heard Haruka-kun treats his classmates the same way as monsters.」
Vice Monitress C seems unhappy too. No one will treat Vice Monitress C like a monster, she’s so petite, just like a small animal. Her chest armour is small too… Woaah!
She’s glaring at me with scary eyes! Does she possess the sensing skills unique to small critters?
「I have been in the same class as him for 11 years since First Grade, and he has always… called me… Monitress!?」
Monitress collapsed exasperatedly onto the ground, so she really is tired.
By the way, I’m really bored, the girls’ meeting is still ongoing. Girls sure talk a lot, and with twenty of them, just deciding on lunch will take one week. Hey, people will starve to death!
「It’s getting dark, I will leave the rest to you young ones. Time to rest......」『We are classmates, so Haruka-kun is a young one too!』「You are right?」
I still can’t go home, so I started sniping the Kobolds and Goblins coming here since I’m bored. I took a glance at my Status and saw that my Level has risen, and my detection range increased to 20~30m, but I don’t have any means of attacking that far. I don’t want to be scolded, so I secretly used Wind Magic. Wind bullets don’t work, and a wind blade will turn into normal wind after 5m.
Hmm… can I cast Earth Magic from afar? I put my hand on the ground and extended my magic until it reached right under the Goblin...「Rock Lance!!」 Good, I pierce it.
But I can’t use Movement when using this spell, so it’s not practical in combat. I can only use the detect Skill or Magic when I concentrate, it takes lots of time and the mana efficiency is poor. I also can’t cast it consecutively. I’m so bored~
「Monitress, it’s getting late, can the good kids go home yet?」
I raised my hand and asked.
「We don’t have a place to go to, so we are discussing what to do. By the way, where do you want to go back to, Haruka-kun?」
Oh right─ the base of the Monitress’ group is in shambles, there are a few tents that are somewhat usable, but there are perverted boys watching the place, and negotiations with them are meaningless. Is that what they mean?
「Huh? I’m going home of course.」
「Why do you have a home in a Different World!? Were you born here!?」
「Well~ I’m bored, so I built one?」
The girls gathered for another meeting─
「Speaking of which, how many people can it fit?」
「Who knows? I live there alone, and only the Geeks have visited there.」
A census? Is the Monitress going to hardsell a condominium to me?
「Well, for a tent, if we squeeze a little, one person will take half a tatami mat, and there will still be space if three people sleep in two tatami mats. It will be spacious if one person has one tatami mat to herself, something like that?」
「Hmm~ that’s hard for me to visualize.」
No, I’m a Loner, I have never squeezed with anyone in the Cave before. If I include the space for the furniture… it’s more than 40 tatami mats?
「Hmm~if we sit while hugging our knees, 5 or 6 people can sleep in 1 tatami mat?」
Six people in one tatami mat sounds really squeezy! Are you playing ‘shoving the Manju’?
「If one tatami can fit six, that will be 240 people? If five, then it’s around 200? I can squeeze more in if we move the furniture away. The kitchen, bathroom and toilet can take in half that number?」
「T-Two hundred and forty people… What kind of mansion are you living alone in!? Why is it 40 tatami mats!? And that’s not including the kitchen, bathroom and toilet, what have you been doing in this Different World!?」
「... I’m living here? I expanded it slowly until it become like this?」
「Living… Why are you living a luxurious life in the Different World? This is outdoor survival, you know? How did you build a mansion slowly over time?」
The Monitress and the others seem angry about living in a mansion in this Different World, how troubling.
「Haruka-kun, please.」「「「「Please.」」」」
Wooaahhhh, what’s happening? The Monitress and the others are lowering their head. Are they asking me for housing pamphlets in the Different World? But I only know about this one house though.
「After what happened to Oda-kun’s group, we shouldn’t be asking you this… But even if it’s just one day, can everyone stay at your place?」
What─? High School girls want to move into the house where a boy is living alone!? Really now, the young girls these days really lack morals, they are so lewd that it’s becoming an ethical problem for the Different World!
「And of course, we will take the night watch, forage for food, prepare the meals, clean up the place and watch the fire in shifts properly. We will not let that incident with Oda-kun’s group happen again. You might not believe us… But please!」
Oh, so that’s what they want. Their base and tents are gone, so they simply don’t have a place to sleep. They can’t even say something so simple because of that incident with the Geeks.
The Geeks built a base, prepared the defences, set up tents, started bonfires, foraged food, cooked them, cleaned up the place, patrolled the grounds, did night watch duty, defences, all that was done by them, and they just stayed there as someone to be protected. They only survived because of the Geeks… But they chased them away.
Actually, the Geeks ran away on their own, but this is as good as being chased out.
And this time, they want me to provide lodging… They can’t say that. They don’t have the rights or credibility to say that. They can’t say that themselves, and have to settle the problem themselves.
「You must be angry after Oda-kun told you about what happened. That’s only natural. Erm… I understand you will feel mad that we are asking you of this. However...」「Monitress.」「...Yes.」
This is only natural. If you dump a group of High School girls into the forest and tell them to survive, and take care of everything by themselves, it’s only natural that they can’t do it.
Furthermore, the monsters and food in the Different World aren’t the same, so that’s practically asking for the moon.
But they had to do it, not rely on anyone and think of a way themselves. Because they pushed it all on the Geeks which ruined everything, so this time...
「It’s impossible to do all that, right?」
Monitress shivers, then lower her head… She tried to squeeze a smile, but it’s a sorrowful smile.
「Ugh, yes, you are right. Sorry for making a strange request. Haruka-kun… You build that yourself. Sorry, forget what I said...」
「I said that it’s impossible to do all that! How is it possible to do everything well? There’s no way that a group of High Schoolers can survive in an unfamiliar forest in a Different World. It’s not strange that you can’t do it all, so why are you trying to do everything on your own? It’s impossible.」
「But we have to! If we don’t…! Oda-kun and you did it… We have to work hard… And pull ourselves together!」
「I said it’s impossible.」
「That’s not true… We can, we must… This time we will...」「Not. Possible!」「...Ugh.」
「Normal people can’t do that. There’s no High Schooler in the world that can survive in a wild forest. Even if there are, there’s no way that’s normal. You just need to do the things you can, you failed because you tried to do everything, including the things you can’t do. You think I’m angry for the Geeks? I’m angry, be it the Geeks who want to take care of everything even though they can’t, or the Monitress who wants to save everyone despite it being unfeasible, or the bums who didn’t even do the things that they are capable of. I’m trembling from anger, as if I got hit in the gut. You can’t do things that you are not capable of, isn’t that obvious?」
The Monitress cried. She had to shoulder so much responsibility and deal with so many problems that she didn’t know if she could handle it, but she can’t give up either. She’s wailing in tears… What should I do?
After that, the Monitress and I led the group as we moved. We are on guard to prepare against an attack, but there’s no more enemies though?
「Haruka-kun, why are there so many monsters killed from piercing wounds?」
「Well, I have nothing to do?」
「Which world would there be person who will kill a large number of monsters by piercing them just because he has nothing to do!?」
「Even if you ask me about which world… Maybe there’s a Vlad the Impaler in this Different World?」
「That person didn’t come here, and he isn’t part of the class!!」
「As expected of the Monitress, you remember the names of everyone in class?」
「Anyone will notice if Dracula attends a normal Japanese High School!!」
「Maybe people won’t notice if he is called Drac A?」
「No one uses such a name!! And Drac A? How many Draculas are there!? Is Dora A mon part of this too!?」
Yes, we are having a proper chat, this Loner worked really hard. For some reasons, the Monitress seemed exhausted? Is she tired from the crying?
「Oh, turn left at that corner.」
「Which corner? Why is there a corner in the forest? Did you build a road junction? Are there convenience stores at the corners?」
She brutally retorted my little joke. Is she angry at me? Oh, we are here.
「Welcome~ dear visitors from afar.」「You came together with us, Haruka-kun!!」「Ermm, thank you for your hospitality?」
I usher everyone in. Having 20 visitors really surprised this Loner here. Fortunately, I already finished my expansion work.
「「「「「What is this place!?」」」」」
「...It’s my home, welcome?」
Hmm~ as expected, it’s hard to accept this Cave. Is it strange that the interior design uses the Clubs?
「Erm~Haruka-kun? What is this hideaway house that looks like a mediterreanean resort designed by Frank Lloyd?」
「... I told you it’s my home. Bonjour?」
「You are in a Different World! What! Have! You! Been doing!? And Frank Lloyd is American so you should say Welcome instead!!」
Yes~ I finally can see the Monitress screaming in my home, an emotional moment.
「Well~ I’m really free since I’m alone~ so I accidentally… made it?」
「「「「「......」」」」」
Twenty sets of silent Scornful Eyes, from High School Girls!! I’m alright, sorry about that.
Well, I just wanted to expand the Cave a little, then chance upon a crystal vein. After I worked on it with Earth Magic and Package, it turned into glass, so I made windows and things like a glass table. I also found something similar to limestone, and after playing around with it, the walls turned into a stylish white, I can’t do anything about it. Well, it’s not my fault?
The silent Scornful Eyes are scary, so I used Wood Magic to make a few large beds, even 20 girls can roll around it comfortably. I then escape to the kitchen to mass produce the pure mushroom dishes that I have researched to the extreme and laid them on the dining table. Finally, I put hot water into the newly added Jacuzzi.
「You will feel uncomfortable if a boy is around, so make yourselves at home. Bye~」
「Where are you going? If we chase you out of your home, then we will be no better than before. You even prepared dinner, a bath and beds...」
「Well, it’s only natural for me to do this since this is my home, right?」
「But...」
「I already said it’s fine if there are things you can’t do, and you just got assaulted by boys just now, correct? Also, the monsters won’t come in, so there’s no need to put up any sentries. Everyone must be tired, so good night~?」
I escaped successfully, and finally am alone again. A Loner can’t stay together with 20 High School girls!
I can feel the uncomfortable and heavy atmosphere of twenty people and forty eyeballs staring at my back intensely as I leave. Yup, it’s impossible. Besides~ I’m a High School boy you know? There’s no way a High School boy can do this.
I set up a tent outside happily, go inside and roll around. Alone~! The liberating happy feeling of being by yourself can only be understood by a Loner! I’m a Shut-In, but I’m fleeing from my own home… By the way Villager A is a mystery. It’s obvious that someone I have never met will be a mystery, but his possessions are too mysterious. This tent can change its size when deployed, ranging from a one man tent to an inflated castle. Yup, I should have made it bigger.
The Monitress enters the cramp tent, she is so close.
「Thank you Haruka-kun, everyone finally settled down. The luxurious room, cooking and Jacuzzi rejuvenated their minds, I’m really grateful.」
「Erm~ You are welcomed?」
「I’m sorry we took the room. You can’t bath right, Haruka-kun? Everyone’s sleeping in their underwear… Well… I’m sorry.」
It seems my room is now paradise, but a High School Girls paradise sounds like a suspicious shop! How much is the entry fee? I almost paid up, even though it’s my own room? Well, I have to pay I guess?
「It’s fine, I already bathe, and it’s tiring for a guy to stay in a room with 20 girls. Yup, I can’t do it.」
「That’s true, sorry, and thank you.」
「Monitress, you are turning into a parrot, and keep repeating sorry and thank you.」
「That’s true. In the end, we can’t do anything and you did help us. I didn’t do anything again, just like that time with Oda-kun’s group...」
Sigh~ she’s missing the point and setting a strange standard.
「But you did, and have been doing well. You protected 14 girls today, right? On the way here, you worked hard to unite and lead everyone, and manage things after arriving here too. You walked around and talked to people, assessed the situation and passed down the information. The group didn’t break up, nobody died, you did great. Normally, people will only think about themselves, but you keep everyone together. It can’t be helped that the class split up, some people followed you, and you protected them, that’s good enough.」
「Ughh─ But Oda-kun...」
「It’s fine even if that part went badly, the Geeks’ brain is too weird. Will normal people practice outdoor survival to prepare for a summon to a Different World? Those guys always have utility knives on them in case they got summoned! It even has an LED on it! They are always discussing the ways to survive in any World. It’s strange if they can do that, so they have brain problems, which means people who are like them also have brain problems too. It’s fine if you can’t do it, and you have brain problems if you can really pull it off!」
「That’s too mean to Oda-kun’s group, they worked hard too.」
「You are troubled about things you can’t do because you are using the Geeks as the standard. Did they work hard in school? They will only try seriously when they go to a Different World, and direct their effort towards going to a Different World. They are fated to be here, no sane person will put in this kind of work. Yes, they are the ones who have issues.」
That’s like making preparations in case you strike the lottery, not normal at all. They only look impressive because they really hit the grand prize. If we use them as the standard, then all the schools in the entire nation will need to conduct classes to deal with the dangers of getting summoned to a Different World.
「Thank you, Haruka-kun, I feel much better now… it has always been like this, thank you. You are really incredible.」
「I didn’t do anything special, just what I can do. So I’m a carefree Loner I guess?」
There’s many advantages with a group, but there are problems too, so there needs to be rules to bind them. In comparison, one person can’t do much, but isn’t restricted. The group wasn’t bound by rules, so they couldn’t act together or distribute tasks and roles, bringing out the bad points of a group. In fact, the Geeks actions have always been self centered and not following the rules. The entire time, they made decisions and acted them out by themselves, and didn’t participate in any dialogue.
Nothing gets done when they let the atmosphere of the group get to them, and will get led by the nose by the popular opinion, achieving nothing in the end. That’s a negative example of a group. The Geeks never acted as part of a group and can’t read the mood, so the Geeks keep doing the chores while the Monitress gets frustrated because she can’t do it. That requires the talent of ignoring the group, which isn’t a good thing to have.
「But you have plenty of food, built a nice house and defeated lots of monsters. Huh? Aren’t you weirder than Oda-kun’s group?」
Monitress said with a finger on her cheeks. Ugh, she’s cute! This action is too cute, but her words are so hurtful. Who are you calling more weird than the Geeks?
「There’s plenty of food but it’s all mushrooms, I only made the house because I’m bored, and the monsters around are weak, that’s why I can defeat them. I’m very normal, don’t compare me with the Geeks, I’m really normal!」
The Monitress covered in blood is now fresh and clean. She just took a warm bath, and is too close! No, the tent is too small.
「If this is normal… Then everyone can live a happy life?」
「Isn’t it the basics of life to live normally and happily?」
The Monitress then thanked me again before going back. It’s late at night but the Cave is right behind the tent, so I don’t have to accompany her back. Sigh~ I wanted to use the 「の」 character to build a basement~
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