Worthless Skill Escape (WN)

Chapter 144

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Chapter 144 – That’s Already Happened

Post-collapse Okutama Lake Dungeon, 4th floor.

I’ve reached the safety zone in front of the dungeon boss’ room in the deepest part of the dungeon.

“Finally…”

I find the usual old-looking statue of a goddess and breathe a sigh of relief.

In the safety zone, in addition to the escape portal, there is also a semi-transparent hidden portal exit, through which you can see through the wall.

I can see it thanks to the Dungeon Master’s Unique Bonus, but normal explorers can’t.

“So I can start over from the boss room?”

That’s great for me.

But it also means that the boss is really strong.

Just what I thought,

“Hmm?”

I noticed something unusual.

It was,

“The door to the boss room is open…?”

The huge metal door leading to the chief room was open just enough for a person to walk through.

“Is someone else here already? That’s impossible…”

I’ve heard that even high-ranking explorers avoid this collapsed dungeon.

That’s because you never know what kind of danger lurks there.

In fact, I didn’t feel the presence of any other explorers before I came here.

I didn’t detect the presence of any other explorers using my Usurper skills, and I didn’t detect any other explorers in the dungeon using my Dungeon Master skills.

Of course, it’s possible that we just happened to cross paths…

“If that’s the case, it’s quite a coincidence, isn’t it?”

Depending on the timing, I’m in this dungeon almost every day.

It’s hard to believe that we missed each other for over three months of exploration.

Even though it’s a large dungeon, my Dungeon Master skills allow me to intuitively grasp a significant portion of the floor I’m on.

…A skilled explorer that I can’t even detect?

Does such a thing exist?

Well, I guess I wouldn’t have gotten this far without such a skill…

“Another explorer…”

The idea of meeting other explorers in a dungeon brings back nothing but bad memories for me in the skill world.

It seems that things aren’t that bad for me in this world, but I do have the experience of saving Honoka-chan from unlawful explorers in common.

Even with my experience in the skill world, I have to be careful.

I approach the door I opened carefully, trying to sense something behind it.

On my way, a voice echoes from behind the door.

The voice made me jump.

Why did I jump?

Because…

“――Come in, Yuto.”

The voice, which sounded somewhat languid, was something I had become accustomed to hearing in the skill world.

Of course, it was also something I was familiar with in this world.

“No way…”

I walked through the door and was stunned to see several figures inside.

“You’re late, Yuto-san.”

A petite half-elf beauty with blonde hair and blue eyes smiled wistfully,

“What are you doing here, Yuto-senpai?”

A black-haired bookworm girl with ink-stained hair looked at me with the gaze of a Japanese doll.

“W-why are you here…?

I asked them to repeat what they said,

“That’s what I want to ask you. What are you doing here, Senpai, in the middle of our important summer trip?”

“T-That’s…”

At a loss for an answer, I looked back at the members present.

I don’t have to tell you, do I?

Three of them are Haruhara, Honoka-chan, and Sayuki.

But the other person is a bit surprising.

Or rather, it’s not a person, but a pillar.

A little behind the three of them, a young girl with fox ears and silver hair is standing awkwardly.

“So God told you?”

I turn to look at the God with a reproachful look,

“God is not to blame. We’re the ones who found out.”

Haruhara shrugged and said.

“Since when?”

“We first noticed it in May. On the bus on the way to school, Yuto-san seemed strange. We watched him for a while, but…”

…It was from the very beginning, wasn’t it?

“Honoka-chan said, ‘Let’s wait until he talks to us,’ right? But we’ve been hanging around for a while now and you still haven’t shown any signs of talking, and it looks like you’re sneaking off somewhere on the weekends, too.”

“That alone won’t get you to God, you know.”

“Have you forgotten? There was that time you wanted to go to the shrine after school and I went with you. I didn’t ask you then, but…”

Ah, that’s right.

Haruhara knows that I went to see God.

“I am sorry. I tried not to tell anyone…”

“Honoka-chan is a telepath and the gods can’t lie. It was easy to lead her on.”

Sayuki said casually.

“Well, I didn’t get to hear the important part. But, Yuto. I know that the you now isn’t the you from before. I heard that another you from the skill world or something like that took over?”

“…You heard almost everything.”

“God didn’t even tell me about things that involved privacy.”

“Why did you pretend not to know until now?”

I asked,

“I thought you would tell me eventually. Even though it’s a different personality, the soul is definitely the same, God said. I thought if it was Yuto-san, he wouldn’t keep it to himself, but would confide in his friends about the problem.”

“I see.”

It seems that I’ve disappointed Honoka-chan’s expectations.

If it were ‘me’ from this world, I probably would have done the same.

Unfortunately, I’m a former shut-in solo explorer from the skill world.

The possibility of confiding my problems to my trusted friends never even crossed my mind.

“Still… I feel like you were being a little too forward.”

“W-well… I’m sorry. I was worried about how the other Yuto-san felt about me. I’m sorry that I tried to test your feelings.”

“No…”

I had no idea that Honoka-chan was so worried.

I was too busy thinking about myself.

No, it wasn’t that.

I was just trying to escape from the annoying reality of being in a romantic relationship with Honoka-chan.

“…Guh.”

I grimace at the pain running through my brain.

“Yuto-san?”

“A-ah, it’s nothing.”

I shake my head,

“So you’re not going to talk to me after all, are you?”

Honoka-chan mumbles sadly.

“I know. I’m a telepath. The feelings you have right now aren’t mine, are they?”

Honoka-chan’s words, full of conviction, left me speechless.

But my reaction in this situation was the same as saying yes.

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