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Chapter 18
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Chapter 18 – The Rescued Girl and the Inspector Who Came to the Rescue
“Ah, yes… Uh, thank you for saving me from a dangerous situation.”
As she bowed her head, her oversized casquette cap fell to the ground.
Her golden silky hair spread in the air.
Her hair is straight and reaches down to her waist.
Despite the length of her hair, it does not seem heavy.
“Wha…”
The girl quickly pulled her hair up and tucked it into her casquette cap.
The fact that she’s wearing sunglasses makes her look like a celebrity in disguise or something.
“Are you an idol or something? I’m sorry, I’m not familiar with that kind of thing.”
“I-idol! Oh no, not at all!”
The girl waved her hands in denial.
“Um, it’s because I have distinctive hair and eyes… I-I’m sorry. It’s rude, isn’t it?”
“No, you must have your own reasons.”
Just because she’s too good-looking doesn’t mean she won’t be harassed by strange men.
I mean, she was actually harassed.
“This uniform is from Kuzusawa Junior High, right? I’m an alumnus myself.”
“Eh, really? What a coincidence!”
“No, well, it’s in the area… More importantly, how did a junior high school student end up in the dungeon?”
And while I’m talking, I’m wondering about the scum I knocked out… Well, when they wake up, I just have to knock them down again.
But according to the skill description, they will be incapacitated with 1 HP until they recover.
And I don’t have any rope to tie them up.
…And, wait?
I rummage through the sports bag that one of the scum was carrying.
Sure enough, a bundle of duct tape, zip ties, and wire appears.
It looks like a well-prepared and organized crime.
The viciousness of the crime made me feel sick.
“As I thought, should I kill them here? Since I had the permission of the ‘Voice of Heaven,’ self-defense will be valid.”
“N-no, that’s outrageous! Even if they are evil, you should not take their lives so easily!”
“I knew you would say that.”
I put some tape over the scum’s mouths just to be sure and put their hands behind their backs, tying their thumbs together with zip ties.
“But you’d better remember this. Showing mercy to those who tried to harm you will not make them change their minds.”
“I see your point.”
“And by the way, it is much harder to neutralize explorers without killing them than it is to simply kill them. It’s also dangerous.”
“But you are…”
“I know how you seem to be concerned about it. But don’t think that’s normal. I wouldn’t have gone easy on them either if they were stronger.”
“Um, thank you very much… for your consideration.”
“That’s not what I meant. The original cause is you. I’m sure you have your reasons, but what are you going to do with such a shady bunch of people?”
“Ugh… I really needed it. Because my mother was suffering from a disease…”
“But that doesn’t mean you should be reckless. It might not be fair of me to put it this way, but how would your mother feel if something happened to you?”
“Th-that’s… Guh.”
Tears welled up in the girl’s eyes as well.
I panicked,
“O-oh, no. I mean, I’m just asking you to be careful. You looked so desperate that I thought you might be in danger again…”
I don’t know what to do with the crying girl.
I don’t know how to handle a crying girl!
What broke the awkward moment was the response of ‘Search.’
But it wasn’t an enemy.
A blue point of light was moving toward us on the fourth floor at a very high speed.
What’s more, this reaction is…
“Yu-kun! Are you okay?”
A female knight who looked too familiar to me said as soon as she came around the corner.
“Serika! Why are you here?”
“What do you mean? Isn’t Yuto the one who reported it?”
“The report should go to the Explorers’ Association, right?”
“Well, I’m also a district inspector for the Explorers’ Association.”
“Isn’t it dangerous to be an inspector?”
An inspector is the one who is urgently sent to deal with violent crimes that occur in a dungeon.
Just getting through a dangerous dungeon as quickly as possible and rushing to the scene of the crime is dangerous enough, but what awaits them beyond that is an explorer who has just committed a heinous crime.
Half-hearted efforts will not be enough, no matter how many lives you have.
“I’m just taking a job that’s appropriate for my level, so I’ll be fine. But more importantly, it’s Yuto!”
“M-me?”
“It hasn’t even been a week since you became an explorer, so why are you on the fourth floor of a C-rank dungeon?”
“Ah, no…”
Crap.
I thought I could fool around with ‘Disguise’ if it were an Association inspector, but I never thought Serika, of all people, would come to me.
“M-more importantly, take care of her, will you?”
“You’re just changing the…! I mean, you were right. I need to talk to her now.”
“Right, right.”
“We’ll talk about you later, Yuto.”
“…Well, later.”
The girl collapses on the spot, depressed.
I guess she finally felt comfortable now that Serika was here.
If it had been just me, a man, she probably would have felt uncomfortable.
Especially after what just happened.
Serika’s brow furrowed at the sight of the girl.
I explained the situation.
I didn’t want to be too explicit for the girl’s sake, but Serika seemed to understand the situation well enough.
“I also have the recording.”
I recorded their conversation on my phone after resetting it with ‘Escape.’
After listening to it, Serika said,
“Terrible! What do they think of humans?”
She gritted her teeth in anger.
“You must have been afraid. It’s all right now.”
“U-uhh…”
Serika puts her anger aside and tries to calm the girl.
She is doing a good job as an inspector.
Serika takes a warm drink from her Item Box and gives it to the girl.
I, for my part, use ‘Search’ to keep an eye out for monsters in the area.
Serika probably does the same.
When the girl has calmed down,
“Anyway, what about the way back?”
“Why don’t we just go back the normal way?”
“It would be difficult to go back up from the fourth floor. I’ll take care of the boss, and we’ll go out through the portal at the back.”
“Yuto will take the boss down… alone?”
“Yes.”
“…Can you do it?”
“No problem.”
“Why not just let me take down the boss by myself?”
“It’s complicated.”
If we go back to the top from here, Serika and I will have to defeat the monsters we encounter along the way.
But then I would get the experience.
If Serika and I were in a separate party and only Serika could fight, I would not gain any experience, but that would be too uncool.
On the other hand, if I teamed up with Serika to defeat the boss, it might get in the way of getting special conditions.
It wasn’t the case with the Thicket Dungeon, but if there were a condition like “first time and solo,” I wouldn’t be able to achieve it.
“Hmm… Will you tell me about your situation later?”
“Only if you don’t tell anyone.”
“Of course.”
It would be good for the future to show that I can fight to some extent.
I’m also sorry that I have to worry Serika every time I go to the dungeon.
“Then I’ll go right away.”
The door to the dungeon boss’s room is right next to us.
Once the dungeon boss is defeated, it will not resurrect for a while.
Once I defeat it, I can bring Serika, the girl, and the six scum back to the surface.
“Yes, good luck.”
I nodded to Serika and pushed open the door to the boss’ room.
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Yuto Kurashiki
Level 1
HP 1063/1063
MP 974/974
Attack Power 464
Defense 457
Magic Power 2995
Mental Strength 1864
Agility 8049
Luck 6865
・Unique Skill
Escape S.Lv1
・Acquired Skills
[Magic] Fire Magic 2, Wind Magic 1, Water Magic 1, Ice Magic 1, Lightning Magic 1
[Special Ability] Ninjutsu 1, Assassination Technique1, Poison Spray 1
[Combat Aids] MP Recovery Speed Increase 1, Strong Strike Magic 1, Fast Chanting 1, Ancient Style Chanting 1, Magic Critical 1, Evasion Up 1, Knockout, Self Regeneration 1, Split 1, Survival, Surprise Attack 1, Preemptive Attack 1, First Strike 1, First Battle Knowledge 1, Thought Acceleration 1, Drive Away
[Ability Boost] HP Boost 2, Defense Boost 2, Magic Power Boost 2, MP Boost 1, Mental Strength Boost 1, Agility Boost 1, Luck Boost 1, Physical Strength Boost 1
[Resistance] Paralysis Resistance 1, Petrification Resistance 1, Sleep Resistance 1, Instant Death Resistance 1, Confusion Resistance 1, Silence Resistance 1
[Exploration Aids] Appraisal, Simple Appraisal, Disguise, Item Box 1, Search 1, Stealth 1
Equipment
Anti-Poison Earrings
Traveler’s Cloak
SP 1353
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