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Chapter 160.3: The One who He Wanted to Protect
Oops, that’s no count, absolutely no count. I’m definitely not looking down on my patron god. My revered god, Ruinhilde-sama is number ONE in the world. YES, Ruinhilde-sama is definitely the biggest shareholder amongst the God of curse the elephant, the other gods of the curse were only at the level ant.
「But still, these skills are the jackpot.」
It resembled the one owned by 『Sage』. Heck, the 『Simple Alchemy Formation』 was truly simple. And that’s why I knew just how useful that skill was.
By combining 『Simple Alchemy Formation』 and 『Enchant』, even someone like me could make an enchanted weapon and other magic tools. Ah, so Sakurai-kun’s poisoned arrows were made by combining 『Poison』 with 『Enchant』 to his arrow, huh.
In addition, he also fired something like a ball that exploded into a poison mist towards Mei-chan during the battle, it must be some sort of poisoned ball made by Hinagiku-san. They really were a powerful combi.
Well then, the thing that I was worried about the most was the effectiveness of the 『Poison』 skill itself. Mei-chan got hit by a poisoned arrow before, but since those poisons had already been neutralized by the antidote that she drank beforehand, I had no idea about how powerful this poison was.
Anyhow, it should be more useful than the very first curse that I received upon arriving in this world, the most useless fella amongst my arsenal, the 『Red Fever』

「You’re still awake huh, Kotaro-kun.」
Mei-chan called me when I was still tinkering with the cane. Upon hearing her remark, I quickly checked my watch and found that it’s long since past midnight. Since I’d been maintaining the habit of going to sleep at night and moving during the day, I rarely woke up till past midnight.
「Yeah, I’ve had enough rest in the afternoon. I’ll hit the bed after I’m done with the inspection.」
Since this place had already been cleaned up before, we decided to spend the night in the base made by Sakurai-kun. I was rather reluctant to go back to fairy plaza after such a battle, and it’d take a really long time to find another building that we could use. Though I was reluctant to stay in the building whose lord was killed by us, we couldn’t afford to be picky in our current situation.
「Let’s sleep together.」
「Eh?」
Okay, let’s hit the bed right away, and just when I abandoned the cane and was about to stand up, I froze.
「It’s okay to sleep together, Kotaro-kun.」
It seems my ears truly didn’t play a trick on me. Even if I cast a spell to make me deaf, Mei-chan’s answer wouldn’t change even if I asked for another confirmation. And the look on her face, she was freaking serious.
「Eh, no, rather
 I’ll happily jump on that offer, but is something the matter?」
Okay, calm down buddy, there isn’t malice on her face. Yeah, let’s treat it that way.
Let’s calm down and not lose your focus even if it’s just for a moment. If we don’t respond in this kind of situation with a calm and composed head

「Sorry I
 am too scared to sleep alone.」
「Scared?」
Just what in this world could make my beloved Goddess, Futaba Meiko, the 『Berserker』 who brute-forced superhuman sniper, Sakurai-kun’s barrage of arrows with her goliath-like power, trembled in fear like a newborn calf. What, you think I’m joking? my bad then, it was the reality!
「Uhm, if, if Kotaro-kun is dead, I
 I might act just like Sakurai-kun.」
I was taken aback and forgot to breathe.
W-What should I say to her now? Waiting for a reply, ASAP.
I didn’t know what to say to her but I understood her feelings―― because I’d do the same if she died.
「It’s okay
 I’ve to admit that the possibility for that to happen wasn’t zero, but that’s exactly why we’d do our best to prevent that from happening.」
AAAH, FU*CK, What in the he*ll am I talking about?! Why can’t you say a bit of a cheesy line in that kind of situation, ME!
「I also feel the same. I’m really scared every time I think that you might die in one of those battles, Mei-chan. That’s why, let’s do our best to survive, together.」
And for that reason, I wouldn’t hesitate to use the freshly severed head of my own classmate. That’s why I want you to at least pretend to not see a little bit of the cruel deed of mine as a shaman.
「Uhm, I see
 thank goodness.」
I had no idea what she meant by thank goodness but it seemed Mei-chan had finally calmed down as shown by her gentle smile. By the way, you might be wondering that I might only treat you as war potential, nothing more than a disposable pawn. But, unfortunately, that’s just how I am. I should have a proper emotion as a human, yeah, at least there was a little bit left

「Thanks, Kotaro-kun. Then, shall we hit the bed?」
「Yeah.」
Wait a minute, we’re seriously gonna sleep together? Like in the same bed?
I’d such an expectation for a moment. Currently, those deadly-twin melons wrapped in the sexy jersey which served as replacement for pajamas, made me wonder whether I could hope for more, now―― was the moment of truth for a man. Look, there’s two sleeping bags, right? My weak will heard an angel-like devil whisper with a pair of small horns on the head.
The sleeping bag
 it might be made by Sakurai-kun and Hinagiku-san as their companion for dungeon capture. While pondering that the sleeping bag might be made with 『Simple Alchemy Formation』 using fluffy yet firm fur, I entered the sleeping bag and rolled until I arrived right beside Mei-chan.
Yup, I understand, I knew that sleeping in the same bed was pretty much impossible
 But, this is enough

「Good night, Kotaro-kun.」
「Uhm, good night, Mei-chan.」
Thus, I entrusted myself to deep sleep while feeling that this might be Sakurai-kun’s revenge on me.