In the end, we escorted⊠Merimeri?âŠâŠ The Young Lady to the mansion of the lord. Supposedly a messenger should come from them later.
The president was mad at me all this time, but eventually, she stopped crying.
ăNo, you see, itâs that? That? Itâs the first prize if you canât hit me? So itâs okay? Kind of?ă [1. TL Note: Haruka is clearly trying to quote Char Aznable âIt doesnât matter how powerful you are if you canât hit me.â But I guess his memory is failing him.]
ăWhat is the first prize if you donât hit? Is everything other than the first prize taken? Do they give tissues for the first prize? Disposable? Why are you doing something so dangerous?ă
ăNo, I really understood the weakness of weapon skills. Itâs okay.ă
I then explain at length the weak points of weapon skills to the president. Its fatal flaw and side effects that come from it.
ăBeing a combination of shouts and intense exercise, weapon skills make you run out of breath pretty fast? But in return, they are good for weight loss? Thatâs what Billy-taicho was saying? One more set?ă
ăWhy are you summoning Billy-taicho?! What will happen to his boot camp in our world? Why one more set? We are exercising every day, so we are fine!!!ă
They seem to be fine?âŠâŠ No, itâs nothing, Taicho!
The level wonât rise after all. Looking at how it went for the president and the others, raising the level from 9 to 10 or 19 to 20 or 29 to 30 is a lot more difficult. If it is this difficult for people with cheats, then it must be even harder for normal people. And for people that have difficulties raising their levels, it might be near impossible? And my level doesnât seem too enthusiastic about growing, or rather, my skills are dragging me down.
I have a perfect attendance record at the adventurers guild, yet ăNEETăwent upâŠâŠ Itâs nowăNEET Lv 4ăâŠâŠ Does it mean that itâs pointless for me to show up at the guild since I donât have a job? Or rather, does it keep rising because I donât have a job? What am I supposed to do about it then?!
And there are also new skills ăQuick Thinking Lv 1ăand ăExtreme Velocity Lv 1ă. Thatâs a lot of speed.
Iâm getting quicker, but getting too quick is a problem for a schoolboy. ăSensitiveăalso went up without my knowledge. However, actual confirmation is impossible. Thatâs because I didnât try it as a high school boy, so I have no prior data. And I also have no plans set for such tests. That is because I have no partner to run such experiments. I feel that the hope of getting to try it as a high school boy is slim⊠Maybe I should seek out one of those kinds of stores in this world?
Day 21 â Night, White Weirdo Inn, Girls Assembly
We are having a study and review session on todayâs expedition. Discussing with everyone, exchanging ideas, considering them, and collectively making the decision.
But, after all, even so, however, in the end, it still turns to talk about Haruka-kunâŠâŠ
Especially todayâŠâŠ
Haruka-kun finally did it.
He got into a fight with high-leveled bandits and had weapon skills used on him.
Or so it seems. This ăit seemsă comes from the fact that he came back completely unharmed.
But if one of them hit him, it wouldâve been a disaster.
He couldâve diedâŠâŠ He couldâve been dead by now.
Itâs not the first prize if they canât hit? What does that even mean?
Anyway, he came back.
He came back in one piece.
He came back alive.
He came and said that itâs okay.
Butâ
How long will this okay last?
How long can he avoid death?
How long will he stay alive?
How long will he keep coming back to us?
Tomorrow, he might not return?
Even today, he tried to avoid trouble but got picked on. Even the victim said so. But thatâs certainly a lie.
If Haruka-kun runs at full speed, no one should be able to pick on him. At what kind of super speed does someone have to chase just to pick on him? What kind of high-speed bandits are those?
Even if he pretended to ignore them, even if he pretended like it was a bother, even if he pretended to be mad about this, he still saved them.
Like always.
Just like it happened with Oda-kun and the others.
Just like it happened with Shimazaki-san and her group.
And just like it happened with us.
Pretending like itâs only a coincidence, he came to our rescue.
ăWhat should we do? Have someone tail him?ă
ăWhat should we do? Tie him up?ă
ăWhat should we do? Lock him up?ă
ăWhat should we do? Glue him?ă
Everyone is worried, and is trying to come up with ideasâŠâŠ Even the person that proposed gluing himâŠâŠ ProbablyâŠâŠ
But⊠We also understand that we canât do this forever. Watching over him, following around, guarding, escorting, protecting, defending, restraining, gluingâŠâŠ No, the last one we arenât going to doâŠâŠ We canât do that, we shouldnât, there is no way it is okay to do, but we canât help but feel uneasy.
Even if we ask him, Haruka-kun probably wouldnât change.