chapter 26

Even though equipment has been changed, a maid is a maid . Since I’m wearing a maid uniform, I’m a maid . Hello . As for why I don’t change into some equipment that is not a maid uniform, it’s because I can’t calm down for some reason when not wearing the maid uniform . And, the maid uniform’s defensive ability is unexpectedly high . As a matter of fact, I found this out when I [Appraised] it, but wow! More than Suzumoto’s kinagashi, more than President’s pseudo-lab coat! It boasts high defense! Which means which means! Wearing this maid uniform and the innerwear with very high defense, I am! After Toriumi, Kadomi-kun, Hairu and Kairya who wear amour, I boast the same defense as Katori at number 5! ……hm? It doesn’t feel so amazing anymore for some reason . 5 out of 9 good enough And putting it this way, it’s strange how rather than how good my maid uniform is, it makes how bad Suzumoto’s kinagashi and President’s pesudo-lab coat are stand out more . Why .

the world is unfair

And so today is the day we start heading south . Thus, I’ll be preparing lunch along with breakfast . Let’s go with bread for breakfast . If I make it rice everyday, I’ll incur the displeasure of the bread faction . Bread with jam and vegetable soup should be fine . It’s the usual, but there’s no need to put in that much effort so early in the morning . I want to get lunch done quickly, so onigiri and miso soup I guess . I carefully packed in grilled fish or cooked meat . Plenty of proteins . It should be fine if I put plenty of vegetables in the miso soup to balance it out, probably .

maybe?

And, as I was making those preparations, everyone woke up earlier than usual . Usually, they would gather past eight at the latest, today, they gathered at seven . And once we eat breakfast, we leave .

on a journey!

“Do you get it, Maito?” “Don’t participate in attacks, say it if I’m tired, run if anything happens!” I’ve heard it so much I’m sick of it, I can recite everything already . “Ketorami, we’re leaving her to you . ” “Gau” ‘Yes yes’ (I am the only one that can hear a secondary voice with Ketorami’s voice . ) And like this, we departed .

to the south!

This is the second time I’m travelling outside so, well, it won’t feel that novel, is what I thought, but after about two hours of going south, the scenary changed completely, it is novel . In a bad way . “This part looks like a desert . ” “Yeah . Hot . ” I don’t know why, but even though the distance wasn’t that large, is it really okay for the climate to change so much? The sunlight is stronger than midsummer in the concrete jungle . Iya—, a maid uniform has long sleeves, so it’s tough . It’s not at a level of just sweating . I’m going to dry up . This is going to make me whither . “Isn’t Suzumoto still okay? This is really bad for me with my full body armour . ” “I…… am better off than Toriumi maybe……but it’s tough . ” The armour group look worse . Heavy, hot, even the armour is hot . Furthermore, Kadomi-kun’s [Flame Resistance] doesn’t seem to be able to resist the heat . “And the ground is hot……” The ground is hot, will Ketorami-san be okay? When I asked, the answer was ‘This is cool compared to a dragon’s breath . ’ You’ve bathed in that dragon’s breath before? I’m understanding Ketorami less and less . “Isn’t this slightly impossible to march through?” Only Hagasaki-kun has a nonchalant expression with his [Heat & Cold Resistance] . Dammi—t . But he also looks like he has trouble walking with his feet sinking into the sand . “But if we walked through this, won’t all of us get [Heat Resistance]?” “A—h……what do we do?” “For now, let’s try going as far as we can . We can also consider getting out a room and shutting ourselves in there if we can’t bear it . ” “Oka—y……a—h damn it, it’s hot . ” “I can produce as much water as you want, so say it if you need it . Dehydration is scary . ” Just that the water will come out from a watering can .

well, you have water

“……ah……it shined . ” Shined, would refer to the dog tag, I think . “Ah, A—a—a—h, I got [Heat Resistance]! Hyahoooou!” Toriumi was the first . Of course . “Uhya—, it’s so comfortable suddenly……ah, Maito-san, water and [Cleaning] ple—ase . ” “Coming right up . ” I showered him in water by sprinkling water from Ketorami-san’s back like rain . And then [Cleaning] with the huge feather duster . Once I pofu pofu’ed him with the feather duster, the excess water also disappeared ……how does that work? If I start thinking about that there will be no end to it, so let’s stop . “……ah, I got it too . Water and feather duster for me too . ” “Coming . ” Kadomi-kun also got [Heat resistance] . The armour group really has it tough .

more pain faster gain

“……a—h dammit, finally got it, I’m the last?” “Last . I can’t believe there was someone slower than me . ” And after 3 hours of advancing through the desert, Suzumoto also got [Heat Resistance] and with this, everyone has [Heat Resistance] . ……ah, Hagasaki-kun had [Head & Cold Resistance] from the start, so no change there . “For now, I want food……” “Yeah, should we take a break?” Since we all finally got the resistance, we set up the room to have lunch and a break . There’s nothing as convenient as air con, but Hagasaki-kun made it cool with ice and wind magic . A—h, so comfortabl—e . [Heat Resistance] is a skill that makes you not feel heat beyond a certain level, but hot is still hot . But the difference is still something like between a suana and a sunny day in may .

helps

We had a break, so we are advancing through the desert again . Monsters show up on the way, but somehow, they don’t seem that strong . Centipedes the size of a small dog, scorpions the size of shopping carts, walking cacti, those things come out, but most of it ends with one slice from the front line . In fact, since part of the centipede is metallic, they’re collected by Toriumi, President goes about extracting the scorpion’s poison, and Hairu is using the thorns of the cacti as throwing weapons since they’re unexpectedly tough, so the monsters are being treated as supply sources . Poor things . Well, if the monsters were strong in this heat, that would be unbearable .

where’s the fire dragon

It’s night . It’s night but……we’re still walking while eating dinner . Night in the desert is cold . So we decided to also get [Cold Resistance]……iya—, how to put it, mhm, they’re amazing . It’s co—ld, it’s co—ld, I’m slee—py . sed About three hours after we started walking, everyone got [Cold Resistance] (except Hagasaki-kun), and the [Heat Resistance] ranked up to [Heat & Cold resistance] . By the way, as for why Hagasaki-kun has [Heat & Cold resistance], a small elephant thing that shoots flames had blown fire at him and he used ice magic at zero distance to block it…… According to Katori who healed that, “mhm, it was something that Maito-san is better off not seeing . ” With frost bite and burns, that would be pretty awful . Well, it is better than burning to death though . … . fire elephant… . “Okay, it’s about time to sleep . ” “Let’s put the room somewhere higher up . How about there?” “Nn—, isn’t that fine? From what I can [Perceive], there doesn’t seem to be enemies . ” As for why we want to put the building on a high place, the reason is the number one cause of death in the desert . In other words, drowning . The desert’s sand is too dry and repels water . If there is a squall on that sand, the water would form a river . And that river would naturally flow to the space between hills, the valleys . These places are the easiest to walk in, so this is the place where people are, but that is also where they go hello flash flood and drown . So, since it might rain while we’re sleeping, we will be putting the room at a higher spot .

wait, not dehydration?

Sleeping on Ketorami-san today would be kind of that, so I’m sleeping indoors . It’s been a while since I’ve used the futon, well, isn’t it fine? It’s inferior to Ketorami-san, but the futon is also good . When I have time, I’ve been sunning it, so it’s nice and airy . Okay, good nig—ht .

late ight

I was woken up about an hour after saying that good night . By Ketorami-san’s howl . Is there something again? when I went out in a one-piece dress which I’m using as sleep-wear to take a look, everyone was already gathered with their equipment . This is bad, I don’t even have the e of equipment . But there doesn’t seem to be the time to change . Before my eyes, is a huge snake . It’s a huge snake, ma’am . It’s so long it feels like I’m looking at a train . ……is it that? The same type as Ketorami-san, those called [Unique Monsters] .

whoops

A snake is not a dog, so [Watch Dog Training] won’t work . Nothing I can do, let’s leave this to everyone else . For now, I activated [Prayer Song] and [Wish Song] to raise their abilities . Just as I thought to leave the rest to them and run . The snake looked at me . It’s really looking at me . ……ba, bad . Frog, or rather, maid glared at by a snake . And the next instant, it ignored everyone in the frontline and accelerated instantaneously, charging at me who was in the back . ……hieeeeeeeeeeeeee!? Why!? I desperately tried to run to the side, but it’s already too late . Pakkun . ……I was swallowed whole .

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I feel like not losing consciousness at once was more unlucky for me . First, I was affected by the poison in the mouth . My body won’t move . Actually, it hurts . Owowowowowowowowowowowow, melting! I’m melting! That, it must be digestive enzymes . Bad bad bad, this is not the time to be thinking calmly . I need to somehow get out on my own… . . I can’t my body won’t move! As a form of resistance, I tried using [Fire Magic], but since it’s just at the level of a stove’s high heat, there’s only so much that can do . But even worse, the snake seemed to have felt that, I was carried straight into the stomach . The stomach . I repeat . The stomach . I was already melting from the poison and digestive enzymes, and I’ll be melting more . ……if I fainted, wouldn’t I be able to die more easily…… … . . But unfortunately, my consciousness is still clear . As my final struggle, I tried to use all my skills . The one-piece I had been wearing as sleep-wear has already been melted and the MP boost is not in effect, but let’s just do as much as I can . … My expectations of, it would be nice if I could die easily, were way off . The instant I reached the place that seems like the stomach, everything else didn’t matter . I’m being melted alive . Since my body won’t move, I struggled with [Fire Magic], [Fiber Alchemy], [Fermentation], but I am being melted more and more while I do that . Once my abdomen melted, my organs were exposed and they melted too . My blood keeps flowing out and I can’t think clearly . I can’t feel my feet, so my feet are probably gone . Ah, My hand is melted too . Even if I try to scream, I can’t since my throat is melted too . Hahaha . I can’t do this . Mhm . Since there’s nothing else I could do, I just put my forehead to the stomach wall and finally used [Share] . Hello enormous information . And goodbye consciousness . My consciousness was already at its limits and it shut down with that . ……if I had done this from the start, I could’ve died more easily . A—h, I was stupid .