chapter 9

“Oi, pay attention . The main discussion starts now . ” Eh, it wasn’t the main discussion until now? No— . “Particularly Maito, listen . By tomorrow or the day after, we will finish most of what we can explore within a day’s trip . And then we will be going to somewhere where we can’t make it back in a day . So we either have to camp out or bring along this building, the former aside, the latter would mean bringing Maito outside . There are risks to both, I want to hear everyone’s opinions . ” ……the main discussion was more serious than expected .

what were you expecting

“Fi, first I think it’s better to bring the whole room along . Camping is dangerous right?” Right? Right? I said that but everyone’s expressions were somewhat dark . Actually, no matter how you think about it, camping had more demerits than merits! “For now, let’s take a look at the map . President . ” “Here . This is the map of the area we explored . ” He laid out an experiment notebook on the table . A map was drawn in it . Seems to be something President drew based on knowledge of the terrain from [Mapping] . “This is our current location . 2km south of here, there is a river . Following the river 20km to the west, here is the location where we found the chemistry office and Kadomi-san . Then if you go a little to the southeast of here, the river becomes narrower, if you cross the river there and head back west, this is where we found Katori-san and Hariu . ” He pointed at the places with marks as he mentioned them……basically where the toilet and chemistry lecture hall was . “And if you go further west from here and through the forest, the monsters suddenly become stronger . So for now the west is on hold . ” About here, saying that, President drew a line about 9km west of where Kadomi-kun was found . “As you can see, the north is a cliff, the risk of exploring there just feels a little too high for how little return there will be . To the east is mountain rangers . The types of monsters change, but it is a lot better than the west . If you head further to the north east from here and pass through the mountain ranges, it is a forest again and we found a strange ruin there . ” President said that pointing at a spot about 50km away from our current location . Yo, you guys can make a 100km round trip in half a day? “And then if you cross the river and go further south, there is a huge lake……or more of an ocean, I do not feel like we can cross this . Something like an island could be seen floating right in the middle of it but……well, the south is on hold too . And so we will be heading east, but for now we are thinking of exploring that ruin . Just that from here to the ruins takes a little less than half the day . So since it is impossible to explore it in a day trip, we discussed camping there . ”

makes sense

“……nononono, then wouldn’t it be all the more efficient to move our base closer to the ruins?” “No, there’s also quite some risk in moving . ” Even if they call it a meeting, it seems like everyone else has discussed it during the day while moving, so they already understand . The only one that doesn’t understand is me . ……sorry for causing you trouble .

don’t mind it~

“First, if the chemistry lab is here, we won’t miss anyone who comes looking for us . This is true for the two remaining members of the chemistry club, but is of course also true for the large number of other people that should have been in the school . But considering the relative positions of the chemistry lab, chemistry lecture hall, chemistry office and toilet, it should be safe to think that the classrooms were scattered according to the relative positions of the classrooms in the school on a larger scale . It means that classrooms that were close will be close but it also means that classrooms that were far away will be far away, so there is little hope of that . ” isolated Eer, the conversation is getting complicated . For now let’s talk about our school . explain~ Putting it simply, our school can roughly be split into five parts . The first is the four story south building . In here is the staff room, principal’s office, broadcast room, first aid room, those kind of rooms and the classrooms for years one through three . Basically, it is the building with spaces for normal lessons and administration . ok basic one Next is the three story north building . This is the building where our chemistry lab, the music room, home economics room, specialised classrooms and all sorts of labs, basically where the rooms with staff for every curriculum is gathered . science building? Next is the west building that connects the north and south buildings . This is the building with the library and the hall . Including those in the west building, there are a total of 6 paths connecting the north and south building . 1F is basically all connected through a courtyard but 2F and 3F are connected through passageways . what’s east And further south of the south building is a small separated building . It’s called the study building and almost nobody uses it but it should have been where the drama club had their activities . Accessing it is stupidly difficult, there is only one passageway from the south building 2F and you can only enter from there . what kind of shit planning is that Last of all is the building with facilities like the gym, clubrooms, memorial hall, it is built stretching out further west from the west building . There is quite a bit of distance between this and the other school buildings so you can only go there from 1F . … . wth is that for Then there’s the sports ground, parking lot, garbage dump and places like that but I will omit the explanation on those .

doesn’t count as classrooms?

……eeeh, what were we talking about, ah, yeah yeah, basically, the possibility of finding someone else/being found by someone else . The chemistry lab we are in is on the 2F of the north building . And there are a lot of specilised classrooms in the 2F of the north building, so normally there isn’t that many people…… So there is little hope . isolated There was also the English office, math office and music related classrooms, so we might be able to find the English teachers or choir club . But……considering that there wasn’t a single teacher in the chemistry office, there is little hope of finding English teachers . And, I don’t really want to think about it, but the music rooms were, to the west that was mentioned . ……the place where monsters are strong . Mhm, let’s stop . Let’s not think about it . We have our hands full with ourselves right now .

… .

“So the second risk to moving, is the garden . We can move the classroom but we can’t move the garden, so we will be abandoning the garden here . That is simply a waste . Although there is the solution of mobilising President and Hagasaki-kun to make a new one again, we want to conserve MP as much as possible in an unknown area . Another reason would then be that our only method of MP recovery would become mint, the one that is easy to multiply . ”

sustenance

“And you are the greatest concern . ” And the greatest risk that blows away all those other things, is me . Yes, me .

burden

There might still have been a way if it was just because I don’t have combat ability . But the situation is not so simple . no? Eeeh, I can only think that this is also profession correction, but it seems everyone else have become stronger, don’t get as tired and get hurt less easily . They can advance 10 km in an hour like it’s normal, jump down from heights you would usually die from and be perfectly fine and even that beansprout Hagasaki-kun can walk normally carrying a person . When it comes to the vanguards, Suzumoto and Kadomi-kun, a burden of 100kg is no problem if they are just walking . What’s that that’s scary .

superhuman

And so an experiment . It would be proof that correction applied a little to me too if I could lift Hagasaki-kun or President who are long vertically, but narrow horizontally, and walk, so I tried carrying them . go! “Scisso—rs, pape—r ” “Paper” “Paper” ……both of them are resisting . As for what this rock paper scissors is for, it’s just for who will become the weight . The rock paper scissors between President and Hagasaki-kun continued until the 5th round and there, Hagasaki-kun finally lost . “……er, Hagasaki-kun . ” “What . ” “I would like you to let me lift you up though . ” “Just do what you want . ” Even as he said that, Hagasaki-kun remained in his solid pose with his hand on his hips . This guy has no intention of being lifted up at all! “Then I’ll do what I want so prepare yourself oraa!” “Wai” I grabbed him about the waist from behind and somehow succeeded in lifting him up in the german suplex kind of pose, but with Hagasaki-kun’s height being what it is, I have to bend back a lot just to lift him up . I tried hard to change my stance, but Hagasaki-kun was very uncooperative and stiffened his body, refusing to move, so that was impossible . ……eeeh, eeeh, I’m already at my limit with this situation, but I’m to walk, in this condition? Gunununununu, as I was battling on my own, Hagasaki-kun snapped, “give up already!”, so I gave up . useless guy “If you were a little more cooperative . ” “No, being unable to shoulder me and move from there already means that corrections don’t apply to you . ” Conclusion . I don’t have those corrections . I can kind of lift him . But carry him and walk 10km in an hour? Impossible . So bringing me would mean either prioritising safety and slowly going a roundabout route at about half the normal pace, or prioritising speed and dedicating not a small number of people to carrying and guarding me .

just stay

In comparison, the risk of camping instead of moving is just [drop in standard of living] . If it was the drop of civilised life to primitive life, then maybe, but from the level of slightly improved outdoor life to outdoor life is not a big deal . Actually, since they picked up the chemistry lecture hall, there is honestly no need to move . Leaving the chemistry lab which has become the main base as it is, they can just bring the chemistry lecture hall along as a shelter and place to sleep and that’s enough! How could this be! no need maid Basically, at this point, the value of my existence, is just about, zero . In fact, it’s minus . If I wasn’t here, it would be better to just move, but with me being the limiting factor, we cannot move, so no matter how you think about it, I’m a minus .

sad

Furthermore, furthermore, my minusness knows no bounds . Everyone, being the kind people they are, realised . “If, if……we don’t come back for a long time, Maito……will die right?”

…… . yeah

“……should we leave one or two people behind with Maito?” “Nonononono, that’s suicidal . What are you guys doing reducing your fighting force when you go to explore, calm down . ” “But if we don’t do that, we will have to return at least once every few days, so the efficiency will drop . ” “For the one staying behind, I guess it’s me? Is a bow necessary?” “For Katori-san, your healing magic is important . On that point I just make walls . ” “No, without President we can’t appraise things! Shouldn’t I be the one staying behind? Do we need a stopgap?” stop! Maito’s HP is alr 0! With Katori-kun’s statement, the meeting fell into chaos . There’s a cap on their range of action . No matter what, they have to come back every few days . They cannot begin exploring the surroundings or head further east after exploring the ruins . Because I would die having lost my supply of food and water . Particularly water . Right now, I am living a life entirely dependent on the water Hagasaki-kun produces . Even if I somehow become barely self-sufficient with food, I will probably die from lack of water . And I will run out of kindle eventually and become unable to use fire, so I will die anyway . Actually, self-sufficiency cannot be achieved with a plot of this scale, so I will starve to death . so many ways to die But even so, I don’t think there’s much meaning in leaving someone behind with me . Since it’s fine if they just come back every few days, or if I do it well, every few weeks, I don’t think there’s a need to do something stupid like split their forces . I thought that . they? But it seems the severity of what I was thinking of was slightly different from what everyone was thinking of . No, I did not understand the severity . ? Basically, everyone was keeping in mind their own [death] .

… . brutal world

Since I would definitely die if they went to the ruins and were wiped out, they are thinking of leaving someone behind so I won’t die . Listening the flow of the conversation, it seems they have already talked about that part . They just haven’t decided who to leave behind . Of course . No matter how you think about it, you would want as much fighting strength as possible .

countermeasure to risk increases chance of risk

This is bad . I didn’t understand the severity of the situation . I have been sheltered since I’ve stayed in the safe indoors all this time . Everyone has been going through serious exchanges of life and only I am like this! ……honestly, it’s not that I haven’t thought of death . But it is true that it doesn’t feel real . Since they got a way to recover MP, they have probably been healing up wounds before coming back and intentionally acting such that I don’t feel like we are living next to death at all, this made me realise that . No matter how you put it, I am just a burden . I’m really thankful to them .

for not ditching her

“No, I will just wait alone for you all to return . That’s a maid’s job . ” When I said that in the extreme chaos of the meeting, how do you put it, the atmosphere became extremely apologetic . As expected, they also understand the stupidity of splitting their forces . But for someone in their position, it is hard to say that . In conclusion, it might have become something like making me say it, but there’s nothing of that sort so please don’t mind it . “Are you okay with that?” “Ye—p!” “If we died, you’ll die too . ” “Then that would be the end of my maid luck . ” “Will you really be okay?” “I’m fine, no problem . ” After repeating this dispute a few more times, my extended house-sitting was confirmed . It will be tough on the spirit, but I’ll try my best…… First, my combat strength, I won’t say plus, so let’s at least escape being a minus and become a zero… . . That was a day I reconfirmed how tough it is emotionally to be a burden .

Changing Chemistry Lab Office—>Chemistry Office