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Chapter 33

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After finishing dungeon activities with my classmates without incident, we exited the dungeon.

“Alright, everyone, good work!!” (Emilia)

“I’m exhausted!!” (Classmate)

“That was… pretty rough.” (Classmate)

“For real~.” (Classmate)

Outside the dungeon, every team had similarly sat down to rest. I chose to ignore the few groups that looked like they were at a funeral. They probably had injured, or even lost someone. Even the girls, after being scolded by Emilia, ended up taking down goblins more aggressively than the boys by the end. The hidden strength of women was a bit surprising.

“If your level goes up, it becomes harder to gain fat! Let’s believe in that hypothesis!” (Classmate)

““““Yeah!”””” (Classmates)

Why do they seem more energetic than the guys…?

“Well then, let’s go exchange the drops and wrap things up.” (Haruka)

“Sorry, but I’ll pass.” (Kouta)

Even though I told myself not to, it seemed I really wasn’t suited for group activities.

I want to blow off some stress before heading back.

“Wait, wasn’t Kouta-kun the one who worked the hardest…!?” (Classmate)

“Kouta just hasn’t gotten all his rampaging out. Let him go.” (Haruka)

Emilia ended up covering for me.

That smirk of hers is killing me… just kidding. It’s because she’s a classmate, right!? Calm down, me!!

“Thanks, Emilia. See you tomorrow!” (Kouta)

With Emilia’s encouragement at my back, I turned and took off running away from everyone.

“I’ll hold onto his share!” (Haruka)

“Give it to Emilia! Emilia! Use it for ramen money or something!” (Classmate)

In response to Haruka-kun’s words, I jumped, twisted sideways in mid-air, flung my reply backward, landed facing forward, and took off running again. I didn’t look back.

After all, the actual hunting we got to do only lasted about forty minutes. Split the spoils eleven ways and you’re lucky to afford a single bottle of juice.

Having cast off the shackles called “class”, I felt a lightness in my body, as if I could float.

Maybe I’d felt like I was carrying their lives on my back. My legs feel light! My body feels light! My head… is maybe just a bit giddy, yeah.

Even my field of vision felt wider somehow. One of my traits was being weak under pressure. Most of the time, I only realized it afterward like now.

So, I had been tensed after all. But today, I hadn’t made any mistakes. That’s probably why my body felt so light.

I ran through the crowd, weaving like a slalom skier, toward the second floor. I had only stepped into the second floor for the first time two days ago. Goblin groups increased up to a maximum of seven, got a little stronger, and had a wider variety of weapons. Also, one or two wolves would appear. But, in the end, those were minor changes. With [Support Magic] wrapped around me, they were no threat. On the contrary, it shortened search time and made things more efficient. If I had cast [Support Magic] on a few others, it would’ve been safer and more efficient. I understood that much. But I hated the idea of hiding what I could do while working with others.

It’s for protecting myself! Things are dangerous these days! How many explorers have gone missing already…? It is a valid argument, but my heart couldn’t accept it… Coward! Cowardly! Didn’t you want to change!? My conscience gnawed at me.

I looked up at the dungeon’s vast scenery and the endlessly high sky, and let out a deep sigh to release everything inside me. I didn’t say anything out loud, but even so, it made me feel a little bit better.

It’s just a mental thing. Just mental.

Muttering vague excuses to myself, I greeted the goblins on the second floor again today.

 

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