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Chapter 67

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After thoroughly appreciating the Kokimaru, we spent our time and settled the morning’s earnings, then parted ways.

That guild Onee-san probably enlisted in the JSDF from some dojo and had been diving into dungeons. Moreover, it was probably from somewhere close to the school of the videos I always watch and use for reference.

If that weren’t the case, there’s no way she would have told me about the arrival of Kokimaru without me saying anything. She must have sensed a scent of the same school from some part of my movements. It makes me think that all the effort I’ve put into desperately imitating was worthwhile.

Seeing off Haruka-kun, who remained apologetic the entire time, I returned alone to the dungeon. Feeling good from the income that didn’t seem like it came from just a morning’s work, I was walking the second floor.

Inside the dungeon, where the sky was bright all day long and the weather never changes, I walked with a relaxed mood, thinking about how I could thank my little sister who gave me the mirror as a gift. Then, at the edge of my vision, a monster appeared that gave me a complicated feeling.

It was a “Blue Rabbit”.

“Why? Why do you appear before me…?” (Kouta)

There was terrible conflict, and I was torn. In terms of time, it probably wasn’t long. But even so, it drained me severely. Resolving myself that this was a dungeon, and that it was a monster, I closed the distance toward the “Blue Rabbit”.

At that moment, I must have had a terrible expression on my face. The only saving grace was that there was no one else around.

Using the amateurish stealth technique I was finally getting used to, I closed in on the rabbit. This time, in my right hand, which is usually empty, I gripped a “Magic Stone” in preparation.

Heavier than iron, if you hold and strike with a “Magic Stone”, its power increases, and if you throw it, it becomes a weapon. I had seen that in “Maru-san’s” video. (Though I didn’t know that no one actually does it.)

As I am now, I can get within 10 meters. Beyond that, it depends on luck. Even on the second floor, where the field of vision is wider than the first, I had that much confidence. But I don’t know why I was able to get even closer than that.

I became stubborn and chased after the “Blue Rabbit” as it fled with speed beyond what I had seen the first time we met on the first floor. If I saw a burrow in my vision, I would shift my focus there, run a shorter path than the rabbit, and force it to change direction.

If there were trees or rocks ahead, I would drive it toward them, forcing it to decelerate and turn. With that, I shortened the distance between us even more. Slashing and striking, I continued to respond to the rabbit with both hands. And then, when I saw another burrow.

The rabbit outplayed me.

As I entered the burrow cover, the rabbit pretended to run the other way but instead ran in a small circle and passed through under my crotch. The rabbit slipped between my legs, and while offering it praise, I disgracefully threw the “Magic Stone” I had gripped in my right hand.

And it hit the rabbit…

“Kyuu!?” (Blue Rabbit)

It hit the rabbit’s rear, and the rabbit flew beyond the burrow and rolled over. Reflexively, I caught the “Blue Rabbit”.

“…You… there’s also a story that there are skills to capture monsters… I hope, next time… you can meet someone who has… that kind of skill…” (Kouta)

“Kyuu?” (Blue Rabbit)

I once again killed the “Blue Rabbit”.

For some reason, at some point, I had started to cry…

 

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