Chapter 16
CHAPTER 16: THE FUN AND JOY OF LEVELING UP
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「It’s time to enjoy and have fun levelling up! 」
「Nooooooooooooo . 」
Alicia Enlight-sama, thank you for flying with Ryuu Airlines today . This flight will take you to the dark dungeon in the Count Dolknes’ territory .
I enjoy playing make-believe as the cabin attendant in my mind as if he can feel my excitement, and he does somersaults .
Alicia seems very satisfied with the special service from Ryuu . It’s unbelievable how silent she is after making such a fuss about it .
Initially, I wished to leave the Demon King to Alicia since I’m trying not to stand out . I’m pretty much giving up on achieving that goal, but I wonder if it’s okay if I went wild to defeat the Demon King .
However, there’s a possibility of the game hidden condition where the Demon King can’t be defeated unless using her light magic . That’s why it’s urgent to raise Alicia’s level .
After the Principal gave me the green light to go ahead, I decided to take Alicia to the Dark Dungeon . It’s the dungeon that I used to visit .
The four major attributes like fire and water aren’t very popular since they’re weak against dark attribute . But for Alicia, who has light attributes, this dungeon is advantageous for her because the dark is weak against light attribute .
「Ryuu, please get down over there . Alicisan, we are about to arrive… Eh? Alicisan, are you alive? 」
When the destination was in sight, Ryuu did as I said and roar to show he understood . Alicia seemed to have fainted before I knew it .
Since we also have Alicia onboard, I thanked Ryuu, who landed more gently than usual .
「Thank you, Ryuu . You can play until I call you . Don’t go near human settlement, okay? 」
When I carried Alicia down, Ryuu still didn’t leave his spot . He ended up lying down surrounding my body .
「I’m sorry, you can’t follow us into the dungeon . I will play with you tomorrow, okay? 」
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After some persuasion, Ryuu reluctantly moves his tail to open the way .
「What a good boy . 」
Ryuu is an independent child, but right now, he seemed to be feeling spoiled . I’ll take care of him tomorrow .
「Eh? Where is this place? 」
「Have you finally awakened? We are in the dungeon . 」
I was already in the dungeon and lowering Alicia to the ground . Efficiency is the best way to level up . There is no time to waste .
「Yumielsan? Oh, I was kidnapped… 」
「Kidnapped is an ugly word, wasn’t the Principal already explained it to you? 」
Alicia was summoned by the Principal to talk about something and explained the matter .
She’s scared by herself, but it was fine if she’s with other capture targets, and then I forced her to come with me . They didn’t participate in a battle with me so I can’t listen to their demands .
「Let me go! Are you going to do something to me?! 」
Alicia’s scream echoes through the dungeon . Oh, she might be good at screaming in the dungeon .
「I won’t do anything, but the group coming over there might do something . 」
As I pointed behind her back, she seems to realize the situation she’s in . The monster gathered as a reaction to her voice .
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「He-help me! 」
「It’s okay . I’ll save you before you die . My recovery magic skill is good enough, and I can grow an arm . 」
I tried to reassure her when she panicked since it won’t change anything .
But frantic Alicia begins to cast magic randomly at the empty space .
「Noooooooooooooo . 」
Oh, the bat-shaped monster that first approached was hit by a light magic ball . Hmm, there’s a lot of pointless moves but since the dungeon’s passage is narrow, the barrage tactic is working .
In the end, all the monsters gathered was defeated .
「D-did I survive? Can we go home now? 」
「Let’s go to the second level . 」
Since light attribute is advantageous in this dungeon, even someone with a low level will be able to go to the deeper levels . This is only the beginning, and there’s still a long way to go since this dungeon has fifty levels .
「No, please leave me alone! I can’t do this anymore . 」
「That’s because you didn’t raise your level, didn’t you wanted to defeat the Demon King? 」
「Yes, I have to do something with my light magic . 」
「……Why don’t we leave the argument whether I’m the Demon King or not, and you just practice defeating the Demon King by killing these monsters? 」
「Ed-kun and the other guys said they’d protect me… 」
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Alicia’s words were gradually getting weaker . As usual, I can’t say that I understand her, but I seem to understand that she has a problem .
「I will probably be fine . Hey, let’s keep going . 」
「I don’t have any more magic power… 」
「No problem, I brought mana recovery potion . 」
I never drink anything when my mana is low, mana recovery potion tastes horrible . But if it was essential to raise the level, I would have gulped it .
「I… I don’t like it… 」
‘C’mon, I gave you a sword, and you can do something with your physical attack… 」
Alicia seems to give up . She drinks the potion with tears in her eyes .
As expected of the game’s main protagonist, she could fight . Her magic control was gradually getting better as well .
While defeating the monsters, she keeps muttering how she didn’t want to die . I remember the old days when it looks like a battle robot and become nostalgic . I think it’s wasteful to let an amazing talent like this passed away because of some good-looking guy superiority complex to protect you .
「Oh, you finished it . Let’s move to the fifth floor . 」
「I don’t want to die… Right, I will kill Yumiela . 」
Alicia suddenly turned after muttered disturbing things, casts light magic towards me .
I played the ball of light with my hand . It didn’t even hurt or itch . Even though light magic is my weakness, our high-level difference made me hard to feel it .
「Ahh… I’m sorry, please forgive me . 」
She keeps incoherently muttered apology; her emotion seems unstable . She should have thought it through and not overdo it .
That day we were able to go up to seven levels . Not bad for a first-timer though .
Alicia never made another complaint, and she’s following my instruction to move well . Before and after entering the dungeon, she becomes a different person, and I’m happy that she doesn’t seem to get injured .
「You okay? 」
「Fufufu, if I kill a monster, I will live . If I kill a monster, I can live . 」
Uwa—a… I knew it, Patrick will get angry again .
The capture targets will also make a fuss . Isn’t Alicia’s mentality too weak to go this far?
The next day .
「As I thought Yumielsan is a bad person! Right now, you are playing tricks on me, I won’t be fooled! 」
Alicia back to her usual self in a night . Perhaps saying she has a weak mentality is a mistake .
「Please from now on don’t skip raising your level . After this, we will go down to the dungeon again . 」
「Uh . 」
She let out a short scream before running away . Yesterday seems traumatic for her .
From that day, Alicia seemed to have started raising her level like mad . She was the ultimate weapon in the battle against the Demon Lord, and I did a good thing… Or so I thought .