Chapter 83 Shopping
The next day,
I woke up at the usual time, and had breakfast with Iguru in the dining room.
“Fuu~ As I thought! Having breakfast cooked by Sari-chan early in the morning is the best way to begin the day!”
“That’s right. After eating the breakfast made by Sari, I feel like I’ve been filled with energy!”
By the way, Sari has returned to her room after cooking and serving our breakfast. Perhaps she is choosing her clothes for the day.
While I was thinking about this, Iguru casually asked
“And what happens after? What will you do after you finish shopping with Sari? Since you’re going to go the day after tomorrow, will you be resting on your day off?”
“Nope? I’m going to go Gordo Forest as usual, why?”
When I said that, Iguru looked at me with an expression of disgust,
“Haa~, you really like to grind huh. You and Guren-san look really similar right now”
…..What?
That battle maniac and I….resemble each other you said?
“Oi, stop right there Iguru. You said I resemble that battle maniac, that’s quite a bad joke. I’m not one to enjoy battles. That’s right; i am a man who advocates pacifism. Don’t you understand?”
“Ah, ahh. It certainly was rude to compare you to the likes of Guren-san. Sorry, it was wrong of me.”
Yes, Iguru seems to understand now.
“Moreover, my motive for going to the Gordo forest is so that I can practice some magic. I’ll come back as soon as I’m done, and then there won’t be trouble travelling to the Golem Mountain range nor any problems when I reach it.”
As I said this, Iguru’s face turned pale,
“O-Oi Yuma. The reason you're trying this hard...is it because of who you’ll be with?”
“Ah, that’s right.”
“Yes yes, I do remember you saying that you were going as an escort, for Sari’s friend. Is that person a woman? ”
“Ah, it is a woman”
With my confirmation, Iguru’s face became even paler.
“Yuma, just hear me out for a moment. Since you know that she is girl, does that mean that you will be hiking all the way? ”
“That’s right. I’m thinking of hiking all the way there.”
When I said so, Iguru seemed to be relieved.
“But, I will be running at my usual pace. Otherwise there would be point in hiking all the way there.”
After I said that, Iguru became pale again.
This is guy is really like a chameleon.
And then suddenly, Iguru said,
“Yuma, Go as slow as Possible! Your normal speed is already extremely fast! It would be best for you to go as slow as possible. Do you understand?”
Ooo, Iguru seems to have powered up for some reason.
He seems really enthusiastic.
“Aaa, Understood. I shall run as slowly as possible”
“Uo, you definitely should…… okay I think with this, the number of victims will not increase any time soon. We can’t have that happening now.”
Iguru seemed to mutter something at the end of his sentence. But I couldn’t hear it. After that, breakfast concluded as if nothing important was said.
“Alright Yuma, I shall be going ahead first”
“Aaa, make sure not to get injured.”
Iguru left Zinnia. After a few more minutes in the dining hall, Sari hurried over. The way she was trying to quickly get over here was really cute.
“Yuma-san, I am sorry to have kept you waiting!”
“No, it’s alright. I didn’t wait for long.”
When I said so, Sari seemed a bit relieved.
“Is that true? In that case, I’m glad.”
Now, as I looked at how Sari was dressed up,
“Sari, this dress is?”
“Th-that’s right. This is the same dress that Yuma-san said that I looked pretty in! I wore it today just to go out with Yuma-san. How is it?”
Hmm, the answer didn’t take long to decide on.
“Aaa, it’s unquestionably cute. It really looks amazing on Sari.”
When i said so, Sari’s face turns red and immediately turns away. But, the grinning expression couldn’t be hidden, she really likes to be praised.
She seemed to be grinning while saying *NyaNya* for a while, and so i called out to her.
“Sari, it almost time, shall we set out now?”
“Th-th-that’s right! Let’s quickly head out!”
It seems like she still needs some more time to calm down. After that, the purchasing of the Grocery’s went smoothly.
Sometimes the Shopkeeper aunts would say
“Oya, are you going out with your Boyfriend? How nice it is to be young”
When that happened Sari became extremely shy, but since she looked really cute i let it go. And when the shopping finally came to an end,
“Ah, excuse me!”
Sari seemed to have bumped into someone.
Hmm, if i remember correctly something similar happened last time we went out. Last time, there was a weird thug who tried to attack her. This time I’ll go in front of Sari before that happens,
“Sorry about that! Did you get hurt or anything?”
The other party who got hit this time seems to be Gentleman like. I’m sure i have heard this manner of speech somewhere. While thinking that, i moved in front of Sari.
“Ah so it was Marubuta”
“Hm? O, if it isn’t Aniki! It’s weird for you to be in such a place!”
“Ah, it certainly is”
And so, the person who Sari bumped into this time was Marubuta.
And then Marubuta,
“Then that means this girl right here is Aniki’s Girlfriend! Amazing! She is extremely cute!”
It was a compliment.
Sari blushed at those words.
And then Marubuta remembered something.
“A, I completely forgot to Introduce myself. My name is Marubuta. Although this is arrogant of me, but i have to since i am Aniki’s younger Brother” (TN: Not-Blood related Brothers)
And Sari said,
“Marubuta-san, Nice to meet you. My name is Sari. i work at the Inn where Yuma-san stays. If you are ever free, please drop by. And also, I am not Yum-san’s girlfriend yet”
“Ah, the inn where Aniki is staying huh. Then i shall also get a room there as well.”
Hmm, you did it, Sari.
She was able to causally get a new guest for the inn.
After that we spoke to Marubuta for a while,
“Alright Aniki, see you again!”
“Oo, see you again”
Sari and i then parted with Marubuta,
when Sari said,
“Marubuta-san looks a little scary, but he seemed to be a really nice guy”
“Ahh, that’s right. He certainly is a really good Guy”
I was able to observe Marubuta being hard at work to re-work himself at an unexpected place.
But, I wonder if he’s seriously going to move into Zinnia.
After that, we shopped for a little while, and i walked Sari back to Zinnia.
“Yuma-san, Thank you very much for today! It was truly a lot of fun”
No no, no matter what you think of me this is my way of thanking you as well.
“Thank you Sari for preparing so much food for the trip. Oh right, when we go shopping again, i will make sure to buy Sari’s favorite things.”
“Re-really”
“A, this is my way of thanking you. So buy anything you want!”
“Fu fu, i shall look forward to it!
Then, i still have to get back to work so i shall excuse myself. I shall be waiting with the dinner prepared, so Yuma-san, make sure to come back soon.”
while saying so Sari entered Zinnia. Alright, i got another excuse to go out with Sari again!
Now, since i have already walked Sari home, i should head over to Gordo Forest soon.
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Chapter 84 Experiment
A few minutes after walking Sari to Zinnia,
I was standing at the entrance to the Gordo Forest.
“Fuu~, as I thought if I run at full power I am really fast”
I am a little doubtful since I don’t have anything to measure the time exactly, but if run at full power then I can reach Gordo forest from Forxx in just 2 minutes. I seem to be getting much faster.
If this is the case, then it won’t take long to get to Golem Mountains Range. Well since I am going to be accompanied by Risa, I can’t run at full power. And as Iguru said, Risa is a Girl.
Certainly, when I ran with Marubuta and Iguru, I ran with half my usual speed. Then, I guess this time it would be fine to run at a quarter of my usual speed.
“Well~ for now I should enter The Gordo Forest”
Then I should quickly find a target to practice my Fire magic.
With those thoughts I entered the forest.
A few minutes later,
I encountered the first monster suddenly
“Gyiiiiii”
Hmm, a hobgoblin huh.
It seems to be the perfect candidate to test with.
Now, what kind of Magic should I use. Right now the offensive magic that I possess are, Fire Magic –Fireball and Wind Magic –Air Slash.
Alright, for now I’ll try out fireball.
“Gyiiiiii”
The Hobgoblin started running at me, with a club in its’ hand. But, it was really slow. That’s good. Alright, time to start.
I faced my palm towards the approaching Hobgoblin.
Imagined a Fire ball the size of a Soccer Ball with a considerable amount of Magic infused.
“Go, Fireball!!”
Then, the moment I casted Magic, a fireball the size of a soccer ball appeared in the palm of my hand, which I sent flying towards the Hobgoblin at high velocity.
It impacted the upper body of the Hobgoblin, exploding where he stood.
“Alright, although it has been a while, but it seems that I still have the hang of it.”
But, this is more than what I expected.
Looking at the corpse of the Hobgoblin, everything above the waist had disappeared without a trace. I don’t remember this being so powerful before.
Or maybe this is a side effect of the increase in Level.
“Well~, it’s time to look for the next experimental subject.”
While I was thinking so, I went further in. And a few minutes later,
Before my eyes appeared several High-Orcs.
“O, so this time it’s High Orcs”
I could see 5 High-Orcs.
Alright, time to go a little stronger than last time.
I raised my hands towards the High-Orcs and started preparing to Cast Magic. It seems they have not noticed me yet. And, compared to the time when used it on the Hobgoblin, I add more Magic and Imagined a sphere as big as shop’s entrance for one person to go through. Then,
“Fireball!”
The Moment I casted the magic, a Lump of fire which was beyond what I had imagined appeared above my palms. Oops, I seem to put in a little too much Magic into it. This sphere is as big as a shop entrance which could fit 2 or 3 people easily.
The High-Orcs seems to have taken notice of me.
However, much to my surprise they did not to come any closer towards me. Rather, they started to slowly retreat towards the opposite direction
Hmm, I thank them in my head for not running towards me.
I was worried that I would get caught up in the blast if it landed near me, but since they are moving away. Probably…….
“Alright, take this!”
In the next moment, the oversized fireball leaves my palm and flies through the air towards the High-Orc group at high speed. Landed on them, then a second later!
Dogooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnn!! [TN: explosion SFX]
An explosion rocks the entire area.
And a moment later the blast wave storms toward me.
“OI OI, ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!”
While raising my arms to protect my face,
I wait for the storm to subside.
After several seconds the storm finally subsides, and the view cleared up as well.
‘Did it end?’
While thinking that, I headed towards the place where the Fireball landed. And at that place,
“There is nothing…..”
There was literally nothing left over there.
Nothing was left, the High-Orcs that were there a moment ago, the grass, the surrounding trees, everything was gone. Truthfully, I did not expect it to possess such power.
So I think again.
“Thank god, I did not fire it anywhere near me.”
If that landed anywhere near me, it would have surely been the end of me. That was very dangerous. While thinking so, the feeling of fatigue gradually accumulated in my body.
Ah, this is, the condition caused by the over expenditure of MP. I’ll just confirm with my status. As expected the MP Bar was almost reduced by half. I hurriedly took out an MP potion from the Item box and recuperate.
“Alright, Recovery Complete.”
But still, that was extremely strong attack. Well~ even so, if the MP consumption is so large then I guess it’s not suitable in combat.
But since the size was large as well, the speed was affected, causing it to slow down. It was probably half the normal speed of a fireball. Since the High-Orc was a Strength-Based Monster it was able to reach hit, otherwise, if it was a speed type monster, then it would have been easily avoided. Well~ even a normal Fireball is fine; since its’ firepower is enough I guess it not much of a problem.
Well, since the experimenting with Fireball is complete, I guess the next one is Air Slash.
After that, I invoked Air-Slash on several Monsters, and succeeded in taking down all the monsters with a single blow.
“Alright, there is no problem with Invoking Air Slash”
Ok then, the Magic experimentation seems to have ended safely.
I guess I should leave early today.
Thinking so, I proceeded to go towards the exit.
Then I found that guy along the way.
Haha, I am such a lucky man.
That’s right, a few metres away in my sight.
There was a Golden Rabbit.
And just like before, it was to munching on grass, waiting for me to take it down
Then I shall not hold back, thank you for the food.
Activating Sign Isolation, and taking out the Demon Ripper,
I went behind the Monster which was happily having a meal.
Slashing the neck, a single strike.
The Golden Rabbits’ head rolls to my feet
“Alright, Experience Get”
And then checking with the status, the level had to just over 20.
As expected, the number of levels increasing is slowly decreasing, but it’s still good for now.
After that, since I was very excited by that extra snippet of good luck, I left the Gordo forest as fast as possible and ran at full speed.
And then as usual, I spoke to the gatekeeper for a few seconds before entering the city.
Now, I don’t have anything more to do for today.
Maybe I should just return to Zinnia early.
Thinking so, I started to walk towards Zinnia.
A few minutes later, I was in front of Zinnia, and then I opened the doors and entered.
Then,
“Ah, Yuma-san welcome Home! You have come quite early today.”
While saying so Sari heads over quickly as usual.
Ah, that’s right I will be going out tomorrow for a while, so I won’t be able to hear Sari telling me ‘welcome home’. It makes me feel just a little bit lonely
“I’m home Sari. Since I am going to be going out tomorrow, I thought it would be good to come early and rest.”
When I said so, she seemed convinced,
“I see, then I shall call you as soon as it is dinner time. So make sure to have a good rest in your room, Yuma-san!”
“I’m grateful for that. Since you have told me that, I will let you spoil me and sleep”
“Yes! Please take you time and have a good rest.”
And then I returned to my room as usual,
And lay down on the bed as usual.
“Fuu~, I feel just slightly tired”
Well~ anyways the Magic experiment was a huge success.
With this I don’t have to worry about my Nominated Request tomorrow.
That’s right, I should confirm my status for the Nominated Request tomorrow,
it should probably have increased considerably.
“Status Open”
Sato Yuma Level 237
HP １５００/１５００
MP ８８０/８８０
Strength ７１０
Endurance ７１０
Agility ４００
Luck １４５０
{Skills}
Experience x20
Skill experience x20
Appraisal Level 10
Sign Isolation Level 9
Sign Perception Level 3
Dagger Technique Level 7
Magic Operation level 5
Fire magic level 4
Water Magic Level 1
Wind magic level 2
Recovery Magic level 4
Poison Resistance level 5
Paralysis Resistance level 1
Cooking level 1
Item box level 5
Conversation Level 3
Throwing level 1
Un-armed Fighting Technique level 3
{Titles}
Otherworlder
NEET [EN: a reclusive adolescent/adult]
Rabbitsu Hunter
Apprentice Mage
Apprentice Chef
Apprentice Pugilist
Closet Pervert
Head Hunter
Natural Womanizer
Messiah of the city
“Hmm, as I thought it was rising exponentially, my level rapidly exceeded level 200 and has increased level 237. Well, both Strength and Endurance has increased to over 700. It has already increased to almost 2 times that of a Cyclops, and agility has finally reached 400. Luck is almost the twice the strength and Endurance. This is just a Mega increase as usual. And look at the skills, Hmm, Magical Operation, Wind Magic, Fire magic have all increased by one level. Yeah, I guess this is thanks to the Skill experience x20 which is helping with the quick increase in level, and there doesn’t seem to be much change with the Titles.”
Yup, as I thought it is fun to see the increase in level. I can feel myself getting stronger each time.
Now then, since I have already confirmed my status, I suppose I should follow Sari’s words and just go to sleep until dinner time.