NOVEL ONLINE FREE Volume 1 Chapter 35 - Black
The day after I explained the translation potion to Satsuki-san at the guild, I had been at the guild since morning.
Again, the media was gathered in front of the guild, but since I was not Eleanor-san, they ignored me.
I received my sword and status card from Kaede-chan and headed to the Kunar Ruins.
Passing through the gate, I arrived at the Kunar Ruins, where many adventurers were waiting in front of the gate, just like last time.
I can understand the media, but these guys, don’t they have anything better to do?
Well, it’s none of my business, so I ignored the adventurers and started leveling up.
My current level is 5.
Apparently, I can level up to 8 at the Kunar Ruins, so I’m thinking of working hard here until then.
However, I’ve been hunting skeletons for a while now, and my level just won’t go up.
Even now, I instantly killed three skeletons that appeared at the same time, but my level didn’t increase.
“Sigh…”
I looked at my status card, still at level 5, and involuntarily sighed.
“Um…”
I heard a voice from behind.
But I’m not on guard like I was with Saegusa-san earlier. I’d noticed that someone was watching me as I fought the skeletons, and they didn’t seem like a threat.
I put away my status card and turned around normally.
Standing there was a black-haired girl, shorter than Kaede-chan, about 150 centimeters tall.
The girl was wearing black pants and a white T-shirt with a red cardigan over it. She had a cute white rabbit backpack on her back and was holding a staff.
Her hair was medium-length, reaching from her shoulders to her collarbone, slightly shorter than Kaede-chan’s. Her face was cute too, but slightly inferior to Kaede-chan’s. In conclusion, Kaede-chan is cute.
“What?”
Adventurers usually don’t talk to each other during adventures.
Moreover, this girl looks quite young.
Probably high school or college-aged.
It’s weird for such a young, cute girl to talk to a 26-year-old like me.
No…
I was approached by a busty woman last time too.
Maybe my legendary “popular phase” has come.
“Um… Are you Okita-san?”
Huh?
She knows me?
No, if she knew me, her question would be weird.
And her voice is so soft…
“Yeah, but who are you? Sorry if you’re an acquaintance.”
“No, I just know about you. You’re Eleanor Ocean, right?”
… What?
I took a stance to draw my sword at any time.
“Eleanor Ocean? I know her too, but our genders are different, you know?”
“Um, that… I, I’m like this.”
The girl hurriedly pulled a card out of her rabbit backpack and showed it to me.
Name: Yokogawa Nanaka
Level: 8
Job: Wizard
Skills
≪Fire Magic lv2≫
☆≪Clairvoyance lv1≫
Ah, it’s that cheating girl.
“Ah, did you hear from Satsuki-san?”
“Yes.”
Huh?
That woman, did she blabber about it?
“About Eleanor Ocean too?”
“No, not that. I was ordered to team up with you, but I was afraid to team up with a man, so I wondered what kind of person you were and followed you.”
There’s a lot to question here.
“Um, sorry. Explain from the beginning. What do you mean by teaming up with me?”
“Um… the Guild Master told me to.”
Yokogawa-san said, fidgeting and speaking hesitantly.
She probably doesn’t want to mention clairvoyance.
“She threatened you with the clairvoyance thing, right? I know, so just say it all.”
“What!? How did you know!?”
If that woman is going to do something like this, she should at least explain it, even if it’s a lie.
I’ll be troubled.
But what should I do?
Should I explain my part too?
Most likely, this girl used clairvoyance and found out that I am Eleanor Ocean…
I have no choice but to involve her.
I looked around to make sure no one was there, took out my status card from my bag, and showed it to Yokogawa-san.
“Look.”
“Um… Alchemy!?”
Yokogawa-san looked up from the status card, her face full of surprise.
“This star mark is for a special skill. You have it too, right? And you know that others can’t see it. But those who have the same rare skill can see it. That’s how I and Satsuki-san knew about your clairvoyance, because I saw it.”
“Oh, that’s why… Wait, did you look at my status card?”
“I reported it honestly because I’m a good person. I was asked to check if anyone else had it. Then I found you.”
“… Ugh, unnecessary.”
Yokogawa-san turned dark for a moment.
“I was found out too. You should be found out as well.”
“Oh, so you didn’t report it because you were a good person.”
“Of course not. Who would do that?”
“Right! … Don’t involve me.”
Yokogawa-san turned dark again for a moment.
“So? You were threatened by Satsuki-san?”
“… Yes. She said she would keep quiet about it to my parents and university, and she wouldn’t report it to the higher-ups. In return… you know, right?”
It’s like something out of an erotic book.
Good thing Satsuki-san isn’t a perverted man.
You, a timid girl, would be the perfect prey.
“So you have to team up with me? I didn’t hear anything about it, though?”
“… Not team up, but help.”
“With what?”
“She said to teach the F-rank beginner.”
I have nothing to learn from this brat.
“I’m E-rank, you know.”
I had Kaede-chan promote me to E before coming here.
“I’m D.”
… Irritating.
I understand why Kaede-chan said I should raise my rank.
This brat’s triumphant face is really getting on my nerves.
“Don’t need it.”
“… Well, I don’t want to be expelled either. I worked hard to get in.”
Yeah, yeah.
You worked hard to cheat, right?
“I’ll talk to Satsuki-san later. So? Just to ask, how did you know I was Eleanor Ocean?”
“… I was suddenly told to team up with a man, so I wondered what kind of person he was and followed you. Then I used clairvoyance to peek inside your house.”
That’s stalker-level max.
Good thing the one with clairvoyance is a girl.
I’m confident I would have been in front of Kaede-chan’s house all the time.
“Can clairvoyance see through clothes?”
“I can if I want to. Of course, I won’t do it.”
Girls won’t do that.
Of course, I would.
“So that’s how you knew I was Eleanor Ocean?”
“… Yes. You changed when you drank something.”
“Hmm… Do you want to become a man?”
“… No.”
Everyone refuses.
I don’t mind becoming a woman, though…
“Well, whatever. Just don’t get in my way. I’m in the middle of leveling up.”
“Then I’ll observe. I’m already level 8, so I have nothing else to do here.”
She mounts at every opportunity…
And she’s only confident when she’s mounting.
It’s not that different…
“Then I’m off.”
I started walking to look for skeletons.
“Um, there are three over there.”
As I started walking, Yokogawa-san pointed towards a building.
Of course, all I could see was the building, not the skeletons.
“You can see them?”
“I can see them with clairvoyance. There are some over there too, but other adventurers are nearby, so they’ll probably take them.”
This kid is amazing.
Or rather, clairvoyance is amazing.
It’s truly a rare skill.
“Yokogawa-san.”
“What is it?”
“You are my companion from today.”
Nice to meet you.
“Eh…?”
“You don’t want your parents or university to find out, right? Then… you know what I mean?”
“… You scum!”
Yokogawa-san looked at me with utter contempt.
“I’ll let you have a taste of the good life.”
“… Huh? Pervert?”
… This kid is a real prude.
“Eleanor Ocean is the Golden Witch. She produces gold and makes us happy. You understand, right?”
“… I want an item bag.”
What a naive little girl.
“Remember, Yokogawa, the world is a place where the cheaters win.”
“… I know it firsthand. My classmates studying for exams, my college friends studying for tests… Heh.”
As expected of the nefarious cheating girl.
She laughed at her friends who were studying hard.
“Come with me, Yokogawa! I’ll show you the gold!”
“… Very well.”
Black Nanaka-chan has joined the party.