NOVEL ONLINE FREE Volume 1 Chapter 36 - Nanapon is convenient
I am hunting skeletons smoothly thanks to Yokogawa’s clairvoyance.
“You’re quite strong, aren’t you?”
After finishing off two skeletons and picking up the swords they dropped, Yokogawa, who had not participated in the fight at all, spoke to me.
“Well, I’ve been doing this since I was a kid.”
“I think that’s amazing. Um, can I make a request?”
“What is it?”
“Could you become Eleanor-san?”
Huh?
“Why?”
“As I mentioned briefly earlier, I’m actually a bit uncomfortable around men…”
Yokogawa said apologetically.
“Like a fear of men?”
“Not that far. I just don’t have much immunity since I went to an all-girls school.”
“You must have been quite adventurous to become an adventurer.”
Although there are women, men are more common.
“I didn’t think about it until I became one. But when I actually did, it was a bit…”
“Were you hit on?”
“I often get approached. I’m solo, after all.”
Kaede-chan said she was hit on too, so maybe that’s common. Especially since this one seems timid, she’s likely to be hit on.
“Do you have a problem with me? Is it hard to talk?”
“Not that much… but being alone with you is a bit…”
It doesn’t hurt, but well, people like that exist.
“Did you quit adventuring when you became a college student because of that?”
“… Yes. But I thought it would be better to get over it for the future, and since Okita-san has a girlfriend, the Guild Master said it would be fine…”
That person sure talks nonsense.
“I don’t have a girlfriend, you know?”
“Eh? What about Asakura-san?”
She’s talked that much, huh?
“We’re not dating.”
“Eh? Eh? Didn’t you take her to your room?”
This stalker girl, she saw that much?
“It wasn’t that kind of atmosphere, was it?”
“… Was it? It looked like you were having fun.”
She seems to have been watching all the time.
This one’s a little scary.
“Sure, we were drinking. Do you drink too?”
“Alcohol? Hmm, I’ve never had it.”
Hmm…
She just became a college student, huh?
“Anyway, we’re not dating. But we’ll live together soon.”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“We’re not dating, but we’re going to live together.”
“Huh!? What do you mean!?”
She became like a broken machine.
“It’s an adult relationship that a kid wouldn’t understand. Yes, an adult relationship.”
“A, A friends-with-benefits…!”
This girl is really prudish, huh.
“It’s the other way around.”
Actually, we don’t have a physical relationship.
Not yet!
“I don’t understand the meaning.”
“Well, you’ll understand eventually. But Eleanor-san… hmm…”
“Is it no good?”
“No, it’s fine, but you saw the gate earlier, right? Those are Eleanor-san’s followers.”
They’ll probably swarm around me.
The kind of men you dislike.
“Ah, so that’s what those people were. There were also media in front of the guild.”
“Yeah. That’s why I’m wondering about Eleanor-san.”
“Then let’s come at night. Then no one will be there.”
At night, there are zombies and ghosts.
I don’t want to go.
“I can’t go at night because Kaede-chan won’t be there.”
“Isn’t it okay if it’s not Asakura-san?”
“It’s not okay. Why do you think I’m adventuring?”
“Eh? Are you doing it to meet Asakura-san? Isn’t that stalking?”
I don’t want to hear that from you.
“To tell you the truth, it’s impossible to be Eleanor-san without Kaede-chan because of the status card and such.”
“Ah, I see. Then let’s go somewhere unpopular.”
“Where?”
“Diana Mine.”
Diana Mine…
I’ve seen the name on the Internet.
“What kind of place is it?”
“It’s a mine, just as the name suggests. You can’t go deep because of the risk of cave-ins, but you can go to the shallower areas.”
“Is it unpopular?”
“Yes. There’s a monster called the Hide Skeleton that appears there. It’s invisible, so it’s dangerous and nobody goes. But I have clairvoyance. I used to operate there.”
Invisible monsters sound dangerous.
Of course, that’s a threat.
But does her clairvoyance even detect that?
Really amazing.
“Can you see invisible things?”
“Hide Skeletons are more like camouflage.”
So it’s like mimicry?
“Hmm, but if you were operating there, you wouldn’t have to meet men. You didn’t have to quit.”
“You’ll understand when you go there. It’s scary to be in a mine alone.”
I guess that’s scary…
I wouldn’t like it either.
“One reason why these Kunar Ruins are popular might be that aspect.”
“I think so, probably.”
“Hmm, okay. Let’s try going there then. But you’ll have to bear with it today. I want to reach level 6.”
That’s why I’ve been working hard since morning.
“I understand. Oh, then, over there. There are four of them.”
“Alright. Lead the way.”
I followed Yokogawa and resumed hunting skeletons.
And after defeating over 20 skeletons, I finally leveled up.
Name: Okita Hajime
Level: 6
Job: Swordsman
Skills:
≪Swordsmanship lv5≫
☆≪Alchemy≫
Level 6
Healing Potion lv1, Gender Change Potion
Sleeping Drug, Pure Water
Translation Potion, Item Bag
Invisibility Potion, Appraisal Glasses, Appraisal Contacts
Healing Potion lv2
I can now make level 2 healing potions…
“Nanapon, are there any people around?”
“Nanapon!? Stop calling me that because I look like a tanuki!”
I used to know a guy with that nickname.
He was a boy, though…
“Are there?”
“There aren’t, but…”
Hearing that, I took a water bottle and two herbs from my bag.
The materials for Healing Potion lv2 are pure water and two herbs.
I first changed the water in the bottle into pure water.
“Oh, something shined.”
“This is alchemy.”
Next, I stuffed two herbs into the bottle.
A little water overflowed, but I didn’t mind, and as I stared intently at the bottle, it emitted a strong light and quickly stopped.
I was holding a pet flask filled with a purple liquid.
“Is this alchemy…? Is this what alchemy is like?”
“I don’t know.”
My image of alchemy is a cute girl putting ingredients into a huge kiln and causing explosions.
I took out the appraisal glasses from my bag and appraised the healing potion I made.
According to the appraisal, it seems to heal even severe injuries.
It also seems to cure poison.
“Hmm, amazing. But it looks toxic.”
Purple, huh…
“What is that?”
Nanapon pointed at the toxic-looking healing potion and asked.
“It’s a level 2 healing potion.”
“Heh, is it expensive?”
“I’ll check when I get back.”
Right now, I’m in Okita-kun’s form, so I’ll report by phone to Kaede-chan or Satsuki-san when I get home.
“You can make a lot of things.”
“It’s amazing, isn’t it?”
“It’s amazing. This rare skill is really extraordinary.”
I wonder what other rare skills are like?
“Alright! I’ll give this to Nanapon. If you get hit by a truck, use it right away.”
“Stop calling me Nanapon. No, if I get hit by a truck, I’ll die instantly. I’ll reincarnate and marry a prince.”
“You’re on that side, huh…”
I want a harem… No, Kaede-chan is enough.
“You know… Eh? You’re giving it to me?”
You’re slow.
“The cost is 1100 yen. I, a working adult, will treat you.”
Water costs 100 yen, and two herbs cost 1000 yen.
“That’s cheap! But I’ll take it. You never know what will happen on the frontier.”
“That’s right. Use it without hesitation if I’m in a condition where I can’t use a healing potion.”
“Ah… So that’s what it’s for.”
Of course.
What are companions for?
“Oh, then, please lend me an item bag. It’s bulky.”
“Hmm, I only have 10 kilos now. I have 100 kilos at home.”
Or rather, it’s in Eleanor-san’s bag.
“100 kilos… Wasn’t that the one that became worth about 50 million yen the other day? 10 kilos is more than enough.”
Well, 10 kilos can hold quite a bit.
“Then, I’ll give it to you.”
I took a brown bag out of my black bag and handed it to Nanapon.
“… I don’t like the color.”
Girls are fussy…
“Put it in your backpack.”
“I will.”
“Then, I guess I’ll go home since I’ve leveled up. Is the afternoon okay tomorrow?”
“It’s fine. Oh, let’s exchange contact information…”
Nanapon started fidgeting again.
“What? Haven’t you ever exchanged contact information with a boy?”
“… No.”
She said she went to an all-girls school, huh.
“What about college?”
“Only with girls…”
Well, there are people like that.
I didn’t really communicate with girls either.
I started talking to Kaede-chan in my fourth year, though.
“Then, let’s use this one.”
I took out Eleanor-san’s smartphone, which I had received from Satsuki-san yesterday.
“This one?”
“This is Eleanor-san’s. Eleanor-san will reply properly.”
I won’t call you Nanapon, so don’t worry.
“It’s like a mascot or the voice actor of an anime.”
It’s pretty much the same.
We’re acting, after all.
“Then, please use that one.”
Nanapon and I exchanged contact information and returned to the guild.