Chapter 21 We Got to Know Each Other a Little Better (2/2)

[I honestly think that idiot should get some beating though.]

[Fumu…… Isn’t Mitsunaga-kun Kusunoki-san or Yuzuki-san’s lover?]

For more, visit lightnove_l__world.c_om

[Eh? That’s not possible.]

[He’s just my kouhai, you know?]

I took the opportunity to ask them about the thing I was curious about, but what I got was a straight-faced NO. It didn’t even seem like their hearts skipped a beat—— I don’t know for what exactly, but I’m sorry, Mitsunaga-kun. I’m sorry that I strangely thought of you as one of those riajuus who should explode……

As I was thinking about this, Yuzuki-san approached me and whispered.

[It’s just between you and me, but the reason Seigi joined our club is that he’s aiming for Aoi-senpai. Look, Aoi-senpai is pretty, has good grades and is very popular…… Well, Aoi-senpai doesn’t look like she felt anything just now though.]

[Ah~ I see.]

[……?]

Kusunoki-san certainly looked like someone who’d be very popular. She also looked like the role model of a flower from the highest peak, unreachable for a mere mortal’s hands.

However, even if she said that Kusunoki-san is popular, Yuzuki-san seemed like she would be popular too. She’s cheerful, energetic and seems to get along with everybody easily…… As, come to think of it, didn’t I mention that she’s already going to and from school with a boy? Am I that influenced by the games and all the stuff I’ve read that I’ve imagined some kind of complex quadrilateral relationship between them?

[Rather than that, I also thought that Mitsunaga-kun and Hina-chan were lovers.]

For more, visit lightnove_l__world.c_om

[Please stop, Aoi-senpai. I’m really getting goosebumps here……]

[Y- You disliked being called lovers that much?]

Apparently, it’s not like she’s being embarrassed about it or something like that, but she just really disliked it. It seems that it didn’t turn into those stories in games as I thought.

Ah, but…… Speaking of games, there was a quest like that in an internet game set in a high school~. I remembered a storyline where they were childhood friends and the guy had romantic feelings for her, but the girl doesn’t feel anything for him at all. If I remember it correctly, wasn’t it about helping that guy who doesn’t realize it at all with various ways to approach the girl, or something like that?

In the end, the guy’s love was fruitless and he ended up just running around like a hamster in his wheel. However, I remembered that the dialogue of other NPCs and other things that came up during the quest was unique and interesting…… If I remember correctly……

(T/N: NPC = Non-player Character)

[ [ Even though you’re just childhood friends, it’s like you’re trying to anticipate something far ahead of—— Eh? ] ]

[Yeah?]

Arehh? I feel like something strange happened just now.

Ah, yes, I remembered the development of the internet game I used to be addicted to, and that line that was stuck in my head just popped out of my mouth…… But for some reason, I synched up with the girl who seemed to have no connection to such things.

For more, visit lightnove_l__world.c_om

Kusunoki-san, who was about to say something identical or rather, the exact same line that I was about to say, looked at me and her eyes widened as if she couldn’t believe it.

And after a few seconds of silence in front of Yuzuki-san, who can’t follow along the situation and is just tilting her head, Kusunoki-san hesitantly opens her mouth.

[……Miyama-san. Can I ask you one question?]

[Y- Yeah. Go on.]

[A newbie is looking for a new place to hunt. Slime, Goblin, Orc…… What would you recommend?]

[……Buy some equipment from a store in town and go with Orc.]

[ [ ……………. ] ]

Kusunoki-san mentioned very famous monsters that would appear in many games. Many people would be under the impression that the slime would be the weakest of all if they were just listed based on their names, but I responded with the Orc.

Because in the internet game I was playing, the slimes are monsters that appear in a field or dungeon by the sea, and not only would you would need to be a good player just to get to its habitat, they are intermediate-level monsters with fairly high status.

The status of a goblin alone is lower than that of an orc, but the Goblin King boss monster appears in the field where the goblins are located, and a large number of goblins themselves makes it easy to be surrounded by them, so it isn’t a place that could be recommended for newbies.

For more, visit lightnove_l__world.c_om

In comparison, Orcs can be defeated with equipment that can be purchased from NPCs in the city, and the fields in which they appear are close enough to the city that they can easily replenish their stock and recover their health, making them a monster that even newbies can easily hunt.

There is a separate field where the High Orcs are found, and the boss monster, the Orc King, appears in that field, so bosses do not appear in the Orc’s field.

So, for newbies, buying store-bought equipment and using orcs to get to level 20 or so is a template for the internet game I used to play, making it an ironclad training course.

[……Can I also ask something?]

[Please do so.]

[I’ve put together a party to hunt the Earth Dragon. What’s the easiest formation to hunt it?]

[A Thief as tank, a Monk with Barrier skill, and a Mage with Fire Magic.]

[ [ …………… ] ]

Advertisements

By the way, the Earth Dragon is a high grade monster with absurdly high attack power, but it only performs physical attacks at close quarters and is extremely vulnerable to magic.

Therefore, rather than bringing high defense and high HP jobs such as Knights and the like, the combination of the skill of a Thief who has a certain chance of avoiding melee physical attacks and a Monk’s Barrier skill, which blocks melee physical attacks up to a certain number of times, was very effective, and it was a popular monster that could be hunted by a party of a minimum of three people, making it a monster with a delicious amount of easy experience points.

For more, visit lightnove_l__world.c_om

Unn, well, that means that it’s pretty much what I think. Kusunoki-san was also playing that internet game I was into in high school. Moreover, she was probably a pretty advanced player.

The world is a strange place where you could find common topics to talk about, and as Kusunoki-san and I looked at each other—- we smiled.

Dear Mom, Dad—– Thanks to the white rice, regarding the children from the same world—– we got to know each other a little better.