Chapter 32 (2/2)
Is it shooting fire withthat, at this point, it doesn’t matter
“Isn’t it pretty dangerous for Hirano-kun and Futaba-san who’re supposed to get close?“
“Yeah but, were Swords out for the sparks”
Vigilance with focus on evasion Saying so is great and all, but is that alright? In a gara attacks, they’ll do some pre-set behaviour That’s how the player deals with it If they can’t, they can continue over and over again, so even an idiot can do it eventually
“Anyway, maybe you could douse yourself ater before Also, my meds can probably handle burns but if it’s too severe, you ht be out of luck”
“Got’cha, I’ll e”
There’s not a lot of pre-e can do In the end, we’reon our Player Skills
“Did we ?”
“HYou know, those police dogs chasing after criht? It’s like that, really fast-paced and all”
“Honestly, that there’s the scariest thing I can barely run aith Quick Step, and Nishi+yama’s far away too But Itou it was bad He was knocked down once, and turned into a bloody mess”
“Eh, you mean, instant death?”
“Nah, he was alive And, I tried closing in to save hionna blow fire, and Itou was in the way, so we couldn’t use Attack Magic either”
“And in the end, we couldn’t do a thing and just ran away”
Under those circuence, they lost a co it back without major injury can be considered more than lucky
“Hmm So, that happened”
The thought comes to mind, maybe Itou-kun was betrayed by these two However, froeon capture, he shouldn’t have been someone you can so easily cut away
As for that Boss battle, I should just look at it like they just lacked the power
“So, what do you think? After a break, wanna head to the Boss?”
“No, Me and Futaba-san want to practice a bit uys wait some?”
“There’s no probleht alone?”
“If there’s only Skeletons, we’ll be fine So, let’s go Futaba-san”
Saying that half-forcefully, I stand up
Actually, practice isn’t the s I need to talk about with Futaba-san, alone
“ Futaba-san, you’re pretty cautious of them huh?”
Making sure there aren’t any Skeletons inside, we pick and enter a random room, and I say that to break the ice
“Yeah, I think it’s too dangerous to trust other people just yet”
Even the kind-hearted Futaba-san, with all her cruel experiences to date, spoke words of suspicion towards the tithout stammer
“I think so too That’s why I lied”
I have no regrets I was anxious whether they’d see through it though
In all likelihood, they could be lying too Like actually, Nishi+yaitta chantless Or like Hirano-kun has other Battle Arts too
If it’s secrets, we all have some
“By lying, you mean about me?”
“I’o Actually, I’”
“N-No I wouldn’t! I can at least read the mood okay!”
That’s why she stayed out of most of the conversation I bet We hadn’t considered this situation, and it’d be hard tobusiness to ht choice for Futaba-san
We should’ve have thought about the possibility of sudden encounters like this and decided on a code of action, that’son it
“But I never thought there’d suddenly be classmates at the jump destination”
“We’ll need to be careful next ti”
Futaba-san’s vigilance is churning full-throttle But this level of caution is just right
“I think you know, but we’ll be working together with them for now”
“ Are you sure?“
“You’ve seen their power They’ve got better vocations than me at least”
“That’s not true!”
My slight self-derision replied with such a strong denial, I get a bit surprised You don’t need to deny it so hard
“Ah, s-sorry”
“No, it’s fine, I appreciate the pat on the back”
Well, I guess it’s true that I saved her life once I’hter type, is so say only for that occasion
“Anyway, those two can at least listen to reason, and uess”
“That’s, well true but after beating the Boss, they’ll still be with us, right?”
“Eh, is that a problem?”
On the contrary, after the Boss, if we go, Welp, see ya, it’s even more aard
“Not that but, you don’t knohen they’ll betray Like in my case”
“Ah, y-yeah, you’re right”
Inabandoned when the going gets tough, that kind of pattern isn’t soet it technically, but for Futaba-san who’s actually gone through that kind of betrayal, it’s natural she won’t be able to trust someone just because they’re a bit friendly
“If possible, I’d like to avoid getting into big trouble though Anyone will try and save their own skin They could last-minute betray an ally But on the contrary, if we have sress, there’s no reason for that to happen What we need is, rather than a relation of trust, we need enough power to secure safety”
“So you mean, from now on, we should try to ally with as ht?”
“Yeah, but not Higuchi though I’ll Curse those guys to hell!”
Fufun, I laugh half joking, half serious
“Yep, you can do it Momokawa-kun”
But if you givemuch complicated More so, since Futaba-san has a e to her
“Anye gotta take down that Boss before any of that”
“Emm, so we’ll, practice?”
“Yes I needed to talk properly with Futaba-san, but the part about wanting to practice is also true”
The Skeleton is truly a convenient practice partner Before entering this area, what Monster, at what ti It was all a per-encounter basis, so the best we could do, was avoiding fights we could avoid
But here, we can fight Skeletons in peace Open space, known ene here, we’ll never get to such a beginner friendly area
“I want to see if I can get a little more out of Blackhair and Mud Doll Futaba-san too, isn’t it better if you get ht?”
“Yeah, that’s true Momokawa-kun I’ll, try them out!”
Thus, our leveling began [4]
(TN: I was thiiis close to writing grinding instead of leveling
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[1] It is here that we get the pronunciation of Blessed Body ~! It’s Keitai Incidentally, this also means phone if written differently
[2] I guess he means the area outside the Fairy Square
[3] Here’s a Video It actually says Dragon Fireworks but in English it’s fountain I guess
[4] I was thiiis close to writing grinding instead of leveling