24 22 There is work regardless of the season, whether it is summer or not, that is a member of society.txt (1/2)

Tanaka Jiro, twenty-eight years old, single, girlfriend, Suella Handelberg.

Occupation Dungeon Tester (full-time) + Recruiter

Magic Aptitude 8 (General Class)

Officer of the Year: Warrior

'Ohohohohohohohoho!　You still have the same pungent skin color, Suella!

Geez, Kyra.

What the hell is this thing?

That's the first thing I thought of her.

And then my next thought was that I was honestly surprised that in real life there were people who could put their hands on such a high-powered girl's high-pitched smile.

Isn't that funny because she's from another world?

I was about to submit my report to Suela as usual and talk about my upcoming vacation when a high-pitched laugh that could only have been timed to fit the occasion entered my ears.

You'll be able to find out the source of this, and Keely's expression is not good, as if she had bitten down on a bitter worm.

...... dragonner?

I can't help but have a bad feeling from the sight of Suela putting her hand to her forehead and shaking her head as if to say ”not again”, but it's impossible not to look.

Once I broke off the conversation and turned my gaze to look at her, there was a dragoness whose lustrous scales like sapphire could be spotted everywhere .

Well, since it's an office, it makes sense that he's wearing a woman's suit, but there's no red, and the red fits the color of the blue scales relative to the color of the blue scales, but combined with the unique wings of the dragonborn, it's an indescribably delicate combination.

And unrelated to this, I've never seen a vertical roll of gray hair that looks shiny and silvery.

Well, Suera's going to have to take the female symbol.

So, Jiro, this report is in regards to.

Are you ignoring me?

And once Suela thought she'd looked at her, she tried to move on, to pretend she didn't exist.

But a screeching voice waited for it.

'...... Huh, what is it?'

I don't know if I've ever seen Suela so apathetic and inorganic before .

I don't think even I would have reacted so reluctantly after fighting off a headache, pulling an all-nighter, and realizing that I'd be working overtime again today, would I?

No, can I say that it doesn't pale in comparison?

'I'm here to see how good your testers are at your place!

”Please check your report from the other day. If you've lost it, please find it in the folder in the shared holder three days ago and copy it yourself.

Correction.

It's not so pale, it's a blizzard. It's blizzardy.

The tundra's icy blizzard is emanating from Suela's gaze.

It's also great that she can take it head on and still smile steadfastly, but I'm not going to step through the mines praising her for it.

Instead, instead of reason, the male instincts that sound the alarm, plus the survival instincts forged in the dungeon, are telling us to run.

There's no reason to resist it, so when a woman is in a bad mood, her body takes action to seek refuge.

...... Ms. Kaylee, what is this all about?

Oh, Jiro, you've never met this guy, his name is Kayla, but he's a dragonborn from the same department, a self-proclaimed rival of Suela's.

'Competitors?　And you call yourself that.

Obeying that instinct would mean abandoning your job, so you can't make that choice, and so you take refuge in Kaylee's place where you can hear what's going on.

''Is there such a thing as a self-proclaimed rival?''

You know what?　There's something odd about the way you're getting involved with Suela one way or another, and it's just us saying it on our own.

Thank you for the ...... vague source of information.

You're welcome.

It may sound nice to say that he's a bystander, but what he's doing is no different than an onlooker who's whispering to himself and trying to keep the damage from being directed at him.

And although Kaylee described him as a rival, there is no doubt that he's been rejected as an absolute pain in the ass by Ruby.

It's more like someone from the office you don't want to get involved with.

She's a member of the other parties, but I'm surprised that the good-natured Suela has such a thing.

When you're done, get back to work as soon as you can. We're busy, unlike you.

'What?　I hate being a dullard. I can't imagine that level of work accumulating in my life. It's hard to have a subordinate (tester) who can't do it. Well, if you need help with that, may I help you?

No, thank you.

Yeah, I think I've gotten a pretty good idea of our relationship from this conversation.

These aren't rivals. It's oil and water.

Suela is trying to fend off waves and the dragonborn, or Kyra, is trying to make waves and enjoy the moment.

Personally, I don't want to be a part of it either.

That's why it's a bad idea to just do your job!

...... Seriously?

When I looked at the stupid-looking woman who is still laughing and talking with Suela while thinking of putting effort into the ”ha” part, I naturally felt something akin to nausea.

Ugh, that's the closest thing to a horrible combination of annoying and good at their job.

Feeling the goosebumps rise, you at least check with Ms. Keely for some relief.

”How long, by the way?

...... as much as Suela.

What?

I reached out to him, and he cut me off.

It's impossible.

That's what I wanted to scream.

When was that last time you had a drama rival?

I thought high-powered workaholics only existed in the world of drama and comics .

At least I'd assumed that most working people with that attitude were self-absorbed and incapable of doing their jobs.

”Huh?

Well, that's what you'd normally think.

I couldn't believe it when I saw it.

Hearing me say it, I can't believe it either, and Kaylee agrees.

Of course you do.

Even now, the way you keep dragging out the conversation with Suela, there's no way to get the impression that you can do the job, no matter how hard you try.

But are you sure?

What?

No, it's getting pretty loud.

'Oh, it's okay, it's okay, it's just something cute like this out there. Kayla is just making a big face because Master Evia isn't at the meeting and she'll be subdued soon.

Subdued?

Our company is supposed to work mainly on troublesome matters, but finally the word ”subdue” has been used.

It's not surprising in itself, but even if this is an office, even if it's mainly for combat work, this is a place to write papers.

How in the world do they plan to subdue it?

My men are more likely to say, 'Do your job, a**h*le.

It happened so fast and it was over in a flash, I'll just tell you what happened.

When I flashed, Kyra was blown up and I was forced to take a seat.

I thought I heard the supervisor's voice first, but looking at the results, I'm sure I didn't hear it.

He was leaning back against the backrest, a far cry from his commanding form earlier.

'You see, I've been subdued.

Subdued, huh?

That's a different world, and we can't just talk about our jobs.

Using magic to get her back to work is so original!

Perhaps the toughness inherent in a dragonborn's nature allows him to perform such a feat.

Why don't you go get Suela some coffee for now?

I will.

Come on, boy.

I'm not that old anymore.

We can't sit here and watch this all the time.

I'll bring some food to relieve Suela, who's looking a little tired.

There's been a thing.

Wow, what's that all about, that's amazing.

There are people like that, aren't there?

Here's your tea.

Sorry.

When I told him about the morning's events during a break in the dungeon he was taking on in the afternoon, Minami's eyes lit up and she was excited that a new character had arrived .

Masaru and Kaido's reactions were perfunctory, each sipping tea.

Warm tea is so refreshing in a cold place.

It's not cold, it's just the atmosphere is dark.

I have no choice, that I do. After all, we are right above the graveyard, that we are.

I mean, who are we to take a break from that sort of thing?

Thanks to my warding skills, that I do. It's because of this that I can rest inside the dungeon, that I can.

”Idiot, this is all happening because the South asked me to refer to a list of horror movie and horror game titles in my report. What are you going to do. We go back to the entrance, but it's a pile of undead. I'm going in waves of the undead, and whichever way I go, I'm dead ahead.

I am sorry, that I am. But I have no regrets, that I do not regret!

Pull yourself together!

Za?

The pleasant sound of a light harisen .

I sipped my tea while watching the familiar tsking of Katsura's southward tsking, and if I only looked down, I could see moving bodies and moving bones across the translucent floor.

Five or six meters high.

The combination of magical scaffolding and cloaking wards at the end of a tree branch that can never support your weight, is southern magic that has created a lot of magic in recent months.

Although the name of the magic is 'lounge', it is a very useful spell that allows you to take a break even if it is only against small fry.

The South who has the flexibility to come up with soundproofing and camouflage features to hide from the outside is an excellent spell, even though he has some personality difficulties.

”As for the future, where are we on mapping?

”We've mapped the entire area from the entrance to here. But it's a pretty big city. You're gonna be spending a lot of time just trying to find the entrance to the basement.

I know.

The Immortal King's dungeon is a combination of a field dungeon and a labyrinth dungeon.

It's an underground labyrinth that can be entered through an entrance somewhere in the field that became the City of Death in the first half of the dungeon and the capital in the second half.

Currently there are only zombies and skeletons in the capital, but thanks to the report the south submitted before, it's filled with heart-rending horror movie specifics that are troubling.

''So now we're going to experience a scene like the last scene in a Hollywood movie, is there a safe way to get home?''

How about running as fast as you can so that the zombies can't keep up with you?

South, what's the maximum distance you can run for now?

Three kilometers is all I need, that it is.

It's impossible.

'How about a run on the roof?'

'There will be fewer of them, but I heard footsteps reacting to the sound of footsteps, so they'll reach out and collapse the scaffolding, and if we can magically reinforce the roof as we go, we might be able to go with the ...... candidate.

If you're going to do that, it would be faster if I built a foothold and ran through, that I did.

”The bottleneck is the aerial power that would exist in the undead army?

As promised, bats, vultures and ravens will be part of the undead army's aerial force.

There are vampires and ghosts as well, but as far as vampires are concerned, I'm not worried about ghosts unless they're very high up in the hierarchy.

”As promised, it looks like dragon zombies will fly as well, that is.

Then I'll run for cover. I don't want to be fighting dragons and shit like that now.

Right.

It's about time. Shall we get to the bottom of this?

Yeah.

There's no point in going on and on about it.

It's important to make a clean break.

Rejoice, boys. You're about to make your Hollywood debut.

Wow, that means a frontal assault, that it is.

Well, it's a method that can be used to detect the enemy's low level of intelligence, isn't it?

I knew it was coming.

You'll be able to find a lot more information on the subject.

It's a way to conserve your magic. It's no laughing matter if you use it poorly for scaffolding or reinforcement and can't use it when you need it.

''In a situation like that, the first person to drop out would be senior Kaidou, that is.

''Hahahaha, and then it's Minami who has a disastrous way of dropping out.

”Oh?

Hey, I don't care if we fight, but me and Katsura will get us out of here, okay?　Or is it something else?　Do you want to be their dinner?

---- ...

I feel like a fish today.

Sashimi set meal with fish from another world, that I've become very popular.

Should we bemoan the fact that he's a cash cow or be happy that we're able to exchange pleasantries? Well, it's working well together, really, like catnip for the cat. No problem.

If there's any proof that this moaning zombie downstairs is going to go away, just point to it and scare it.

We're gonna need sashimi or a fresh fish shop when we get out of the dungeon.

Can you handle it?

I can do that.

You're good at this.

It's not that I don't doubt your cooking skills, but when I was in high school my cooking skills were limited to shredded fish, not shredded.

There's no way I could cut the fish by mistake.

Even if you could, it would be chunked into pieces at best.

When you think about it, all I can say is that Katsu is already in the realm of the housewife.

Well... I guess we've decided on tonight's menu.

Then I decided to have a glass of sake and grabbed the hilt while deciding on a reward for myself.

Let's go.

Yes, that I do.

Whoosh!

Yes, sir.

On the count of three, three claps of my fingers, I give the signal and South releases the warding.

Then from what little foothold we have left, we hitched a run for the cemetery entrance.

”Ahead, a mixed army of zombies and skeletons, how many?

”About thirty, that it is. Leader, the one on the right is thinner, that it is!　Leader assault, Kaido-senpai, with magic, that is!

Osa!