59 55 Succession, succession, repetition of work (1/2)

Tanaka Jiro, 28 years old, with a girlfriend

Her Suela Hendelberg

Memory Tris

Occupation Dungeon Tester (full-time)

Magical aptitude 8 (general class)

Post Warriors

That's Sakal?

Yes, it is a trading city, a city not belonging to the state, Sakar.

Today was my fourth day in the other world, and by traveling earlier than planned, I was able to capture the towering walls in the middle of the meadow a day earlier.

To be honest, the unfamiliarity of the journey is making me feel tired.

The main thing is mental fatigue.

Although I had no choice, the simple task of running away or fighting off the occasional demon by repeating the same scenery of trees in the forest was quite rewarding.

And it's not the end of the world once you get to the street; this time the monotony continues.

Still, I'd be better.

If I had been a little younger, I might have been disappointed with the idea of fantasy, but these are thirty-something guys who work in that chaotic company.

The period of having literal fantasies is over.

Besides the memoria to talk to, there's no shortage of people to talk to in your spare time.

I've walked this far by thinking of it as a walk for health in the early stages.

At least I've experienced that unpaved roads are more hard on your legs than you think.

So? It's time for you guys to get over yourselves.

Well, it's fortunate that your mission was accomplished on this occasion.

”Don't tell me, Mr. Giro, Mary, I have to ask myself what the test of God is.

I don't know what you're talking about. That's it.

It's not just a simple matter of time before you get to the point where you'll be able to get your hands on a new one.

You're going to be able to find out what I'm talking about with a dumbfounded expression on your face.

When the work is done, all that matters is when it's done. Do you know how many corporate warriors are out there working overtime, bemoaning the fact that their work is never done?

You can be forgiven for bemoaning the unfinished endings, but it's too extravagant to bemoan the consequences of a job well done.

Even if it's because of the mushrooms that you'll be using as your evening companion.

I'm still not convinced!

It's not just a good idea to have a good time, but it's also a good idea to have a good time.

It contains the substitute that is the cause of their mission to activate magical beasts.

Although the contents are not satisfactory for a woman, they are necessary for the job, so you can't let them go.

Do you want to throw it away?

”Don't ask, knowing that you can't get rid of it, Mary.

Well, it was Mary who found it.

And after three days of the same questions and answers, the response to memoria becomes a moot point.

That's how much this conversation has been going on, and I'm beginning to feel something akin to heartburn.

Three days.

Ever since I first camped in another world, these guys have been like this.

It's too recent to forget, though, so I remember it well.

It was the morning after our first camping trip.

We'd been on watch all night and greeted the party as they came up.

I was struck by how familiar Esther's face looked that morning.

The look on her face made me want to ask her if she was some kind of office worker.

With the sun coming out of the clouds, I learned the truth that I didn't want to know, that the phenomenon of waking up in the morning and losing your job is not common in Japan or any other world.

To those guys, they were escaping reality by getting lost in the woods and desperately trying to survive.

That changed and now Eshley and her friends had to face reality.

Memoria and I, eating sandwiches made from leftover bear meat and bread, watched the conversation about how to report with a smile on our faces as we handed out breakfast and knew we were fine.

And if it's someone else, the conversation naturally shifts to a different direction.

Speaking of which, is it common for magical beasts to become more active around here?

It's not uncommon for one type of hexenbiest to increase in number, but it's rare for the whole to do so.

That's just the way it is.

But the topic of conversation will be a derivative of that story.

Because the hexenbiest's rise in activity will affect our journey, so it's not just anyone's business.

I wonder what's causing it.

”I could say a few things if I had to speculate,

Is there?

Yes, there are two types of powerful hexenbiest invading our territory. Dragons and other disaster spreading types of hexenbiest.

Yeah, that's a common story. You know, the one that gets driven out and it results in a herd?

Yes, it's a rare phenomenon, but it's common. Other speculations are similar, turf battles, top dog fights, and the result is the same. And if it's early spring, it could be mating season.

”Is a Hexenbiest a cat or something?

It's labeled as a demon, but it's only a beast, so it's a matter of conjecture when we don't have any definitive proof anyway.

I guess.

It's a conversation that goes up at breakfast anyway.

We don't have to investigate, and we don't have to.

You need to watch out for the hexenbiest, but that's as far as we go.

We just need to finish our breakfast and go through the schedule.

”Ah, what do you have here?

”Are those mushrooms good?

”No, it's tasteless,

So, you're on drugs?

Just as I was thinking this, Memoria found a mushroom growing along the riverside and said it was unusual, and stood up and walked over to the side to pick one up.

I took the last bite of my sandwich and took a look at it as if I were looking into it, but the mushroom, dotted with pink spots on the black umbrella, looked too flattering to be good to be true.

However, there was a possibility that the mushroom was edible and a delicacy in my mind, so I asked him about it, but it's not as edible as it looks.

Then there is another possibility.

Yes, that would make it a stimulant.

”......

”The main use of the couple--

Don't say it.

It's morning, but the topic of the night has come up.

As you can imagine, I have a pretty good idea what they're used for.

When I shake my head to stop them, I see a similar mushroom in my field of vision.

Memoria, didn't you just say this mushroom was rare?

Yes, you said it.

”How often is it something you find?

Would it be out in the marketplace so quickly?

Well, I don't know how rare they are. And I wish I had this much growth right in front of me.

I'm sure the word ”rare” would come out of my mouth when shown just enough to negate it.

And I had no idea that this was going to be the answer to Eshley and her friends' problems.

It was an accident that I found it, but I acted quickly from there.

If it were possible, Memoria thought, she could go up the river a hundred meters or so and find that more than one or two mushrooms were everywhere.

These mushrooms are quite rare by nature and never grow in clusters like this.

Perhaps it was unusual weather or a harbinger of natural disasters, or perhaps they were so ubiquitous that they could trigger a drop in prices.

The deer-like monster beasts that appear there are so well-timed that we wonder if they are being manipulated by some other will.

To the monsters, they are quenching their thirst at the riverside and eating non-toxic mushrooms while they're at it.

If you can see this process in action, the result is as clear as daylight, and that's why they're so active.

And I'm sure that's what got them killed, and that's why they're so reluctant to admit it.

To me?

”Oh, I see.

I'm convinced that this is a fantasy.

I was easily convinced by the fact that such a non-standard item was rare, but it existed to the extent that it suddenly appeared in large numbers.

From there, I went to the city to collect the mushrooms as evidence.

There's actually something unusual happening, so that should be enough evidence.

Well, we've got nothing to do with it.

Yes.

”You were traveling together, even if we were traveling together!　You two should think a little more seriously!

”It's someone else's problem, you know.

What do you say to the person you are breaking up with after this?

If you're going to continue to follow me, you're going to have to consider running away at all costs.

What do you want us to do?　In fact, after this, we might just break up and never see each other again.

In fact, the odds of meeting someone there are like winning all the lottery tickets, because in a couple of months I'll literally be across the world.

You're not going to ask me to follow you to church, are you?

No, not that much.

Mr. Giro, she seems to be planning on it. Please respond.

She choked up when Doubt and Memoria pointed out what she was talking about.

When I saw that, I smiled and said immediately.

”I say no.