87 83 Dont worry about the direction of your work alone (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

One, two, three

Bring your face close to the floor, folding your shaking arms, counting the number of times with your whispered breaths.

Sweat drips down your chin each time.

Your t-shirt clings tightly to you with sweat, a testament to how well you've worked out.

I thought push-ups while standing on your head were only for the comic book world, but when you actually do them, the effect is surprising.

It's not simply meant to build muscle strength, but it's also suitable for strengthening the core and gaining a sense of balance.

I have had a lot of experience fighting outside of the precise foothold of the ground since I came to this job, and this has helped me to appreciate the importance of balance.

This has made the importance of balance painfully obvious.

The more you fight, the more your body is strengthened by the magic crests, the more you can't neglect your basic abilities.

It is true that even a weak body has the potential to absorb magic power and give you great power through repeated battles.

But even so, the difference in fundamentals should not be ignored.

If the abilities of the magical crest are the same, the difference in the final difference is the difference in well-honed physical abilities.

In some cases, the difference in basic abilities can make up for the difference in the abilities of the herald.

Above all, this is the best way to train how to move your body.

”Hmm.

Complete the number of times on the menu and then visit the athletic facilities.

The facilities are designed to train free-running, where you are not allowed to touch your feet outside the designated area.

The facilities are reminiscent of some athletic programs, and I run without fear.

Instead of just going all out, I break through with the minimum amount of strength necessary and with an awareness of keeping one hand free as much as possible.

......

And yet, the shortest record is not so easy to achieve.

It's common to give your all in a dungeon.

But if you always give your best, you will not be able to give your best when the time comes.

With all that effort comes a time limit, and you need to train to extend that limit, but I see a way to make the most of it by controlling that effort.

You need to increase sales, but sometimes you need to cut costs.

But the results have been disappointing.

It may be a bad way to say it, but the act of cutting back on effort is like limiting yourself, just as cutting back on effort is not always better than doing your best.

It's not easy to perform at your best in it.

It's not easy to perform at your best when you're not at your best.

You're not focused.

You're supposed to be concentrating on your training, and then suddenly that scene passes through your mind.

A blow with all your strength, and the monster catches it.

The stepping-stone scaffolding is swept clear with a thumping, rhythmic motion.

The next piece of evidence is the last brawl I remember from a business trip.

I was trying to deal with a delayed battle due to the inability to win against the opponent's main force.

I'd been able to rescue her, so I'd give her a passing grade, but it wasn't a perfect score.

”Gung, huh?

The result of finishing with such a mixture of distractions can't be good, and you're pondering the fact that the result is less than the goal.

You drink the sports drink you had prepared to replenish your body with water to take a break.

The sensation of the missing water seeping into your body tells you that your body is tired.

Today is your day off, and this is where you would normally end up.

Let's do another set.

I danced back to the area with the training equipment to do more today.

Overwork is not good, but now I was simply in the mood to move my body.

...... And now, what shall we do?

And when you start training, as soon as you start, your thoughts will be mixed up again.

Then the opposite is true.

What's bothering you?

”Suela?

”Yes, I'm Suela, a dark elf, who is cheerfully picking up someone who is throwing her lover out on her day off.

”...... sorry

But that thought was soon put on the brakes.

And if it's her who left you alone for her own reasons, I, a man, have no choice but to surrender.

”I apologized honestly, and this time I forgive her because she seems to be having trouble with her work.

Fortunately, my choice was correct, and Suela couldn't help but smile after a sigh.

”So, what was bothering you?

”...... a little about status growth,

A little and pretentiousness is a trivial man's intent.

”?　It seems to be going well, and as far as I can see from the results, Jiro-san has contributed the most,

I know, but I feel like I'm missing something. I couldn't allow myself to make mistakes that I would normally think of as unavoidable, so I thought, 'How can I do it better?'

So that's what led to you working out alone in the training room.

Oh, that's disgraceful.

I didn't mean for Suela to hear this.

I guess you're just not ambitious enough.

That's about it.

Suela is right, my problems are, to put it bluntly, impatient.

Suela's objective opinion gives me some peace of mind, but it doesn't solve my problems.

I couldn't kill that blow, that rare monster, in one blow.

That's all, that's all, and I'm in a slump.

It's ridiculous, I just tripped over a pebble on the side of the road.

Feeling thirsty after a short break, you decide to drink the sports drink you had prepared, but then you remember the one you drank earlier and look at the empty plastic bottle.

Here you go.

”Oh, thank you.

I guess he saw it and got it for me.

He offers me something different from the one I was drinking.

I thank him and take it.

You take a sip and feel the heat seeping through your body.

What kind of fighter do I have to be, how can I contribute more to the dungeon? I'm older than the others. That disadvantage just pushes me along nicely.

Human life is short.

And in the prime of life, that period will be even shorter.

And if things keep going this way, my growth will come to a halt very quickly.

I don't want it to end.

I want to reach greater heights.

My limit is not here, but further.

That blow reminded me of those mundane, blue aspirations, and that battle made me aware of the wall of limits.

”It's a shameful story, but I thought that if I trained my body, I could find an answer, and I tried to work on it, but it was no use. It seems that there are no easy answers.

Jiro, I have a longer life expectancy than you, and I have to admit that some of your troubles are difficult to understand.

”...... I see.

That's true.

So is Memoria, and so is Suela, a long-lived dark elf.

I wish you had some sympathy, and that's a shame, but that's to be expected.

It's not right to complain about their kind.

I was about to change the subject and say no more gloomy talk, but she squeezed my hand and before I could even open my mouth, Suela's words were in my ear.

But I'm sure we can find a solution to your problems together.