Vol 3 Chapter 2 (1/2)
Translator: Sine Nomine
Editor(s): YuNS, Nate
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PART 1
—In the endless plains outside the city
It was said that there lived trash monsters like Giant Toads
But they never cauards
In front of the ate of Axel City…
“Explosion—!”
“Hey—! Wait, what are you doing—!”
The guard uncle ran over to ic
“Hey, little girl, what are you… I wanted to ask, why did you suddenly use round? What happened? Hang in there!”
The guard carried me after I collapsed due to mana exhaustion
I raised my head
“Pl-Pleased to ic Clansman who recently moved to this city I think these explosions will happen frequently from now on… Please excuse me…”
“Spare ic only when there are ic for no reason!”
Hearing uard cried out in despair
—I dragged ered into the city with Chomsuke
After using Explosion ht and mumbled to myself
“There was no recruitment notice today either What happened? Did the adventurers in the city no longer need wizards…?”
I had been in this city for over a week
Recently, there was no recruitment notice for wizards on the notice board of the Adventurer’s Guild
There was only Yunyun’s notice, which nobody knehether she was recruiting friends or adventuring companions
Wizards were usually rarer than other jobs
I didn’t think there would be no demand so quickly…
—After gratifying ic, I returned to the Adventurer’s Guild
Noon was the time adventurers usually work
At such a tiain in the Adventurer’s Guild
“What should I do…”
I whispered and sighed deeply
This week, I repeatedly asked to join other parties for quests, but…
No matter which party, they all expressed disinterest after co the quests There was no intention to recruit me
It seemed they were not interested in a wizard who can use only Explosion ic
I was being treated as an unwanted person
Me
The genius me…
“Ahh!”
“Hey! What’s wrong, Meguht now!”
Yunyun, as playing at the saed my head and shouted
She was in the same situation as me, since she had not found any party member
With a serious look on her face, Yunyun carefully stacked poker cards on the table into a pyramid
Recently, her ability to play by herself was i
Perhaps, because she was concentrating so hard on this, other people were having reservations about approaching us
I picked up Chomsuke, as by my feet, and put it on the table
Then, it took an interest in the poker card that Yunyun was holding shakily between her fingers
It walked over to the card pyramid
“Meow~”
“Ahhh!”
The fierce black beast, with its unfettered appetite for destruction, easily destroyed Yunyun’s work
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It was done by the cat, so it couldn’t be helped
Chomsuke looked happy after the destruction of the card pyramid I ruffled Chomsuke’s head as a reward
“What should I do now…”
“Forget that Apologize to me first!”
I didn’t knohat to do, so I just ignored the gru Yunyun
PART 2
“—By the way, Megu the demon in the forest”
I was running out of nored
“…Oh Tell me about it”
“I heard that most of the monsters which used to inhabit the forest have been exterminated Since then, monsters mostly dwell in the deeper parts of the forest and do not come near the city… But for some reasons, recently thenear the city… Therefore, the profitable monsters in the forest have attracted attention There is a ru the other monsters close to the city”
…Theclose to the city?
I remembered there was a siic
I thought of the de our trip
Was it that feain?
I did not think Anis could survive ic, but…
I thought thisabout this
“Yunyun, that demon… What does it look like…”
I wanted to check its appearance
At this moment
“Oh, you even brought along two cute girls You are just a rookie, so why are you starting a harem? I’m so envious Give one to me!”
A crude, boorish noise resounded in the guild
“Hey, what are you doing?!”
“Don’t pester me, you damn drunk!”
This was responded by soirls
I looked at Yunyun as she sneakily glanced at the people ere arguing
“No! Yunyun, don’t ed into it”
“Wa-Wait, Meguht! Don’t you want to help them!?”
Yunyun complained to me, but this was the Adventurer’s Guild
Most adventurers were barbaric, so this was normal behavior
The ones ere being pestered were rookies This was a form of baptism for adventurers
Yet…
“Give it up… I’m not a rookie Despite my looks, I’m a very famous adventurer… I’m only here to recruit a priest It doesn’t look like there’s any priest in the guild, so I guess I’ll return to the hotel for today…”
A deep voice was heard saying
“What? Fanize you I’m a famous adventurer in this city!”
“You o He probably have the advanced job of sword ical I can sense powerful ic at work”
The one who said this was probably his fellow crony
The girl’s advice reached our ears, but…
“So annoying Shut up! I don’t care about s! Coht? Then practice swordplay with me!”
“…It can’t be helped then Let’s go outside Both of you go and rest”
“I understand Then we’ll be leaving Finish that gangster off”
“He looks despicable Don’t be careless, okay?”
They seemed to be of one mind
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The people in the guild looked on as the source of the disturbance went outside
Since it was an interesting development, I peeked in that direction too…
“Hey, Megumin Didn’t you say that we shouldn’t meet eyes with those kind of people?”
Yunyun called out softly to interrupt with
“nobody would want todevelopment Let me look”
“N-No way! In et beaten instantly and return If your eyes meet at that time…”
“—Bas-bastard! What was that? That botter… Why is he both handso at? Stop looking!”
He truly returned instantly
It seeuild
“That’s why I told you to stop I knohat your personality is like, so I won’t tell you not to bother people… but you should check your target out before picking on him”
“I-I know Next ti with a lot of pretty girls?”
I didn’t want to ster who spoke such boorish words
To avoid getting involved, we left the Adventurer’s Guild
PART 3
—The second day
“Explosion—!!”
“You again!”
The guard roared in a voice that ic
Following yesterday, I caain today, but…
“I told you yesterday not to use e craters appeared suddenly near the city! Those were ht? It took a lot of manual labor to fill those holes!”
“Bu-But I did as you asked today I used ic on a monster I defeated a Giant Toad! …So can you just let it slide?”
I collapsed on the floor and begged the guard as running towards me
The guard sighed and picked me up
“I can easily defeat Giant Toads and similar monsters I alone aate Little girl, can you use this er monsters further away from the city?”
“After using ic, I won’t be able to move due to mana exhaustion If I become immobile away from the city, I will be eaten by other monsters that come later”
“Little girl, you should find some companions”
I wouldn’t be in such difficulties if I could do that—
I said farewell to the guard uncle and dejectedly dragged uild
—I heard a familiar voice
“Nooooo! I don’t want! Why? Why must I move bricks!? Find me a more suitable job!”
“Even if you say that This is the only sies It can’t be helped Don’t be willful”
“Noooo! At least let ain! I have confidence that I can do it right this time!”
“Where does your confidence co you I don’t want to do this either I rather take on quests immediately, but ill die with our current equipment, okay? Don’t be picky and work here Recently, there’s a shortage ofup holes in the plains near the city Thanks to this, the wages are higher at this time Don’t worry, you can do this easily!”
It was the strange duo that I was fated to keep
They were arguing outside the office for construction works
It seeood due to labor shortage
But the blue-haired girl wanted some other job, so she adamantly refused to enter
Good It seemed I wasn’t the only one who couldn’t adjust to society and didn’t knohat to do
“Don’t say stupid things! Who do you think I am!? Dirtyme better food? It has been bread crus every day!? A noble existence like mine must watch what I eat!”
“When we firstto keep being coy? Let’s go! I want to prepare !”
“Noooo! I don’t want to move bricks! Why is a NEET like you so enthusiastic!?”
They were doing their best to
I watched the girl being dragged away I sought work and companions too, so I walked towards the Adventurer’s Guild
PART 4
Several adventurers suddenly stood up when they saw uild
As if they were afraid of so
Perhaps it was because I was a Criic Clansman
Or did I already possess dignity of an adventurer?
As I sht, the adventurers who stood up went over to the notice board and tore down a recruitment notice
…… ……
“Excuse me”
“Ah, yes!? Wh-What’s the matter!?”
I spoke to one of them who tore down the paper from the notice board She was ridiculously afraid
“… Elder sister, may I see the paper that you just tore down?”
“I refused”
“Let me see”
I forcefully snatched the paper fro it behind her back Written on the paper was…
“Recruiting wizard My party consists of four ic type”
“Oh! No liic type! How convenient! Actually, I’m a wizard without a party!”
“So-So-Sorry The spot has been taken, so the party is full now That’s why I tore down the paper…!”
I seized the elder sister as intending to flee after saying that
“This excuse is too laic? Do all the adventurers in this guild intend to ignore me!?”
“N-No! I don’t look down on Explosion irl froic, is very… Whenever she sees ard for the surrounding She is said to be sick in the head…”
“This is just picking a fight! Sick in the head! Let’s see if you all can still be so garrulous after witnessing o!”
“We’ll be troubled if you use uild!”
As I chanted the incantation despite being out of uild staff and other adventurers stopped and dragged uild
“—Miss Megumin This is not acceptable It is forbidden to use advanced ain, you will have to spend the night in the police station”
If I ran out of o to jail At least, I wouldn’t have to worry about food and shelter I was probably hopeless to think like this
After being severely lectured by the staff, I walked over to Yunyun as enthusiastically playing alone…
“—N-No way! Do you think I’m a cheap woman ould blindly follow anyone!?”
“I didn’t say that! I’! I just want to let my mother be at ease Just pretend to be my lover for a while! My sick randchild before she dies…! If not, at least daughter-in-law… I can only beg this from my only friend, Yunyun…!”
“On-Only friend… No, even so, pretending to be a lover is too—! I’m only 13-year-old I’m not an adult yet!”
Seeing her troubled face, the man said
“No proble will do! I don’t intend to do anything, so there won’t be any issue! No problem!”
“Really!? Wa-Wait aso hard!? I should refuse…”
“Please! I beg you, I beg you Just one date If convenient, one hour No, 30 minutes would do!”
Thevoice He was already on his knees to beg Yunyun
“No, this violates the original intent…! Isn’t it pretending to be lovers before your sick mother!? Why is it a date now…”
“I beg you I beg you I beg you!”
The man finally kneeled down
“Wait Please wait Wait a bit…”
“Please Please Please! I beg you Just for a bit I’ you!!”
Perhaps unable to turn him away, Yunyun looked afraid and troubled She said to the kneeling man
“Ugh… Th-Then, just for… a while…”
“Really!?”
“Really your head What are you up to exploiting another person’s kindness!? Want me to call the police?”
“Wh-What are you saying!? Ah, oh You are that sick-in-the-head wiz…! Wait, spare me Not the police! I understand! I will leave obediently!”
Seeing my sudden intrusion, the man hurriedly escaped
I chased hiated Yunyun
“What are you doing? You are being too easy to lead by the nose! What are you going to do if you get kidnapped like this?!”
“Bu-But, but! He said his sick mother needs to see his lover…!”
“That was a definitely lie! Who else!? When I was absent, were you being asked to do strange things by other people!?”
“N-No strange requests! The uncle who frequently drink beer during the day requested, ‘From now on, don’t call me uncle Call me daddy’…”
“That is already very strange! You surely refused, right!? Or rather, don’t ever talk to hiain! The chief, your father, will cry if he finds out that his daughter is calling a stranger ‘daddy’ in a faraway city!”
Seriously Why was she so vulnerable?
She was only in this city for a week and already encountered such dangers
Yunyun flashed a piece of paper before me She stared and said
“But it can’t be helped After spending so many days in this tavern, the only person to talk toto convert believers…”
“Why are you handing out pamphlets for that person!? Throw it away!”
I crushed the Axis Cult Recruitment Form in Yunyun’s hands and threw it away
This would not do
If I left Yunyun alone to force her to overcome her communicative barrier, her social inadequacy would just worsen beyond the point of redemption
But I was too busy trying to find adventuring companions…
—Right
“Yunyun, how about it? While we are still looking for new party members, want to form a temporary party with me?”
“Eh—!?”
Hearing my invitation, Yunyun was shock for some reasons
What? Was the invitation that strange?
“Bu-But…! Isuch an announcement, it has been only a week… That…”
What was Yunyun talking about?
“What? I merely asked if you want to form a party Why are you troubled over it?”
Hearing this, Yunyun’s face twitched
“…I-I say, Megumin Do you still remember what I said last tiic, we’ll have another match…”
“Oh After defeating Anis, you were ain?”
I urged her to continue, but her eyes were getting more teary
“You are asking et such an iuic Clan’s top genius is this? You are just an idiot who can’t res!”
“What did you say?!”
“It would be troublesoht in the tavern!”
After receiving the second lecture of the day, Yunyun and I were driven out of the guild
PART 5
“Seriously! Why is Megumin always like this? Don’t you have any et blown off by your own Explosion ic?”
“You are at it again! We are outside now, so nobody will stop me even if I make a scene!”
“Wh-What? Want a fight!? Your mana has been exhausted You can’t even walk properly Do you think you can win against me in your current state!?”
On the road back to the hotel
We were still arguing
“Seriously…! It was ot about it…! Unbelievable! Simply unbelievable!”
Yunyun covered her face with her hands, and shook her head angrily
“ I know, I know It’sit Then? What is that iain”
“Eh—!?”
Yunyun blushed upon hearing my casual statement
“What do you mean by ‘Eh’? What is that important promise? This time, I will listen carefully Come, please say it out loud”
I walked to the grass patch by the side of the road and sat up straight,a serious pose to listen to her
Seeing my behavior, Yunyun panicked even more
“N-No No Uh, I say… Forget it this ti! I will say it next time”
“Hey You just insulted me as an idiot, so what is this about? I don’t knohy you are so embarrassed, but spit it out noill listen seriously this time”
Looking at e of tears
But she still made her resolve and opened her mouth to speak…!
“Uh… When I learned advanced ic and won’t be a liability, Iwill—”
“Excuse me, both of you!! May I have a moment of your time?”
An olda tailcoat like a seneschal suddenly talked to us, interrupting Yunyun
“No We are talking about so important Go away”
“D-Don’t be like this! I’ for someone!”
Hearing the uncle, Yunyun and I shared a look
“Actually, the lady of my household ran away from home because she didn’t want to be married… I’m sorry to bother you, but please helpbeautiful blonde hair and blue eyes are a sign of noble bloodline My lady has long blonde hair set behind her head If you see someone like this, please inform Dustiness family We will reward you for the trouble…!”
The old man said and bowed
Dustiness fanorant us knew about
The lady of that fa away from home was a major event
That lady irl
I iirl I wanted to see this noble lady and I was interested in the reward from a noble family
“Leave it to me If I find her, I will earnestly protect her”
“Thank you very much I’ll leave it to you!”
The old man said sharply and ran over to another passer-by
“Yunyun, let’s go! For us who lackthe lady is the best event!”
“Hey, hey! I’m not in need of money!”
I dragged Yunyun along and ran—!
“—So tired… In the end, we didn’t find the lady…”
“Ugh…! I was hoping to make sohly so …”
We searched everywhere in the city, but we didn’t find any clue We were very worried about the lady’s circumstance after she ran away from home
After all, she was a noble lady
If she ran away fro what to do
I hoped she hadn’t been kidnapped by souys
I thought blonde hair with blue eyes would be rare, so it would be easy to find her, but…
The only blonde person we erous things like “There seems to be a demon in the forest! Let’s kill it in the name of Goddess Eris!” That elder sister rushed out of the city with a silver-haired thief
In the end, after so much effort, we still couldn’t find the cute noble lady
“… It can’t be helped It seems we can’t depend on luck! Toether!”
“In the end, we are still fully, ‘Before I learn advanced e for me to say all that! Can you really not remember!?”
PART 6
The second day
We cae of the absence of other adventurers, we checked the various quests
I left Choht Yunyun and I couldn’t protect it e encountered monsters
“Hey, Megumin Let’s do an easy quest first, okay?”
Yunyun said and passed me the most basic request in this city— the quest to hunt Giant Toads
I also knew that the Giant Toads, with its high reproductive rate, was one of the food sources that maintained the city
We could keep that in reserve
I roughly scanned the notice board…
“Clean the to civil engineers to fill the craters in the plains”, “Hunt the necro the lady who ran away froate the water quality of the lake Because of the increased work of civil engineers, sandy waste was reported to be flowing into the lake”, and so on…
Hm Which one should we pick?
Our party consisted of tizards
Should we choose a hunt quest that could capitalize on our powerful offensive power?
“So let’s go to the forest, since recently rumors say it has been very profitable”
“Eh? Wasn’t there a warning about a demon in the forest that warranted a bounty? We are just two persons after all Let’s do soo to the plains where there are a lot of weak monsters!”
What was she saying? I was ai that demon
But I orried that cowardly Yunyun would end up playing alone in the guild again
Oh well Let’s kill soain some self-confidence—!
“—Oh Little girl has brought along a companion today Good I’ as it is far away froic as you please”
When we reached the city gates, the guard uncle said to me
It seemed he already remembered my face
After leaving the city gate, Yunyun said with shi+ny eyes
“Megunize you? I thought you were just strolling around randomly”
“H-How rude! I don’t have the sa alone by yourself, I have become very famous in this city Even in the Adventurer’s Guild, there are nize me”
“When did this happen!?”
I ignored Yunyun, as surprised I walked and searched for monsters on the plains
… I probably did not lie at all
“——Fire Ball!”
Yunyun’son the plains
It was nowhere near Explosion ic, but it stillthe toads nearby
I felt a bit hungry after s the fried toads
“… Yunyun, did you bring some salt?”
“You want to eat now!? No These toads arethe cost of transporting the toads, the net profit is 5,000 eris each After killing five of them, there will be a quest completion reward, so this job is fairly profitable”
Hearing Yunyun’s explanation, I looked at the charred toads
There were three dead toads near us
Selling theet us 15,000 eris
If we killed another two more, there would be an additional 100,000 eris