Vol 3 Chapter 2 (2/2)

I heard the guild stafftoads would make money quickly This was indeed profitable

It was very profitable, but…

“Okay You should be confident now Ask the guild to collect the dead toads Let’s go to the forest”

“It’s too early!? Let’s do another round!”

I admonished Yunyun, as shocked

“It’s noticeable after fighting a bit Truly, the ic Clansmen like us is too powerful Don’t waste time with the trash monsters here Let’s find ood for gaining levels”

“That’s true But Megu! Uh, I’ I think in our current situation, ill surely encounter that demon if we enter the forest…”

“It’s even better if we encounter it Think I defeated Anis, okay? Despite how she looked, Anis was a greater de demon in the forest? Yunyun can take on the trash monsters If that demon appears, I will take care of it How is this?”

Hearing my self-confident words, Yunyun looked at me suspiciously

“… Is it really okay? Whenever Megumin is so confident, she usually screws up…”

“H-How rude! Think about it If we defeated that demon, ould be thanked by the other adventurers Then, there would be plenty of parties inviting us to join them…”

“…… I’ll go”

And so we decided to go

PART 7

In the dense green forest, we penetrated deeper with Yunyun at the front

We had not encounter anysmoothly

When I cao, ere attacked by sli today”

“Flying squirrels? There are flying squirrels in this forest? Flying squirrels sound rather cute”

Yunyun said calnorant of how scary they were

It seeood for her to be urinated upon once

“Oh Speak of the devil”

There was so

Yunyun becaer

What appeared before us was…!

“S-So cute…!!”

Yunyun muttered with shi+ny eyes

The thing that appeared before us was about the size of a s It was a rabbit with cute round eyes and fuzzy fur

But there was a horn on its forehead

But regardless of how cute it ht be, a monster was still a monster

TL Note: The horned rabbit is a /wiki/Al-mi’raj

“Yunyun, this is the uild staff warned me to be very careful about It’s a One Hit Rabbit (aka Lovely Rabbit) Don’t be reckless just because it is cute Kill it carefully”

“Eh!? We are killing it!?”

Yunyun said on the verge of tears

Even if you looked at me like that, it was still a monster

Since ere adventurers…!

“Chu—…”

The rabbit cried out before us

And tilted its head slightly

E-Even if it was this cute, a monster was still a monster

We must not be reckless…!

In a ered shakily over to Yunyun’s feet

“S-So cute…! What should we do, Megumin? So cute! It’s too cute! It must be a mistake to consider it a monster! After all, it’s so cute!”

“Wake up This is the uild staff warned us about And I’erous name like ‘One Hit Rabbit’ Don’t be…”

As I spoke, the One Hit Rabbit stared at me with its wet red eyes

“Chu—?”

It tilted its head as if saying, “Can’t you touch me?”

… I wanted to touch it

I wanted to hug it roughly and touch it!

“Coie sticks! Come and eat, eat~”

Yunyun had already fallen She left soround Those were probably her afternoon snacks

“So cunning I also want to…”

Feed it— As I was about to say that

The rabbit ignored the veggie stick and continued to stagger towards Yunyun

There were rustling in the after-growth from which the rabbit appeared

“…… ……?” X2

We shared a look and extended our heads over the after-growth for a look…

White rabbits were surrounding a huge thing

What were the rabbits doing there?

… Upon a closer look, we realized what they were doing

A huge gray as lying there It was dead with a huge hole in its body

And the rabbits were surrounding it

The hole was probably caused by the sharp horn

In other words…

“Carnivores!?” X2

We cried out in shock The rabbits turned towards us

I took a glance at the rabbit that was still ot down into prone position

In awhite flashed pass above my head

At the sa struck the tree

I looked back in trepidation and saw the rabbit struggling as its horn pierced my hat and the tree

I ran over to the struggling rabbit, which was still stuck on the tree, and broke its neck

I pulled the un rabbit off the tree and recovered my hat

“Yunyun, these monsters are just shameless! They will act cute and harmless, then suddenly ambush you!!”

“Such a cute thing It even goes ‘Chu—’ What kind of vicious monsters are these!?”

The rabbits pounced towards us!

PART 8

We finally escaped the mob of rabbits and rested on a tree stump

“Ugh, why is it like this? It made a hole in my hat… I’ll have to borrow thread and needle froet back to the hotel…”

I hugged e of tears

“(Puff)… (Puff)… S-So scary… When cute ot practically induce a heart attack…”

After usingheavily as a lot of her ic poas consumed Her face was pale as she said that

They were indeed scary enemies

The initial staggering as probably an act

After that, while chasing us, their pacing was so fast…!

“We ed to escape because there were soback the bodies of the rabbits we et reward for rabbit meat”

“That’s true, but Meguo back to where those killer rabbits are? I don’t They looked so cute yet they were feasting on the wolf Just watching that scene made me want to cry”

I agreed

I didn’t want to go back either

“Meguic in the earlier battle At least, go back to hunt on the plains”

Hearing Yunyun’s suggestion, I nodded unwillingly

After resting a while, we took a detour to return to the city, avoiding the location where we met the rabbits

“By the way, I gained a level fro all those rabbits earlier At this rate, it won’t take too long for ic”

Yunyun said happily

“… From tomorrow on, let’s stay in the plains to hunt weak monsters”

“W-Why? You just don’t want ht?”

As Yunyun grabbed and shook my shoulders violently, I suddenly noticed it

“…? Is so? Do you hear it?”

That was a slight treround

“…? Yes What is it? Monsters? Good tiain another level…”

Yunyun also noticed the sound from faraway

“So cunning My turn now Yunyun, please standby”

“What are you saying? Meguht? Even if you don’t want e?”

Yunyun said uneasily

It was indeed strange

Or rather, the amount of cries…

“I have a bad feeling about this Let’s try to avoid this, okay?”

“F-Fine I had enough today anyway Let’s go back and use thethe toads for a meal”

As Yunyun said, the noises became even louder

This was the sound of ain…!

“Quick, run, Yunyun! This is bad It will be dangerous if we stay here”

“W-Wait for h!”

The noises that was closing in ceased without us noticing

The surroundings becarowth behind us

What suddenly jumped out from there were…

The One Hit Rabbits that we fought previously

Either they were chasing us or so them

The rabbits before us did not look cute anymore

“Chu—!” X5

The rabbits appeared behind in twos and threes, crying out together

“Megu! W-What should we do!?”

“Y-You try to buy me some time I will destroy them in one shot!”

I said to Yunyun, who used ic on the first wave of rabbits I raised my staff and started my incantation

“Using Explosion ht!? I even avoided using Fire Ball so I won’t start a forest fire! Blade of Wind!”

A One Hit Rabbit pounced at Yunyun, as retreating as she chant her incantation

Yunyun drew her dagger i some sparks

“If it goes on, ill be eaten by rabbits! Destroying nature is nothing If I fear such things, I won’t becoet down!”

“Eh!? Wh…! Wait…!!”

“Explosion——!!”

I unleashedthat I will be dragged into the explosion as well

The tip of the staff glowed and the light shot into the mob of rabbits

In an instance, the surrounding trees were bloay by the explosive flames

Yunyun and I were helplessly blown off by the violent winds—

PART 9

“—Hey… Humans… Hey, humans Still alive?”

I heard this seely faraway sound

It seemed I lost consciousness for some time

I was currently lying flat on the ground

My cheeks felt painful due to tree branches or so, so I should still be in the forest

I openedface

I distractedly slapped Yunyun’s cheeks

Seeing Yunyun reacted to the pain, I breathed out in relief to know that she was fine

How long was I unconscious?

I used Explosion ic power had recovered for

“Are you awake? Those eyes… Are you a Criic Clansman?”

A voice came from above my head

The speakerus while ere unconscious

“… Ugh So painful…? Where am I? Every part of my body hurts…”

Yunyun opened her eyes and propped herself up

I also got up—

And looked at the person who spoke earlier

“Yes I’—“

I turned my head and froze

Yunyun got up beside me and said casually

“…? What is it, Meguuic in such a close range… You What is… it…?”

Yunyun wanted to lecture aze—

“hello May I have a e black ical beast in this area… Wait Eh? Hey, your face looks familiar Or rather, you look like someone else…”

That was a demon

It had pitch black skin with a metallic luster

It also had huge bat-like wings

It had a body capable of suppressing a giant as well as very noticeable horns and teeth

A greater demon

This type of deeon It was looking right at us

“… My nareater a demon I’m ordained to be in service to a certain brat in future… How is ht? This should be your custoht?”

“Ahhhh!” X2

Looking at the deuish and ran away

TL Note: Insert i

PART 10

How far did we run?

We left the forest without realizing it After confirround

Yunyun must be scared out of her wits as her eyes were swollen fro

“(Puff)… (Puff)…! W-W-… What is that!? Th-That dereater de!”

“(Puff)… (Puff)… I really underesti this powerful…”

Honestly, if I encountered it alone, I would probably pee in fright

Anis, who I fought previously, was also a greater demon, but this one was really too scary

Yunyun calmed down slowly and said

“Megu about Criical beast…”

“I don’t really remember, but it’s pointless anyway I think he said I looked like someone… Neverlike that I don’t want to enter the forest anymore for now”

Yunyun’s face was pale while she nodded at hed heavily

“So tired… Hey, let’s go back to rest, okay?”

“Let’s do that… But before that, let’s go to the guild for the pay the toad meat We can also make a report on that demon”

We rested in the border between the plains and the forest, then walked towards the city

—We left very early in the ly, a considerable amount of time had passed

In the glow of the sunset, we opened the door to the Adventurer’s Guild

“I’m serious! It stared at the abandoned castle on the hill near the city! It then got on the headless horse pulling the war chariot and went somewhere…!”

There were adventurers drinking and being noisy everywhere, probably because this was the busy tiuild

We went pass the noisy crowd and approached the reception area

“Sorry for the trouble We are here to collect the payment”

“Oh It’s Miss Megumin and Miss Yunyun The toads have been collected Three toads for a total of 15,000 eris Please wait”

We said to the elder sister receptionist as preparing our payment

“Uh… May I ask if there is any request for One Hit Rabbits? We killed a lot in the forest”

I presented my Adventurer’s Card, which recorded the kills

“No One Hit Rabbits are ion of the forest People won’t normally be attacked by them, so there is no hunt quest… But someone saw theet for hunt quest”

Oh What a pity

… Ah, and that too

“Actually, we encountered the deence to introduce itself as a greater de presence confirm that it is a powerful demon”

Hearing this, the elder sister’s expression froze

“And it said that it was looking for a huge black ical beast It could communicate and didn’t suddenly attack us Maybe it is a friendly demon…”

Yunyun said as the elder sister wondered

“Huge blacklike that The Rookie Killer is a dangerousfor such a thing though? As a pet…?”

The elder sister was troubled for a while

“Oh Thanks for your report… Greater deerous anymore We ation is finished Please do not enter the forest anymore”

The elder sister said and handed over the payment for the toads

PART 11

“I think the this has become a major incident”

We were on our way back to the hotel

Yunyunthe way

“We encountered it at a very bad ti it, I could give it a…”

“Don’tlike that! I feel that deic!”

“… Oh Is this a challenge? Very well Let’s change our plans for too back to the forest…”

“No way! I definitely won’t enter the forest! You can go alone if you want!”

We bickered as alked pass the office for construction works

“Th-Thanks… Supervisor, you have been troubled…”

“Boss, you have been troubled~!”

The familiar and noticeable duo appeared before the office

It seeot off work

The guy looked really tired The girl, who hatedas if she spent a productive day

The guy staggered along and said

“Should we find a different job tomorrow…? As you said, we really cannot do this job”

I looked at the guy who complained

“What are you saying? Seriously, you are such a NEET… How can we change job suddenly after starting? Let’s go Use the wages to have a good bath and ain tomorrow!”

The girl’s eyes brightened and she clenched her fist

It see

“What are you standing there for? Megumin, do you know them?”

“… No I don’t know theo”

I urged Yunyun back to the hotel

… That’s right They were merely people I accidentally meet

But, for soood to see them

I was somewhat concerned

“I want to drink ice cold beer!”

“Hey, hey That’s alcohol Can we drink alcohol? What is the law in this country?”

“Seriously, why are you so timid? Then let’s make do with cold Neroid today”

“Neroid? What is Neroid?”

That girl did not reply

“I’o! Do you know? The public bath houses open at this tio ahead first!”

She shouted and ran off

“Ah! Hey Wait What the heck is Neroid!? By the way, if you run like that, you will fall…”

Before the guy finished saying, the girl fell down

“… Megumin Maybe it’s better if we don’t look…”

“T-True Let’s go”

I listened to the girl as crying after she dropped her purse when she fell—

We returned to the hotel

—A lot of things happened today

I took a quest with Yunyun, then hunted toads and rabbits

And encountered a greater demon

… What exactly is that demon?

When it saw my face, it said I looked like someone…

I reical beast

Now I thought of it, perhaps it ht have been better to listen to it further

I opened the door to ht about this—

After walking in, I immediately rushed out and knocked on Yunyun’s door

“Yunyun, I’m sorry Coical beast Cho!”

“What’s the food? You locked it in the rooht!? Didn’t you leave some water and food for it!?”

INTERLUDE: SCENE 2

—A Lonely Girl Who Was Troubled—

“Listen to ood recommendation! There is an excellent spearman by the naon Knight fro country He’s very famous…”

“Don’t you find it suspicious? Anyway, if he is so fa in the Rookie City? By the way, do you know his appearance?”

“Hm… Uh… I don’t know his appearance, but I heard that he is of noble birth! Except for those who bought their status with money, nobles should have blond hair and blue eyes! That’s right Just find a polite handsouy with blond hair and blue eyes!”

The noisy conversation echoed in the Adventurer’s Guild

Upon closer exairl who looked like a thief

Both of thee

“Excellent spearman, huh? Blond hair is very conspicuous Anyway, I want a wizard or priest If you see someone like that, please persuade the person”

A youngcheerfully with them

It seemed all three of them were in one party

Anyway, that big brother said he was looking for a wizard or priest just now…

This was a chance

If I continued to be so passive, the distance between umin would only widen

I had given up on adventurers coret later

I could not accept being inferior to Megumin all the time!

Ibrother with the ic sword…!

“Heh—!”

“Ha—!”

… After co brother, I turned back as I was afraid of the threatening gestures of the other two persons

—This wouldn’t do

I was a lonely coward, destined to be Number Two forever

At this time

“—Little girl, what is troubling you? Despite how I look, I’m still a priest If you don’t mind, I’ll listen to your problems”

As I sprawled on the table in despair over yet another failure to find companions, a beautiful elder sister came and talked to me

That elder sister earing a blue priestly robe, so she was probably an Axis Cultist

On the way to this city, I was troubled by the Axis Cultists, so I didn’t want to get involved with her, but…

“… After co that should have been easily resolved was unexpectedly difficult, so I was very troubled…”

Unwittingly, I confessed my problem to the elder sister

Even though the other person belonged to the Axis Cult, feared by everyone for their unrestrained behaviors

The elder sister quietly listened to my problem and then said

“No problem Lady Aqua will also help you”

Hearing her kind words, I couldn’t help but raise my head

As I looked at her respectfully, she immediately took out a piece of paper

She gently handed the paper toI had seen before

Axis Cult Recruitment Form

“Coood…!”

The elder sister’s attitude suddenly changed and forced me to receive the paper…!

“T-Too e of a kid’s depression Rescuing someone from the quicksand in order to kick the person off the cliff! Look at her happy expression!”

“Their doctrines teach thes that annoy others Unbelievable… But that kid still won’t…”

The people in the distance said as they observed our situation

I clutched the recruithtly

“I want to join the Axis Cult! In this way… In this way, I can ht!?”

“Eh!” X3

Hearingsister from the Axis Cult was surprised