episode_0078

Crackle crackle-

Because I tore the net and the skein with my bare hands.

“That guy······How did he break the made at the Tricone Shop······.?!”

That’s not a valid question.

Rather than asking how it was solved, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to ask how it was made?

In any case, the strength of the net was so weak that it could be easily torn apart with one hand.

I quickly used my wind chase technique to approach Trico. Just as he was preparing to strike me with a decisive blow.

Trico suddenly fell to his knees.

“I lost! I lost cleanly.”

Huh…? Why are you suddenly using formal language?

Trico and his party get down on their knees and start crying.

After that, I was wondering what to do with them, and then I heard a rustling sound and looked back.

There, the young ladies were seen tearing the net that had wrapped around them, or throwing it off, and using their wits to avoid the trap.

However, not all the honors escaped. The only people who escaped on their own were Hotaru-senpai, Arisha, Darae, Ryona, and me.

Choa, Yuigahama, Luzelin, and the others tried to escape, but ended up getting tangled in the net······

“Ugh, I imitated what you did to me······.？”

“Is the flexibility of the elf the same as yours?!”

I scolded each person in turn.

The 【Temple of the Dragon】where we are heading tomorrow is full of dangerous traps. Even traps like this. If I can’t solve them on my own? I’ll just be a burden.

“Yuna, you should have gotten out······.”

Then Yuna smiled awkwardly.

“······ They are monsters.”

“Well. In terms of actual stats, Yuna, you probably have the highest···？”

“What···？”

Yuna made a shocked face, as if she didn’t know this fact.

I thought that maybe Yuna was currently resisting the “quest” given to her, unlike her original character.

‘I guess I’ll have to ask about this later when I have time.’

Again, just as I was about to turn my head towards the Greco guys, I sensed something suspicious from the bushes. When I looked into the identity, I saw a man hiding there.

The opponent was a man of considerable noble birth, wearing a brand new training suit and with a sturdy build that allowed him to swing a massive iron sword with one hand.

‘That’s strange, the guy I saw a little while ago seemed thin…’

Anyway, I think I know who the guy who just popped out is.

Because the new training uniform he was wearing was identical in design to his older brother’s training uniform from the Feder Federation.

“These guys! What are you doing?!”

The man turned straight to Trico and his group and scolded them. Perhaps that was natural?

Installing a trap on a person is a practice that will never be tolerated anywhere.

“Okay, I was wrong!”

The Trico group felt overwhelmed by the sight of the huge man and began to apologize again.

Oh, why did they act like that if they were going to apologize so quickly?

Soon, the Trico group was looking at the ground and muttering.

“What did I say? Lucius is a monster among monsters who defeated a 4th-grade beast!”

“I thought it was ridiculous. How could a first-year student defeat a level 4 beast!”

A large man who had heard those words came forward and shook my hand, revealing his name.

“Wow, that Lucius you heard about! Nice to meet you. My name is Sergei Konstantin.”

“Ahㅡ Hello. Do you know Anastasia?”

Anastasia was the second daughter born into a noble family in the Bear State of the Feder Federation.

And that guy was the eldest son of Alexei Konstantin, the leader of the infamous Eastern Orthodox ‘Van Helsing’ unit.

“Oh, you know Anastasia? Is she my sister’s friend?”

“Not me, my sister is my friend.”

Then, Choa, who was next to me, nodded and greeted me.

“Oh, hello?! I’ve heard a lot about you, hyung.”

“······.”

By the way, Choa had short hair, didn’t she?

When his sister’s friend with short hair called him “hyung,” Sergei frowned and looked embarrassed.

“This guy is so damn handsome.”

“······in?!”

Then, all the honors in that place looked at me at once and held their breath.

Since my younger sister Choa was obviously a girl, I naturally assumed that Sergei’s words were referring to me.

I shook my head.

No. Choa is a girl! She just calls me hyung because it feels weird to call me oppa to all the men except me.

Then the Trico gang muttered

“That guy! Look at him trying to flatter me to survive!”

“How vicious must Lucius’s nature be that the world’s monster tanker Sergei says empty words without thinking about it?!”

There seems to be some huge misunderstanding going on…

No, Choa is a girl!

“Hahahaha! Anyway, my sister’s friends will soon be my friends! I’m originally from Arpen Academy, but somehow I ended up coming to Daesurim as an exchange student. Are you the same?”

In that regard, Arpen Academy is located in a trading port where cutting-edge digital media cities are concentrated. As a result, the number of monsters is relatively small, and the demand for ‘battle events’, which are important events for early growth, is low.

So, whether they were characters or users, if they had good equipment and travel expenses, they would go on a warrior training expedition as far away as possible in the beginning.

It was no different for Uriel.

Arisha was originally supposed to go on a training retreat to the southern rainforest every weekend, but because of me, her training location changed to the Great Forest.

“Have you also come to Daesurim to practice martial arts?”

I was about to nod, but then shook my head. The nobles place a lot of importance on promises and trust. However, they cannot carelessly reveal top secret information.

“I came to see the baby.”

“Ae······.？！”

“Yeah, I heard there are a lot of mysterious pets here. I think I should catch one and raise it when it’s young.”

“Oh, if you need my help, just ask me anything!”

Sergei was actually a five-star supporting male character that could be obtained when the female protagonist chose the female version. There was no need to refuse the favor of such a character, but it would be unacceptable for a top-secret project to be exposed.

Still, I guess I can ask about geography lightly. The map of has an activity radius that is as large as the actual size of the Earth, so it was impossible for the user to explore all of the places. That’s why I don’t have much knowledge about geography.

In particular, I couldn’t find much information about the village of Kalavinka even if I went to the library and looked through the literature from time to time.

“I’m going to meet Guardian Kuma for a bit, then head to Calavinka Village.”

“Calavinka Village?! Why are you going to such a dangerous and remote place······ Aha, did you go there on purpose to find and deal with only the fourth-grade monster species?”

“You could say it’s similar.”

In fact, dragon eggs······are special grade, beyond first grade.

And in a situation related to a confidential project like this, there’s no way a large raid monster above level 4 can’t pop out.

“Keeww!! You’re only a freshman, but you’re already training as a warrior with such courage. I respect you, Lucius.”

Eventually, Sergei followed me to the guard post.

As I headed toward the guard post, I asked Trico and his party a few questions, as they were terrified and surrendered as soon as I showed them the strength to tear the net.

“You guys… were actually tailing Lakkuma?”

“Oh, how can I know that fact···.”

Isn’t it obvious?

The guys were busy covering their skirts and underwear while the girls were turned inside out by Olmu. They had looked at Lakkuma dozens of times.

“Tell me, why can’t you just harass Lakkuma like that? If you don’t tell me, I’ll report this to Forest Inspector Kuma right now.”

In other words, it is an immediate report that he is after the daughter of a powerful person.

Trico and his party waved their hands with thoughtful faces and said:

“Eww! Are you trying to harass me? That’s outrageous!”

“Actually, it’s the exact opposite! Opposite!!”

* * *

After a while.

We met with Kuma, the 【Forest Inspector】.

“You really want to go see that Kuma-sama alone?”

“That guy Lucius, isn’t he actually the son of God?”

“Something like the king’s hidden illegitimate child?”

While the speculations of Trico and his group were running wild, Kuma was surprised when he heard about Lakkuma’s transfer plan.

“That, that, won’t do!”

“Why?”

“Because I have to take care of Lakkuma from close by. But if the information about such bullying is true, I absolutely cannot sit by and watch.”

Kuma-sama gave me a special mission.

“Please, Lucius. There is no one here to trust right now. Gather evidence against the guys who are collectively harassing my daughter, and I will give you a surprising gift.”

“For example, something like transferring schools?”

“Ahem······ That won’t work.”

Although the 【Blue Dragon Tower】 in Daesurim is a prestigious academy, it cannot compare to the Arpen Academy, which was built through cooperation with international organizations.

In any case, the wish of all parents is for their children to receive a better education, so why is Kuma against transferring to Rakuma?

“Eeeek······Mom! Let me transfer to the same school as Lucius!”

While Kuma was making a fuss, I deduced one clue from the information I had obtained.

“Is it because Lakkuma is a homunculus?”

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▼ This is Lakkuma-chan, who is begging to be transferred to the same academy as Lucius…!!