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High School Hack and Slash Chapter 156 Part 2

Kuh, looks like I’ve been had.

For it to be a teleportation trap, nicely done.

It’s a terrifying psychological trap that uses your pure curiosity against you.

It’s fortunate that Linda-chan didn’t get caught in the trap.

There’s no human-like presence in the surrounding area.

Instead, there’s a number of monster-like gigantic pressures.

In terms of sensation, they’re New World class.

As I assume the pose of stretching out my hand to take out my armaments from the Item Box, something I do without needing to think about it at this point, I come to a halt.

How should I put it, there’s no response.

「Mmm.」

The same is true even when I give it another try.

Thinking about it again, I’m at a loss about how I’ve been using the Item Box.

No, on second thought, Yuki-chan is here in this world, so I guess it stands to reason that I can’t use the Item Box that I’ve asked her to manage for me, huh.

The shimenawa misanga that Yuki-chan gave me is fishy, but I promised her that I wouldn’t take it off.

I believe she said it was to seal my divine power or something like that.

「Come forth, clouds.」

Summoning the fuzzy clouds is also a no go.

Lightning strikes are also impossible.

The Raijin style acceleration technique is also unavailable.

In addition to the Item Box, the Interface is also inaccessible.

If I have to guess, the authority (skill) associated with the GR class must have been sealed.

As I take another look at my surroundings, the place is a dense forest dotted with huge stones.

On the overlapping trees, red berries are borne.

Pushing through those trees, a gigantic spider-shaped monster is charging at me.

With wire-like jointy legs and a head like an ox, its huge body rivals that of a tank.

I intercept its front leg, which is swung down like a sickle, with a high kick.

I sure am being looked down upon here.

Boys are always battle ready, and they won’t falter even if they have to go at it empty-handed.

Well, even though I can’t use my skills, the HP barrier seems to be working just fine.

Taking on the charge head-on, I grip the two fangs with both hands.

「Kuha! Hahaha!」

As it is, I pluck off the fangs and twist off the head.

The head ends up flying off due to me putting too much force into it, but I guess there’s no doubt that this monster is an Ushi-oni.

They’re ingredient monsters that appear around the dungeon 21st stratum, and also tend to pop up in raids.

It’s a ravenous set sporting the body of a cow and the legs of a crab.

While I’m thinking that it would make a nice souvenir for Yuki-chan, for some reason, the presences of the monsters that have been drawing near start to move away.

Even if I want to chase after them, I can’t use the Item Box, so I can’t engage in souvenirs securing works.

Perhaps it’s because I’ve gotten too accustomed to convenient skills, but I find even such a thing inconvenient.

If I had the Senpais with me, I think I could’ve asked them to make me a large two-wheeled wagon or something, but I don’t have that kind of skill.

For the time being, let’s grill the crab legs and eat them.

As expected, I have some apprehension about eating them raw.

As for Yuki-chan’s share, I guess there should be no problem as long as I catch a couple of them later for her.

Given the fact that the Ushi-oni doesn’t turn into a crystal, I guess it’s proof that this place is a raid, huh, as expected.

「Well then, what to do now….」

Even when I looked for dead branches, I couldn’t find any torii-like objects in the surrounding area.

Sticking the crab legs around the fire, I pluck some pomegranate-like fruits as I wait for them to roast.

To be honest, the fact that I don’t notice that is my negligence.

Me sensing no hostility is no more than an excuse.

Being sent flying by the crushing blow I receive on my back, I fly through the air, snapping trees in the process.

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―― Episode『Asagi-sou Daily Phase』 ――

「… Ahh.」

Shizuka, trembling with a twitch, put her hand on her chest.

「Touma-san is….」

Her hips floated for a moment, but the stove’s magical power was mighty.

Furthermore, the supplied snacks were also never ending.

「I boiled, some azuki beans. Have a taste, please.」

「I’ve been waiting for this!」

Asura and the others jumped at the pot that Meiron brought.

「This one, should be made into oshiruko (sweet bean soup with mochi).」

「Ozenzai (sweet azuki bean soup) is also hard to discard.」

「Haru-chan, Natsu-chan, isn’t that the same thing?」

At the question of Otoha, who had come back before they knew it, the twins looked at each other and let out a sigh.

「Oshiruko is 『Oshiruko』.」

「In other words, it’s a soup of anko (sweet bean paste).」

「Ozenzai is 『Ozenzai』.」

「This one is, something to taste anko without the soup.」

「Kanto style classification, is it not? In the Kansai region, though, it seems that the one made with koshi-an (smooth anko) is oshiruko, while the one with tsubu-an (coarse anko) is ozenzai.」

「Both are delicious, so it doesn’t matter which one you go with.」

Asura, heartily stuffing her cheeks with roasted mochi with a generous coating of anko, wagged her tail.

「Hnn~, delish~.」

「The moderate sweetness is dangerous. I feel like I can eat as many as there is to it.」

The duo of Shinobu and Mirin had also joined them as new guardians of the heater (Stovekeepers).

In addition to them, the dorm residents who had too much time to spare also joined them one after another, turning it into a grand sweet-tooth party.

「Sorry to have kept you waiting. Here’s Japanese-style parfait topped with fresh cream~」

Served grandly on the glass flat plate was a collaboration of anko, cream, and fruit.

Unlike the three who had joined the guardians group, Nodoka positioned herself among the pampering group.

「Good job, Nodoka! This one will definitely be delicious.」

「It will also go perfectly will with black tea.」

Mai and the other guardians of the sweet (Sweetkeepers), with their own spoons in their hands, were going kyakya ufufu as they chomped down on the mass of calories.

Among the members of the guardians of the sweet, which was headed by Mai, Serie and other dormitory students were also in the mix.

「Geez, how should I put it, I think I’m getting heartburn just looking at it, or rather, frankly, it’s going to make you put on weight, isn’t it? That one.」

「Oh, dear. That’s no good, Seiichi-kun. It’s a taboo to say 『put on weight』 to girls, you know?」

In the corner of the club room (provisional), helping to peel the astringent skin off the chestnuts was Lady Guy, the guardian of Asura.

Even though it was a girls’ dormitory where under normal circumstances boys were off limits, they had become such a regular that no one was concerned about it at all.

That showed just how frequent Asura hang out there, but Kaoru himself was also the type of person who didn’t give off the opposite sex vibe.

「By the way, I don’t seem to see Touma-kun around, but is he out somewhere?」

「Beats me? But he’s a weirdly earnest guy, so maybe he’s helping the Senpais somewhere.」

「Fufufu. For you to be helping out like this, I think you’re also an earnest boy yourself, Seiichi-kun.」

The basket in Rinko’s hand was filled with a pile of additional chestnuts.

They had been soaked in lukewarm water to make them easier to peel.

「Whoa… Just how many are there? Please give me a break.」

「These are the ones from when we went to do chestnut picking with everyone in the fall, after all. There’s still about one burlap sack worth, I suppose. They will make a delicious marron glacé, so do your best.」

「I think Mai and Doggy-senpai are going to eat up all of them, though.」

Seiichi, shrugging his shoulders, let out a sigh with a knife in one hand.