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High School Hack and Slash Chapter 23 Part 1

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Pasifista

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Club Room

「To think that we’d find the 『Officer』 and the super rare 『Healer』 we’ve been looking for at the same, don’t you think that’s a bit too good to be true?」

Holding the straw of a vanilla shake in her mouth, Mai shows an ingenious act of puffing out her cheeks while sucking on it, raising slurping sound.

I believe that is thanks to Yuki-chan’s fortune-telling.

I offer packs of Ohagi and Zunda Mochi into the Item Box as a thank you.

The already emptied packs are promptly spitted out and returned to me, so it seems that she likes them very much.

I buy up all the packs of Ohagi and Zunda Mochi that are piled up on the cart in the Japanese sweets corner and offer them to her, so I hope she could enjoy them with ease.

「Natsu-chan and Haru-chan are both good girls, so I’m sure we’ll be able to get along well.」

Saki, stuffing her cheeks with a dorayaki held with both hands, is a very happy-go-lucky girl.

Above all, both are good girls with no dark side, so it seems impossible for them to harbor jealousy or any other fuzzy feeling.

By the way, Saki and Shizuka are of the Japanese sweets faction.

Shizuka is relaxing and enjoying herself with a teacup in her hand, and a pile of strawberry daifuku standing in front of her.

I’ve heard that she has a separate room for dessert, but I do think it’s amazing how she’s able to heartily eat anko treats right after finishing up her lunch.

Perhaps these kinds of sweet treats are treated as luxury items, so they are awfully expensive should the price be converted to yen.

「… To begin with, they can’t use their skills outside, can they?」

Mai grumbles in a whisper that can’t be heard by the twin sisters.

I bet Seiichi is also aware about it, but there ought to be some means to overcome it, be it to take his sister here if push comes to shove.

Speaking of said Seiichi, with the class information papers laid out on the table, he is in the middle of giving a passionate lesson to the twin sisters.

I can sense the help-seeking gaze from Natsumi and Miharu, so let’s keep it in moderation.

I’ve already received consent from the two to do a change their and turn them into 『Officer』 and 『Healer』.

As for which one will turn into which, it is yet to be decided.

At first, they seemed to be okay with either, but Seiichi’s onslaught seems to have put a damper on the 『Healer』.

The resume of the class change arranged by Seiichi is well organized and easy to understand.

It is easier to understand than the academy’s textbook.

First step class: Archetype

『Fighter』

『Thief』

『Arts User (Magi)』

『Craftsman』

『Officer』

『Debauchee (NEET)』

These are the basic classes.

Normally, you upgrade and change from these six classes to the second step class.

Seiichi and the others may have skipped the first step class and changed their class straight to second step class, but they don’t diverge from the archetype class route.

Seiichi turned into 『Ninja』, a superior branching of 『Thief』.

Mai turned into 『Sorcery User (Wizard)』, a superior branching of 『Arts User (Magi)』.

Shizuka turned into 『Miko』, a superior branching of 『Arts User (Magi)』.

Incidentally, 『Miko』 is a female only class, while 『Jingikan』 rare class of the same class style seems to be male only.

I don’t know the distinction between archetype and rare classes, but I guess they’re scarce.

On the other hand, the one in the rare class route is the 『Swordsman』, Saki.

『Swordsman』 is a first step class.

It’s a rare class of the 『Fighter』 branching, with the attribute value correction specialized more in speed.

Compared to the Almighty battle style of 『Fighter』 that doesn’t differentiate between weapons, 『Swordsman』 is specialized in battle style that utilizes sword.

『Swordsman』 skill, 『Slash』, cannot be activated with any weapon other than a sword.

Instead, when it comes to battle style that utilizes swords, it is comparable to that of a second step class.

The archetype class will also specialize as it progresses to higher branching, but I guess the rare class is crookedly specialized even from lower classes.

Even 『Healer』, which is SR in terms of rarity, the flow of its upgrade change is no different.

The special ones are the trap classes classified as SSR (Specially Super Rare).

The Lord class for the boys and the Princess class for the girls fall under this category, they may have the assortment of high attribute value correction and rule-breaking skills, but not only are the penalties no jokes, they don’t seem to be useful in battle either.

Above all, they require a large amount of EXP to level up, so they are said to be a dead end class that is virtually impossible to have another class change.

The ones classified as 『GR』 are— unknown, or rather, 『God Slayer Apprentice (Judas Jr.)』 and 『Thunder God Apprentice (Raijin Jr.)』 are not even listed in the class dictionary.

I’ve more or less been able to level up, so I’d like to do another class change and go back to the archetype route at once.

「Seiichi, you should pause the speech for once.」

「No, but you see…」

Miharu and Natsumi are staring sorrowfully at the soft, freshly baked soufflé cheesecake that has ended up shriveling up.

Even though it’s said that the girls’ resentment pertaining to sweets will haunt you for centuries, he’s a bit too impatient.

There’s no problem as long as the class change is decided by tomorrow’s dungeon dive.

Regardless of which path they wish to take, I bet their battle style will remain the same since the suitable candidates are all of non-combat classes.

Rather than holding a lecture pertaining to class change to higher steps, including the two, I believe upgrading our equipment takes precedents.

When it comes to non-combat classes, they have no skills that can directly inflict damage, so their weapon is crucial.

「… That’s certainly right. My bad, looks like I’ve been too hurried.」

「Geez, just look, the two are totally put off by you. You sure are quick to come (ahead of things), Seiichi.」

「Don’t say something that may cause misunderstanding in a loud voice.」

Giving Mai – who goes nyanya and making kitten punches, begging for his attention – a bitter smile, he brings his already cold coffee to his mouth.

「My knife is also broken and all, after all. Should we go and check out the purchasing department together, then?」

「About that, I’ve got a connection that seems to be better than buying a weapon at the purchasing department.」

「… The heck is that? I have a really bad feeling about it.」

What a rude person he is.

Or so I think, but the gazes from Shizuka and the others are also strangely Wet.

Somehow, I can’t help but feel that the level of confidence from my comrades is declining.

I should try to make an appeal of my charm of being a nice guy overflowing with wit to the newly joining members here.

Borrowing the plate of soufflé cheesecake that has gone cold, I casually put it in and out of the Item Box.

If it gets warmed, I’m sure the flavor will recover slightly, and even if it ends up getting chilled, it should turn into rare cheesecake-like.

When I put the plate back in front of Miharu and Natsumi, the soufflé cheesecake has been replaced with ohagi and zunda mochi.

Too much of an alchemy.

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Speaking of the handling of magic items obtained in the dungeon, private ownerships of the students were allowed for as long as they are still enrolled in the academy.

However, it was basically forbidden to take them out of the academy grounds, including the student street.

But then, the academy was by no means completely isolated from the outside world, nor were there any restrictions on the entry or exit of goods or people.

There were even those who took the supernatural items out of the academy beyond the watchful eyes of the authorities.

These magic items could indeed display their effect in the present realm, but their functions rapidly deteriorated outside the area of the academy grounds, the connection point to the everlasting realm.

In the present realm, where the concentration of miasma was low, the magical energy from the magic item’s circuitry wound up getting volatilized.

As for higher-ranked magic items that the items themselves generate miasma, they were put under surveillance of the academy.

The rarity of the magic items stipulated by the academy was not determined by their effects or functions, but by the amount of astral contained within.

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