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High School Hack and Slash Chapter 23 Part 2

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Pasifista

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Nevertheless, it was a dungeon, so the magic items yielded were in an enormous number.

It was for this reason that once a month, an auction sponsored by the academy was held for magic items with high rarity that could be traded for a hefty amount of sen.

The remaining ones were retrieved through trading at the purchasing department, but for the petite rare magic items that were unworthy to be exhibited in the auction, trades amongst fellow students were acknowledged.

That was why the flea market was held once a month on the first Sunday of the month.

Each club could apply to set up a stall and pay a fee to rent the ground space and stalls.

In order to exchange sen that was a kind of virtual currency, there was a need for the cashier installed on the stall to rewrite their prepaid card.

Most of the stalls were selling dungeon-born equipment and potions, but there were also stalls selling self-made items created by those with 『Craftsman』 branching classes using monsters materials, as well as corn dogs, takoyaki and so on, bringing forth liveliness like that of a fair.

Other than auctions and flea markets, the exchange of items was done through a barter trade.

That would be an exchange unauthorized by the academy, but it was common, especially among first-year students, to trade various weapons from the goblin series that they didn’t use.

It was guaranteed for trouble to occur as they unknowingly traded magic weapons or cursed weapons.

「Oh, somehow it looks like a store.」

Mai was astonished by the magically remodeled club room of 『Adept Works』 at the prefab club building.

「It’s… so conspicuous, or rather, too much of a High Sense, isn’t it?」

The banner flag printed in a strangely cute font was swaying in the wind.

The front counter was adorned with a fresh head, a beckoning cat and a Fukusuke doll, and a signboard of 『 ADEPT☆WORKERS』 written with neon tubes-like electrical letters was hung.

「So there is also a club like this, huh.」

「I’m getting a little excited!」

Shizuka, who looked impressed, and Saki, who for some reason was excited, clenched their fists.

Miharu and Natsumi clasped their hands together and trembled from the trauma of the club building.

「!?… Hiyaa!」

The fresh head on the counter rolled over and the closed eye lids opened.

Raising a strange voice, the twins clung to Touma’s back.

「Hmm… Could you possibly be customers? Welcome~, welcome to Adept Workers.」

Kuaa… The yawning fresh head, not it, the vice president stretched out at the counter like a cat.

From the way she rested her chin on the counter as well as her limp and listless figure, one could see her nonexistent desire to work.

「Looks like the club room has been converted into a stall. Will it be alright?」

「I suppose it’s not particularly prohibited by the academy regulation. There don’t seem to be anyone else who does it, though.」

The vice president, who looked like a soggy egg yolk, stared at Touma and the others.

「You guys are first-years, right? We have also put some sample equipment, so feel free to take a look at them.」

「That’s a great help. In a lot of ways.」

「This is a weapon dropped by goblins, right?」

The spot where the counter was installed was quite deep into the club room, so from the entrance, around four tatami mats-space was allocated for item display shelves.

What Mai was holding was an easy to use short sword.

It was an item dropped by goblins and was referred to as 『Little Demon sword』 in classification.

However, the broken and dull blade had been re-sharpened to the point of looking like a mirror, and the handle had also been remade for human use.

The grips were wrapped with dungeon monster drop materials: leather straps and vivid patterned strings, giving it a more fashionable handmade look than the utility-only manufactured goods sold in the purchasing department.

「… So an item turns into such an article when you recycle it, huh. Looks like I’ve underestimated drop items, or rather, 『Craftsman』 class.」

「Yup, you have to properly polish the weapons you pick up in the dungeon before you use them, you know?」

「Ah, it’s cute. It has a key folder. I think I want one.」

「Katana, there seem to be none of it.」

Having looked around at the display shelves, Saki was dispirited.

Most of the items on display were goblin-drop weapons, so there were no swords qualified to be called a katana.

「We do accept creation by order as well. But there’s also workshop usage fee and all, so I guess it’s not really recommendable to take the trouble of casting and forging goblin weapons.」

「No, no, no, it’s much better than the ones sold in the purchasing department. The price is also about the same, after all.」

「But they just don’t sell well, you see–. I wonder why–.」

Showing no motivation, she plopped on the counter like a yolk.

Even if there was a demand and their product quality was high, if the sales were bad, the business wouldn’t be able to survive.

「We’ll buy some for you.」

「Thank you for your patronage~. Even though you’re still a first-year student, it looks like you’ve already earned some sen. How admirable.」

「Thankee. You’re a senior one year above us, right? I’d like you to have some processing, but can I ask it to be done here?」

「Customization will cost extra. But it’s been a while since we’ve had a customer, so I might as well throw it in as a service.」

「For real?! That’ll make me real happy.」

Judging that they had some utility value, Seiichi floated a refreshing smile on his face and switched to friendly mode.

Heaving out a sigh, Mai’s likability of him seemed to be steadily decreasing.

「We’re also planning to establish a club, so I want to get along with your club, Senpai. Well, you see, we’re talking about someone Touma made connection with here, so I was wondering what kind of dangerous person you were, though.」

「… Ah, so you’re Touma-kun–. I see–.」

Touma, hugging and patting the back of the twins who were clinging on his uniform, nodded toward her.

「Is Mikan-senpai here?」

「Yes. It’s just about time for everyone to come back from the workshop room, after all — Don’t run away, okay?」

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「Ah, it’s you, Touma-kun, Yahoo.」

「I’ve taken you up on your offer and paid you an unannounced visit.」

「Ahaha, you’re strangely stuffy, aren’t you, Touma-kun? You can just act more frankly, you know.」

Apron-clad Mikan-senpai throws a retort at me in all smile.

I think Mikan-sepai – who is willing to associate with me, who is shy with strangers, in a friendly manner – is a person of character.

「… Are they really friends?」

「… Prez is in very a good mood, after all.」

「… No extermination?」

「… What a rape-looking face he’s showing there.」

「… Could it be that spring has come for Prez?」

The club members of 『Adept Workers』 are all surrounding and observing us from afar.

Each club member seems to be of crafter type class, and a long object, a hammer, an axe, and even a morning star are at the ready in their hands.

They seem to be whispering something in secret, but it is lively and boisterous.

Most of them are of the 『Craftsman』 classes, but some are of the superior branching class.

It seems to be a pure production type club, with all the members being 『Craftsman』 branching and women.

「Are you really okay, Mikan-chan? Are you really not being blackmailed into telling a lie?」

「Eh, Why? I’ve properly explained it to you, haven’t I?」

「Touma, you were lying when you said that you seriously didn’t rape her, right? Are you blackmailing her? What are you threatening her with?」

「There’s a need for us to have a heart-to-heart talk for once.」

You should drink some of Mikan-senpai’s nail dirt.

「For the time being, come on in. We’ve finished re-sharpening the ones that seem good, after all.」

「Pardon the intrusion.」

Ducking through the western door that looks like the ones seen in western bar at the edge of the counter, we intrude upon the inside of the club room.

The inside, separated from the outside by a locker and a partition, has tatami laid out, and seems to have been turned into a relaxing space.

Not only is it equipped with a chabudai, a zabuton, a kettle, and snacks, the room design is also on the cute-ish side in a lot of ways, like that of a girl’s room.

How wonderful, it’s the ideal space for chatting.

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