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High School Hack and Slash Chapter 35 Part 1

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「Ah. Touma-kun, yahoo. So you really did come to help!」

「Yahoo. Mikan-senpai. Good morning.」

On the ground, which is rarely used even for classes, there are temporary tents and blue sheets set up.

Today is the day of the monthly flea market.

I went straight here after having breakfast at the dormitory, but it seemed that the set up preparations were already finished.

「I’ve come late. My apology.」

「Umm, that’s not the case at all. We just laid out the sheets and put up the rental stall, after all. The preparation for the store is just getting started.」

「Leave the heavy lifting to me.」

Me volunteering to help out at the『Adept Workers』 is the so-called returning the favor I’ve received from them.

It’s not that I’m lost in a game of seduction or anything.

「Humph. Come on, go and carry the stuff from the clubroom already. I, I’ll also come with you.」

「We’ll be in your care, Touma-kun.」

「Then, let’s get going~.」

Being led by the hands by Kurumi-senpai, Toukai-senpai, and Anzui-senpai, I get taken to the clubroom building.

It’s been since in the dining hall of Asagi-sou that I met the three Senpais.

The humidity of the gaze Vice-Prez Rinko pointing at me is high.

The main items to be exhibited at the flea market seem to be the goblin series weapons that our party has brought in a large amount.

The purpose is not to earn club funds, but a form of sympathy for the first-year students, wanting to give them some assistance in conquering the dungeon.

Mikan-senpai is a very compassionate lady.

It’s such a good bargain where the price is set to be lower than the beginner’s weapons sold in the purchasing department, but the performance is one rank higher.

You shan’t look down on them as drop items of small fry monsters.

The goblin weapons dropped directly in the dungeon may be rusty or dull, but the items themselves seem to be made of pretty good materials.

If you look at them from a game point of view, these weapons may be in a worn-out state where the durability of these weapons has deteriorated.

The goblin series weapons restored and customized by the Senpais of the『Adept Workers』 seem to boast performance on the same level as the『No Name』 Magic Weapon +1 appearing from the treasure chest.

I’ve been told until I get tired of it by Seiichi not to use Item Box in public, so I carry the container box where the weapons are stored altogether.

「… You, just how many kilos do you think that thing weighs? 」

「Any boys can carry something on this level.」

Kurumi-senpai’s cheek is twitching, but it may be a little heavy for girls.

「… Wait, if you put it down as is, we won’t be able to move it, so put it in the designated place.」

「Wow, you’re so strong, Touma-kun. As expected of a boy.」

Mikan-senpai is also skilled at tickling a man’s heart.

「Are you by chance equipped with some kind of physical strength-enhancing magic item?」

Rinko-senpai’s gaze remains fixed on me, but I have no such convenient item.

Something on this level is a child’s play for a boy.

「… There’s no way that’s the case at all, right? Your footprints are sinking into the ground, though.」

The bearing pressure of the top soil is too low, I wonder if it is shoddy work.

Or rather, Rinko-senpai’s picking is quite terse today.

「What? Have something you want to say to me?」

「Nothing in particular.」

Now I’m certain she’s in a bad mood.

I wonder if she’s hungry.

If I poke her carelessly, I feel like I may end up stirring up a hornet’s nest, so I should get her some refreshments later.

The goblin weapons that had been laid out on the blue sheets by types are like a fair stall at a festival.

Although there are still only students similarly on the stall side on the ground, everyone is making a happy and excited face.

The bell in the clock tower rings out as if to signal the beginning of the event.

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By the time the bell that signals noon rings, the state of the grounds also looks like that of a fair or a festival.

Just the first-year students, there are nearly a thousand bodies enrolled in the academy, and they all must have a lot of free time on their hands.

This is practically the first flea market for the first-year students since they enrolled in the school.

I guess not many first-year students have enough Sen to buy what they want, but simply looking around is also curious and interesting.

As expected most of the items are probably magic items acquired from the dungeon.

They are treated as the so-called joke items, which somewhat deviate from practical items.

There are things such as the『Rainbow Shield』, a shield that only change to seven colors, the『Flavor Sword』, a Maken that wafts appetizing aromas, the『Cat Hopper』, a pair of cat leg shoes that leave behind a trail of cat footprints, and even the『Pop-Up Brigandine』, an armor that can nullifies sword-only damage just once and shoots the wearer straight up.

I ended up impulsively buying the『Bearded Glasses』, a mask that allows you to do tap dance when you equip it.

Perhaps, if I get the details appraised, it will without a doubt say that it has the skill granting technique: Dance［Tap Dance］ or something.

I’m proud to say it was a good purchase.

I also wanted the『Bald Wig』, which seemed to be a set of equipment with it, but I didn’t have the Sen.

No Sen is the same as no head, in that you can’t choose your options.

But for the time being, I have enough remainder to get corn dogs for the Senpais as refreshments.

The stalls dealing with food are, of course, set up by the students too.

Yakisoba, yakitori, okonomiyaki, takoyaki, and shaved ice seem to be popular as the weather gets hot.

The cost of the stock seems to be very small, so I guess it’s a good way to make some extra Sen for the enjoy group, who don’t earn much in the dungeon.

With a pile of corn dogs on a paper plate in hand, I head for the booth of Adept Workers’ shop.

Spot-wise it isn’t exactly in a corner, but there are hardly any customers coming in the morning.

Apparently, the goblin series arms are not popular.

Even for first-year students, goblin weapons are equipment they can get through drop on their own.

Most likely, they must have thought that there’s no need to buy garbage weapons that are on the same level as the beginner set.

In fact, though, they’ve been customized and had their performance upgraded, becoming like something else entirely.

I have a feeling that the ability of『Craftsman』 branching classes is undervalued too much.

I guess there’s not enough propaganda, after all.

I should play the role of a shill and try to perform some demonstration.

As I am racking my brains as such, I notice that the area around the booth of Adept Workers’ shop seems to be lively and boisterous.

I thought I didn’t need to read too much into it, but it does have a bit of a grim atmosphere to it.

The students surrounding the booth at a distance also show the air as if they are watching something scary, or rather that they don’t want to get involved with it.

Well, they are in the way, so I’ll let myself pass through them.

「Stop! It’s nothing to do with everyone in the Club, does it?!」

「Oioi, don’t make such a loud noise. Rinkoo.」

Rinko-senpai, with a face color as white as a sheet, is standing in front of a group of boorish-looking boys.

I think he is probably an upperclassman boy, but the smell of pretentious thug small fries is intense around him.

Putting one hand on his pocket, tilting his head, and touching the piercings attached in his ears and lips.

I wonder if he’s just had them pierced.

「… Why are you bothering us?」

「I told you to watch your mouth, didn’t I? And we’re not bothering you or anything. Right?」

The fox-faced boy asks his comrades’ agreement with a smirk on his face.

The other guys, floating a similar vile grin, call out, 「Yeah, that’s right」.

「We just feel sorry for the oblivious first year younglings who get tricked and forced to buy such junks.」

「These are not junk!」

「Shut up and get lost already. You obnoxious runt.」

Mikan-senpai, who steps forth to protect Rinko-senpai, is pushed away by the fox-faced bastard.

Ah, not good.

Decided, execution it is.

「Stop it. Don’t touch them!」

「You don’t have the right to order me around. You running around all the time like that. Have you forgotten that you’re mine? Huh?」

「Th, that’s…. you forcefully….」

「Forcefully or whatever, your treatment is still that of my partner even now.」

A pin badge, which is the proof of partnership, is used as a piercing on the tip of the dangling tongue of the fox-faced bastard, who is sticking out his tongue.

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