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High School Hack and Slash Chapter 46 Part 3

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Pasifista

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Otoha, who was close to easily getting swept away by the flow-like combo of the surface and underground bosses, half-rose to her feet.

Shizuka showed Otoha the screen of the computer terminal provided by the academy for the official club.

Wireless connection was not available, but wired LAN connectors were equipped in every room of the dormitory.

「Even in the official club lists, as shown here, the affiliation of Otoha-senpai is the『Order of the Divine Workman (Adept Orders)』.

「Huh? I’m in the list for real, though. I didn’t know that, or rather, until just a moment ago, I’ve been normally showing up at that club, though!」

「With Otoha-chin as the twentieth member, I suppose the club member is now at Max. Until we raise the rank of the club through the inter-club tournament, these will be our whole members, huh.」

Incidentally, the ones participating in the meeting are only the main members seated around the chabudai, while the rest of the members were either baking additional macaroons, drawing blueprints, or happily dozing off in the corner, as usual.

「So, I’m not sure if it’s a training session or what, but what Touma is trying to say is that we need to raise our level for the inter club tournament, right?」

「Yum.」

To the words of Seiichi, who had salvaged the remark made by the club president that was completely ignored, Touma, his mouth stuffed with tons of macarons, nodded his head.

「You sure like dungeon, don’t you, Touma-kun? Well, I also want to earn sen for the renovation estimate, so I’m in agreement, though.」

「Even if the labor is free of charge, we’ll still need capital for procuring the materials, after all.」

「Tons of requests for renovations are coming from the boarding students, aren’t they? I guess Asagi-sou’s bad name of a『run-down yokai house』 is not just for show.」

In Asagi-sou, which housed a small number of tenants, a number of bad names were well-known.

It was feared as『Run-down Dormitory』, as its exterior that was old-fashioned compared to the other dormitories; 『Haunted House』, as there were rumors that the reason for the small number of tenants was due to them going missing; 『Yokai House』, as there was tendency of strange unnatural phenomena tended occurring.

「I’ve never seen one myself, but from the Senpais, I’ve heard that a fair number of then have seen them.」

「They are harmless, so I suppose you shouldn’t worry about it. We’re fighting in a dungeon anyway, so ghosts and undead monsters will also actually appear at some point, after all.」

「Ah, certainly. Even if there’s a talk about apparitions at this point, right?」

「I’ll take them in a single stroke.」

Next to Seiichi, who smiled bitterly, Saki, who had the Water Tiger King katana in her hand, snorted.

「… Say. You see, as I’m being nonchalantly washed away, I feel like my tears are about to burst out, or something.」

「It can’t be helped. You’re the newest newcomer, so please read the air, Otoha-senpai.」

「Ah, yes.」

Otoha, who was on the edge with her tears close to overflowing, pecked at the macaron she had received from Touma.

「I say, the one who begged: I want to quit my current club, I’m done with them, I want to join the『Order of the Divine Workman (Adept Orders)』 too, Please, please, please~, while clinging to Touma-san was you, though, Otoha-senpai…」

「Huh, the heck is that?」

「Ah, I suppose it was during the celebration party for the completion of the club room.」

「Otoha-chan was dead drunk, wasn’t she? Even though I’d told her that she shouldn’t drink too much.」

Otoha, with face drained of blood and cold sweat running down, stiffened.

She was aware that her ability to break down alcohol was weak.

「Saying: It’s unfair that I alone am always left out, followed by a series of: pamper me, pamper me too~, and then, mysteriously firing herself up while saying: service, service~, she went and abducted Touma-san to her room, right?」

「Aaaa, aaaaa…」

「In a while, you became all refreshed, springy and glossy, so I suppose we all thought: Otoha’s so wanton, isn’t she?」

「Aaah, aaah, aaah.」

Otoha, holding her head, plopped down on the chabudai.

「By the way, the signature on the paperwork was forged, but the thumbprint was real. I don’t mind you secretly sneaking into Touma-san’s bedroom from time to time, but if you soundly sleep there until morning as is, of course you’ll be stared with lukewarm gazes by every other member who come sneaking in too. It’s a little late for that, though.」

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――『Yomotsu Hirasaka』, a branch realm attached to the labyrinth of Perforation Realm, 『YGGDRASILL』――

――The『eight』 stratum, 『uncharted』 domain――

「Hmm, Otoha-senpai has a full mark of choroine attribute, doesn’t she?」

「Do stop kicking the corpse.」

Even though the depth of the stratum has changed, here we are trampling down the orc units that are constantly coming at us.

The monsters that appear on each level change completely, but it seems like they usually inhabit across two or three stratums.

Just as there are monsters that can be pin-pointedly found only in a certain stratum, there are also those that appear in any stratums.

「U, whoa!」

As the crouched down Seiichi bends backward, the mimic, which bares its fangs at the place his head used to be, makes a clanking sound.

By the way, that guy is a representative of the type of monster that can appear anywhere.

「Mimic that is in camouflage being in invincible state just like a real treasure chest sure is a pain, isn’t it?」

「It seems to not attack you unless you try to open it, though.」

「To overlook a chance to strike rich quickly, isn’t that just ridiculous?」

For those of us who have been conquering off-map areas, the discovery of treasure chests is not unusual.

The first thing our party does when we log into the dungeon is to have Natsumi, the『Guide (Path Finder)』, 『Search Guide (Navigate)』 for treasure chests.

In this 』Search Guide (Navigate)』, it is difficult to distinguish between real ones and mimics.

Rather, Ta-da! It’s Mimic-chan ~ is the more often one.

At this point, when we hear the report of treasure chest discovery, Seiichi alone has his excitement free falling.

「… The one who’s close to dying the most in this party is me, isn’t iiiiit?」

「Seiichi~, break a leg~.」

As Seiichi stabs his dagger into the chest, Mai, sporting a whole face smile, cheers on him with words that seem to be ended with heart marks.

「If treasure chests were popping up at this frequency, even if they are similarly『Thief』 class, you’d come to want someone of the『Robber (Rogue)』 branching, wouldn’t you?」

If I remember it correctly, the superior class of『Thief』 specialized in combat is『Assassin』, the one specialized in traps and tricky skills is『Robber (Rogue)』, and the all-around all-rounder is『Ninja』, it should be something like that.

「Hmmm, you want a disposable member, an anal slave you can use when you are tired of me, to serve as sacrifice for mimic?」

「… The lowest.」

「… The worst.」

「I believe that’s astoundingly too much of a brute!」

「Don’t you think that my treatment in this party is not quite right?」

If it were me, even if I got bitten a mimic, I have the『Armor of Heavy Pressure (Stressor Armor)』 with me, so I get the feeling that I’d be fine.

Treasure chest event is a chance for Seiichi to play an active role, so I have no intention of stealing it.

「You know what? I also normally play an active role in combat…, right?」

That’s a dubious point.

Rather, it’s also dubious whether I’ve been able to play an active role or not.

「Now the, let’s head to the next chamber at once, shall we?」

「… Uni? Niu.」

In response to Shizuka’s urging, Otoha-senpai, who has been clinging to me with a melting silly look on her face, raises her face.

Otoha-senpai is usually dignified, but once her switch ends up getting flipped, she seems to end up switching to a totally junky mode.

She’s of the thermos bottle-like type, where despite her being relatively easy to end up having fire lit in her, she’s hard to cool down.

To be more specific, it’s something along her turning useless for a while after being kept accompany.

Saki is also of a similar type, but she is a berserker with a perpetual engine whose excitement rises even higher as she heads out for a battle with her excitement being high from having sex.

「As for Otoha-senpai, for today, let’s have her serve as comfort member for Touma-san as is.」

Behind Shizuka’s, Saki and the others are going booboo, raising a complaint.

「… It’d be troubling if she harbors some strange attachment toward her former club, so using this chance, let’s thoroughly….」

「… that thing is excitant from being watched …」

「… even while on the move …」

「… in the night, let’s finish …」

「… the hierarchical relationship, with the body …」

I hear some disturbing words coming from the mysterious temporary girls-only meeting.

As for the person in question, Otoha-senpai is standing on her own feet, but she seems to be absent-mindedly in a daze.

Even when I nonchalantly roll up her skirt, she merely limply pulls her body closer and squirms her butt.

Without a doubt, she’s a zone state where she loses sight of her surroundings.

「Hey~. Let’s get going~, geez, are you listening~?」

Seiichi and Mai, who have already stepped out into the corridor, wave their hands.

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