I Leveled up from Being a Parasite, But I May Have Grown Too Much Chapter 103: When You Dug Your Own Grave

Chapter 103: When You Dug Your Own Grave

「What are you doing here, Epi?」

Her twin-tailed silver-grey hair, strong-willed crimson colored pupils, and her attitude and expression that’s brimming with confidence.

No doubt about it, she’s Epi.

Epi replied to my question with her transparent voice.

「Why? It’s because this is my hotown. So, it’s natural for to be here. Rather, you humans could be considered the strange ones for having co to this place」

Ah, co to think of it.

She did say that she ca from Unholywoods.

「Certainly. So, does that an you’re just strolling around?」

「Dunnoo…」

Epi suddenly turns her face to the side.

Her cheeks swell as if she’s pouting.

「What do you an you don’t know?」

「For what reason must Epi tell you, a re human, about her reason for arriving here? It’s because of you that Epi’s plan failed and has no choice but to wander in this place again; moreover, I displayed such an unsightly figure in front of Higan-sama. You’re an enemy, my sworn enemy!」

She’s glaring at with a loathso expression.

Geez, do you hate that much? It’s your own fault for hijacking the academy.

While I’m pondering about that, Jackrosa and Suu gaze at as if they want to hear my explanation. Co to think of it, they almost never saw Epi’s appearance.

The duo exhibit surprised faces when I explain about Epi.

Yup, that’s natural.

「This person was the one who hijacked our academy?」

As they shifted their attention toward Epi, she nods at them to affirm their guess.

「Yeah. Could it be that you guys are mbers of that academy?」

「Yes. I’m a student of the academy」

「I see. My apologies for the troubles that I brought upon you」

Suu’s face is filled with surprise, again.

Hey, I should be the one who’s surprised by her apology.

Rather, I’m already surprised by it.

「Sohow, you seem to be surprised by it, but can we talk normally with Epi? She’s the culprit who hijacked the academy, after all… 」

「Well, there’s almost no one that was injured during that hijacking event and none of the monsters attacked people save for the ones putting up a resistance. Moreover, the case is over since she also returned the stolen goods. So, it’s not a big deal」

Epi is walking toward us while

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showing a complicated expression for so reason.

Though slightly vigilant toward us, it seems she has no intention to fight us.

Though Jackrosa’s slightly surprised by that fact, it seems he also possess no intention to bla her after hearing my words.

That’s a relief since I want to avoid unnecessary argunts.

「Rather, why are you humans in this kind of place? Are you grave robbing? 」

「No, that way of putting it is a bit….」

But now that she put it in that manner, I can’t refute her.

Maybe we really are grave robbers.

「Well, maybe we are grave robbers. We ca to explore the dungeon, you know. Thus, we’re thinking about gaining treasures while sightseeing」

「Fu~hn. This is a dangerous area for unskilled individuals since there are high ghouls and dullahans working together here. Well, since this is coming from soone who defeated , I think it’s just natural」

「No, we were almost done for」

「EH?」

Epi is looking at with a flabbergasted expression as if she couldn’t comprehend what she just heard and cos closer to with a sowhat displeased face.

「What are you saying? Are you trying to gloss over the fact that you were defeated just by so common undead in this area even though you beat this Epi? I can’t accept such an uncool thing! Please beat everyone to dust!」

You guys belong to the sa hotown, so are you really okay with that?

When I am inserting such tsukkomis in my heart, Suu starts speaking.

「Everything is because of my lack of experience. I’ve heard that the undead of this area are really powerful, and despite it being dangerous, they fought while protecting 」

「Hmph. Is that so. Are they that powerful?」

「Yes」

「Then, are you going to go back? I an there’s a teleport crystal on the next right turn」

「EH!? We can go back using that?」

「Ye… Eh, could it be that you were planning to return by foot? ….It seems that humans have a lot of free ti, huh」

「It’s not because we have a lot of free ti, it’s because we couldn’t find the teleportation crystal!」

「Ah, I see. Then, it’s a good thing that you found it. You can go back from there, you know」

When my eyes look at the direction she’s pointing at, there’s a

a cave that separates into three paths, and it seems that we have to take the right one.

「Thank you very much. To be honest, I did think that going back and forth by foot is truly a troubleso thing」

In the ti I am thanking her, Suu has already headed toward that place to confirm it.

Jackrosa is following him so as to protect him.

In the case of Suu, contrary to his attitude, I think he is fairly excited, so I am the only one left gazing at Epi.

「Thank you very much for your kindness」

「I won’t lose anything by informing you about that anyway. You can return if you want to return. But, if you want to really convey your gratitude, I’ll allow you to bow down and praise Epi?」

Epi was smiling from ear to ear while responding as such with a soft voice.

Was that her character setting!?

Sohow, I feel this fluffy feeling when I talk with Epi.

To do sothing like this rather than attacking , how should I say, it feels like she has no ill intentions against , and she does not seem to be a bad person.

Is she actually an airhead?

That’s also a bit off.

An impish girl?

That also doesn’t seem to fit her.

This is really a difficult question.

「Co to think of it, why are you in this place? I’ve answered your question, so I guess you should answer mine too, right?」

「Epi’s also treasure hunting. Thanks to a certain soone’s interruption, I am still scouring for a substitute」

Her words pricked my heart deeply.

But, you’re also at fault, right?

「Treasure, that ans you want “Treasure”?」 [T: Treasure here is used in different contexts, the first one is “宝-Treasure”, the second one is “秘宝- Treasure Item”, I’ll translate 秘宝 as a relic from now on]

「It would be for the best if I managed to acquire a relic, but it’s not a necessity. In short, I just need the item to be fully packed with demonic elents」

「Fully packed with demonic elents… Why are you looking for such things?」

「You’re the type who likes to ddle with others life, human?」

「I’m just the type who can’t sleep at night while being anxious about sothing」

「Well, Epi will answer your question since you kindly overlooked Epi and

Epi and the other undead during the previous incident. In short, it’s because I’m living outside」

Epi seems to have guessed that I couldn’t understand the aning of her word ‘outside’, so she supplented it with an explanation while heaving a sigh.

「Monsters beco more powerful along with an increase in the concentration of demonic elents; on the contrary, the lesser the density of the demonic elent, the weaker they are. It’s okay if they just co out for a while but, they will continue to weaken continuously if they remain outside even just a bit longer. Just like what happened to Higan-sama」

I heard about this before. It seems to be the reason why the deepest parts of the dungeons are filled with a rich variety of powerful monsters.

I heaved a sigh when Epi suddenly ntioned Higan’s (a.k.a.) Risa Haruna’s na.

Though I more or less understand her reason, it doesn’t an that I completely agree with her.

「That’s why I need sothing powerful to maintain my supply of demonic elents. Since I can draw demonic elent from a relic, I can remain in top shape even when I am outside the dungeon. Epi needs a relic since she’s going to go outside」

「A~h, I see. So that’s the case. Outside the dungeon」

Epi nods in affirmation.

Then, is she wandering here for the sa reason? It’s not like she knows everything about this place even though this is her hotown; this place is so damn huge, after all.

Sothing from which a lot of demonic elents can be extracted from, huh….

Uh?

Could it be?

「If that was the case, how about I lend you this?」

I presented my anti dispel bracelet to Epi.

Epi’s tilting her head while staring intently at my bracelet.

「This is?Is this a magic tool?」

「Right. It uses a part of a relic as it’s core. It’s not at the level of a relic but still quite powerful by itself」

Epi extends her arm to take the bracelet and grips it tightly.

Her face beca redder with each mont.

「Oo~h! It’s so warm! This is good! I can tap on the demonic elents present in this. I won’t lose my power as long as I have this when andering outside」

「Oh, as I anticipated. I don’t know what’s your goal, but I

goal, but I will lend that to you to use when you’re outside」

「Really?Is that true?」

「Yeah. You taught us the way to go back, after all. At least don’t use that in the middle of a town」

Epi brings her face, filled with desire, toward .

She squints her eyes, and there’s a wrinkle on her forehead. It’s as if she’s looking at so sort of endangered species.

「Say human, aren’t you a strange one?」

「I tend to beco one once in a while」

And then, she displays an ear-to-ear grin on her face.

「But, I don’t hate that kind of a strange person. My gratitude then, let borrow it for a while. You better remove your bracelet when I’m outside.」

Uoo.

That really surprised when she smiled from so close.

Crap, I’m gonna be in deep trouble if I continue to stare at her any longer. Calm down, .

「Su~… Ha~… Yosh. A crafty one, aren’t you?」

「Fufufufu, well, it’s okay, isn’t it? Moreover, it’s not just this bracelet, you know」

「EH?」

「It’s because you are a human; a re mortal and yet so powerful. I also know that you are more powerful than what you have shown until now」

「What a troubleso thing, but yes, it’s sothing like that」

Epi smiles in delight.

I wonder why she’s so happy with such simple things; oh whatever, as long as she’s happy with it.

…. Naturally, I won’t hand it over to her just to make her happy.

I felt that it’ll save us from a lot of trouble if we gain cooperation from a vampire living in this Unholywoods.

I definitely won’t give my bracelet to her no matter how much of a cute vampire she is.

「Well then. Shall we travel to the city of humans?」

Epi walks in the direction of the teleportation crystal while raising such a question.

While pondering about how fast she made her decision, she already disappeared from the corner of the passage when I try to find where she is.

「What’s the matter, human! Co here quickly!」

She went while leaving such words―― or so I thought. She approaches again and then utters the following words from her mouth.

「Co to think of it, human. I forgot to ask about an extrely important thing」

「What?」

「What’s your na, human?」

「It’s Eiji」

「Okay. Let’s get going, Eiji」