Story 3-3"『Acquiring Information』
It was skillfully done for our first ti together, though apart from that there was nothing in particular other than going for three rounds. My impressions… I won’t talk about much.
However as a brief comnt… Shuri was amazing, I guess? She was considerably proactive, and the final round beca a scramble for leadership. Though I won by betting my pride as a man.
We went to Leadred’s room and began talking about our plans for the future. The topic of discussion was『Do we kill Sajima first? 』, not『Do we capture the dungeon first? 』.
According to the advice I received from the goddess there seems to be two people who will join .
Then, capturing the dungeon’s priority went up as it would overwhelmingly increase the success rate of getting revenge.
So, we imdiately ca to a conclusion. We would prioritize capturing the dungeon.
The problem was Sajima’s henchn.
“Assuming that we kill Kijima… what about Sajima…?” (Daichi)
Right, Sajima Nanami. She holds the healer position in Sajima’s party and is a character that is nice to everyone, and whose figure is generally popular amongst the year’s female students.
Though she seldom beca involved with , she was also in the usual classification as Hayase.
I clearly rember her figure watching being harshly bullied.
I don’t know why such beautiful girls fall in love with Sajima.
“Nanami is… well, I don’t want her to be killed.” (Tamaki)
Tamaki rose her hand up timidly and gave her opinion.
“Ah–… I understand what you an but…” (Daichi)
I also don’t want to kill Sajima. However, unless we can make her powerless, Sajima’s magic and stamina will endlessly be recovered.
Otherwise our situation would get worse and worse. Victory would have to be decided by a one hit kill.
That doesn’t an that I want to indiscriminately murder a classmate though. I only want to kill those who deserve my revenge. I will not overstep that line.
Tamaki understood my silence as denial and it was easy to see that she was depressed.
“It’s alright, Tamaki… At least, if Sajima isn’t in love with Sajima I’ll stay my hand against her…” (Daichi)
“Eh? Daichi-sama, what did you say?” (Shuri)
Shuri who rembered my doubt asked to repeat my words once more.
“If Sajima isn’t in love with Sajima I’ll stay my hand against her.” (Daichi)
“That’s it. Nanami doesn’t feel anything in particular towards that man.” (Tamaki)
“… … Yes?” (Daichi)
Learning this fact surprised .
“Sajima isn’t in love with Sajima?” (Daichi)
“Yes. Though she’s often misunderstood because of her attitude… she has goodwill towards everyone.” (Tamaki)
“Huh? What about ?” (Daichi)
“… … Are we not good enough?” (Tamaki)
She evaded the question with a pleasant smile and a *Niko* sound at the end of her sentence.
“Ah, I’m sure. Nanami told herself. 『I don’t feel anything in particular towards Sajima-kun. 』” (Tamaki)
“… … Seriously?” (Daichi)
“Seriously. Here’s the story, Nanami told that there was soone she liked from before.” (Tamaki) [TN: Before the transfer probably.]
“Ah, I also heard that. But, it seems like she couldn’t et him.” (Shuri)
“Why?” (Daichi)
“That child, it seems he moved to so distant location… Ah, however, recently, she found a way to et with him at last.” (Shuri)
“Yes yes. So in conclusion, Nanami is not in love with Sajima.” (Tamaki)
I didn’t know… that there was such a situation…
Because the two people who are her best friends agree unanimously, it must be a fact.
Then, it must be that she is with Sajima by chance.
If that’s the case, she would co. It is possible to do so by taking advantage of her gentleness.
Therefore, what do I need to do…?
“… Hero-sama, you are shining brightly…” (Leadred)
“He’s definitely thinking about sothing bad.” (Tamaki)
“That’s Daichi-sama for you.” (Shuri)
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The next day. We went out at the sa ti as we did yesterday to collect supplies so that we wouldn’t run into Sajima. We had just left the guild.
“Thank you for your purchase. Well then, today, I will inquire about that person’s accommodations.” (Miare)
I told you earlier, but it’s not like I have requested so night play at a shady establishnt.
The one who expressly ca to the entrance for with this standard business phrase with an extra is Miare-san, the guild’s receptionist lady from yesterday.
When we went to the guild, she sold information related to Sajima’s group to us.
No, originally we asked for sothing different, but I requested her to『Sell the information』.
Though it would take a while to explain the details… it seems Miare-san doesn’t think of Sajima as a good hero.
The reason was, yesterday when we went to the guild, Miare-san was the only woman there. Furthermore, I uneventfully talked to her about eting with the adventurers while concealing that I was a hero.
In fact that reason alone was enough for to visit her once more, I thought.
I thought that I would have to request it, but since she jumped at with a crying face the mont I stepped into the guild, it beca like this. It made it easy for and saved the trouble.
I an, I would have tried to surmise if it was possible that she was aware of Sajima’s true character, even if just 1% of it, but since it ca to that, well, life is beyond our control.
Compensation for her request was data on the demons inside【Scorching Execution Ground】. The Adventurer’s Guild always has the latest data. Data is updated every January, and Miare-san is in charge of it this month.
Adventurers were attracted by the job description and were paid 5000 col for the easy to acquire information.
Normally, that was OK. Because no new floors were visited.
However, this month was an exception.
Because the heroes visited.
Sajima plunged into one new floor after another, increasing the amount of information she had to collect.
She had also asked the other adventurers, but the unknown floor number was unreasonable. So it was my turn.
She thought that I would also be trying to capture the【Scorching Execution Ground】as an adventurer. That’s natural for people that go to the Adventurer’s Guild to think.
Since there should be no one who goes there while a low level just to die.
Back to the story at hand.
When I asked her “Will you give any information related to Sajima?” because she had nothing to lose, she accepted.
The reason was that I could add as much as I liked in postscript. “I want to see him soon” and “Because I’d like to know more about him”, I said things like that. Though it wasn’t necessary for her to delve deeply into the circumstances of her custors, from the questions it sounded like I was Sajima’s girlfriend.
She never thought that I would be gathering information to kill the hero. More or less, that guy was introduced as the hope for humanity.
For , getting data on demons is a cinch.
I promised absolute secrecy and everything worked out fine. As for the change of location, I’d be troubled if soone saw and beca suspicious.
“Well… then. What do we do now?” (Tamaki)
Tamaki and I left the guild with so spare ti left. We used the sa combination today that we did yesterday, so that we won’t be suspected in case we encountered Sajima, so that my identity won’t be exposed.
If Shuri ca across him, Sajima would not know.
The date is postponed. Staying alive is more important.
“Is there sothing we need to do? Since we bought weapons and other things yesterday, there is no need to today right?” (Daichi)
As Tamaki said, we have nearly an hour to do sothing. Miare-san told us the room number so we don’t have to go to her for it.
“Then, do we return to the inn?” (Tamaki)
I looked at Tamaki after she said so, it was clear that the tension had lowered.
“… Let’s go around town until it’s ti.” (Daichi)
“Y-yeah… Let’s go around?” (Tamaki)
Tamaki ca entwined her arm with mine and, without change, began to cuddle close to as we set out.
The envious and jealous stares from those around us were amazing. Looking around this place, I reaffird that Tamaki was beautiful.
“Where do you want to go?” (Daichi)
“Let see… the opposite side we went to yesterday. Honestly I heard this from Shuri-chan, but there are so cute clothes shops there.” (Tamaki)
“Then, you want to buy you clothes at the store…?” (Daichi)
“No, I’ll pay the money. I have the support money from the Royal Palace left over, so I wouldn’t waste what’s left of Katsuragi’s you know? Since we rely on the dungeon for our livelihood.” (Tamaki)
Tamaki beat her chest with a *Don*.
That makes grateful. Though I want to spoil her…
“No, I’ll pay.” (Daichi)
“Eh, but-“ (Tamaki)
“It’s fine. If it’s about money, entering this dungeon will bring in quite a lot of revenue.” (Daichi)
“Did you hear ? Relying on dungeons for our livelihood is dangerous.” (Tamaki)
“More than anything, I’d like to buy sothing for you Tamaki. It’s okay to laugh at the worthless pride of a man.” (Daichi)
“… For there to be another surprise attack from Katsuragi…” (Tamaki)
Tamaki averted her eyes from . I wonder if I did sothing wrong?
“I see, I understand. But! I also want to buy a present for Katsuragi!” (Tamaki)
“Then, that would make mine have no point…” (Daichi)
“It’s my money to use freely so no complaining!” (Tamaki)
Tamaki beca serious. She wouldn’t be stopped. Though I haven’t been with her long, I’ve co to understand this.
“Alright, alright. Feel free to.” (Daichi)
“That way of speaking is irritating… Well, anyway… you were seriously anxious earlier.” (Tamaki)
“What?” (Daichi)
“I haven’t heard, what do you plan to do after your revenge on Sajima?” (Tamaki)
The abrupt question from her was concerned with the future.
Yesterday, I told those kind of things to Tamaki. I will not give up this person and Shuri who are working hard. It’s fine to think that Leadred can live as she wants.
Perhaps, Tamaki is also worried… no, in her case she is just planning ahead… right?
At any rate, doubting Tamaki and the other two is no good.
“Naturally, I’ve already decided but… speaking here is bad. We’ll talk at the inn.” (Daichi)
“… It’s bad for others to hear?” (Tamaki)
“Yeah. Mostly.” (Daichi)
“It can’t be helped then, can it? Well then, let’s do this in a hurry! We don’t have long until the promised ti.” (Tamaki)
“Yeah, please show the way.” (Daichi)
“Because I already know where we’re going, leave it to !” (Tamaki)
If it were the from a while ago, it would have been unthinkable to waste the ti until eting with Miare-san with Tamaki after that sort of conversation.
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My thanks to Jorgelotr for helping with the parts that I fudged up on.
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