The World Is Overflowing with Monster, I’m Taking a Liking to This Life Chapter 44

What, what was that just now?

Thats not sothing Ive heard it say before?

The voice rings in my head again.

Mail.

It really did say mail just now, didnt it?

I heard it right this ti.

Bark!

Uhah!

I return to myself at hearing Momo.

Thats right. I needed to hide for now.

Momo and I quickly move over to a nearby wall.

No one would be able to see us from the mansion now.

They would not be able to snipe at us.

Well, given that whoever it was, killed the monsters and let the students go, they at least seed to not be targeting humans. But still, it was good to be cautious.

Though, if the person wanted to shoot , they had plenty of opportunities to do so.

The thought sent chills down my spine.

I didnt know who it was, but if they wanted dead, I would be lying on the ground right now.

Just knowing this makes sweat.

Im so stupidI let my guard down too much.

Bark.

(shaking)

Momo and Aka looked at with concern.

Oh, sorry you two.

Thats right. Instead of just feeling down, I can just use this experience to do better next ti.

Alright. I feel better now.

I feel much calr.

Now thenwhat was this mail thing!?

Judging by the voice in my head, it seems that there is a Mail skill.

I open my status plate.

Then I check the column with additional skills.

There was sothing called Mail there now.

I needed 1 point to acquire it. That was lower than the other skills.

I was obviously curious, but I currently only had 0 points.

I wouldnt be able to acquire it until I gained a level.

But I wanted to know

Couldnt I at least check the content of the ssage that was just sent to ?

As I wondered about this, the status screen changed.

Huh?

When the status screen changed, it displayed sothing called Mail nu.

I look through the categories and see Compose ssage, Inbox, Outbox, Unread, and Address Book.

On the bottom, there was a keyboard to enter your ssage.

It was like a three-dinsional computer screen.

I had no idea that such features existed

Among the items, the one that read Unread was blinking.

I try touching it.

1 Unread ssage.

From: Natsu Ichinose

Subject: Hello

It really is a ssage.

What was happening in this world? Anything goes huh?

No, perhaps this was a thod of contacting people that was established because we cant use phones anymore?

In any case, I should probably see what this is all about.

I an, who is this person anyway?

Natsu Ichinose?

I dont know anyone by that na, and I dont think there was anyone with that family na at the company.

Of course, I didnt have that many friends, to begin with.

I could count the number of friends I had on one hand, and so Id rember soone with that na.

When had we t?

I look through the contents of the ssage.

Sorry to ssage you so suddenly. My na is Natsu Ichinose.

You saw the fight happen just now, didnt you?

Im the one who was shooting.

What?

I couldnt help but say aloud.

What?

It was this persons work?

A lot of questions enter my head, but I decide to continue reading for now.

I saw that you were hiding and watching the fight.

It was only a coincidence that I saw you.

I was looking from the roof of the mansion and saw the students raiding the store of food. And then I saw you and your doggy.

I was going to send you a ssage then, but the monsters appeared first.

While they were complete strangers to , I thought it would be unfortunate to see them die, and so I helped them.

I am sorry to have alard you.

But it did save their lives, and so I think that I made the right choice.

Now, let get to the real subject. The reason that I am writing to you like this, is because I want to join you and your doggys party.

Why all of a sudden? You may ask. But the truth is, I knew of you from before.

Do you rember?

It was yesterday, you were at a store that is several kiloters away from here. You were fighting against several goblins.

While I was far away, I was able to observe your thods for fighting.

Seeing your calculated and refined style filled with much admiration.

And the shiba dog that accompanies you is just wonderful.

Strength, adorableness, quality of fur. All of these aspects have taken a hold of my heart, and will not let go.

And seeing all of this has given a strong wish to help you.

I am sure that this sudden ssage must be confusing to you, but I hope that you understand, and consider my proposition.

I eagerly await your answer.

Er, what is this?

So kind of business mail?

Well, I think it is in fact, an invitation to join parties, but the language is so formal.

It was like sothing youd get from a managent company.

But what should I do?

At least, it doesnt seem like sothing from a bad person

But I didnt know anything about the sender.

And the text was so stiff.

But this part:

And the shiba dog that accompanies you is just wonderful.

Strength, adorableness, quality of fur. All of these aspects have taken a hold of my heart, and will not let go.

This part alone made confident that the sender was not a bad person.

Why?

There was no way that soone who understood Momos adorableness could be bad.

Well, leaving that aside.

What should I do?

I couldnt be for certain that it wasnt a trap, and I could always just ignore the ssage for now.

No, that wouldnt be good.

After all, this person knows about .

If they saw fighting the goblins yesterday, they must have seen the mont when I pulled out the items.

It would be safe to assu that they knew I had the Item Box skill, or sothing similar.

Maybe, was it that feeling I had of being watched during that ti?

I felt like soone was watching then, and so it would make sense if it was this person.

If there was a chance that they would tell everyone about my skill, then I couldnt just ignore it.

And there was a possibility that the desire to join our party was genuine.

A partner who was capable of ranged attacks, like I had wanted.

And with enough firepower to kill monsters in one shot from a great distance.

There was no doubt about it. Having this person join would be a huge bonus to our strength.

I wasnt completely convinced yet, but it seed that I should at least reply.

I would just say, let think about it and buy so ti.

I click on the Reply button.

The voice says in my head.

Hey, hey. I cant reply without getting the Mail skill?

I check the other options just to see, and they are all inaccessible as well.

Apparently, the only thing you could do without the skill was to read incoming ssages.

I would have to level up first.

I would leave this area and kill monsters to level up. And just try to get this skill as soon as possible.

Ill reply later then.

I had to get away from here first.

The fact that this person found ant that there was a high likelihood that they could see through my Presence Block and Conceal skills.

As I wasnt sure I trusted them yet, and since they could snipe from far away, it would be too dangerous to get any closer.

We carefully moved so that we could not be targeted from the apartnt building, and left the area.

On the other hand, on the apartnt roof

This is fine, right?

The girl, Natsu Ichinose, looked at the ssage she had sent.

How exactly did you get in contact with soone you didnt know?

The answer was through Mail.

She was a shy person, but this was a thod of communication that she could use.

She was so happy when she got this skill, that she almost started dancing.

Now, this was sothing made just for her.

With this useful skill, she would be able to get in contact with anyone that she had t before.

Of course, it was limited to humans, but that was hardly a problem.

Now I will be able to et that doggy!

That was the only on her mind when she sent the ssage.

But she had always wanted to join soones party, and everything in the ssage was said from the heart.

Even if he was trash, she saw that he had good points as well.

She specialized in ranged attacks. He specialized in close quarters combat. They could supplent where the other fell short.

It was a win-win situation.

Well, that was all nothing next to the shiba dog.

She had felt that it was fate when she just happened upon them a mont ago.

Now it was just about waiting for them to answer with an okay.

She had no doubt that they would say yes.

She was used to being spoiled.

I cant see them now that they are behind the wall. Did he even check the ssage I sent?

He was behind the building now, and so she could not see them.

Maybe it would be best to send a second one, just in case.

What if he thought it was suspicious, and just ignored it?

The first impression was always important.

She had sounded too formal the first ti. And so she altered the ssage a little.

Is it still too formal?

She pushed Send.

Ohtheres a typo. Oh, no. I have to send it again now.

Send.

Maybe I should have praised the doggy a little more?

Send.

Yes, this one. This one is perfect.

Send.

When is he going to reply

Send.

Ill just send one more. Just in case.

Send.

Hmm, Ill change the wording a little.

Send.

Also

Send, Send, Send.

Send, Send, Send, Send.

Send, Send, Send, Send, Send.

And after one hour of constant sending

Oh, I finally got a reply.

What a relief.

She had sent 54 ssages, and it looks like he finally noticed them.

It seed that he lacked sufficient SP, and so he couldnt get the Mail skill.

And so he had to level up, which is why it took ti to reply.

Ohhthats good.

Please give so ti to consider your offer. Rest assured, that I have been reading your Emails. It is unnecessary for you to keep sending them. Please stop. Please.

That was his positive reply.

Yes, things were looking good.

She would reply with an I understand, I hope to hear from you soon.

However, there was sothing about his reply that seed very careful, like he was trying not to offend her. What could be the reason for that?

She tilted her head in puzzlent.