Monday, October 30, 2023

Can a Mob Highschooler be a Normie: Chapter 34

 

Mob Kousei No Ore Demo Boukensha Ni Nareba Riajuu Ni Naremasuka: Chapter #34

Translators: Nyx and Ririi Rain

 

 

 

Episode 34: Star Mother Association

 

 

 

 

"———— The candidate is seriously Hiyori-chan?"

 

 The next day, Anna pulled me to the staff room, and I couldn't help but mumble to myself when I saw the person she pointed at.

 

 Ahead of our line of sight, a petite, bespectacled female teacher with a baby face was at her desk, fumbling with some paperwork.

 

 Her name is Hiyori Tachibana. She is the homeroom teacher of my class.

 

"Uhh... I don't think Hiyori-chan would be a good advisor for us."

 

"Huh? Why?"

 

"Because Hiyori-chan's hands are already full with work as a homeroom teacher. She's in her first year as a teacher, but she's being made to be a homeroom teacher, isn't she?"

 

 I am not an expert in the world of teaching, but I still think it is a bit harsh to make a new teacher, who in a normal company would be a new hire, do the work of a homeroom teacher.

 

 Given the fact that Hiyori is a new teacher, I thought she would constantly be in a state of fluster.

 

 When Anna heard this, however, she grinned and said,

 

"So, you mean that teacher is really under pressure, right?"

 

“Uh, yeah, but...”

 

 What the hell is this girl up to?

 

 Please, don't corner Hiyori-chan any further and make her resign.......

 

 She's cute and actually has pretty big boobs, so she's popular with the male students. You understand... right?

 

 Contrary to my thoughts, Anna slowly walked straight towards Hiyori-chan.

 

 I had no choice but to follow her.

 

"Excuse me for bothering you. You are Tachibana-sensei, correct?"

 

"Huh? Yes, that's right, but you're a first-year student...? Kitagawa-kun is with you?"

 

"Ah, yes. You remember me."

 

 She had only been a homeroom teacher for a short while, but she already remembered the name of even a student with a featureless appearance like mine.

 

Hiyori-chan is working so hard... I'm really touched......

 

"Well, the top and bottom of the class caste are the people who should be first in line to grasp...... cough, cough. O- of course I know all the names of all the children in my class."

 

"Ah... yes."

 

 I knew it, the teachers also paid attention to the class caste,.......

 

"What is it that brings you here?"

 

 Anna said with a big smile on her face to Hiyori-chan who was asking her a tricky question.

 

'Yes, I would love for you to be the advisor of our Adventurer's Club."

 

"Okay, stop there, it's impossible. Absolutely impossible."

 

 Hiyori-chan refused without a second thought.

 

"That......."

 

"I can't. I really can't. I'm already at my limit. It's hard enough just to prepare for the daily lessons, but I'm also in charge of being a homeroom teacher, and I have to work at home every day, too. Even though I don't get paid for overtime!"

 

 Hiyori-chan was completely teary-eyed as she said this.

 

"Aaah, why is this happening? Is this my punishment for becoming a teacher, motivated by the fact that if I become a teacher, I'll have a long summer vacation even though I'm a working adult? Or is it because I refused the vice principal's invitation to go out drinking? But his eyes were so lecherous that I felt my chastity was in danger! The other female teachers also told me to be careful with the vice principal!"

 

"S-sensei, please calm down!"

 

 When Hiyori-chan suddenly started mumbling while breaking into a cold sweat, Anna shook her shoulders.

 

"...Hah, s-sorry. I haven't been able to sleep well lately,....... And being the advisor? I can't do that for sure."

 

"Uhn, I guess it can't be helped. I thought like that for the teacher's sake. But okay, I'm sorry for the trouble."

 

 When Anna, who had backed away more easily than she expected, turned her back to her,

 

"——Can you please wait? What do you mean, for my sake?"

 

 Hiyori-chan called out with a curious look on her face.

 

 At that moment, I saw it.

 

 Anna smiled a sly smile, as if to say, "Gotcha!"

 

"No, it's just that... now that you are a new teacher, doing things like being a club advisor must be hard, so you can't do it, right?"

 

"Y- Yeah."

 

"But what about next year? And how about the year after that?"

 

"Well, that's ....... But that kind of thing should be done by veteran people."

 

"Ha ha!"

 

 Anna let out a high-pitched laughter that made her feel strangely uneasy. Well...... it's quite fitting.

 

"I'd like to point out that unless a teacher wants to be an advisor for the club, it's like a game of punishment. Exactly like service overtime work.

 

"Tha- that's why I turned you down."

 

"You should think about it. If the veteran doesn’t want it, what kind of person do you think will the role be given to?”

 

"N, no way......"

 

"Yes, a weak person who can't disobey. Just like how you were assigned as a new homeroom teacher!"

 

"Hiii!"

 

Anna whispered in Hiyori-chan's ear as she clutched her head and emitted a faint scream.

 

"Do you know? I heard that the old lady who worked as an advisor for the girls' volleyball club will be retiring next year. Ah, it must be tough being the advisor for the women's volleyball club. Since it's a girls' volleyball club, naturally the advisor is a woman, right?  Hm? I heard the candidates are Yamamoto-sensei, and ......?"

 

"Uh, uh, ...... m- me?!"

 

 Hiyori, who seemed to have looked around the staff room in search for the said candidate, made a face as if the world had ended.

 

 As if to give her another blow, Anna patted her on the shoulder with a disdainful hand, and said,

 

"Tachibana-sensei, are you free this evening? I'm sure you must be having a hard time with your work as a homeroom teacher. I'll be happy to listen to all your problems. Oh, you don't want to? Hmmm, that's okay then. I'm not free either. Ah yeah, you also have to think about being the volleyball club advisor next year after all. Wah, that's so busy~"

 

“W- wait a minute! What about the Vice Principal?"

 

"Hm? Is there something?"

 

“P- please help me about him.”

 

"Rest assured, I will not let him harm you."

 

..... What the hell are these two doing?

 

 I looked at them with dumbfounded eyes as they suddenly started a weird skit.

 

 What do they think the vice principal is? They're making him out to be a bad guy. Sure, he's as scrawny as bones, looks like a scoundrel, is bald, and often chases after the asses of passing women with his eyes, but he's not a villain either.......

 

“Teacher, what if there was a way to avoid this kind of future?”

"! Tell me, Jushichiya-san!"

 

'It's simple. You just have to become an advisor for a club that's easy. When they ask you to be an advisor, you just tell them that you are already busy being an advisor. They would not ask you to be an advisor for other club at the same time."

 

 I see. So that's how it is. Anna's good at this.

 

"So, what are you going to do? Will you be an advisor for the volleyball club, or will you be the Vice Principal's woman, or will you be an advisor for the ...... Adventurers Club?"

 

 Before I knew it, it seemed as if Hiyori-chan's future as the girls' volleyball club was a definite matter.

 

 However, it seemed to be a realistic enough future for Hiyori-chan, as she looked quite distressed.

 

 As if to push her back, Anna whispered to her,

 

"Incidentally, our high school allows adventurers to work on the side."

 

I'm not sure how much I want to do this! I'll be at ......."

 

"Uu-- 'kay!"

 

"Yes?"

 

"I'll be your advisor!"

 

 When Hiyori-chan exclaimed in a desperate tone, Anna gave her a wicked smile that said, "Just as I planned!"

 

 

 

 

"You're so scary."

 

 After school, at a family restaurant, the members of the Adventurers' Club gathered together.

 

 I said that to Anna, who was sitting across the table from me.

 

"Eh? What do you mean?"

 

"No, how should I say it... The way you pushed Hiyori-chan into a corner. It's a complete yakuza move, isn't it?"

 

"Eh... that's not a nice thing to. I was just extending a helping hand to a poor new teacher."

 

"Help......? Actually, how much of what you said to Hiyori-chan is true?"

 

"Oh, it was mostly true.  If things had gone as they were, I think Hiyori-chan would have been the volleyball club advisor next year. From the years of experience, it should have been Yamamoto-sensei. But Yamamoto-sensei has a reputation for being self-centered and picky. She is not suited to be the advisor for a volleyball club that has made it to the prefectural tournament. In that case, it would fall on Hiyori-chan, who is new but doesn't cause stress to the students, to be the advisor.''

 

"I see... And what about the Vice Principal's interest in Hiyori-chan?"

 

"That's just a guess based on the way he looks at her every day."

 

"Isn't that prejudice......?"

 

 When I said this in shock, Oribe-san objected,

 

"I don't like ...... that vice principal, or rather, all the girls don't like him."

 

"When we pass each other, I can feel his eyes on my buttocks or chest."

 

"I-I see..."

 

 The vice principal was unexpectedly disliked by many. I thought he was a normal teacher who was just a tad bit hard on the boys,.......

 

 The school's vice principal position was apparently blacker than a black company, so it was a bit sad.

 

 After all, girls are sensitive to that kind of gaze. ......

 

"Rather than that, let's talk about club activities, okay~, club activities."

 

 Anna clapped her hands and said so.

 

"Well-- the purpose of our adventurer club is to bring together students who are serious about becoming professionals, work hard together, deepen friendships, and improve the overall quality of the club by providing mutual support.”

 

 Though she was using somewhat rigid wording, I could understand what she was trying to say.

 

 When we nodded our heads, Anna's eyes flashed and she clenched her fists.

 

"But that's only the surface purpose! The true purpose of our Adventurers' Club is to create a force strong enough to survive the coming extinction of humanity!"

 

"Oh?!"

 

 Oribe's eyes lit up.

 

 It seemed that the true purpose of the Adventurers' Club, which was somewhat cynical feel, had struck a chord with her.

 

 However, I had thought that since she was brought over by Anna, she would have known about it long ago, but it turns out that it was her first time hearing about it.......

 

 Anna then proceeded to tell Oribe-san the same story she had told me the other day, in voluminous detail.

 

 The number of dungeons has been increasing year after year due to the influence of Angolmore. On the other hand, mankind had not yet found any means of erasing the dungeons. If this trend continued, the dungeons would eventually fill the world, and it would be impossible to contain the outbreak of Angolmore. The world's richest people are beginning to prepare for the end of the human race.

 

"Well, I'm not asking you to believe everything right now, but I can guarantee you this: The demand for cards and magic items will continue to increase for the next 10 to 20 years. And so will the demand for skilled masters. The adventurer boom is not a temporary phenomenon. I promise you that all the hard work you put in at the Adventurer's Club will not be in vain."

 

 Anna finally finished.

 

 Oribe-san, who had finished listening to everything, laughed meaningfully.

 

"Kukuku, a secret society that gathers forces in preparation for the extinction of mankind, huh? What an exciting setup. All right, let's lead our adventurers' club to world domination---'

 

"Okay, stop! Don't say it as a setting! I also didn't say anything about world domination!"

 

 And that was when the food we had ordered began to arrive one after another.

 

 The dishes were lined up at a table for six people.

 

"Oh, they're here. Uh, cough. ......At any rate, we have now found three members and an advisor. We've also submitted the club's application...... and now we just have to wait for the student council's approval. I know it's a little early, but I'd like to announce the establishment of the Adventurers' Club! Cheers to the future of the Adventurers' Club!"

 

"Cheers!"

 

 The celebration party, which was held at Anna's sudden suggestion, turned out to be an enjoyable and lively event.

 

 We talked about our activities as adventurers, boasted about our cards, and chatted about the cards we wanted the most. The conversation gradually shifted to personal matters, and by the end, we were talking about our favorite manga and anime, and the time passed in a flash.

 

 Even after we left the family restaurant, saying that we had to leave soon or we would be seriously late when we got home...... we couldn't stop talking, as if we didn't have enough to talk about.

 

"By the way, do you know? About Senpai's monster cards."

 

"What about my cards?"

 

"It looks like there will be quite a few doujinshi coming out in the next summer comiket..."

 

"Bffttt, gohoho, gohoho ......!"

 

 I was so shocked that I choked up.

 

"What?!"

 

"Cards that became popular on MonColo tend to be preyed upon by otaku."

 

"Hmm...I guess it's the sad fate of girl monster cards."

 

“Renge-chan and Eliza-san seem to be particularly popular.…And Yuuki-chan is a bit popular as well.”

 

“Yuki too!?”

 

The karma is too deep.......

 

“Where did the portrait rights and honor infringement go?!”

 

"The cards are not actual people, so ......"

 

"What? Cards are not protected? They do exist, though?"

 

"Well, the laws and regulations are still underdeveloped in many ways, you know. In Europe and the United States, it seems that the human rights of cards are being discussed more and more."

 

 While we were talking about this,

 

"......Nn?"

 

 There was some kind of commotion in front of the station. A large number of people were gathering in the square in front of Tachikawa Station.

 

"Hmm? Is there an election speech?"

 

"No, it seems not. ......It's the Star Mother Association--a dungeon cult.”

 

 The moment I said that with a frown,

 

"Good day, everyone. We are the Star Mother Association, a cult religion that loves and is loved by people.''

 

 The owner of that voice was a pretty girl who looked like a fairy. She has white hair, white skin, and pale red eyes typical of albino people. The sister uniform she wore was pure white, and combined with her doll-like face, it gave her a fantastical atmosphere.

 

"I have a quiz for you. Do you know what day July 7, 1999 is? ”

 

 Even through the microphone, the girl's voice was crystal clear, and she babbled a few answers in a puzzled tone.

 

"Tanabata? Too bad! It's important that it's in 1999~. The Great Prophecy of Nostradamus? Too bad! But you made a pretty good point. Huh? What what? Yes! You there, that's right! You've hit the nail on the head! July 7, 1999 is my birthday!"

 

 The girl's speech was somewhat buffoonish, despite her fairy-like appearance. Exaggerated body language, playful facial expressions, and lighthearted talk.

 

 The air that had been somewhat clouded with caution due to the fact that she was the saint of a dungeon cult somehow eased up, and it felt as if the audience was watching a casual show.

 

"Well, I'll stop with the boring jokes and tell you the real correct answer: July 7, 1999, as you might know, is the day when a dungeon first appeared in this world. And ----"

 

 She paused for a beat. The girl scanned the faces of the crowd, one by one. Red eyes and my eyes met.

 

 My heart pounded.

 

“It was also the day when 'great calamity' vanished from this world."

 

 I felt the air tensing up all at once. All of the crowd's signs were rapidly fading away from the mind. It was a strange feeling ...... as if she and I were the only two people in the world.

 

 I guess I was not the only one who felt this illusion.

 

 Before I knew it, all the people present, including Oribe and Anna, were listening to the girl's story without making a single sound.

 

"Do you know? In the twenty years since the dungeons appeared, there has not been a single disaster that resulted in any deaths. Not a single war has broken out in this world that used to be so war-torn. Developing countries that were once poverty-stricken are gradually becoming prosperous. That the number of people dying from accidents and diseases is drastically decreasing...''

 

 Indeed, in the past twenty years ...... there certainly had not been a single big war or disaster. The interest of the countries of the world was directed more toward the dungeons of their own lands and its resources than toward those of other countries.

 

 The magic stones that can be harvested from the dungeons as much as possible have the power to progressively turn deserts into lush fields when used as fertilizer, and they are more energy-efficient as fuel than nuclear power plants.

 

 With the discovery of potions and the development of medicines that use them, incurable diseases that were said to be untreatable have disappeared one by one, and deaths due to unforeseen accidents, unless they were instantaneous, have virtually ceased to occur.

 

 It can be said that the world was currently in the most peaceful era in history.

 

 

'Yes, you see that by now, do you not? The dungeons are God's mercy, absorbing the various tragedies of this world and returning them as blessings in the form of magic items and other benefits."

 

 As the girl smiled and said these words, a number of objections float in and out of sight.

 

How in the world will she explain the damage caused by Angolmore? What will be the end that awaits us beyond the ever-increasing dungeons?

 

 But I could not utter a word about any of them.

 

 ......After all, I am one of the people benefiting from the dungeons.

 

 Even if you think the dungeon is dangerous, you can't ignore the benefits it brings.

 

 I was grateful to the dungeon for letting me meet Renge and the others.

 

 As if she could see my inner thoughts, the girl whose eyes met mine smiled at me.

 

"Everyone, let's offer a prayer of gratitude to the dungeon. For the dungeon is the very savior...... we have been waiting for."

 

 And at that moment, I heard shouting and yelling from a little distance away.

 

 I was about to be half-drunk by the girl, but I suddenly came to my senses and looked at Anna and Oribe.

 

"What is this prayer of gratitude? You've got to be kidding me!"

 

"Please calm down! Please don't be violent!"

 

"Cult group, get out of here!"

 

"Get the saint out of here!"

 

 Anna, who had an uneasy look on her face, tugged at my sleeve.

 

"Senpai, it's not good, it's dungeon haters."

 

"Oh, ah, .....let's run away?"

 

"Uh-huh (nod)."

 

 We left the place in a hurry.

 

 ...The Star Mother Association, which was a minor religious group, became known to the general public after a large-scale conflict with the dungeon haters that occurred several years ago.

 

 The insistence of the Star Mother Association on the supremacy of the dungeon was not acceptable to the bereaved families who lost their loved ones in Angolmore and the like, and one day some radical dungeon-haters attacked the Star Mother Association.

 

 As a result, several people died, and the Star Mother Association, which had been a small religious group, became a well-known name throughout the country.

 

 At that stage, however, it was not yet seen as a dangerous cult.

 

 Because the deceased was a mother and her young daughter who were members of the Star Mother Association, they were seen as victims.

 

 However, afterwards, some followers abducted a group of dungeon-haters who had escaped arrest and killed them in a dungeon, leading the Star Mother Association to be treated as a cult at once.

 

 The reason was that it was discovered that at the time of the murder, they were performing a ritual-like sacrifice in the dungeon.

 

 Since then, the Star Mother Association had become synonymous with a dangerous religious group ...... a dungeon cult that upholds the supremacy of the dungeons.

 

 To the general public, dungeon haters and dungeon cults were similar in that they were both things the people did not want to be associated with.

 

 In fact, what the Star Mother Association is saying is absurd.

 

 It was a typical technique of cults to stir up a sense of crisis by talking about dangers and tragedies.

 

 Like, "Let's avoid World War III with everyone's prayers."

 

 "A major disaster was supposed to hit the Earth, but thanks to the labyrinth, we were able to avoid it!" There's no limit to how ridiculous this is.

 

 Thinking of this, I turned my head and looked back.

 

"!"

 

 Red eyes met mine.

 

 She was being approached by dungeon haters with menacing expressions, but she seemed calm and was staring straight at me.

 

 I felt a strange feeling in her eyes, and I left the place as if I was running away from the girl, not from the dungeon haters.

 

 

 

 

[Tips] Dungeon Cult

 

 In this world, there have been no major disasters that have resulted in deaths since the dungeons appeared.

 

 There have been small conflicts, but the typical wars have disappeared from the world.

 

 In addition, the fuel generated from the magic stones, which is regarded as the cleanest energy source in the world, produces more energy than nuclear power without causing any air pollution or other environmental destruction. Fertilizers made from magic stones are gradually erasing deserts from the earth, and in the near future deserts will disappear, leaving only those for tourism.

 

 The development of potions and medicines that utilize them has eliminated one by one the intractable diseases that were said to be untreatable, and deaths due to unforeseen accidents, unless they were immediate death, have almost entirely vanished.

 

 The Star Mother Association claims that all of this is due to the dungeons and is a mercy of God.......

 

 It is true that many 'calamities' disappeared with the emergence of the dungeon, but we must not forget that a new threat, Angolmore, also arose at the same time.

 

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