18-4 Part 2
The Bizarre Book Says to Take the
Promotion Exam at the Guild - Granite -
Translator : PolterGlast
「Everyone,
go home already...」
「Eeeh,
I want to see big brother glow again!」
「You,
what's your name!?」
「The
adventurer Shinza.」
「Seriously!
I want to be one in the future too!」
「So
cool... blush. Shinza-oniichan♪」
It's probably
because this place is supported by the Adventurer's Guild. Being an adventurer
is a status symbol here, but judging from the female teacher's complexion, it
seemed like a job she wanted them to avoid taking as much as possible. Thus,
the next exam questions were written on the blackboard by the tired-looking
female teacher. I checked them one by one and wrote the answers on my writing
board with chalk. While being surrounded by children, that is.
The contents were
the same old math and language. As soon as the female teacher finished writing
all the questions and turned around, the exam was over.
「It
seems it's too easy for you... All questions answered correctly again...
Kyaa...!?」
「Yay,
he glowed again!」
「Amazing,
amazing, I don't really get it but you're amazing, big bro! Give me your
autograph!」
At the figure of the
man glowing pale blue again, the children became a whirlpool of great
excitement and surrounded me even more.
「With
this, I am Rank Stone.
Now, let me take the next one.」
Checking the book, a
new item had been added just as expected.
- Adventure -
【Get
promoted to the Adventurer Rank: Stone】 Completed
·
Reward: EXP 300 (Already received)
- Adventure -
【Get
promoted to the Adventurer Rank: Granite】
·
Reward: EXP 600
·
『Shinza
of Rank Granite, it doesn't look completely un-heroic. I sympathize with that
female teacher, though, kuku...』
600 experience
points is worth one big adventure, this is huge. And I understood from the flow
of things up to now. Just as that man at the reception passed jobs to me at his
own discretion, the guild ranks are just decorations. It seems this was indeed
a system to make adventurers study under the pretext of a promotion exam.
That's why that receptionist man also made a troubled face, thinking I didn't
need it.
「Um,
when the exam is over... Shinza-san
will glow again, right...?」
「Yeah,
I'll almost certainly glow.」
「What
are you...? I mean, there's no need for you to glow, is there!?」
「It's
cool, ain't it! We don't need any reason other than it being cool, Sensei!」
「I want
to see that sparkling again!」
「I am
just a firefly-san. More importantly, I ask for the exam.」
The female teacher
slumped face-down on the teacher's desk, looking completely exhausted again.
She let out a low sigh, and when that was done, she erased the blackboard with
rough movements. Immediately, the next exam was written there. History was
added to the final exam. But to a reading maniac like me, such a thing was
never a match for me to begin with.
The exam ended
quickly as well. There was a difference in labor between me, who only had to
write down the answers, and her, who had to create detailed questions.
「Haa...
Once again, all questions answered correctly... Ah... And, you are glowing
again... Haa, I don't understand the meaning... Is this a dream? If I close my
eyes and open them again, I'll surely be in my futon—or not...」
「Amazing,
amazing!!」
「Big
brother, you're like a god...」
「When I
go home today, I gotta tell my pop about this!」
「N-No
you can't! Let's make what happened here a secret among everyone, okay!?」
It seems she has a
position to maintain too. Thinking that would be bad, she proposed sharing a
secret. I think it's fine if they want to talk about it, though. When I turned
my eyes to the Book of the Evil Dragon to confirm, a highly pleasing result
awaited me there.
- Adventure -
【Get
promoted to the Adventurer Rank: Granite】 Completed
·
Reward: EXP 600 (Already received)
- Adventure -
【Get
promoted to the Adventurer Rank: Calcite】
·
Reward: EXP 1200
·
『I'm surprised... Could it be that the
mission to the Coastal Provinces, despite how it looks, might hide an
exceptional reward...』
- Adventure -
【Take
a job at the Adventurer's Guild. However, the mission location must be outside
the Empire.】
·
Reward: Excavation LV +1, EXP 500
·
『Does this mean your talent for excavation will
increase? Good, obtain this and get volume 2 of Puribel!』
You really got
hooked on it too. Rather, next time you reveal your figure, why not try adding
a transformation scene? 『Umu, not a bad idea, I will consider it.』
I think your divinity would be completely lost, though...
「I
didn't think it would be this easy; let me take the next one ahead of schedule.
I'll let the guild know.」
「No...
please go home...」
「Why?」
「That's
why I'm saying, please go home already!! Where do you think there's a parent
who wants to send their child to a school where a glowing suspicious person
appears...!?」
「I see,
you have a point.」
「It's
far more than just having a point!? Please, consider it saving me, and go home
already!」
The children seemed
troubled by that too. They liked this school, and were starting to feel down,
saying it would be sad if they couldn't attend anymore.
「Society
is a difficult thing. Understood, then I will come again.」
「You
intend to come again...?」
「Next
time, I intend to be mindful not to stand out.」
Experience points
are increasing in a doubling game. This is the first time I've had such an easy
mission. The other party
looks genuinely annoyed, but I'll definitely come again.
「See ya
later, glowing big bro!」
「We'll
keep this a secret from everyone, okay!」
「It
would help if you did that. Especially the Sensei there.」
With +1050 EXP in
hand, I left the school with the children's bright gazes at my back. Then, I
dropped by that kebab sandwich cafe I used to frequent.
「You,
aren't you Ashley!! You haven't
shown your face at all lately, so I was worried...!?」
「Sorry,
the work I started recently has been piling up... I'll order as many kebab sandwiches
and cutlet sandwiches as you have.」
「Sure
thing, you're flush with cash!」
「I
suppose. Since I started being an adventurer, I've come to make a decent
profit.」
「Is
that so. You know, I was... this is a strange story, alright? I was suspecting
that you might actually be Prince Ashley-sama.」
Hiding my agitation
was not easy, but to the lady, I wanted to remain the libertine Ashley. I should have been able to hide
my emotions.
「No
way, there's no way I could be someone that grand.」
「But Ashley, didn't you introduce them to
me...? Atomina-sama, and Ambassador Begal...」
「Lady,
there's no way a Prince like me exists.」
「Ahaha,
that's true too...! Sorry for asking something weird, Ashley. Come again.」
If I take the
position of Emperor or a position supporting it, I will no longer be able to be
the libertine Ashley. The cafe lady
probably won't interact with me intimately ever again either. As expected, I
refuse such a thing.
Stuffing my cheeks
with the strongly seasoned kebab sandwich for the first time in a while, I
changed my plans for the day and headed to the ruins where I excavated Zirant. My target, of course, was...
『Alright,
Puribel volume 2! Make sure to excavate it, I'm curious about the continuation of their love!』
You say that, Zirant, but it was written in other
books that those kinds of stories drag on with them getting together and
separating repeatedly. Well, hopes are slim, but let's do our best.
『You
don't understand at all! That dragging on is what makes it good, you fellow who
completely lacks an understanding of emotion!』
I don't get it.
Wouldn't it be more refreshing to go all the way to the end in one go? I can't
bear to watch a couple that won't get together forever.
『You
are truly, utterly a child... Precisely because two people who keep missing
each other are united at the end of hardships, there is catharsis! You lack a
maiden's heart!』
Even if I
hypothetically had one, it would be troubling, such a thing... Zirant and I bickered back and forth in
our minds endlessly. But it was regrettable. No matter how much I dug, the new
volume of Puribel did not appear before us.
『Mu,
what is this? Are you not taking it?』
「Yeah,
that's fine. It would be bad if I took it back, so I'll store it in the
building in the back.」
『Mu...?
Umu, this is, fumu... I like it. Let us take them all back.』
「I
refuse. Even if it's your request, I refuse that. I will absolutely not take it
back.」
Differences in
hobbies simply cannot be helped. Above all, if that guy Puis laid eyes on these, it was certain he would devote all his
sleeping hours to them.
『Very
well. I will not go so far as to say we will read them together. Umu, then I
will take them back.』
They were books
depicting romance between men and men. Romance between women and women. If
someone saw such things packed tightly in the bookshelf of my room, what would
become of my position. Even if the people of this side cannot read the
characters of the other world, the moment they see the suggestive cover art,
it's over...
「It's a
good opportunity... I'll ask them to make a room for you...」
『Kukuku...
Shall we read them together there?』
I decline. My
preference is adventure novels. I cannot keep you company in such hobbies.
◆ ◇ ◆ ◇ ◆
It goes without
saying that in the days following, the number of days Puis worked with a pale face increased. One day, while Georg-aniue and I were chatting in the
mansion in Erin, Puis saw that and let out an eerie
laugh, "Ehehehehehe...". Because it was so sudden, we wondered if Puis had gone mad. Needless to say, we
were surprised.
☆ ★ ☆
- Table of
Contents –
【Name】 Ashley
【Lv】
46 → 48
【Exp】
9685 → 10735
【STR】
114 → 118
【VIT】
295 → 302
【DEX】
268 → 273
【AGI】
253 → 260
【Skill】
Shovel LV 5 Scoop LV 1
Imperial Bond LV 2 Direction Sense LV 1 Movement Speed LV 2 Digging 30x
(Active)
『Even
possessing excellent power is meaningless if you do not display it. If you set
your mind to it, you can exert all your power and become Puribel herself.
Remember that well...』
Zirant says that I am not exerting all my power. That might be true. I was originally not a martial artist, but a libertine foolish son. If I could hopefully fight a monster like that Cherubim Armor again, I feel like my body could learn how to exert all its power, though...
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