Chapter 042
The night after my unexpected encounter with the army, my dad told me that he had received a call from the school. He said that I would be transferred to a support class and that they wanted me to come to school starting tomorrow.
Apparently, the school decided to ignore the complaints from the PTA and go ahead with the original plan. I'm grateful that this will reduce some of the girls' interactions and the boys' jealousy.
The next morning, I went to school as usual. Mai was in a good mood and stuck to my right arm, making it hard to walk.
"Mai, isn't it hard to walk?"
"It's been a while since I've gone to school with my onii-chan, so this is only natural!"
I'm happy that my cute little sister likes me, but I'm a little worried that I'm going too far. But if she told me, "Don't do my laundry together with my onii-chan's!" I wouldn't be able to recover, so I'll leave it at that for now.
"Good morning, Mai!"
"Oh, today Onii-san is together!"
Halfway through, Mai's friends joined in and things get really steamy. Even elementary school girls are still girls.
"I heard you've already explored the dungeon, Onii-san. That's amazing!"
"Mai always brags about it. How far have you explored?"
"I don't have enough money to buy weapons yet, so I'm stuck on the ninth floor. The drop turtles are tough, and it would take too long to kill them without a weapon."
The question was unexpected, and I ended up answering without thinking. Mai and her two friends, as well as the students on their way to school who were listening in, stopped in their tracks.
"Onii-chan, have you already gone down to the ninth floor?"
"You got your skills during Golden Week, right?"
"Without a weapon, does that mean if you buy one, it's guaranteed you can reach double-digit levels...?"
Thanks to the Hercules syndrome, I was able to go down to the ninth floor without much trouble, but normally only a select few parties can go that far.
You can ignore the drop turtles and move forward by hitting the ground with a stick or something. However, what awaits you next is the orcs, which are even more troublesome than the drop turtles.
Even if you ignore the drop turtles and move forward, if you can't defeat the turtles, you won't be able to defeat the orcs. So there's no point in going further, and whether you can go beyond the ninth floor is a yardstick that separates explorers' ranks.
I haven't gone beyond the ninth floor yet, but that's because of a lack of attack power, which can be remedied by buying a weapon. Therefore, it's almost certain that I can go beyond it.
"Hey, it's obviously a lie that a skinny guy like you can go to the ninth floor. If you're not lying, show me the floor you've reached!"
A boy wearing the same junior high school uniform approached me. I have no obligation to show him, but I'll show because I feel like he'll keep coming after me if I don't.
"Are you satisfied with this? You can't fake your status. Don't start lying about this too, okay?"
"Y-You really did go to the ninth floor... Such a girly guy..."
I ignored the boy who stood there after being presented with the indisputable evidence and headed towards the school. There seemed to be rumors being whispered here and there, but there was no point in worrying about it, so I decided to ignore it.
"Look, the elementary school is over there. Be careful of cars on your way."
"Yes. Thank you, Onii-san!"
"Onii-san, I'm off now."
"Onii-chan, tell me the details when you get back, okay?"
I was a little worried about Mai's reaction, but there was nothing I could do about it so I didn't think about it for now. I don't remember telling my parents, so I'm afraid they'll question me when I get home.
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