CH 127

Episode 127: Prohibition of flirting?

"Geh. It's just insect monsters!!"

"Well, there have to be insect monsters. It's a forest dungeon."

"Th, that's right. W, well then, I'll watch, so you can defeat them, okay?"

Amane entered the dungeon with great momentum, but as soon as a spider-type monster close to the size of a human appears, she becomes suspicious and urges me to go ahead.

You're not hiding anything at all, are you?

"Hahaa. Amane, you don't like insects, do you?"

"Th, that's not it, really!! I'm just not good with them!! This place is too weak for me, so I'll just give them to you."

When I question her with a distorted grin, Amane answers even more disorderly.

It's funny because I didn't think I would find out about something like this.

"Hmm. Is that true?"

"O, of course!! I'm a senior even like this. I, it's natural to be kind to juniors, right?"

When I ask again with a dubious expression, Amane folds her amrs, turns away and blushes. Just by crossing her arms naturally, her chest is greatly emphasized and catches my eye, but Amane is looking away so she doesn't notice.

"That's fine, but what about Shia?"

"Fight."

"I'll leave it to you."

"Hmm."

I stop teasing Amane any further and have a simple exchange with Shia like usual, then Shia jumps out like a bow and arrow and cuts the spider into pieces.

Shia returns with an innocent face and puts the magic stone into her space expansion bag.

She seems to be in great shape today.

"Y, you, definitely not an E-rank explorer, are you?"

"Hmm? E-rank explorer. Matching with Fu-kun."(TN:Apparently why she doesn't want to rank up yet.)

Amane speaks to Shia with a look of surprise on her face. As if to prove it, Shia takes out her explorer card and holds it out to Amane proudly.

"No, I don't mean it like that, but ..."

Amane is perplexed by the card she held out.

"Hmm?"

"No, it's fine. It's nothing. So, do you have a goal for today?"

Amane shakes her head and changes the subject to Shia who is tilting her head because she doesn't understand why Amane is perplexed.

Come to think of it, didn't I tell her the purpose of coming here?

"Aah. I think we'll go to the third floor for now."

"Why is that?"

"Because I encountered the fairly strong monsters on the second floor. After that, I didn't proceed because I thought I'd get a little more experience first."

Ever since I met those monsters, I've been fighting on the second floor, but I didn't get to meet them before Golden Week.

Besides, I may have become able to defeat C-rank monsters in the stray dungeon that I entered during Golden Week, so I want to go ahead and test my strength.

"I don't think there's an enemy like that on the second floor, but I'd like to fight a little too."

"It's just insects."

Towards Amane, who is clenching her fists and brimming with fighting spirit, I toss cold water on her to tease her.

"Ugh."

The effect is outstanding, and Amane makes a disgusted face.

It doesn't seem like there's anything scary about Amane, but she has a surprising side.

"Puu. Just kidding."

"Ah!! That's terrible!! You deceived me!!"

Amane's reaction is strange and I couldn't help but burst out laughing, and then Amane walks over to me, trying to close in on me.

"Hahahahaa. I think that you also have some girlish and cute parts."

"~ !?"

When I reply while wiping the tears from my own eyes, she blushes like a water heater and stands stiff.

"What's wrong?"

"N, no, it's nothing!! Ra ・ th ・ er ・ than ・ that, let's hurry up and go ahead!!"

I wondered what was wrong with her and ask, but after recovering in a panic, she turns on her heel and proceeds forward.

"Hey, Amane."

"What!!"

When I call out, Amane glares at me with a quarrelsome attitude.

What, what did I do!?

"The stairs aren't over there, are they?"

"~ !? Y, you should say that sooner!!"

Putting aside my feelings, when I ask her what's wrong, she gives me an unreasonable answer.

Isn't that a little too mean?

"No, you were trying to go ahead on your own ..."

I inadvertently let out a sigh and mutter.

Amane passes by us in the opposite direction to the one she was currently advancing in and advances at a fast pace.

No, I just told you ...

"Amane."

"What is it this time!!"

Amane replies with the same displeasure as I call out again.

"No, the stairs aren't over there, are they?"

"Then, where is the staircase!!"

When I tell her again, Amane stops on the ground on the spot.

What is she getting so upset about?

"Over there."

"Fuun!!"(TN:Snorting.)

Amane stops again and turns her head in the direction I am pointing and walks away.

"What the hell happened?"

"Prohibition of flirting?"

"We're not ..."

For some reason, Shia replies with a questioning tone to my questioning mutter.

It was just a little teasing, so I wasn't really flirting.

"Hey, how long are you going to dawdle!! Let's hurry up and go!!"

While the two of us stare blankly at Amane's back, she, who is ahead of us, turns around and shouts, and proceeds ahead again.

"That Amane person is saying that too, let's go after her. Maybe she doesn't have a sense of direction."

"Hmm."

We run after Amane, who is walking sullenly.