Chapter 132 (1/2)

Volume 2

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 4 Chapter 13

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Several weeks since the journey of Ryuuya’s group of three had started.

In the room of a post town that they stopped by in the middle of their journey towards the Jiol Forest Kingdom, Luuty and Ria were animatedly chatting.

「……Hーn, so Ria, you were going around the continent this whole time.」

「Yes. I have also gone to the Jiol Forest Kingdom.」

「Is that so. But the person called Reina-san really is famous. Ahーah, I wanted to see her too……」

Seeing Luuty breath a sigh sounding disappointed, Ria replied with “is that so”.

Although she thought “certainly, it is interesting just seeing her” but she wouldn’t say it out loud.

According to Reina, her shishou, her sharp ears seem to be able to hear rumors from beyond the edges of the continent.

It would be best to not say anything unnecessary.

「But, I see. So that is why you’re also amazing, Ria.」

In actuality, Ria was strong.

In the battles that Luuty and Ryuuya had up until now, Ryuuya was the vanguard and Luuty served as the rear guard.

However, on top of being terrible at defense, Ryuuya’s attacks were also self-taught.

Although he had somehow managed with his inherent superhuman physical ability, the truth was that he had reached his limit.

When Ria joined, their situation in battle made a drastic change.

With Ria having her sword and shield at the ready, she displayed her impregnable defensive ability.

She would repel attacks, and furthermore send back an intense attack in her counterattack.

Since Ria wouldn’t allow an enemy to draw near her, Luuty was able to display her abilities as a rear guard in a perfect state.

Furthermore, since he no longer had to fight while protecting Luuty, Ryuuya also became able to focus on attacking.

While she performed her defensive role, Ria would sometimes back Ryuuya up, and would also instead use magic when Luuty was at her limit.

In other words, Ria’s support to respond to the situation was perfect, and the words 「tough fight」 had vanished from the Hero party’s vocabulary.

That wasn’t all.

Ryuuya imitated Ria’s movements, making his own movements more efficient and his reckless sword techniques were refined.

The way to use the sword, the proper use of it against magic, the way to use the body.

Even though Ria didn’t tell him anything, Ryuuya gathered knowledge on what he himself needed and grew.

Recently, it was to the point that Ryuuya was passionately trying to accompany Ria in her independent practice.

Luuty valued Ria highly even on the point of having strongly instilled the thing called the desire to improve himself in Ryuuya who had a bit of an overconfident aspect to him.

Incidentally, the Hero party’s meal situation had also changed greatly.

Ryuuya often tried to make the cuisine of his birthplace and failed, and Luuty wasn’t all that particularly good at cooking other than the traditional Sylphid dishes. Moreover, the traditional Sylphid cuisine that had little taste was subtly unpopular with Ryuuya.

That is why they had stocked up on jerky and dried potato as their packed food, but as expected, they got tired of them on their long journeys.

However, that meal situation had changed through Ria’s joining of the group.

Ria’s cooking ability was outstanding, and the variation was also abundant.

Filled with deep emotion, Luuty got Ria to teach her the recipes.

Speaking in terms of coordination, the Hero party had leveled up several times with Ria’s joining of the group.

With Ria filling up the things they were lacking up until now, the party was stable, and they ended up aiming towards the next level.

「No, someone like me is not that great……」

Luuty understood Ria’s words as her being humble.

It was there that a voice was heard from the corner of the room.

「It isn’t good to be too humble. Even I’m thankful towards you, you know?」

Luuty sent a cold gaze at the owner of that voice.

What was on the floor there was the figure of Ryuuya tied up with a rope.

With only having rope wrapped around him, since had tried to get close to them with movements that made him look like a caterpillar, they thoroughly tied the end of the rope to the coat hanger rack on the wall.

「……The pervert should just shut up.」

「I’m no pervert, I am a gentleman who seeks a man’s romance.」

The thing that Ryuuya had done not too long ago was simple.

When Luuty and Ria had left their room, he invaded their room without permission.

He put their beds together, put sheets on top of it, and reorganized it into a double bed.

Bringing in his own pillow from his room, he constructed a bed where the three of them could sleep together.

And then, he lied in wait for when the two of them came back.

Ryuuya protested “even though I was just trying to deepen the friendship between the three of us, why did I end up like this”……but naturally, the two of them didn’t accept it.

As a result, that was the reason why the current situation was completed.

「To begin with, how many times do I have to tell you before you understand that Humans and Sylphid can’t end up like that.」

While saying that, Luuty went over to put in a kick on Ryuuya who was lying there.

Thinking “since it seems dangerous in various ways, there is no choice but to leave him like this for tonight”, Ria breathed a sigh.

──But, in the next instant, Ria threw a knife at the space behind her.

「Eh!?」

「Uoh!?」

Turning around to face the surprised Luuty and Ryuuya for only an instant, Ria shouted.

「Luuty, please remove the ropes on Ryuuya-sama! There is something here!」

The knife that Ria threw didn’t pierce into the wall.

A brusque arm that suddenly appeared in midair was tightly gripping it.

No, more accurately, it wasn’t in midair.

The arm had come out from a spot that seemed like a crack was created in midair.

That crack expanded, and spread out.

And then, what appeared from there was a strange-looking figure.

It was silver full body armor that seemed to have blades stuck into it all over its body.