NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 37
(This Arc) Epilogue
“It’s here.”
“Ah! Anju! The meat I grew up with!”
“Hmmm. My analysis tells me that this is meat at its best.”
“Oh my God! Then I, too, Godspeed!”
“……! The meat is gone ……!”
“Oh, wow. You two are amazing. Ah, the meat was cooked.”
That is what happens as soon as the meat we ordered arrives.
It’s no exaggeration to say that it’s a battlefield.
“No, Rina’s right, really. I’ll grill you as much meat as you want. Please calm down a little more.”
In fact, Rina and I grilled the meat, and the waitress brought the meat for us as much as we asked them.
I mean, don’t use your skills to fight over the meat.
“Look, it’s cooked. Let’s eat it.”
At any rate, he brings it in front of Rin and Anju in order of what’s cooked.
The two of them threw them into their mouths and began chewing happily.
“Oihii~!”
“Mmm. Delicious.”
“Delicious, huh? That’s good to hear.”
While watching the two of them, I start grilling my portion.
I thought I’m a reasonable eater too, but the girls eat a lot of food.
“Look, Rina, don’t just keep grilling. Eat properly too.”
Rina kept on grilling and didn’t eat at all.
So I put the meat I brought up on Rina’s plate with tongs. At the same time, Rin and Anju look at me with sparkling eyes.
“Oh, thank you.”
Then Rina finally picked up her chopsticks and brought the meat to her mouth.
In addition to that, Rin and Anju are also eating the meat on their plates.
“By the way, everyone eats so well~……”
“Hmm, the meat is delicious, but since I became an explorer, I’ve been eating more than before. After that, I’m growing up! We’re flowery high school girls!”
“Me too.”
“Well, I’ve only started moving since I became an explorer.”
Does being a flower girl high school student have anything to do with eating well?
“Yes, of course. You three are in high school, right? If that’s the case, you three will be in trouble tomorrow. Not every day you get caught up in a monster stampede.”
If I remember correctly, it would have been about ten times a year.
This time, it’s an irregular monster stampede, but the number of dungeons where stampede attacks occur is already high. That’s why the number of times runaway monsters occured is so high.
Thanks to that? Because of that? It’s scary if it happens nearby from the public’s point of view, but it happens often. But I know it’s rare. If you’re a high school student like Rin and others, there’s probably a lot of kids who want to hear what you have to say.
High school students like Rin and the others are probably full of kids who want to talk and experience it.
“Mmm~ even if that happens, there are more things we can’t talk about.”
Rin speaks with a bit of dissatisfaction with a grain of rice on her cheek.
Well, there isn’t much we can talk about this time.
This time it was an abnormal situation. It was a man-made disaster.
Because of this, the explorers involved in the monster stampede have been ordered to keep their mouths shut.
The four of us actually knew the cause and the situation. But they told us to keep our mouths shut.
But I don’t go to school and basically solo, so I don’t have to cover it up. I mean, I don’t have anyone to talk to.
But the three don’t.
“Uh~ I have to come up with a story that can deceive people…”
“…It’s hard.”
“Yes, it is. But it can’t be helped, and I’ll do my best.”
The three are high school students. They are classmates explorers taking a day off today because of the monster stampede occurred nearby yesterday. That alone is enough to associate them with the fact the same high school students as Rin and the others were involved in the monster stampede.
And since there is no way to tell the truth about the stampede, the three will have to do their best to come up with a cover-up.
It’s as normal as possible.
“Well, good luck. There are a lot of high school students who are becoming explorers these days, so I’m sure there are a lot of kids who will ask you.”
“That’s right – I heard our school would hold an information session this year for those who want to become explorers…..”
Heh, they started doing that kind of thing too?
Well, if you think about it, yes.
I hear that the number of high school students becoming explorers has been increasing in recent years, and as a teacher, I guess that’s part of their concern.
And, being a senior in high school, it’s exam season and they probably want you to make your decision early.
I wish my school had something like that.
“Well, I’ve already decided to continue as an explorer after graduation, so I don’t have any problems!”
“Me too.”
“M-me too.”
Oh ……, I didn’t expect to hear a declaration of commitment at a place like this.
Well, it’s not something I could say. I started working as an explorer in earnest right after graduating high school.
“I see. Let’s put the difficult talk to rest and enjoy the yakiniku since we’re here. Look, there’s more meat we can eat.”
At the same time as I said that, the three started grilling and eating meat again.
I, too, grill and eat.
It started to look like a gluttonous eating contest, but that’s part of the fun.
And even though it wasn’t an all-you-can-eat contest, I’m paying a ridiculous amount of money for the bill.
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Level 635
HP: 6370/6370 MP: 4195/4195
Attack Power: 707(+52)
Defense: 657(+12)
Agility: 1897(+1247)
Dexterity: 812(+152)
Mental Strength: 2052(+1412)
Luck: 50
BP: 150
SP: 165
Skills: [Magic Arrow Lv.20] [Archery Lv.10] [Hawk Eye Lv.10] [Item Box Lv.7] [Lock-On Lv.10][Appraisal Lv.5] [MP Up Lv.10] [MP Recovery Speed Up Lv.10] [Dagger Art Lv.7] [Search Enemy Lv.9] [Stealth Lv.5]
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