Chapter 54: First Quest 1

"Today's class ends here"

"""thank you very much"""

This week's classes are all over. This week's lessons were all boring topics such as school introductions, circle introductions, and a brief history of the school. Starting next week, there’ll be lessons on magic and weapons, so it won't be as boring as this week. And it was decided that we wouldn’t teach Claudia attack magic until the practice field of the school became available. The magic practice area is supposed to be usable once magic class begins.

"You won't join a circle, right?"

"I guess not" (Sophie)

(nod)

I've seen a lot of circles on the tour, but nothing that really attracted me. I've been invited to join the magic research circle that Brother Judson belongs to, but I declined. Their activity involves creating new magic, which sounded a little fun. I was a little attracted to this.

"After all, It’s hard to balance club activities with adventuring." (Zeros)

"That's right"

Circle activities are often active on the light and dark days off so it becomes difficult to be an adventurer. Therefore, I refused the magic research circle.

"See you tomorrow, in front of the guild."

"Goodbye Shana"

"Mm"

And finally tomorrow I will go hunting monsters for the first time as an adventurer. I'm really looking forward to it.

"Good morning"

"Good morning"

"Mm"

Then, in the morning, I joined Shana in front of the guild and went to the quest board to see the quests.

"Which one should we choose?"

A lot of requests are pasted on the request board. It's 6 o'clock in the morning. Since adventurers usually drink alcohol until late at night, Wallace and his friends advised me to go to the guild early in the morning since It would be free. By the way, clocks are common in this world. In the different world light novels I read in my previous life, there were often no clocks, but in this world, ordinary households also have clocks.

"How about this?"

"Sounds good"

"Mm"

What I found was an orc subjugation request. If it's an orc, We three have managed to hunt it a long time ago. It's also a good way to see how strong we’ve become since then. We can also see if we can work together as well as in the past.

I peeled off the orc subjugation request and took it to the reception. When you receive a quest, I was told you peel it off and bring it with you.

"We’ll take this."

"Yes, please show me your guild card."

"Okay"

Then, the receptionist confirmed the quest and accepted it.

"Accepted. Be careful."

"Thank you"

And the three of us headed for the forest that was written in the quest. That forest was the same one we hunted in before.

"Then Shana, please detect"

"Mm"

Then, after a while, Shana pointed in a certain direction, so we went in that direction.

"There..."( Shana)

As we hunted some goblins and wolves that appeared on the way, two orcs appeared.

"I'll distract them, then you two take care of them one by one.”

"Yes"

"Mm"

Then I jumped out and headed for the orcs.

"" Boomooh !! ""

"Shut up"

I easily dodged the Orc's attacks. The orc, annoyed at not being able to hit me, swung even wider.

"Wind Spear"

"Stone Spear"

"" Boohoh ... ""

The magic released by the two cut off the orcs’ heads beautifully.

"Good job"

"No problem"

"Mm"

Unlike in the past, it can be killed with a single blow.

"Then let's find the next one"

"Yes"

"Mm"

At least 5 orcs were requested, so at least 3 more must be defeated. I put the defeated orcs in my magic pouch and we headed to find the next one.

Chapter 55: First Quest 2

"Fu ..."

"There’s a lot" (Sophie)

"Mmm"

It's been about 3 hours since we met the first two, and a total of 18 have been hunted. She feels there are too many since we hunted one every 10 minutes.

"Well that’s probably why there’s a subjugation request." (Zeros)

If there aren't a lot of orcs, there wouldn’t be a request for subjugation, so it's probably like this.

"We still have time, what should we do?" (Sophie)

Even if I think about going home, it's not even 12 o'clock yet, so we have more than 2 hours to spare.

"Isn't it okay to take a short break for now then hunt at a reasonable pace?" (Zeros)

"I guess so"

"Mm"

Then, we ate the long-lasting dried meat and hard bread I bought with Wallace then went further into the forest.

"Okay! Let's go home" (Zeros)

"Alright"

"Mm"

Since we were quite deep into the forest, we decided to finish early in order to have time to go home. After taking a break, we were able to hunt 15 more orcs in less than two hours. In total, we hunted 33 orcs today alone. Thanks to Shana's magic ring with a capacity of 10 cubic meters, we were able to bring back all the orcs. By the way, a magic ring is a ring version of a magic pouch. It's more convenient, but Sophie and I were on a budget and bought the pouch. The request form said there was no limit to the number of Orcs they could buy, but now I'm starting to wonder if they'll buy all33 of them.

"Shana, can we go home without encountering too many monsters?"

"Nn"

"Then please"

(nod)

And on the way back, we were able to go home without seeing many monsters.

"This is a report of the completion of the request."

"Yes, please show me your guild cards."

Then, I reported the completion of the request to the guild receptionist. To that end, we presented our guild cards.

"A total of 33 bodies ... uh! Hmm! 33 bodies. The request is complete."

She was surprised at the number and almost made a loud voice, but she was truly professional, she Immediately calmed down and didn't shout.

Also, the guild card will record the number of monsters requested, therefore, it’s not possible to buy the corpse of a monster and pretend to subdue it. By the way, it’s recorded only when a request is received, so no matter how many monsters you defeat without a quest, it won’t be recorded.

"Have you finished dismantling?"

"No, not yet"

"If so, please use the dismantling yard."

"Yes, thank you"

"And here are 43 silver coins as a reward for the subjugation request. Please check."

"Thank you very much"

The reward this time was 3 silver coins for the first 5 bodies and 1 silver coin after that.

"Then let's go to the dismantling yard"

"Yes"

"Hmm"

And this time, we went to the dismantling yard.

"Please dismantle"

"Oh! What and how many!"

"33 orcs"

"That's amazing! Great!"

"Can we take them out here?"

"Of course!"

And we took out 33 orcs on the spot.

"You guys! You hunted them beautifully!"

I was conscious of hunting cleanly, thinking about selling them.

"Most new guys! Just mess them up as long as they can kill them!"

And for a short while, I ended up listening to complaints of the dismantling yard.

"Do you want to bring some of them home?"

"No"

"Really!"

If it's an orc, I've brought it back before, so if I want to bring something next time, a monster with a higher rank is better.

"I'll buy each orc for two silver coins."

"Thank you!"

And we got another 66 silver coins.

"How should we divide the silver coins?"

We talked about how to divide 109 silver coins in the guild tavern.

"Why don't you divide it into four parts and use the rest as party funds?" (Sophie)

"Party funds?"

When I asked her in detail, she said that we would save the remaining money and use it for something the party needs or in case someone was injured.

"I think that’s a great idea."

"Mm"

"Let's do that" (Zeros)

And for some reason, It was decided that I would keep the party funds as a representative.

"See you same time tomorrow."

"Goodbye"

"Mmm."

Tomorrow's dark day, we’ll also go to the Adventurer's Guild. What kind of quest will we receive tomorrow?

Chapter 56: Orc Subjugation

"Fire Spear"

"Wind Spear"

"Stone Spear"

We took the same quest of subjugating orcs as yesterday.

Now, in the same forest, we cast magic on each of the three orcs from the shadows.

"There are more than yesterday."

"Yes there are"

"Mm"

And today we were able to subdue 42 orcs in about the same time as yesterday.

"Then let’s go back..."

"Wait"

I tried to propose going home, but Shana stopped me.

"Something stronger than an orc is heading straight for us."

A few moments after Shana said this, I felt a thumping sound coming towards us.

"Boomooooooooh !!"

Then, what appeared was an orc that was about twice as large as a normal one and had a reddish-black color, and I don't know where It took it from, but It was holding a big sword.

"Wind enchantment"

I headed for the red-black orc as usual.

"Boohooh !!"

It moves faster than normal orcs and has more power, but it’s not as powerful as the Knight Captain, so I was able to keep dodging its attacks.

"Wind Spear"

"Wind Spear"

"Stone Spear"

"Boohoh !!!!"

"Fire Enchantment"

"Booh!"

The reddish-black orc was able to dodge Sophie and Shanas' magic, but it ducked too far, leaving a lot of gaps. I tried to cut its head off by changing the wind enchantment to a fire enchantment, but he changed his stance and I cut its chest instead of its neck.

"Boohoh !!"

"Huh!"

The reddish-black orc turned its back on me and headed for Sophie and Shana, who it judged to be more troublesome than me, so I slashed its leg tendon from behind.

"Fire Spear"

"Wind Spear"

"Stone Spear"

"Boohooh ..."

And when its leg was cut and it collapsed, Sophie and Shana cast magic on its head and it died.

"Is this a high orc?"(Zeros)

"No. Isn't it an orc warrior?"

As Sophie says, an orc warrior is an orc that has evolved two levels from a normal orc. However, it’s too weak for that. Rather, it seems that it's not accustomed to fighting humans. It was surprised at the magic and avoided it excessively as if It had never seen magic before.

"There’s no choice but to go back and report" (Zeros)

"Yeah"

"Mm"

There were many things we didn't understand, so we decided to go back to the guild and report.

"This is a report of the completion of the request."

"Yes, please show me your guild card."

First of all, I reported the completion of the request as I did yesterday.

"A total of 43 bodies? One of them is an orc warrior? ... I'm sorry. May I talk to you in a separate room?"

"Yes"

And we told the guild staff the details in a separate room.

"I see ... this is obviously an unusual situation, so I will ask an adventurer who is good at exploration to investigate."

"Got it"

And we got 53 silver coins as a reward. The guild officials apologized for this because no matter how high the species of orcs subdued, the amount will be the same as that of normal orcs. After that, the orcs and orc warrior were sold at the dismantling station. The orcs sold for 84 silver coins in total, the orc warrior sold for 50 silver coins. The dismantler was very surprised when I took the orc Warrior out of the magic pouch. And today alone we were able to earn 187 silver coins.

"Then let's divide the coins"

The 187 silver coins were split and divided into 46 coins per person, and the remaining 49 coins were used as party funds.

Yesterday and today alone, I got 73 silver coins. I think it's amazing when I think it's 730,000 yen.

"Then Shana, see you at school tomorrow."

"Shana, see you tomorrow"

"Mm"

Then, apart from Shana, I and Sophie went home together.

"It’s school tomorrow ..."

"Please rest assured. I’ll wake you up early so you won’t be late."

"Can’t we skip it?"

"No way"

"Alright ..."

Sophie is usually sweet to me, but she's basically strict, so I'm sure I'll have to go to school tomorrow. I headed home today, thinking of going to bed a little earlier for tomorrow.

Chapter 57: Practice

"Good morning…"

"Good morning"

"Mm"

I was awakened by Sophie and brought to school. I don’t mind getting up early to hunt monsters, but it's hard to get up to study.

"Then I will start the class."

And the four days of school life were about to begin again.

"Today's class ends here"

"""Thank you very much"""

And today, all the lessons of the day are over, and after school has arrived.

"Then let's go Claudia"

"Yes!"

And since classes such as magic class have started today, the practice area can be used. Today's magic lesson was as simple as hitting targets in the same way as in the exam.

"Miss Claudia, please relax more."

"Yes!"

"Collect magical power here."

"Yes!"

"She doesn’t need us, right?" (Zeros)

"Mm…"

We were teaching magic to Claudia at the shooting range. At first, I and Shana were also teaching, but I couldn't put into words what I wanted to convey, and Shana doesn't speak much from beginning so had a hard time teaching.  Sophie was too good at teaching. That’s why she's mostly teaching her alone.

"Zero ni-san! Let's go get a practice sword"

"Okay"

After interrupting the teaching, Sophie went to get a practice sword with me. I can go get a practice sword by myself, right?

"Zero ni-san, please stand over there for a moment."

"Around here?"

"Yes, It's okay there"

I walked to the place where Sophie pointed her finger. It's about 10 meters away from Sophie.

"Then, Miss Claudia, just as I taught you, please treat Zero as the target and release the magic."

"Eh!? It's dangerous!"

"For my brother it’s okay. Look. Fire Arrow."

"Whoa! Hey!"

Sophie suddenly cast a spell on me. I was a little surprised, but I slashed them all with the practice sword and erased them. It was a bit hard because there were 5 of them.

"Sophie! What are you doing suddenly!"

"I wanted a target to cast magic."

"Huh! Then you can make it with magic!"

"I wanted a target that would move like in the exam."

"Hmm!"

It's hard to complain because it's logical. And since I was interested in the silent Claudia from a while ago, I looked at her.

"Eh ...? Why ... he slashed magic ... Eh ??"

Claudia was in turmoil. Well, it's certainly insane ...

"If it’s Zero ni-san he’ll have no problems with your magic, so feel free to go wild."

"Yes, I understand ..."

She let go of her confusion and began.

"Fireball"

"Wind ball"

"Stone ball"

"Water ball"

And I just kept moving and slashing at the magic as it came out. At first I complained to Sophie, but this was actually good practice for me. Whenever I do something like this with Sophie, she always shoots her magic at the place I don't want it the most, at the time I don't want it the most., but Claudia casts with just the right amount of variation.

"Already ... my limit ..."

And after tens of minutes, Claudia seems to have run out of MP.

"Thank you for your hard work" (Sophie)

"Good job" (Zeros)

"Hmm"

"Oh, thank you"

"The accuracy and power of your magic is getting better and better." (Zeros)

"Really!?"

"Yes"

And by receiving the magic directly, I became able to understand what was wrong and what was good and was able to give advice. Sophie acted as an interpreter to tell her what I couldn't put into words. Did Sophie read this far and tell me to take on her magic?

"Let's end here today"

"I'm really thankful to you"

"No problem" (Zeros)

"Let's go home" (Sophie)

"Oh, I'll return the practice sword first." (Zeros)

"I'll go with you."

"I’m fine"

"No, I'll go with you"

"Wind enchantment"

"Ah"

I had to use the wind enchantment to shake off Sophie. I'm always with Sophie except when I sleep, in the bathroom and in the bath. Sophie should be separated from her brother for a while, so I went to return the simulated sword alone. However, when shopping with Wallace and others, she was obediently separated, but what was the reason? If she knew the reason, would Sophie be closer to leaving her brother?”

"Fu ..."

" Adolfo-kun"

"Yes?"

"You taught Claudia magic."

"Oh, yes"

"Thank you"

"No"

Then when I returned the practice sword to it’s original place, the deputy school director spoke to me.

"It's true that we teachers should be the ones teaching ..."

"Huh?"

"No, nothing. Please continue to grow with your friends."

"Um, I understand ..."

"Then go home safely"

"Good bye…"

What was that all about? But this was not the time to think about it. If I was even a little late, Sophie would get angry. So I hurriedly left the training ground.

"Zero ni-san, you’re late"

"Sorry"

"Let's go home"

"Yeah"

Then I went home with Sophie, who was waiting in front of the school gate.

Chapter 58: To the Guild

"Room~~~" 

"Are you okay?" 

"I’m fine" 

When I got home after four days of school, I dive into bed first. What I’m learning at school is becoming more of magic and martial arts. I was doing that at my parents' house. However, I’ve hated school itself since my previous life. I’m good with studying at home, but I don't like being forced to study at a fixed time. In other words, I’m not suitable for group behavior.

"Then what about tomorrow? Do you want to tell Shina to take a day off?"

"I'll go even if there’s a natural disaster."

"No... I don't think the guild will be doing anything if there's a natural disaster...”

You can say that I can go to school because I have these two days to defeat monsters. It's such a nice break.

"Even so, Sophie ... as expected."

"No, no, this is nothing"

"It wasn’t a compliment"

"Do you hate it?"

"I'm in trouble because I don’t ..."

After diving into the bed, I should have been looking at the ceiling with a pillow under my head, but when I noticed, Sophie's face was right above. In other words, Sophie was giving me a knee pillow. The bad thing about it is that Sophie's knee pillow feels more comfortable than a real pillow. No matter how much I look for a pillow, I can't find anything better than Sophie's knee pillow. And it strokes my head as a set. I quickly get drowsy.

"Would you like to sleep?"

"Mmm……"

"Good night"

And I fell asleep as it was.

***

"Well then!"

"Yes"

"Mm"

In the end, I slept until morning. Of course, when I woke up in the morning, I slept firmly on my pillow. Then I hurried to take a bath, had breakfast, and we went to the guild.

"Huh? There are many orc subjugation quests." 

There are more orc subjugation quests than before.

I also wanted to hear the results of the orc survey, so I went to the reception to ask. 

"What happened to the Orc Survey?" 

"Well... there was an unusually large number of them, but only orcs were found."

"I see...”

"Also, one person who entered that forest suddenly disappeared.” 

"Disappeared!?" 

"Yes, so please be careful." 

"Thank you"

I've just heard some terrible information. I'm curious about the fact that it's not the whole party that's disappearing, but just one person.

"Finish up early today and come to the guild." 

"Huh !?" 

How do you make only one person disappear? While thinking seriously about this, I was suddenly called from behind. 

"I'll teach you the rare magic I promised before." 

"Wow, I understand!" 

The person who spoke suddenly was the guild chief.

I definitely want to acquire rare magic, so I asked Sophie and Shana if we could finish up early, and it they said it was okay. 

"Let's go" 

Then, while looking forward to the rare magic, we headed for the orc subjugation.

***

"Wind cutter" 

"Boohoh ..." 

"Nice, Sophie" 

"It was nothing" 

It's just before 12 o'clock now, but 30 more orcs have been subdued. After all there are too many. However, even though there’s such a large number, there are no higher-ranking species to be found, I really don't know what's going on.

"Sorry, can we stop here for today?"

"That's fine.

"Hmm."

I apologized to Sophie and Shana for leaving earlier than usual, and decided to call it a day. I left the forest with a very happy feeling.

"Then I'll teach you the magic." 

"By the way, what kind of magic is it?" 

And after a quick exchange of the goods, the guild leader is teaching me magic. I've heard that the training ground is off-limits to the public. It's an abuse of authority, but it's for my own good, so I'm not complaining. And it's only me, the guild leader, and Sophie in this training hall. Shana said she had some things she wanted to do if we finished early, and left. I heard that Sophie wasn't really supposed to be here either, but she didn't want to hear it, so the guild leader gave in.

"I’ll be teaching you spirit magic." 

Apparently, I can be a spirit user.