Tanaka Jiro, 28 years old, with a girlfriend
Her Suela Hendelberg　
　　　Memory Tris
Occupation Dungeon Tester (full-time)
Magical aptitude 8 (general class)
Post Warriors


Then I will send a messenger to you later.
"Yes, I'll be waiting for you at the inn then.

Extensions overlapping extensions, food and voices holding back that there were still things to talk about, all succeeded in pushing the discussion to a later date, pushing the poor health of the boy Suzuki, the party involved, to the fore.
We parted from the bishop in that room, and the one who was seeing him off at the end was the priest who was in charge of seeing him off.
Smiling at the priest in a cold sweat, I surrendered myself.
Covering my suit with my cloak, I walk down the main street and feel several glances that seem to be surveillance.
Some of them seem to be taking turns following me, but this is the kind of skill I'd say is OK.
It could be that they are deliberately trying to warn me.
But it's only a matter of whether you can't smoke.
I decide to hold off on smoking until after I get back to my room, and I walk down the street to the inn.
The gesture may seem unguarded, but if anything goes wrong, they'll be there behind the scenes.
With my insurance in place, my thoughts turn to self-grading to see how the negotiations went.
If you calculate your failures and successes like crackling solovans, you can call this one an 80 percent success.
I pat myself on the back for a well-done result.
The main purpose of this negotiation was ostensibly to meet the brave men, but it also had another purpose to convey my attitude to the country.

I've rolled the dice. All we have to do now is wait for the dice to come out.

The abrupt end of negotiations, even if they got a promise to negotiate later, they would have wanted to continue to negotiate.
I was addressing the brave boy Suzuki with something that I could neither deny nor approve, but in fact I was addressing Trice.
Does your country kidnap children from other people's countries and turn them into murderers? And .
When I saw the priest who was standing behind the bishop gradually turn blue, I wanted to ask him if he was a cartoon.
I dared to pretend not to notice it and watched the bishop, my main target, but as expected of an old raccoon, he kept his cool until the end.
If you intervene and deny it then and there, it could lead to the question of what the purpose of Suzuki's training was, while affirming it could lead to worsening relations between the countries.
From Trice's point of view, our country, Japan, is the kind of country that has a lot of brave men.
Even if you know the fact that there is no magic that is not officially magic, it is a great warrior nation where there are many people with outstanding potential from the perspective of Trice.
If it comes to war, no one would be stupid enough to try to fight even though they know they'll have a Demon King class force.
The fact that a person like me crossed over to another world like this means that there was a possibility of that depending on the negotiations this time.
I'm not going to be able to get any more than a few hours of sleep.
That's why he couldn't bullshit me, the face of the negotiations, and missed the fact that Suzuki boy was being beaten up.
If you don't intervene, that comment would have only been the result of Suzuki's outburst, so the country has a different opinion.
Maybe an explanation would have come up that would have killed me.
As for the game of negotiations, it's a close call with a fresh start, but my main objective is to warn my opponent and poison the heroes.
Now, what do you think she'll do?
I continued on my way to the inn, considering the remaining 20% of uncertainties.

Another side

While Jiro was thinking this, things were going on here as well.

"You're not really coming for me, are you?
"Suzuki said he met her, so there's no doubt about it, right?

Gossip is one of the few pastimes in Ithar, which is not much of a pastime compared to Japan.
That's not an exception for the brave men and women.
There are no games, television, or cell phones.
No comics or magazines.
No convenience stores or game arcades.
No freedom to shop for your status or to go sightseeing.
In addition, men refrain from drinking alcohol and entertainment, which 15 year old men enjoy normally, because they are students and it is against Japanese law.
At first, girls were happy with the difference in taste and appearance between Japanese sweets and other snacks, but they feel that they are not as good as they are in Japan.
In short, compared to Japan, entertainment is drastically reduced.
In such a situation, it is only natural that the story of his return to Japan will spread in an instant.
And this is a fact that Jiro doesn't know, and this is a definite story.

Isn't his skill at detecting falsehoods?
"Oh, so that's why the bishop took you to see if it's a fake.

The typical promise of a brave man is to have a special skill.
As an example, each of these students has at least one skill.
Among them, Suzuki had the skill of detecting a falsehood, a skill that can tell if an opponent is telling a lie or not.
However, you can only know whether they are lying or not, not what kind of lies they are telling.
So it does not tell you what you're hiding, but it's a skill you can avoid if you're careful.
But the fact that he is not lying is important in this gossip.
We have a way back to Japan.
This fact has caused a stir among the brave men.
The two boys were just chatting as they walked to the cafeteria, happy that training was temporarily canceled today.
But deep down, they hadn't really felt the need to save their country, and were hoping for information that they might not have to do it.

It's kind of noisy in the cafeteria, isn't it?
Oh, yeah, is that Saeki's voice?　He's nervous and I'm not very good at it.
I know, I know, she's pretty, but she's got a fine personality, or maybe she's just a little bit inflexible.

In the meantime, a high-pitched female voice can be heard from across the door of the destination.
When you open the door, as expected, the girl they imagined is shouting at Suzuki's boy, and as if to protect the girl who is being shouted at, a boy is facing the girl.
And as if to protect the shouted Suzuki boy, a boy is facing the girl.

Hayakawa, wasn't that guy friendly with Suzuki?


I'm sure Suzuki and Hayakawa were in the same group.

Satoshi Hayakawa, a boy with his hair cropped short enough to look good in soccer, was facing the girl, Saeki Manami, who was shouting at him in a bad mood.

I told you so!　They want to wait for help, and you're so selfish to return someone from Japan.
"It's no use hitting Suzuki!　The bishop chose Suzuki this time, and he said he'll be back. We'll just have to make sure we all meet up next time.
"The problem is that I didn't talk to anyone about it!　And what guarantee is there for that?　What if this is your last chance!　Hayakawa!　Tell me you can be responsible!
"Manami, let's calm down, there's no point in fighting with each other.

You think you have come at a bad time, but what you are talking about is what you both wanted to know.
There's no way you can avoid listening to them, so you have to take a distant position so that you don't have to join the conversation and gently blend in.

...... Well, you're just tired of being angry.
Yeah, we can't afford to fight, so Suzuki-kun. Is it true that he's Japanese?
"Uh-huh, I'm pretty sure I wasn't lying. I wasn't lying.

The choice was a good one, and the fire was put out at the right time, and their expectations were naturally raised when they learned from what they heard that the gossip was true.

You can go to ......, but I'm not sure if it's okay to go home on your own.
What, are you still saying that?
Because these people are in trouble, you know?

However, as if to pour oil on the extinguished fire, Suzuki makes a tantalizing remark.
Saeki bats at it without hiding his hostility.
Originally, Suzuki and Saeki were neither good nor bad; they were just classmates.
But after arriving in this world, that changed and they began to argue.
There was a faction that had formed within the student body.
The groups that were close to each other in the beginning formed a faction, and through repetition of these, three main factions were formed.
The first was the faction that actively tried to play an active role as a hero, to which Suzuki belonged.
The second faction, to which Saeki belonged, was one that sought to return rather than be active as a hero.
The people of these two factions did not get along with each other, of course.
They can't get along because their actions hinder each other's goals.
But they did not kill each other or resort to violence simply because they had the common sense and temperament of the Japanese.
Even if they did not get along with each other, they would ignore each other or leave each other to do what they wanted to do, or even if they became extreme, they would only argue with each other like this.
In addition, with the people of Trice in the middle, the worst kind of disintegration is avoided.
And the third faction, or rather, the largest group that isn't a faction, is neutral or wait-and-see.
We can't do anything, we don't know what to do.
I want to go home, but I'm also interested in the heroes.
They are a faction of members with these two reasons.
The girl who has been badgering Hayakawa and Saeki belongs here.
At best, it is neutral, but at worst, it is a faction that has decided to be a weather vane.
The fact that Hayakawa defends Suzuki, who is a brave man, seeing his good friend Suzuki being blamed like this is proof of that.
The reason why Saeki is protesting to Suzuki this time is because he ruined their opportunity to return.
You're going to be able to find out the reason why you're in trouble.

"You are going to help the people of your country in need?
Then you are abandoning the people who are about to die, Saeki-san!

Neither of them are wrong in what they are saying.
Saeki's argument is on target from the point of view of the victim.
Suzuki's argument is on point from a benevolent point of view.
Their arguments vary according to their positions, but they are not wrong as human beings.
Until now, the two sides had been arguing over water and had not come to a conclusion, but here, Jiro's venom is having its effect.

It's the only way to get rid of them.　You've seen that material too!　We have someone waiting for us to come home!
"...... it
At least I'll go home, I'll go home!

That being said, Suzuki doesn't have the words to refute it.
Jiro's words and actions are boosting the momentum of the returning faction here.
He restrains them by making them aware of their natural and heroic behavior.
And the people of the brave faction are not crazy enough to nod when asked if they kill people with good intentions as volunteers.
However, it is clear that you do not want to ignore the cries for help in front of you.
It's a stopgap measure, but the fact that it has the power to do so also contributes to that feeling.
That was the support, but it is beginning to waver within Suzuki.
An argument within it will be won or lost like water on fire.
Saeki looks down on Suzuki as he shrinks back down to get in if there is a hole.
There's no need to say who is the loser and who is the winner.

His opinion is also close to Saeki's.
This was settled, but as a result, they were just bouncing their emotions off each other and not exchanging meaningful ideas.
It just made the atmosphere worse.
The expecting parties disappointedly moved on to other chatter.
Among them, a boy who was watching quietly gets up from his seat.
Although it was a natural gesture that was not noticed by anyone

"Where are you going?
"Mr. Miyagawa?　No, I'm just not comfortable in there.

Amelia stopped a boy who was just about to leave the room because he was feeling awkward in the midst of the bad atmosphere.

Yes, it's true, you don't want to be in there.
Oh, and since you don't have any training today, I thought I'd go back to my room and get some rest.


"It would be nice to keep them back, Sollydes.
"Never mind.

The conversation was just a few words, and Amelia's expression was a smile as she watched the boys walk away.

I'd like to take dance lessons, too.

She looked away from the boys because of the atmosphere, but she had a gut feeling that something was stuck in her mind that kept her from doing so.
As a result, Amelia decided to dismiss it as her imagination and assume that he was the same as usual.
It's true that she didn't feel comfortable here, and she wasn't uncomfortable with what he had to say.
I decided to move away from the seat I had been sitting in, which was also far away from me, thinking it was the right time.
It's not that difficult for Amelia to find ways to pass the free time.
The hundreds and dozens of rhythms in her head make her move her body.
With her hobby of dancing, she enjoyed dancing to the fullest, utilizing the physical abilities of a brave man, which she had never been able to do before.
Thanks to this, she had no time to complain about the lack of time for dancing.
Jiro's instruction to show the material to the whole class in secret is finished.
You head to the usual courtyard to spend your leisure time in a carefree sense of leaving the rest to Jiro.

Oh, I'm not going to tell the knights.

There, realizing that she needed a knight to accompany her to the courtyard in the daytime as opposed to early morning, Amelia changed the direction of her footsteps and took the shortcut she had recently learned.
She walked in rhythm in her head and almost arrived at the knight's waiting place.
That's when it happened.

How did it go?
"It's not a problem, they still think I'm their hometown guy. It's easy to get information.

As a brave man, his improved hearing picked up on the strange conversation.

"What?

The content was so disturbing that I couldn't help but whisper, and my body slid to my feet.

I'm not sure if I'm right.
"We haven't identified anyone yet, but we have an idea of who some of them are based on the source of the rumor, it's just a matter of time.
I don't want to waste that time, but make it quick. Don't forget to replenish your magic, as soon as you can.
Yes, I'll restock later. I'll be back soon. Report as usual.
"Mm.
!

It was a coincidence that I didn't speak.
Disappearing, she slowly peeked out to see the stranger turn into the classmate with whom she had been talking with earlier, using a pendant like device.
Seeing the decisive moment, Amelia waited patiently and breathlessly for the bishop and the person she thought was her classmate to leave.

...... what to do

And then the silence that came as she walked away, she was at her wits' end when she saw that no one was there.
If the scene you just witnessed is true, then

"What do I do?

Some or all of her classmates end up being fakes.
Amelia feels as if a wall has fallen over her eyes.

Another side END

Word of the Day
Acting in the shadows is more often than not known.