Hannah, you definitely have a fever, don't you?
I can handle it.
'Let's take a break from exploring today. We even updated the hierarchy yesterday.
It's all right.


　The next day, Hannah was clearly red in the face by all accounts and looked unconscious underfoot. Apparently the events of yesterday had affected her mentally too much, and she had fallen ill. In the end, she didn't seem to be able to eat much breakfast, so Korina took her upstairs in piggyback and put her to bed.

　Tsutomu watched them off with a slightly awkward look on his face, while sipping on the pulpy orange juice in front of Daryl and Diniel, who had a mysterious expression on their faces. Then Amira, who was next to me, looked into my face quizzically.


I don't know if this is going to be a break for us too, right?
''Well no, I don't think there's any need for us, who are losing the attainment tiers, to refrain ourselves. Unless someone else is sick as Hannah is.
'Ha!　You don't have a killer over here.


　Daryl quickly narrowed his eyes at Amira's mannerisms, but he proceeded to eat his breakfast without saying anything in particular. Then Tsutomu looked at Amira, who was sitting next to him, with admonishing eyes.


''Amira, you can't use that kind of language when you haven't actually dived into the ninety-two levels.
'Oh?　Well, maybe so, but I don't know. But I don't have a depressing look like Daryl, and I don't have a face like Hannah. I don't have anything special in mind. And that goes for you too, right?　I've seen a lot of newspaper articles about you, you didn't recover well from Fenrir and the crowd beat you up.
'It's not that I didn't like it either and didn't recover. I think it was probably the first time they wrote an article about it, but at that time it was my first time seeing it, so I was having a lot of trouble with just the Runge Elephant. And yet, when I went around the enemy with even that Fenrir at full strength, I had a feeling that there would always be deaths. That's why I didn't.......recover.


　Something caught me in the middle between the smoothness of his tone, but Tsutomu continued on with his words.


'And if you know how Daryl and the others feel about it, then the word "arsehole" isn't the right word. I know you don't mean to mock Hannah, but to Daryl and the others, it might sound like a jerk, right?　You're losing too much money by talking in a misleading way--
Oh, um. Mr. Tsutomu. It's okay. I know exactly what's going on.
Shut up, a**h*le. Don't f*ck with me, you f*cking dog.
'It's very hard to believe that Amira really did this just because of a misunderstanding. I suggest you keep your mouth shut for a moment.
Oh!


　Then, as Diniel and Amira began to argue with each other, Tsutomu felt like he had a bone in his throat.

　Although yesterday, I couldn't help but go back to reality and laugh like someone else, but it's hard to laugh when you see someone who is suffering from it in front of you. However, because I knew that this is not something that can be admired very much in this world, I went out of my way to make a time and place where I could be alone yesterday to visit the God's table and enjoy the scene.

　It was too much of a bug for me to feel guilty about Hanna and the others now, and the words I spoke earlier to admonish Amira seemed to be just a way to atone for my own sins. Tsutomu, whose thoughts came to him in the middle of talking, was at a loss for words when he realized he was unconsciously doing something like appealing to a good person.


(Which is the reality...)


　After that, breakfast was over amidst the buzz among the clan members, and they each went upstairs to begin preparing to head to the guild. Tsutomu, who only wore a robe, was the first to finish his preparations as usual and returned to the living room to check the equipment that Oli had prepared for him.


''Um........''
Hmm?


　Then Daryl suddenly called out to me from behind. When I turned around to check the number of potions in the fine bottle, I saw that he had dropped a polo tear for some reason. When I giggled at that, Daryl wiped the tears away with his sleeve as if he had noticed.


''Oh, I'm sorry...''
No, what's going on?

"Huh?


　Never mind Tsutomu, who didn't understand the intent of his words and gave a dumb reply, Daryl still continues to speak without stopping to cry, as if his tear glands have broken down.


'I knew from what you said earlier that it was all an act. It's not that Tsutomu-san didn't like it and didn't let Fenrir recover. But I thought that Mr. Tsutomu-san would have done such a thing without a care in the world....
Hey.
'But it wasn't so. I blamed Mr. Tsutomu without knowing it, and I was written about in the newspaper like a bad person. I was the one who was really bad. It is true that if we had had to fight Fenrir in that situation, we would not have been able to win. But Mr. Tsutomu was willing to go to cruel ways to keep us alive, even if everyone gave him a bad rap.
That's your fantasy, Daryl.


　Tsutomu said this from the bottom of his heart, but Daryl only huffed kindly at that.


''Well that's what Tsutomu would have said. But I wanted to understand it. I'm really sorry I ever said anything to blame you!　Good luck with the ninety-one levels!
Hey, wait a minute. I'm not done talking to you.
I'll be fine. I'm fine.
What the hell is wrong with you?　You've got to be kidding me, Daryl. What's with you completing the story on your own?


　That being said, Daryl didn't seem particularly bothered by it as he turned to leave, so Tsutomu did his best to grab onto his shoulder to stop him. But he was able to walk away effortlessly as it was, with a look on his face like he was taunting a child who was being flirted with. I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot more information on this in the article.

　I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to get it right.


''Garmu!　Stop this idiot!


　Within ten seconds of such a voice echoing through the clan house, Garum jumped down the stairs, only to look unusually puzzled when he saw Tsutomu being dragged around in Daryl's arms for some reason.


　ooh.


　After that Tsutomu managed to clear up Daryl's misunderstanding. However, in the end, he visited the guild with his current fixed PT without reaching a fundamental solution.


'Well, you can't even beat Daryl, can you? .........So you can't beat me either.
"If you come by force, I'll have Garm and Amy to guard you, and you'll win.
You're pathetic.
All you have to do is win, and you will.


　After engaging in a head-to-head agitation with a vicious-looking Amira while standing in line at the guild's reception desk, he lightly raised his hand towards the assertive rabbit-eared woman a little later when he finished the PT contract.


'Breakthrough.'
Karukku!　What?　....What?　Did you have to abbreviate it!
"The 91st level is tougher than that one, so hang in there.
Wait, that's it!　I mean, we had to work so hard to get through that!　No, even the general public looked like it was a bit late for that, though!　Isn't that why your people should react well!
No, I've already celebrated before.
..........


　Tsutomu, who was making a face of heartfelt wonderment as he spoke, looked at Lorena, who was silently holding a plump fist in front of her, and gave a sour hand.


'I was just kidding. Well, like I said in the previous celebration, I knew it was only a matter of time before I broke through.
I don't know.
'In fact, Silverbeast as a Clan was subtle, but it seemed to have worked out a lot of things. After hearing that, I knew it was going to be okay.
Heh.


　Lorena, who is turning away with her arms crossed, is in full sulking mode. But it's bad enough to make Garum and the others wait too long, so Tsutomu was about to leave the place without even saying goodbye. Then he heard something from behind him that sounded like he had smashed his little finger against the corner of the chest of drawers and was screaming in agony.


''H~~~''


　When he turned around, he saw Eunice let out an unvoiced cry and crouched down on the spot. When Tsutomu was baffled by the suddenness of the event and didn't know what it meant, a teary-eyed Eunice stood up and pointed at him with her left hand.


'Why are you putting up a barrier!　It made me stick my finger in the air!
No, I'm just protecting myself from outlaws like you.
I was just trying to talk to him!


　In fact, Eunice was only lightly poking Tsutomu's back to get him to notice us, but he didn't know the barrier was in place, so he was forced to give a surprise thrusting finger.


'Oh, it's true. There's a barrier in place.


　Tsutomu sighed while lightly brushing away the hand of the fast changing Lorena, who was tapping Tsutomu's shoulder as if knocking with a conk, while he sighed.


'If you make the PT members wait too long, it might interfere with your search, so I'm going to go now. Lorena, take care of the idiot there.


　Saying that, Tsutomu sent a heel to Eunice, who was holding her finger down, and then looked at Aldrete Crow's PT on the first platform to look away from Amy, who was staring at him with cat eyes.