Students
could study in the classrooms, or swing swords and spears in the training
grounds. They were also allowed to leave the school and explore the dungeons if
they applied to the teachers.
As most
of my classmates have already conquered the tutorial dungeon, the 'Sage's
Playground', this allowed them to freely dive into other dungeons.
Exploring
dungeons away from the teachers can be dangerous... but the Royal Swords and
Magic Academy is an institution that trains people to explore dungeons and
fight against monsters.
Anything
that happens inside the dungeon is your own responsibility. This is true even
if a student. The teachers explained to us that even if we lost our lives, it
would be our responsibility.
”Sigh...”
As my
classmates leave the classroom one after another, I let out a depressed sigh at
my desk.
What's
stuck in my head is a scene from the lunch break. It is about Aeris Centorea.
Aeris
and the boys who had asked her out are already gone from the classroom.
I heard
their conversation as they were leaving the classroom, and it seems that they
went to the dungeon called 'King of the Cavern's Chamber'.
The 'King
of the Cavern's Chamber is a cave-type dungeon located a short distance away
from the capital. It is mainly inhabited by golems and other rock monsters, and
is a dungeon for beginners which is not difficult to conquer if a wizard and a
monk are present.
In that
dungeon, there should be no danger of death unless something serious happens.
If nothing serious happens...
“Ah, it's so depressing.
Maybe I should go to that dungeon too”
I mutter
as if to throw up and get up from my chair.
I don't
have any plans for the rest of the day anyway. If I stay in the classroom, I'll
just end up in a gloomy mood, so I might as well go to the dungeon and do some
hunting. That should make me feel a little better.
With
this thought, I walked out of the classroom, and Urza came running next to me.
”Goshujin-sama,
where are we going now?”
”Well...
it's too much trouble to go far away. Let's go to the 'Sage's Playground' on
the school grounds”
”Eh?
Shouldn't we go after the woman who just came out?”
”...Hey,
why would we do that?”
I
stopped and looked down at Urza, who was a little taller than two heads.
The
white-haired oni girl looks up at me with her eyes twinkling curiously.
”Because...
Goshujin-sama, you look like you're chasing after her. You're curious about
her, right?”
”Well...
that's... true, but...”
I frown
and nod reluctantly.
I didn't
expect Urza to see through me. For someone who doesn't seem to be interested in
anything but fighting, she does seem to watch people more closely than I'd
expected.
”If so,
we'd better hurry if we're going to catch up with them or we won't be able to
catch up with them, desu no”
”...I
didn't say anything about chasing them. It's not like I said anything was going
to happen”
I
replied, shaking my head.
In fact,
there is no guarantee that the three of them will do anything bad to Aeris.
Although
they were aggressive in their recruiting, they were not breaking any rules. Nor
did they explicitly threaten to do so, although it was not a good idea to
mention a nobility. I think that other students would have done the same if
they could have made such a solicitation.
Anyway,
if it was just a normal party and seduction, I have no right to complain about
it.
”In the
first place, 'King of the Cavern's Chamber' is not a difficult place to
explore. Unless they are very unlucky, they don't need my help. Besides...”
Besides,
there's also Leon.
The
person who saves Aeris, the main heroine, must be the hero, Leon. It was not
the place for a villainous hero.
If I
rescue Aeris and set a flag, I would be taking the first step toward becoming a
cuckolding hero.
”Then
why does Goshujin-sama look so distressed?”
”......”
Urza
says, and I fall silent.
I know
it myself. I know that I am lost in my mind. I want to help Aeris.
I can't
make that choice because of the trauma of the game.
Before I
came to this world, I was a gamer who played [DunBrave].
I was
enjoying my days of adventure, encouraged by Leon's courage and excited by the
romance with the heroine.
But
then... in the long-awaited sequel, everything was ruined by the villainous
hero Zenon Baskerville.
The
heroines are all stolen and played by Zenon, and Leon, who I admired as a hero,
resurrects the Demon King out of hatred.
Because
I have witnessed such a development, I am afraid to get involved with heroines
as 'Zenon Baskerville'.
”I wish
I could just turn a blind eye to it... but I am a softy too. I can't laugh at
Leon.”
As I
laugh at my own self-deprecation, Urza stands in front of me, puffing her
little chest out.
”Urza is
too stupid to understand what is bothering Goshujin-sama. But...there's a
saying among Oni-jin that 'if an oni is troubled, he/she should eat first'...!”
”...What
does that mean?”
”Instead
of worrying, bite first. It means eat your enemy first and then think about it.
Beat them to death first and then think about the rest. If it bothers you, why
don't you just find someone whom you don't like and beat them up one by one?”
”...It's
too stupid. This battle-mad race”
Really,
their race was a very hard-headed man. They're such a fighting race... they're
so stupid that it's almost refreshing.
But... it's funny.
”He,
hehe, hehahahahahahaha... well, it's a stupid phrase, but it's a saying for
sure. Talking with you makes me feel like a fool for worrying so much.”
My
shoulders shook with the urge to laugh, and I let out a long breath.
”Okay...
it's not a bad idea to be a fool once in a while. The main character is
sleeping anyway. No need to worry about scenarios and flags. I might as well
follow Leon's example and act like an emotional fool”
I don't
know what the consequences of my involvement with the heroine will be but Leon
is the one who pays the bill.
Leon got
his balls kicked in and he deserved it. It's his fault that he missed the Aeris
flag because he was absent. It's ridiculous that I should be bothered by it.
”I'm a
villain no matter what. Let me be selfish and do whatever I want! I'll reach
out to those I want to save, and I'll crush those I don't like. It's that
simple!”
”Yes, I
like that too, desu~no! That's Urza's Goshujin-sama!”
I ran
out of the school and started running toward the 'King of the Cavern's
Chamber'.
With
carefree steps, I rush toward the entrance of the dungeon, which leads to the
darkest depths of the earth.
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