An Incompetent Explorer Who Failed to Make His High School Debut but Mastered Being a Human Being

Episode 060: Lifting of the Ban on the New Bonus Area

 I arrived at the dormitory after 22:00.(TN:Guess the time thing is just random with no rhyme or reason ... sigh.)

 I ate the food prepared by Kasumi-san, took a bath, and lay down on my bed.

"E-rank ..."

"Won?"

 As I lift and look at my E-rank explorer card, Luck gives a questioning bark and puts its face on the bed.

"Oh, to think even a weak explorer like me could rank up."

"Won."

 When I mutter while feeling moved, Luck proudly bends its body backwards and barks.

"Of course? No, I was so nervous. But thanks to Arakaki-san, I managed to pass. He was a good senior."(TN:Tired of typing Arakaki already, GTL keeps putting it as Niigaki and it's hard to remember and I keep having to look at my notes again.)

"Won."

 Luck nodes and barks in agreement.

"Oh, you think so too, Luck!! Yoshiyoshi yoshi!!"

 I was happy that Luck agreed, so I got up and stroked his face.

 Even I at the bottom was able to be promoted to E-rank for the time being. I don't know how far I can go, but I'll do my best to go higher.

"Okay, I'll do my best from tomorrow!!"

"Won."

 I renewed my determination and fell asleep after getting excited.

 The next day.

"Good morning. How did it go yesterday?"

"Oh, I managed to get to E-rank."

 Eat breakfast with Aki in the morning and talk about the test results.

"That's nice. I want to raise my rank as soon as possible and make a harem."

"You're always talking about that."

"Don't be stupid. In the future, many women will attend me, and I will enjoy my life!!"

"I'm fine with just one ..."

 Why is this guy so particular about harem?

 A single marriage partner is enough.

 Now that the population, especially the proportion of men, is declining, polygamy is allowed. So it's legally okay, but I don't think it feels good for women.

 It may not be bad if we can solve that area.

"That's fine, but let's go to school quickly."

"Ah, that's right."

 We took too much time for breakfast and were a little late, so we hurried a little and ate our food, and immediately got ready and went to school.

"Good morning."

"Good morning, Katsuragi-san."

"Shia, good morning."

 When I arrived in the classroom, Shia greeted me briefly, so Aki and I returned the greeting.

 Recently, us three are often acting together. That's mainly due to the fact that Aki and I are treated like air by our classmates and that Shia is in a party with me.

"No study session today."

"Oh, then, should we go to the dungeon today?"

"Hmm."

 It seems that there is no study session for the Dungeon Exploration Club today, so we decided to go to the dungeon after school.

"By the way, I got to E-rank."

"Hmm, match."

 When I took out my explorer card, she took our hers and showed me.

 Her ahoge is swaying in a happy manner.

"oh, so I can go to the D-rank dungeon, but what should we do?"

"Hmm? Usual place is okay."

 I feel guilty, so I invited her to a higher-ranked dungeon, but she refused.

"Is it okay?"

"Hmm. Usual place is okay."

"I see."

 If she's okay with it, that's fine.

 We can hunt bonus magic stones.

 Let's go to the D-rank dungeon another time.

"Yes, yes, thanks for the delicious meal!!"

"W, what is it ..."

"Shut up, showing off every day! Try to think about it yourself!!"

 After the appointment was made, Aki flares up and snaps at me for some reason.

 What am I showing off?

 No way ...

"Are you misunderstanding something?"

"I'm not!! Don't think I'm jealous of you flirting with Katsuragi-san every day!!"

 He must have misunderstood it.

"No, I don't have that kind of relationship with Shia. Right? Shia."

"Hmm ..."

 When I ask Shia for confirmation, Shia affirms.

"See?"

"Yes, yes, I get it!"

 Seeing that, I turn back to Aki with a doya face, but he was in a bad mood.

 What did I do!!

 There is no sweet relationship with Shia!!

 Despite such an act, we headed to the dungeon as usual after school.

 As we entered the shadows and approached the dungeon, we saw people from inside that seemed to be the investigative teams coming out. A group consisting of a number of parties are returning outside, you can see the seriousness of the investigation team.

 I was wondering if they would find us, but they don't seem to notice since the shadows are highly concealed.

"That's the dungeon investigation team."

"Hmm."

 Shia nods when she hears me mutter.

"That means the investigation is over."

"In short?"

"We can go to the depths!"

"Hmm!!"

 Yes, until now I was afraid that we would run into them, but from today we will be able to proceed without any problems.

 When she heard that, Shia's eyes harbored a blatantly happy light.

 There may be an unknown monster lurking in the depths.

 I'm looking forward to it too.

"Let's go to the depths for the next weekend?"

"Hmm!!"

 Since time is limited on weekdays, I think it's better to stay overnight from Friday. With that in mind, Shia replied with a more enthusiastic voice than usual.

 Seeing her ahoge dancing like crazy, I think she's really looking forward to it.

"Okay, let's go as far as we can go today."

"Hmm!!"

 We went up to the 7th floor in the dungeon, that we had previously only gone up to the 3rd floor, and finished the day's exploration. In particular, Shia was more enthusiastic than usual to defeat the bonus monsters, perhaps because she was looking forward to the weekend.