God’s Guide for Teasing Heroes

Narrator POV 

  

  

It has been more than 3 weeks have passed since the class has been summoned into another world. 

The students who are good at fighting were training with the soldiers in the training area of the castle in the capital city of Artesia. 

On the other hand, those who are not good at fighting are not required to participate. 

One of those who had given up on training and was Asano Reno. 

A girl wearing large glasses and braided hair. 

She was the top student in the class. 

Back in their world she excelled in academic stuff and was always at the top of all the students in the same year as her. 

She would often score almost perfect scores on the test and took the No. 1 in all academic subjects except Physical Education. 

This was because she has a naturally weak body so she dedicated all of her time to studying. 

  

  

Asano Reno did not have the aptitude for fighting. 

Her body got stronger compared to how she was in their world. 

She was still one of the weakest of the 28 who were summoned. 

She looked for other ways of improving herself in this world aside from training her body. 

As an answer, she had been spending her time in the library of the imperial castle for the past 3 weeks. 

Out of nowhere, a cute voice came buzzing beside Reno. 

  

  

"Reno, aren't you tired of reading books?"  

"Not really"  

"Don't you want to go out once in a while?"  

"Not really"  

"Come on Reno... Reno! Reno?"  

  

  

A girl with short brown hair started talking to Reno as she was reading books. 

This girl was Reno's longtime friend, Ueda Emika. 

Emika has been with Reno ever since they were in middle school. 

She has been following Reno since then and became her self-proclaimed best friend. 

Back in the old world, Emika was the daughter of a trader in a market that sells various kinds of vegetables. 

She was good with people and was easy to get along and with that, she became close with Reno. 

  

  

"Give it up Emika, just leave her alone for now" 

A girl said toward Emika 

It was Chino Akemi. 

Akemi was a cool-looking girl with very short hair. 

It was a kind of hair that would confuse people if she is a boy or a girl when she wears male clothes. 

She was also wearing glasses just like Reno. 

Akemi was one of the top students in the class just like Reno. 

She did not excel as much as Reno but Akemi was on the smarter side when categorized as a student. 

She became close with Reno and Emika since Reno was her seatmate in the class. 

Reno and Akemi were on the same wavelength, the two are both "A student who takes their studies seriously". 

The two naturally became friends. 

Akemi also became friends with Emika since she was easy to get along with. 

Because Emika and Reno were almost inseparable the three became friends. 

Where Reno goes, Emika follows like it was the most natural thing in the world. 

Ever since they became friends the three had always been together. 

  

  

This did not change even when they got transported to another world. 

"I'm so bored... Reno let's go out"  

"..."  

"Akemi..."  

Emika turned her gaze toward Akemi as Reno did not respond to her. 

"Well, I am starting to get bored myself."  

"Then!"  

"But where would we go? It's not as if we have somewhere to go" (Akemi) 

"I suppose you are right but still."  

"Hmmm... Reno what do you think?"  

Akemi asked Reno who was so immersed in reading books. 

Reno did not react. 

It was a habit of Reno to get so immersed in things that she forgets everything around her when she was in a trance. 

  

  

A few minutes later. 

  

  

Reno closed the book she was reading. 

"ALRIGHT!"  

Reno suddenly spoke. 

Her eyes were sparkling. 

  

  

"What?"  

Emika reacted to Reno who suddenly talked without warning. 

"I have decided! I will explore this world myself!"  

"wha...?"  

Akemi's jaws dropped at the words that came out of Reno's mouth. 

"OHOHOHO!!!"  

Emika was also surprised but she was a bit on the happier side. 

  

  

Akemi stood up and walked toward Reno who was pumped with the idea of exploring the world. 

"What's up with that sudden idea?"  

"I just want to see the world!"  

"Eh? I can't follow... would you mind explaining? What exactly are you talking about?"  

  

  

Reno explained why she had thought of such a thing. 

  

  

"So, making the long story short... you simply wanted to see and experience the things that you have read from those books?" 

"Exactly"  

Reno replied. 

"Hoooo, Reno I am moved."  

Emika said as she listened to Reno who had expressed her thoughts. 

Akemi on the other hand made a problematic look on her face. 

She gave up thinking too much and made a grin. 

  

  

"How are you planning to do that? ... do you plan to be an adventurer?"  

Akemi asked while looking in Reno's direction. 

Reno went silent for a moment before she replied. 

"Well..."  

"I am not trying to scare you but we suck at fighting. Out of the three of us, Emika is the best in that matter and she still sucks at it."  

"Hey! why are you making it sound like that?!"  

Emika reacted strongly to Akemi's comment quickly after hearing her. 

  

  

Reno leaned forward while using her left hand as a rest for her head. 

She was in a thinking pose. 

"Let's see..."  

Reno looked at Emika and then toward Akemi. 

  

  

"Hmm... It is not as if we could invite our classmates to join us, we’ll just become a burden for them."  

"...It's not as if we could join the hero party as well."  

"Yeah, we cannot even contribute in battle anyway."  

"I don't want to become a bother for the soldiers.”  

“To be honest don’t like the idea of them following me around like I'm some sort of a high-ranking noble"  

“So that makes asking for escort a NO then…”  

 

  

The three started thinking of something but their lack of ability to fight and protect themselves was holding them back with their plans. 

  

 

“Do we have no other choice but to ask the soldiers to escort us…?”  

Reno gave another look at Akemi and Emika while thinking of their status. 

First, she remembers her status. 

Spoiler

 

Name: Asano Reno 

Title: Bookworm 

Job: Scholar 

Stats 

SRT: 2 VIT: 1 

AGI: 2 LUC: 8 

DEX: 3 INT: 15 

Skills: 

Memory I 

Calculation I 

Parallel Thought I 

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Reno got the title, bookworm but it does not have any effect. 

When she asked Orga about her title. 

Orga explained that her title is given to a person who had read 100 books from this world from cover to cover. 

  

  

When Reno first checked her status bar, she had 3 skills. 

Reno had 3 skills but those skills are useless in battle as is. 

(Memory I): a Skill that Increases memory, it was still in level one so it just increases Reno's ability to memorize things for just a little bit. 

(Calculation I): It increases mathematical skills. Reno was originally excellent with her mathematical skills; the skills had only increased her calculation speed to some extent. 

(Parallel Thought I): It increases her ability to think about multiple things at the same time. 

For Reno, the only skill that she sees as useful was the skill, (Parallel Thought). 

It was because she tends to ignore things around her when she is deep in thought. 

The Parallel Thought skill gave her the ability to lessen this from happening. 

Despite having this skill, she still sometimes gets too immersed in things and ends up doing her old habit but this time while having 2 separate things to think of. 

  

  

Then she looks at Akemi and thought of her skills 

She already knew what Akemi's skills were and tried to remember them. 

Using her memory skill, she remembered Chino's status like it was a saved picture in her mind. 

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

Name: Chino Akemi 

Title: None 

Job: Appraiser 

Stats 

SRT: 1 VIT: 5 

AGI: 2 LUC: 9 

DEX: 2 INT: 12 

Skills: 

Search I: 

Item Appraisal I: 

Quality Check: 

 

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Just like Reno, Chino Akemi had 3 skills when she was summoned 

(Search I): Was a skill that can be used to find an item within a radius of 10 meters. Orga said that the range increases when the level of the skill increases. 

(Item Appraisal I): This checks information about a target item. Since it was still in level 1 it only displays the name of the item. 

(Quality Check): Check the quality of an object. 

  

 

Her skills were also useless in combat just like Reno's skills 

Then Reno remembers Emika's status just like what she did with Chino's status. 

 

 

Spoiler

 

Name: Ueno Emika 

Title: None 

Job: Merchant 

Stats 

SRT: 3 VIT: 3 

AGI: 4 LUC: 20 

DEX: 4 INT: 5 

Skills: 

Magic Bag I 

Haggling 

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Orga said that Emika's skills were default skills for a merchant. 

Magic Bag: A skill that can make 1 bag that Emika possesses to have space storage that can store items depending on her INT. 10Kg/INT 

Haggling: Increases Emika's skills in Haggling 

  

She stared at Emika for a moment. 

Emika gave her an idea. 

She remembered the time when they were still back in their original world. 

Selling... 

(Merchant) 

  

  

Reno became silent for a moment. 

"That’s it! We don’t have to become adventurers!"  

Akemi and Emika looked at Reno who had thought of something. 

"Oh~ Reno have you thought of something?"  

Akemi asked Reno. 

"We can just become Merchants!"  

"Merchants? but only I can have a Merchant job out of the three of us."  

Emika replied to Reno's words 

"No that is not what I mean... we can become merchants; we'll sell things!!"  

"Ohhhh"  

"Oh... I see!"  

"Oh! that's an option!"  

  

  

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 Some time passed... 

The girls looked for a way to become merchants. 

Thus... 

 

  

"... then Old Man Orga recommended you to us and said that you could help us in one way or another."  

The female merchant seemed to be annoyed. 

"I see... I got it. So that is how you ended up here. That old man really loves to bother us..."  

Reno, Akemi, and Emika had explained how they ended up in this place. 

  

  

"So, you wanted to become merchants so you can travel the world?... Hmnn A traveling merchant huh..."  

The girl who listened to their circumstances said after lending her ears. 

"YES! Being a merchant is just an excuse. We just wanted to see the wonder of this world."  

Reno replied while clearing their true intentions. 

"I used to be a traveling merchant myself until 3 years ago... I see so that is why that old man recommended me to you."  

The black-haired girl replied. 

She walked toward the workshop and took something on the table in the smithing area within the room and took a goggle on top of the table there. 

She wore the goggles over her head like a hairband. 

She tied her hair to the side making a side ponytail. 

It was Shaina Stirling. 

  

  

"We'll be in your care, Miss Shaina!"  

"Well if that is the case... What are the things that you plan on selling?"  

"Yes?"  

Reno, Akemi, and Emika looked at each other trying to find an answer. 

The look in their eyes was asking each other. 

Shaina look at Reno and asked again since she thought that Akemi did not know anything about the thing she just asked. 

  

  

"The things you want to sell..., what is it?"  

"... Yes?"  

Cold sweat dripped from the 3 girls who asked for Shaina's help. 

They made a forced smile toward Shaina acting like they knew nothing of such information. 

Shaina frowned after noticing this fact. 

  

  

"Don't tell me you wanted to become a merchant without knowing what to sell?"  

"Ahahaha! Do we have to?"  

Said Reno whose words became softer as it gets out of her mouth. 

Shaina had the "Are you serious" expression on her face. 

Reno knew that she sounded like a fool. 

She was perfectly aware of that herself which made her laugh at herself from within. 

  

  

Shaina could not help but to shake her head. 

"Of course, you don’t..."  

She became angry at the girls after confirming their lack of plans. 

Shaina was shocked after knowing that the girls who wanted to become merchants did not have any plan. 

  

  

"What are those eyeglasses for?! I remember Orga saying that you girls are smart?"  

"Ahahaha we haven't thought of it ourselves."  

"-Sigh- OK I'll forgive you for now. But you have to think of something."  

"Hahaha, sorry"  

"Ah... wait... you don't have to do that..."  

  

  

Shaina realized something and made a big smile on her face. 

"You did say that you guys have the Merchant, Scholar, and Appraiser jobs, right?"  

Reno, Akemi, and Emika looked at each other and answered Shaina 

"Yes?"  

Shaina placed her hands under her chin while carefully observing the three girls. 

She was in deep thought for a while until... 

 

 

Shaina looked and pointed at Reno. 

"You! What skills do you have”?  

"Skills?"  

Reno was flustered by Shaina’s sudden question. 

"Yeah, something like a magic bag... and such"  

"I have, Memory, Calculation and Parallel Thought"  

"I assume you are the scholar... What level are your skills?"  

"ah yes! they are all level 1."  

"Level 1 huh… I see as expected... but that would do."  

  

  

Shaina shifted her gaze toward Emika 

"How about you?"  

"Me?! Ah, Yes! I have (Magic Bag) and (Haggling)"  

"Haggling?! Really! Hmnn...