High School Hack and Slash

Workman Workshop

For some reason, it seems that I am expected to be in charge of handling the joining of the twin sisters.

If it is someone who can have a talk with me without running away, that means the 『How to Rapidly Improve Your Communication Skills』 I’ve learned on the internet will be able to serve its purpose for the first time.

In other words, the Condition of the Appointments with the Sisters is the Day-After, and then proceed to Let’s Party in the Evening, something like that.

As the nervous twin kept on talking in Mirroring manner, the Rapports sense of the generated Doppler effects was no joke.

There’s various preparations to make, so let’s talk it out in the evening, I think that’s the gist of what they were saying, perhaps.

After school today, Seiichi and the others are all going to check the specialized subjects.

Lectures on specialized subjects are held even outside of class, so it is possible to earn credits.

It seems that as long as you can manage yourself well, you will be able to arrange a relatively free schedule.

As the students advance higher in academic years, the academy’s evaluation standards seem to also put more emphasis on the specialized subjects than the general subjects, so there seems to be students who don’t attend class properly.

I bet they are holed up doing erotic things.

Well, all said and done, I end up having some time to spare until the evening, so I decide to do some organizing of the Item Box.

At first I was intending to go back to my room at Kurou-sou, but it seemed that I wouldn’t have enough space there.

The weather is nice, so I pull out a rush mat in a corner of the courtyard and lay out the Little Demon series weapons I have taken out of the Item Box.

I don’t remember ever putting in a rush mat or anything like that, but Yuki-chan brought it out for me.

It is a Mayohiga article, so it seems that she wants me to return it when I’m done using it.

I don’t know what she means, but this girl sure is like a handy fairy.

Doing an image search on the Little Demon series, I pull the weapons out of the empty space.

There’s no list of what’s inside, so I guess it’s like doing a similar image search on a search site.

There is no batch retrieval function, so those that I end up forgetting after putting it inside will probably remain stored in the Item Box forever.

As with Interface, I would like to have a version upgrade.

However, it feels somewhat easy to take them out, or rather, Yuki-chan seems to have sorted them to some extent.

I guess let’s put some mantou in there for her next time.

I have lined them up by type, but they end up overflowing the rush mat, so I adequately pile them up.

The swords and machetes are similar in shape, but I sort them by the name displayed in the Interface.

According to Interface, they are classified into five types: 『Little Demon Sword』, 『Little Demon Machete』, 『Little Demon Stick』, 『Little Demon Spear』, and 『Little Demon Ax』.

There are about ten of each.

There are some fuzzy ones, ones that are glowing, ones that ooze black aura, and so on mixed in, but the names displayed in the Interface are the same.

I think they are probably magic weapons or cursed weapons, but the Interface doesn’t seem to be able to distinguish them.

I suppose you need someone with a special class like the 『Appraiser』-san at the appraisal counter in the purchasing department to figure it out.

I can’t tell whether the weapons are good or bad, but I’m unsure if there’s a need to expressly pay an appraisal fee for pieces of equipment dropped by small fry monsters.

The fuzzy ones seem to be considerably sharp, but the handle and grip are designed for goblins, so it seems hard to use.

Goblins are usually about the height of an upper grade of primary school student, so the size of the weapons they drop is also questionably small.

Keeping one of the fuzzy 『Little Demon Spear』 for Shizuka, the rest are probably to be disposed of in the dungeon.

Seiichi reminded me not to use Item Box in front of people, after all, not to mention how much of a pain it is shouldering, carrying a large number of Little Demon series, which are probably worth no more than two or three sen, to the trading counter at the purchasing department.

Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it, they say, this 『Little Demon Sword』 that seems to be incredibly sharp but is oozing ominous aura, I think it’s not a bad idea to have Seiichi try it out.

「You there! That thing, just so you know, it’s filled with incredible curse.」

I get called out by an exasperated voice.

「Rather, what are you even doing? It’s not a flea market, so you’ll get scolded if you set up a stall here, you know?」

The one standing, looking at the various articles lined up on the rush mat is a girl wearing an apron on top of her blazer uniform.

Even though I call it an apron, it is not the cute frilly one worn by a new wife in nude, but a thick denim one with lots of pockets and folders for serious work.

Her curly hair is straggling down the back of her neck, and her bangs are also ruffled.

How should I put it? It’s so unfashionable, totally devoid of any fashion-consciousness at all.

She is a girl that is more petite than Miharu and Natsumi, but it sure takes me aback.

「Wha, what is it? Why are you so angry? Are, are you going to rape me?」

「Too unreasonable.」

I’ve heard the word 「rape」 used a lot lately, but I don’t think it’s a word a girl should casually say.

She seems to misunderstand me, so let’s try to show her a smile to soften her guard.

「Hii!… If, if you lay a hand on me, everyone in 『Workman Workshop (Adept Workers)』 won’t be silent about it, okay?」

What a terrible prejudice, as expected it makes me depressed.

The violence of the words is gut-wrenching.

I wonder if there’s no worth in me staying alive.

Not good, I’m going to die.

「Huh, wait, wait, the curse is getting into you! Let it go at once!」

「… I see. So this is the effect of the cursed weapon. It’s too dangerous.」

The feeling of negative emotions being amplified without limit is dangerous.

「Yes. This is a type of curse that amplifies self-denial. There are many types of curses, such as those that amplify fighting spirit and those that amplify suspicion. The foundation of curses is interference to your emotions, after all. It is said that this is a problem of the material of the weapons produced in the dungeon. At a glance, they may look like ordinary iron or bronze, but upon analysis, they are said to be made of unknown substances mixed together as a compound. I think this is probably what stores the conception, the so-called emotional and mental thought energy that fills the dungeon and monsters. In fact, among the magic items, there is the type that is embedded with magic or imbued with mysterious power. And the interference of this mind-sensitive ore is the phenomenon of what we call a curse. But the strength of the curse is—」

She crouches down in front of the rush mat and starts to give me a lecture like a machine gun.

The shadows of her getting frightened are already nowhere to be seen.

It seems that she is an otaku girl who loses control of herself when it comes to her favorite topic.

Appreciating the polka-dot panties peeking out from underneath her slack-guarded feet, I appropriately offer my agreement.

According to 『How to Rapidly Improve Your Communication Skills』, I have a feeling that there’s an advice that you should listen to what the other person has to say until the end, but I wonder what you should do in case the conversation continues on for eternity.

「— That’s why, it’s dangerous to use dungeon equipment that hasn’t been appraised. Don’t forget that, okay?」

「It’s etched in my brain to the point where I can copy it in SOLA.」

I don’t have artistic sense, so I bet I’d have a hard time transcribing it.

Well, in summary, her passion of liking cursed weapons, or rather magical weapons, was properly conveyed.

「Umm, yes. It is true that I like them, but dear me, to think I’d heartily give a passionate speech to Kouhai-kun I’ve met for the first time….」

「If I may presume, could it mayhap be a common occurrence?」

「Wha, how do you know?」

I believe that’s just how the race known as otaku is like.

And then, by repeatedly getting drawn by the conversation partner before then getting rejected, they’d evolve into Komyushou, people with communication disorder.

It’s not that I’m a Komyoushou or anything, but in general, I’m different from them.

「A, are you mad? As, as expected, you’re thinking of raping me to shut me up?」

「Let’s Cool Down.」

If she wants me to, it’s not that I don’t think of dragging her into the bushes and offer her some raping.

However, it seems that she is my senpai, and I have no intention of making my infamy resound even in other academic years.

Taking a look at the academic year badge is properly putting on, she turns out to be a second year student.