After defeating the demon king in another world and returning to Japan, a dungeon appeared on the ground. - Chapter 77

Chapter 77

“Sigh… In the end, both ended up following me all the way here,” I muttered with a sigh.

Now, in front of me was the Explorer Center.

Since then, Arimura and Yotsui had been holding onto my arms tightly, not letting go, and ultimately following me to the Explorer Center.

“Are you going on an exploration now?” Yotsui asked.

“Yeah, that’s the plan. Thus, I guess this is where we say goodbye,”

“No, if that’s the case, we’ll accompany you,”

“…Yeah, I figured as much.”

I had a feeling it would turn out like this.

That was why I wanted to part ways before reaching this point, but neither of them gave me a chance to do that.

“It’s a good opportunity, Ando-kun. Let me assess your skills. Let’s explore together,” Arimura was also enthusiastic now.

“Oh my… I thought I’d get to explore alone with Ando-san,” Yotsui said.

“That’s my line. You’re just in the way, so you don’t need to tag along,” Arimura retorted.

“No, you’re the one in the way.”

“Before you become a hindrance, maybe you should head home already?” Arimura suggested.

“…You bit#h!”

“Hah!”

Once again, they started bickering.

At this point, it almost seemed like they got along too well, or maybe even had a good chemistry.

“Hey, stop fighting already. If you want to come, do as you please. I’m going in already,” I said, entering the Explorer Center.

“Ah, please wait, Ando-san.”

“Wait, Ando-kun.”

I quickly enter the adventurer center.

They both hurried to follow.

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“Are you really planning to come along?”

Now, as I was equipped as an explorer, and stood in front of the dungeon’s door.

I asked again to confirm if they were really going to accompany me.

“Yes, of course,” Yotsui replied.

“Isn’t that a given,” Arimura added.

Both answered without hesitation

“Alright then… Just make sure you don’t fall behind,” I said.

“Don’t worry! I’ll do my best to be useful,” Yotsui said.

“You don’t need to worry about me, Ando-kun. I won’t slow you down,” Arimura assured.

Both seemed well motivated.

Given how they are, it looked like I wouldn’t need to adjust my pace for them.

I let my explorer card get scanned and entered the dungeon.

“Ando-kun, just asking, what are we doing today? Since, you didn’t seem to take a quest,” Arimura asked.

“Well… for today, we’re…” I hesitated.

As usual, since it was after school, I hadn’t taken a specific quest.

Reasons omitted.

When Arimura asked about today’s plan, I hesitated for a moment.

“Well, maybe orc hunting…”

From my previous exploration, I understood how profitable orc hunting was.

Let’s aim for the seventh floor and head even lower.

“Ugh… Orcs, heh…” Yotsui grimaced.

She might be recalling the time she was almost killed by an orc.

“If you don’t want to, we can hunt some other monster as well,” I offered, concerned for her.

“N-Nope… it’s fine. As long as I’m with you, Ando-san.”

“Is that so…Well, just don’t push yourself too hard.”

Yotsui was still a lower-tier explorer, suited for floors one to five. I’d have to be careful if we went beyond the sixth floor.

“Oh, by the way, Yotsui, if I remember correctly, weren’t you in a clan, Are you okay about those two?” I remembered she had companions before.

“Ah, that’s not a problem anymore. The clan has already disbanded.”

“…Disbanded? Why?”

“Why? Well… after what happened, it was impossible to continue the clan,”

“What happened exactly…?”

“Ah, right. Ando-san, you don’t know about it. Those two used me as bait and ran for their lives.”

“What!? Really!?”

If I remember, they had told me she volunteered to be the bait… So that was a lie heh?

“When they realized they couldn’t handle the orc, they kicked me towards it and fled. I don’t know what they told you, but that’s the truth you see.”

“…I —I see…”

No wonder they couldn’t stay together as fellow companions after that.

So those two were such scumbags huh…

“Anyway, Yotsui… What happened to them afterward?”

Considering they nearly got a top financial heiress killed, they probably didn’t get away unscathed.

When I asked being curious about it…

“Fufufu… Who knows what happened to them?” Yotsui replied with a dark smile.

Scary.

Too scary…

“One thing’s for sure, I’ve never seen my father that angry before.”

“Ahhh…”

As many possibilities start to afloat in my mind, I decided on rather not to ask any further.

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