After defeating the demon king in another world and returning to Japan, a dungeon appeared on the ground. - Chapter 84

Chapter 84

“Wh-why!? Why can you move!? Shougo Andou!!”

Amatsuki’s voice trembled as she asked.

She couldn’t believe the reality in front of her.

That was the expression her face made.

“Do you want me to tell you?”

In the frozen time, I took a step forward and asked her.

Amatsuki nodded silently.

I grinned.

“I’m not telling you~. Figure it out yourself~.”

I decided to return the favor she bestowed on me earlier.

Amatsuki bit her lip in frustration.

With that time resumed.

The world began moving again, and the surrounding noises returned.

“Wh-why… how could you move… in a world where time is stopped…?”

“There’s only one possible explanation to that, isn’t there?”

“…! C-could it be…!”

Amatsuki seemed to have figured it out.

The answer she reached was probably the correct one.

“C-could it be that you can stop time too…!? Shougo Andou…!”

“Bingo.”

I clapped for Amatsuki, who had finally arrived at the right answer.

“That’s right, Amatsuki. Like you, I can also stop time. The ability to stop time also means the ability to move within an already frozen world. That’s why… I could move freely in the world you stopped.”

“…To think that someone else with the same ability exists…”

Amatsuki spat out bitterly.

Well of course, that’s the natural reaction one comes to huh.

The power to stop time, which she believed was unique to her.

Realizing that another person, someone else than her, could also wield that same power must be deeply disappointing.

“Well, just so you know… this isn’t particularly a ‘skill’ for me.”

“Huh…?”

Amatsuki’s jaw dropped in shock.

I decided to tell her the truth.

“In my regard, this is magic—an ancient and powerful magic. In the world I came from, it was regarded as a lost ancient power.”

“W-what… are you even talking about…?”

“Well, it’s something you don’t need to know or even remember. Forget it… Nope, I’ll make you forget.”

I casually raised my arm and placed my hand on Amatsuki’s forehead.

She was too surprised to react.

I used magic and take away these memory from her.

With a soft sigh, Amatsuki’s eyelids closed, and her body began to collapse.

“Easy now~.”

I caught her and gently laid her down on the ground.

“In a few minutes, you’ll wake up. But by then, you’ll have forgotten everything unfortunately.”

“…”

Amatsuki, now unconscious, lay silent.

I turned on my heel and started walking away.

“Goodbye, Japan’s strongest explorer. Don’t bother me again.”

Surely, after this, the Armor of Bronze Clan would leave me alone.

Ah, They definitely were a handful and troublesome bunch.

I never want to get involved with them again in future.

I just hope that no other clans approach me the way they did.

All I want is to live quietly, making a modest living as a mid-level explorer, and spend my peaceful days with my little sister.

After all, that’s my one and only wish, that I asked for.