I Got Fired as a Hero Today - Vol.1 Chapter 5: Arata, Interact With Suzu

He was enveloped in golden light.

Is this a memory from that time?

After losing Kotoko, Arata felt a strong sense of loss. Although there was some surprise, nothing else mattered anymore.

As the light grew stronger, it seemed to turn into a pure white world, and then he was drifting in the darkness.

There, something rushed in, eager to be the first, and entered him.

“Choose me.”

“No, choose me.”

“No, no, choose me.”

No, no, no… no, no, no…──

Everything speaks to Arata.

“If you choose me, you will gain the power to burn everything to ashes.”

“If you choose me, you will gain all divine powers.”

“If you choose me, everything will be plunged into darkness.”

“If you choose me, the works of the earth will be.”

“If you choose me, the power of the atmosphere.”

“If you choose me, the blessings of water.”

All of them are trying to sell him something.

Honestly, he didn’t care.

“Decide for yourselves. I don’t care.”

They start the meeting with each other.

It’s not coming together at all.

Each was asserting their own position.

“Let’s put it on hold for now.”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Experience our power, each in your own way.”

“Make the decision.”

Until he reaches level 20──

“Why?”

That is…──

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Beep beep, beep beep! Beep beep!!

The phone alarm goes off. It’s time to go to work.

Today, tough labor awaits at the small factory again.

However, when he opened his eyes, it was an unfamiliar ceiling.

“Oh, right, I came to another world…”

Such lines come with it. His phone’s battery is about to die. He can’t charge it here without electricity, and he can’t use it at all since there’s no internet.

If he says it’s unnecessary, it is indeed unnecessary.

He suddenly thought of Kotoko. She was looking at him with cold, emotionless eyes.

What went wrong?

Maybe, it’s everything.

He roused his languid body and left the room.

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Maybe because he woke up too early, there was no one in the cafeteria.

Since he was hungry, he decided to make the omelet rice he made yesterday again.

When he was preparing,

“Good morning.”

She’s a high school girl and a member of the hero team.

“Good morning, um, if I remember correctly…”

“I am Miyamori Suzu. Arata-san.”

“That’s right.”

Miyamori Suzu can be called a beautiful girl. She has sharp eyes and eyebrows. Her nose is straight, and she has a dignified and elegant appearance. Her hair is smooth and cut straight at the shoulders. Yet, she also has a youthful impression.

Her skin is white and has no blemishes.

“Are you going to be cooked?”

“Yeah. Suzu-san, you don’t need to use honorifics.”

“Ah, yes. I don’t need to be called with -san either. Actually, yesterday when Arata-san wasn’t here, we decided to call everyone by their names without -san.”

“I see. Well then, let’s go with Suzu.”

“Yes. So, Arata too.”

It seems like she is not the type to be shy around strangers.

“Would Suzu like some too? It’s omelette rice.”

“Is it okay?”

“If it’s just enough for two, it won’t be any extra trouble, and it wouldn’t be right to eat alone in front of Suzu, would it?”

Imagining that picture is awkward.

They sat across from each other and ate the finished omelet rice. They also had fruit juice on the side.

“Super delicious!”

Suzu was moved. It was indeed better than yesterday. The eggs were fluffy and exquisite.

The fact that it turned out better than yesterday means that the level of skill is related, doesn’t it?

The book said that just acquiring skills isn’t enough.

If he keeps using it, his proficiency will increase, and if he doesn’t use it, it will decrease. It seems that even if his skill level is maxed out, it’s still not good enough.

Indeed, just because his cooking skill level was maxed out, it didn’t mean that recipes he had never made would suddenly come to mind.

That means knowledge and training are necessary.

Suzu seems to eat heartily, so Arata has a good impression of her. A woman who loves to eat is Arata’s type. Moreover, she’s cute. There are probably few men who would have a bad impression of her.

“What is Suzu’s attribute?”

“It’s light. I was told by Chloe that I would be in the backline during the party.”

The light attribute was more specialized in healing and purification than in attack.

“How about Arata?”

“L-light!”

“Oh, same here.”

Arata instinctively told a lie. He hesitated to say he possessed all attributes.

Someday it might be found out, but he wondered what difference it would make.

“Same here.”

Maybe because he was defiant, he was able to answer normally without getting flustered.

The basic hero training schedule is to gather at the cafeteria at ten o’clock for two hours of training. Then, a one-hour break for lunch. After that, four more hours of training. After that, each individual is free to do as they wish.

He heard that today they’re going to the Adventurer’s Guild.

The Adventurer’s Guild is an organization that facilitates the smooth functioning of town life by assigning adventurers to tasks such as monster extermination and the gathering of herbs.

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“Here, everyone will be issued a guild card.”

When they arrived at the Adventurer’s Guild, Chloe explained it that way.

A guild card is an identification card that adventurers can issue.

He receives a form from the cute receptionist.

Name and level. Guild rank.

After that, they write their selling points on a self-assessment basis.

When a drop of blood is taken and placed on the guild card, the card glows pale blue. It seems that this prevents anyone other than the person from using it.

Arata Level 1 Guild Rank F

Light Attribute Swordsman

There was nothing that could be pointed out as a lie.

It seems there are no personnel capable of evaluating equipment or skills like a lie detector.

It feels like all false declarations are entirely the individual’s responsibility.

“Arata, haven’t you leveled up?”

Chloe said that after looking at the issued guild card.

“For some reason, I don’t have much experience.”

He tried lying.

“Is that so?”

There was nothing in particular said, but Chloe was tilting her head.