I Got Fired as a Hero Today - Vol.2 Chapter 42: Discomfort Towards Chloe
After parting ways with Minfa, Arata returned to the knight’s dormitory. In the dining hall in the morning, there was Suzu.
Strangely, he feels at ease. It seems that he has indeed opened his heart to Suzu.
“Good morning, did you rest well yesterday?”
“Good morning, Arata. I rested well. But where did you go? We parted ways after saying you had something to do, right?”
“I gathered information at the library, and then I went on a wild herb gathering quest.”
“Yeah. Haven’t you been sleeping?”
“I slept a little. Besides, since I’ve decided to become an adventurer, I can’t just rest, can I?”
“Why are you in such a hurry?”
“Huh? I’m not panicking or anything…”
Arata touched his neck. However, it would be best to keep quiet about this until a solution is found.
“Don’t overdo it too much.”
“I know. But more importantly, didn’t Chloe seem off yesterday? Like, she was avoiding me or something.”
Yesterday, Arata talked about what he felt from Chloe.
“Oh really? She was talking to me normally, though?”
“I see…”
“Did you do something that could be avoided?”
“No, that’s not how it is…──”
Arata makes a startled expression.
He had too many suspicions.
On the first day they met, he tried to hit on her, and when he used the skill [Teleport], he jumped into her bath while she was taking a bath.
Injuries and even getting lost—wouldn’t it be a constant source of worry if it involved?
“Don’t make me worry too much.”
Chloe’s words come to mind.
Even now, Arata thought that he was being a nuisance to Chloe.
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The hero’s training began with a gloomy feeling from the interaction with Suzu this morning.
“Good morning.”
Arata called out to Chloe.
On the other hand, Chloe glanced at him and replied, “Good morning,” but for some reason, her expression was stiff.
That caught Arata’s attention.
The hero’s training takes place in the arena.
The adventurers are only being taught by the wizard Rina.
However, it was so obvious even to outsiders that they were completely glued to Tsubasa.
Inokuma Touka was looking at it with intense eyes.
“Touka, if you don’t go after Tsubasa assertively, you’ll lose him, you know?”
Hinako advised Touka, but Touka said, “Th-that’s impossible.”
And she is hesitant. From the beginning, Touka has not been proactive about romance.
Is she saying it’s okay to just stare at the guy she like? If it were her, she would go for it. Hinako thought so, but didn’t say it out loud.
Arata hits the target with magic.
The marble-sized light bullet had grown to about the size of a ping-pong ball.
It was a minuscule change that only the person themselves could notice, but since their level had increased by one, the amount of magic power released had also increased.
Chloe noticed the subtle change.
Seeing Arata continuously casting spells and hitting the target, the fact that she can’t level up any further is a headache for Chloe.
The other heroes’ attack spells were also hitting the target to some extent, but it was due to the power of their large spells. It was clear that Arata had higher accuracy. However, few people noticed this.
“I’m going to change things up today.”
Chloe said that,
“Take that out!”
The staff brings a large cart pulled by an ox from the corridor along the arena wall.
There was a cage, and inside it was a familiar monster to Arata.
“Let’s fight this.”
The heroes who were there were filled with fear.
“It’s big!”
Atsushi trembles.
“Are we really going to fight something like this?”
Takahito adjusted his glasses.
“I-I’ll do it!”
Tsubasa was trembling and encouraged himself.
It’s a man-eating wolf.
Arata felt no emotions at all.
He was watching with the feeling of “It’s a man-eating wolf.” Arata had already conquered it, so it wasn’t an enemy.
“Since their claws and fangs have been filed down and rounded off, just focus on dodging their attacks and try your best to hit them with magic.”
Regarding Chloe’s statement, Arata thought it was rather lukewarm training.
A massive attack spell flies around the arena.
It’s a man-eating wolf that avoids that.
No one gets it right.
If it hits, it has enough power to take down an opponent in one strike.
However, it means nothing if it doesn’t hit.
“Damn it! If only I could hit it!”
Tsubasa thought this was impossible. In his imagination, he saw himself slaying the man-eating wolf with a single strike. Because of that, he ended up consuming too much magical power in his haste.
When he exhausts his magical power, he loses all strength and can’t move. Tsubasa let out a rough breath and came to a stop.
That would be fatal in the midst of battle.
The man-eating wolf attacks Tsubasa.
“Tsukasa!” The wizard Rina casts an attack spell to hold them off.
The man-eating wolf crouched down to avoid Rina’s attack magic.
Tsubasa took the opportunity to distance himself from the man-eating wolf.
“Rina! Don’t do unnecessary things! It won’t be training if we don’t do it with just the hero!”
Chloe scolded Rina.
“But!…”
Rina protested.
“Even if he gets injured, there are healers. What you’re doing is just hindering his growth. Get out!”
Chloe does not compromise. She understood that Rina had special feelings for Tsubasa, but overprotection did not lead to training.
Rina was an elite who boasted top grades even at the Magician Academy.
It was probably rare for her to be scolded. She seemed shocked and left in indignation.
A man-eating wolf attacks Arata.
He recognizes that their way of fighting is to pin down their body with their claws and tear flesh with their fangs.
In short, just watch the movement of the front legs and the mouth.
Arata was just avoiding it.
When he focused on evading, he could see openings to attack, and he was able to confirm that it would be a good time to strike.
He thinks this is educational in its own way, but he considers it impractical to become an adventurer.
(As expected, taking requests at the Adventurers’ Guild is more educational.)
That is Arata’s impression of this training session.
“You’re only good at running away.”
Tsubasa and Atsushi had that impression when they saw Arata avoiding the attack of the man-eating wolf.
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Takahito adjusted his glasses and said.
Seeing their reaction mocking Arata, Chloe sensed that Arata’s evaluation was being looked down upon simply because of his low level.
Chloe and Suzu understood that Arata wasn’t running away, but calmly dodging.
And surprisingly, Miku was watching Arata’s condition.
Miku was snorting, “Hmph.”
She wants to make it clear here that it is not meant to belittle Arata.