Allrounders!!

n’t hear that a tamer would take part in this exam, but…you’re a tamer, aren’t you…?”

“Ryoku is a golem.
Ryoku, greet the examiner.”

“Nice to meet you! I am Ryoku!”

“Is that also part of its basic functions?”

“Of course.”

He’s so adorable.

“A talking golem…”

“The voice actually belongs to her, though.” Sword pointed at me.

“I’ve recorded my own voice to use it for broadcasting.
…Oh, now is the perfect time.
I’d love you guys to teach Ryoku a bit.
Examiner, please explain the C-Rank exam to Ryoku.”

“Huh?”

“C-RanK eXaM iS D-RaNk adVENturErS wHO aRe taKInG iT DIvE iNtO dunGeOn aND fEtCH toKEn.”

“”Eeeehh!?””

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Oh, he listened?

“There, there, well done, Ryoku.
So you heard the earlier explanation, huh?”

“Me wElL dONe?”

“Yes, you did well.”

“Yaaay, I got praised~”

Sword watched Ryoku jumping in joy and me caressing him with an ultra scary look.

“Nothin’ to admire there.
This is part of his 『Education』.
She made the golem so he’d act like that from the very start.”

When he explained this to the examiners, they praised, “Isn’t that in itself really amazing then!?”

Seemingly having their interest piqued, they closely examined Ryoku all over.

“Where did you get your hands on this? Probably in a dungeon, right?”

“I made him.”

“”Haah?””

“I made him.”

Silence spread.

“You see, there was this multi-legged battle golem which appeared in a story I loved dearly.
I wanted to make one for myself, at any cost.
I’ve promised myself that I’d have him sing a song with me someday when a soul dwells within.”

I repeatedly nuzzled and stroked Ryoku, causing the examiners to draw back from me.

“Sorry.
You gotta know, this girl got a screw loose.
All the folk making magic tools are like that.”

How rude!

 

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Five days later.

The examiners put forth a request to rescue the parties which hadn’t returned yet.

“Alright, I guess we’ll head out then.”

“Mmh.”

“Sending out an examinee on a rescue request is kind of like putting the cart before the horse, but…”

“She’s passed anyway.
If you say she’s failed, you might as well reconsider my rank.” Sword said over his shoulder before rushing into the dungeon together with me.

 

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“Thinking about it now, that was pretty much a flag, wasn’t it?”

Two parties haven’t come back so far.
It’s the parties who picked a fight with me.
The two parties, who had absolutely nothing to do with me, and especially the party I passed on my run, managed to come back within two days.

“Because they messed with you? Rather, thinkin’ that any kind of favoritism or riggin’ would work on adventurers is already weird as fuck.
In the first place, what’s the point in worryin’ ’bout others? Us adventurers complete requests while usin’ our own abilities as capital, no? It’s bullshit to believe that they wouldn’t be able to reach C-Rank just because your bein’ favored.
Adventurer ain’t such a half-assed occupation that you can survive on such a naive way of thinkin’.”

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Huh? It’s such a hard mode?

Well, he’s right in this being physical work.
I highly doubt that raising your levels by leeching like in some hunting games will be of any use for something as trivial as clearing a village quest if you don’t have the ability to go with it.

We arrived at the halfway point.

“Now then, I think it’d be more efficient for us to split up, but I sure can’t help feelin’ worried when bein’ apart from you…”

Sword looked super hesitant.

“Don’t worry, it’ll be no problem.”

“Obviously it’ll be only problems! If your agitation skill explodes, it’s highly likely for it to develop into a battle with your rescue targets!”

“I’ll make them faint in such a case.
Take Ryoku with you, I’ll go by myself.”

“Hey, you got it backwards, don’t you!?”

“Ryoku and I can talk even when apart.
I’ll inform you about the situation through Ryoku.
Also, Ryoku and I can grasp each other’s location.
It’s more efficient for you to take him with you.”

“…… Gotcha.
Keep me updated, minutely.” Sword gave in with a bitter expression.

“What are you talking about? This dungeon isn’t that difficult, is it? Rather, it’s extremely boring if you clear it while looking on a map, you know? A game you know how to clear lacks any kind of appeal.”

Bang!

A fist exploded on my head.

“It’s no game, but a rescue operation.”

“I know that… I’m just telling you to not worry.
Everything is 『visible』 to me.”

Sword sighed, “…Make sure to not have the rug pulled under you because of that conceit, ‘kay?”

“You’re too much of a worrywart.
I’m just enjoying my life.” I caressed Sword’s cheek.
“I worry about you too.
The things I can do are limited, and so are the things you can do.
And it’s my freedom what to think and how to act.
That’s what I meant with 『I know that』.
How about you?”

“……”

Suddenly I got hugged.

“Watch out to not get injured out of carelessness, ‘kay?”

“You too.
You’re more important than the rescue targets.”

“…Now you suddenly come around the corner with such corny lines, eh? Are you hittin’ on me, a grown-up?”

“Why would you interpret it like that?”

How did the topic switch from me being worried about him to me hitting on him?

With a sigh, I separated from him.

“Kids don’t need to worry ’bout adults.”

“My body is that of a child, but my insides are those of an adult.”

“Come to think of it, you mentioned bein’ a middle-aged man, didn’t you?”

Why does he take me for a guy?

Sword headed down one of the paths while laughing.

Now then.

I let out a deep sigh…they’re pretty deep in, aren’t they? Three of them, huh…? Unless they’re dead, it’s the three girls party.
I suppose I picked the winner here.
I’ll leave the foul-mouthed middle-aged idiots to the guy around their age.