Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

Chapter 126.1 - Himeno Airi and Nakajima Haruma

TN : The event in this chapter happened before Momokawa joined their team.

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Nakajima Haruma, who had already graduated from being a virgin, was having a hard time fulfilling his responsibility as a man, clearing the dungeon.

Though he usually avoided as many fights as possible, the current he just beat everything that stood in his path as if desperately seeking a new power. Though he still opted to escape if he was outnumbered by the enemies, Haruma's combat prowess was slowly but surely polished.

And today, it was a fight against the area's boss. His opponent's size was the biggest he had met so far, a giant frog-like monster.

Though its ranged attack by using its tongue lacquered with paralysis poison was rather troublesome, it wasn't a big deal as long as he kept a safe distance outside of the frog's attack range while releasing a barrage of 『Ignis Sagitta』 after the frog's movement was starting to slowing down. He finished it off with his sword, a safe and easy victory.

「Thank you for your hard work, Haruma-ku~n!」

Naturally, what was left after he arrived at Fairy Plaza was a reward(s*x) with Himeno Airi.

Honestly speaking, he still thought that Himeno was an ugly girl, even now, the reason he couldn't fall in love with her was due to his lingering affection for Nagae Yukiko.

But his instinct as a man had always sought for the body of the girl before him. Thus, he welcomed such an offer for now since there really was no other way to vent his pent-up libido.

Even though Haruma himself was well aware of this distorted relationship, he simply couldn't stop his instinct of wanting Himeno's body as they dove even deeper into the dungeon.

But he soon reached the limit of what he could do by himself.

「Watch out, Haruma-kun!」

「–Kuh!?」

Haruma dodged the giant lump of iron that fell from above his head by a hairbreadth.

A chill ran through his spin upon seeing how easily that lump of iron crushed the stone pavement beneath his feet. He was convinced that one hit from that would be enough to send him to the afterlife. He quickly opened the distance between him and his opponent with 『Hi-Walk』.

「Str-strong…」

And now, the one who stood in his path was a giant, twice as big as the previous giant frog-like monster. Though its outer appearance seemed to be no different from the other skeletons, its size was almost double the normal skeleton. In addition, it was also equipped with a giant metal hammer that was normally impossible for a normal human to lift. And yet, the giant skeleton swung it with ease.

Even a long-range attack with 『Ignis Sagitta』 didn't work against his opponent. Since the arena was an open field almost as big as a gymnasium, it was literally impossible for Haruma to use his run and gun tactic.

His physical attack arts, 『Slash』,  would allow him to land a critical hit, breaking the giant skeleton's tough bones. But he couldn't find an opening to do so.

He would need to wager his life to enter the ideal range to use his physical attack skill. However, Haruma wasn't prepared to lose his life yet.

「Please, that's enough Haruma-kun! Let's retreat!」

「… Yeah, you're right.」

Fortunately, the structure of the current boss’s room wasn't the one that prevented any intruder from escaping until they beat the boss, or they died.

This marked the third time they escaped from the boss skeleton.

「――Ha~, maybe Haruma-kun has reached the limit of what he can do by himself~.」

After turning tail in front of the boss again, Airi muttered while overlooking the sleeping Haruma with a cold and calculated look on her face.

There was no doubt that Haruma became more motivated to protect Airi after he had s*x with her, but it was, in the end, just a give and take relationship. Naturally, it had nothing to do with battle. Feeling lonely wasn't enough to make a breakthrough, there was no doubt that they're lacking in manpower.

Because the most important thing for Airi wasn't the process, it was the result- defeating the boss. The dungeon capture would continue even if they retreated.

Today, after the third time they’d escaped from the boss, the evaluation of Haruma, who couldn't find the breakthrough of their current situation, took a nosedive.

「Ha~h, even though it is just a slightly bigger skeleton… Well, Souma-kun or Tendou-kun might be able to dispatch it with ease~ .」

Despite spouting such words, it was nothing more than a wild delusion of a piece of good-for-nothing baggage. Airi herself realized that the situation she was hoping for wouldn't come about, as such, she had no choice but to stick by Haruma's side.

In the worst case, if Haruma was really unable to find a breakthrough, she was prepared to assist him with her 『Lux Sagitta』.

「Ha~h, no wa~y, fighting is just impossible~.」

Her brain was working on full throttle pondering whether Haruma's power alone was enough to defeat the boss, or… She would have to help in the battle too.

「Ooh look, someone has arrived first!」

「O~h, if it's Nakajima and Himeno?」

「It's been a while since we met our classmate.」

Just when she thought that their fourth attempt would also end up in failure, another group of classmates arrived in the fairy plaza too.

It was a group of three.

「Eh, how did you――」

「Aa~h! Ueda-kun, Nakajima-kun, Shimokawa-kun!? Thank God you're safe~!」

In fact, Haruma was more bewildered rather than delighted upon finding the figure of the trio with whom he rarely spoke with in class, the Totempole Trio. But Airi went towards them cheerfully as if rejoicing in their safety.

Upon seeing them, Airi was reacting as if she had confirmed the safety of her bosom friends but as far as Haruma knew, Airia never had any interaction with the trio back in class. Thus, making them nothing more than classmates.

「O-ou, it's good to see you safe too, Himeno.」

「Or rather, are you really this kind of character, Himeno?」

「Now, now, I'm just happy to see my classmate safe you kno~w.」

The trio was troubled since their female classmate, who couldn't be said to be beautiful by any kind of standard, suddenly acted like this. But the creatures called men were the kind who couldn't help but feel elated when a girl acted like so, even if that said girl was ugly.

The three of them just played along to get closer to her, a woman.

「I've always worried about my classmates, you know. That's why I'm really happy to see that the three of you are safe and sound!」

「Well, we went through quite a bit of trouble to reach this far.」

「We've our vocation's power too.」

「But there's nothing we can't do as long as we're together.」

「E~h, could it be that the three of you are really strong!? That's so~ ama~zing! I on the other hand am no good at all.」

Before long, Airi and the trio's conversation became more heated, and the poor Haruma was completely left out of the loop.

That day, Haruma fell asleep while suppressing his libido. Airi, who was completely preoccupied with the conversation with the trio, had long since forgotten about Haruma's existence.

Haruma was somewhat vexed by it.

He had no choice but to suppress his scream along with his instinct as a man and forcibly shut his eyes.

「Then, let's aim to defeat the boss today, it's a really tough nut to crack!」

Airi's unnaturally high-spirited voice resounded in the fairy plaza.

The talks had already been finalized by the time Haruma opened his eyes.

「Look Haruma-kun. We have three additional powerful supports to beat the boss! Now we can defeat the boss with ease!」

Reflexively, Haruma wanted to 「Reject」 the notion of working together with the trio but had no choice but to cooperate seeing that defeating that boss all by himself was pretty much impossible.

But Haruma felt a sense of discomfort since the talk about them working together was finalized without his opinion while he was asleep. Thus, he was wondering why Airi did that.

Even though he felt regretful and vexed towards Airi, he realized that the cause for this was his own inability to blend and chat with the quartet.

「Yeah, you're right… We should be able to defeat the boss with the three of them.」

And yet, for some reason, he prayed that their power wouldn't be enough to defeat the boss.

And then, in case the three combined power was weaker than him, a strength-based relationship would be created with him as the Strongest, and yet—

「ORAA!『SLASH』!」

「URAAA! 『SMASH』!」

Two of the trio, Nakai the 『Warrior』 and Ueda the 『Swordsman』 went all out to attack the giant skeleton boss without even flinching at its giant figure. Their relentless attacks somehow resembled that of an action game's character who could keep delivering damage without faltering from the enemy's attack.

But the way they fought wasn't just because the elated feeling of receiving a superpower called vocation.

「Oi, move out from the~re! 『Aqua Bind』!」

Though getting hit by the giant skeleton metal hammer would instakill them, as soon as the boss raised the metal hammer when Ueda and Nakai rushed into close combat―― Shimokawa, the 『Hydromancer』 sealed its movement with his 『Aqua Bind』.

Though the serpent-like aqua whip was torn no sooner than it coiled around the giant skeleton, Ueda and Nakai made full use of that moment to escape the giant skeleton's attack range.

「Hehehe, too slow!」

「This slowpoke is only known to do big attack!」

「You can dodge it with ease because of my support!」

And as expected, as soon as the boss skeleton's attack missed its target, Ueda and Nakai closed in right away. Thus, they divided their roles with Ueda and Nakai for attack, and Shimokawa for support with his water magic.

It was a rather unbelievable scene for anyone who knew that the trio was normally noisy in class 2-7. But seeing this would convince anyone that their self-confidence in fighting against the boss didn't come from their negligence but their wealth of experience.

Though their overall skills weren't that flashy, they had a weapon called 『Teamwork』. Their friendship that was cultivated in school had bloomed in this another world dungeon.

「HELL YEAH!」

「We crushed the boss!」

「Hu~f, it's no big deal.」

The boss skeleton was felled quite easily with the trio's combination attacks. Its knee-joint finally crushed after receiving so many warriors and swordsman's powerful martial arts skills. Since their enemy was a bipedal type, destroying its kneecap was enough to make it fall.

And once it fell, its weakness, namely skull, was completely exposed. The boss skeleton could only receive the beating that came after since the trio wouldn't allow a counterattack.

After defeating the boss, the trio then took out a red colored big core from its broken cranium, the proof of subjugating a boss while raising a loud cry.

「KYAAAA! AMAZIIING! YOU DEFEATED THE BOSS!」

That moment, Himeno Airi came to join the trio while raising a cheerful cry, praising the trio. Even though she only spectated from afar, she acted like she’d joined the battle to assist them. Yes, just like the female students who assisted the baseball team of their school to reach koshien only by crying with them… But a person felt vexed upon seeing that joyful scene.

「Amazing, the three of you could beat that guy so easily! I mean, I almost gave up myself… but then, you three came to save the day… u~h!」

「Hahaha, it's not really that amazing.」

「Well, that might be just how much Himeno-chan was being cornered by the boss.」

「Don't worry, you can rely on us from now on.」

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TN : Is the bi*tch going to ate the trio too, find out next week in your usual shota shaman!