Volume 1 Chapter 20 Explanation to the Family. Yumi's Suspicion
......After School
During lunch, I somehow managed to win an innocent verdict in the 'Cool Beauty-sama's Trial of Judgment' and was on my way home.
"Ah, but what was that 'Cool Beauty-sama's Trial of Judgment' all about? And who were those 'Amamiya's Elite Guards' running the show? They looked scarier than some new cult!"
A few students in class suddenly put on big white triangular masks that covered their faces.
According to Sagawa, those guys saw Amamiya as the 'Supreme God' (what even is a Supreme God?), and they are the 'Elite guards who respectfully watch over Amamiya from afar'... which they shorten to 'Amamiya's Elite Guards.'
Seriously, is our class okay?
"Well, it was fun, though."
Today's lunch break had a lot going on, but honestly, it was the most fun I've had since entering high school.
"Come to think of it, Sagawa was awkward at first, but once we talked, he seemed pretty cool..."
Before going to that other world, I absolutely hated Sagawa and wanted to 'take him out.' But now, I feel none of that.
"Well, okay, maybe I feel a bit better after 'threatening' him."
Anyway, it's also thanks to Amamiya-san that I can now chat easily with Sagawa and everyone in class.
I definitely owe it to Amamiya-san.
I'm really grateful to Amamiya-san.
Next time, I'll go and tell her how grateful I am.
"Oh, by the way, I heard that Amamiya-san is a famous D-streamer with over 400,000 subscribers. I'll check it out when I get home today."
Tomorrow, Saturday, I will finally go to the Seeker Training Guild and get my F-Class Seeker qualification.
Then I want to try being a D-Streamer too.
"Before that... I have to tell my family (everyone) when I get home today"
* * *
"""Eh? Takeru (Takeru-nii) is going to become a Seeker?! """
That night...I told my mom and sisters that I was going to register as a Seeker the next day.
"Takeru is a Seeker... have you reached level 2?"
"Yes"
"Takeru-nii is level 2? When did that happen?"
"Around the beginning of this week, I think?"
"I mean, I noticed Takeru-nii's body got weirdly fit, but I didn't expect you had actually become level 2..."
"Huh? Yumi? What does 'noticing' mean?"
The 3 of them were equally surprised.
It's no wonder, as everyone knew that moving up to level 2 to become an F-Class Seeker wasn't easy.
I told the 3 of them that I secretly left the room during summer break this year to go to the 'Seeker training dungeon' to make things fit together.
From the looks of it, I'm glad they all seemed to believe me.
"I can cover the registration fee of 50,000 yen from my savings, so don't worry about it."
"That's fine, but I'm still anxious. A Seeker, huh..."
Mom said that with a worried expression on her face.
But,
"Mom, it's okay. Takeru-nii is strong!"
"Ami? What do you mean by that?"
"There were people who bullied Takeru-nii not long ago, but now they sneak around and avoid him when they see him."
"Huh? What does that mean...?"
"I bet Takeru-nii beat them to a pulp! Right! Right?"
Ami said that and approached me with sparkling eyes.
I hesitated for a moment how to respond, but I thought, "Maybe if I decide like that, it will put my mom at ease," so I went along with Ami's words.
"W-Well, I guess that's how it is."
"I knew it! It was the talk of the class, about Takeru-nii!"
"What? Rumor?"
"Takeru-nii beat up Sagawa-senpai, a Seeker who is currently a high school student, and his underlings!"
"What!?"
Hey, Ami!
What is she saying in front of mom?
If she says that,
"Hey Takeru! What's going on? Mom heard from Ami and Yumi that you were being bullied at school, but I didn't hear anything about that!"
My mom came at me with a fierce look on her face.
"No, no, it's not like a fight, alright?!"
"Huh? It's not?"
"I just told Sagawa and the others, 'Please stop doing this.' Of course, they tried to hit me at first, but I just kept dodging. In the end, it was shocking for them, an F-Class Seeker, that they couldn't land a single hit on me, so they gave up and said, 'I won't bother with you anymore, just don't show up in front of me.'"
"Wait, so that means Sagawa-senpai, an F-Class Seeker, gave up because his pride was hurt?"
"Yeah, that's about it. They were trying to show off their strength to their friends but failed. Maybe they thought it wasn't worth it to confront me if it would just end up like this again. I don't know, though."
"I see. I thought Takeru-nii beat them all up!"
"No way! There's no way I could do that! I can't win against 4 people, no matter what!"
"W-Well, that's true. But everyone thinks like me, that Takeru-nii took them out!"
"That's fine by me, as long as I don't get in trouble. Anyway, what I want to say is that I've improved my abilities enough to become an F-Class Seeker and dodge Sagawa's attacks."
"I see, that makes sense. But that's amazing. You're a high school student, and a Seeker should have much higher physical abilities than regular people, yet you dodged all of Sagawa-senpai's attacks and made him give up. That just shows how talented Takeru-nii is as a Seeker!"
"Oh, okay. Ah, well, anyway, does this make you feel a little better?"
"Yes... I see. You've gotten a lot stronger than before, and mom is happy about that... But, you're going to fight monsters in that dungeon, right?"
"Mom, it's a monster, a monster"
"Anyway! Takeru... promise mom that you won't push yourself too hard!"
"Yes, I promise"
It seems that Mom was a bit relieved after hearing the story about 'what happened with Sagawa and the others' that I told.
Ami also believed my story.
To be honest, everything I just said was a total lie, but I surprised myself with how smoothly I could make up that much nonsense.
Well, I did use 'skill: Negotiation (Extreme)', so there's that (heh).
Now that I managed to ease my family's worries, tomorrow, I'm finally heading to the 'Seeker Training Guild.'
* * *
"Yumi, what's wrong? Why are you making such an ugly face with those furrowed brows?"
"Shut up. Who's the 'awkward, ugly introvert'?"
"I didn't say that much!?"
Yumi lightly brushed off Ami's teasing, but her face was still scrunched up with a difficult expression.
"...It's true that Takeru-nii was holed up in his room all summer. After all, I had 5 webcams set up in Takeru-nii's room to monitor him. If I, the 'Takeru-nii watcher,' say he was in his room all summer, there's no doubt about it. So how did he get outside...?"
"...(dumbfounded)"
Yumi mumbled something so baffling that Ami was left dumbfounded.
"But, when I asked Takeru-nii to show me the status just now, it was definitely 'level 2'. So it's true that it's now level 2. But then, what on earth was that Takeru-nii that was on the 5 web cameras? Was it a fake? No, no, no, that's so unscientific. But then, how could he get out...? "
Yumi's eyebrows frown, deepening the deep crease in her eyebrows.
"It's undeniable that Takeru-nii was in his room for 24 hours straight. But how did he get to the Seeker training dungeon? I've heard that it takes about a year for an average person to reach level 2, due to the 'level 1 wall.' This means that to reach level 2 in just the two months of summer vacation, he probably would have had to... almost every day... and he would need to spend almost all day in the dungeon, defeating monsters to gain experience points."
Yumi continues to think based only on the information she has.
"So Takeru-nii was doing that the whole time during summer vacation? Without us, his family, noticing? That's impossible. At least, he couldn't have escaped the eyes of my 5 webcams!"
Yumi mutters strongly.
The latter part sounds a bit criminal, but that's just part of the charm.
The mystery deepens.
Suspicions about Takeru.
For now, Yumi decided to "calm down for a moment" to cool her confused mind and headed to the bathroom, ignoring the still-dazed Ami.
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