chapter 89
89.Dancing With Witches (2)
“I need a more detailed explanation.”
“Well, that is…”
I listened patiently to Elisha’s entire explanation.
To summarize her words, the task she had to do was a troublesome task: ‘Interview the dungeon explorer, accompany him, write an essay, and take photos.’
“As you can see, I am an escort knight.”
It looks like I got a dungeon-related certification, but I think it would be hard to claim that I am a person who makes a living in dungeons. When I expressed my disapproval, Elisha waved her hand and said,
“Uh, that, that, that, everyone else… ” “I’m scared… “
…Oh, I see. Is this task too harsh for Elisa, who has been struggling from the beginning? I was convinced, thinking back to the usual Elisa. With his personality her her her, it’s obvious that he’ll stand in front of the dungeon and hesitate before the sun sets. Finding me was a pretty wise choice.
I would rather be an acquaintance than a stranger. But is it okay to use an acquaintance’s chance? When I looked at him with doubt, Elisha started and answered.
“Well, if you know someone else… You get help…”
“It doesn’t matter if I use an acquaintance’s chance.”
Well, networking is also a skill. Even if you don’t have any connections, there will be many people who will accept you if you bring a reasonable amount of money and pay for an interview. They even showed me around the dungeon.
“Yes, yes.”
“What a strange task. Do they usually give assignments like this?”
“More, Dungeon Exploration is an assignment that is done once every semester… “I heard…”
“Do you need to hear it?”
You have no reason to go into the dungeon. Wasn’t this guy majoring in haremology and doing research? But is there a need to take dungeon-related classes? At my question, Elisa opened her mouth with a sad face.
“P, it’s a required liberal arts subject…”
It’s a bloody world when a subject related to dungeons is a required subject. Well, there are many people who enter dungeons for various reasons, so it would be better to know at least basic common sense. Sometimes a dungeon is discovered in the middle of the city.
“Is that so…I understand. And what do you use to take ID photos?”
I asked her what bothered her. In response to my question, she took out a square object the size of a human head from her drawer and showed it to me.
“You can use this…”
But there was a camera here too. I looked at the antique-looking camera that Elisa brought with her. It looks like a camera used in the 19th century.
“It’s fascinating.”
“This is your first time seeing screenshots, are you looking at them?”
“Screenshot?”
They advertise that this world is a game.
I couldn’t help but fall into a strange feeling while looking at a tool called a screenshot instead of a camera.
It is a game system that has been applied in many places, knowingly or unknowingly.
Maybe there are functions hidden in this world that I don’t remember. I’ll look into it later when I get a chance. Maybe there are some useful things there. It was when I was thinking that.
I looked down at her, brought back to my senses by her timid touch her her her tugging on her sleeve her her her. Elisa hesitated and handed me the screenshot.
“Would you like to take a look?”
“Thank you.”
I took the screenshot from Elisa and looked at it closely. A portable camera that looks like something you would see in a museum. Perhaps the reason it was portable was because screenshots could be taken at any time. Moreover, when you take a picture, the picture comes out right away, and there was a hole at the bottom where paper came out.
In this worldview, which is at the level of the early modern era, it seems quite over-technology.
No, it will be okay because there is magic.
After finishing the tour, I handed over the screenshot to Elisa and asked about the detailed schedule.
“When do you plan to leave?”
“Well, it’s the weekend in two days, so then… “Is it possible?”
“I leave time blank.”
“Okay, thank you…”
I’m scared. I got up and grabbed the doorknob. Now that the business was over, it was time to rest.
“Sleep well.”
“Hey, good night to you too, Yohan…”
The door closed, and I stood quietly in the empty hallway and sighed.
Talking to Elisha is not easy.
Really.
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“This, this person…”
“He’s a pretty experienced dungeon explorer.”
“Please take care of me!”
Sif spoke cheerfully and held out her hand to Elisa. It was with a business-like smile that looked just right.
“Now, please take care of me…”
Elisa carefully took Sif’s outstretched hand and shook it slightly. It was a movement too small to be considered a handshake, so much so that Sif tilted her head.
“…John, did you bring him here under threat? “Why is he like this?”
“Do I look like that type of person?”
“Uh…”
Why are you avoiding my gaze?
“…I have a timid personality, so please understand.”
“Okay~”
In response, Sif gently made a circle with his finger from an angle that Elisa could not see.
Is this bitch trying to see the harpsichord anywhere?
I captured the essence of Sif’s scandalous behavior from the beginning.
“Nyaan! Why are you hitting me?”
“Don’t be greedy when you already get paid.”
“But the more money the better! “You can at least pay for the trouble!”
It wasn’t wrong. The more money the better. I also embezzled my budget and purchased mithril on the black market.
Anyway, we were in front of a dungeon with a lot of people coming and going, each carrying our backpacks and getting ready to enter the dungeon. Two days’ worth of food and water, blankets and extra clothes, and weapons. I brought plenty with me just in case, so there won’t be any major problems even if a crisis arises.
As I leaned back using my bag as a backrest, I suddenly thought of Milia, who was currently studying with Karina.
Milia wanted to follow us, but she couldn’t because she was caught by Karina, who was studying with her to transfer to the academy. It’s heartbreaking to see her send off with a childish, sullen expression, but she has to endure it because it’s the path she chose. Still, should she buy at least a small gift when she goes back?
I can’t just keep sulking.
“John?”
“…Hmm. “I decided on this as my destination, but there were a lot of people.”
Many. Really.
If it was natural, it was natural. The dungeon we came to was actually more of a tourist attraction than a dungeon. A small three-story dungeon. It’s a dungeon filled with only goblins, and the boss is a goblin shaman. It was close to a virtual tutorial dungeon.
It would be correct to call it a dungeon for experiential learning. Perhaps because of this, quite a few students were seen wearing school uniforms.
“Wouldn’t it be a bit weird to film here? Even if it’s just an assignment, wouldn’t it be better to film it in earnest?”
“Are you going to start filming in earnest?”
Seeing Sif express her opinion so suddenly, I looked at her with questioning eyes. The only time this bitch expresses her opinion is when the harpsichord comes out. Sif waved her palm as I glared and began to make her excuse.
“Oh, no, think about it carefully! Would you consider a guy who goes into dungeons like this a real dungeon explorer? If you’re going to do this, go to a decent dungeon and shoot some dungeon monsters!”
…Is it more plausible than you think?
It would be better to get a good score by taking pictures in a moderately dangerous dungeon, rather than in a place where so many people come and go that even goblin eunuchs are hard to see. Interviewing a dungeon explorer who goes in and out of a dangerous dungeon would be much better than interviewing half-baked idiots.
Of course, that thief cat said it because he wanted to make money.
“Well, it’s an assignment anyway, so you don’t have to go that far… “
“Are you okay! Even after all this, we are the ones who have cleared 4 dungeons!”
Don’t sneak in yourself. In fact, I did everything, so where can I sell it? I gave Sif the season 2 squeeze to tell her to be quiet.
“Nyaan!”
“Stop saying anything strange and go to the dungeon…”
It was the moment I was about to finish speaking. I closed my mouth and observed the students as they lined up in my field of vision.
Why are there so many? The sight of dozens of students rushing into the dungeon as a group was strange in many ways. Some were carrying weapons, but some were empty-handed. It seems like it was an outing rather than a dungeon exploration.
“Seo, seniors… They are seniors…”
“It looks like your grade wasn’t the only one receiving dungeon-related assignments.”
“I-I’ve heard that a lot of dungeon-related tasks come out around this time… “
I looked away from the students and looked at Elisa. Elisa’s expression was dark even at first glance. Are you having trouble with your seniors? Or is it just that they avoid crowded places because they are shy? It was when I was about to ask Elisha a question to find out the exact reason.
“Oh my, what is it? “Miss Elissa, what are you doing here?”
“Uh, uh, uh… Hello… I, I have class, assignment…”
What. This stereotypical noble lady. I looked at the student who was wearing the same school uniform as Elisa…No, she looked like an aristocratic girl.
It looks like I want to squeeze it as much as Sif.
“It looks like you’re here to do a dungeon exploration assignment! Oh hohoho!”
“Oh, that’s right… “
“Oh, where are the other group members? “You certainly didn’t come alone, right?”
…What?
Joe Won?
When I looked at Elisa with doubt, an unknown female student added something as if she would satisfy my curiosity.
“Surely you didn’t tell me it was a group project?”