A NEET’s Guide to the Parallel World: Healer, the Strongest Cheat?

I walked through the meadows and after a while it turned into sand.

Dunes.

Bad scaffolding adventures persist for a while......

Second, I see a giant black tower.

"Dear Nito, isn't that right!

Sufilia is excited.

A dungeon.

I guess it's unusual for her, too.

The area around the dungeon was festive.

There are a number of outdoor shops lined up, and I also see a number of buildings built whenever.

Although they seem to be inns for the wealthy.

This is no longer a town.

The town stretches out in the middle of the desert.

Dungeon juice and dungeon buns (manju) appeared in the outdoor shop.

Shall I buy it on the way home?

"I'm thirsty for walking."

That's what Toa says, so I bought a dungeon juice for four.

The flavour is citrus sweet sugar water.

Nem seems delicious and is drinking juice because of it.

Equivalent, he was thirsty.

"Um, is the outdoor shop standing here something that was originally here?

I asked the owner.

"That's not true. We have a dungeon, we have challengers, we have challengers, we have merchants. I built it to fit, because it's time to make money for merchants like us."

"Hey, what are you gonna do after this, go to the dungeon already?

I've been thinking before Toa asked me.

"Which one do we all want? Whatever, you can take a day off and try tomorrow."

I'm not particularly tired, but what about the three of us?

Though the Beast Man, Nem is still small, Sufilia grew up in a greenhouse too, is Toa better yet?

"I'll leave you to Nito."

Sufilia is as reluctant as ever.

Nem and Toa seem fine though.

You should try the dungeon in full swing.

"Let's just get some rest today"

"So let's find an inn, shall we?

"Right. Yeah, for now, why don't we go look down on that black tower? I'd like to take a look around once. Let's find the inn after that."

We walked towards the tower with one hand of juice.

"It's big..."

"This is the dungeon?

"That's what happens."

The force is different when viewed up close.

There were several groups of exhausted and seemingly challenging people around the dungeon.

I wonder what this is made of.

"What, are we talking about material?

Toa expressed interest in the unexpected.

I walked up a short black staircase, part of the tower, and stood in front of a spacious entrance.

Toa is waving under the stairs.

Behind you is the entrance, beyond which you can see nothing in the dark.

From time to time there is enough wind to be cool to hear the distant wind sounds echoed.

That sounded like a talking voice.

"Hey, it's time to go!

I can hear Toa. I look back down the stairs.

So I found two familiar figures walking this way from the opener.

Francesca, the demonic news agency, and Dory, the photographer.

At the right time to rendezvous with the three, Francesca called out.

"Long time no see, your face is the same"

Before entering this town, I put on my face just in case.

"Because I'm afraid to find out"

"Can I have one?

Dory set up the camera.

"You can't have three of them."

I said in advance that I could take it from above the surface.

While being photographed, Francesca asked about her current state of mind.

"I'm not particularly nervous, because the challenge starts tomorrow"

"Was it? But I don't mind, I'll let you cover it tomorrow."

What are you going to ask so much?

Francesca got a note and a pen.

"In fact, some time after I left the college, I got intel that the fortress city of Artemias had been raided by the Empire, and I think Trifar is probably the target,"

What do you mean, that's what we went to, but it's the Empire's fault.

Sufilia looked at me for a moment.

"We also found the king's body, then the body of a side and a large number of kingdom officials. And the princess's death has been confirmed."

Francesca takes a glance at Sufilia.

Sufilia had the usual smile on her face.

But Francesca will have already spotted it, and wondered.

Why is there a princess here?

"As I said before, I can't answer about that"

"So what do you mean by my hobby?

"Hobbies?... No, I can't"

"... ok. Then let me change the question as I give up."

Francesca doesn't show how she gave up on her back with words.

"Is Mr. Nito an associate of the Empire?

"No, you don't, though."

"Okay. Now I'd like to ask you a few questions about Sierra."

"... how is Sierra doing?

"Good health, that's a difficult situation to say. Rumor has it you're barely out of the house."

"Really..."

"It's been over a week since Mr. Hilda Ekarat's funeral took place. After two raids of the Empire, there is apparently a division of opinion between the White King Knight and the King"

"Divided opinions?

"Yes, the White King knight wants revenge on the Empire... war? But the king will not forgive it."

"I see."

"Master, what happens to Sister and Sierra when there is a war?

I saw Nem's anxious face.

"... I don't know. But the war hasn't started yet, has it?

"What do you think, I don't know. It's just that Razhausen is a small country, and it shouldn't have enough military power to challenge the Empire."

"So what do you want to hear about Sierra?

"The White King knight will be published in an article, and I would like to write about Sierra at that time."

"Unless it's like publishing a connection to me, you'll be fine."

"Okay, let me ask you a few questions."

The interview began.

After a while, the interview is over.

"Thank you for your valuable story"

It was when Francesca thanked him and tried to leave the scene.

I felt like killing from somewhere.

There's a sign of a fly behind my back, and I turn around.

"Hmm, what?

There was a figure of a great man.

A man with bright white body hair is about to wave his sharp nails down at me.

I grabbed the root of it.

"Damn!"

"Suddenly what?

White bear, is it the Beast Man?

I threw him.

Lightly slammed to the ground, the white bear regains his posture and turns a sharp gaze.

Yet another direction felt another killer.

I grab the root and throw it away in the earlier procedure.

"Two white bears..."

Two beasts are staring at me.

"Are you a nitwit?

Behind - I heard a voice from near the dungeon stairs.

Looking back, there was one person on the stairs, like a perm and messy twisted, a bossy brunette man sitting there.

"An adventurer with a woman, wearing the foolish side of a dwarf. Definitely, nito."

I overthought the words and I asked for Francesca's face.

I told you not to write about your people in the article.

But Francesca's shook his head to the side.

So you're saying you haven't made it into an article as you can tell?

"What, you, how do you know me?

An eye-catching and invincible grin that looked down on people.

A jacket with glowing piercings and just feathers woven.

Sneezy, distorted (snoring) brunette.

……

The man remains silent and shifts his gaze to the two white bears.

Shortly afterwards, sharp nails approached me like I had received some kind of signal.

From the front, you can see the white bear side by side.

I was able to do it between us, I took a step toward that gap.

Attach the biceps of both arms to the two faces and activate and tap "Divine Speed" all at once.

- The "Jackson Frederick [LV: 41]" crusade activated the unique skill "Guardianship of the Goddess". Choose your loot '

- "Samuel Frederick [LV: 42]" Crusade has activated the unique skill "Guardian of the Goddess". Choose your loot '

Two announcements flowed through my head.

Turning around, there were two giants without necks.

"Ha ha, this is a masterpiece!

The man with the messy hair gets up.

"Where do you have that power, and I don't feel any magic!

You're crazy for this smile when your buddy's dead.

"Don't feel bad, you got your hands on me first."

"It doesn't matter, it's their responsibility to anticipate the power of the opponent."

No words to work with?

"No way, are you..."

Francesca said in surprise.

Do you have any idea, gradually her expression becomes that of something fearful.

"Do you know this guy?

"Definitely... he is Raj Cotts, the king's shield"

"The King's Shield?

"It's about the three men who protect the emperor." We talked about dozens of people in the White King Knight class in the Empire. But the Emperor once told the world that there were three people in this country who outnumbered them. "

"Is that the king's shield?

"Yes. But the reality of the empire was a mystery until recently. That's because the emperor never showed the entity of that king's shield. So the world said that the king's shield was an emperor's falsehood, designed to exaggerate power."

I mean, the king's shield that didn't seem to exist, but it proved to be true in his appearance?

"Well, boulders are magical communications, you know me."

Disturbed haired man - Large, praised her.

"The canyon city of Pulsterra - you were known to the public because of that one incident."

"It's a boulder, you remember it well!

Large had a full smile.

"What, uh, what's a pulstella?

Raj sat down on the spot.

Francesca freaks out at the move.

"You don't have to be wary, I like being told my story"

"... he was a former court magician in the canyon city of Pulsterra."

Large peels out his gums.

"Yes, yes! Ha, I miss those days. As the name suggests, Pulstella was a city built in a certain canyon, but at night, it's beautiful at night."

Raj smiles as he looks up at the sky.

"Night view... well, if you feel like it, I'll go too"

"I can't do this."

Raj said with a smile on his face.

'Cause I already broke that country.

"... break it, what?

Large's smile gradually turns into something creepy.

When I laugh, my mouth angle rises and my eyes narrow and narrow.

A creepy eye, visible from between thinner eyes, captured me.

"... I see, that's how it feels"

"It was fun, that one... Nito, do you know the last look on the face of anyone who's ever been killed by someone you thought was one of us?

"I don't have a hobby."

"You don't know if you're an enemy or an ally anymore, and in death, you're confused! And I realize, this guy was an enemy! But by the time I realized it, it was too late, because I was dead."

What, are you just a lunatic?

"I see. So you betrayed the country and turned back on the Empire?

"No, I'm not. I've been an empire person since the beginning."

"Yes."

Francesca solved my misunderstanding.

"It was more than ten years ago that the emperor announced the existence of the king's shield. Five years ago, he destroyed the pulstella that had infiltrated him as a spy and returned to the Empire. The emperor then made it public to the world again. that he was an imperial person from the beginning. to that evidence."

"Yes, because my real name is Raj Dermskale."

"... Darmskale?

It was a familiar word.

When I was in Razhausen, I first heard the word Empire.

I was not particularly interested, so I had no doubts.

But then I heard the name of the Empire again and again.

Darmskale Empire...

I heard this name from Mr. Khalifa.

But this country was destroyed hundreds of years ago, a country that does not exist in modern times.

So separate from the empire as it is said in modern times......

"Why do we still have Dermskale?

"Dear Nito, the name of the empire of our time is Dermskale."

Sufilia answered me.

It seems so natural that I was the only one who didn't know.

"What are you talking about earlier, what was the time like?

Large stood up lightly.

"Well... we can talk about it. In the meantime, I know you're crazy."

"It's lame, I'm not crazy. I mean, I felt something a little closer to you."

Raj deliberately showed a depressing attitude.

"Why did you aim at me?

"It's not something you don't understand if you ask, because you put a blade on the empire. For once, we talked about killing them before they bothered us, and that's where I was chosen."

"I see, but you can't do it, can you?

I'm not overconfident.

It's just that this guy's magic is on the same level as the Zeeks.

"I'm just here to try the dungeon."

"... I see, you mean it's troublesome to relate to me. Well, I guess I'll kill one of my people and let you get serious."

At that moment, Raj disappeared.

But I can see it.

In front of Toa, there's a Large figure.

To Toa, he was about to wave down a purple glowing knife.

"Wow!"

I went between Toa and Raj and slapped Raj's right hand off.

Large holding down the right hand where blood erupts and taking the distance.

I could see a different fear from the look on his face.

"Guys, stay back. I have enough on my own."

"Gu, you're a boulder, Nito. I didn't see it at all."

"Are you dying here?

"Ha ha, that doesn't sound like a joke. I'm scared."

"I mean it."

This guy tried to kill Toa when he found out I wasn't motivated.

"You're a pain in the ass, you."

"That's my line. I've been listening to a lot of stories, but I didn't know you were so far out of digits. I think I'm stronger than this, but in front of you..."

The look on Large's face changed as soon as possible, so that he was frightened of something.

"Oh, you!... WHAT! Damn, those eyes!?

"... what?

"Stay away!

Large broke his balance and got his ass cake.

Hurry and get up, hurry and distance yourself with your feet.

"Come on, come on! - Curse Ball!"

Large flies purple spheres, plus.

"I don't like it, I don't like it, I don't like it! - The Hammer of Darkness!"

A giant purple sphere appeared over Large's head.

There was no magic formation, and it came to me at the same time as it appeared.

"The boulder is an empire, the chant is fast -" Surgical Destruction (Soulbreak) "!

But the giant sphere disappeared to be sucked into the center.

As Raj was even more frightened.

"Come closer!

"Yes, I want to ask you, what are you empires going to do with Razhausen? That country is peaceful, it's supposed to have nothing to do with violent people like you, and yet why attack?

"Shit, I'm getting close!

"You're just asking questions, aren't you?

"Metastasis!"

"What?"

His feet glowed and at that moment, Raj disappeared from the spot.

"Huh..."

It was so sudden.

Raj fled to leave the white bear's body behind.

After we broke up with Francesca and the others, we were walking around town in search of accommodation.

"That was amazing magic."

I'm not sure, but from Toa's point of view, Raj was a strong magician.

Nem was contracting and shrinking.

Though Sufilia looks as calm as ever.

"Sounds like only a magic arm would be nice... but it's a pain in the ass that got away. If they attack me again, it'll be a pain in the ass."

I noticed Toa was stopping.

That was in front of a white tent.

Large "clinic" was written on the roof, and Toa stared inside looking terribly upset.

"Toa, what's going on?

I wondered, I went back to Toa.

Peek inside the tent.

"This is..."

What I saw were a number of beds and patients bandaged all over their bodies.

Toa was holding her mouth with her hands and was shocked by the sight.

"Are you challengers, too?

One big man turned up from inside the tent.

"... Yes"

"Then it's time to take a good look, at what these guys look like"

"What's wrong with these people?

"You see, all the fools I dreamed of."

The tent is overflowing with groans.

This is the fool who dreamed...... is it the end of the dungeon challenger?

"Until a few days ago, everyone looked as fine as you did. But now it looks like this. But these guys are still lucky. By this day after the dungeon appeared, nearly a thousand people had challenged it. But most of them haven't come back yet."

"Oh, just these people!?

"Yes. That's what dungeons are for. Everyone tries to say the same thing about putting foil on it. But only the guy who says it's foil in his mouth thinks it's somewhere in his heart. Maybe it's me, you know. He's a busy guy who thinks he can do it from the start. Yes. It's the first time anyone's ever noticed how stupid they are."

The dungeon dreams of those who seek it, and the public ridicules it.

"We should have thought more about why we haven't had an attacker for hundreds of years... You think well, too. Are you sure that's the right choice? I won't say any more, because it's my fault..."

That's what I left behind, and the man went back inside the tent.

Probably came to stop our challenge.

He's a challenger himself, you can tell that by looking ahead from his right shoulder.

Only a bandage seeping with blood, there was no arm.

"Toa......"

Toa was shivering looking down.

There is something tough after seeing this sight.

Toa might not be able to do it.

"I'm going..."

"... Toa, you don't have to, it's just me at all"

"Yeah, I'm fine, I'm going. I've come this far, and that's why I followed you."

"It's like I've been forced to follow you."

"No, Master Nito, that's not true"

"Sufilia......"

"I am beside you in hope. I still haven't changed my mind."

"Nem and Nem are following your husband!

"Nem......"

I couldn't answer well.

But maybe this was a good opportunity.

I was thinking a lot, but I could figure out what it meant to challenge the dungeon.

That means risking your life for adventure.

"Okay. Then I won't ask anymore. Let's go, to the dungeon."

The next day.

We came before the dungeon again.

There's Francesca's appearance there.

"Are you about to try, Mr. Nito?

"Yes."

"Can you tell us your current state of mind?

"... excited"

Francesca saw the look on each of us.

You guessed something, didn't ask any more, and dropped it off.

"Well, we look forward to your attack."

After the interview, the four of us went up the stairs.

Stand in front of the entrance and finally check each other's faces.

"All right, let's go"

On my signal, I went into the dungeon.

But.

"... what is it,"

The moment I stepped in, the scenery around me changed.

"What is this place..."

Toa is confused.

"I see... but that's an unusual way of doing things that I've never seen"

Sufilia analyzes calmly.

"Is this the dungeon?

Nem tilts his neck.

"This place..."

A piercing sunset.

Warm (wet) wind and crow chirping.

Time for an evening I hate the most.

School gates, gymnasiums, grounds, and school buildings.

Everything looks familiar.

- School.

That's the space I spent my pointless time in......

It was a high school building.