"Notes, are you free now?"

This is the next and next day after the capture of 18 levels in four days.

While relaxing in the living room, the Force called me.

"I'm free, but ... what happened?"

"No, it's a bit ...

"I don't mind, but I'm weak.

"That's good. I want to fight Note! Do you understand?"

"Huh ..."

I was wary of being able to call out in the living room, partly due to Erin's case before, but I'm grateful for the proposal from the Force this time.

The Force was already ready to go.

She is dressed outward, and her sword is firmly on her waist.

I answered and got up and decided to go to my room and get ready.

Change into a dungeon search outfit and wear a dagger knife on your waist belt.

The Force stood in the corridor as he descended on the stairs from the second floor where his room was.

"Well then, let's go."

"Yes. So where do you go today?"

"Isn't it okay for the notebook to always meet with Jin?"

"Yes. Speaking of which, have you ever approached the Force only once, right?"

"Is that so?"

"Don't you remember ... I was going to practice arts, and I challenged Rosria for a serious game ..."

"That happened."

"Isn't this a pattern again?"

"Well, that's not true ..."

Don't be suspicious. I'm a little anxious ...

"Hahhhahhhhh! I wasn't deceived about this, Note! I called you today to give you Tenchu!"

That was the first opening at the destination.

The Force is turning his silver sword at you.

"I thought it was like that ... and why? I don't remember doing anything that would give me Tenchu ..."

"I'm gonna come here and cut off! There's witness testimony!"

"I haven't done anything wrong with being witnessed. I'll ask you once, but what testimony is it?"

"This is a testimony that Rozria was flirting in front of the hotel!"

Wow. It's the last tail, it ...

Certainly that day, I accidentally went to Rozria and the hotel.

We talked there.

Looking from the side, it looks like flirting ...

"To be silent means you know what you mean?"

The Force is squeezing, scattered throughout the killing.

scared…….

He opens his mouth to make excuses in a hurry.

"Oh, that's ..."

"Excuses are good. It's really important. I'll ask you clearly!

"I'm asking too much!"

"Have you graduated from virginity? I left me! What happened to Rozria's film?"

Don't say the film! Expression is too guess!

Is such a place like a virgin ...?

Oh, so I was a virgin too.

"I don't do it ... I don't!"

"That's right. I thought that the notebook couldn't be a virgin!"

The Force puts his hand on his shoulder while exhaling deeply, as if he was relieved.

what. Goo of the right hand.

I was so happy that I was a virgin.

"Well, but I'll give you Tenchu."

"why⁉"

"Is it true that I was flirting with Rozria even if I wasn't there?"

"Yes, but ... it's complicated ..."

"What is it? What's complicated?"

Because it wasn't clear, I decided to tell the Force that I was following Jin that day and why I was following it.

"I see, that's it."

"Yes……"

"By the way, could you tell me that Reis and I liked Jin?"

Oops. I did it again.

Not only in Rosria, I slipped into the Force.

Maybe I'm light?

I can't help passing it. Switching here is important.

"Can you just talk here?"

"Good but ... I'll never tell you my secret ..."

"That was also told by Roslia. I think it would be better."

The rating from the Force has dropped.

"And do you know the Force? Is Jin a lover?"

"Oh, that's not true.

"Why can't you make it? Mr. Jin can afford her as much as she can afford. It's cool ..."

"You can't make it different from us. He doesn't make it."

Don't let me casually join the group she can't make.

I feel like I'm going to be able to make her if I take a step further these days.

Maybe it's more likely than a force.

"What does it mean not to make it?"

"Hmm, it's different from what I say, and ask Jin himself, but it's like the past was assassin's one thing."

In recent years, I have often heard of his own remarks, the actions of Rees, and more, alluding to Jin's past.

I utter my doubts in my chest.

"I've always wanted to ask, isn't the assassin just referring to the fighting profession (battle style), right?"

The Force is willing to answer my question with my arms behind my head.

"That's right. He's not a killer. He was a member of an assassination squad with a villainous noble. This expression doesn't feel right. I'm sure she and I met Jin because he was the target of his assassination at that time. "

"What does that mean?"

Involuntarily lean forward.

The Force grinned with my bite.

"That's right. It's not a secret, do you want to teach me this? The old story with Jin and how I formed" Arrivers "-"

***

"Suddenly, a notebook. Did you have a childhood dream?"

I ask the note.

The reason I chose out of the round-robin questions that had no direct bearing on the party's announcement at the time of the announcement was because I thought it would be good to talk in-depth.

I've talked to Jin, but never talked to Neme, Erin or Rosria.

I don't mean I don't trust Neme or Erin, who has a longer relationship than my notebook.

But do you think that it is only possible for men to hit your inner heart, it is embarrassing to talk to a woman, is there such a place ...?

"What happened? Suddenly?"

As if the question was too sudden, the notebook glanced at the expression with anxiety.

"Please answer me, okay"

"I had it. My dream was to work as an adventurer with my childhood friend, but now it's a dream that will never come true."

"I see. Did your dream come true ..."

Speaking of which, I feel like I heard the old story of the notebook before.

Certainly, was it a childhood friend?

At that time, I remember having to complain that there was a childhood friend who was a winning guy.

"My dream was to be the strongest swordsman."

Old memories are evoked one after another.

What I will talk about in my notebook is my origin.

"This was when I was little. Just a normal boy, Force Grands-kun, came to the dojo with his parents reluctantly. It's a common story to force them to learn swordsmanship, so I saw the sword of a teacher, no, not at that time, but a man who would become a teacher. Seeing the man, I was convinced that I am here, the strongest swordsman, and I want to be like this person. "

Remove the stones at your feet and slowly sit down on the ground.

The notebook also sits down following it.

"Then I started to hit my sword without pretending to be. I was thinking only of mastering swordsmanship without seeing a woman as the same generation of guys came out in love with love. So, if you were interested in a woman from that time, was she able to do that now? "

"Isn't it?"

I'm talking seriously, but I'm gonna put a playful tsukkomi.

My face is not so bad.

The rest is that if you get used to talking to a woman, you can do one or two of her or five.

I'm almost out of tune, so let's get it back.

"So, partly because of my hard work, my sword's skills are getting better and higher. It's getting stronger and stronger. It was fun at that time, every day was full of fulfillment, and what I couldn't do was able to be done in a few weeks, the view changed, and I hit a new wall again Desperate, but I knew that if I repeated this, I would eventually become like a teacher. "

I remember those days and my feelings were growing.

He kicked the rock to escape his uplifting emotions and rolled towards his notebook.

The stone was slowly moving forward and stopped without reaching the foot of the notebook.

Slight silence. It was the notebook that first opened his mouth.

"What happened to you?"

"At age 15, I gained my skills. That's it."

"That's it-"

"It was just that. I was beyond my master's sword. It was easy to achieve my dream. It's a really boring world. This world is all about skills. No matter how sharpened the arts, the teacher wouldn't be able to use [swordsmanship / medium]. I'm not like me. It's really stupid ... "

I knew this later, but the master was nothing but the strongest swordsman in the world.

He was still a kid and was the only swordsman in the eyes of ignorant me, but in this world of skill supremeism, he was a little strong swordsman with a little strength.

"Humans, if you don't give up, your dreams will come true. I think that's true. But, even if your dreams come true, the ideals will not come true. It's a dream to become the strongest swordsman I did, but I couldn't be the strongest swordsman in myself. ''

Often, the dreams you're aiming for are different from the ideals you have.

Like a master, every day, he makes a bloody effort and spends many years reaching the master's ability.

I came to know that such an ideal was in me after my dream came true.

And the ideals have fallen apart with the acquisition of skills and the fulfillment of dreams.

"It's a very luxurious problem ..."

"That's probably the case for you who have taken off your skills, but I guess you can't help it. I hate the word shy and I can't help but say what I thought."

"If you look at the usual Force, you know it."

"And then I went around and challenged the renowned swordsman to find the next swordsman who could be set aside, but none came up stronger than me ..."

"It's boastful enough to sound enviable ..."

"I'm not proud, it's a fact. In fact, at that time I was bored and dying because I didn't have a challenging guy. I didn't go so well because I didn't have much experience with women ... "

I regretted many times that I didn't go to the path of the sword at that time.

Honestly, it was hard to hold the sword.

But some of my swords seemed fun for one of the ten.

Nine of the ten may be painful, but taking swordsmanship out of my life, I felt that one of the ten wasn't a fun life, so I couldn't let go of the sword.

"But if you fought with pride in various arms and broke your pride like that, you would also be resentful. When you defeated the knight of your noble, Dean Lark, grandly, I was almost assassinated, and the assassin who acted at that time was the gin. "

"At that time, did you meet Jin for the first time ...?"

"Oh, I had to fight him there and I felt a pain. I might be the strongest swordsman, but I wasn't the strongest man. , There was an assassin who used the sword, and I was very happy. Blood was boiling.

The excitement at that time revives.

It might have been as impressive as the first time you saw the Master's sword-no more.

One day I was holding my fist.

The eyes are a little feverish.

"I wanted to fight this guy more. I wanted to compete with the strongest guy other than the swordsman, like this guy because the world is so big. Assassins, mages, priests and hunters. , Alchemist, or any other fighting profession (battle style) who could be as strong as me or gin? "

I remember sweating at that time.

Jin's sharp onslaught. [Thinking] I was definitely killed if I had no skills.

My life was in danger and my emotions were unprecedented, and my thinking at that time was accelerating.

Now, when I look back, I don't know why I came to that conclusion.

It may be because he had just heard a dungeon from a passing adventurer just before.

Perhaps it was because they were looking for a stage where they could compete with other fighters (battle styles) such as mages and priests.

Perhaps because of the man in front of me, I had a feeling that something amazing could be achieved.

I suddenly told Jin who was confronting me.

"When I realized," Well, if you're so strong, why don't you party with me and dive into the dungeon? "

I still remember Jin's expression surprised by my sudden proposal.

He was a thread and suddenly opens his eyes.

"And then I hit my mind. I forgot to wield my sword in the middle of the battle and started desperately soliciting. When I thought back, I wasn't killed well.

"So did you get OK from Jin-san?"

"No, I was refused at first. 'Bad, I can't do that. I'm an assassin raised in Dean Lark. If I get out, he won't let go. `` Let's do it. ''

"So how ..."

"That's why I said it back. 'Okay, let's go assassinate from us. It's not such a bad guy as an assassin to me. It may not be possible, but it would not be impossible if we together worked together. '' '

"Isn't it crazy ..."

"But we had enough power to do crazy things. Jin was laughing when he heard that. It was the first and last time he saw such a laugh. What?

Then Jin said, "Like. It's the best. "

After receiving his consent, he quickly implemented the strategy.

When I was assassinated, I pretended to be angry and went straight to Dean Lark's mansion.

Jin, who had been defeated by me, assassinated Dean Lark while his soldiers were fighting me.

He seemed to have something in his master, and he said, "I'll give you a hand."

Perhaps it was a consideration to keep me from getting my hands dirty.

"So Jin, now free, has a party with me."

"It was a huge story like a story. Is it so different from when I entered the party ..."

"It's normal to be like you. Neme who came in next, new members who came in after that, and Erin who came in recently, don't have such a dramatic episode. Only me and gin are special. "

This party was made by me and Jin for both of us, and you came in. “Arrives” is a party made in that way. It's such a party.

No matter who they say, no matter how much other guys play.

I and Jin are the main characters in the story we spin at this party.

***

The Force seems to have said what he wanted to talk about.

I'm looking at the sky while exhaling deeply.

This is the first time that his thoughts have been directly communicated so far.

It's been a long time since I entered this party, but for the first time today I feel a little bit more about the Force.

Of course, he couldn't understand partly.

I don't have any strong skills, and there are places where I don't know the troubles of blessed people.

However, I knew only that there was a problem with the Force, which seemed like no trouble at first glance.

Maybe everyone has a lot of trouble, big and small, and it's impossible to understand it from the outside alone.

The worries you have are your own, and you shouldn't measure on an objective basis how you compare to yourself or what other unhappy people do.

I ask the Force.

"Mr. Force, are you satisfied right now? What's your daily life at 'Arrives?'"

I was invited to Jin and entered "Arrives". And he was saved.

I really wanted to know if this party could save the Force.

"Okay. Are you satisfied? I don't think it's that bad."

He knew from the Force's expression that he had been saved.

"If you're happy, don't tell Rosria that you're going to leave the party!"

"Will you pick it up now?"

Force responds to the jokes of Tsukomi with a laugh.

"Is this different, is love blind or not?"

"I'm angry that I don't know ..."

I was also enthusiastic about Rosria and once betrayed the party.

I can't pursue it deeply because of her haughtiness.

"I don't know if I was seduced in the first place! I still think that at the time I had both thoughts with Rozria!"

"Are you really saying that?"

"Ah! I feel like I'm sick of your notebook now, but I'll be returning to me someday! Maybe ...?"

Apparently, the Force was still being seduced by Rosria.

I don't know if Rozria is just acting in love with me, or if she's losing her favor, but I don't think she's just going back to the Force ...

"Let's stop talking about it because it's getting a headache. I'm talking about myself."

"I feel like you're really waving."

"So, is that another good one?"

"what?"

"Why did you want to win the dungeon that you said at the party meeting when you wanted to win the dungeon? Just like Erin declared, to show that he was the strongest Did you not? "

"No, I don't aim to show that I'm the strongest, isn't it the strongest swordsman, even if I don't show it?"

"Well ... I can't deny it ..."

"So the dream I met when I met Jin was fighting and competing with the strongest guys. That dream was also fulfilled in this party. That's why I want to win the dungeon No, right? "

"If you tell me ..."

"If so, then the only goal I haven't met is to make her, right?"

"It's a delicate place that you can understand or don't understand ..."

"You can achieve that goal with plenty of room if you win the dungeon and get the honor. If you think about it, it will take me a dungeon and bring me a bird." I'm afraid of my lost imagination. ''

Force nods satisfactorily.

Looking at the profile, I thought that the high self-esteem might not be a mistake.

The Force has created "Arrives", so we are here today.

Conversely, if the Force didn't come to mind, I, the Force, and everyone else would have lived a less lifeless life.

"It may be surprising that Force is a leader in" Arrives "."

"Hey! It's now! It's surprisingly superfluous!"

The loud voice of the Force resonated around the wind.