Mob, if I were a high school student, could I be an adventurer, too, Leah?

The next day, I was hanging out in Hachioji alone.

After somehow breaking through the 42 levels over the course of the day, we decided to take a break from the accumulated mental fatigue more than expected.

I was thinking of spending a rainy day at home on a rainy day off, but my heart was so dizzy and restless that I couldn't guess.

There was nothing to be intrigued by, such as peeking into the guild card shop or searching for newly released adventurer supplies, and my legs were someday heading to a nostalgic place to follow through on old memories.

The elementary school, the forest where the secret base was built, the Dobu River where the fishing was done...

Even though I usually don't remember anything at all, when I look forward to the scene in wonder, what happened at that time comes back vividly.

The fact that I dared to make trouble with a girl I liked and was hated normally, and that I told my friends about the stash of the erotic book collection that was abandoned, and the next day it was all taken away and I had a quarrel...

Some memories were so embarrassing that I wanted to go around, and when I said so, I left the scene quickly.

Could it be that I usually don't remember because I sealed my memories...?

However, when I passed in front of the elementary school, I knew that the school building I was attending had already been demolished into a new school building, and I was attacked by unexpected loneliness.

When I came to the park, which was often a gathering place, and the candy shop next to it.

Ah, oniichan

The love that was playing with my friends found me and called out to me.

"Love? Were you playing here?"

Yeah, with Aoi and Mio.

"It's been a long time."

Hey, guys.

The two of them, who often come to the house because of the familiarity of love, bow their heads tinyly.

Aoi-chan is a sociable girl who dyes her hair and wears the latest fashion.

Mio-chan seemed to be a quiet literary girl with long black hair, but she was an elementary school girl and interested in investing, and she was already a strong player in stock and binary options with old balls.

I don't think our love is for elementary school students either, but compared to these two, it's still quite normal and a bit reassuring to keep quiet.

Yay!

Are you properly hydrated, love?

Ah, Lotus, Athena!

Hmm...... and the stereoscopic footage of Lotus and Athena comes to mind and greets love.

It was love and lotus flowers that were originally good friends, but Athena became good friends as soon as she was able to communicate with the outside world with the card gear.

What was surprising was that Mia didn't get along with her love much, so she didn't seem to dislike it, but she seemed to be jealous of being able to play with Lotus outside the labyrinth.

At first glance, it is a cheerful and unknown impression, but in fact, its nature is "deep and narrow" towards the inside.

There is a connection with Suzuka, and the friendship between Lotus, Meir, and Suzuka is established by Meir acting as a mediator. I think.

That's why it's subtly wall love and Mare, but love is active in getting along with Mare, and the distance between love and Mare is gradually shrinking through watching animations, etc.

That's why I was willing to keep an eye on him without any particular interference.

Athena, on the other hand, is strangely fond of love. She takes care of her summer homework and enjoys quiz shows together, almost like her sister.

Athena had a strong impression of being scared right away, but since she was stronger with Lotus and Mea and Comu right away, the wavelength might have matched the love between the Yangs.

Eliza and Audrey also teach their mom about home recipes, Dragonet and Durahan learn chess from their dads, and Yuki burns mysterious opposition to Maru (the dog), making our home more lively thanks to card gear.

"Wow, that's the talk of card gear!?" Sounds good ~

"Awesome. It's like sci-fi."... the stock price of Emerald Tablet is still going up. "

Aoi and Mio-chan's eyes glowed as they saw the vision floating in the air.

This kind of place makes me smile when I'm still a child....... I think Mio-chan's joy is a little off.

"I want it too, Maro Maro?"

"I can't. Once I register, I can only use myself." If it's released, my parents will ask me to buy it for you. "

When is the release date?

That's right, Aoi-chan asked me, and I remember what I heard from Anna.

"Nh ~, it must have been from the beginning of the summer holiday. In the meantime, I was able to confirm that there were no defects in the week-long race, and the public reaction was better than I thought, so I decided to keep this prototype as the official version, so I decided to release it earlier."

Cardgear, Anna tried to get it by using her connections, but she couldn't.

Rather, I heard that it would be released at the end of the summer holiday, so I should say that it was pulled back without trying to get it.

Instead, it seems that at the beginning of the summer holiday, I was able to secure the same number of high-end models as I had, so it was like connecting to the Seventeenth Night Moon House.

"Hmph... okay." Better than that ~, take me to Fantasy Land again ~ "

"I'm busy, so don't worry. I'll buy you some sweets, so be patient."

I said, pointing to the pastry shop, tapping Aoi-chan's begging lightly.

We did it!

Thank you oniichan!

"It's going to be all right, Brother Malo."

Seeing the three people rushing into the candy store at a glance, I smiled that I was still a kid and headed to the candy store.

Then the shopkeeper's grandmother, who saw me, called out nostalgicly.

"Oh, it's been a long time." It's been about five years since you graduated from elementary school? "

Grandma, it's been a long time.

I see, it's been about five years now.

Unlike when I was an elementary school student who was able to drop in on my way home from school, my feet were naturally far away from here when I was in junior high school without going to school.

Originally, this was a gathering place for elementary school students, and since it would cause elementary school students to contract, there was an air to graduate from this park when they went to junior high school, so it would be customary for my grandmother to not have a graduated child...

When I learned that my face was remembered in this way, I thought it would be good to show my face once in a while.

"I saw it on TV. Become an adventurer and make some amazing discoveries, isn't it?"

Grandma said that and slapped me on the shoulder, then said worriedly.

"... but don't be too dangerous."

Probably talking about the hound, I bowed my head quietly.

"Oniichan, buy this!"

After choosing the sweets, the lovers say so and give me the basket.

There was even a basket full of juices and sweets.

These guys... don't be shy. I don't know if it's half as bad as the original...

I thought, "Eat up in one day," and I just took the basket to my grandmother.

I've been out of time for a few years, so I thought I'd drop the money at the store.

Grandmother's eyes widened as she saw a pile of sweets.

"Oh, you bought a lot, can you pay for it?"

"It's okay, I'm making money."

I noticed that I was trying to take out my smartphone.

I forgot my wallet!

For now, I've only been shopping with my smartphone and adventurer's license!

It's too cool to forget your wallet here in front of your sisters...

And I'm in a hurry.

"Oh, I can use P yPay"

That said, I felt the flow of my biggest hour of the day when I pointed to Grandma's correspondence list of electronic money next to the cash register.

Speaking of which, do you guys have dreams about the future?

I was eating ice cream alongside the love on the park bench, and suddenly I thought of it and asked the love.

"Oh, it's sudden." What's going on? "

Love also tilts its neck at my suddenly excessive question.

”Oh, no... I'm a little worried about my future, too”

"What!? Oniichan, aren't you going to be an adventurer?"

"Hmm? No, that's right. It's decided that you're going to be an adventurer."

I shake my head at the surprise of love and deny it.

Yes, to be an adventurer... that's a decision in itself.

The question is, what kind of adventurer are you going to be?

"Oh, my gosh, I'm surprised. Are you worried about the future, about becoming a professor or a gladiator?"

”Nh... well, that's what I'm saying.”

With Moncolo spreading all over the world as one of the cultures, it's time to create a World Cup.

Aiming to win there, becoming the best in the world as a gladiator... is an ant as an adventurer's goal.

"Hmm... I'm not sure, but if you're aiming for a gladiator, your mom and dad might be relieved." Unlike Professor, there is no danger to life. "

"Ahh..."

Certainly, your mothers will be more comfortable with you.

Don't worry about your parents, it's an important factor.

"I want to be a model. I want to be a scout for the reader model."

"Hmm, does Aoi want to be a model..."

Both of them are lovely friends, and Aoi-chan's legs are long and slender, so if you go to junior high school, you might have a scout.

“I'm going to be an investor." Aim, Billion Traders "

... as usual, she's a little different from the world outlook on love.

How good is Mio as an investor?

Love answered my question.

Mio-chan is amazing ~, I started with 100,000 yen and in a year I quintupled it

"Five times!? That's amazing!"

No, it just so happens that the stock that I bought just because I knew my name first grew fivefold.

"No, it's still amazing enough..." Most of them are going to make it somewhere by the end of the day.

Both investment and gambling are overwhelmingly better off with money.

In a world where most individual investors are leaving, it is amazing to be able to multiply assets even if you are lucky.

I have also studied whether I can manage assets with stocks, but I have abstained from making much more solid money in this labyrinth in a world that is too complicated and strange.

I have Lotus' abilities now, and I might be able to cum... but I don't feel like diving into a labyrinth after making billions, and I'm scared that something else is going to happen.

So I didn't want to invest in stocks or anything.

"You both are amazing ~, I've never thought about the future ~"

"Huh? Is that so? I wanted to be an adventurer."

Yeah.

"Hmm, I want to be an adventurer." If I told you to point the eye at a professional like oniichan, I don't think I can do it anymore. Somehow, it's a dangerous and terrifying world. "

I was a little surprised.

I thought love was only a good side of adventurers.

That's why, if I wanted to be an adventurer because I thought it was easy for love to see me, I was going to tell you about the dangers...

That's right, it's a waste ~ Even though there is such an adventurer oniichan

Maybe it's because we're looking closely that we're seeing a struggle that we don't understand.

"Huh ~ I knew it." Boys in the class, when they go to junior high school, they become adventurers and quickly pass the Maro Maro, but they're breathing ~

"You're the one who can't see reality. I'm just cumming

"It's true. The other day, Yoshida's idiot--"

After that, I smiled bitterly at how the boys in the class moved to the topic of how stupid and stupid they were.

But... elementary school students are thinking a lot, too.

When I was about this age, I didn't even think about the future of Shi.

What did you write about your graduation from elementary school and your dreams for the future...?

I thought about it until the ice melted and it fell to the ground, but I couldn't remember anything.

When I broke up with the lovers, I was back around the station and bluffing again.

As you walk through the city, you notice a variety of adventurer-related occupations.

For example, a commercial that flows into the large vision of the building. What it shows is not a human being, but a card that is commonly referred to as a talent card. It is of course not the card itself, but its owner, who receives the salary paid for those talent cards.

I also received an offer from several offices to let Lotus perform talent activities when the spiritual recursion was discovered and made noise.

"Card Producer" receives rewards for talenting cards that have gained public awareness and popularity. This is a proper profession in the world today.

For example, a magazine placed in a bookstore store. The headline introduces the actual situation of the business, which is a breeder that fills the skill in the card it has been deposited. It seems that there is a problem that the card is taken away when asked to a strange place, but it is said that the major companies with trust and a proven track record are waiting for more than half a year to make a reservation because they need a lot of money.

Nurturing is one of my strengths as an adventurer. There is also a lot of popularity and trust in the matter of hounds. It will not be impossible to build a breeder.

There are also posters on the walls for recruiting militia, and there is also a way of life called bill merchants like Mr. Tono. There are many universities that you can recommend if you have a good track record as an adventurer, and there are many companies and institutions that do labyrinth-related research.

Until now, I had been running around like a warrior, but when I stopped and looked around, I noticed that there were surprisingly many different paths.

It wasn't just adventurers who dived into the labyrinth and fought in the arena.

Huh? Malo?

When I looked at the scenery in front of Hachioji Station from the aerial promenade (pedestrian deck), I heard voices from behind.

Looking back at the familiar voice, it was definitely the East-West combination that was there.

"Higashino, Nishida! Why did you become Hachioji?"

Higashino answers my question.

"I'm here to gamble." There were six Mercy Bloods (Melba), only the Hachioji Gaisen. What are you doing? "

"I'm just wearing a proper bra." It's been a long time since I've been free. "

"You... tell me if you're off today." Then I invited you. "

"I'm sorry, it was suddenly decided last night."

I apologized to Higashino and then turned to Nishida.

"Is that it... Nishida, have you lost weight?"

Nishida smiles.

"Ah, you know what? Actually, Sorika invited me to cosplay together in the winter comic." I can't dress in my current body shape, so I'm on a diet and muscle training. "

"Seriously..."

Ten-thousand-year-old fatty, who said that she had never lost weight since she was born, said that even though it was for her, the day would come when she would go on a diet and do some muscle training...

Nishida is tall and shoulder-width and has a good physique, so she may feel quite sophisticated when she loses weight.

"In the meantime, if Malo is free, let's go to Gesen." If you and I are in love at the main point, we will get murdered. "

"Yes, yes."

While smiling bitterly at Higashino, who had the rough eyes of a lonely person, the three of them headed to Gesen.

"And then I often get into games..."

"Ba, you're an idiot... you can't even win a single victory...?" "Higashino, who doubts my eyes.

"When did you do that..." I should have been busy with adventurer activities... "Nishida sends a sharp gaze.

I cried out to the two of them, "Kikukuku..."

"I thought I hadn't done it recently, so I was alarmed..." Like this, I was fighting a fierce death battle with Lotus every night.

At first, Lotus didn't even understand the combo, and she was only being beaten by me one way —— when she played entertainment, she was in a bad mood, so she had no choice but to deal with them seriously. As a result of learning the combo and the rush, Lotus was becoming quite a good skill these days.

Since I mastered the link, my motor vision and thinking speed have also increased, and it was easier than twisting the baby's hand to defeat East-West combinations, such as defeating East-West combinations that are not pro gamers, especially for me where the growth is remarkable recently.

"Damn it! There's a plan to make Maro pay for the juice and the game while he's full-blown!"

Seriously ~, are you really serious about adventurers?

Higashino trembles, and Nishida turns to her regretful gaze.

Is that what they were going to do? I thought that was the worst chance of winning at a time when the worst of us were talking about the juice bounty.

"I'm sorry, Ola, but buy me some Nishida juice." With a dash. "

”Okay... both of you are fine with the powder, right?”

"I don't think so! Bring me a nice cold juice."

That's what I said when I pulled Nishida's ass.

"Um, are you worried about something?"

Higashino said this as he stepped out of Gaessen and drank a glass of juice.

Why?

"No, because it's not the usual Malo." Somewhere up in the sky..... "

"Oh, that's what I thought." This is what Maro was like when he became an adventurer. "

……………………

These guys... they're amazing.

I was surprised to hear you say yes.

At the same time, I'm glad that my friends understand me better.

I see... let's talk about it.

Well, are you guys thinking about the future?

"Hey, what, all of a sudden... maybe that's what Malo's worries are about?"

Well, that's how it feels.

"Ehhh... I mean it. We don't really think about the future when we're told that."

Huh? It was Higashino who asked Nishida for consent.....

"No? I want to be an illustrator in the future."

"Vee!?"

In response to Nishida's answer, Higashino looked as if he had somehow received a terrible betrayal.

"Hmm, I knew Nishida was drawing illustrations... but were you aiming to be a professional?"

Well, I started with Lanobe or Sochagen, and then I started thinking about making games.

"Game production means entering such a company as a dedicated painter?"

"No, if I can, I'll start with the people I like, and then I'll start thinking about when I can become a company."

Seriously!

I couldn't conceal my surprise at being more specific than I expected.

Is that what you're saying? Are you already moving?

"Well, painting on SNS is part of that in a way." After all, when I start up from my peers, the power of painting is great, so I want to make a little fan even from now on. As for the program, I plan to go to your technical school after graduating from high school, so I want to enter the same school's illustration department and create a circle there... "

"Oh my! You're amazing." If you can, let me do it, too. "

"Malo, help me, please." The first one is going to be an adventurer's item. Superintendent? I'd be glad if you could do that. "

"Oh, I'll do it. Make sure you put my name on the last credit."

"On the contrary, thank you." I can actually supervise adventurers. "

So I asked, as Nishida remembered.

"Why, why are you talking like that?"

"Oh... actually--"

I told the two of them what the master told me the other day.

"............ I see, it's a difficult story."

Higashino, who listened to me, puts his arms together with a difficult face.

"My goal as an adventurer is a goal... something I can't imagine." I'm sorry, I'm not very useful. It's best to do what Maro wants..... "

"Oh, I know. Thank you."

After a hard time, I turned to Nishida, who had the same difficult face while smiling bitterly at Higashino, who sent me moonlit words.

Unlike Higashino, who is not busy thinking about the future, Nishida, who is working towards the goal, had some expectations.

While waiting for answers, Nishida, who seemed to have summed up words in his head, began to open his mouth.

"Hmm... somehow, Maro said that he moved his goal every time, but that's not a bad thing, is it?"

What do you mean?

"Yeah. For example, my goal is to set up a gaming company, but that's not the goal, it's the starting point, right?"

So the next goal is to make a hit, but that doesn't mean it's over if you make a big hit, does it?

Some people will be satisfied with that, but normally you want to make one hit after another, right?

I think it's rather dangerous to set a goal here.... "

……

I opened my eyes wide to Nishida's words.

The danger of scoring a goal... It was a perfectly eye-catching word for me because I thought I had to have a goal.

Nishida continues further.

"Well, I don't know much about the world of adventurers, so I don't know much about it... but I don't think Malo confuses goals with goals."

Malo is an adventurer... you want to spend the rest of your life on cards, don't you?

Then it's already a life.

I wonder if life has a goal, but not a goal? "

"There is no goal..."

I decided that my end point was there on my own, and it was good to score a goal, but I don't want to see Malo with the burnout syndrome

"Somehow, our hero..."

And to Nishida, who said shyly, I bowed down in shine.

Higashino says to the gentle wind to wipe out such a pale air.

"... maybe you guys should stop talking like that in the future." Isn't he in some kind of a hurry? "

I turned to Higashino and said:

"No, Higashino should think about it a little bit..."

"We're seniors already, so it's time to think about our normal path."

"Many of our classes are doing prep school classes this summer."

"It's not what I can say when we're playing together, but if you're not going to work when you get out of high school, you should study, right?"

"Ahhhh! I don't want to hear it!"

Higashino shouts with his ears closed.

But we're relentlessly chasing after them.

"While you're closing your ears, closing your eyes and running away from reality, is reality progressing?"

"Even though I was in high school and rushed to take the exam, I fell to my aspirational school, and my parents didn't approve me to go to Flan, so I was an unstoppable wanderer. The whole ronin was told to put money in the house and started working part-time, but eventually became a freelancer without even studying. I didn't want my high school classmates to tell me that I was a freelancer, so I was absent. As you do so, your relationships with your old friends are getting thinner and thinner, and as you get older, it becomes harder to keep working....."

"Stop it! Whoa, whoa, whoa!" No, you don't have to worry about me! I've been listening to you, but what happened to Beef Kurashi-san? Maro's first motivation to become an adventurer was to blame! "

"Ugh...!"

Unexpectedly, I backed away from the counterattack.

"I don't know, Mr. Beefcracker... the closer he gets, the more he feels the wall that can't be crossed..."

"Oh... I can see that somehow. It's nice to be a beefcake, but it feels like you're dealing with it like a line."

"I guess you're not interested in men, Mr. Beefcracker... fuck you--"

"Oh, that's it!"

I'll stop Nishida from saying forbidden words.

"Please don't do any more... please"

"Oh, oh... I'm sorry"

"Well, until I hear it from myself, it's Schrödinger's cat..."

Higashino is right.

Even if Beef Kura-san is not interested in men, there is a possibility of particulate level for me until I hear it from him.

... but I don't have the courage to confirm that.

What are you going to do? Are you going to fight again?

Higashino asks when he sees the watch.

"Enough with the games." Maro is getting really strong. Let's do the cardmaster. "

"If you're a cardmaster, you can win." Maro is a miscellaneous fish. "

"Kola!" I'll show you the power of my golden deck, tired of the gold! "

"Poor Malo... you've lost the heart of a boy who can play deck games with little pocket money..."

We started relying on the power of rare cards to teach Maro the importance of strategy and deck concept, Nishida

———— That night, I pulled out the essay collection of elementary school graduation and read the column of future dreams.

It said, "Be an adventurer, collect your favorite cards, and make the best deck."