The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Translator:“WN_Explorer_2000” Editor:” Weasalopes”

It was at the first morning when Toramaru was welcomed as a family member .

My morning started, as usually, with embraces with my mother and Alice .

「Cr*p, I would like to receive it as well … That’s a discrimination against men …」 – something like was coming from the peevish father as he glanced at us from the side .

It doesn’t give much LP, but this way they tend to accumulate slowly . Regretfully, by doing this continuously, it doesn’t give any extra LP . It is useless, unless you do it after some break .

It appears that regarding similar actions, one would need to take one day break to start gaining LP from them again .

『Noir, about that – would it work between different species ?』

Toramaru inquired me about the matter .

「I’m not sure . In the first place, Torumaru is a male, isn’t it ?」

『That’s it . I would say that I don’t know if there are any females of my species . As far as I can remember myself, I was always alone . 』

Being alone for many centuries, it was natural for him to admire his friends .

「By the way, does Toramaru possess some sort of special skill ? My skill 【Appraisal Eye】 gives me an ability to see other people’ skills, but it appears useless against Toramaru 」

『I have no idea myself』

「I see …」

For a test, I inquired the 【Great Sage】 about the matter .

Such a skill normally causes an unbearable headache, but this time I have 【Headache Tolerance】, so asking a few questions is not a problem .

Most likely it is not an overkill or a difficult question either .

――Is there a skill to prevent the usage of 【Appraisal Eye】 ?

【 There said to be a 【Concealment】 skill 】

Honestly, what a bother …

That much, if the 【Appraisal】 skill doesn’t work, the 【Editing】 won’t work either …

I may encounter such enemies one day, so I suppose I have to strengthen myself just in case .

As Ema arrived to the house entrance to pick me up, I went for the breakfast .

「Hello-o-o, Noir !」

「Hello-o-o, Ema . You seem to be even more powerful today . 」

「Where, are you looking at, you, the Pervert-san ?」

I feel sorry .

But Ema gave me an immediate greeting hug nevertheless .

I’m thankful for her understanding of the LP matter, so it is always welcome .

However, in the passage near my house, there are quite enough of people passing by in the morning .

「Thanks, Ema ? It’s already good enough . I’ve already got a decent amount of LP」

「Have you ? Maybe we should get a bit more ?」

「Listen, I’m getting embarrassed . It’s attracting too much attention . 」

「It can’t be helped then … Well, let’s go」

As usually, I walked to school closely alongside with Ema .

At the entrance, I’ve encountered Maria-san’s daughter, assistant and friend Amane-san .

「Greetings, Noir-san」

「Good morning . If the two people are lined like this, it would apparently stand out from the very beginning . 」

「What would that mean?」

「Because the both people are beautiful, it means that they are gathering attention . 」

Right after those words, Ema stuck me with an elbow .

「You are acting like skirt-chaser from the very beginning . I think you should better stop doing that . 」

「But I have no intention of doing that …」

「*chuckle* Noir-san and Ema-san have a good relationship today as well . 」

It is not a bad thing, so I wonder why there is a smile .

To a certain extent, I wonder about the reason of such embarrassment .

But it blows easily off with the next word of Maria .

「From today, we are starting the examination term . Two people should be enough for that . 」

It seems that there is a test already, even if we haven’t entered the school yet .

According to what Maria-san said, this is a long-term test though .

Further details were supposed to be explained by the teacher .

「I’ve just remembered ! I was called by the teacher . See you later after that . 」

I hurried to visit Erna-sensei in the staff room . She was sitting in a chair with stiff shoulders .

「You are late, Noir . I wonder for how long I have been waiting . 」

「Sorry, I completely forgot about it . 」
「I’m going to forgive you for your courage to say it so boldly, so hurry up . 」

「I wonder if this is OK…」

I went on to rubbing sensei’s shoulders, relaxing them .

Before that, I used the 【Shoulder Massage】, which gave me the hint about the best place to touch sensei’s shoulders .

Sensei’s feelings went up visibly better .

「By the way, sensei, are we going to have an exam ?」

「Definitely . But I’m not going to inform you about the contents . 」

「Is it so ?」

Even if one is that skillful at shoulder massage, one shouldn’t get a preferential treatment …

However, I’m not to let it pass by without any reward .

「Sensei, it’s about time . I would like to ask you for a hug today . 」

「Hmm, is it ? Come here . 」

I went to a separate room and received a hug from the teacher .

The hug itself wasn’t unusual, but, as it was not something that a teacher and a student would normally do, it was quite impressive .

As I got my LP, we went to the classroom separately .

As one would expect, there were ongoing discussions about the upcoming exam there .

The students were trembling with fear from the thoughts about what it is going to be . On the other side, there were also people who were excited .

For those, who complete it with exceptional results, there were going to be rewards .

「You, calm down, please . Before the lesson, I’m going to explain the contents of the exam that is going to begin today . 」

At the very beginning of the lesson the teacher started her explanation about the exam .

「As you enter the Hero School, it is going to be your first exam . There are different kinds of exams, but this time it’s going to be much like an entry exam . This may sound rather as an examination of the first term results . 」

In the Hero School the terms are divided into first semester is from spring to summer, second semester is from fall to winder and the last semester winter to spring .

「The test starts from today and ends one month later . At the end of the term, you are going to submit the ingredients of the designated demon . However, the range of the ingredients are going to be determined by the school . 」

The contents of the exam, outlined by the teacher, were as follows:

. There are three designated ingredients .
1 . Tail of a Lizardman (1 piece – 3,500 points)
2 . Horn of a Unicorn (1 piece – 50,000 points)
3 . Dragonkin’s fang (1 piece – 300,000 points, but the second one and further won’t count)
・ You are free to select any method to obtain it .
・ Making a team is OK .

・ 0～4999 points → Dropping out of S class .
・ 5000～9999 points → Full supplementary lessons every day during summer vacation .
・ 10000～99999 points → Full supplementary lessons every morning during summer vacation .
over 100000 points → no supplementary lessons during summer vacation .
Highest score → Special reward from the school side .

「Being a hero is not an easy thing . Always try to do you best . But don’t force yourself too much . I would like to make it clear – trying to start with and achieve the 3rd objective would be quite an unreasonable thing for you to do . …… . . so, do your best . 」

Somehow, the face expressions of everyone tightened .

To remain in the class, one would need at least two tails of a Lizardman .

I will do my best to get over 100,000 points .

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After the school, Ema and I headed to the guild to meet with Luna-san again .

That’s because from now on, we are going to work as an adventurer team of 3 people .

「Ne, ne, Noir, let’s gather the points together !」

「Yeah, I wanted to say it as well . 」

「I hope Luna-san is going to cooperate with us . Anyways, those items are quite valuable . The ingredients are too famous to be sold outright at market . 」

In other words, this time the option of purchasing and submitting them afterwards would be quite problematic . Furthermore, even a Red Lizardman is a quite rare monster .

「Ema, what amount of points are you aiming for ?」

「Let’s get 100,000 points together . Then we can do whatever we like during the summer vacation . 」

「That would be ideal … It is just that …」

Two Unicorns or Dragon subjugation would be required . Our current ability is sort of lacking …

Our meeting was planned to be in the 『Odin』 guild, so we both went inside .

「Let me go, let me go, Luna」

「Calm down, Laura ! Don’t make a fight」

「I won’t give up unless I hit that fellow !」

A quite stimulating scene was unfolding there .

Luna was desperately trying to stop Laura-san, whose face was crimson-red and angry .

The opponent of the quarrel is another receptionist ?

Ema and I looked at each other and rushed towards those two people .