In the early afternoon, I took Hagasaki-kun, Kariya, and Kadomi-kun to the snowy area mentioned earlier.
Kariya healed it, and then Kadomi-kun and Hagasaki-kun defeated the Ice Dragon once more, successfully gaining its loyalty.
I think it’s quite a nuisance for the ice dragon since it was healed on purpose to get beaten up.
“Kurururu?”
The Ice Dragon seems to have become quite attached to Kadomi-kun and, for some reason, Hagasaki-kun.
Well, I suppose it’s their instinct to obey someone stronger than themselves.
However, once it becomes attached like this, it’s just adorable. Well, not cute, more like beautiful.
I wonder where that fear went…
“By the way, what should we name this dragon?”
Since Terra-san has a name, it would be pitiful and inconvenient not to name this one.
“How about… ‘Ice Barrier’?”
“No, please don’t.”
I stopped them because it sounded dangerously close to the name of a certain trading card game.
“Come on.”
“No! It’s just… no!”
In the end, we compromised, and the Ice Dragon was named “Shura-san.”
Shura-san seems to like the name, so let’s go with it.
By the way, I prefer “Brynhildr” myself.
After that, we went to the 4th floor southwest to retrieve the Origin that Katori had found.
…And there.
“Ah, Maito!”
The members of the Drama Club were having a camp. What happened to your classroom, guys?
“It’s been a while! It’s been a while!”
“Fubera.”
And then, Akashi tackled me, gave me a bear hug, and broke my ribs.
It could be considered a form of art at this point. My ribs are probably there to be broken. Yes, I’ve come to accept it.
“Maito! Maito! Listen, listen!”
And then, after breaking someone’s ribs, Akashi seemed happy and wanted to report something.
“I’ll listen, but first, please heal my ribs.”
“Sure! But before that! Our Drama Club has finally reclaimed all the 4th-floor classrooms! Salute!”
…That’s truly a joyous occasion! So joyous that I need my ribs fixed first!
The Drama Club has no mercy!
I had Katori heal my ribs. The Drama Club showed no mercy.
“And, you know? We also collected the students who were on the 4th floor south! Praise me, praise me!”
It seems the Drama Club members worked diligently to search for students throughout the entire 4th floor.
“I don’t think we missed anyone, but we’ll keep searching the whole 4th floor until Maito and the others are done with their work!”
With this stance, Akashi and the others have been working diligently, so I think it’s safe to say that there haven’t been any students overlooked on the 4th floor.
Originally, the 4th-floor area is quite small. The north building only goes up to the 3rd floor, so there’s only the south building for the 4th floor.
As a result, there are no east and west hallways serving as passageways, making it essentially only one-third the area of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors.
…Well, on the 1st floor, there’s the gym area, and on the 2nd floor, there’s the extracurricular building, so it might be less than that.
…However, it seems that there were quite a few people left on the 4th floor.
Akashi and the others had gathered everyone, including the students in the classrooms… and mixed them in with the Drama Club members.
No wonder the number of people seemed to have increased.
I never expected them to blend in so well…
“So, where’s the Origin?”
“It’s that weird-colored orb, right? Over here, over here!”
Katori had mentioned the Origin, but it seemed like Akashi had it in her possession.
“Touching it makes you lose your strength, so… I’m using it for a punishment game!”
Then, when we opened one of the tents, we found Shido-kun, looking exhausted with the Origin on his head.
“But if Maito and the others need it, I’ll give it to them! Here!”
And Akashi grabbed my hand, making me pick up the Origin. Or rather, she made me take it.
…Well, if it drains your strength, I wouldn’t want to touch it either.
However, as a result, my elbow and shoulder dislocated.
I’d prefer to keep dislocating my arm joints only when using Zoom Punch.
“By the way, were there any big monsters around here?”
Is the theory that where there’s an Origin, there’s a Unique Monster correct?
“Big monsters? Yeah! There was a big mushroom-like monster!”
Oh, that was probably a Unique Monster.
“It was quite delicious!”
You ate it?
“Maito gave us soy sauce, and we grilled it and drizzled a bit of soy sauce on it… It tasted like shiitake mushrooms… *slurp*”
…There are probably quite a few people who have fallen into this otherworld, but those who have eaten a Unique Monster are likely rare…
So, this time, everyone went on an exploration without dispersing their forces.
They divided into two teams this time. The idea was to spread out the healing members and take on the challenge.
And I, as usual, remained at the base… and my role was to collect the Origins.
If they called me, I’d fly over, collect the Origin, and return.
That’s it. Today, I’m being treated like a Origin dustbin, huh? Yeah.
No, rather than a trash can, I feel more like a convenient tool that you can put kitchen scraps into to suppress the smell!
While I’m at the base, I should do what President asked me to do.
That request is to increase the production of “Azure Sky Seeds.”
In other words, it’s a simple task of sowing seeds in the soil, putting in a little effort, and then watching the flowers bloom, only to wither and turn into a few seeds in an instant.
I worked happily alongside the maid dolls.
…Doing a large quantity at once can be tiring, but the sight of the flowers blooming all at once is beautiful and impressive.
Like, a burst of transparent blue flowers blooming, then quickly withering, scattering small blue gems as they fall.
It’s a really beautiful sight.
And after the flowers bloom, picking up all the seeds that are scattered…
Then sowing them again…
…Yeah, it’s fun! It’s fun!
While I was enjoying the fun task, I finally received a summons, so off to the scene we go.
The scene was on the 3rd floor.
We had mostly left the exploration of the 3rd floor to the Information Room and Newspaper Club, so we hadn’t explored much ourselves.
…Well, in other words, all the locations where classrooms were had already been searched, so the only areas left unexplored were the snowy plains where Shura-san was located in the east, the western area, and the central area.
So, there were about two Unique Monsters that the Information Room and Newspaper Club had dealt with, and near where they had fought these monsters, they found another Origin.
“Alright, Maito-san, please collect it.”
“Sure thing.”
Without much emotion, I collected the 8th Origin. I guess the 9th one will be found soon too…
When I returned and was preparing dinner, it seemed that the 9th one was found quite easily as well. I was summoned again, and I collected it.
If the next one is found, it’ll be the double digits of Origins…
Yes, it happened. We reached double digits. Hooray! 10 Origins!
…There was a lake in the center of the 3rd floor, and sure enough, there were floating islands, and on the floating islands, there were shrine-like structures, and of course, Origins were there, so I collected them.
Well, I had a feeling when I was summoned.
So, with 10 Origins gathered, it’s time for dinner.
Tonight’s dinner consists of pan-seared chicken with crispy skin, slow-cooked root vegetable pot-au-feu, salad, and rice.
I grilled the chicken over charcoal. I wanted to get rid of the excess fat.
It’s so nice when the fat starts to melt and drip as you grill it, right?
When the fat drops onto the charcoal, there’s that moment when the flames flare up, and the smell of the sizzling fat—it’s just the best. Hehehe. This is one of the perks of being the one cooking.
By the way, as for what I did with the Origins recently… Two of them I equipped, and the other eight I left floating in the chemistry lecture room.
So everyone is gathering in the laboratory. So while I’m grilling meat, they’re playing card games.
Isn’t that nice?
So, dinner is over.
However, the day is not over yet.
There’s an important task, in fact, it’s the main task for today.
…to eliminate the Origin!
We need a place where we can handle things if something goes wrong, right? That’s why we’ve come to this open area.
Specifically, it’s the 2nd-floor south area. It’s a vast grassy plain, so it should be okay even if something happens, probably.
“I asked the heroes, and it seems that you can get rid of Origins by planting ‘Azure Sky Seeds’. It’s simple, isn’t it?”
“If it’s that simple, did we really need to come all the way here?”
Then President took one of the ‘Azure Sky Seed’ that I had produced in large quantities and placed it on top of the Origin.
“I won’t believe it until I see it.”
As President said that, translucent blue flowers sprouted and bloomed from the Origin.
Then, the inexplicable colored light from the Origin swirled and mixed with the blue of the blooming flower, creating a torrent of light.
It took on the color of the sky or the sea, and it engulfed us.
The sensation wasn’t unpleasant. It was somewhat nostalgic, and at the same time, it felt like something precious had been lost, a deeply melancholic feeling.
… Like the sea, like the sky.
“Pyu.”
And when it was over, there was a weird, squishy, spherical creature about the size of a soccer ball, with an indeterminate color.
In the early afternoon, I took Hagasaki-kun, Kariya, and Kadomi-kun to the snowy area mentioned earlier.
Kariya healed it, and then Kadomi-kun and Hagasaki-kun defeated the Ice Dragon once more, successfully gaining its loyalty.
I think it’s quite a nuisance for the ice dragon since it was healed on purpose to get beaten up.
“Kurururu?”
The Ice Dragon seems to have become quite attached to Kadomi-kun and, for some reason, Hagasaki-kun.
Well, I suppose it’s their instinct to obey someone stronger than themselves.
However, once it becomes attached like this, it’s just adorable. Well, not cute, more like beautiful.
I wonder where that fear went…
“By the way, what should we name this dragon?”
Since Terra-san has a name, it would be pitiful and inconvenient not to name this one.
“How about… ‘Ice Barrier’?”
“No, please don’t.”
I stopped them because it sounded dangerously close to the name of a certain trading card game.
“Come on.”
“No! It’s just… no!”
In the end, we compromised, and the Ice Dragon was named “Shura-san.”
Shura-san seems to like the name, so let’s go with it.
By the way, I prefer “Brynhildr” myself.
After that, we went to the 4th floor southwest to retrieve the Origin that Katori had found.
…And there.
“Ah, Maito!”
The members of the Drama Club were having a camp. What happened to your classroom, guys?
“It’s been a while! It’s been a while!”
“Fubera.”
And then, Akashi tackled me, gave me a bear hug, and broke my ribs.
It could be considered a form of art at this point. My ribs are probably there to be broken. Yes, I’ve come to accept it.
“Maito! Maito! Listen, listen!”
And then, after breaking someone’s ribs, Akashi seemed happy and wanted to report something.
“I’ll listen, but first, please heal my ribs.”
“Sure! But before that! Our Drama Club has finally reclaimed all the 4th-floor classrooms! Salute!”
…That’s truly a joyous occasion! So joyous that I need my ribs fixed first!
The Drama Club has no mercy!
I had Katori heal my ribs. The Drama Club showed no mercy.
“And, you know? We also collected the students who were on the 4th floor south! Praise me, praise me!”
It seems the Drama Club members worked diligently to search for students throughout the entire 4th floor.
“I don’t think we missed anyone, but we’ll keep searching the whole 4th floor until Maito and the others are done with their work!”
With this stance, Akashi and the others have been working diligently, so I think it’s safe to say that there haven’t been any students overlooked on the 4th floor.
Originally, the 4th-floor area is quite small. The north building only goes up to the 3rd floor, so there’s only the south building for the 4th floor.
As a result, there are no east and west hallways serving as passageways, making it essentially only one-third the area of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors.
…Well, on the 1st floor, there’s the gym area, and on the 2nd floor, there’s the extracurricular building, so it might be less than that.
…However, it seems that there were quite a few people left on the 4th floor.
Akashi and the others had gathered everyone, including the students in the classrooms… and mixed them in with the Drama Club members.
No wonder the number of people seemed to have increased.
I never expected them to blend in so well…
“So, where’s the Origin?”
“It’s that weird-colored orb, right? Over here, over here!”
Katori had mentioned the Origin, but it seemed like Akashi had it in her possession.
“Touching it makes you lose your strength, so… I’m using it for a punishment game!”
Then, when we opened one of the tents, we found Shido-kun, looking exhausted with the Origin on his head.
“But if Maito and the others need it, I’ll give it to them! Here!”
And Akashi grabbed my hand, making me pick up the Origin. Or rather, she made me take it.
…Well, if it drains your strength, I wouldn’t want to touch it either.
However, as a result, my elbow and shoulder dislocated.
I’d prefer to keep dislocating my arm joints only when using Zoom Punch.
“By the way, were there any big monsters around here?”
Is the theory that where there’s an Origin, there’s a Unique Monster correct?
“Big monsters? Yeah! There was a big mushroom-like monster!”
Oh, that was probably a Unique Monster.
“It was quite delicious!”
You ate it?
“Maito gave us soy sauce, and we grilled it and drizzled a bit of soy sauce on it… It tasted like shiitake mushrooms… *slurp*”
…There are probably quite a few people who have fallen into this otherworld, but those who have eaten a Unique Monster are likely rare…
So, this time, everyone went on an exploration without dispersing their forces.
They divided into two teams this time. The idea was to spread out the healing members and take on the challenge.
And I, as usual, remained at the base… and my role was to collect the Origins.
If they called me, I’d fly over, collect the Origin, and return.
That’s it. Today, I’m being treated like a Origin dustbin, huh? Yeah.
No, rather than a trash can, I feel more like a convenient tool that you can put kitchen scraps into to suppress the smell!
While I’m at the base, I should do what President asked me to do.
That request is to increase the production of “Azure Sky Seeds.”
In other words, it’s a simple task of sowing seeds in the soil, putting in a little effort, and then watching the flowers bloom, only to wither and turn into a few seeds in an instant.
I worked happily alongside the maid dolls.
…Doing a large quantity at once can be tiring, but the sight of the flowers blooming all at once is beautiful and impressive.
Like, a burst of transparent blue flowers blooming, then quickly withering, scattering small blue gems as they fall.
It’s a really beautiful sight.
And after the flowers bloom, picking up all the seeds that are scattered…
Then sowing them again…
…Yeah, it’s fun! It’s fun!
While I was enjoying the fun task, I finally received a summons, so off to the scene we go.
The scene was on the 3rd floor.
We had mostly left the exploration of the 3rd floor to the Information Room and Newspaper Club, so we hadn’t explored much ourselves.
…Well, in other words, all the locations where classrooms were had already been searched, so the only areas left unexplored were the snowy plains where Shura-san was located in the east, the western area, and the central area.
So, there were about two Unique Monsters that the Information Room and Newspaper Club had dealt with, and near where they had fought these monsters, they found another Origin.
“Alright, Maito-san, please collect it.”
“Sure thing.”
Without much emotion, I collected the 8th Origin. I guess the 9th one will be found soon too…
When I returned and was preparing dinner, it seemed that the 9th one was found quite easily as well. I was summoned again, and I collected it.
If the next one is found, it’ll be the double digits of Origins…
Yes, it happened. We reached double digits. Hooray! 10 Origins!
…There was a lake in the center of the 3rd floor, and sure enough, there were floating islands, and on the floating islands, there were shrine-like structures, and of course, Origins were there, so I collected them.
Well, I had a feeling when I was summoned.
So, with 10 Origins gathered, it’s time for dinner.
Tonight’s dinner consists of pan-seared chicken with crispy skin, slow-cooked root vegetable pot-au-feu, salad, and rice.
I grilled the chicken over charcoal. I wanted to get rid of the excess fat.
It’s so nice when the fat starts to melt and drip as you grill it, right?
When the fat drops onto the charcoal, there’s that moment when the flames flare up, and the smell of the sizzling fat—it’s just the best. Hehehe. This is one of the perks of being the one cooking.
By the way, as for what I did with the Origins recently… Two of them I equipped, and the other eight I left floating in the chemistry lecture room.
So everyone is gathering in the laboratory. So while I’m grilling meat, they’re playing card games.
Isn’t that nice?
So, dinner is over.
However, the day is not over yet.
There’s an important task, in fact, it’s the main task for today.
…to eliminate the Origin!
We need a place where we can handle things if something goes wrong, right? That’s why we’ve come to this open area.
Specifically, it’s the 2nd-floor south area. It’s a vast grassy plain, so it should be okay even if something happens, probably.
“I asked the heroes, and it seems that you can get rid of Origins by planting ‘Azure Sky Seeds’. It’s simple, isn’t it?”
“If it’s that simple, did we really need to come all the way here?”
Then President took one of the ‘Azure Sky Seed’ that I had produced in large quantities and placed it on top of the Origin.
“I won’t believe it until I see it.”
As President said that, translucent blue flowers sprouted and bloomed from the Origin.
Then, the inexplicable colored light from the Origin swirled and mixed with the blue of the blooming flower, creating a torrent of light.
It took on the color of the sky or the sea, and it engulfed us.
The sensation wasn’t unpleasant. It was somewhat nostalgic, and at the same time, it felt like something precious had been lost, a deeply melancholic feeling.
… Like the sea, like the sky.
“Pyu.”
And when it was over, there was a weird, squishy, spherical creature about the size of a soccer ball, with an indeterminate color.
