Dungeon Exploration with Absolute Accuracy ~ Level Up by Shooting Arrows from a Safe Zone ~

A Day with Rishe

“It’s been two days since the day before yesterday! Brother!”

It’s Rishe in front of me now.

I knew I would see him again somewhere, but I didn’t expect it to be so soon.

“It’s been a day since the day before yesterday, Rishe. But why are you here?”

“Why is it so strange that …… I’m here?”

“No, it’s not that, but …… you posted a video today, right? Are you sleeping okay?”

Because I was exhausted from fighting evil treant the day before yesterday, she even edited her video and posted the video today.

The quality of the video was so high that I didn’t think she could do it in a day or two.

And yet Rishe in front of me doesn’t look shaded or like she hasn’t had a good night’s sleep.

Maybe she didn’t stay up all night or something.

“Oh, that’s what you mean. Don’t worry, I’m not the one editing the video.”

“Oh?”

“Yes, I am. I belong to a company. The company hires the person who edits the videos, and I get a good night’s rest. The person who edits the videos is also skilled and talented.

“Oh, really, you belong to a company ……?”

Does she belong to a company?

“What? Rishe is affiliated with a company?”

“Oh? Did I not mention that?”

Was Rishe in a corporate affiliation?

If so, that’s great.

Explorers who belong to guilds and companies are those who have passed the exams or have scouted.

But basically, the exams are passed by people who have been explorers for a long time and are at a higher level.

I am sorry to say this to Rishe, but I don’t think she would be able to pass that exam at the level I saw yesterday.

In other words, Rishe must have been scouted by a company.

Scouting is quite rare.

Scouting is for explorers who have become famous or have talents that the company may want.

Rishe must have something that the company wanted.

“Oh. I just found out about that for the first time.”

“M~…… you haven’t seen my videos? I made sure to mention it in the introduction of my video.”

Rishe says with a jealous look.

This is not good. I guess I was too honest.

“No, no, my bad. I usually only watch videos for dungeons I’m planning to go to.”

“Hmmm. Well, that’s fine. Well then, let me introduce myself again. My name is Rishe, an explorer who belongs to a company called ‘Astral’…

Oh, my real name is Sakurai Yua, so please call me that for now!”

“Oh. Nice to meet you Yua. I’m Amamiya Kaede. Call me whatever you like.”

At any rate, she introduced herself, so I’ll return this as well.

I’m glad I know her real name, but the company she belongs to is Astral?

Astral must be a well-known company these days.

They should be a company that gathers various human resources and develops various services by utilizing not only dungeon-related businesses but also activities and data in those dungeons.

I don’t remember exactly, but I think they made great progress in illness treatment using potions a while ago.

I don’t believe that Yua belongs to such a heavenly company. I’m honestly surprised.

“I understand. I’ll call you Kaede-san then.”

“Oh. Please do so.”

I’m very grateful that you call me by my first name because it makes me sound like a familiar person.

“More importantly! Kaede-san! What you’re holding in your hand right now is a prize from the crane game there, isn’t it!”

Yua shouts while pointing at the crane game.

I did take this stuffed polar bear from the crane game earlier.

“Oh yeah. What about it?”

“So that means you’re good at crane games, right?”

“I think I’m good at one, but.”

I’m not at the level of being good at it, but that doesn’t mean I can’t still get it, so I guess I’m about average.

Well, I don’t think I’m good enough to get it after one or two times.

“Then, may I ask you a favor?”

“A favor?”

…… I can guess, but I’ll ask just in case. What do you want me to do?”

I have a general idea of what to expect, but I’ll ask just in case.

Then Yua answered.

Yeah, I know it.

“Kaede-san, can you get that thing in the crane game?”

Yua pointed to the crane game that she’d stuck on earlier.

The prize of the crane game was a stuffed animal with a deformed penguin figure.

However, it is a large-sized stuffed animal.

“Is it that one you want? By the way, how much is Yua spending?”

“It’s a secret!”

“…… No, it’s not something you’d be so proud to say. But, well, it’s okay. I’ll give it a try.”

“Thank you. Kaede-san, please take care of it.”

I take the 500 yen that Yua, who has probably spent quite a bit of money, offered me and put it straight into the crane game.

The stuffed animal was getting close to the exit as if Yua had worked so hard.

Aiming at the stuffed animal, Yua moves the arm and grabs it, just as she did before.

Once it was in my grasp, I lifted it and brought it to the exit, but it fell on the way.

However, the fact that it is an oval-shaped stuffed penguin works well. It bounces and goes to the exit.

……Hey? I get it.

“Oh! You got it!”

“…… Oh, yeah. I didn’t think it would be this easy, but I guess I got lucky.”

I honestly thought it would be a bit more of a struggle.

“But, …… what are you going to do with the remaining four hundred yen of this?”

“…… What are we going to do with it?”

What are they going to do with it?

***

In the end, I spent the remaining 400 yen on the other stuffed animal on that machine because they were both adorable.

The result was that I didn’t get the other stuffed animal, but getting one would be enough.

Yua is sitting in front, happily hugging a stuffed penguin.

“Phew~…… it was fun today, wasn’t it?”

“Yes, it was. I haven’t been to an arcade for some time, and I’m having fun.”

“I’ve been making videos lately, so it’s been a while, and I’m having a lot of fun.”

We are at a food court in a shopping mall.

It’s just before noon, so there aren’t that many people.

Now we are both eating crepes.

By the way, I got a chocolate banana. Yua has strawberries.

“Mmm~ delicious~.”

Yua is putting her hands on her cheeks and looking happy.

…… Somehow just looking at that figure makes me feel happy

“Hm? What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

I fawn a little. But I remove my gaze to cover it up.

Yua looks at me strangely, but I tell her not to worry about it.

“So what are you going to do now? It’s still early for lunch, isn’t it?”

I look at my watch and see that the time is around 11:50.

Since I’m eating a crepe right now, it’s not a good time to go out to eat somewhere now.

I mean in terms of both my stomach and in terms of time.

“Hmmm, what to do ……”

“Well, Kaede-san, would you like to join me for the afternoon?”

“I don’t mind. I don’t have any special plans either.”

“Yay, then let’s go…”

Yua popped the remaining crepe into her mouth, got up from her chair, and started walking away.

Oops, I should pay the bill first.

“Oh, Kaede-san. I’ll play?”

“No, thanks. This is the place to show a man’s worthiness.”

“Well, ……, I understand. I’ll be your guest.”

“Oh, okay. I’ll take care of it.

By the way, the total price was 2,000 yen.

Well, this much is fine.

“Where are want to go?”

“Well, that’s something you’ll have to wait and see when you get there.”

And then we moved from the shopping mall, not the food court, and arrived at the Explorer’s Association.

“Hey, hey! Why are we here?”

“Fufufufufu, isn’t it fine? Come on, let’s go.”

“Hey!”

Yua pulled my arm and went inside.

I was half dragged to the weapons sales area where I had bought my Dagger of Speed the other day.

“…… So? Why here?”

“No – actually, the manager said, “A new cane? Good for you. Let’s make sure the monster doesn’t get too close to you, okay?”.”

“So you came to buy a weapon.”

I see.

So, Yua came here because she needed a weapon to be able to do melee combat, even though her circumstances were different like mine?

“Eh? Really, why did they bring me here too?”

“Heh heh. I don’t have that high of an attack statistic, so I thought I’d use the same dagger as Kaede-san.”

“You wanted me to give you advice?”

“Yes! That’s right!”

Gnu. Even if you look at me with such sparkling eyes. Well, I need to help her, right?

It’s Yua’s request, and I’ll think about it properly.

But I don’t know all that much about it either.

This is the first time I’ve ever used a dagger or other swords, so I have no choice but to give advice based on my experience and [Appraisal].

“Okay. Let’s look for the dagger for now, and then we’ll think about it.”

“Yes, please do.”

Well, which one would be best?