NOVEL NEXT Volume 1 Chapter 40 - Super Black Nanapon
Nanapon and I were taking a break at a table outside the cabin after coming out of the mine.
“I’m tired.”
Nanapon took out a bottle of tea from the backpack he was carrying and relaxed, sipping it.
“Really?”
I pulled out a Level 1 healing potion from my bag and asked back as I drank it.
“…No! What are you drinking!?”
“A Level 1 healing potion.”
“50,000 yen!? That’s a waste!”
When he said that, it did sound like a tremendous waste.
“It’s just 600 yen to make. It’s a bit expensive, but it’s fine if it restores my stamina.”
“600 yen…”
Nanapon muttered, taking out his wallet and placing 600 yen on the table.
“I’m not going to take money from a student.”
I pulled a potion from my bag and placed it on the table.
“Ah, thank you.”
Nanapon picked up the potion and started drinking slowly after looking at it intensely.
“Potions have no taste, huh… Wow! My fatigue vanished in an instant!”
Nanapon exclaimed in surprise.
“If you wash your face with it, it even cures acne.”
“Heh… wash your face?”
“Yes, wash your face. Or even take a bath with it, and your skin becomes all smooth… though it was cold doing it in October.”
Taking a cold bath in October was indeed cold.
“Eleanora-san… are you stupid? How much do you think that costs?”
“Endless curiosity. Besides, I have money! I’m not like before when I was buying half-priced lunches.”
I also used it in a kettle to make ramen.
This experiment proved that heating the potion negates its effects.
That said, this experiment was meaningless.
“You’re just a rich fool.”
Don’t call me a fool.
“Huh, look at this hand.”
I showed Nanapon my beautiful hand.
“Heh, ho-”
Nanapon began to stroke and pat my hand.
“I thought you hated men.”
He’s touching a lot.
“No, you’re a woman… I understood that today. You should always be Eleanora-san.”
“Drop dead. I have Kaede-chan.”
Spit!
“Scary. You like Asakura-san that much?”
“She’s an oasis. An oasis in the desert that heals my soul, worn out by a dark company and boss.”
“I see. I hope it’s not a mirage.”
I don’t like this dark side of him.
“Come on, let’s finish. Let’s attack once more and then go home.”
I brushed off Nanapon’s hand.
“Understood. I hope you can live with Asakura-san soon.”
Nice thing to say.
But he just doesn’t want to come to my single life home.
I can see his desire to take a potion bath.
After our break, we hunted High Skeletons alternately until evening and ended our adventure for the day.
Neither of us leveled up today, but it was good for the first day.
I sent Nanapon home first and decided to return to the guild later myself.
It’s better not to show me with Eleanora-san too much.
About 10 minutes after Nanapon left, I went through the gate and returned.
When I returned to the lobby, I could see some other adventurers, but there was no sign of Nanapon.
I thought he must have gone home as I headed towards Kaede-chan.
“Ah, welcome back. You worked hard.”
Kaede-chan greeted me warmly as she saw me.
“Thank you. Please settle the bill.”
I handed my status card to Kaede-chan and put my bag at the reception.
“Ah, before that, please see the Guild Master. Over here.”
I followed Kaede-chan as she got up and said that.
When I entered the branch manager’s office, guided by Kaede-chan, there was Nanapon, looking down and small, sitting on the sofa. He should have gone back to the guild earlier.
“What are you doing?”
I asked Satsuki-san, who was sitting across from Nanapon.
“Nothing.”
“It looks like you’re scolding him, though?”
“He’s just like this.”
Did you scare him?
Ah, he was lively today, but he was like this at first.
“Fine, then what’s the matter?”
I asked, sitting next to Nanapon.
Kaede-chan, unfortunately, sat next to Satsuki-san.
“Someone broke into this guild yesterday.”
Huh?
“What do you mean?”
“Just that. Nothing was stolen, but there were clear signs of intrusion.”
Nothing stolen?
Even though there seems to be a lot of money?
“What about the security cameras?”
“There was a time when it wasn’t recorded for about an hour.”
“Let me say first, it wasn’t me.”
I could easily break in with the invisibility potion, but it’s not me.
I’m not hard up for money.
“I know that.”
Then why call me?
You obviously suspect me.
“If you don’t suspect me, then what? Want me to find the culprit?”
“You’re not-…”
Hey!
Don’t look down on me!
“By the way, wasn’t this place open 24 hours?”
”Wasn’t there someone?”
“The invasion was in a certain room in the back.”
“The vault?”
“In a way, it’s more important than that. It’s the room where the status cards are stored.”
………………………….
“This is bad.”
Idiot!
They’ve seen my and Nanapon’s status cards!
“It’s fine. Your status cards are being kept by Kaede.”
“Uh, is that okay?”
“It’s not, but I had Kaede keep them in her item bag just in case.”
So they were cautious about it.
“So the other status cards haven’t been stolen?”
“That’s right. Without a doubt, the goal must have been your status cards.”
I think so too.
Someone wanted to see my skills.
“Do you know who?”
“I don’t know. There are too many possibilities.”
Well, everyone would want to know my skills.
“What are we going to do? The police?”
“I can’t report to the higher-ups that we allowed an intrusion into the guild.”
So it’s a cover-up then.
“Is that okay?”
“Fortunately, nothing was stolen, and it’s no problem if they saw the status cards of someone other than you.”
Only Nanapon and I have rare skills after all.
“Be careful. For me and Nanaka, it’s a matter of life and death.”
“I know. That’s why you guys should keep those status cards from now on. And don’t take them out of the item bag unnecessarily.”
“Even in the guild?”
“Yes. Honestly, that’s the most dangerous place.”
The submission and return of the status cards take place where many people are around.
Even if they aren’t stolen, there’s a possibility of being peeked at.
………This guild, hardly anyone’s here.
“I understand. How about you, Nanaka?”
“That’s right.”
Nanapon and I stare at Satsuki.
“Uh, are you guys walking on a dangerous bridge?”
Nanapon finally seems to get it.
“Do you know how many hundreds of millions of yen are involved? The amount will probably increase in the future. It’s a dangerous bridge, of course.”
“Ah, I’m retiring.”
Nanapon swiftly places her status card on the table.
“If I get caught by the enemy, I’ll tell them I have a disciple. I’ll beg desperately for them not to lay a hand on my disciple.”
“Are you a demon? Oh, a witch…”
Nanapon makes a face like a loud thud is heard.
“Hehe, it’s okay. In the frontier, your insight should be enough, and in daily life, you can escape with an invisibility potion.”
No blind spots!
“I was able to go to your house normally, though?”
………………………….
“That’s because you’re special.”
“The enemy might also have a skill like insight.”
………………………….
“Shut up, kid. I’ll expose your cheating in college.”
Don’t defy me.
“You’re the worst!”
“You’re the one who’s the worst!”
For a despicable cheating woman.
“Nanapon, this is the job that will determine our lives. Insight is only beneficial during student days. It doesn’t mean it’s useless as an adult, but it won’t be that helpful.”
Satsuki speaks to Nanapon in a very villainous pose, her fingers crossed and held to her mouth.
“That’s true, but…”
“What’s important in life is money. Living without working, just having fun. You need money to grab this ultimate happiness.”
That’s right, that’s right!
“Eh…”
“I’m telling you, we’ll let you have a piece of this big business.”
“Um… do I have a right to refuse?”
“Of course, you do. But you’ll be expelled from college.”
“…………so there’s none.”
Nanapon slumps down and looks at Kaede.
Then, Kaede smiles.
“…………Only people consumed by greed are here.”
Did you just realize that now?
I gently wrap my arm around Nanapon’s shoulder, who is sitting next to me.
“…………Eleanor-san.”
Nanapon, who had her face covered with both hands, looks up.
“I told you I’d show you the gold, right? The world is all about money, money.”
I put a bundle of 1 million yen on Nanapon’s lap that I took out of my bag.
“…………I understand.”
Looking at the bundle, Nanapon says this, clutches the bundle tightly, and stuffs it into a rabbit backpack that was next to her.
“Your share is 5 percent.”
“Please make it 10 percent.”
You’re quite shrewd.
“Alright. In return, make sure you keep a good eye on my enemies.”
“Understood.”
Black Nanapon has evolved into Super Black Nanapon.