After Sinri got reamed…
“Uu… Master…”
Sinri came right up to me, clinging tightly to my waist.
“What’s wrong? Aren’t you on the Floating Island?”
“Master isn’t there, so that violent woman does terrible things to me…”
Sinri’s gaze was fixed on the ogre… or rather, Fairy King Oberon.
She had been disciplining Sinri until just now.
“I judged that I’d be safer with Master, so I ran away.”
“Is that so…”
“Mika Barrier! Now Oberon can’t do anything terrible to me!”
Sinri hid behind me, grinning triumphantly.
She used to be a capable girl back in the day…
Like an AI taking over human jobs, she was such a competent woman…
Now she’s a complete disappointment. How did it come to this?
“Perhaps it’s because I learned from the actions of the person closest to me?”
“Oh, what? You’re trying to say it’s me?”
“Yes. In other words, it’s Master’s fault that I’ve become such a useless bum.”
“No, no… you learned it on your own, didn’t you?”
Oberon glared at us.
“Let’s move on quickly.”
“”A-ah, yes…””
And so, the dungeon exploration resumed.
Sinri said that she could still search with the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet) even while here.
“Master, a large army of Slimes is approaching from the front.”
“Thank you… but, Sinri-san? What are you doing…?”
Sinri was lying on her back.
Beneath her were many Vegetable Familiars.
Heave-ho, heave-ho, they were carrying Sinri.
There was something like this in JoJo’s Stand.
“I’m having my Familiars carry me. It’s easier because I don’t have to walk.”
“I wish you wouldn’t force Tomato-kun and the others to do such hard labor…”
“Hmph! I’m not fat, am I?”
Certainly, even though she’s been lazing around so much, Sinri’s figure hasn’t changed.
Speaking of which, I’ve also been lazing around, eating and sleeping, but I haven’t gained weight. Well, you don’t gain weight on the Floating Island.
“So, a large army of Slimes, huh? Oberon, can I leave it to you?”
It’s too much of a pain to deal with everything myself, so I’m passing it on to Oberon.
“Understood. Kaida-kun, please step back.”
“Ah… Oberon. Don’t push yourself too hard.”
Hehe, Oberon smiled.
“Kaida-kun is so kind.”
“Well, I mean… isn’t it natural?”
“I see…”
…A love romance is unfolding over there.
“What do you think, Master? About those two?”
“They seem to be in a good mood, don’t they?”
Tch, Sinri clicked her tongue.
“Do they even realize this is a place of death? What are they doing, flirting? I think they should read the atmosphere more.”
“Oh, is that so? Speaking of which, Sinri, you’re also in a place of death, lying on your back and eating potato chips, but what do you think about that?”
Sinri was already completely relaxed.
She’s lying on her back, eating potato chips, and watching the lovebirds (Oberon and Kaida).
“I’m fine.”
Strict with others, lenient with herself. Seriously, who did she take after…?
Eh, me? Did she learn my character and become like this…?
Eh…? No way… (speechless).
While all that was happening, a horde of Gluttony Queen Slimes was approaching.
Oberon thrust her right hand forward.
“Air Pressure!”
Instantly, the Slimes were crushed with a squish.
“Was that… magic?”
Kaida-kun asked.
“Hmph. I won’t tell the lovebirds… Ouch!”
I lightly tapped Sinri’s head.
Seriously…
“Tell him.”
“Tch… That’s an intermediate wind magic, Air Pressure. It’s a range magic that generates a gust of wind from above and crushes the ground.”
With that, the Slimes died all at once.
As expected of the Fairy King. She has considerable magical power.
“Ugh… I’m sorry, Lord Mika.”
“What’s wrong?”
Around the area where Air Pressure had been used, there were still Slimes.
Oh my.
“You couldn’t defeat them all?”
“Yes…”
Why?
“The moment Oberon crushed the enemies with Air Pressure, fragments of the Slimes scattered. The Slimes multiplied and regenerated from those fragments.”
“Oh dear, how troublesome.”
I see. Slimes have the power to multiply like that.
…Wait, what?
“When I attacked with Flame Strike earlier, they didn’t multiply, though?”
“That’s because Master defeated the Slimes with the optimal solution.”
Optimal solution…
Ah, defeating them without leaving a single cell behind is the optimal solution.
A Slime pounced.
…On Oberon.
“Oberon, watch out!”
Kaida-kun slashed at the Slime with Excalibur.
Zashu…!
“Pigggyyyyyy…”
Shuuuu…
The Slime vanished without multiplying.
“Huh? Why?”
“Kaida destroyed the Core.”
Sinri said while munching on a rice cracker.
…Where did she get that from…?
No, more importantly.
“Core?”
“Slimes have a Core. If you can destroy it, they can be annihilated without regenerating.”
“Hoo… I see.”
Hearing that, Kaida-kun said, “I see,” and readied his sword.
“I’ll… fight too! Seiyaaa…!”
Zan, Kaida-kun swung his sword.
The Slime disappeared. He repeated that. Oh my.
“Amazing, Kaida-kun. You’re defeating the Slimes in one hit…?”
“Yes. He’s accurately aiming for the Core and attacking.”
“Hoo… Amazing…”
Meanwhile, Oberon’s eyes widened.
“What’s wrong, Oberon…?”
“No… The Gluttony Queen’s Core should be a tiny thing, less than 1mm in diameter…”
Huh?
1mm?
“Really, Sinri?”
“Really.”
Eh, Kaida-kun is accurately cutting that…?
“Seriously? Even though the Slimes are moving? To aim for and cut only the 1mm Core…”
“Yes.”
“You’re doing great.”
“Your reaction is so weak!?”
Oberon was astonished.
“Isn’t it amazing!? Isn’t it incredibly amazing!?”
“Eh, is it? Mashiro and Hakubyō can cut through dimensions and send out slashes, though.”
Compared to that, you know.
“Please don’t compare Bastet God and White Tiger to Kaida-kun…!”
Kaida-kun brilliantly cut all the Cores of the Slimes with his swordsmanship.
“Amazing, Kaida-kun! To defeat all the Gluttony Queen’s horde!”
Meanwhile, Kaida-kun muttered regretfully.
“No… It’s this sword that’s amazing, right? It allowed me to defeat the Slimes in one hit.”
“No, no, Kaida-kun is amazing for accurately cutting the 1mm Core! Excalibur certainly has tremendous attack power, but it doesn’t mean you’ll become a sword master just by holding it!”
Oh, is that so.
“Munch, munch… That’s right… In fact… It requires considerable sword skills to wield it… Munch, munch… That Kaida boy seems to have awakened.”
…Awakened?
“What do you mean?”
Oberon asked.
“Fufu… What should I do? I can’t tell the lovebirds. If you really want me to tell you, then prostrate yourself… Guheeeee!”
Oberon was trying to crush Sinri with Air Pressure.
“Stop it, Oberon. The Familiars supporting her below look like they’re having a hard time.”
“Tch…!”
Pah, Oberon released the magic.
Sinri stood up and hid behind me.
“Master’s side is the safest after all!”
“Yes, yes.”
“Master! That violent heroine who doesn’t fit in with the Reiwa era should be fired immediately!”
“She’s capable, so I can’t fire her.”
“You have a capable AI assistant, so that should be enough!?”
“Haha.”
“Was that a Chiba Mouse-style laugh!?”
Well, jokes aside.
“So, what exactly is going on? Why did Kaida-kun suddenly become so strong?”
Sinri pointed at Kaida-kun.
“Master has been defeating Monsters like crazy, so that Experience Points are being distributed to the entire party. As a result, Kaida boy’s level is increasing.”
“Eh, but Kaida-kun isn’t participating in the battle? You don’t gain Experience Points unless you fight, do you…?”
That’s how it is in Pok●mon, right…?
“That’s because the Summoner’s hidden Skill [Experience Point Distribution] has been activated.”
“Hidden Skill…? Experience Point Distribution…?”
What’s that…?
“Hidden Skills are Skills that are granted to the person, but are not displayed in the status.”
“Hoon… There’s such a thing.”
“Yes. Summoners (people summoned from another world) are granted the Experience Point Distribution Skill when they come here. When you form a party with a Summoner, the Experience Points gained in battle are distributed to your companions.”
I see…
“In other words, if there’s a Summoner (me), even people who don’t participate in battle will have Experience Points distributed to them, and their level will increase?”
“That’s right.”
I see…
“Oh, doesn’t Kaida-kun have that power too?”
“He doesn’t, since he wasn’t summoned to this world.”
Come to think of it, he came here as a Changeling, didn’t he?
He’s not a Summoner, so he doesn’t have Experience Point Distribution…
“Eh, so you’re saying I did it unconsciously again?”
“That’s right.”
“Eh, but this means I’ve had it since way back, right?”
“Yes.”
Hmm?
“Sinri-san…? Why didn’t you tell me? From way earlier…?”
“? Because you didn’t ask…?”
I see…
“That doesn’t mean you don’t have to answer if I don’t ask!”
Fairy King Oberon approaches Sinri and starts poking her.
“An expression eradicated from the Reiwa era~”
“What are we going to do!? After Kaida-kun clears the Dungeon, won’t he become way too strong!?”
Ah… now that you mention it.
Because if this story is true, the experience points from when Circe and I fought and won will also go to him, right…?
After that, when we return to Japan, won’t something terrible happen…? That’s what he means.
It’s like he’ll be a Japanese person who returned as an absurd monster from another world, with too much power…
“Ah.”
“Ah, is not the end of it!”
Fairy King Oberon continues to poke Sinri relentlessly…
Sinri-san, you really don’t learn, do you?
Who did you learn from to become like this…?
…Me? I see, I see…
“Fairy King Oberon, please forgive her… It’s my fault she became like this, because she learned from me…”