An Incompetent Explorer Who Failed to Make His High School Debut but Mastered Being a Human Being

Episode 113: The Melancholy of an S-rank Explorer (Third Person Perspective)(TN:Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi ripoff title this time.)

"Impossible ..."

 That's what Kursaki Rei, an S-rank explorer who specializes in the covert system, says to herself.

 The reason why she is muttering such a thing is because she came to investigate the dungeon that Fuhito reported the other day.

 It was an E-rank dungeon according to Fuhito, but the A-rank monster Black Minotaur appeared as soon as she entered. On top of that, multiple monsters of five or more are acting in groups from the beginning.

 This must have been a dungeon of S-rank or higher.

"Are you saying that he was exploring the dungeon like this? Moreover, taking along his younger sister, who has just become an explorer? If I recall correctly, when Satou-kun was appraised, he had no level, skill, or ability score."

 For explorers, status is absolute.

 As your level increases, your stats will increase accordingly, and at certain levels you will learn skills and become stronger. If it weren't for that, he would have been the weakest explorer.

"I wonder if he also acquired a level, skill, and ability value after diving into the dungeon as an explorer ..."

 Certainly, if that's the case, no, she can understand it, but there are quite a few doubts.

"Or is it because of her?"

 Kurosaki remembers the expressionless girl who unleashed a murderous intent on her.

"Katsuragi Alexia. Her strength surpasses that of an S-rank. If she's here, they could fight against these monsters. But when there are multiple of them, it's still a heavy burden for her to protect them."

 Kurosaki deepened her thoughts and guessed.

"Imouto-chan has just awakened, so she can't do anything in particular, so I think it's reasonable to say that Satou-kun also has a level, skill, and ability score. If it's a level correction skill, then at least it's possible."

 However, Rei, who couldn't accept the insane idea of having no level, skill, or ability value, was unable to comprehend the true power of Fuhito. Of course, there was no one there to point out that mistake.

 If you are human with the highest level of appraisal, you might be able to uncover the secrets of Fuhito's status. There are only so many people in the world that they can be counted on one hand, and they weren't even here.

"Anyway ... it's bad if I don't investigate this properly. I'm really glad I came to investigate."

 After listening to Satou-tachi's story, Rei thought of leaving it to other high-ranked explorers, but Alexia's ability and a bad premonition led her to come to investigate it herself.

 And she can say that it was the right thing to do.

 If it's Rei, even if it's a powerful monster, it's difficult to find her if their detection abilities aren't particularly good. Even if there are multiple A-rank monsters, she can catch them off guard from behind and defeat them with assassination skills without much difficulty.

 If it's her, she can easily escape from monsters of a higher rank, so she's good at investigating and exploring dungeons.

 After finishing a rough search of the first floor, she goes down to the next floor.

"There wasn't a single treasure chest ... I wonder if they took them ... If that's the case, it's possible that they have the power to explore this dungeon while mixing exploration with pleasure and carrying deadweight with them. It's certainly hard to believe, but it makes sense that Momoka would want him."

 Rei went around the first floor, but noticed that there was not a single treasure chest.

 Just as Rei had imagined, Fuhito went around looking for treasure chests in a picnic mood and collected all of them, but Rei had no way of knowing.

"I wonder if that's all for today ..."

 She proceeded with the search of the second floor in the same way, but she's out of time here. Even an S-rank explorer gets tired, and if she continues to be in a tense state, her spirit will wear out. Rest is essential.

 Searching every floor without being found by the enemy would take a lot of time, so she could only go up to the second floor.

 Even an S-rank explorer would have to be cautious as they progressed through this dungeon, and it was unusual that Fuhito proceeded as if they were enjoying an amusement park attraction.

"Those kids look like really outrageous beings."

 As the search continues over several days, the circumstantial evidence that Fuhito's abilities are almost certain is gathered. No matter what floor she went to, there wasn't a single treasure chest, and all of them had been collected.

 The certainly showed that they had the ability to do so even with carrying dead weight along.

"What on earth ..."

 What surprised Rei even more was that the Boss had been subjugated.

 As expected, she couldn't defeat the Boss, so she looked inside the room with vigilance, and there was a return magic circle shining in the back. Namely, the fact that they defeated the Dungeon Boss.

 A dungeon that has few floors, but is guaranteed to be certified as an S-rank dungeon.

 The boss is definitely S-rank or SS-rank.

 In other words, they are strong enough to defeat even that while holding dead weight.

"Well, I wonder what I should do ..."

 Rei, who finished exploring the dungeon, was terribly troubled. This is because the results of her survey were astonishing.

 And explorer who had been awakened for about a month had conquered an S-rank dungeon, even though it had few floors. Moreover, he was carrying his little sister who was basically an ordinary person who was just gaining strength.

 If she reports this to the Union as it is, they will try to get them by any means. For young people with promising futures to meet such a fate, it's something Rei wants to avoid because of all the things that were done in the past.

Fortunately, Rei is the only one who knows the whole story, including their reports. And only Rei was in a position where she could make a fair assessment of Fuhito's power, though it was hard to say that it was accurate.

"I'm sorry for the Union, but I"m going to hide it until they can protect themselves. No, more precisely, so that the Union can have a proper dialogue with them, I wonder if that's correct ..."

 Rei said to herself and decided to submit a report containing false information.