Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

So I had to tell them about my 『Shaman』 vocation too. Well, I intended to keep it for myself if they didn’t ask though.

Anyhow, the things that I emphasized to them to a T for the case of friendly fire was 『Pain Return』, and Rem, or 『Vile's Clay Doll』to be exact.

「In short, the powerful-looking monster we saw before is actually a powerful version of a clay doll.」

Yes, with gifted materials.

Now, plebeians, offer yer small fries monster materials to this Great Shaman.

「So those guys with you are clay dolls … But, why did they have a monster-like appearance?」

「Using the monster corpse as its base material will transform the clay doll into a corpse doll.」

「Uhm, then we might not be able to use it.」

「Pardon!?」

Oi Yamada, the hell you're talking about, LOLICON bastard!?

「I mean, Reina got scared by their monster-like appearance, right?」

Whoops, I almost forgot about that. It seems I misjudged you a tiny little bit, Yamada-kun.

I misjudged you, pervert bastard … To think that you're even more a hardcore lolicon.

「I'm sorry for saying this, Momokawa-kun, but I agree with Yamada-kun in this matter. Your monster-like familiar will end up being killed again by sacred beast if Reina saw them again. If you make them again, make sure you keep them away from Reina, or smaller size one that couldn't be seen by her.」

「… Uhm, you got a point here.」

Such amazing insight, Yamajun. His assist came at the right moment, completely destroying my hostilities toward Yamada-kun, and even offering a viable solution.

I was certainly a shaman, hex user. I could curse everyone I'd a grudge with but it didn't mean that my boiling point was so low that I'd wantonly cast a curse on everyone that annoyed me. Except for those who tried to disturb my cute Rems' revival, AKA Yamada-kun and that Reina bitch.

Rem was my lifeline, the trusted partner who was going through several deadly battles with me. That's why it was natural for me to wish for her revival ASAP but … What Yamajun had said made sense.

Maybe, no, it's almost certain at this point that Reina bitch would only destroy Rem again as soon as the former met the latter. In the worst case, that idiotic bitch might even go as far as trying to kill me with sacred bitch for using monster-like familiar.

I mean, Rem almost never left my side up until now.

「I understand, I'll make sure that they're hidden from Reina's eyes.」

「That's also rejected. Reina-chan will leave the tower once in a while for a short walk.」

「Seriously? Are you fucking seriously telling me to not use precious combat potential, Rem, just for that silly reason?」

Da hell ya talking about! What are ya going to do when those monster-like familiar of yours make Reina-chan cry again!」

FUCK, this guy is an incurable lolicon. Why was he left alone until reaching this critical condition?

My feelings after hearing Yamada[Lolicon]-kun's unreasonable excuse went beyond anger. It felt like I was talking to an alien. I mean, even those Gomas were more realiable than this Lolicon-kun.

Cough, okay, my desperate escapism aside, seeing Yamada-kun acting this way, I got the feeling that he'd prioritize Reina's mood more than the battle with our life on the line.

That's why Yamada-kun dismissed the option of reviving Rem due to the previous incident.

This Lolicon's arguments were simply too unreasonable. And this Lolicon bastard was satisfied with his attempt to protect her from the scary experience … Tch, even though we're clearly lacking in combat potential, we had gotten another trouble from unpopular Lolicon.

Ha~ha, can't be helped then. I guess I've to make a little adjustment to my plans.

「Your duty, is it? … Then, maybe there's no problem if you stop them at that time. I mean, something like a manly hug to pacify the crying girl.」

「WHA!?」

The color on Lolicon-kun's face changed rapidly. He might even be imagining the scene of him hugging Reina. What an easy fellow!

If he hadn’t given such a reaction, I might’ve treated my statement as a tease, but it was hook, line, and sinker for this one. Well, problem solved I guess.

「In my opinion, Ayase-san is anxious. That's why she's getting scared of a simple matter. Of course, the duty to protect her will fall upon the strongest amongst us, in other words … you, Yamada-kun.」

「I-Is that so?」

「Yeah. I mean, Ayase-san is just way too timid, I think she'll understand once you explain the matter about Rem to her. That's why if by some chance Ayase-san sees Rem and is on the verge of tears … I'll leave the duty of hugging and pacifying her to you, Yamada-kun.」

「Do-Do-Don't speak such nonsense, Momokawa, Li-Like … Like hell I can do something like hugging Reina-chan… 」

「Don't be so shy! You know that there's no one else but you, Yamada-kun to be entrusted with this job right? It's your duty as the party leader and the strongest amongst us to pacify Ayase-san, the sole female member of our party. 」

「B-But, if I did that, it'll be … Sexual harassment, right….」

「Don't worry about it, both Yamajun and I will back you up to explain the situation to Ayase-san. I mean, things will turn pretty bad when she's crying in fear, right? Considering the situation, this is our best option. That definitely does not fall under the category of sexual harassment.」

「I-I see … You're absolutely right! I guess it really can't be helped, Momokawa, leave the job to pacify Reina-chan to me!」

Easy, you're way too easy, Yamada.

This buffy guy should be smart enough since he managed to enter an extremely prestigious prep high school, Shiramine Academy, and yet he had been easily baited by me- someone who wasn't blessed with a glib tongue.

Well, the test wasn't the absolute parameter to know whether someone was smart or not, there's a saying that love is blind, having this kind of mistaken perception to his own convenience like this might be normal for an unpopular virgin dude like him. I mean, I myself would jump head first if there's a chance for lucky pervert event with Randou-san or Mei-chan, regardless of the consequence.

「Our first checkpoint is to rebuild Rem, she's definitely a great boost to our combat potential.」

The truth was, we can enter the battle as it is but here we're facing against our next problem, the proper capture method of Goma's tower.

「How close is that fortress from our base?」

「I've no idea how many kilos distance it is from this base, but it’s about half-day walking distance from here. We'll see their fortress before the night if we depart in the morning from this place.」

So that meant straight ahead from this place since our compass pointed straight ahead toward that tower, but it's still quite far from here. No, that kind of distance might be trivial since it'd only take half-day by traveling inside the uneven path in the jungle.

「Did Ayase-san go with you when you measured the distance?」

「Yeah, we're planning to advance as it is after defeating the boss in this place after all.」

「Since Ayase-san would be riding on Engard's back at that time, we would a hard time to follow her pace.」

I see. In short, the distance between our tower and them was around 20 kilometers.

The distance that a normal human can cover in half day is about 30 kilometers, while infantry can cover around 50 kilometres. They might be normal highschool students before, but now they're superhumans enhanced by the power of their vocation. Their newfound power allowed them to walk through the uneven jungle path with ease and cover 20 kilometers in less than half day.

「So that's mean we can arrive at their tower in a single day.」

I mean, that kind of speed despite living in the jungle.

「Then, could it be that the battle in front of this tower from before was their first invasion to this place!?」

「Yeah, seems to be the first time.」

「After continous failure, we have up the plan to capture Goma's tower for a while and decided to use this tower as our base, our current priority is defeating as many monsters and raising our power as much as possible. That must be the reason why the Goma's side also made their move…」

「OH F4CK」

Let alone capturing Goma's tower, it's our tower that was in danger of being captured by them instead!

In the first place, this wasn't a game. We're not gonna meet a small fry monster based on random encounter, they'd come at us whether we like it or not. No matter how stupid those Gomas were, with their village-like communities around their tower, there's no way they wouldn't notice that parts of their army kept missing everyday. That's why it's only a matter of time before they launched an all out attack on us.

「Well, they're not a big deal anyway as if the likes of Gomas can defeat us.」

「The one who attacked you back then might’ve just been a scouting group, not their main army. Their elite troops that comprise of only Govus doesn't even make their appearance.」

They might be Goma's tower final line of defence, thus couldn't move as they pleased though.

「This tower is dangerous. We should evacuate to the closest fairy plaza as soon as possible.」

「Yeah, I think that leaving this place right away is our best option but …」

「We were transferred right in this tower, so we've no idea about the location of the other fairy plaza.」

Whoopsie, as useless as ever huh, this muscle brain. But, at least they knew that they could only walk around without a destination in this jungle if they chose to leave this base.

「Nay, it'll be all right, I had been walking until I arrived at this tower from previous fairy plaza after all!」

Yes, I noticed that we could save ourselves from the army in goma's tower as long as we could evacuate until we arrived in the previous fairy plaza where I enjoyed the hot bath, wild boar nabe, and poison experiment on the Goma, ――

「But, do you remember the way to go back to that fairy plaza, Momokawa? I mean, our compass will only point toward the next destination, it'll never point the previous destination…」

Though I understood that Yamajun didn't fully agree with the retreat idea, it took me ten seconds to fully understand what he said

Magnetic needle always points north. That's why we can normally use that as the starting point when looking for direction.

But then, our magic compass only pointed toward the closest transfer point. That was far from enough to understand the general direction in this labyrinth. Moreover, at times, it suddenly changed direction midway.

Just walking toward the opposite direction of the compass wasn't enough to go back to the previous fairy plaza.

「C-Crap!」

It seems we had no choice but to stay in this tower and make a solid plan to capture the Goma's tower.