Mob, if I were a high school student, could I be an adventurer, too, Leah?

... Unexpectedly.

Subsequent explorations turned well.

Initially, it was me who was concerned that the lack of cooperation would result from the two mismatches, but if I had to, the two went perfectly together.

Imp's fighting power is the weakest in this party. The role will inevitably be supportive. But all of Imp's magic is subtle.

A slice that releases a magic blade, a rest that heals your health just a little, a barrier jacket that softens enemy attacks by only one shot, and a slip that makes it slippery at the feet of your enemies. I can only use these four.

None of this is a big deal magic.

Slices can only produce a degree of power so far cut by humans with knives.

It also seems pretty strong to write like this, but monsters are a lot tougher than humans.

Besides, due to its magical nature, it can be defended by physical or magical defenses.

In other words, they are resisted by toughness against hard enemies such as the Golem, and by magic against magical enemies such as Reis.

At this point, I gave up using Imp as an attacker.

Rest rated it as quite usable.

Wounds and abnormalities cannot be healed, but restoring health is a plain and helpful effect.

It helps a lot when I travel through the labyrinth rather than in combat roles.

This magic itself naturally can also be used by Lianhua, but her magic had to be kept warm until now because there were so many places to recover from the attack.

That reinforcement alone is helpful enough.

As for the barrier jacket, it's a scum.

After only holding one shot, I only have a degree of defense with clothes on. The only advantage is that the magic consumption is minimal. Because of this, I will hang it for now before the battle.

The last slip...... the effect is subtle about this as well.

I tried it on me and the soles of my feet became tufted and it felt like I was standing on ice.

But if you hold on tight, you don't have to fall, and the effect only lasts a few seconds.

What a subtle state anomaly magic that is ineffective for four legs like Yuki and pointless in the first place for an opponent floating in the universe like Lianhua.

- But the magic of this slip was the last gear that was missing from our party.

Essentially, the greater the effect a state anomaly has on the other person, the more likely they are to be resisted. Conversely, the more soggy magic it is, the more likely it is to pass.

There, if you add the skill of manipulating the luck of a sitting child, the state anomaly to the same rank will almost certainly pass.

In other words, the magic of Slip invariably turns the opponent into the magic of rolling over.

To date, Lianhua's skills in manipulating luck have been useful mainly outside of combat.

This is because the skill of 'Harm and Bliss is like a strangled rope' is not enough to dictate the life or death of the target.

Precisely, lucky enough to avoid the opponent's attack or a degree of good luck that the attack was successfully decided by chance.

Still, it helps enough, but the fact that a member came in here who could use a state anomaly made me see its true value.

The good fortune of your allies and the misfortune of your enemies increase the chance of a state anomaly. Due to the condition anomaly, tilt the battle scale here greatly.

That's the original role of sitting children.

What Lianhua needed was an inspiration for luck and misfortune.

That's, like, putting bananas on the floor or something.

As long as you have a stage device, you can trample on the skin of a banana and the enemy has fallen, or vice versa avoided the enemy's attack, and then you can roll at your own good.

The magic of Slip only made it easier to turn the target into the strongest magic due to the ability of the sitting child.

.................. but what we think of that is another story.

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Awkward silence dominated the road to the next little room after the battle.

Earlier fights were also quickly ended by a combination of Imp's slip and Lianhua's "Harm and Bliss is like a strangling rope".

The composition of this enemy is four zombies and high cobolts, Xandman and Nightmare. It was a seemingly unpleasant combination of a zombie durable guard, reinforcements from the High Cobolt family convocation, and Xandman and the rest of the sleeping nightmare combo.

It was us who instantly decided to kill Xandman, collapse the nightmare combo, and kill Heikovolt before they called for reinforcements, but the indicative zombie got stuck in front of it.

It was a sight like the last re-bake, but it was a little different from there.

Zombie falls due to slip of imp. Yuki annihilated Xandman in that gap, and late Eliza slammed Heikovolt's throat through a slingshot. After that, it's a digestive match.

We even felt ambiguous about the battle that ended in seconds of things.

Me and Yuki admired Lianhua and Imp. but they weren't happy at all.

I guess we also understood that each other's abilities are compatible.

But that's not funny the other way around.

Lianhua thanks to someone she doesn't like, she is able to demonstrate her true power. That Imp is able to do more than strength thanks to someone he doesn't like. They seemed to be hurting each other's pride.

Not enough to refuse to cooperate, but I don't want to thank you. I could see such a grip from the two of us.

As a result, the two seemed to have come to the conclusion that they would ignore each other as much as they could, and that was creating this subtle air.

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Sneak a sigh.

Uh, I don't know what I can do about it, this uncomfortable.

The easiest thing is to put Imp or Lianhua back on the card. But it was easy to predict that that would greatly damage the mood of those who put it back.

If you had decided to sell the imp, it would have been ant too. but now that I know how to use it, I wasn't willing to let him go.

If so, I'd like to get along with both of them somehow.

"Hey."

As I walked thinking about it, I was accidentally called out by Lianhua.

"Oh, hey, what's up?

"I'm dying for sweets. Let me out of here."

"Oh, okay"

Since Lianhua has voluntarily cooperated, confectionery is not a reward system, but a way to take it out when you want to eat it. Thanks to this, my bag was always stocked with sweets to some extent.

"Treats!? Wow, I've never eaten before!

The imp that was listening to our conversation sparkles my eyes.... Do you like sweets too? How do you feel about Lianhua?

With that in mind, I started handing out pound cakes to everyone one at a time. I'm taking a break here because I'm just fine.

That's how when I tried to give one to Imp as well, a hand stretched out from the side took it away.

"Whoa, this is too big for you. I'll eat you instead."

"Ha!?

Lianhua... you're such a kid again... no, I'm just a kid.

The imp, taken from the side of the treat, naturally raged.

"Hey, that's mine, isn't it! Give it back!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, then I'll just give you one missing piece. You're so small, that's good enough, right?

"It won't matter how big your body is! Because we don't have to be eaten as much as we want and not for anything! Just give it back, I've been looking forward to it!

"Holy shit! He's the only one who eats sweets."

"I worked too!

"Ha, I guess I had the power of Atashi. Otherwise, how helpful is your strength?

"- You!

Yuki hastily intervened where Imp's expression was finally getting steep and a full-scale fight was about to begin.

"Hey, hey, hey. That's it! I'm sorry about Lianhua. Look, I'll give you back your treats, too. Right, Master?"

"Oh. Lianhua said that's not a good idea. Look, if it's not enough, I'll do my share."

"............................................. that's not what I'm talking about"

"Lianhua?"

When Lianhua said something but couldn't hear it and asked back, she shook her head and gave me Imp's pound cake.

"Ha, nothing. I was just kidding. Holla, I'll give it back."

"Mm, oh...... Look, Imp, they're back."

But the tear-eyed imp doesn't take it.

"I don't... I don't need it anymore!

"Uh, how about this one, then? Chocolate. Easy to eat in a bite."

That said, when I handed him a box with lots of small grains of chocolate, Imp could hold that case as big as his own body.

Eyes on Yuki, and Imp's opponent decides to leave it to her.

"Mr. Imp, do you know how to open it? I'll open it for you."

"... yeah"

In exchange for Yuki and Imp, I pulled Lianhua a little further away.

"Hey Lianhua... what's going on?"

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Lianhua answers nothing in silence at first sight.

... Looking at this, you seem to be aware that you said something bad yourself.

Wouldn't it be nice to get angry at the head when that happens? I whispered quietly when I softened my voice as much as I could.

"To be honest, I still don't know a lot about monsters. Isn't it a good idea to talk about combat skills or something? Look, there's gonna be some complexes."

When I said that, Lianhua scratched her head in frustration.

"Uh, I know. Obviously Atashi overstated it. It's... it's me, you know?

"Mmm..."

I guessed. Daimyo, do you feel that the silence has become awkward and you have tried to communicate because even a fight is good?

He was like that to me in the first place. So you're saying you did it again because it worked.

But that worked because I was somewhat older.

From what I've seen, Imp looks as good as Lianhua in appearance and mental age.

If that were done that way...... then it would be a real fight.

... It's just, well, that's not a bad thing in the long run either.

I'd rather get into a fight early than throw a party forever from now on.

If you continue to accumulate grievances poorly and then fight, you will remain insulated.

In this sense, it may not have been bad to have been able to create a relationship that could immediately spit out emotions.

If there is only one problem, it is that the deterioration of the relationship prevents us from working together during this exam...

Lianhua said she was worried about what I would tell her.

"Uh, you don't have to tell me. I know. You mean fight properly, right? That's all I know. Probably over there."

"Well... then there's nothing to say from me. But you know what?

"Oh... look at the opportunity and apologize"

"Yeah."

There, here comes Yuki.

"Master, this one is fine. Imp also said the battle would be done properly"

That's Yuki. He understands my thoughts without saying anything.

"Thanks. Sorry, but I need you to check on him for a while"

"Yes."

Little girls who turn away from each other like they never look at each other.

I snuck up and sighed at the disturbing air that began to drift to my party, where the atmosphere was good.