Chapter 112 : Chapter 112
Chapter 112. Academy Dungeon Conquest Team
“Someone, support here!”
Someone shouted urgently.
However, there was no one to give support.
“It’s hard here too!”
“Hold on by yourself!”
It was because they were barely managing to handle the monsters assigned to each of them.
- Kiiik!
Large and small monsters constantly poured out in the Dungeon.
The Helsington Magic School first years felt that the Dungeon conquest was formidable, but because they had prepared items, it wasn’t to the point of giving up.
The Helsington Dungeon conquest team, having finished off the remaining monsters, caught their breath for a moment.
“Phew, as expected, it is hard with three people.”
Although they were strong in actual combat enough to be selected as the representative team, conquering a Dungeon with only inexperienced first years was not easy.
“It would have been nice if there was just one more experienced team member.”
“That is what I mean.”
Feeling regretful, they drank the potions they had prepared.
They felt their depleted magic power returning.
In principle, the number of potions one could carry when conquering a Dungeon in the friendly competition was limited.
However, the Helsington representative team secretly packed more potions.
They also brought in magic scrolls to use when meeting strong monsters, hiding them with the support of the professors.
“Those Academy guys, it seemed they really only packed ten potions.”
“They have an apprentice holy knight among their team members.”
“That is just one person; how can they endure without magic power potions? They must be dying by now.”
No matter if there was an apprentice holy knight who could use Heal, he could not recover magic power.
Furthermore, who could care for whom once the battle started?
It was obvious that the Academy guys would suffer more.
To the Helsington students who were forced into terribly dreadful classes and lost absurdly in the debate, the Academy students were opponents they definitely wanted revenge on.
“We will win this time.”
The Helsington Dungeon conquest team had a premonition of their victory.
* * *
Bang!
“Take this!”
Inette, who had taken off her gloves and thrown them aside, launched a fireball with her bare hands.
Then, the screams of the monsters stuck to the wall rang out.
- Kieek!
- Kiik!
Some monsters that dodged the fireballs quickly counterattacked.
Clang!
Gusto ran and dealt with those guys.
Radel also drew his sword and was organizing the guys popping out from the side.
It was a peculiar combination for a Dungeon conquest team of Magic Academy first years.
Surely, the purpose of this friendly competition was to compete with the skills of students learning magic.
In other words, conquering the Dungeon using magic was the basic standard.
However, in the conquest team Radel put together, there was not a single person catching monsters using magic.
Inette, the Princess, was launching flames with her Ability, not magic power, and Gusto and Radel were dealing with monsters with swords.
Magic was used only when using light element magic to brighten the dark Dungeon.
“Are we not using magic too much?”
When Radel muttered, Inette spoke as if it were absurd.
“What are you talking about? We have few potions, so it is good to save magic power. Using magic for no reason will only take more time.”
“That is true.”
It wasn’t a remark befitting an Academy student, but it was the correct statement.
They were currently conquering at a quite decent speed.
However, they could not let their guard down yet.
- Kiiik!
A goblin hiding in the corner jumped out and swung a stone axe at Radel.
Then Inette immediately reached out her hand.
Whoosh!
“How dare you!”
Inette burned the goblin that was rushing at Radel and looked back at Radel triumphantly.
“How is it, as expected, you need me, right?”
Inwardly, Inette was in a good mood at the fact that Radel had chosen her for the Dungeon conquest team.
In return, she thought she had to show a cooler appearance than usual.
Radel nodded and said.
“Of course, Inette. Choosing you as the Dungeon conquest team was an excellent choice.”
Of course, Radel had strategically chosen Inette, who could attack with an Ability without using magic power.
Since the potions they could use were limited, it was a natural judgment.
However, Radel’s words were enough to make Inette shrug her shoulders.
Inette raised her head and boasted.
“Although you have some strange corners, you do have an eye for people, you know?”
Seeing that appearance, Gusto shook his head side to side.
Inette flared up at Gusto’s reaction.
“Why are you shaking your head and making a fuss there!”
“I was merely loosening my neck because it was stiff, but is there any problem……?”
Inette glared at Gusto, who was rotating his shoulders and loosening his tight muscles this time.
That apprentice holy knight’s shameless behavior was hateful beyond measure.
Radel smiled looking at the two.
Being like this reminded him of when they departed from the capital to the Academy.
‘We have gotten used to the Academy a lot in the meantime.’
Compared to the beginning when even the entrance exam was a difficulty, it had truly changed a lot.
Gusto’s thinking had become more flexible than when they met at the temple, and Inette, who said she didn’t want to go to the Academy, adapted better than expected.
Of course, it seemed Inette was tired because of her followers.
“Eit! Stop coming out!”
Was it because of the stress accumulated usually?
Inette was blasting flames tirelessly at the monsters that kept appearing.
Thanks to that, the speed increased, but there was no way this state would be maintained until the end.
No matter if she was a royal, if she kept using her Ability, her concentration would drop.
Radel opened his mouth to Inette to control the pace.
“Inette, since it is still the early stage, you should save some strength…….”
“Mommy!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Inette’s scream was heard.
* * *
Radel lit a campfire in a corner of the Dungeon.
When firewood, a tripod, and a kettle came out of his backpack, Inette’s eyes went round.
“You carry firewood too?”
“I prepared it because I thought something like this would happen.”
Inette, who sprained her ankle while being careless during battle, mumbled with her mouth as if she felt guilty alone.
“You don’t need to rest because of me.”
“I intended to rest around this point anyway.”
Radel lit the fire nonchalantly and boiled water.
It was partly because of Inette’s injury, but it was also true that he intended to catch his breath in the middle.
There was plenty of room in terms of time as well.
While Radel boiled the water, Gusto approached Inette.
“I will use Heal for you.”
“……You are laughing at me inside right now, aren’t you?”
“Me? Your heart is poor. Such twisted thoughts are not good.”
“This is really……! Phew.”
Inette tried to get annoyed at Gusto but sighed and received the treatment quietly.
Since she became the Dungeon conquest team representing the Academy, she wanted to do better than usual.
Being like this, she felt embarrassed for no reason.
Radel held out a cup containing warm coffee to Inette and said.
“It is not something to be embarrassed about. Everyone gets hurt.”
“I-I am not that embarrassed, you know?”
Inette was flustered at being hit on the mark but soon muttered in a small voice.
“……Just because. You trusted me, but I feel like I didn’t do as much.”
At Inette’s words, Radel and Gusto looked at each other.
“That is unexpected, Prince.”
“Indeed. I didn’t know she could think to this extent.”
These bastards!
Inette stopped drinking her coffee and choked up with anger.
“I can hear everything!”
“Oh, you heard?”
Looking at that attitude of Radel, she couldn’t help but get pissed off.
That attitude that strangely had composure!
As Inette thought about it, she got even more heated.
“Do you know that you are really annoying sometimes?”
“Me?”
“Yes! Always plotting something by yourself. You asked Tunia for a favor without anyone knowing this time, right? Did you think I wouldn’t know?”
I didn’t expect this.
When Radel made a slightly surprised expression, Inette pointed at Gusto with her finger.
“I bet the apprentice holy knight noticed just like me! Isn’t that right?”
“Yes, that is correct.”
Gusto also nodded.
It seemed the two people noticed something when they saw Radel talking with Tunia.
“Honestly, it doesn’t matter even if you don’t say it but…… I wonder if we are still not at that level to you.”
Radel lost his words for a moment and looked at the two.
Gusto, seeing such a reaction from Radel, spoke with a calm face.
“That is the Princess’s thought. I trust the Prince. There must be a reason for everything.”
“Hey! If you say that, what do I become?!”
Inette jumped up at Gusto’s words.
It was just before the two would argue like usual.
Radel quietly opened his mouth to Inette and Gusto.
“……Thank you both. I didn’t know you thought of me to that extent.”
Gusto’s reaction was familiar, but Inette was truly unexpected.
He intended to tell them anyway when the time came.
And it was true that it was hard to move without the help of these two.
“I didn’t say anything because nothing was certain yet, but I will organize it and tell you sooner or later.”
This time it was Inette’s turn to be flustered.
She thought he would just gloss over it, but the answer Radel gave was better than expected.
“Huh? Y-yeah. Anyway, if that’s the case, it’s fine.”
At that moment, a notification sound rang in Radel’s ear.
Ding.
[The target’s Affinity breaks through 10.]
[The target’s Affinity has become 20.]
It was the sound of Inette’s affinity rising.
It was clear that she liked the attitude Radel showed.
Inette cleared her throat as if nothing happened and rose from her seat.
“Ahem, let’s depart now. Aren’t we too late because of this? What do we do if we fall behind the Helsington kids?”
“That won’t happen.”
At Inette’s words, Radel shook his head firmly and took something out of his bosom.
It was a palm-sized bag.
“What is that? Did you prepare it separately?”
Did Radel prepare potions or other items necessary for the Dungeon conquest?
Even if it was the friendly competition rules, she did think setting even the number of potions one could carry was too much.
Inette’s eyes shone with anticipation for the item.
It was the moment Radel opened the bag.
Poof!
“Cough, what do I do if you only let me out now!”
Surprisingly, what popped out of the bag was a person.
And it was a face Inette and Gusto knew.
The person who was inside the bag was none other than Armandy.
Radel exchanged words with Armandy nonchalantly.
“I let you out now anyway. How is your condition?”
“Do I look okay in your eyes, Prince……?”
His face had become haggard for anyone to see.
Armandy swept his face with his palm.
Because he was trapped in that damn bag for an hour, he was on the verge of getting claustrophobia.
“Wait, why is he coming out of the bag?”
Inette couldn’t hold back and asked Radel.
There wasn’t just one or two doubtful things, but it was such an absurd situation she didn’t know what to ask first.
Radel answered as if it were nothing.
“Because I put him in the bag?”
“No, not that……. Did you prepare a person instead of an item right now?”
Does this make sense?
As Inette continued to be confused, Radel added.
“Inette, the most necessary thing in a Dungeon isn’t items.”
“Then what is it?”
“It is precisely a teammate who is good at magic.”
At his shameless words, Inette lost her words.
Armandy, who was listening from the side, felt the same…….