Earth-san Level Up Volume 2 Chapter 15 Part 1 (Patreon)

2-15 Hot Springs and Nighttime Monsters

"Neko-san, Neko-san, may we have a photo session inside your inn?"

Ruru asked the Cat Fairy on behalf of the others.

After getting a confirmation from the Cat Fairy, the three of us took pictures of the inn that we would be posting on Winsta at a later time.

Meiko and the others are the only guests at the inn, so all that can be heard is the lively voices of the three of them fading into the back of the corridor.

There are many rooms, but we were the only guests at the inn.

It sounds luxurious to say that we have the whole place to ourselves, but it gives me the impression of loneliness.

"Someday, when everyone becomes strong, I wonder if this inn will be crowded."

Meiko gazed down the corridor, which was illuminated by a glimmer of light, and said with a sigh.

"Of course. I'm sure even the elementary school students will have cleared the Kazami Dungeon by the time they are as old as we are. And when they finally do, this is where they'll be next."

None of the three had learned any martial arts.

But the elementary school students who attend the Aozora Training Dojo learn the art of self-defense from an age more than four years younger than Meiko and the others. Surely, a future like the one Sasara described is possible.

By the way, Kazami Dungeon is the dungeon Meiko activated.

It is commonly called the Little Girl labyrinth.

"Training... If everyone could beat Spring Balloons and Demon Books and raise their level to 3, they would be much, much stronger."

According to the professor, the maximum level that can be raised in the first floor of a G-Rank dungeon is 5.

She said that one could reach level 3 in half a day, but it would be much harder to reach level 4, and even harder to go from 4 to 5 because the level of the first floor of a G-Rank dungeon is only 5.

It may be possible to raise the level even higher, but since we are in a situation where we need to create strong human resources as soon as possible, that research has been put on hold.

In Meiko's opinion, level 3 is sufficient.

Meiko was level 4 when she escaped from the dungeon, and her magic power rose to about 60 in about two weeks. Even her physical abilities rose at an astonishing speed.

It depends on the number of skills and magic power you have at the beginning, but even level 3 will be enough to achieve good results.

On the contrary, level 0 is no good.

Meiko had trained with Sasara at Aozora Training Dojo and had seen the gap between Meiko and Sasara, who was at level 0.

At that time, Meiko felt loneliness rather than a sense of superiority.

Meiko was not sure what to do with the time she had spent wandering around the first floor of the G level dungeon, even though her level would go up to level 3. Then Sasara and the conscious schoolgirls would all be stronger.

I wish they would release them to civilians.

Meiko thinks.

I am sure there will be deaths if it is just civilians, so they should be accompanied by instructors.

The SDF are strong, and Meiko think they can get back home with five or four amateurs on the first floor of Kazami Dungeon.

The magic of the magic book is a nuisance, but Meiko think that trained people can knock away a Water Bullet of that level. Even Meiko could do it.

I wonder what would happen if such a thing spread throughout Japan, or even the whole world.

I am certain, I am confident, I am convinced.

---I'm sure I'll be able to enter a dungeon with a big swing of my bat.

This girl has no idea of human development.

Of course, I think it's good that everyone is trying their best.

Regardless, I want to adventure in the dungeon!

I want to plunge into the second floor of the Kazami dungeon and beyond!

Meiko dreams of herself adventuring in a dungeon with her stronger acquaintances.

Going to school and going into the dungeon for a little while on the way home.

They would discuss how to spend the three-day weekend starting tomorrow in the dungeon.

Then, during the summer vacation, they would plan to clear the dungeon and challenge the dungeon.

Sounds like a lot of fun.

Even now, adventuring with my friends, opening treasure chests, meeting a Cat Fairy, opening treasure chests, equipping... I feel that my friends and I are getting stronger and stronger.

And then, you go deeper and deeper into the dungeon of the infinite torii.

This is irresistible.

I felt bad for Sasara, Ruru, and all the family members including myself, but I enjoyed this inescapable situation very much.

There is the anguish of not being able to bring them back at the return gate, but there is also this great feeling that is at odds with that.

I can't wait for adventurers to become more common in the world.

Meiko thought of the quiet corridor of the inn, and the lively adventurers.

Satisfied with the photo shoot, the three took a dip in the hot spring.

Meiko felt a twinge of shame in the changing room, which was to be expected since she could see them even through their clothes.

Compared to Sasara and Ruru, it was too much...

But Sasara and Ruru were also inwardly embarrassed.

Sasara, innately, was shy.

In Ruru's case, the Location of Kismia, where she has been living all her life, was a country where it was not common to be completely naked in public baths. School pools had private rooms from elementary school, and there were no public bathhouses.

Since she came to Japan at least once a year, she knew that there were hot springs in Japan, and she had been in one, but only with her parents or grandmother.

Taking off her clothes in front of her friends was more embarrassing than she had ever imagined.

The three of us covered ourselves with towels and quickly made our way to the bathhouse.

The first thing we did was to wash our bodies, as was the custom, and at this point Ruru cut in.

"Shara. Oh, you know, do you want me to wash your back?"

Ruru says to Sasara, who sits next to her, fidgeting.

Ruru always thought that Japanese girls were supposed to wash each other's back when they took a bath with their close friends. This was due to the influence of the moe moe anime, in which the hot water fumes often worked as cover.

"Eh, ah, washing each other?"

Sasara, on the other hand, only experienced going to a hot spring with her classmates on a school trip, so she didn't know the etiquette of visiting a hot spring on a trip with friends.

However, she heard that there was such a thing as "washing each other", so she imagined that it might be a good idea and decided to give it a try.