Mob №132 “If you keep underestimating your opponent like that, you’ll get hurt someday”
During off-duty time after encountering the white-bodied golden-wing Platinum unit.
In the lounge area, Tenon-Karalema was surrounded by many people, speaking of her own heroic tales with a proud face.
“I endured against 5 craft all by myself without taking a single hit, and with just one counterattack I made the enemy retreat! Unlike that piece of junk who was being chased around by just 1 craft!”
That “piece of junk” at the end is, well, definitely referring to me.
If I just state the facts, that’s exactly right, so without any particular rebuttal, I tried to quickly return to the room I’d been given.
“Uzoss-san. May I have a moment?”
However, for some reason I was called out to by Dilopaz.
As for me, I have no business with her.
Besides, her self-proclaimed friends are glaring at me with an atmosphere like they want to kill me.
That said, if I ignore her it’ll probably be more dangerous.
“Uh… what do you need?”
“Is what she’s saying the truth?”
Dilopaz apparently doubts the statements of Tenon-Karalema, who is supposedly her friend.
“Well, it’s a fact that she wasn’t shot down against 5 craft, and it’s a fact that I struggled against 1 craft, and it’s also a fact that when she fired one shot the enemy unit fled.”
“What’s the real story?”
“The real story?”
“She said [I gorgeously handled 5 enemies and with one strike gave the enemy fear and drove them back. But the Knight Rank otaku who was with me was useless]. I don’t think this is the truth.”
Dilopaz seems to have fairly good intuition.
But frankly speaking, denying that is also troublesome, and since I don’t want to stand out with achievements, it’s probably best to leave it as is.
I also don’t want to be asked to cooperate in her rehabilitation by telling the truth.
“Isn’t it fine? If that’s what she’s saying. Well then, excuse me.”
Besides, Dilopaz’s entourage has been at their limit for a while now, so let’s retreat quickly.
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【Side: Shiora-Dilopaz】
Uzoss-san left quickly.
As I was gazing at his back,
“Shiora-chan! Are you okay?”
Someone called out to me in a flustered way.
It was Tenon-Karalema-san, who we’d been talking about just now.
When I first met her, she seemed like a bright girl with a good vibe.
But from the second day here, her reputation when spoken of by people other than those clinging to me hasn’t been very good.
“There’s no problem at all.”
“But that gross otaku talked to you!”
What was she looking at? It’s obvious at a glance that I was the one who spoke to him.
“I was the one who spoke to him though.”
“Eh?! What did you have to talk about with someone like that?”
She displays her displeasure.
It’s clear evidence that she looks down on Uzoss-san, and I feel like I’m seeing myself from my first battle.
“I was asking whether you really held off 5 versus 1 and they retreated from just one strike.”
I reveal the content I asked Uzoss-san about.
Then she was clearly shaken.
“…And what did that gross otaku… say?”
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There’s a faint tremor in her voice, and I can tell she’s frightened.
“He said [it’s a fact that she wasn’t shot down against 5 craft, it’s a fact that I struggled against 1 craft, and it’s a fact that when she fired one shot the enemy unit fled].”
I conveyed exactly what Uzoss-san said.
“See! Just like I said!”
Then she showed a triumphant smile while simultaneously showing a relieved expression.
She’s definitely hiding something.
What Uzoss-san said—that she faced 5 craft without being shot down and they retreated after one counterattack—is probably fact.
But there’s something else. Just as I was thinking that and about to press her,
“But before you counterattacked, reinforcements including me were at close range, and it looked like you hit the opponent in an opening when the enemy unit was surprised by that, didn’t it?”
A woman’s voice was suddenly heard.
Standing there was a woman with black eyes, long black hair, and white skin.
[Man-Eater Rose]—no, [Emerald Rose] Katy-Alptet-san.
At that Alptet-san’s statement, I could tell that she—Karalema-san—was clearly shaken.
“Even so! It’s a fact that I endured 5 versus 1 until then!”
She does rebut, but even she doesn’t use disrespectful words to Alptet-san, who is Queen Rank, as expected.
“Oh my, when I saw it there were 4 craft, and 1 craft was being handled by someone else, right?”
“That Ki… Knight Rank came late! But he was struggling desperately against just 1 craft!”
“But as far as I could see, the most skilled of that enemy unit at that time seemed to be the craft that the one paired with you was handling. Since he was doing that evenly, that means he’s also quite skilled.”
“You can’t tell just by looking! Besides, there’s no way someone like that is strong! The enemy unit couldn’t even hit me!”
In contrast to her heating up, Alptet-san remained calm throughout.
However, she suddenly sighed and,
“If you keep underestimating your opponent like that, you’ll get hurt someday.”
Saying that, Alptet-san had an extremely cold expression.
She was overwhelmed by that expression and fell silent.
“Well, just try not to cause trouble for the people you work with.”
After saying only that, Alptet-san left the place.
I was thinking of calling out to her, but I couldn’t somehow, being overwhelmed.
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The next day.
I was surprised when I saw my patrol partner.
“As you know, but let me introduce myself again—I’m Katy-Alptet. Let’s work well together today.”
I never thought I’d be paired with Queen Rank Katy-Alptet, called [Man-Eater Rose]—no, [Emerald Rose].
Certainly, since she’s also a hired mercenary, it’s natural for her to do patrol work.
And since she’s a working adult, I can understand making a business smile, but I don’t understand why she’s floating a strangely fearless smile.
“H-hello. I’m John-Uzoss.”
Anyway, I return the greeting so as not to be rude.
“Well then, shall we go? My rank is higher so please follow my instructions.”
“Y-yes.”
We had the standard exchange for mercenaries, and the patrol work began.
At least it shouldn’t turn out like with Tenon-Karalema.
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