**Chapter 18: Day 18 – Morning – Camp / Tent Front**
Unfortunately, there was no "Flight" skill. While I was at it, no "Launch," "Spin Fall," or "Crash" either.
Everyone rustled awake and washed their faces in the river.
Breakfast was, once again, fish. When we leave the river, it becomes mushrooms.
As long as it's fish time, it's fish time.
"""Finally out of the forest—!!""" The girls all cheer.
Grassland. Hills, so not flat plains. Visibility better than forest, but distance view limited—hills block my Clairvoyance.
Guess flying really is the only way here… it was fun. Well, more like launched and crashed than flying.
Yes, sadly the problem is after launching, I just fall.
Even without losing balance and spinning yesterday, I still crashed. Yeah, never thought about landing. Good job flying, me.
Humanity probably won't fly even in 1000 years, except in isekai.
How to land?
Parachute? No, needs serious height for slowdown. I didn't go that high. No idea how to make one, no materials anyway.
Something instead of flight magic, something useful for landing. Hmm… I stare at status while thinking.
Walking, Movement, Weight, great takeoff tools. Packaging, Mana Wrap great crash tools. Hmm… flight is movement, so maybe assist effect? Might need it post-launch too?
Oh, if parachute no good, Wind magic for air cushion? Maybe it'll reduce crash impact? Redirect my direction?
Or use mid-air for flight? Yeah yeah, that's it…
"Heyyy, Haruka-kun~ You listening~?"
Huh, air-walked up? Into the sky? Wait, does that mean …? I just realized I have the air-walk skill.
"Listen to me—!!"
Ooh—startled! What what?! "Listen to me—!!"? Galactic storyteller? Not songstress, it's class rep. Flying while transforming impossible. Would it hurt?
"There's a weird presence? over there… can you Clairvoyance it? I've been trying to tell you… for a while…?"
"Hm—ah, monsters attacking someone? Old guy, old guy… armor… archer and mage? Uh… one more—six total?"
"Eh? Shouldn't we help? Can they win?"
Class rep worried about old guys invisible to normal eyes.
I also worried about old guys.
Just because monsters attacking doesn't mean humans are good.
Help attacked thieves, only to find out thieves then attack you.
Class rep group more at risk there. They are female.
They knew the delinquents were dangerous, they unanimously exiled the fakes.
Meaning... no one tried to kill them.
Then they revenge, otaku fled.
They try to kill or enslave, yet they couldn't do either.
Way too soft/trusting on possibly malicious humans.
Only those with absolute power gap (impossible to harm even if they try) can afford that.
Main reason I escorted the girls to town, humans can be more dangerous than monsters.
"Haruka-kun, let's help. We'll send the fast members."
"This distance running won't make it. If they are thieves, what then?"
From sight, one sword old guy, one spear old guy, both decked in full armor, long-haired archer behind wrecked carriage, hooded mage, one more in between. Decent clothes, but appearance doesn't guarantee character. Fancy noble doesn't mean trustworthy. No reason to help.
Monsters appears to be wolves or dogs, not kobolds. ~30 pack, coordinated movement. Once the group is broken, it's quick wipe. Fast members arrive, still at anumbers disadvantage, might even get counter-killed.
"Haruka-kun. If they're evil hurting comrades, I'll kill them. But if unsure, I still want to help. If we can't, please, save them."
Yeah, figured you'd say that Class-rep. Can't doubt everyone or no point going to town, no meeting people. True Shut-in status.
Still, she's sweet but resolved. Whatever happens, there will be no regrets, I'll reflect properly. That's why I came.
"Okay I'm going. Stay alert. Always."
"Yeah—we'll absolutely guard here. Please."
This distance, running won't make it. But yesterday's Movement/Walking/Mana Wrap/Weight quartet sprint, I might make it. Might not?
Then let's bet on it.
I thought of something earlier... don't know if possible. But instant I should make it.
While running, I'll Mana Wrap my body to reinforce, Weight erases my heaviness, and sprint. I'll keep Movement, wrap Wind magic and run in the sky. Yesterday thought I was launched—actually air-walked. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gained the airwalk skill.
Truly instant. Movement + Wind, I'll kick in the sky, add Accelerate.
Speed limitless, Clairvoyance scene appears instantly. Wait, crap, can't stop? 10+ wolves caught on my ultra-low altitude fall, collide, tangle, roll, blow away, explode. Forgot stopping method.
"Uh… okay?" I ask, looking dazed.
""""No… are **you** okay?"""" They all question.
Yeah, I look okay. Wolves, definitely not okay. Most if not all are motionless, group wolf-body accident.
Invisible distance in seconds, definitely 4-digit km/h.
10 km in 10 sec = 3600 km/h? Dang, I went Supersonic?!
Wait, I broke Mach? Sonic boom included?
Definitely over 10 km, felt way under 10 seconds.
Yeah, no wonder collide = die, wolves too. Instant fragments blown wolves hit other wolves—more fragments. Flying wolves barely breathing. Shockwave? Dust cloud rising.
I approached the old guys.
"Injuries? Potion? Mushroom flavor though?"
No injuries apparently. I had the worst injury. Yeah, collision instigator. Mushroom potion gross!
…
"Let me thank you properly, you saved us, thank you. Would've wiped out otherwise. I'm party leader—Ofta. Comrades saved too, so thank you."
"Bro I'm grateful. Thought I was done for. Heading to Omu'i town? I'll definitely repay. I'm Gatek—drinks on me."
Old guys thank me, bowing.
Full armor + rear three treating behind carriage—two old guys checking. Town exists! It's called Omu'i?
Old guys from that town. I'll leave it to class rep girls' power.
Girls running here, they are still far.
"Green Wolves pack attacked merchants, they sent out guild request. Info said 6–8 I thought easy money… over 30. We were definitely dead."
"37 total—one Big Green Wolf. See—biggest first fragmented?"
"Seriously, Big Green Wolf alone dangerous. What idiot sent low rank guild request?"
Spear old guy mad. Understandable, they trusted guild info, almost got nearly wiped out. Pissed was reasonable.
Carriage wrecked, horses dead, wheel fell off. Righted fallen one, had to leave behind.
"Planned carriage shield attack, but Big Green Wolf? Impossible. Damn!"
"Ah—huge loss. What now?"
They ended up splitting luggage, six people carrying whatever they could.
Can't show item bag to strangers—silently hid my skill..
Bored, pulled out skewer Vitality Mushrooms, roast, salt, pass. Minor injuries but damage/fatigue. Mushroom doping for you! Suspicious infomercial starting?
"Delicious! This is the first time eating this mushroom. I feel energetic?"
"Tasty! Vitality Mushroom right? So precious…rare, thanks."
"Eh!? Really also healing? HP mushroom kind?"
"Vitality Mushroom!? True! Pain gone! Thank you, boy. Saved our lives, words are not enough, thank you."
Everyone is mushroom satisfied. Apparently precious, and rare, despite it growing everywhere.
Besides two old guys, the rest were young girls.
Full armor, model-level Western beauty.
Rear archer elven beauty.
Okay, how they get the perfect waifus! Understood. Old guys are now enemies. Fine to kill.
"Hey! Haruka-kun! Why? Just now you entering attack mode? Why, jito eyes on Ofta-san and Gatek-san!!"
Got yelled at? True jito master, one glance class-rep saw attack mode. Class rep jito eyes real!
"Oh—finally caught up? Good work?"
"No—I was here? Alert anyway?"
Yeah—behind me, old guys on guard. Full armor thanked/handshake, murderous intent flew. Protecting me. Felt killing intent my way? Imagination?
Town along river, town exists. Otaku theory correct we can stop hunting.
Omu'i town… hard name. Definitely will forget it before arriving.
Old guys names hard too already forgotten, good.
Full armor Western model beauty, nickname: Alchemy-san. Maybe Chemi or Ami is fine. Akemi-san! Perfect name, wait isn't that the name of a snack bar worker? Will visit. Is high schooler allowed?
"Kyaa, so beautiful! Real elf! Living artwork!" For some reason JK super popular elf—Kirikiru[1]-san. Like classical Japanese verb conjugation name.
Full armor too—"Kyaa—cool! Handshake please"— she got JK mobbed. Takarazuka vibe?[2]
Other two—mage & saint user—Yebugiiku-san & Geventie-san.[3]
Both are cute types but impossible. Absolutely impossible. Can't remember—pronunciation impossible. Party calls Ibu & Ti—everyone gave up saying their names.
Walked talking real vice reps saying I have two old guys? 24 girls + two old guys and me??
"Hmm? Solid names unfamiliar, it's hard to remember?"
Why? Felt 24 glares behind. I Turn, oh god death stares definitely possible.
**Day 18 Afternoon – Omu'i Town**
Not sure if it looks like Europe, I never left Japan, so no idea on the European style.
Maybe medieval, never born then, no idea what medieval style looks like.
First time isekai, so no idea on isekai-style either.
Kind of stone-built? Stacked stone type buildings.
Not intentionally styled, probably forced to build and ended up with this.
No landscape law forcing stone, however, feels like everything stone town.
Not a natural style, not real materials stone & wood. That's it.
Townspeople mostly Western features? Deeply carved like Western sculptures. Many ikemen. [4] If deep carving good, I'll carve deep! Like that?
Many beautiful women. Cute types, adults all beautiful women. Very good thing.
Old guys guided, there's a town entry fee? He paid for 26 people; 4 magic stone currency was enough. Small change back.
Unknown-use magic stones piled in item bag, 4 less no change.
Class rep plan, go to guild, cash-in monster loot, register, go to inn. Gather otaku info meanwhile while resting.
If otaku found, wow isekai info collection is fast.
So, it felt like we just zoro zoro[5] to adventurer guild. Guiding old guys, ready to storm guild. Isekai girls assimilated into girl swarm.
Yellow sign, oh wow that? Ooo—real adventurer guild! Just building, still all stone.
Old guys couldn't wait, they rushed in. Old but not calm.
Entered the guild gazes focused. On me?
Was I popular? It was mostly guys, so no thanks.
Many had bad vibes—tongue clicks? Bad air, bad feel, bad faces—annoying people.
Biggest, worst-looking, definitely bad guys stood, glared, they walked over.
.
Ah—this? A guy with many girls entering guild, probably irritating?
Yeah—if I saw someone with girls entering, i'd think he's annoying too. Super irritating!
Yeah—isekai light novel cliché: newbie cute girl party enters guild—gets picked on or harassed. Standard, ironclad, template.
One or two girls—picked on.
Three, four— harassed guaranteed!
Five, six—enter = total attack fine.
Seven, eight, nine—guild staff joins attack.
Ten—two digits? Mocking? Town lecture! it's Unforgivable!
Twenty-four? Whole country moves. Race enemy, then destroy! We all agree!?
"Hey! That bad-eyed brat!!" Oh, it's this cliche weak guy gets picked on, but I'm not the main character.
...
"Hah? What'd you say? You got a worse face, style, head, upbringing, girl luck, future, personality, character, guts, nature than goblins. So bad it's cruel, miserable, evil, you sad-faced, idiot creature. With that cruel, miserable, evil, sad face, who are you complaining about eyes?!"
Super pissed, did I go too far? His face looked like worst-face grand prix winner complaining about my eyes?
"Say again… huh?"
Bad-face guys sat floor, cried, trembled, what is this? Dogeza[6]? What? You picked the fight—what happened? Why you lower your heads in shame?
"Haruka-kuuun! No good—back people crying too—guild onee-san shaking—stop glaring!"
Huh? Glared yes—little glare normal? This carnage? Tongue-click guy under table? Disaster drill? My eyes disaster-designated!? Man, I was told my eyes are scary.
Enough, wait what? Item contacts in, I should have better eyes. This treatment? Bad-face glared first—, i shoot back a little glare, and I'm bad? What?
…
Somehow class rep isolated me. Isekai bullying.
Adventurer guild corner, here I stay, a loner.
Got Called, I went. Got asked to come, I answered. Got put here in time-out. All i;m missing is the 'dunce' cone on my head.
**Day 18 Evening – Omu'i Guild / Guild Master Room**
Finally, they called Haruka-kun back for confirmation.
"So, Haruka-kun defeated them, correct?"
Unbelievable—but all stories match. Ofta never jokes/lies on serious matters.
"Defeated… how? Alone?"
Impossible—solo kill only S-rank+, Lv100+ monsters.
Haruka-kun Lv,9. I can't even be apprentice adventurer.
"Defeated… or accident? Collision, they exploded? Like common group wolf-body accident?"
No good—makes no sense. But no denial means it was a fact. Group wolf-body accident? Is that common?
Understood: Big Green Wolf pack exterminated. Ofta party all safe. Haruka-kun saved them. That's enough. Sufficient.
Group wolf-body accident? Time to ask headquarters. No branch info.
**Day 18 Evening – Omu'i Guild / Buy Counter**
"F-rank? Magic stones, please buy?"
Why question? Ah,, it's the earlier guy. I'll be polite right now.
"F-rank magic stones. Price varies size/purity,so I'll appraise here. Is quote, okay?" I asked.
"Where do I put them?"
"Eh? This counter please?"
Where else? The buy counter…Duh
"? Won't it fall?"
"Uh… put center so it won't fall."
"? Center… ah, counter got magic something! Got it."
Magic something on counter?
Guy flipped bag on counter… "Ah…?"
That day—20 staff stayed overnight picking/appraising magic stone mountain + spilled stones. Finally done—hate that guy.
**Day 18 Evening – Omu'i Guild**
Class rep group safely registered, magic stones cashed.
Lv30+ cheaters 20 registering—reception onee-sans chaos.
Me, surrounded by old guys.
Lv20 full adventurer—party form. Again, declined.
Lv30—solo active, full-fledged.
So—current Lv9—can't register.
Lv20 register—can't party, no jobs. Magic stones only sell.
Means, I gotta be a Lv20 to become adventurer. Lying Otakus.
Not adventurer, can't sell magic stones.
Guild visit was meaningless. This is the benefits of being Loner, shut-in, NEET.
But today is special, they'll buy magic stones. Reward for saving old guys.
Went buy counter, followed onee-san instructions…I was yelled at? What? Checked? Again, I was yelled at.
Pickup tomorrow she said crying? Eh? My fault? I'm bad!
**Day 18 Night – Inn / White Pervert**
Guild introduced inn—group came.
Inn called White Lover? Some name for a Love hotel?
Twenty girls went to inn—I was thought as a pervert—what? So, it is a Love hotel? Guild what thinking introducing us to a love hotel? Probably saw class rep skills—
Thought class rep harem group? …No, nothing. I saw Class-rep jito eyes on me. No, nothing. Thought Hokkaido sweets? Probably?
Jito-san's sharpness—what skill is this?
"Inn White Pervert" The guild called me I tried ignoring it.
"Office summon time! Pervert! White! Inn! Report!"
I approached the girl.
"Welcome~ heard about you from adventurer guild."
"Goodbye~ going to burn adventurer guild!" I muttered.
The girl who welcomed us was the classic signboard girl, a cute signboard girl. The problem was the signboard itself. Way too many problems. For one, it completely blocked her assets.
"Wait—onii-san! It's fine, the name is the only weird part! Please don't burn down the guild!"
"No way. Not fine at all. 'White Pervert' is absolutely not an acceptable name for an inn. If you think it's weird, why not just change it?"
The signboard girl half-cried as she tried to stop me. Burning down the guild sounded annoying anyway. Maybe shoot from here instead
"Haruka-kun! Why are you holding your staff like a rifle? Why is the aim pointed at the guild? Why do your eyes look like Golgo 13[7] right now? Don't make the girl cry!"
"Eh? I'm not shooting. Definitely not shooting… but look—see? It's that thing. A little… what do you call it… Im just pointing at demons or something?"
"I've heard of 'the demon tempted me'—but this is fully intentional. Shooting intent: 100%. This is premeditated crime!"
"Eh~? Because if class rep said 'yesterday I stayed at White Pervert's place… till morning at White Pervert's place…'?" The signboard girl cries.
"…Shoot?"
Request accepted. Price: priceless.
"So don't shoot—guild onee-sans said it's a good inn, lots of customers came, so…"
The signboard girl desperately tried to stop me, tears in her eyes.
"Got it. Fine. Not shooting."
I patted her head. Her face instantly turned bright red.
"Customer~!"
She said that and ran back inside the inn.
Yes, fine. Guild tomorrow. No need to shoot.
For some reason now all the girls were staring at me with Golgo eyes? Huh?
…
Food really delicious—proper meal after long. Cooking yes, I'm cooking.
Extra charge bath, room neat.
Yeah—change name.
White Pervert—this inn family who lived named after town's hero name. Who gave hero a weird nickname?
Monster mass outbreak—town nearly swallowed by monster swarm. One man stood against monsters. Let townspeople escape. Fought alone till all escaped. Perished with town & monster swarm. No one knows his name. Just called White Pervert man. Sounds like someone I know from manga called N*r*to.
Gratitude & hero praise, then named inn after him
He probably hated name a lot. Better forget name. *Snickering to myself softly* White Pervert…
"I grew up hearing White Pervert stories from dad, mom, grandpa, grandma… recently noticed weird name but…Still. Grateful, I respect and admire him." Sign girl chirped.
Hmm—name change is impossible. Brainwashed from childhood.
"White Pervert said while he was escaping 'this town my home—I stay. Guard home to end. Everyone make new home—happy home.' He fought monsters. So—make our new home happy home. That's why name 'White Pervert'…"
Ah, without the last part it'd be a good story.
Without name, it'd be a legend.
Gave up name change—if they did change the inn closes down for good. So, they won't change.
Solo room, I'm relaxed.
Lv9 right—status now.
[Status updated—Lv 09, HP 120, MP 122, big gains, new skills Lv1 (High-Speed Dash), Lv1 (Air Walk), so the skills are not the same.]
No flight but "High-Speed Dash Lv1." Fast movement? Assault type? Which? I used both.
And "Air Walk Lv1"—air walk. I could be an NBA god. Aerial combat = yakitori possible.
Stats-wise—becoming magic job. InT & MiN over 130.
This world's magic jobs assault monsters?
Assault yet magic job rises, so that's it?
Rear-line assault mage, scary isekai.
**Day 18 End**
[1] In Japanese classical grammar (古文 / kobun), verbs have complex conjugation patterns, and one famous example is the verb kiru (切る = to cut), which changes forms like kiri, kirite, kirinu, etc .Haruka is jokingly saying her name sounds like a classical verb conjugation chart (“kiri-kiru” → sounds like verb stem + conjugation endings).It’s a very nerdy, Japanese-lit-class joke—only someone who suffered through classical Japanese in school would get it instantly.
[2] Takarazuka Revue is Japan’s famous all-female musical theater troupe (similar to an all-girls version of Broadway or kabuki).
[3] What it is: Haruka is deliberately exaggerating how hard the names are to remember/pronounce.The actual names are something like Yevgiik / Yebugiiku and Geventie / Geventier (katakana foreign-sounding names).
[4] Ikemen (イケメン) is a very common Japanese slang word that means "good-looking guy" or "handsome man".
[5] “Zoro zoro” (ぞろぞろ) is a very common Japanese onomatopoeia (sound-effect word) that describes:A large group of people (or things) moving together in a line or crowd, slowly and steadily.The sound/feeling of many feet shuffling or dragging along, like a procession, march, or swarm.
[6] Dogeza (土下座) is a traditional Japanese gesture of extreme apology, submission, or begging for forgiveness. It literally means "sitting on the ground" or "prostrating oneself on the earth."
[7] Who is Golgo 13? Real name: Duke Togo (sometimes called "Togo" or "Duke").Profession: The world's most feared and infallible professional hitman.Appearance: Tall, stoic, expressionless, always wearing dark sunglasses (even indoors/night), short black hair, sharp facial features, usually in a suit or trench coat.