CH 20

Fake 20: Victory And Her Tears

In the end, was it unreasonable for me to directly face a goblin in close combat without long-range skills?

Such regrets come to my mind, but it is too late.

I have to defeat it somehow. While I was desperately pushing back the goblin’s attack, the goblin’s back suddenly exploded.

“I won’t let you. [Explosion]”

I felt like I heard Wakaba Aoi’s voice from a distance.

Although the explosion didn’t appear to hit the goblin directly, the strength of the goblin whose back was burnt has weakened.

This is my only chance.

“Ooooohhhhaaaaa~”

Pushing back the goblin’s attack with my whole body’s strength, I stepped forward and struck the skill-blade into the goblin’s chest.

“Gugyaaaa~”

I ignored the screams of the goblin and made a follow-up attack with the survival knife held in my left hand, giving the finishing blow to the goblin and exterminating it.

I did it……

But, I am tired……

My feeling of joy over defeating five monsters is overwhelmed by my feeling of exhaustion.

I made it somehow. Though I rushed in on the spur of the moment, I did manage to defeat five monsters.

Above all, the best thing is I was able to save Wakaba Aoi.

“Huu~. Wakaba-san, are you okay?”

Wakaba-san was sitting weakly on the ground. I was worried she might be hurt somewhere, but it turned out she was just relieved to be saved.

“Ye–yes. Thank you very much. You really saved me. Ah….ahh, sob, sob, Waa~waaaahhh~waa”

No matter how excellent she is as a survivor, a first-year high school girl being chased by five ugly monsters is nothing but a dreadful situation.

It is no wonder she became unlax and burst into tears after being saved.

Anyway, even if she cried, I ain’t used to dealing with women, so I was really troubled with what to do.

“Ah, ahh~. Wakaba-san, It is already over. There are no monsters left. So, you can stop cr………”

“It was scary~ Waaahhh~”

Crap, I made her cry even more.

What should I do in this kind of situation?

“Ah~ good girl, good girl?”

“Sob………”

I am sure, when I was little, my mother consoled me like this when I cried.

Imitating my mother I faintly remember in my memory, I patted Wakaba Aoi’s back.

“Ah~you must have been scared~. It’s all okay because you’re a good girl~?”

“...............”

Though there was no reaction, it seemed to be effective, and her crying gradually ceased.

As expected, it seemed my memory wasn’t wrong.

“Well then, I’ll be going since you seem to have calmed down enough. I’ll take the magic stones of the monsters I defeated. As for the goblin’s magic stone, I’ll give it to you for that last-minute assist. See ya”

“Eh……wait a sec………eh”

Wakaba-san was trying to say something, but it is unlikely that staying with her anymore is a good thing, so let’s just run away.

So far, nobody seems to know about me, and it is trouble-free, so it is good.

Unfortunately, I can’t feel anything good happening if I, a Bocchi, get involved with an idol like Wakaba-san. As such, if I happen to see her at the school from now on, I’ll pretend not to know her.

Well, even if she happens to notice me, it is unlikely she will call out to me. Maybe, it is alright.

It isn’t that I’m trying to conceal it, but I don’t want to talk much about how I can use multiple skills. So, anyway, I want to avoid getting involved.

Having completed the request successfully without any mishaps, I returned home skipping with my racing bicycle. I was able to unexpectedly retrieve four magic stones today. Therefore, they became my income of a whopping 120,000 yen.

120,000 yen in just one day, what an unbelievable amount of money.

(T/N: You can hope for another three consecutive chapters)