Superhuman Delusional – Are You Able to Live a Daily Life？ 276

Chapter 276 – Magical Girl Appears!

◈-LANT SIDE

How interesting.

That was my thought after reading the five volumes of the Magical Girl Marin series that Tikia had lent me.

I want to read the next volume.

Up to volume four, it was just a normal everyday life with battles against various monsters, but who would have thought a rival character would appear in volume five?

Moreover, she’s on the same side, but she’s a tsundere character who’s always picking a fight, saying she can protect the world better than me, even though she’s not a bad person.

She’s the perfect character for very lewd fantasies.

I want to see more of her tsundere side, or her loosening up and smiling.

Because it’s easy to imagine the feeling before and after her capture.

Apart from that, I’m also interested in the story’s development itself.

As I was reading, it was almost lunchtime.

Everyone packed their own lunches, so there’s a high chance they won’t be back after lunch.

I was also thinking of going to the library since I’m curious about the next part, but…

If possible, I’d like to borrow it from Tikia, who lent me the book.

Let’s go to the Adventurer’s Guild.

Tikia might be there.

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I entered the Adventurer’s Guild and looked around.

But unfortunately, Tikia wasn’t there.

Should I have asked her where she was staying yesterday?

Maybe Lenny knows.

“Lenny.”

“Hello, Lant. Are you planning to go to the dungeon today?”

“No, I just stopped by. Have you seen Tikia?”

“If you mean Tikia, she was looking for you this morning. I told her that your party was off today, so she stayed at the guild for a while and then left.”

So, Tikia came this morning looking for me.

I guess she wanted to hear my thoughts after lending me the book?

“Did she go to the dungeon?”

“Probably. Actually… when Tikia found out you weren’t here, she started talking to other front-line adventurers.”

It seems Tikia was trying to find a party like I told her to.

“Really? Then she must have formed a party.”

“No. Unfortunately, no one wanted to party with Tikia.”

“Huh? No one?”

“Yes. It seems that since she just became an adventurer yesterday, and because of her appearance, people don’t trust her.”

If they saw Tikia’s skills, they wouldn’t say that… but I’m the only one who’s seen her skills.

Certainly, Tikia’s cute outfit and the fact that she just became an F-rank adventurer don’t inspire much confidence.

Even among F-ranks, there are adventurers who can’t even get out of the first floor…

Besides, from what I’ve seen of Tikia’s magic, she could probably handle monsters on the 8th floor.

If she gets promoted, her magic power will increase, so she could aim for even higher floors.

Even with such skills… it’s not easy to find companions if they haven’t seen her skills firsthand.

Hmm, if I meet Tikia next time, I should help her find a front-line member.

No, if I step in, other adventurers might feel awkward seeing me, so should I ask Noah or Ninya?

“Ah, there’s Tikia.”

Lenny said, looking behind me.

“Huh?”

I turned around.

“Haa… haa…”

There was Tikia, breathing heavily, with what looked like slime goo all over her clothes.

“Tikia?”

“Lant…”

I quickly approached Tikia.

Looking closely, the goo was really bad.

Fortunately, she didn’t seem to have any injuries, but she looked very tired.

If the slime on her clothes was white, it would look very lewd.

“What happened?”

“Ah… well, I’ll report first. Let’s talk later.”

“Okay.”

Tikia first walked over to where Lenny was.

“I defeated some slimes. Should I take the slime corpses to the warehouse? I also have magic stones…”

“Yes, you can take the slime corpses to the warehouse. As for the magic stones… it would be better for you to exchange them at the exchange.”

“Huh? But yesterday, I handed them over with the goblin corpses.”

“Yes. But basically, it’s more profitable for you to exchange magic stones at the exchange. In your case, Lant, you’re entrusting them to the guild while taking that into account.”

Ah, I’ve gotten so used to it that I forgot it’s more profitable to exchange magic stones in bulk at the exchange.

“I’m sorry, Tikia. It’s just a habit…”

Tikia shook her head as if it was nothing.

“No, it’s okay. You told me to use the inventory to entrust them. I might get a little less for the magic stones, but I also learned how to calculate the materials from the monster corpses all at once without having to sell them separately.”

I didn’t explain that merit in detail.

Now that I think about it, there was such a benefit to entrusting the corpses to the guild.

As expected of the genius magical girl, Tikia.

Her understanding is very deep.

Tikia finished reporting to Lenny and went to the warehouse to leave the slime corpses with Kelban.

She said she’d exchange the magic stones when she went to the exchange next time.

Before leaving the warehouse, I said to Tikia.

“Tikia.”

“What is it, Lant?”

“Should I remove the slime from your clothes?”

“Ah… yes, please.”

“Excuse me.”

I knelt down and used both hands to gently remove the slime from Tikia’s clothes.

There were slight stains where the slime had been.

“Ah, there are stains.”

“It’s okay. This much will dry quickly if I use magic to heat it up.”

Tikia raised her staff and said.

“Warm wind… uh…”

Tikia, who was about to use magic, suddenly lost her strength and was about to fall.

I quickly supported Tikia’s body.

“A-Are you okay, Tikia?!”

“Sorry…”

Tikia apologized to me and then…

Grumble.

A cute sound came from Tikia’s stomach.

Her face turned bright red.

“I’m almost out of magic power and I’m hungry…”

It seems she was quite active catching slimes on the second floor.

“Tikia, let’s go eat. I’ll treat you.”

I also wanted to personally compensate her for making her entrust the corpses and magic stones to the guild, as was my habit.

“I-It’s okay. I can pay for my own meal…”

“I want to treat you, Tikia. Let’s go eat quickly.”

Grumble…

Tikia’s stomach rumbled again, signaling her hunger.

“…Okay.”

I headed to the restaurant with Kevin with Tikia.

◈-TIKIA SIDE

It was good to go to the second floor of the dungeon.

Since the second floor is safe anyway, I thought I’d be fine on my own.

I walked alone through the grasslands to a place where there weren’t many other adventurers.

Then, I tested my original magic on the surrounding slimes as a way to vent my frustration.

The slimes took my magic without resistance, and their cores were destroyed, ending their lives.

But if I used magic with a large range, the magic stones would break along with the core.

After firing three Twinkle Busters to relieve my mood, I took out just one Twinkle Stars and threw the star like a rogue throwing a dagger.

When there were no more slimes around, I moved further ahead and used magic to hunt them.

It was nothing more than a boring and repetitive task, but I liked the feeling of slowly filling the quota.

Still, as I kept using magic, my magic power started to run low.

Since slimes don’t attack first, I could just sit down and meditate.

Thinking that, I sat down and started meditating.

But that was a fatal mistake.

Squelch~

While I was meditating for about 10 minutes with my eyes closed, I was too careless.

Who would have thought a giant slime would approach me?

As a genius, my concentration is so great that once I focus, I don’t hear the sounds around me.

That’s why.

Squelch~~

I was meditating until the giant slime was about to engulf me.

“Glub glub glub! Ugh!?”

Inside the giant slime that covered my entire body.

If I stayed still, I would have suffocated.

“Ugh!!”

I desperately sent magic power to my staff and used fire magic without chanting as quickly as possible.

I didn’t have the time to control my magic power in this sudden situation, and with the single-minded determination to blow away this giant slime, I poured in as much magic power as possible.

BOOM!

With the instantaneous firepower, the giant slime exploded, and I was able to escape from inside it.

“Cough! Cough! I, I thought I was going to die…”

Companions are important!

I really need them!

That thought filled my head.

The giant slime that swallowed me had its core and magic stone shattered by my magic.

The corpse was scattered everywhere… but I didn’t want to go near the slime that almost killed me.

“Ugh…”

Moreover, due to the sudden use of magic power, I had used up most of the magic power I had gathered through meditation.

And I didn’t want to stay on the floor where I almost died.

“Let’s go back…”

Even a genius can die if they’re careless.

I realized that fact to the bone.

With a mentally exhausted body, I arrived at the Adventurer’s Guild and found Lant there.

“Tikia?”

As soon as Lant saw me, he immediately ran over and worried about me.

He was like a puppy worrying about its owner.

…Why do I only think of that when I see Lant?

Anyway, it’s true that Lant is kind.

He even apologized for telling me that the exchange method wasn’t normal yesterday.

In fact, with goblins, it wasn’t even a loss, and rather, Lant had given me a benefit by being able to process the material costs all at once with the inventory.

After going to the warehouse to dispose of the corpses, Lant quickly removed the slime pieces from my clothes.

Since there were stains, I tried to use magic to dry them, but…

My magic power was so low that my body wouldn’t move when I tried to use it.

Fortunately, Lant caught me as I was about to fall.

Lant’s hands are really big…

And then, an embarrassing thing happened.

Grumble.

At that moment, I shouted in my heart to my stomach that I had to endure it, no matter how hungry I was.

I was so embarrassed.

Lant said he would buy me a meal.

No, how kind are you?

I tried to refuse, but Lant said he wanted to buy it for me.

Then, my stomach rumbled again.

Whether Lant treated me or I paid, I wanted to quickly get rid of the cause of this stomach noise, so I nodded.

And then, I arrived at a restaurant with Lant.

Yes, a restaurant.

But that restaurant was like a high-class restaurant.

Huh? What is this?

Even if he’s kind, is it normal to invite a woman you met for the first time yesterday to a place like this?

Is he perhaps targeting me?

Is Lant actually into younger-looking people?

Or was he a man who noticed the adult charm I exude?

I had such doubts.

“Ah, Lant!”

“Hello, Kevin.”

Moreover, as soon as Lant entered, a man who looked like a waiter immediately went into the kitchen, and a man who looked like a chef ran out.

Huh?

Is he a VIP?

Is Lant actually a noble who’s an adventurer as a hobby?

He said he was from a rural village…

Is he actually a noble living in the countryside?

Lant and I sat down at a table guided by the chef.

“Tikia, what would you like to eat?”

“Huh? I, I…”

I looked at the menu.

…It’s just normally expensive.

It’s a high-class restaurant.

Is he really going to treat me to this kind of food?

Am I really being hit on?

That is, hmm, does Lant have an interest in me?

I didn’t feel bad about it.

Until now, I’ve only been treated with jealousy, envy, or like a child…

I never thought I’d receive this kind of approach.

No, no, no, let’s not get the wrong idea!

It’s possible that Lant is just very kind!

Yes, like the childhood friend in Magical Girl Marin series volume 7 who purely helps Marin!

…But there’s also a setting where that childhood friend secretly likes Marin.

Uh, how should I take this!?

“Tikia?”

“Huh?!”

“Are you having trouble deciding what to eat?”

“Ah… y-yes! Everything looks delicious.”

“Well, Kevin’s restaurant food is all delicious.”

“Thank you, Lant.”

“No, it’s the truth. Ah, Tikia, how about trying these first? I had them last time, and they were very delicious.”

“Ah… o-okay. Then I’ll have that.”

I chose the food that Lant recommended.

“Then, two servings of that, please.”

“Yes, I understand.”

The chef immediately went into the kitchen.

Lant is looking directly at me.

It’s not a look of ridicule, envy, jealousy, or looking at a child, but a look that purely looks at me.

It’s an unfamiliar look.

It’s a look that makes my spine tingle.

Let’s say something.

If I just stay silent like this, it’ll become weird.

“Um…”

“Tikia.”

“U-Uh! What?”

“If it’s not rude…”

If it’s not rude…?

Is he going to ask me to go out with him?

Isn’t that too fast?

Is it like love at first sight?

Really?

No, I also think Lant’s first impression wasn’t bad and was very good, but it’s a bit embarrassing to suddenly do that.

It would be better to get to know each other more…

“Could you tell me what happened on the second floor?”

…He was just worried about me.

I want to die of embarrassment.