Chapter 19
After ending the video call, Isamu checks the email from Kimura and puts on his headgear.
If there were any beginners seeking guidance, he would patiently teach them as usual. But today, he has something else he must do.
And that is leveling up.
After all, if he’s going to appear as a guest, he needs to at least level up to an average degree, or else he won’t look good.
So he feels bad for those beginners, but today he’s taking a break from his role as Tutorial Guy.
Thinking this, Isamu logs into Dream Fantasy and sees a familiar girl and woman standing in front of him.
It’s Shuka, the girl he gave a tutorial to before, and Nana, the woman in her early 20s who seemed particularly concerned about her at the time.
「All right! Shall we go, Shuka?」
「Yeah! I’ll do my best!」
「Big sis will do her best too… Oh!」
「Wow, it’s that kind uncle from before!」
Noticing Isamu, the two rush over with happy faces.
「Shuka and Nana! Long time no see, both of you!」
「Yes, it’s been a while! Thank you so much for last time!」
「Thank you very much!」
Imitating Nana as she bows her head, Shuka also bows her head with a nod.
Isamu crouches down to meet Shuka’s gaze and speaks.
「No, no, you’re welcome. Shuka, have you been well?」
「Yes!」
「I see, that’s great! Oh right, I have a present for Shuka.」
「Really, what is it?!」
「Just wait a moment… There!」
Isamu sends Shuka the one-handed sword ‘Crimson Edge’ he received from Kaito before.
This was the second one he received as thanks for giving away the greatsword, and at that time he decided to give it to Shuka, who was leveling up her one-handed sword skill.
「What’s this?」
「That sword is way stronger than the one Shuka is using now. I’d be happy if you used it!」
「Really? Yay, thank you uncle!」
As if she’s completely familiar with the game, Shuka equips the gifted sword with practiced hands.
Then, after gazing at the crimson-dyed blade for a while, she happily begins to swing it around, saying 「Hya!」 and 「Heya!」
Isamu is also happy to see that she likes it.
「So where are you two heading now?」
「Well, we were thinking of going to the rumored ‘Red Jungle’ from the bulletin board to level up!」
「Oh, I see! I was just about to go level up myself, so how about we go together?」
Until he started playing this game, Isamu couldn’t invite other players on his own.
This progress is thanks to interacting with many players as Tutorial Guy.
「In that case, by all means! Shuka, Tutorial Guy said he’ll come with us too!」
「Really?! Yay!」
「That’s great! Well then, before we form a party… actually, it’s my first time going there too, but is that okay?」
「Oh, so that’s how it is! Yes, of course it’s fine!」
「It’s uncle’s first time too! Then it’ll be exciting!」
「Yeah! Okay, I’ll invite you to the party.」
Isamu opens the menu window and sends a request to Shuka and Nana.
When they accept it, the party is formed.
By the way, while forming a party causes the experience points gained to be split, it allows them to defeat monsters more efficiently, so it balances out.
No, with the added fun of fighting together, you could say it’s a plus.
「All right, shall we go? Um, if I remember correctly, there’s a transfer magic circle straight ahead from the weapon shop… so it’s this way. Okay, you two follow me!」
With Isamu leading the way, the three head towards the transfer magic circle.
Along the way――
「Oh right! Did you see the email from the game admin today?」
「The one about the event?」
「Yes! So is Tutorial Guy participating after all?」
「Ah, actually――」
Isamu tells the two that he will be participating as a guest and commentator.
By the way, Kimura’s email said 「We’ll be announcing the guest information right away, so feel free to tell anyone,」 so there’s no problem at all with telling them here.
It seems the guest decision was made at the very last minute.
「Wow, being a guest is incredibly amazing!」
「Is uncle amazing?」
「He is! I mean, it’s like being on TV!」
「Really?! Uncle is amazing!」
Shuka says this while looking up with sparkling eyes.
Isamu replies with a wry smile.
「No, that’s definitely an exaggeration… But thank you! So what will you two do?」
「I’m thinking of participating! When I told Shuka about the event, she said she wants to enter too, so we’re going to level up together for it!」
「Shuka’s gonna get strong and definitely win!」
「I see. By the way, what level are you two at now?」
「I’m 15 and Shuka is 14! What about Tutorial Guy?」
Isamu is stunned.
He never imagined he would be surpassed even by Shuka.
「…Th-thirteen.」
「I-I see! Well, Tutorial Guy is busy teaching after all!」
「It’s okay, uncle! You just have to work hard from now on!」
「…You’re right. Uncle will do his best!」
Encouraged by Shuka, who speaks with a carefree smile, Isamu feels even more motivated.
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The three arrive at the ‘Red Jungle’, where trees and grasses with red leaves grow thick, via the transfer magic circle.
Here, two types of rabbit-shaped monsters with horns on their heads, Almirage, appear: normal ones and rare ones.
The rare type that shines gold all over, Golden Almirage, is set to give an extremely high amount of experience points, making it a so-called bonus monster.
The reason it’s 「apparently」 is because Isamu only heard this from Kaito and the others when he played with them before.
According to them, 「If you want to level up, hunting that one is recommended.」
Hearing that, he had been meaning to come for a while, but couldn’t because there was a constant stream of beginners relying on him.
Well, Isamu was satisfied with that too, though.
「All right! So let’s defeat the normal Almirages while searching for Golden Almirage.」
「Okay! It’s the sparkly bunny!」
「Yep. I heard it runs away really fast, so let’s attack it with magic and skills as soon as we find it!」
「That’s right. Well then, let’s go!」
The three carefully advance deeper into the woods with poor visibility.
After a while…
「――Uncle, there’s a bunny!」
Two rabbit-shaped monsters appear in front of them.
However, their bodies are pure white.
Unfortunately, they’re the normal type.
「Yeah, let’s defeat them swiftly! Rapid Thrust!」
Isamu activates his skill and unleashes consecutive thrusts on one of the Almirages.
During that,
「Rapid Thrust!」
Hearing a voice from behind, Shuka appears right next to him at an incredible speed and repeats the stabbing in the same way.
The Almirage immediately disappears into particles.
As he heard, they’re not that strong.
However, perhaps because the experience points are also low, his level doesn’t go up.
It seems the rare type is a must after all.
「All right, for the remaining one――」
「O wind! Gather and blow! Whirlwind!」
The moment Isamu turns around to deal with the other one, a small tornado assaults the Almirage.
It’s ‘Whirlwind’, the second wind magic spell that can be learned.
With that, the Almirage is splendidly defeated.
The three achieve victory without any trouble.
「Oh, well done! So Nana was leveling up wind magic.」
「Yes, that’s right! Ah, good job Shuka!」
「Yep! That was easy!」
「It was. Shuka has gotten strong, uncle is surprised! Well then, shall we go?」
Isamu, Shuka, and Nana advance into the red-dyed jungle in search of Golden Almirage.
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