Chapter 948 – Beings Who Lift Each Other Up

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“Next is my turn!”

Phew! A sound was heard, and the soccer ball flew out in a straight line with strong momentum.

Cleon was standing in front of a goal that was shorter than his height, staring at it and extending his hand toward the flying ball.

＂Kuh…!＂

And, as it passed through Cleon’s fingertips, the ball ended up in the net of the goal.

“Ah! Cleon watched!”

The girl who actually scored the goal – Aruru puffed up her cheeks and said that the reason Cleon couldn’t stop it was because he looked after her, but Cleon actually hoped that Aruru would look after her.

Cleon and the girls ended up playing ball outside as she said.

Children like Lila and Kuon were sitting down to rest because they were tired of running around, but children like Aruru, Amelia, and Sasha, who were full of stamina, had been circling around Cleon for dozens of minutes, toying with him with the ball.

At most, they’re kids? You might think, but what on earth was the guy who created this ordeal thinking? The physical abilities coming out of their smaller bodies were the same as the original girls that Cleon knew.

Thanks to this, Cleon had to guard the goal alone due to the difference in the number of people, so he couldn’t prevent the goal from shaking every time they kicked the ball.

＇Sigh, I’m going crazy…’

Cleon was lying down in the position where he had thrown his body to block the goal, breathing heavily as if he were exhausted.

A voice that guides you through trials, no. It was probably just as Vivian had said.

At first, the idea was to drain the girls’ stamina and put them to sleep just by playing with them, but it seemed like the younger children had almost unlimited stamina.

No matter how much he runs around, he recovers to his original state after a little rest, and Cleon, who is suited to these girls, has already wanted to sit down on the ground and rest several times, but every time he clings to him, he prevents him from resting properly.

If we continued like this, we would have to run around for hours until the girls fell asleep – literally, until the sun went down.

So, will this ordeal ultimately become a race against time?

No, it wasn’t.

This prank-like ordeal cannot be the last one. After this, something of a higher difficulty level than this one will be waiting.

Considering that, nothing would be more foolish than continuing to waste stamina here.

‘Think of it, Cleon… A way to put them to sleep effectively…!’

-Even if you think about it, what can he do when he has no experience taking care of children?

It was a moment when I was thinking about it.

Sasha carefully approached Cleon, who was sitting on the ground.

＂Mr. Cleon…＂

And she held out her fist to Cleon.

Cleon looks up at Sasha with a little doubt as to what on earth he is doing.

＂Hey, eat this and cheer up…!＂

As she said that, she opened her tightly clenched fist, and inside it was something that looked like a small red fruit or acorn.

Cleon almost fell as the strength in his arms supporting his body gave out, but he managed to hold on and looked at Sasha while talking.

“Thank you, Sasha… But I am not a squirrel or a rabbit…”

As Cleon said that, she smiled bitterly at Sasha.

And at that time, an electric current ran within Cleon’s brain.

A good idea popped into his head.

“Yeah… Kids usually take a nap when their stomachs are full, and that’s how they grow…”

At least, as far as I can remember, even at the school I briefly visited in Elesia, the kids who had been running around during the day fell asleep one by one during class after lunch.

Isn’t there a saying that you need to eat well and sleep well to grow well?

Cleon looking up at the sky.

Checking the position of the sun above his head, it seemed that no matter what the time was outside the labyrinth, it was just past noon in this world of trials.

Then, thinking it was just the right time, they would clap their hands and say ‘clap’ to attract the children’s attention.

“Ruler. Shall we all go back home for a moment?”

“I haven’t played much yet!”

＂Are you tired of continuing to write?＂

When Ilenu complains and Rubera giggles and teases, Cleon lets out a teary-eyed voice, but holds it back with a deep breath.

These two are not real women, but are beings created through one’s own memories.

Moreover, since he has the appearance of a child like that, it is inevitable that his personality will become childlike.

Cleon talks about naturally developing patience.

“That’s not it, aren’t you all hungry? The sun is passing overhead, and even before that, you just kept running around.”

＂After listening…＂

“Well, I’m fine…”

Aruru looked down at her stomach while nodding her head, but Sasha spoke as if she was embarrassed.

“Anyway. Next time, let’s eat lunch. Got it? “

Cleon tried to persuade with a friendly smile as much as possible, and the children seemed to generally agree and move on.

Except for one person.

“But Cleon… Do you know how to cook?”

It was Kuon.

＂…＂

And Cleon fell silent for a moment at Kuon’s words.

Well, compared to Kuon, he is a cook who can’t even touch the blood of a bird’s feet.

Even when he lived in Dragon’s Valley and later in Elesia, the only thing he could cook was frying eggs.

When he was young, if he couldn’t do that, he had to eat only bare bread.

Or, chewing on tasteless preserved food.

There, Cleon became worried that her own cooking might be too crude for them to eat.

If you think about it, there is a princess here, a duke’s daughter, and the mistress of the highest merchant house in the Eastern countries.

To those people, there was no way that a dish prepared by someone like her would suit her taste.

‘Should we change the operation?’

Cleon thought so, but soon she changed her mind again.

＂… Quon. Can you help me? I will also help you with things like preparing ingredients.”

When Cleon looked at Kuon and said that in her kind voice, Kuon nodded his head as if he was embarrassed.

In her mind, she already seemed to have an image of herself and Cleon standing side by side in the kitchen, cooking.

At that time.

“… For a moment. Why are you asking for help only from Miss Kuon?”

Rubera, who had been teasing Cleon earlier, crossed her arms with a slightly disapproving expression.

“Uh? That’s…”

Cleon tried to say something about Rubera’s attitude, but Rubera spoke without giving Cleon a chance to respond.

“First, here too… I received the necessary training as a maid. “I can cook at least?”

When Rubera spoke while flipping her hair to the side, Lila also raised her hand.

“I can make soup too! It’s not that different from making reagents in a pot!”

“Senior, you haven’t forgotten what department I was disguised as, right?”

And, Beatrix who was by Lila’s side.

As each person spoke about their specialty dish, so many voices could be heard at the same time that it was hard to tell how many people were speaking at once.

Cleon raised her hand to calm the children down.

“Okay, I know! Well, then, let’s all cook together. Got it? “

The girls nod their heads as if they are finally satisfied with Cleon’s words and begin to move towards the house.

Cleon sighs softly as he looks behind them.

＂… I feel like a teacher at some kind of orphanage…＂

Realizing once again that it was really difficult to watch the children, I thought that if the operation worked like this, I would be able to put everyone to sleep without taking much time.

001

＇Couple-＇

When she heard a faint sound, Sasha looked up at her and quickly stepped behind her.

The reason, of course, was to avoid the tray falling on her head.

Avoid prediction by taking light steps.

With this, she can endure it without her head hurting.

The moment after thinking that.

Thud! Boom!

＂Ugh…!＂

Sasha’s high-pitched scream rang out, and she fell to the ground, feeling pain rushing through her head.

The original standing position and the position after moving.

Trays fell from both sides, trying to hit Sasha somehow.

＂Oh, it hurts…＂

Sasha was hit with a tray so many times that I thought her head might get worse.

However, perhaps because the tray was a magical item, it disappeared after a while after it fell to the ground, and although it wouldn’t have been surprising if a lump had formed on Sasha’s head, it was surprising that he wasn’t hurt anywhere. .

First one, then two.

The number of steps you have to step on and the number of targets you have to hit increases by one at each stage, and the final challenge is to hit 100 steps and targets in a row.

Sasha’s highest record is currently exactly level 50.

At first, it was difficult to get past step 10, but now I was able to memorize it to some extent.

It would have been difficult if the hunter’s stigma had not been drilled into her mind over and over again, extending the time she felt it.

However, I don’t know how many hours it took her to get here.

If things continue like this, everyone else in the group has escaped the labyrinth, but Sasha is the only one left, and this never-ending ordeal will take hold of Sasha and won’t let her go.

Besides-

＂You got it wrong at 51 again…!＂

Sasha has reached level 51 a total of 4 times so far.

However, perhaps level 50 was the limit for Sasha’s brain capacity, as she failed level 51 several times and ended up dropping the tray on her head.

＂Ugh… Black…”

Finally, feeling like her heart was breaking, Sasha dropped to her knees, placed her hands on the ground, and dropped her shoulders.

Of course, she knows very well that she has to be capable of doing all of this.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been prepared for this ordeal.

Lilado and Kuon have also been getting stronger in their own ways recently.

Lilaya was always researching and developing new magic, and even received knowledge from the devil.

Kuon originally had considerable skills as a priest, but in addition to using the holy sword, he also learned the shaman’s magic, so it would now be a shame to call him a simple priest.

But what about yourself?

All I know how to do is shoot an arrow and have a nimble body.

However, Sasha himself knew well that that was not enough.

She was still just a burden to stand by Cleon’s side and fight with him.

In order for her to be herself, she has to work hard.

Even before acquiring any special strength, she was struggling and unable to progress in these basic areas, so she naturally started to resent herself.

＂… What should I do…＂

Sasha muttered like she really didn’t know.

Even while she is doing this, time passes.

She didn’t want to be a burden.

[Sanacia.]

At that time. A voice comes from inside her.

It was Ruben’s voice, which had been quiet until now.

[Ruben…]

It’s quite rare for her to call herself by her name like that, so what’s going on?

Since Ruben could see her being so depressed from the inside, she might have felt frustrated.

[You can’t even do something as simple as this? Take a look at your body. That’s what I do.]

As if to make true what she said about running out of frustration, Ruben said this to Sasha, taking over control of her body.

Then, instead of Sasha, who was depressed and sitting down in her seat, she stood up in the person of Ruben and jumped up lightly, landing on the shiny platform.

Relaxing her shoulders a little, she hits the target next time.

Step, target, step, target.

Even though it is a completely random order, Ruben breaks through her stages at a faster rate than Sasha, gradually organizing the information that appears in front of her.

30, 31, 32…

Ruben moves forward without hesitation to a level that took Sasha several hours to reach.

And, 48, 49, 50…

In no time, once Sasha had reached the highest level she had reached, Ruben wasn’t about to stop there as she advanced to level 51 and-

[Wow, that’s amazing, Ruben!]

The next moment Sasha’s voice was heard from inside.

She paused. She does and stops her body.

It was the right time to step on the step, but because I stopped in place instead of stepping on the right step, it ended up being an incorrect answer.

Boo, Boo – When you think that sound rings again.

＂Eh.＂

Kang!

Ruben immediately swapped Sasha’s body with her, and the tray fell on Sasha’s head.

＂Ah, paaa…!＂

Sasha once again sat down in her seat, clutching her head.

Because he suddenly regained control of his body, he wondered why he had to be hit on the head by a tray.

＂Why, why…?＂

[That’s right, because I don’t like being sick.]

[That’s not it! Why did you stop midway!? You’re so good at it…!]

As if Sasha couldn’t understand, she unconsciously shouted loudly to Ruben, and Ruben remained silent at Sasha’s answer, and then-

[I forgot something along the way and I don’t think I can do it anymore. I’m similar to you too. The limit is level 50.]

At her words, Sasha closed her mouth a little.

She is the god of the hunt, and she is just like herself…

[That’s right, what I’m using is your body. You just can’t do anything beyond your potential.]

[Ugh…]

If I say that, I’ll have nothing more to say.

In other words, whether it is Sasha or Ruben, level 50 is the limit.

The maximum number of things you can remember at once is 50.

Even if, by chance, you reach step 51, what are the chances of getting there again if you make a mistake beyond that?

Ruben was saying that it would be impossible to get to level 100 right now or within a few hours, even if you continued to train over and over again over a long period of time.

For a while, time passes without saying anything to each other.

No matter what I say now, it won’t be of much comfort to Sasha.

Ruben must have thought so.

It’s annoying, but first, it’s the body you’re using as an incarnate body. If your mind breaks here and goes astray, the future will be annoying.

[Listen carefully…]

“That’s it!”

At that time. This time, Sasha stood up and interrupted Ruben.

When Sasha’s eyes suddenly brightened and sparkled, Ruben was worried that the tray that had just fallen had hit Sasha in a bad spot.

[What is that…?]

＂If I can remember 50 things, and Ruben can remember 50 things… It means that we can each remember 50 things, up to 100!]

[…

Sasha’s words left Ruben speechless for a moment, but it may be true.

Although he and Sasha share the same body, the areas of memory they use are different.

The proof is that Ruben’s memories as a god are not shared with Sasha.

[Under. Indeed… I had my own thoughts.]

Reuben let out a laugh, acknowledging Sasha’s idea.

“… I’ll remember up to 50, so after that, please, Ruben!”

[I wonder if it will really work out. What. Is it better than not trying?]

If Ruben agrees to Sasha’s words, Sasha cautiously begins to challenge her again.

Slowly, slowly, but somehow we surpassed the promised level 50.

Soon, step 51.

The moment after seeing the sequence up to number 50, Sasha and Ruben’s bodies switch, and they remember number 51.

Before you start, take a deep breath.

And when Sasha begins to move her body, she follows her invisible route that leads to the 50th.

’48… 49… 50…’

＂Now!＂

As soon as the target is shot, Sasha jumps.

And in that state, when Sasha and Ruben’s body control was switched, Ruben landed – landing on the correct 51st step.

Verdict: Success. Passed.

“Okay, that’s it!”

Sasha is so happy that she jumps on the spot.

[Ah.]

“It’s okay, Ruben! You can go to the 100th time with this-“

Couple-

＂… Ah.＂

And, the resounding sound of ‘failure’.

Because she jumped on the spot, it was counted as an incorrect answer.

When she looked up at the sky, Sasha fell backwards on the spot as the tray hit her face.

＂Hehe, hehe…＂

[Sigh…]

Sasha is smiling awkwardly while falling down.

And while Ruben sighed, he was a little proud of Sasha.