Knowing that today was the day Bell would fall into Lili's trap and be in danger, I hurriedly began descending into the dungeon.
"Aha!! Ahahaha!!!"
...No, it would be more accurate to say I tried to descend.
'Agh! Can't you stop killing monsters and just go down!?'
The cause was, of course, the aggressive personality that had somehow emerged.
"Just die quietly!!!"
This damn mental illness was so insistent that even in this urgent situation, if I saw even a single monster, I'd immediately go berserk and charge at it, despite other adventurers having already cleared the path.
"Haa... haa... damn it..."
Even though a good while had passed since entering the dungeon, I was still on the 3rd floor.
"...At this rate, I'll probably arrive after everything's over."
More time had been wasted than expected, and I was starting to get anxious.
'?!!'
Suddenly, I heard someone running from behind, and while catching my breath, I stood there looking in that direction.
"...You are?"
"...Sword Princess?"
The adventurer who could solve this situation in one go, Ais Wallenstein, had appeared.
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Thanks to Ais appearing just as I was getting anxious from my slow dungeon breakthrough due to my mental illness, I was able to descend the dungeon quickly.
'Bang!!!'
"Phew..."
Well... even though it was faster, I still stopped occasionally because I'd charge to kill any monster I saw, but it was at least 20 times faster than going alone, so it wasn't a problem.
"Even though it's the upper floors, to take out all the monsters in one shot..."
"Back when we met briefly, that is... do you remember the day you said you were going to the dungeon with the liver parts?"
"Uh... that... fire stone?"
...It seemed to take a moment to remember, but anyway.
"That's right. The secondary weapon I said I was making back then is this."
"Ah... so that's why it has that much power..."
Of course, what I just showed was a regular bullet without a fire stone, but there was no reason to explain this part properly, nor was there time.
"Now it's the 8th floor, right?"
Because we had arrived at the target floor.
"Sword Princess, please go to the 10th floor where Bell is from here."
"...Then what about you?"
"I have to go hunt some hyenas... no, jackal bastards."
"...Huh?"
Ais seemed to ponder for a moment, as if not understanding what I meant, but then she gave a slight nod and ran off toward the 10th floor.
"Somehow... unlike her reputation, she seems a bit dense somewhere; is that her usual personality?"
Every time I experience something like this, I think I should have read more of the anime or original work.
"Well... it's not important right now."
The important thing was why I, who only knew the early parts of the original, came here.
"Lili's bag and key."
It was to steal back the items taken from Lili by an adventurer from Soma Familia who was after Lili's bag and belongings.
"Since Sword Princess went to Bell's side, there should be no problem... I'll go handle the cleanup and earn some pocket money."
So, I started wandering around the 8th floor, looking for the Soma Familia guys.
"Arde, that damn Pharum bitch had this much saved up."
"At this rate, aren't we going to be the ones drinking the Soma this time?"
"Hah! Kanou, sir, if we get Soma this time, don't forget you said you'd share a bit with us, right?"
"Ha! Of course, when have I ever... huh? What's that guy...?"
I was able to find the ones I was targeting.
"Well then..."
'Click...'
Having found my prey, I immediately aimed the muzzle at the head of the guy named Kanou walking at the front.
'Bang!!!'
I pulled the trigger without any hesitation.
"First one."
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I'm sure there was no day I felt as good as today, except for the day I drank the finished Soma.
"Kanou, sir, look at the items in this bag!!"
Not only did we get rid of that Pharum brat who was like a thorn in our side forever.
"A magic sword, a gold watch, and various other items..."
The expensive items taken from that bitch, the magic sword, and the key to the safe with magic stones.
"Arde... that damn Pharum had saved up this much."
Really, the smile wouldn't leave my lips.
"At this rate, aren't we going to be the ones drinking the Soma this time?"
"Hah! Kanou, bro, if we get Soma this time, don't forget you said you'd share a bit with us, right?"
Look at that, how happy must they be for the underlings to be chattering like that?
"Ha! Of course, when have I ever... huh?"
What is that kid? An adventurer?
"What's that guㅇ..."
'Bang!!!'
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'Thud...'
"First one."
After the heavy gunshot sound, all that followed was only confusion and doubt.
"...Huh?"
"Kanou... bro...?"
The hunter didn't miss the moment when the prey was soaked in confusion and immediately pulled the trigger guard back to break the barrel.
'Click!'
As the chamber broke downward with a short, solid sound echoing through the cave, the heated shell casing bounced out, and the hunter immediately shoved a new cartridge from his pocket into the chamber.
'Clang!!'
The shell casing, still emitting heat and smoking faintly, fell onto the cold bedrock with a resonant clang, sharply piercing the ears of the stunned prey.
"H-he's dead?!"
"You son of a bitch!!?"
The prey, coming to their senses at the sound of the shell casing, bared their fangs and charged, but
'Click!'
the hunter, having already reloaded, calmly aimed the muzzle at the next prey and adjusted his breathing.
"...That makes two."
The hunter, prepared, pulled the trigger without a moment's hesitation.
'Bang!!!'
"You, you basㄲ..."
'...Thud'
Thus, the prey left alone to survive
"...U, uwaaaah!!!"
started running away, throwing down the plundered items and expensive decorations he had been proudly fiddling with as if they were baggage, but
'Thud!'
"Guhuh?!!"
'Thwack!'
"Guhk?!"
'Swoosh!!'
"Augh!"
'Slash!!'
"Kuaaaah!!!"
he couldn't even take a few steps before falling to the ground due to throwing knives embedded in his limbs.
"You?! Who the hell are you to attack us?!!"
"..."
"Wh, why are you doing this?!! Wh, what did we do to you wrong!!?"
"..."
"Answer me!!!!"
"..."
The hunter continued to remain silent, quietly and slowly approaching the prey writhing in pain, and broke the chamber downward.
'Click!'
The shell casing bounced out of the empty chamber and fell onto the bedrock with a 'clang' sound.
"S, save me!?"
The hunter pushed a new cartridge from his pocket into the chamber, lifted the barrel to close the chamber, and the prey, seeing this, lost all will to fight and desperately writhed as if begging for his life toward the hunter.
"Please!!!!"
'Click!'
"No matter how loudly a beast roars."
"N, no?!!"
'Bang!!!'
To the hunter, it was just another beast to be hunted.
"Humans don't understand the language of beasts."
After dealing with the pack of beasts
"The corpses... I can just burn them up."
After finishing the hunt and cleaning up, I used the oil cloth and lighter I carried for wiping the blade to set fire to the corpses, then immediately shouldered Lili's large bag and hurried back home.
"Heave-ho! Phew... Ah! Kai, you're back!"
"Welcome back, Kai..."
Returning home, Naza and Miach, busy preparing for the move, greeted mㅇ...
"...What's that baggage?"
"Hmm... I haven't seen this before, but from the wear, it's not newly bought."
...Now that I think about it, how should I explain this?
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To cut to the chase, I got scolded like hell.
"Sigh..."
"By the way, you ended up killing people after all..."
"Th, those guys were also ones who killed people without hesitation, sㅇ... ugh?!"
As I desperately tried to make an excuse, Naza lightly tapped my head once and cut me off.
"When you work as an adventurer, it's common to end up fighting people as well as monsters, and in the process, it's not rare for someone to die."
"It's one of the growing pains every adventurer experiences."
'...Murder is a growing pain?'
I realized once again how Spartan this world was.
"Sigh... that incomprehensible expression again... What we're worried about is..."
"Kai, it's you."
"...Huh?"
"I just said it's a growing pain everyone experiences, but... not everyone accepts it as a matter of course..."
"Sometimes, people commit suicide due to guilt, or develop trauma and become afraid of blood, among other things."
Hmm... thankfully, it seems not that cruel of a world.
"...So, how about you?"
"Uh..."
To be honest, even I was surprised that I felt nothing at all.
"If I say I feel nothing at all... is that... strange?"
"Well... it's not strange?"
"Hmm, rather, it'll be helpful for your future adventurer life, so don't think too deeply about it."
Honestly, the reason my personality changed like this... I think I know.
'Probably, it's because of that memory...'
The memory from this world... that is, the memory of a child that the administrator who sent me to this world said was used when recreating my body to suit this world.
'He said he edited it to be similar to my life, but...'
To be honest, seeing my parents die right before my eyes wasn't enough; my entire family was beheaded and my house burned down, and I think it's a miracle I didn't go insane.
'...Is it because I received the memory in the middle?'
As I sank into silent thought, Miach seemed to remember something and suddenly hurriedly changed the subject.
"...Ah?! By the way, weren't you wondering whether to return that or keep it for yourself?"
"...Huh? Ah, yes."
Personally, considering the things Lili had done, I thought she deserved at least this much punishment and planned to take it all for myself.
"To be honest, I think it's right to return it first."
As expected, the god who is too kind said it's right to return it.
"But since it's an item someone plundered and you stole it back from them... legally, there's no problem even if you don't return it..."
But unexpectedly, Naza offered an opinion contrary to Miach's.
"Huh? Is that so?"
"Yes... even if the owner comes to ask for it back, how would we know if that person is the real owner? We're not gods with the ability to detect lies..."
"Ah... that's true."
"Hey, hey? Even so, I am a god after all..."
""Even if it's a lie, if they say they're in a bad situation, you'd give it right away, wouldn't you?""
"...Ugh."
After talking for a while longer, we concluded that we would keep Lili's items without selling them.
"But can I do as I please with this magic sword and decorations?"
"Ah, you can do as you like with those."
"Sell them or use them yourself, do as you wish..."
We decided that I could do as I pleased with the items presumed (practically confirmed) to be stolen by Lili.
"More than that, Kai..."
"...Yes?"
"Help pack up the luggage quickly..."
"...Ah."