Chapter 36


    <strong>Chapter 36: The One who Exceeds A-Rank ( side Io )</strong>


    My name is Io Akos .


    I came to the Adventurer Guild that I was affiliated today .


    I called the woman at the reception her name, and signed at the issued documents .


    「Yes, I have epted it . With this, Io-san’s B-Rank promotion procedures have beenpleted」


    「Thank you very much」


    Right, I came for the adventurer rank promotion procedure today .


    I was C-Rank for along time, but I was finally able to rise to B-Rank .


    I received the certificate for B-Rank .


    I want to let Kakeru-san see this .


    When I came out of the guild, I was called out to immediately .


    「Io-chan, it’s been a while」


    「Ca-san」


    The person who called out to me was an adult woman, Ca-san . She was a person that had taken care of me very much when I was a rookie adventurer .


    「You went up to B-Rank huh, congrats」


    「Thank you very much」


    「I’ve heard of your achievements recently . Orycuto Killer Io, it had be famous to some you know」


    「I-I didn’t kill it you know」


    「I know . There’s no way that monster could be killed right . But it’s true that they’re saying that you’re mining Orycudite everyday right . Then, it couldn’t be helped being called by that」


    I was a little embarrassed .


    Orycuto Killer Io .


    It’s surprising that I would have an amazing second name like that .


    「And to you, I have something to request」


    「A request, desu ka?」


    「Yes, party invitation . Actually, I had epted a big job, and I wanted a magician for the strategy」


    「Was it like that . E?to……」


    I was a little troubled .


    I am in a party with Kakeru-san right now . Entering another person’s party, I feel bad with Kakeru-san .


    That’s why, I was thinking of how to refuse desu .


    「Please, ne」


    Ca-san held my hand .


    It was a senpai adventurer that had taken care of me before, it was a little, hard to refuse .


    「Only this time, ne」


    「If that is so……」


    Only once . With that condition, I decided to enter the party .


    ☆


    In the town’s outskirts, we gathered with the party members Ca-san was with .


    There was two men there .


    One was carrying arge sword on his back, and the other had two long swords in his waist .


    Both of them were famous adventurers .


    「I am Alexis, looking forward on you」


    「I’m Harry」


    「You know the two of them right」


    Ca-san said that naturally .


    Of course I know them . Alexis-san and Harry-san, was an A-Rank adventurer like Ca-san, and they were the ace-like adventurers in Roizen .


    I was a little nervous .


    「E?to, Io desu, Io Akos」


    「I know you, you killed the Orycuto being sold recently right」


    「That’s assuring . I’m looking forward」


    「Then, I’ll start exining」


    The leader, Alexis, lead the team .


    「A dragon’s child had strayed nearby」


    「Dragon desu ka」


    I was surprised .


    Dragon . That was a legendary creature that even kids know about .


    Swords and magic wouldn’t pass through it’s hard scales, in some cases, it was a creature that is needs hundreds of men to subjugate .


    「It’s the child of that . In the information the witnesses and requester gave, it wasn’t thatrge」


    「Was that so」


    「But, even if it was a child, it’s still a dragon . That’s why, the request came to us A-Rank adventurers」


    「That’s alright though . Very recently, you know that ident that a lot of undead monsters appeared right . The magician that was on our party had injuries during that and haven’t healed . And when I was thinking what should I do, that was the time I saw Io-chan」


    「It was like that desu」


    「And then, about how to fight it . You’re Orycuto Killer, so you’re good at lightning magic right」


    「Yes」


    「Then basically, Harry and I would with closebat, so you should cover us with magic . Ca is support and recovery as usual」


    A simple meeting . An orthodox strategy .


    When that was decided, we departed from Roizen .


    Along the roads, we walked south .


    We walked more than expected . We departed during around lunch, and we arrived around the evening .


    「It’s here」


    Harry-san said .


    Footprints on the ground, and w marks on trees and rocks .


    Amid the increasing tension, we encountered the dragon .


    It was a dragon with huge wings that was one sizerger than the mountain cow that I often meet recently .


    It’s true that it was small for a dragon, and might be a child .


    「Let’s go Harry!」


    「Yeah!」


    Alexis-san and Harry-san jumped out, and shed at the dragon withrge sword and twin swords .


    I chanted magic .


    「Kuwa!」


    Alexis-san’srge sword was parried by the dragon’s ws, was hit from the sides by its tail and blown away .


    「Ku! Harry!」


    「Leave it to me!」


    Harry-san covered, and Ca-san ran to Alexis-san .


    Receiving recovery magic, Alexis-san stood up .


    「Attack boost also」


    「There you go」


    When Ca-san casted magic, Alexis-san’srge sword shone white .


    And again, jumps towards the dragon .


    Alexis-san and Harry-san was closebat, and I covered fire with magic .


    If one of the two vanguards get injured, he falls back and after receiving Ca-san’s recovery, return again .


    Thatbination felt that they were very used to it, and was able to fight equally with the dragon .


    As expected of an A-Rank adventurer, Roizen’s ace, I thought .


    I thought, but……this is……somehow……


    (If it was Kakeru-san……)


    While fighting, what I thought about was 「What would’ve happened if it was Kakeru-san」 .


    Thebination of Alexis-san and Harry-san is amazing . Large sword and twin swords, both power and speedplements each other, and covers their weakness .


    But, both power and speed, Kakeru-san was higher .


    He overwhelmed the Orycuto that had abnormal high-speed recovery and hardness with the sword too .


    「How is it? The two of them are amazing right」


    Ca-san said beside me .


    She said it as if to brag, and it felt that she was proud of it .


    「Both of their skills are very good, and because they’re together for long years they have excellentbination too」


    「Yes, if feels like that desu」


    I think it was as Ca-san said .


    I would have also……if it was half a month ago, I would’ve thought of it like that .


    But right now, after knowing about Kakeru-san, I felt it wasn’t enough .


    「Haa?……haa?……we won」


    After the fierce battle, the dragon copsed and stopped moving .


    Ca-san and I were rear guards so we were fine, but Alexis-san and Harry-san was quite tattered .


    「Oi, aren’t I great」


    「Yeah」


    「Defeating a dragon with only one party, it’s the second time with this huh . Might get Dragon yer title some time soon」


    「If that happens we’ll get respected」


    Alexis-san and Harry-san heightened their tension while talking like that .


    They defeated a dragon, so I could understand their feelings .


    But, if it was Kakeru-san .


    If it was Kakeru-san, even if he defeated a dragon, it would feel just like 「It’s normal」, I thought .


    Even when he crushed the Orycuto into pieces, even the time when he defeated the Hell’s Emperor, even the time when he imed a princess his own .


    Even if he did something great, Kakeru-san had an 「It’s normal」-like face every time .


    And when Kakeru-san was like that he was super cool .


    Doing an amazing thing, and not being proud or modest with it, as if it was normal .


    That was very cool, I thought .


    「Io-chan also, do your best」


    「Yeah . For someone who just went up to B-Rank, you’re good」


    「If it’s okay with you, you want to enter our party?」


    「What do you think, Io-chan . I think that with ourbination, we can go pretty well」


    「I’m sorry」


    It was in front of Ca-san who had taken care of me, but I answered promptly .


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