**Day 46: Night – White Weirdo Pervert Inn – Girls' Meeting**
We decided to make tomorrow a rest day.
It's a day off. We're making everyone take a break. The girls' sleep deprivation is getting really bad. The rise in Presence Detection is also insane! When Presence Detection levels up, you start picking up even more detailed information about presences and it becomes overwhelming! And right when it was already this bad, they got taught Vibration Magic! Everyone's Vibration Magic leveled up in a single night. It's impossible now. We need a break. Mornings are rough.
Tomorrow we're all going to the general store together. When I invited Angelica-san too, she looked troubled. She's weighing girl friendship against a date. She wants to do both and seems conflicted, but the destination is the same either way, right? There's no need to worry so much.
We made pretty good progress in the dungeon yesterday and today too. Even though Haruka-kun and the others defeated almost all the monsters, they still split the magic stones equally with us. So we have plenty of spending money, and shopping is going to be fun.
"I wonder if any new clothes came in~? They said the next shipment would be soon, right~?"
"They did, but that was the day before yesterday when we went shopping? Still, tomorrow we can take our time shopping, right~?"
"I want new clothes, and new equipment, and delicious food, but I don't have enough money? I'm going to fall into debt hell?"
"Haruka-kun probably won't be going off on his own for a while, so there shouldn't be any bargain sales or auctions, right? It should be safe to aim for clothes. Probably?"
"Yeah, and when it comes to delicious food, Haruka-kun's supplies are the best anyway, so clothes and accessories it is! Oh, but that general store has a partnership with Haruka-kun, so they might start selling snacks too?"
"""They probably will! We're going to go bankrupt, aren't we? We'll definitely buy them!"""
"Haruka-kun is apparently making bento for tomorrow. Angelica-san saw him preparing something!"
"""Kyaaa! Is it sweet? Is it delicious? Are we going to get fat?"""
"Haruka-kun seems so casual and sloppy, but he's actually really thoughtful, isn't he~? He always looks like he's happily doing something, and it's usually for all of us, right~?"
"""At school he was even quieter, so we thought he was scary."""
"Haruka-kun hasn't really changed at all. It's just that everyone's way of looking at him changed. The fact that he's actually a nice guy who just pretends not to notice finally got exposed. He's still the same Haruka-kun."
That's right. At school he was always reading books, so it was hard to talk to him and he seemed quiet, but he never actually changed.
"Odajima-kun and the others said that whenever they were about to get bullied at school, Haruka-kun would somehow just happen to walk by that spot. Then he'd say something like 'You're in the way. What's your problem? Why are you so annoying? Are you stupid? Did the stupidity reach your face too?' and scatter the delinquents with a single glare. After that he'd act like nothing happened and walk off."
"""Ah~ Now that you mention it, it did look like coincidence, but he did that a lot, didn't he~?"""
Yes. The reason he looks scary is always someone else's fault. He never says anything himself, so people misunderstand. Even when they misunderstand, he still doesn't say anything.
"Now that I think about it, even though he didn't stand out, he somehow had the strongest presence, right~?"
"Yeah, during PE or sports matches he was so plain that I thought he was bad at sports."
"Ah~, the sports club guys like Kakizaki-kun have been saying that since way back. They said they somehow didn't feel like they could win, or that there was a dangerous vibe so they couldn't get close. In soccer or basketball, they always ended up being pushed to wherever Haruka-kun wasn't."
"""Then it makes sense he didn't stand out. He didn't even want to participate anyway. But that means he wasn't actually joining the games, right?"""
It seems their wild instincts made them avoid him. Haruka-kun has been like that since he was a kid—if it's within the rules, he'll do anything. He has no common sense, so he fights in places without rules. I've never seen anyone else disguise themselves during hide-and-seek, and no one else set traps during tag. He was just too invincible.
"Over there there were rules and common sense was expected, but once those disappeared he started standing out. Well, even in this world he still seems unconventional."
Angelica-san is nodding vigorously. She's probably remembering what happened in the great labyrinth. And how he ended up taming the Labyrinth Emperor.
If there was a world where Haruka-kun didn't seem unconventional, that world would have to be completely insane. A world where everyone is like Haruka-kun would be incredibly peaceful. No one would dare do anything bad because they'd be too scared. In a world where ordinary people are the strongest and most terrifying, there probably wouldn't be any villains at all.
Even in this world, if it got out that he tamed the Labyrinth Emperor it would normally cause a huge uproar. It would be a big deal.
But in this town, the armor that follows Haruka-kun around has already become familiar. People might be surprised, but that would probably be it.
Because every day they're dealing with someone who causes even more commotion than the Labyrinth Emperor. Everyone knows that the armor following him around is actually the nicer one.
He's unconventional even in this world, so he ended up changing this world's common sense without anyone noticing. Probably for Angelica-san's sake. It might have been unconscious, but I think so?
"Cute shoes and boots would be nice, right~?"
"Yeah, my feet are my weak point. Let's ask the big sis."
I can't wait for tomorrow anymore. Angelica-san is explaining with enthusiastic gestures that she wants a cute hat. Her gestures seem to be improving faster than her speech? Her erotic vocabulary has improved a lot, though? Maybe because that's all she keeps getting asked about? There are mountains of reasons for that.
"Bags too! Purses! They're essential for fashionable girls! The only ones we have are plain beige cloth bags?"
"""Ah~, yeah. That's bad. Lately we've only been thinking about sturdiness and storage capacity. Our girly power is in crisis!"""
I hope they have lots of new stock~. I'm so excited I can't sit still. The town girls also looked really happy during their first taste of fashion. That's why Haruka-kun kept hanging around that general store—buying tons, selling tons, and when that still wasn't enough he invested and even built the building. The big sis was talking about inventory turnover rates, discounting old stock, and expanding the customer base, but in this medieval-level world she got taught business management and economics. She's definitely going to become a major trading company and the first department store in the other world. That's why he unusually built a normal building this time—he's probably planning to expand it later, without telling the big sis.
"Makeup was only lipstick, right~? It was a bit too red, wasn't it~?"
"Yeah, proper skincare is still far away. I wonder if it's okay while we're still teenagers~?"
"Instead of skincare~ wouldn't it be better to get something like Haruka-kun's regeneration~? It regenerates your skin~!"
"""That's it! I thought Haruka-kun's face looked super smooth! I figured it was because he wakes up refreshed every morning, but he actually has Regeneration!"""
I have it too, but I'll stay quiet. It's scary. I don't think a 16-year-old needs regeneration anyway? I think the real cause is waking up refreshed every morning.
When we first came to this world, everyone had given up on everything. We thought we'd never get those things back, so we tried to forget them. But Haruka-kun somehow makes it happen, so everyone looks so happy. He's definitely doing all sorts of things to make us even happier. From what Angelica-san told us, he's been gathering all kinds of materials and whenever he has free time he's using magic to experiment with this and that. That's why tomorrow is so exciting. There might be even more things that will make everyone overjoyed.
"""Good night~ See you tomorrow~"""
Everyone is living happily. Just like Haruka-kun said, they're smiling and enjoying life. Thank you.