Watashi Ga Betsu No Sekai De Umarekawatta
12-1: Selection Test
It's been three days since I got rid of the fiend drug user…
Besso and the explorer who possessed the fiend drug had been captured by the Guild, but there had been no surprise attacks since the incident…
The next day, at the request of the Guild Master, we went to Rudaman's hideout and cultivation grounds, but those places had already been emptied and only uninhabited fields remained…
I'm the one who left him uninhabited so there's no mistake…
The onee san Guild staff that went with us only gathered Ruin Weed and Decay Stem as evidence and then we returned to the labyrinth city…
"Then, the field you found has been emptied…?"
"Yes, since the groceries and daily necessities are also gone, they might move elsewhere…"
"We were also looking for something like a hidden room, but there was nothing left like what Chevalier had said the same…"
"They weren't moved by the mastermind of Lost Thieves because there was an unharvested weed dandecay stem ruminant left, maybe they had gone on the run…?"
The onee san Guild staff that went with us in the investigation reported the results in the Guild Master room…
"We also tried to find the part adjacent to the magic, but we couldn't find anyone…"
"Yes, thank you for your hard work…"
"Should we send another explorer to search for the kidnapped people…?"
"Think of places, crevices…"
"The only ones who could search in such a deep area were the Red Iron group…"
"Even if they escaped on their own, they would end up being eaten by monsters before they could reach the surface…"
It seemed that Guild Master had decided to give up on rescuing or rather searching for those people…
"They may have been unexpectedly rescued by some explorers and returned to the surface…"
"That'll be great…"
"I also think that the possibilities are low, but I hope that they have returned to the surface safely and returned to their peaceful lives…"
"I hope that no one has the compounding and alchemy skills…"
While faintly sweeping my words, the Guild Master said so…
"Is there anything bad about that…?"
"Yes, that's bad…"
"Someone who has Alchemy skills must be involved in the creation of fiend drugs, even people who have Compounding skills must be able to prepare for the manufacture of fiend drugs…"
"These people will definitely be forced to become slaves and made to be in a non-disclosure condition to prevent them from leaking methods to make fiend drugs, he said, after that they'll probably be locked up in the royal research facility for their entire lives…"
"Is the other person involved in the cultivation okay…?"
"Yes, putting Ruin Weed aside, Decay Stem can be found in the labyrinth with relative ease so there should be no problem…"
Fumu, that means I can free people other than those with Compounding or Alchemy skills soon…
Then, Guild staff san deliberately interrupted…
"Umm... May I…?"
"What…?"
"Tell me…?"
"People usually don't think of breaking through the labyrinth where monsters crawl, away from their safety zone, I think such an idea came about because Guild Master and Chevalier were just as powerful…"
"Even if there are some people who come up with the Idea, most will not move unless there is a reason such as having limited food…"
"In reality, they have crops from cultivated fields…"
"In other words, there must be a secret hideout near where they can move safely…?"
"Yes, there may be hidden parts that the young miss followers of Chevalier cannot detect equally…"
"Then I guess I'll torture Rudaman until he says it…."
It seemed like Guild Master was going to torture Rudaman after this, but since it didn't seem like he was going to kill him, don't think about it…
I get the approval of the women who took refuge in the ivy mansion to stay there by saying that it was because “They will be killed by the mastermind behind Lost Thieves if they come out now”. Surprisingly, there were only a handful of people who tenaciously wanted to return to the city, most of whom seemed to be uninspired…
I told them to be patient for 10 days…
I'm gonna do something for a while…
At this moment, these women were unlikely to be obliterated by the mastermind…
According to the stories of Guild Masters, I can free people who do not have compounding or alchemy skills…
Due to the truth that the mansion ivy has been known to them, I cannot let go of those people now…
It goes somehow if I take them to populated places near the kingdom or the capital of Duchy or maybe some village in Muno Baronetdom and then give them a new name and ID…
I need to find some place that can take it…
"Do you want to be an explorer…?"
"Yes…!"
Strengthened by Mia's magic, Tiane's voice echoed through the outer walls of the labyrinth city…
We were currently in a temporary tent right outside the labyrinth city…
100 [Baggage Carriers] who aspired to be explorers had gathered in front of Tiane…
We will decide the disciples for Iruna and Jenna from [Beautiful Wings] among them…
There are 70 boys and 30 girls…
They were the children who had gathered after hearing the publicity talk from Iruna and Jenna over the past three days…
Although I say children, the age range starts from 10 to 18 years…
The average age range is about 12-14 years…
Iruna explained the selection test to the children in her own voice without relying on magic…
"We will choose 15 children among you…"
"First we'll pick five kids with quick feet…"
"It's important to have a quick foot in the labyrinth for reconnaissance and monster fishing…"
"Run once when you hear this flute as a signal…"
"The first five children to run around Selbira's outer wall for one lap escaped…"
The children started running when Lina blew the flute…
Some of their legs were wrapped around others' feet, some of which fell with their own…
One thing they had was that each of them stood alone without crying despite being covered in dust, and ran…
They are really strong-willed…
I used [Clairvoyance] magic along the way to see if any of the children had fallen, but there were only two who had fallen due to anemia…
I contacted Cronoa who was patrolling with horses using [Telephone] and asked them to retreat…
For some reason, Ciel somehow started running as well…
He must be tempted…
Ciel the winner by a wide margin…
When the two finished running, I looked back at the winning children who had passed quite a distance…
"Damn, lost to the son of man…"
"I can't believe I lost to someone beside Usasa…"
The first and second place winners looked at Ciel with frustration…
They were a 14-year-old rabbitkin girl and boy…
These children were quite far apart from third place…
The third place is ratkin, while the fourth and fifth are human boys…
There are 10 children who fail the first test…
These 10 children did physical exercises led by Totona to build their stamina near temporary HQ…
The second test will begin after a short break with a sandwich…
During these breaks, we distribute water for rehydration and baked sweets for calorie intake…
It would be troublesome if they fainted from hunger along the way…
"The next thing is endurance running…"
"The first five children to run five laps around Selbira's outer wall will escape…"
"Lunch awaits children who run more than two laps…"
"Do your best…"
"Yes…!"
For some reason, the answer this time had more power in it than the first time…
I intended to let them eat unconditionally for the test this time because we had already prepared food for 100 people right from the start, but since it's so effective like they have carrots hanging in front of their eyes, I don't mind…
However, in addition to the leading package, many of the children who were unlikely to be selected by the selection members stopped running after two laps…
Of course I watched them all from above the sky and enjoyed tea and tea cakes during the day and did not forget to also use tea utensils…
It can't be seen from below, because I'm in the clouds and if there's a call, then I'll go straight there…
Boys are also strong on marathon endurance, there are three boys and two girls…
This time the humans are strong, among the five children, the three boys and girls who have dark skin like Roji are very strong…
They looked calm enough to run a few more laps…
The remaining five children will be selected after the meal break…
By the way, the meal menu is a croquet made of Leaping Potato and insect meat and Walking Bean with insect meat soup…
The meal this time was prepared not only by Bu Miteruna and the seven apprentice maids of our mansion, but also the five girls [Baggage Carriers] who could cook…
I plan to train Bu Miteruna to teach these five girls and then permanently hire them as personnel for food distribution in orphanages and slums…
They are plain and honest girls who are 14-18 years old…
"Then let's start the last test…"
"Use the twig we shared just now like a sword…"
"Yes, stretch your elbow…"
"Due to that posture, the person who does not lower their arms until the last will get away…"
Shouts broke out from the children, but this was an option to choose the last five children with willpower determination…
There was no doubt if they could not endure the training before entering the labyrinth…
Most of them fell within the first hour, but it was long enough for the remaining seven, after the latter fell after three hours, the five children had been decided…
The last elected members had 11 boys and 4 girls…
The plan was for Iruna and Jenna to teach these children the basics for 10 days on the surface, after which, the five of them would be taken alternately in three turns to the labyrinth, the researchers said, each group spent five days, a total of 15 days, to level up to level 7…
Due to contracts with Iruna and Jenna for three months, the children who had failed the exam this time still had two more chances…
"All of you, thank you for today…!"
"We will open the test again next month, so for those who fail this time, please don't give up…!"
With Lina's closing words, the disqualified children returned to the west gate in groups of two to three…
Each person was given three baked sweets as a consolation prize…
This candy seems to be a spreading decoy in children who are not participating at this time…
Iruna and Jenna explain the next plan to the children who have graduated…
There were cries of joy especially when they heard that they would be fed three times a day and were free to ask for a second…
"Ohh yeah where's the same Chevalier…?"
"He's up there…"
Lina pointed at me who was drinking tea…
"In him…?"
"Over there, above the clouds…"
"Ohh. That's what I saw…"
Iruna and Jenna waved at me and I replied…
"How is he up there…?"
"Well, that you won't know, because he often does a rather strange thing sometimes…"
After finishing the tea session in the clouds and enjoying the scenery is quite beautiful, maybe I will drink tea while observing the big bang or more dashyat again…
I got down from there with the utmost to surpass the time itself and reached the ground in less than 0 seconds…
The children will be trained on the nearby vacant land that I borrowed…
I will give the selected children the ant armors I gave to Iruna and Jenna, but Lina strongly objected and warned me…
You don't have to give them cheat equipment if you're going to let them become independent explorers after the training is over, unless you make them your followers…
Not only Lina, Iruna and Jenna also stopped me…
The reason was somewhat different, if they had armor protecting them from injuries from monster attacks, they would ignore dodging attacks…
Moreover, if they did not sustain minor injuries, they would not learn how to stop bleeding during actual combat, so I was told that such armor would not let them learn their importance…
When I consulted with Iruna and Jenna about the right equipment for the children, they recommended an equipment called equipment bone…
They looked like goblin bones knitted with jackets and trousers made of knitted grass…
It seems that the basic equipment progress for the labyrinth explorer is as follows, equipment wood chip, equipment bone, equipment insect husk and then to the equipment insect shell…
As for the weapons, the plan was for them to use a club made of goblin femur and then a short spear made of ant claw from the second area…
To the shield, it seemed like they were planning to use a leather shield…
Iruna and Jenna bought the equipment cheaply from workers in the shopping district…
I have revised down some weakly made points, so they should not have sustained any major injuries from low-level enemies…
By the way, both of them were currently using mantis-type equipment…
They were very happy when I gave it as a gift for the celebration of reaching level 15…
Apparently, mantis-type equipment was the proof of veterans in the labyrinth city…
I probably shouldn't have said that they just looked different on the outside, compared to the ant equipment from before, there was almost no difference in defensive strength…
Alright, if I need permission from the Marchioness and the Guild Master to hold regular food-sharing in the city, let's get their permission to publish it…
