Akatsuki Translations

I, Sakaki Koharu, was in a hurry. Rokujou and I boarded the train heading towards Sensoji Temple and sat next to each other. That idiot Kazuya had taken the train one stop ahead and seemed to have already reached Sensoji Temple. Still, Kazuya was unexpectedly attentive. As I looked around the train car, Onoda’s brown hair caught my eye.

If I carelessly talked too much, everything would be leaked to Kazuya. I asked Rokujou, “Hey, are you really going to fight Kazuya?”

I didn’t think that idiot would seriously try to kill Rokujou, but he might at least render Rokujou unable to make a comeback. It was my fault to begin with, as I had the stupid idea of trying to punish Rokujou first.

That idiot went along with it because he was simple-minded. Just remembering what had happened until today made my head hurt. On that day when I was approached by mid-level explorers, I had been spending every day with a stomach ache since then.

“Hey, I’ll teach you sisters everything about the dungeon,” the idiot Kazuya had been saying to Kyouka and the others since that day. Kazuya, who had been carrying a gun and acting cocky in the dungeon, had nearly died in the dungeon as expected. He had been stabbed in the chest with a katana and had his leg bones broken with a metal bat.

Kyouka and the others had saved him.

To Kazuya, they must have undoubtedly looked like goddesses.

Moreover, those slightly pretty older girls had done various good things for Kazuya. He must have been beside himself with joy. Kyouka and the others were a party of five, and Kazuya was in a harem situation. I was used like a maid and was even made a party member because it was more efficient for leveling up with just the two of them.

On top of that, even though my romantic feelings for Kazuya were gone, he acted like a boyfriend only when he felt like it.

Still, I had given up because I had come up with the stupid idea myself. More than anything, if I refused to enter the dungeon, I didn’t know what Kyouka and the others would do to me. So, I suppressed my feelings and went in with them.

Even so, normally, I wouldn’t be able to enter. That’s why Kyouka and the others showed me the benefits too. That was something they didn’t know. Yes, they. Not only Kazuya but also Onoda and Gotou.

“Hey, Koharu-chan. Do you know of any other two girls who would happily become party members?” Kyouka asked.

“Boys?” I inquired.

“Of course. I feel bad for Kazuya, but just one guy at his level isn’t enough,” she replied.

The physical strength difference between Kazuya and Kyouka’s group was too great. I knew that recently, Kazuya had been completely drained by Kyouka and the others.

That’s why Kazuya didn’t object to inviting Onoda and Gotou to join. As a result, those two became party members. Honestly, I really hated that. After all, even though those two had entered the dungeon, their appearance hadn’t improved much.

As someone who liked handsome guys, I couldn’t bring myself to like those two no matter what. To be honest, even when Kazuya surpassed level 10, his appearance didn’t become very impressive. As for me, surprisingly, my charm had reached 40 at this point.

That was the same charm as Misuzu’s when she was at level 1, which I had previously begged her to tell me. I was thrilled. I was overjoyed that I had reached the same charm as Misuzu, even if it was when she was at level 1.

“H-hey, Kazuya. Look at this, I’m at 40,” I exclaimed.

“O-oh, is that so,” he replied.

“D-don’t brag. You’re an unpleasant woman,” Onoda retorted.

“So annoying,” Gotou added.

I then realized that while a woman’s jealousy was scary, a man’s jealousy was even scarier. Kazuya’s charm had only increased to 25, and the other two had reached 18 and 19. Honestly, quite a few ordinary people had that level of charm. Kazuya was barely considered handsome.

My charm of 40 was at a level where anyone would call me cute, and even among explorers, there weren’t many people who exceeded 40. As a result, my treatment got even worse. Kyouka and the others turned a blind eye to it and were more focused on quickly raising Kazuya and the others’ levels to turn them into proper dungeon pets.

“This status is fine, right?” Kyouka asked.

“Yeah, I think it’s okay. With this, I don’t think they’ll reach their level-up limit yet,” another girl replied.

“Raising pets is quite difficult. If you overfeed them and make them too fat, it’s no good,” Kyouka remarked.

“Those three are eager to go for walks, aren’t they?” another girl commented.

“Recently, we can enjoy it a bit too, but…”

“It still feels like we’re just being pecked at and it’s unsatisfying. Should we have them take some drugs?”

“Don’t be in a hurry. In any case, we should educate them after they reach level 100.”

“We have to wait until then…”

“If they become shut-ins, they’ll be useless, so be patient. It’s impossible for us to give elixirs to pets.”

They were happily acting like idiots every day without even realizing they were being turned into dungeon pets. I was still treated as a girlfriend when they felt like it, and otherwise, I was treated like an errand girl and used as they pleased. Kyouka and the others probably had threats against me too.

They openly treated Kazuya and the others as dungeon pets in front of me and seriously discussed how to raise them. Those five spinsters who had hit a wall at the mid-level and had their levels increased only halfway probably had nothing else to be passionate about because there were no men who would be with them anymore.

I didn’t want to end up like that, but at this rate, it seemed like I would be treated the same way. In that sense, Rokujou was completely different. He had a sweet face that drew you in at first sight. Just being near him, you could smell a pleasant scent. If Rokujou told me to “get naked here,” I thought I would happily do it.