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Chapter 240 - Friendship? Pfft.

The Takopa, filled with shrieks of agony, came to an end. After taking a short break, Arc and Lydia-chan resumed their game. We watched the game screen, which started out heated but gradually filled with an unsettling atmosphere, while drinking our alcohol and juice.

"...Arc, where are you going, abandoning your wife?"

President Lydia muttered, a god of poverty clinging to her back.

"Get away from me, you god of poverty."

Her heartless husband, President Arc, paid her no mind, rolling three dice and making a run for it.

"...Tch."

Lydia-chan clicked her tongue.

"...Senpai, shouldn't you stop them?"

President Kaede, who had once muttered, "Is that all your love amounts to, Senpai...," asked me in a hushed voice.

"Was this game a bad match for a natural delinquent and a yandere? Lydia-chan, could I have a word?"

I called Lydia-chan over, hoping to prevent a future gray divorce.

"What is it?"

Lydia-chan turned off the game and came over to me.

"Heyyy! I was so close to the goal!"

That guy is so loud.

"Can I come visit you sometime?"

"No."

Why is Arc the one to refuse?

"I was asking Lydia-chan."

"Please, I'm begging you, don't plunge Frontier into chaos like you have this world."

This world isn't in chaos.

"I wouldn't do that. I'm just bored and want to visit. I'm a NEET, you know? Seriously bored."

"You should get a normal office job..."

That's impossible. Just putting on a suit makes me feel sick.

"You are welcome to visit, but Frontier really has nothing to offer."

"Lydia, I told you no."

"I'm not expecting anything in particular. I just want to go because I'm really bored."

"Hey."

So noisy.

"Then please come for a tea party."

"Why are you ignoring me?"

"You are the one who ignored his wife and went off somewhere."

She's holding a grudge.

"That game is bad news, isn't it?"

Arc, having finally caught on, looked at me.

"You probably shouldn't play it with people you're close to. The guilt is pretty intense. Though I could crush Nanaka-san or Yoshino-san without a problem."

I wouldn't feel bad at all.

"Listen to what the fool is saying."

"I can just picture Okita-san getting sent flying to Hawaii."

See? Why should I show any consideration for these two unique individuals?

"They're already sparking. Seriously, don't recommend stuff like that."

But it is undeniably fun.

"Your personality is just terrible. Anyway, you're taking me to Lydia-chan's place next time."

"Well, if it's just to her house..."

Good, I'll have Lydia-chan take me out from there.

"By the way, what was that summons from His Majesty about?"

He had been called by the King during the day.

"Oh, right. His Majesty said he has something to talk to you about."

You should have said so sooner.

"A talk, huh? Is it about business?"

"Who knows? He said whenever you have time is fine."

I'm always free. Ah, I want to swing my sword around in Frontier. I want to hunt monsters. I'm so bored.

"Then tomorrow. I've already been drinking today."

"Got it. I'll send for you around noon."

He's sending for me, not picking me up. That means he's coming over in the morning to play games.

"In that case, why don't you come to our home after your discussion? You would be most welcome."

Lydia-chan immediately extended an invitation.

"Is that okay?"

"Yes. Please, come as a couple."

As a couple, she said. I guess we really are married now.

"You want to go too, Kaede-chan?"

"Yes. Since we have the chance, I'd like to go."

Alright, we'll go as a married couple.

"What about me? What about me?"

Here comes the party pooper.

"You should be in school."

"It's a holiday. It's Golden Week."

Right, it is a holiday.

"Nanaka-san, unfortunately, you are banned. Give it up."

"Left out again..."

"Why don't you go on an adventure with Yoshino-san?"

"I take Golden Week off."

Is that so?

"You're not going?"

I checked with Yoshino-san.

"A ton of newbies join during Golden Week. It causes a lot of trouble, so I make it a rule to take a break."

It's a long holiday, after all. Or maybe people who caught the May blues are trying to become adventurers.

"So no girls' trip, huh?"

"That's right. Lin said she's going on a trip with her husband, too."

Lin-san's husband is a regular office worker, so of course they'd want to spend a rare holiday together as a couple.

"Well, if you're bored, you can come over to my place, so just be patient."

"Fiiine... It's tough being so capable."

Nanapon nodded reluctantly.

"Still, what could he want? Surely nothing happened at the Emeraldus Mountains, right?"

"That's not it. The Emeraldus Mountains were properly handed over to Japan and America. The news said they were conducting surveys."

The Emeraldus Mountains haven't been opened to the public yet. The SDF and the American military are still in the process of surveying the area. Of course, adventurers from both Japan and America are pushing for them to open it up sooner.

"Hmm, well, I guess I'll find out tomorrow..."

We continued drinking after that, and then the four of us, Arc, Nanapon, Yoshino-san, and I, played the friendship-destroying game. It was a fierce battle to the death. Because no one was aiming for the goal. We were all just focused on sabotage.