Published at 6th of November 2020 04:36:10 PM

Jin vs Note 3

Translator: Masakibluei

In the beginning, I was thinking to retort back at him. However, since I got to know his hidden card, I put those thoughts aside. Ultimately, we are talking about Jin here. To put it differently, its not strange at all for Jin to have one or two hidden cards under his sleeve.

Note: Speaking of which, Neme-onesan. Can you please cast some recovery spell on me?

Activating causes my joints and muscles to scream in pain. I thought it would be okay if I used it for a short time, but apparently it is not okay at all.

is a powerful art. Hence, this art is too much to handle with my untrained body. Once I deactivate the art, I will be attacked with an incredible amount of pain, to the point that its hard for me to move my body. With this kind of condition, its difficult to active when I am alone.

If I use it for a long period of time like on my last battle on the 20thfloor, I wont be able to move at all and even lose all my control of my body. This weakness can be fatal when I am in the middle of a battle. Im not as good as Jin yet.

Neme: EYes!!

Perhaps she does not think that I was talking to her. Therefore, Neme jolted when I called for her. After that, while saying, Ei!, Neme grandly swings her staff. Straightaway afterward, my whole body is being enveloped in turquoise colored lights.

Jin: Did you get hurt somewhere?

After he judges that my joints are all in pain, he asks for my condition.

Note: Actually, I did not get hurt. This is the side effect of the arts.

Jin: So thats how it is. Oh yeah, I was really surprised. I didnt expect that you would be able to use ,

Note: The reaction is still slower comparing to yours, and the side effects are still too much for my body. I still havent mastered it yet.

Jin: I dont think so. Its pretty good that you are able to master it this far. If you keep practicing it continuously, you will master it soon. You might be even faster than me.

Note: Thats impossible

Jin: You think so?

Jin puts his dagger back inside the sheath and offers his hand out to me. I grab his hand and raise my body to stand up.

Jin: Seeing you like this, it seems that it would be good for Note-kun to start learning on attacking arts.

Note: Attacking arts

After hearing those words, my heart starts to feel really hot.

Finally. Finally, I have been recognized and reached this stage.

Its been nearly a year since I joined the Arrivers. The first time I joined this party, I was only told to learn supporting arts such as > or . However, from that on, the desire to learn attacking arts has been buried in me. My wish has finally come true now.

An essential ornament for an adventurer. Arts that are used mainly for combat. This is what you call attacking art. If a person does not have any single attacking art under his sleeve, no matter how many other arts he has mastered, he cannot ever call himself as a full-fledged adventurer.

Finally, I am able to raise myself from a half scale adventurer to a full fledge adventurer. Although I shouldnt be satisfied yet with this kind of achievement, as expected a happy thing is still a thing to be happy for.

Note: Thank you very much! I will be in your care, Jin-san!

Jin: Well, but Im not the one who will teach you

Note: Eh!?

I raise my voice due to the unexpected answer. Because Jin does not give me a full explanation, my mouth is wide open.

Jin: To sum it up, Note-kuns fighting style is a thief. Rather than learning attacking arts of an assassin like me, I want you to learn attacking arts of a thief. Although the arts that can be used for these two occupations are quite similar, there are also some differences in here or there.

Note: Does that mean that I have to learn these arts not from Jin, but from other person who is a thief?

Jin: Yes. I have been talking to people about a famous thief in this town in your stead, so you do not need to worry about searching for a teacher to teach you.

Note: Who is it, this person? Do I know him?

Jin: Its a girl called Reese. Do you know her? She is a girl who belongs to Valkyrie (The Revenge of Battle Maiden) party.

Note: Do you know her, Neme-onesan?

Neme: Of course! I know that Valkyrie is a famous group! This much I do know!

Even I know that the group is famous. However, I do not know any person who belongs to that group. Its been a while since I came to Purith town, but I am not completely aware of the circumstances or rumors in this town. For the most part, I have been only paying attention to improving myself that I have no leeway to look around.

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Note: Then, do you know the person?

Neme: I dont know because I never met nor talk to her! Neme is not good at speaking with a person who Neme meet for the first time!

While raising her fist upon the air, she makes a triumphant look. Seeing her like this, I feel stumped. Oh yeah, I have forgottenNeme is shy with strangers.

Jin: Please rest assured, she is not a weird person. At least, compared to the rest of the members of the Arrivers, she has more common sense.

Note: I see

When I turn my eyes on Neme, who is on the top rank of weirdo in the Arrivers, our eyes meet with each other.

Note: Why are looking at me?

Neme: Its nothing.

However, her facial expression does not match what she says. Its definitely not nothing at allAm I also a weirdo too? At least Im confident that I am more normal than Neme

Note: Well, if Jin-san said so, Im relieved. To be honest, I want Jin to teach me personally.

Jin: Sorry. But Im not an expert in Thief arts. I think Reese will be a better teacher for you.

Note: I understand. By the way, why wont you teach me the assassin arts? You said that the assassin arts and thief arts are quite similar

Jin: In the first place, assassin arts are techniques to kill people. Its often unsuitable to use it against the monsters. And such, these arts can only be learned through a life threatening situation. You cannot improve it by only getting into a fight or battle. Only by killing people or nearly being killed that you are able to improve your mastery for the assassin arts. Compare to the thief arts, its harder to learn.

Note: But, Jin is really good at assassin arts. Then there would be some exceptions, right?

Jin: There might be some exception. But unfortunately, I do not belong to that exception.

The words that I said without thinking are immediately being denied by Jin. When Jin retorts me, he does not wear any single smile. He is being completely serious. In the first place, Jin is not the type of person who likes to joke around.

Note: The, then

Without caring for my overwhelming shock, Jin indifferently continues.

Jin: The reason why I become the best assassin is because I have killed a lot of people more than anyone else. Im not a good person as you think. If someone calls me the worst villain in the city, I wont deny it.

Because I cannot find any words to say to him, I remind silent. I cannot imagine Jin killing people in my mind and thats not the Jin that I know neither. The Jin that I know is a gentle and reliable member of the Arrivers.

At this moment, I come to realize that I do not know anything about the party members at all. Not only Jin, I do not know anything about Force, Neme or Rosalia. Except for Erin, I do not know what they did in the past or how they ended up in this town. While I feel astonished about this fact, I also feel slightly lonely.