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Staff

Translator: Yuuji

Editor: Gyihhuhu/Zeraphin

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The weakest swordman

"Senpai!"

"Hi-Hishitani?!"

"Ahh! I'm so happy! It's been a year since I've felt senpai's warmth!"

"Stop it; let me go!"

Andou turn around to face her, and tried to shake off the arms that had forcefully wrapped themselves around him.

"You! That’s enou...gh. Hishitani?"

"Yes, senpai?"

"Y-you...?!"

Andou was surprised. In front of him was the real Hishitani, but her atmosphere was somewhat… wrong.

Hishitani was beautiful – demurely beautiful like a child. But now, the Hishitani in front of him didn't resemble a child anymore.

From a small child, she had bloomed into a beautiful young lady.

"You! What on earth has happened to you?!"

"Fufufu, how is it, senpai? Have I become more beautiful?"

She smiled and turned around.

But just by doing that, she had drawn everyone’s attention to her. It seemed as if everyone had forgotten a man had been murdered here barely a few minutes ago.

And Andou wasn't an exception.

Everyone near the both of them had their eyes glued to Hishitani, almost as if Andou didn’t exist.

"Hah?"

A few seconds later, Andou came back to his senses and remembered Hishitani's words.

[It's been a year since I've felt senpai's warmth]

"Hishitani, what did you mean by ‘it’s been a year’? Has a year already passed?!”

Seeing Andou like that, Hishitani giggled and nodded.

"I came here a year before you, senpai. It’s already been a year." Hishitani said, her smile brightening with each passing moment.

"One year…but how…?!”

It was painfully hard to believe. But after seeing the beautiful Hishitani in front of him, he didn’t feel like she was lying.

"Just like senpai, I woke up in this world, and they told me that I need to help them exterminate the monsters.”

"I-is that true?"

"Yes, the monsters are real.”

She nodded.

"In this world, magic and monsters are real."

After hearing Hishitani’s words, Andou’s eyes widened in surprise.

"S-so…that thing back then was magic...?"

"Yes, that's right. It wasn’t a trick. It was magic… light magic, actually."

"Th-that..!"

Andou remembered the picture of that man being pierced…

Even though a few men had cleaned the scene and taken away the corpse, the scenery of the man being pierced through his head didn’t fade from Andou’s mind.

"Hi-Hishitani. Y-you said that it’s been a year since you came here…right?”

"Yes.”

"Since you’ve been here for a while…how much do you know about this world?"

"Well, just the important things."

"T-then, teach me. How do I return to my world?”

Andou was slowly walking towards Hishitani when she quickly answered.

"There’s no way to go back to Earth!"

"Eh?"

"Because, senpai, we’ve already died in that world, haven't we?"

And then, Hishitani said something with the most natural tone in the world.

"The dead can't be brought back to life.”

"So, I…can’t return?”

"No."

"What?! Are you sure?!"

"Yes.”

Despite Andou being dumbfounded, Hishitani continued to talk.

"This world has been regularly summoning those who have died on our world. All of the people here have transmigrated to this world after their death.”

Andou looked around the room.

There were a lot of people here; some were old, while some were young. There were men, women and even some children standing around him.

"But the people who come here can’t return to their world."

Hishitani said, as if life in its entirety was a one-way lane.

"That…”

Desperation clouded Andou's face. Hishitani however…she was different. She seemed oddly happy, enthusiastic even.

"Back then, I thought that senpai would never get summoned into this world. For a year, I’ve been wanting to give up, but I still believed that I would meet up with senpai one day."

Hishitani hugged Andou as hard as she could.

"And that dream…isn’t a dream anymore."

Hishitani whispered to Andou's ears.

"I love you, senpai!”

"Stop! Stop, please, let me go!"

She hugged Andou so hard that he felt like his torso would get ripped off. At that time, someone entered the room.

"Next one! Yes, you over there, please come here!"

It was the girl who had shot that man through his head a few minutes ago. She beckoned to Andou with her hands.

"Ah, ehhh…w-what do you need?"

In a split second, Hishitani disappeared. Andou looked throughout the room, but Hishitani was nowhere to be found – almost as if she had turned into dust.

"Stop loitering. Hur~ry~up!"

"Ahh, ehh, ye-yes!"

Even though Andou was hesitant, he walked towards the girl apprehensively.

"Well then, senpai, see you later!" Hishitani said.

He became relieved after he heard Hishitani's voice.

"Ok, please sit here."

After Andou entered another room, he was told to sit down on the chair in the middle of the room. In the room, there were a few unknown men waiting for him alongside the girl.

"Ok then, let's begin [Gremlin].”

[Roger that, Anna]

Just then, a voice came from nowhere.

Andou looked throughout the room and tried to find the source of the voice.

[Hey, I’m here.]

"Ehh?"

[Look above you. Damn, what a dull guy.]

Andou was surprised. Just like the voice told him to, he looked up…

"Hiiiii!!!!”

Andou had his breath taken away, as he continued to stare.

There was a monster on the roof.

That monster had the appearance of a human. But no matter how you look at it, it wasn’t possible for it to be a human.

Its entire body was green, while small horns adorned its head. Sharp canine fangs peeked out of its mouth.

Yet, there was another evidence to prove that the being above wasn’t a human.

Human couldn’t stand upside down on the roof.

[You’re really rude to scream at someone’s face like that. But oh well, it’s not like you’re the first one.]

The monster came down from the roof, slowly but surely.

"Kekeke, don’t make a stupid face like that!"

The monster stared at Andou's face.

"Gremlin, you're going to get caught if you dally, so hurry up!”

[Ahh, I understand, Anna.]

It said and continued to stare at Andou.

[KHHRKK!!]

The monster's eyes scanned him from head to toe, and reddened.

Suddenly, the light shining atop the monster’s eyes disappeared. Seeing such a scene, the woman asked the monster.

"How was it?"

[....this man's class is "Swordsman".]

"Swordsman? What about his status?"

[…]

"Gremlin?"

The monster silently gawked at the woman, doubtful. And then, just as suddenly, its shoulders began to quiver.

[Ha-hahahahahaha!]

Suddenly, the monster began to laugh. It used both of its hands to hold its stomach, as if it were dying from laughter.

"How was it?"

The woman asked, and the monster replied with a cackle while tears streaked down its face.

[Strength:1

Defense: 1

Sword Power: 1

Talent: 1

Intelligence: 1

Everything is in the single digit! 1!"

The monster couldn’t hold his laughter anymore.

"So, that mean…"

[Yep!]

The monster pointed its finger at Andou, and smiled before saying, [This guy here is the 'Weakest Swordsman’!]

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It has been a while since the last time I translate but now, I'm gonna translate again, with a speed of about a chapter per week and thank for Zeraphin to help me editing this. Well, see you guys in the next chapter.