【LOL, this is hilarious.】
【Too strong, lol.】
【What were we even worried about?】
【Students these days are just so strong… (distant look)】
【This is ridiculous. Sealing a Rock Dragon? You guys are way too strong, aren’t you?】
【I want to scout them, but recruiting academy students would just anger the Dungeon Association…】
【Anyway, let’s celebrate their safety. All the students who got caught are fine too—what a relief.】
【We panicked when we heard they were going to rescue people, but it turns out there wasn’t any problem at all.】
【As expected from the party that took down the Archdemon, Baalor, and the Nightmare King.】
【 Sayamura-san, taking such good care of the students, looked like a goddess.】
【An angel and a goddess… Yumeno-ma-kun, I’m so jealous… (gritting teeth)】
【But hey, didn’t it look like they kissed right before the real fight started?】
【Teacher! Yumeno-ma-kun was engaging in shameless acts in public!】
【It also seemed like it happened after Sakura -chan said something to him…】
【Still, they’re strong. Enveloping the entire Rock Dragon with a magic barrier to nullify all attacks—that’s not normal…】
【Ugh… A plain-looking guy, but super popular…】
Thanks to defeating the Rock Dragon, the comments section was full of praise for us. But it was also veering in a weird direction.
Seeing that, Eriina -san shot me a cold glare, and Sakura -san looked embarrassed and didn’t say anything. Guess I’ll have to be the man here…
“Oh, the teacher’s here.”
I deflected the topic with all my might.
【H-he ran away!!!】
【But seriously, it’s good that everyone’s safe now.】
【The sweet vibes were nice, but let’s not forget we’re in a dangerous dungeon right now.】
It was the principal and the teachers who came.
The principal, who had come last time as well, was a caring and agile teacher with the students’ best interests in mind.
“Shiraishi, good work. Sorry for being late.”
“No worries. Thanks to Yumeno-ma-kun and the others, no one was lost. Please take care of everyone.”
“Everyone? What about you?”
“I’m recovered enough to go. Our party can be considered eliminated from the academy’s selection test, but I want to see what lies ahead.”
“As long as you’re recovered, there’s no issue.”
“Yes, thank you.”
That was the conversation between Student Council President Shiraishi and Principal Minazuki.
The principal is supposedly ridiculously strong, and the student council president was fully healed. So for me, no complaints—extra firepower is always welcome when you don’t know what lies ahead.
The other teachers were preparing to escort Mizoguchi-san and the others back to safety.
As Mizoguchi-san was being carried away, he called out to us.
“Yumeno-ma, Amagi. Thanks for saving us. And sorry for picking a fight before the test started.”
He bowed his head.
“No, it was for your team’s sake, I’m sure. I apologize for provoking you as well.”
Since he apologized, I returned the apology.
No point holding a grudge against someone who isn’t an enemy. Though Eriina -san still seemed to be glaring, I’ll try to soothe her later.
…Just to be clear, she’s not glaring at me, right? She’s mad about the kiss? That was for… the skill. To beat the Rock Dragon. Surely she understands that.
But still… if it’s the kiss that upset her, maybe another one now could smooth things over…?
“How’s the fifth floor looking…?”
Well, just in case, let’s act like I’m prepping for the next fight instead of kissing for no reason.
“Do you think there’ll be a monster stronger than the Rock Dragon?”
“Based on last time, probably something higher… SS rank?”
Sakura -san and Eriina -san both became more alert as expected.
Let’s keep up the momentum.
“I was thinking of applying a buff, but… should we?”
“…”
“…♡”
Their silence stung a bit. It made me look like I just wanted an excuse to kiss. Which I do.
Well, judging by their expressions, it’s not exactly a no. So I’ll start with Sakura -san.
She accepted my kiss, trembling slightly and blushing furiously.
…Okay, if I confessed to her now, she’d probably say yes, right? No, bad idea. If she didn’t, I’d never recover. This is strictly for the buff. A buff. She’s only embarrassed because it’s a buff.
Then I turned to Eriina -san, who…
…stole the kiss herself.
“(Sakura gets everything… it’s not fair.)”
“Eh?”
She mumbled something under her breath that I couldn’t quite catch. But her softened expression told me it was probably fine.
Just as I was basking in my incredible fortune…
“You two…”
…I locked eyes with Shiraishi-san, who had seen everything. The principal looked exasperated, too.
【Ah, the sweet days of youth.】
【Wait, both of them?!】
【Die!】
【So jealous… (blood tears)】
【Why in the dungeon though?】
【Focus, you idiots!!!】
【Well, they did handle the Rock Dragon with ease.】
【Young people these days…】
【Such a strong team, great at saving lives… but damn this harem guy!!!】
I got teased relentlessly.
Sakura -san had already put her phone away, and Eriina -san kept stealing glances at me, clearly amused by my reaction.
“Alright, let’s move. To the fifth floor.”
