CH 67

*Author is in slump, so won’t update for several days to weeks. Please pray so author can fight their slump

*After I catch up to last chapter, I’ll wait the author before continuing. But I already pick news dungeon related series, so don’t worry.

One Offense and Defense

“Kaede-san~. It’s done~. Please wake up.”

Rin’s voice brings me back to consciousness.

Did I fall asleep ……?

It seems I dozed off and fell asleep in earnest. I rub my eyes, and with a sore throat, I pick myself up from the couch.

“Sorry. I must have fallen asleep.”

“No, it’s fine. I just thought you might be tired.”

“Haha, that’s kind of embarrassing.”

“It’s okay. But still, you were sleeping so comfortably that I took a picture of you.”

What she showed me was my sleeping picture.

“Wait! Delete that!”

“Yeah, I took that picture, so ……, that was quick!”

I used all the status I had to snatch away the phone in Rin’s hand, who had a proud look on her face.

Defense and mental strength are irrelevant to this action, so that’s fine.

But while my attack power exceeds Rin’s status, I have to be careful not to break the phone with my strength.

The next is I adjusted agility to a speed Rin’s eyes can’t keep up.

And last. That is important.

Dexterity status. This status is not to use force, but to use all my nerves only to take the phone from Rin’s hand.

Just to take it from Rin, who couldn’t see my movements.

…… What am I doing?

“Well, …… I got the phone, and I’ll delete it as soon as possible.”

“I won’t let you! Toriya!”

“Whoa! Watch out!”

Rin moved quickly, or maybe she was using [Godspeed]?

Anyway, she aimed at the phone in my hand with tremendous speed.

But I’m not so far gone now that I can’t keep up with such speed.

Rin lunged at the phone I was operating to delete the photo, and I crouched down to evade her, and then I swung my foot to knock her off balance.

Of course, Rin, an explorer, would not lose her balance that easily.

Rin immediately took a few steps away from the sofa, but she held her ground, quickly regained her stance, and came at me again.

Good, good, just what I was looking for.

“Yo, yo.”

“He? Kyaaaah!”

Just as I had hoped, Rin jumped toward me once more, and this time I avoided her to the side and lightly pushed her back.

Then Rin plunged into the sofa with great force.

“Ouch, …….”

“See, I told you. It’s dangerous. Here. I deleted it.”

I took Rin’s phone from her and operated it to delete the photo she had just taken.

Meanwhile, Rin was watching in blank amazement, not saying a word.

Phew, that settles the matter.

When I thought about it, it wasn’t Rin’s smartphone, but the one in my pocket that was shaking.

“Hmm?”

What is it?

At first, I check my phone.

“Oh? Why Anju?”

The screen shows a notification of a message from Anju.

Anju would have seen me doing something stupid with Rina earlier, so she shouldn’t have sent me a message. It’s usually faster to call out to her.

What’s up with that?

“Um, ………… hey!”

I couldn’t help but shout when I looked at the screen to confirm Anju’s message.

“Is something wrong, Kaede-san?”

“Oh, no. It’s nothing.”

When Rin asks about it, I rush to make up for it.

The message from Anju, that is ──

── The picture of me sleeping from a different angle that I deleted earlier and the video showing the exchange with Rin just now were attached.

I moved my head so awkwardly that I almost heard a giggle sound, and when I looked at Anju, she had a proud expression on her face, like she was mmm-hmm, and she was giving me a thumbs up and doing something like a good job.

I don’t think Rina was filming, but Anju were filming, too.