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Episode 27

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"I’m back!!"

"Welcome back brother!!"

"Wow!?"

As soon as I got home, my sister jumped at me.

Gyumumu buries her face in his chest.

Apparently, she was waiting for me at the entrance.

"I'm glad you're safe... Onii-chan..."

"Oh. As promised, I'm back."

I feel like I'm exaggerating a bit, but I haven't explained my hero's power to Miku yet, so it's not unreasonable to worry.

"Listen Miku. Actually, something terrible happened."

"Eh, what..."

Miku's expression suddenly darkens.

"No. It's not negative. It's amazing, Miku. Listen. I'm today..."

I told Miku what happened today.

Miku, who finished listening to the story, was dumbfounded for a while, perhaps because she didn't have a sense of reality.

"Eh... wait a minute, Onii-chan... I don't quite understand..."

"That's why...! I've become an explorer. On the first day of training! And I'm intermediate, intermediate!!"

"I-I can't believe you said that all of a sudden...! You defeated a horde of monsters... Onii-chan's skills were that strong...!?"

"Ah, ah...! That's right! I didn't realize it myself, but... it seems that my skills are quite strong. That's why I skipped the five-day training and became an explorer. I have that ability. It was judged by the supervisor that was there.”

"Well, but ... but ... that's ..."

Miku couldn't believe it.

Of course.

I couldn't believe it when someone said that I suddenly became an intermediate explorer on the first day of training.

If it were the other way around, I'd doubt it too.

"Look, this is the proof. It's not a fake. It's a genuine explorer card."

I show Miku my explorer card as evidence.

Miku opened her eyes wide and stared at the explorer card.

"Ho, really... Onii-chan became an explorer...?"

"Oh. It's true."

“That’s also…intermediate…?”

"That's right. My ability has been recognized. From now on, I can take quests with high rewards as an intermediate explorer. We can escape from poverty, Miku!!"

"..."

Miku's eyes are filled with tears.

I know that feeling.

We have endured a life of poverty for a long time.

However, a breakthrough was finally made.

We now have the right to be happier than most people.

"Hey, look at it, Miku. I told you before that the investigator will be exiled from the country. Look, I did it with 800 yen instead of 1,000 yen, right?"

I showed Miku the receipt for shopping at the supermarket on the way home.

"Oh, it's true... 20% discount..."

"Right? People around me were surprised when I showed them the card. I've become a respected middle-class explorer. Soon we'll be able to get out of this poor life."

"Ahaha... it doesn't feel real..."

Miku said with a trembling voice.

Gradually hugged me and started crying.

I gently embraced Miku.

"I'm sorry for making you poor until now. From now on, Onii-chan will be active as an intermediate explorer and earn a lot of money. Just a little more patience, Miku."

“Gusu… Uh…”

 

I wonder if Miku was so happy about this time, she kept crying in my heart for more than ten minutes.