Ch.163 A Body that Runs Out of Strength in Just 5 Minutes

"Phew... I'm tired."

I did my best.

In this little girl's body.

Ugh, I feel so tired.

I'm feeling lethargic.

[lol]

[Ehh...]

[Haru-chan, it hasn't even been 5 minutes yet, you know...?]

[W-well, that's her burning off about a month's worth of energy by sleeping and then lying down for another week...]

[She spent a whole week lying around and streaming her favorite books...]

[Perhaps: To recover from excessive depletion of physical and magical energy]

[Also, to eat and get her body back in shape]

[So it's all connected...]

[Yeah……]

[This nostalgic feeling... what could it be?]

[It's love]

[It's love]

[It's the feeling of having a favorite idol/character]

[I see, I'll go watch a video compilation of Haru-chan's sleeping face.]

[lol]

[But 5 minutes... I guess throwing stones continuously would get tiring.]

[Certainly]

[If we're throwing with all our might, even we'd find it tough to do it for 5 minutes.]

[Especially since she's a level 1 little girl.]

[In terms of HP and stamina, she essentially starts from level 0, or even lower after sleeping for a month. She's basically just an ordinary person, and a little girl at that.]

Hmm, my shoulders feel heavy.

"This is a feeling I only had before I went into the dungeon."

It reminds me of what it was like after PE class.

That was hell.

I often skipped PE saying, "I'm feeling kind of lethargic," and read books instead.

[Of course]

[There was a time when Haru-chan was just an ordinary person...!?]

[What do you think Haru-chan is?]

[Huh? I honestly thought she was an angel from the start.]

[lol]

[It comes across as a blatant appeal that she's a human, doesn't it?]

[So that's how she's trying to say, "I'm a human being!"...!]

I trudged back, each hand holding about four stones I'd picked up for the time being.

"Yaaaaawn... Sleepyyyy..."

[Bad news: Haru-chan, already sleepy]

[Yeah... because she's a little girl...]

[Right now, this isn't a joke or anything, she really is a little girl.]

[In other words, if Haru-chan is in this state, she can't resist, so even I cananananananananananan.]

[lol]

[Oops, you let your guard down thinking No Name-chan might not be here, didn't you?]

Hmm... I've forgotten this feeling in a long time.

My shoulders are stiff and my whole body feels sluggish.

I wonder if I'll be sore tomorrow...

"...Ah"

I should have become completely accustomed to going up and down, but now I'm right below my current base.

Looking up from there, I realized something.

[Ah]

[Yeah……]

[Bad news: Haru-chan can't climb]

[That's what I thought]

[That's right, Haru-chan's bed is in a place you climb up to using a rope...]

[Well, if she's tired from throwing, then it's impossible.]

[Haru-chan, unexpectedly sleeping outdoors?]

I tried my best to pull the rope, but my dominant hand couldn't support my weight.

...I messed up... Oh well, can't be helped.

"I guess I'll have to set up another base. ...I'm glad I left the dirty bag attached to my belt..."

[Oh, I'm glad she still has that dirty bag]

[Dirty bag!]

[This dirty bag has been incredibly useful]

[It's about time to wash it...]

[Just do it while you're taking a bath...]

[It's a storage bag with a mysterious design that prevents water from getting inside if you tie the opening properly...]

[Poor dirty bag]

[But somehow, it seems to enjoy being called "dirty" by Haru-chan repeatedly.]

[Dirty bag is unfair]

[lol]

A large room.

A cave that is simply vast and lacks any particularly noteworthy geographical features.

Since I'm here, I might as well walk through it from one end to the other.

"...It really is spacious. With my current legs, it would take me about 30 minutes to go around it?"

[Isn't it more than that?]

[I can't tell]

[It's a wide-angle lens, so all we can really tell is that it's wide]

[If only she had one more camera, we could get a better sense of distance...]

[But 30 minutes on foot for a little girl...it's a big place.]

[Roughly 2 kilometers per lap... no, since she's a little girl, maybe 1 kilometer?]

[Thinking about it that way, it doesn't seem that bad after all.]

[Haru-chan's perspective is low, so it feels like it's far away.]

[A little girl's stride and walking speed would probably take more than twice as much as ours.]

The cave is dimly lit.

The materials inside the dungeon are such that a faint light seeps in from the walls and ceiling, just enough to see from one corner of the room to the other.

Amazingly, it's at a level where I can even read the book I'm holding.

Dungeons are amazing, aren't they?

But this thing disappears if you take it outside, so maybe it's limited to use within the dungeon, or maybe you have to keep giving it a small amount of magic power.

Things like this are exciting, aren't they?

I wanted to read some new research papers.

[Haru-chan's walk was long today, and I'm overjoyed!]

[I understand]

[Haru-chan probably feels like a stray cat that's been driven out of its home.]

[Ahh, Haru-chan the stray cat...]

[Cute]

[She's both cute and pitiful]

[What is this pain and warmth that is slowly building up in my chest...?]

[Your path ahead leads to hellish sexual fetishes. Turn back now.]

[Valuable warning from a veteran]

[But I don't know why... Even though it makes me want to cry...]

[I got chills all over]

[Oh, this guy is beyond saving.]

[That was a blunt cut lol]

This past week.

I spent most of my time in a hollow somewhere up there, only going down once or twice a day to wander around aimlessly.

I'm trying to sound like I'm doing a live stream, but I'm not sure if this camera is working properly, if both the camera and microphone are functioning... or even if the signal is reaching everyone.

So maybe all of this is just me talking to myself.

I think so too, but it's still better for my mental health to believe I'm with someone... and more importantly, to avoid creating a lot of embarrassing memories if I'm actually connected, I need to be aware that I'm being watched.

So once a day, I would go down to the potentially dangerous area and wash myself in a makeshift shower room that I pulled out from dirty bag.

...Even when I go to the toilet a few times a day, I still leave the camera behind, go downstairs, and use the portable toilet I take out from dirty bag—much cleaner than a makeshift ones, and it even has a bidet.

Yeah, if by some chance they were connected and I was doing both with the camera still on my head, it would be broadcast to the whole world... It would be embarrassing, and I feel like I'd drive everyone crazy.

Because... you know?

A blonde little girl doing a bath or toilet stream...it's bound to twist their mind.

Me?

Mine's already been twisted for a long time.

It's too late for me.

I won't say what it is, though.

[Haru-chan diligently picking up stones]

[There aren't many streamers who are this enthusiastic about picking up stones!]

[She's rare not only among streamers, but even among people who explore dungeons]

[Of course]

[Using a slingshot isn't exactly rare, you know.]

[No, that's not really the case these days.]

[Yeah, thanks to Haru-chan's influence, more and more people are switching to slingshots or choosing them from the start of their diving.]

[The entire Dungeon Slingshot Federation cried]

[The entire Dungeon Slingshot Federation Rejoices]

[Something like that existed!?]

[Yeah, they're pretty famous, actually]

[lol]

[Ah, if I remember correctly, they also have a website]

[Number of members... around 100-something people...]

[The number is far too small compared to the 20% of the world's population who explore dungeons]

[Is that because of Haru-chan's influence...?]

[Because using a gun, bow and arrow, or magic is definitely easier...]

[lol]

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