# Side Story (11)
Life with the Hero Party flowed peacefully without major incidents.
There were only minor things like Estia, who had terrible sleeping habits, crawling into my bed, or someone suddenly opening the door while I was showering.
Nothing particularly threatened our daily life, and I was fairly satisfied with this lifestyle.
"...She's pretty too. It's much better than being alone."
"Hehe, I am pretty cute!"
"Though your behavior isn't cute at all."
"P-people can't be perfect!"
Luna jumped up from the sofa and shouted.
Displeased with my words, she puffed out her cheeks with air.
But what could I do?
"It's a fact that your behavior is ugly."
"What did I even do!"
"You throw your underwear anywhere, don't throw away snack wrappers, and don't clean up at all."
"Th-that's..."
Unable to refute, Luna's voice grew quieter as she went on.
Then, as if reflecting on her mistakes, she immediately picked up a snack wrapper from the floor and put it in the trash bag.
"Ah, that's not right."
"Then what!"
"That's recyclable. Put it in the general trash below."
"This world has so many convenient things! Why are there so many annoying things too!"
Maybe it's because there are so many annoying things that many convenient things come out.
Luna grumbled as she put the snack wrapper in the bag and sat back on the sofa to watch TV.
Since it was a time when she should normally be at school, no interesting programs were on.
However, it seemed different to Luna's eyes—she was watching TV with interest, her blue eyes sparkling.
"I guess everything looks interesting to a caveman's eyes."
"You don't know how strong a caveman is, do you?"
"...I saw it last time, so I don't particularly want to know."
Once was enough for that experience.
I didn't want to experience that speed and power again.
"Let's think a bit more modernly, Luna."
"Hmph, I'll think about it."
Well, at least she's willing to think about it.
I thought that and blankly watched TV. A life of not going to school and watching whatever flows on screen like an unemployed person.
I wondered if this was really okay.
*If I live like this without working and then inherit my parents' business...*
Would that really be okay?
Suddenly having that doubt, I looked at Luna, who was nearby.
"Puhaha! Mister! That person is so funny! They fell while running!"
Luna laughing at the simple scene of someone falling.
*She said she was a Hero in another world...*
Tap tap—
I tapped Luna's head with my finger.
"Luna."
"Yes, what?!"
"Do you have anything you want to do besides being a Hero? You're not a Hero right now."
"Hmm, you're wrong!"
Flash—
Luna stood up from her seat.
She shouted at me as if making a declaration.
"A Hero is always a Hero! I'm still a Hero now! I protect world peace!"
"...Then, is there anything else you want to do besides being a Hero?"
"If I had to say... your bride...?"
Luna twisted her body and whispered as if embarrassed.
I ignored the nonsensical words and got up from the sofa.
"S-say something! This is embarrassing!"
"I'll answer when you say something that makes sense."
"It could happen! Living together, you might want to marry me!"
"That's..."
It kind of made sense.
I understood Luna's words, but I wanted to hear the other girls' opinions too.
First, Estia, who was lying near the sofa.
"Estia."
"Why, oppa? Give me back my phone?"
Was she playing games on my phone?
I shook my head and asked.
"No, you can keep using it. I want to ask you something."
"What? Since it's you asking, oppa, I'll specially answer!"
"...Do you have anything you want to do?"
"Something I want to do? Hmm..."
Estia, unusually, began to think deeply.
I could see her furrowing her brow and turning her head this way and that in contemplation.
Then, as if she'd decided what she wanted to do, she smiled, showing her white teeth.
"I just like how things are now!"
"So you want to be unemployed?"
"What I'm doing now is being unemployed?"
"Yeah."
"Then I'll be unemployed!"
Estia.
Career aspiration: unemployed.
I patted Estia's head and headed to my room.
There was Saten, carefully watching charts on the monitor.
"Saten."
"Oh my, mister. What brings you here?"
"I came to ask you something. Are you busy?"
"Noo, I'm not busy right now."
Saten answered with a relaxed atmosphere.
But somehow,
I felt like she kept glancing at the monitor.
*If the price drops while she's like that, she'll make a fuss.*
Saten seemed addicted to coins.
I quickly asked so as not to disturb her mood.
"I was wondering if you have anything you want to do."
"If you mean a job, I don't really have any thoughts about careers."
Same unemployed aspiration as Estia?
However, Saten added more, suggesting that wasn't quite it.
"I'm not really thinking about a job. But there is something I want to do."
"Something you want to do?"
"Yes, I want to make a lot of money. Looking at this world, money seems to be the most important thing."
As expected, she's sharp because she's smart.
"Then what will you do with that money?"
"Hmm, I haven't thought about it specifically... but it would be good to save money. Here, if you have a lot of money, it becomes power."
Is she trying to accumulate power?
That sounds kind of scary.
I told Saten I understood and left the room.
*If I had to say, Estia just wants to be unemployed. Saten wants to be a rich unemployed person?*
In that sense, Saten's thinking wasn't bad.
However, I was a bit worried that she chose coins as the method to make that money.
"If she makes even one wrong move, all the money will fly away. Will she be okay?"
Well, it's not my money, so it doesn't matter.
Thinking that, I decided to find Hare to ask her last.
Hare's location wasn't consistent.
"Where could she be..."
The house isn't big, so I'll find her quickly.
I looked around to see where Hare was.
*She wasn't in my room, not in the living room...*
Then the last place left is the master bedroom?
Creak—
I opened the master bedroom door and looked around.
However, I didn't see Hare.
"Where did she go? She didn't go out, did she?"
If Hare, the most violent of us, went out alone...
She might be extorting money from someone else.
Just as I thought I should quickly go outside to prevent an incident—
Rustle— Rustle—
The blanket in the master bedroom began to move busily.
We don't have any pets at home, so there's only one person who could be under that blanket.
I carefully lifted the blanket to check its contents.
"Hare, what are you doing there?"
"I was gathering information."
"Information?"
What information could she be gathering while doing this in the dark under the blanket?
Hare's eyes were glued to an electronic pad under the blanket. She looked like she was reading something.
"What on earth are you reading?"
"How to get what I want..."
"Oh, so you have something you want like the other girls?"
What does Hare want to become in the future that she's searching for information?
Curious, I sneaked a peek at Hare's screen. The content was very different from what I expected.
—I want to get the man I want, what's a good method? (23)
—ㅇㅇ(213.99) lol just drag him to bed. Any man will definitely react.
—ㅇㅇ(199.22) You a girl? Just wear dolphin pants and cling to him.
What the hell.
How did she find her way to a place like this?
I quickly snatched the pad away before Hare could acquire any more dangerous knowledge.
"Huh? Mister...! Give that back...! It's helping me gather information...!"
"No. It'll be a big problem if you get strange information."
"It won't be a problem at all, mister... Trust me and give it back quickly...!"
She's not in her right mind.
Her eyes are turned somewhere. She's seeing hope in words that are provocative but persuasive, and her eyes are turned with the intention of trying them on me.
I turned around to run to the living room with Hare's pad.
However.
"Wh-where are you going, mister...! You can't escape...!"
Bang—!!
I couldn't because of Hare's quick actions. Hare, who had closed the door, began to slowly corner me while muttering.
"S-surely... if I take you to the bed, something will happen..."
"No, that's not it. Absolutely not."
"B-but we won't know unless we try...?"
She won't listen to reason.
This is bad.
I resisted Hare's strength as she tried to drag my body to the bed.
However, one cannot resist a former Hero Party member.
My body was dragged to the bed by Hare's strength.
*This is fucked.*
An inescapable situation.
How can I get out of this?
Is God abandoning me like this?
Just as I was engulfed in such doubts—
Ding-dong—
"Tch."
"Someone's here!"
Thanks to the doorbell ringing from outside, I could escape.
The moment Hare looked away, I got up and checked the intercom to see who it was.
*Who is the person who saved me?*
Thinking it might be a gas inspection, I checked the screen.
However, the girl in a school uniform was someone somewhat familiar to me.
"I don't remember her name... but how did she get here?"
A girl from the same class.
A girl who often talked to me.
For some reason, that girl had come to our house.