Forcibly Stabbed

Walking through the dungeon, I found a girl being attacked by an evil Shiba Inu.

First things first, I used my Anomaly Sphere to rescue her. Are you okay, miss?

Wait a minute, isn't this my classmate Kotone Rindo? She's the girl from Gunma who cheered me up during the first icebreaker. Bright, cheerful, and kind. Among the top girls who'd likely talk to someone as shadowy as me.

"A-Akatani...?"

"Yes, it's me, Akatani."

"Was that you just now?"

"Yeah, that was me. I've been growing stronger every day. Pretty impressive, right?"

"You were level 0, yet you took down a monster so easily."

Rindo looked astonished.

Heh, feels pretty good.

Could it be that she's impressed by my iron ball technique?

Looks like the day when iron ball users become popular is near.

"I wanted to keep using iron balls exclusive to Gyro Zeppeli and myself, but fine, Rindo, you can use them too."

"Uh, I'll pass."