The Darkness was Comfortable for me
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chapter-40
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-21: Anonymous from Earth
Isn’t Hikaru-kyun shutting himself in at every single thing? Is he gonna be okay?-22: Anonymous from Earth
It seems his little sisters have also sent messages to him in worry, but the person himself isn’t opening them, so…
-23: Anonymous from Earth
Even though he can now fight monsters, he is still your regular high schooler mentally after all…
-24: Anonymous from Earth
Rather than calling the Dark Spirit Abilities strong, it is more like Darkness Fog is way too strong.
By the time I think the monster has disappeared inside the darkness, Hikaru is already coming out from it with stone in hand.-25: Anonymous from Earth
It is so cool.
It is close to being on an artistic level.
-26: Anonymous from Earth
He is still keeping a pretty good margin of safety after all.
Maybe because he is an older brother? He is super steady…
-27: Anonymous from Earth
Are you all watching in real time?
-28: Anonymous from Earth
Every now and then when there’s developments, Celica and Karen would do real time watchalongs.
At least try to properly follow the Twin/Sis official channel.
The highlight videos are super well made and interesting, but real time has that spice of excitement that you don’t know what might jump out.
-29: Anonymous from Earth
Thanks.
I will subscribe to them.
-30: Anonymous from Earth
I don’t know if I am a fan of Hikaru, a fan of Celica, or a fan of Karen anymore.
I might be a fan of those siblings.
-31: Anonymous from Earth
I am a fan of Karen.
-32: Anonymous from Earth
The popularity of Karen seems to be higher on the internet.
Celica is also hella cute though.
But, how to say it, it is like her radiance is too much for the common people.
She has an aura that a normal idol wouldn’t even be able to stand up to at all if she were to show up on TV.
It is rare to see this much of a difference despite them being twins and having the same face.
-33: Anonymous from Earth
They have already become idols a long time ago.
We are talking about the number one most viewed channel, you know?
-34: Anonymous from Earth
It is way too much of a shame that there’s not that many microtransaction elements.
Twin/Sis have far more money than any of us after all…
-35: Anonymous from Earth
Celica has nice eyes.
She has strong and kind eyes as if she could see through everything in this world.
-36: Anonymous from Earth
Who in the world are you…?
-37: Anonymous from Earth
Don’t sanctify them too much, okay?
They are still 12 years old, you know.
Even at the bathing part with Hikaru, they even said: “We were taking baths together till right before he was transported, you know?”!
-38: Anonymous from Earth
Were they serious there?
They must have been…
Well, they were elementary school students just one year ago, so it should be…normal…I think???
-39: Anonymous from Earth
I am jealou—how immoral.
But at the same time, I also feel like it is barely on the safe margin since they are 12 years old.
-40: Anonymous from Earth
We don’t know why the twins were taking baths with their brother though.
In order to reduce bathing times? To have him wash their hair?
-41: Anonymous from Earth
Did all 3 go in together? The house of Hikaru is a normal one, right? 3 people would be cramped…
-42: Anonymous from Earth
It might be the strategy to stay real glued.
-43: Anonymous from Earth
Well, they might just be saying that for fanservice.
-44: Anonymous from Earth
Talk about the little sisters is fine and all, but how about we talk about Alexander Fox-kun?
-45: Anonymous from Earth
The chance meeting with Alex, huh.
It lacked spice.
-46: Anonymous from Earth
Rather than saying it lacked spice, it was more like he instantly ran off…
-47: Anonymous from Earth
I laughed at the work of the steam. Godlike!
-48: Anonymous from Earth
The camerawork was like that of hot spring programs.
Well, they must be keeping it family friendly in those areas.
-49: Anonymous from Earth
The public bathhouse looked pretty nice. That city also seemed to have tasty food. Ain’t that real nice?
It even has a dungeon.
-50: Anonymous from Earth
If Hikaru had spoken properly with Alex there, he could have learned about the guild and stuff like that.
-51: Anonymous from Earth
He is selling all his stuff in the black market after all… That place only buys it at around half the regular price, right?
-52: Anonymous from Earth
Well, he does buy everything, no questions asked, so it can’t be helped.
-53: Anonymous from Earth
Does Alex not have information about Hikaru?
He was talking totally normally there.
-54: Anonymous from Earth
Messages need you to have strong emotions in order to reach, so only the people that have feelings like ‘I must tell Alex about Hikaru being a criminal!’ will be reaching him.
When checking the messages sent site, from the messages sent to Alex, only 82 are about Hikaru.
By the way, the total messages that have reached Alex are 1,860.
From the 82 messages related to Hikaru, 71 are about protecting Hikaru.
Most of them are from Celica and Karen though.
In other words, only 11 messages from the Antis of Hikaru have reached him.
-55: Anonymous from Earth
So this is the representation of how strongly they wish to protect Hikaru, huh…
It makes me tear up…
-56: Anonymous from Earth
>>54
Ty.
Celica and Karen must be sending a whole ton of messages here and there.
-57: Anonymous from Earth
Right now the only clear way to cheer for them from Earth is the message system after all.
-58: Anonymous from Earth
The viewer count is also a way though.
Hikaru seems to want to reduce it though, so he is an exception.
-59: Anonymous from Earth
Alex somewhat knew about Hikaru through the messages, but doesn’t think of him as a criminal.
Is that the current state of things?
-60: Anonymous from Earth
It seems gibberish is also being sent in those messages, so the popular Chosen normally just skim through the messages that are not from their friends and family.
-61: Anonymous from Earth
Jeanne-chan does seem like she reads them as if it were quite a pain in the ass.
-62: Anonymous from Earth
Then, that means Alex isn’t an enemy…
Hikaruuu! Alex is an allyyyy!!
-63: Anonymous from Earth
I want this voice to reach.
-64: Anonymous from Earth
By the way, we don’t know if Rifreya-sama is an ally or not.
-65: Anonymous from Earth
The one Rifreya-sama is waiting for must be Hikaru, right?
-66: Anonymous from Earth
Probably. But no assurance of it.
-67: Anonymous from Earth
I thought she was a loaded girl, but seeing her waiting all the time alone, maybe she isn’t that rich of a person?
-68: Anonymous from Earth
She did seem to have servant-like people, so I think she is a noble of some sort though.
-69: Anonymous from Earth
She might be the daughter of a merchant. Who knows.
-70: Anonymous from Earth
She said she was a Templar Apprentice.
You need to have a certain degree of standing or you can’t even take the test to become a Templar.
And for people who don’t have a certain degree of standing, they need to reach a certain rank as an explorer in order to take that test.
That’s why, maybe she isn’t that high in the social stratum?
She wouldn’t be diving a dungeon if she had a high standing, right?
-71: Anonymous from Earth
She might be a prodigal noble lady that drags her servants to play in the dungeon…
-72: Anonymous from Earth
That she is calling herself a Templar Apprentice is proof that she isn’t someone that’s seeking the right by being an explorer.
-73: Anonymous from Earth
So she really is prodigal.
-74: Anonymous from Earth
You are forgetting the simple possibility that she is doing this to earn money.
-75: Anonymous from Earth
“If you don’t want me to tell anyone…”, Rifreya-sama says to Hikaru as she makes a circle with her fingers.
-76: Anonymous from Earth
Before that, she would tell him to sell all his belongings…
-77: Anonymous from Earth
Rifreya-sama even rejected the handsome and pure Alex-kun. Maybe she is the honorable type, or…
-78: Anonymous from Earth
Would she wait every day just because she is honorable?
She was there even after Alex’s party had finished bathing and went to the dungeon, so she has at the very least been waiting the whole day for 2 days straight.
-79: Anonymous from Earth
I honestly want to see the interactions of Rifreya-sama and Hikaru.
-80: Anonymous from Earth
The little sisters…or more like Celica, seem to be completely sure that she won’t be giving him the light of the day…
-81: Anonymous from Earth
They are blinded by love here, so it is a biased opinion.
-82: Anonymous from Earth
More importantly, Hikaru has finally begun clearing the dungeon, so let’s be happy about that. Dark Spirit Magic is super strong, but I can’t tell at all what’s happening inside the darkness.
-83: Anonymous from Earth
I’ve sent a ticket to management.
If they don’t make any improvements to this, we can only see the way too tasty and chuuni process of the monster getting swallowed by darkness and Hikaru alone coming out of this after a bit.
-84: Anonymous from Earth
If it is tasty, ain’t it fine?
-85: Anonymous from Earth
You also want to see the moments he fights, right?!
-86: Anonymous from Earth
Overseas, it has gotten the alias of Shun-Goku-Satsu, Hikaru = Akuma.
-87: Anonymous from Earth
It is connected with darkness, so shouldn’t it be Darkness Illusion? <TLN: Not sure if this is the correct reference.>
-88: Anonymous from Earth
Darkness Fog is way too strong after all… Or more like, Hikaru being able to use Spirit Abilities in succession is way too wicked.
-89: Anonymous from Earth
The Affection of Spirits, right?
It apparently required 30 Points, so the gamble aspect was way too high.
-90: Anonymous from Earth
But a number of Chosen have already been eaten by Great Spirits and died, you know.
-91: Anonymous from Earth
If you want to make a contract for a Spirit Ability, you get eaten. It is the biggest landmine of the century…
It is great that Hikaru got the Spirit Ability with Points.
I don’t know if to call it lucky though.
-92: Anonymous from Earth
They are called ‘Loved Ones’ by the natives, right?
That Skill apparently shows up rarely in natives too.
-93: Anonymous from Earth
The people who have a constitution that make them loved by Spirits are called Loved Ones; the ones with a constitution that’s hated by Spirits are called Hated Ones.
-94: Anonymous from Earth
So literal.
-95: Anonymous from Earth
Would the midwife tell the people ‘this child is a Hated One’ when the baby is born?
-96: Anonymous from Earth
I would really hate that.
-97: Anonymous from Earth
The predation of Great Spirits was way too shocking.
It was gory, as if watching a video of a person dying in an electric chair.
-98: Anonymous from Earth
There’s a number of Chosen who have been captured by the church as guests after all -those Loved Ones. Basically confined.
-99: Anonymous from Earth
Why does the church imprison Loved Ones?
Has there been a proper explanation about this somewhere?
-100: Anonymous from Earth
The Loved Ones are apparently Apostles loved by the Gods, or something like that…
-101: Anonymous from Earth
Maybe they are protecting them so they don’t get eaten by Great Spirits?
-102: Anonymous from Earth
I don’t know, but they have almost no freedom and it is pitiful, you know?
-103: Anonymous from Earth
There’s theories saying only a few Loved Ones have freedom.
-104: Anonymous from Earth
Why can Hikaru use Spirit Abilities consecutively? The natives seriously can only use them a few times a day.
It is such a difference, it makes me wonder if they are playing a different game.
-105: Anonymous from Earth
As we have said already, it is because of the effect of Affection of Spirits…probably.
-106: Anonymous from Earth
Since the encounter with the Great Dark Spirit where he was about to be predated, it has been settled that Hikaru is a Loved One.
If it were the other Spirit Ability talents, you wouldn’t be eaten.
-107: Anonymous from Earth
He can easily use 10 times the Spirit Abilities than the average after all.
-108: Anonymous from Earth
Moreover, it is a proficiency system, so the gap keeps widening.
Right now he is the only Chosen who has been enlightened with the 8th Spirit Ability after all.
-109: Anonymous from Earth
There’s so much to digest here, I feel like I am gonna forget a lot of it, but it has just begun. There should be more to come.
-110: Anonymous from Earth
This has been the densest month I have had in my life.
I was right in quitting my job.
-111: Anonymous from Earth
How are you even managing…?
-112: Anonymous from Earth
I will win at Total Stakes…
-113: Anonymous from Earth
Now that I think about it, has someone bet on Hikaru on the Total Stakes?
-114: Anonymous from Earth
I have bet on ‘Who is the next Chosen who will have sex?’…on Alex.
-115: Anonymous from Earth
The nickname of Alex lately has been Skirt Chasing Bastard.
He was rejected by Rifreya-sama though.
-116: Anonymous from Earth
You didn’t bet on Hikaru?!
-117: Anonymous from Earth
If there were a ‘Who will be the one to stay a virgin till the end?’ then yeah, I might have voted for Hikaru.
-118: Anonymous from Earth
So horrible.
-119: Anonymous from Earth
Was Hikaru-kyun reflecting by himself after the bath?
-120: Anonymous from Earth
Most likely.
This is just me talking from experience, but you definitely wouldn’t want to be seen when reflecting on your own.
-121: Anonymous from Earth
Hikaru was super flustered in the bathhouse after all.
-122: Anonymous from Earth
Even though he can shoot that many Spirit Abilities, his mental strength is really that of a teenager.
-123: Anonymous from Earth
Must be because his physical strength is trash. He should get some confidence once he gets some muscles.
-124: Anonymous from Earth
Hikaru has quite a lot of points, so he should be using them sometime.
Don’t know what he will be using them on though.
Thinking about it normally, he should be putting them in increasing his physical strength.
-125: Anonymous from Earth
There’s also the option of going full in on a Spirit Ability build.
-126: Anonymous from Earth
Even if that’s the case, you would still need a bare minimum of physical strength.
-127: Anonymous from Earth
If he defeats monsters at this rhythm, won’t he be leveling up? Monstrosification, was it?
-128: Anonymous from Earth
Even if he becomes a monstrosity, with his base stats being like that, he wouldn’t be that big of a deal, right?
-129: Anonymous from Earth
Whichever the case, there’s the need for some foundation.
-130: Anonymous from Earth
Also a weapon.
The treasure he got the other day was nice.
-131: Anonymous from Earth
I saved a screenshot of Hikaru-kyun’s face at that time.
-132: Anonymous from Earth
Karen was saying the same thing. She even uploaded the image to Twwiter.
-133: Anonymous from Earth
It is rare for him to leak a smile after all.
-134: Anonymous from Earth
I am not talking about the damn smile of Hikaru! I meant the gauntlet!
-135: Anonymous from Earth
I know it is nice and all, but…it is pretty plain, honestly speaking.
-136: Anonymous from Earth
It really is all about a weapon, a weapon.
I want him to graduate from that cheap dagger!
-137: Anonymous from Earth
Won’t it be difficult for Hikaru who is completely dry from just maintaining his livelihood?
-138: Anonymous from Earth
Isn’t it because he is monopolizing an inn room…?
He should learn of the communication power of Alex who is sharing a room with his party members.
-139: Anonymous from Earth
Pointing that out is so cruel.
-140: Anonymous from Earth
Well, he is 15 years old after all.
-141: Anonymous from Earth
Alex is the same age though…
-142: Anonymous from Earth
Jeanne-chan too…
-143: Anonymous from Earth
Stop using those for comparisons.
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