Chapter 35

The S-Rank Hero has decided

Several days have passed since I was summoned here in another world .

I, Sogou Ayaka, was walking in a forest located in the southwest of the capital city .

I need to be vigilant towards my surroundings .

Suddenly, I can hear the sound of some branches breaking .

I instantly prepared my stance .

Wielding the long spear in my hand, I vigilant look towards the direction where I heard the sound .

[Gururururu… . guaaaarrrggghhh!]

Appearing before me is a dog who have drool dripping down from its mouth, a Mouthy Dog . (T/N: kuchi inu)

The dog have golden eyes .

It’s opened, large mouth shows a set of glittering fangs .

It’s mouth is so irregularly big .

I have never seen a creature just like back in our own world .

A different world .

This is really a different world .

The feeling that this is really a different world haven’t actually registered to my mind yet .

Towards the direction of the dog, I took one step forward .

[Let’s have a match, shall we?]

Is that question directed towards me?

Or is it directed towards the monster before me?

I don’t know .

[Guru ruru ruuooohhh!]

The Mouthy Dog also looked like it’s prepared for battle as it threateningly growled at me .

[Wheeeere do you think you’re going, huh!? Take this, you f*cking dog!!!]

I can hear Oyamada Shougo shouting from where I stand .

It’s coming .

The one who’s making that useless noise is approaching .

Basaaa~

Brandishing a greatsword, Oyamada jumped out of the thicket .

[–uwo!? Gaoouuuu!?]

The moment that the dog have noticed Oyamada’s arrival, the Mouthy Dog immediately leapt away .

The Mouthy Dog swiftly ran off towards the opposite direction of where Oyamada came from .

I can’t help but start being bewildered of what I’m seeing .

From where I’m standing on, I can definitely block the way where the Mouthy Dog was running off to .

But,

[That’s my prey, Sogou!? You cold woman, don’t even think about it! You’re not a member of our advanced group! There’s no reason for me to hand over such a prey to you!]

Oyamada doesn’t want to receive any kind of help from me .

[Well, if you just accept my invitation for you to join our group– I can give that Mouthy Dog for you to kill, you know!? That’s why it’s best for you to think about it! This may decide what would happen in your future, you know!?]

After leaving those haughty words behind, Oyamada went back through the thickets again and disappeared from my sight .

Now that I’m alone, I started looking around my surroundings .

I can’t hear any suspicious sounds anywhere .

My vigilance began to wear off .

I guess I’ll rest for a bit .

[…fuu]

By the goddess’ decree, the heroes of 2-C are currently training to do well in battle .

The forested area beside the capital city had been established as the training area for the class .

Enormous walls have been erected around the circumference of this area .

Now, ferocious monsters have been freely living around this area .

However, I’ve heard that the current heroes have already adapted towards the strength of the monsters in this area .

(Saving this world from evil, huh…)

I rest my back against one of the boulders nearby .

My grip towards the spear I’ve been holding became tighter .

It happened just a few days ago .

It seems that the goddess had the students kill the monsters that the people from the castle had captured .

So that we could get used to killing creatures .

That’s what I heard was the purpose of those killings .

This happened while I was sleeping in one of the rooms in the castle .

It’s because the goddess had knocked me down at that time .

By the time that I had woken up, this “qualification rite” had already finished .

However, there are some students that did not pass the “qualification” .

They couldn’t take killing any monster .

They’re either stuck on their place or vomiting towards the side .

There were also some who broke down in tears .

There were also some who fainted .

There were even those who are still confused with all the things that had happened .

It’s only natural .

They are being told to take the life of other creatures by their own hands .

All of us had lived in a world where such actions and thoughts were deemed irrelevant to life .

Or so that’s how I think I had lived so far .

When I had finally woken up, the goddess had came to meet me .

The first thing that the goddess has talked about was about those “dropouts” who were not able to pass the qualification in that rite they had conducted .

The next thing she told me was the fate of those “dropouts”, she told me that she would be “disposing” them .

[It’s quite a shame that I would have to dispose them off . They would have the same fate of the late Touka Mimori…]

I was also told how the last moments of Mimori Touka went .

It’s just that… I felt that he differed from my impression of how Mimori Touka would have acted .

[……… . ]

In any case, it’s a fact that I was not able to save him .

[Sniff… I’m really sorry, Sogou-san… I