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“Aqua… never mind, your level isn’t important. But Megumin, your level…”

"Twenty-six."

As if showing off, Megumin threw the Adventurer Card at Kazuma Sato's face, her arrogant demeanor was a bit infuriating.

Although I was very unhappy, I couldn't find a reason to refute it.

Kazuma Sato examined the adventurer card closely: "Twenty-six, what exactly happened..."

"Because I cast explosion magic every day."

Huihui said matter-of-factly.

Oh, I forgot, this chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) little loli treats explosion magic as a daily must-learn skill; when it comes to diligence, she's number one.

but!

"What about Darkness? Darkness who can't hit the enemy is the hardest to level up, right?"

"hehe."

The female knight sneered, then confidently held her adventurer card up to his nose.

--twenty.

Why is it so high?

"Because during the battle with Banir, a high-ranking officer of the Demon King's army, I was the one who defeated almost all of the masked puppets that guy created. Since ordinary people can't handle them, they seem to have a lot of experience points, so...!"

Darkness boasted triumphantly.

Kazuma Sato's lips twitched slightly.

I didn't expect that their levels were all higher than mine. How is that possible?

"Um... Mr. Kazuma, please don't be discouraged. As long as you work hard, you will definitely catch up in level."

Youyou, the only well-behaved and considerate member of the team, is currently cheering him on.

No comparison, no harm.

Kazuma Sato was deeply moved.

But she still asked, "Youyou, what's your level?"

"This, this..."

Youyou's eyes darted around, her index finger crossed in front of her chest, and her mouth seemed to move as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.

Kazuma Sato's eyes gleamed.

Could it be...!

"Don't even think about it, Youyou's level is higher than mine."

"—Gah?!"

Huihui's words shattered his illusions, and he looked at Youyou in disbelief.

But then he saw the next leader of the Crimson Demon Clan nod awkwardly, causing Sato Kazuma's vision to go black.

"Kazuma is such an idiot."

Huihui said, "Don't you realize that Youyou is a lone adventurer? No one teams up with her, so she has to do the quests by herself, and of course, she gets all the experience by herself. Moreover, after learning intermediate magic, she learned advanced magic. You can imagine how pitiful she is... no, how hard she has worked."

"Pitiful? You just said pitiful, Huihui! Why did you say pitiful, Huihui! I said it, Huihui!"

Seeing the sympathetic looks from others, Youyou became extremely anxious.

Ignoring his best buddies who were playfully fighting, Kazuma Sato looked at Kobayashi.

Are you sure you want to see my adventurer card?

“…Forget it.”

It's easy to guess that there's a huge difference between the two.

Kazuma Sato pulled out his adventurer card from his pocket, which showed a level of thirteen.

He was indeed the shortest in the squad.

Something is wrong!

Nine out of ten something is wrong!

Aqua and the others had previously said that a weaker profession like adventurer should be easier to level up than a higher-level profession... so why is his level so low?

Sena noticed his distressed expression and became curious.

"What is Kazuma-san's rank? As a member of a squad capable of defeating the Demon King's army executives, your rank must be quite high."

"...Okay, it's decided! Let's go hunt down the running lizards!"

Kazuma Sato bypassed Kobayashi and gave the order.

He decided to give it a try.

Chapter 284 The scumbag's main tactic is to spread his affections evenly.

Kazuma Sato felt awkward.

He claims he wants to be a shut-in and doesn't care about anything, but when compared to others, he suddenly develops a strange, competitive personality.

Take this ranking comparison, for example.

"I'll say it again, I just don't want to fall behind. If you guys keep bringing it up every day because of my level, I'll get annoyed too."

Despite his repeated clarifications, the way others looked at him was as if they were caring for a child who hadn't grown up and always liked to act tough, making Kazuma Sato clench his fists but feel helpless.

Oh well, I should have known what kind of personality they had.

the most important is.

Sato Kazuma, still worried, instructed, "You guys, make sure you don't do anything strange or cause trouble, understand?"

“Mingming and Zhencai are the lowest in rank.”

"That's it."

Why does it seem like we're the weakest one?

Aqua and the others looked disgusted.

These problem children finally won back some ground in terms of grades and became quite smug.

Hard, hard, fist hard.

Kazuma Sato now really wants to punch those arrogant problem children hard in the face and show them what a true gender equality advocate is.

But they're right.

Even though he was a hero sent by the goddess, he didn't possess any special abilities like Mikami Hibiki and the others.

Even his stats, except for luck, are below those of an average adventurer, even worse than Kobayashi who didn't get any boosts at the beginning.

To put it bluntly, the ability to fight against the Demon King's army officers and solve the bounty targets was all thanks to Senior Kobayashi; he was just a parasite clinging to others.

...Not good!

Looking at it this way, aren't I the most useless one in the squad?!

If he's not useful, he'll lose his place in the team in no time!

Kazuma Sato was sweating profusely.

"Don't think like that, Sato-kun."

"Senior Kobayashi?"

"Have you forgotten? I gave you a very high evaluation. Even when facing a very strong opponent, you still manage to win and run away using cunning tricks."

Is this a compliment or an insult?

Kobayashi's words of comfort seemed to have no effect; instead, they made Sato Kazuma even more insecure.

The group quickly finished getting ready.

then……

"Why did Miss Sena come along too?"

As they headed straight out of the city, the kingdom's prosecutor, Sena, followed them the whole way. At first, they thought it was just a coincidence, but Sena continued to follow them until they reached the outskirts of the city.

Kazuma Sato asked doubtfully, "Shouldn't a royal prosecutor be very busy?"

"That's right, prosecutors are very busy."

"That……?"

"I only came along because I was worried you guys would cause some trouble. I have a lot of things to deal with, but I had no choice but to come with you. I think the problem lies with you."

Sena pushed up her glasses.

She seemed to distrust Kobayashi and the others, and the things she said were quite hurtful.

Kazuma Sato thought to himself: "Those eyes are constantly fixed on that person, it's obvious what they're thinking!"

The person being watched said, "Since Miss Sena wants to, let's all come together."

"Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Kobayashi."

Sena pushed up her glasses again.

With a blank expression, she seemed to have entered work mode, but as soon as the group turned their heads away, the Kingdom Prosecutor, known as the Demon, immediately covered her cheeks with her hands, her beautiful face already flushed red.

Unfortunately, no one witnessed this touching scene.

On the vast plains outside the town, remnants of snow were still visible, though not much, suggesting that winter should be almost over.

A large part of this is thanks to them.

They really went to great lengths to defeat so many snow spirits, and even fought against General Winter once.

"Very good, this is a good location."

Kobayashi stood on a small earthen mound, gazing into the distance at the vast plain. The location was excellent, perfect for sniping.