Maid Will Go On Through Thick And Thin! Chapter 29

Good morning.
I woke up in warmth, smooth and fluffy. Happiness.
Now then, it’s tough to leave this world of happiness, but I need to start making breakfast soon.
……ah.
“What does Hanter eat?”
Since he’s a snake, meat? Could it be he can’t eat non-living meat?
‘Me—at’
Meat, as expected. ……there’s only smoked meat, would that be okay?
Or would dried fish be better?
As I was worrying about that, Ketorami said he would share the food he got, so I left it to him. As expected of Ketorami-sensei.

heil the dog

Today’s breakfast is rice with miso soup.
There has been a lack of protein recently, so I would like to get some fresh meat by today.
It’s also tough since that depends on the hard work of everyone else, I can’t say much about it.
It would be nice if I could make rice from the stock we have by myself though.

rice farm?

Everyone woke up slightly earlier today.
Once we ate breakfast, we set off immediately. There does seem like there will be a lot more things once we enter the gra.s.slands after all.
By the time we finished eating breakfast, Ketorami-san and Hanter also seemed to have finished their meal, so our departure went smoothly.
How different from usual!

only smooth departure so far

A few hours after setting off. We arrived at the plains before the sun rose to its highest point.
It’s wide.
There are only a few trees scattered here and there, you can see far into the distance.
Which means, there’s no need to fear an ambush from monsters.
Iya—, how peaceful. There are no plains this wide in modern j.a.pan. At least, I haven’t seen one.
Ketorami-san seems to have come here before, so it isn’t that fresh for him, but Hanter is excited.
He has the knowledge (since I pa.s.sed the parent snake’s memories to Hanter through [Share]), but knowing it and seeing it is different.
really?
And, well, we were carefreely advancing like that.
Honestly, we had relaxed, feeling like it’s so— peaceful.
Yes. There was. Monsters. And we walked right into an ambush.
After an hour of walking through the plains. Just as we thought, it’s about time for lunch, the monster came.
……from below!

either that or up

“Nn! Something’s coming from below!”
Since Toriumi barely managed to detect it with [Sharp Ears] and [Perception], there were some that manage to move, but the rear guard that could not move immediately were caught.
Ridiculously large vines or roots of some plant came out of the ground.
They grabbed Hagasaki-kun, President, Katori, Kariya and disappeared back into the ground in an instant.
Maito?
……eh, me? Yes, I couldn’t move.
But I was riding Ketorami-san, so I managed to avoid it. Or had it avoided for me. Yes. Thankfully.

arigato katorami

“……wh, what do we do about this?”
And of all people, that thing took away all the healers.
“Theoretically, there should be a main body somewhere. So we just need to hit that but……”
“Wouldn’t it be bad if we don’t recover them before that.”
“It would be……”
If they were buried underground, that would be a little bad.
When I tried taking a peek into the hole the root came out of as a form of resistance, the roots came out again at an amazing speed, and I was saved again by Ketorami-sensei with his G.o.dly reflexes.
Yes, I cannot sleep with my feet towards Katorami-san anymore. (T/N: an idiom about being indebted to someone) I’m sleeping on Ketorami-san though.
“Oi Maito!

Do you want to get caught too!?”
“Sorry.”
But, we did find out that roots will come out if someone comes here.
Can’t we just hit it then? Or possibly, can’t we set up something? No?
fire/
“How about we just let all of us get brought underground.”
“Rejected. Too dangerous. If it’s ends up like the snake yesterday, all of us will die.”
“Ye—ah.”
Mh—m, is there a guest that has a skill that can help up break out of this situation?
We put our dog tags together to think.
……ah, somehow mine, increased. [Babysitting]. That? Since Hanter is a child, it got judged as a maid’s job? I see I see.
And leaving that aside, let’s take a look at everyone’s skills.
“Hariu, what’s [Shadow Walk]?”
“Ah, that? It allows me to move from shadow to shadow. Just that, since it’s shadows, the surroundings have to be bright, I don’t think I can use it underground. It would be different if it was bright tho—ugh.”
Nuun, of all people, all the people that can use light magic were taken underground too.
“Toriumi’s [Perception] doesn’t work?”
“A—h mhm, I’ve been trying since just now, but seems like it’s a little too far. Sorry.”
“No, it’s fine. Can’t be helped in this case.”
Mh—m, there’s no breakthrough even when we put our heads together.
“If only we know if they are safe……ah.”
Everyone has forgotten, but there is. There is a way to confirm safety.
For now, I sang the [Prayer Song] that I haven’t been applying because I was fooled by how peaceful it was.
“Ah, I see.”
If someone among those who got kidnapped underground noticed it and acquires [Ballad], we would be able to know if they are safe.
……guess, not.
A—h dammit, if this was going to happen, I should’ve made everyone acquire [Ballad] earlier!
distracted by floating building
After a time that felt long and short,  sit still, a sky-blue pattern suddenly appeared at our feet.
“This is.”
“……probably, means, they’re safe.”
Just because it’s sky-blue, this somehow feels like it’s Hagasaki-kun’s.
“What do we do? Seems like it’s safe even if we go underground.”
There’s nothing we can do by staying here. Then wouldn’t it be easier for us to also get kidnapped by those roots? Something like that.
“……okay, let’s do it. We’ll get caught by those roots. Maito standby here.”
On, only I’m being left behind again!? No—!

give up

Of course this would happen, my fighting strength underground where Ketorami-san can’t come is below 5. I’m worse than garbage.
So inevitably, I’m staying behind.
To at least do something, I [Shared] vision with Hariu, who feels like would have the most stable field of vision, before they went underground.
In this case, the information is narrowed down to sight alone, so the MP drained is not that much, but this is the first time I’m trying to [Share] at long distances, so that is a concern.
As for why I am making the effort to do something with such a concern, if I don’t do this, I would really just be left behind!
Well, the deciding factor for this is that I am one-sidedly monitoring Hariu’s sight like that time I borrowed Ketorami-san’s senses,, so there is no burden on Hariu.
And so they will be setting off on the next reckless venture. Yes.

bye
“Then we’ll be off.”
“Take ca—re.”
Even as I said that, my field of vision is already Hariu’s, so I am in the chaotic situation of seeing myself waving.
Also, Katorami-san and Hanter are watching out for me since I can’t see my own surroundings at all. I really am grateful to them. Yes.
Maito’s pet army
Once they went to peek into the hole, the roots came out and kidnapped everyone.
Uwa, this, feels weird.
Even though I am just sitting on top of Ketorami, I am seeing myself caught by a root and being dragged underground, it feels strange.
It feels different from watching a movie, an indescribable feeling.
And as expected, the MP consumed increased as they got further away.
Ugeh, this is tough. But I have no intention of stopping at all.
I gulped down MP recovery tea and kept recovering MP.
And deep underground, they were brought by the roots to……
“Isn’t this, bad?”
The rear guard that seems to be alive but they are limp and the front lines are tightly restrained. The roots keep increasing.
But, as expected of the people with high fighting strength. They’re different from garbage.
Kadomi-kun was the first one that escaped the restraint of the roots. He used [Explosion] around himself and blew up the roots.
So viole—nt.
Next, Hariu escaped using some unknown method (I’m seeing from his view instead of spectating, so I really don’t know what he did).
Suzumoto and Toriumi were also extracted safely. Then they cut off or blew up the roots around the rear guard, but they still remained limp.
But even like that, it seems they could still use magic, Kariya lit up the place with [Light Ball] and everything became clearer instantly. Like this, those without [Night Vision] can move.

so just physically drained?

After dragging the rear guard to the back, the front line moved out.
The target seems to be the main body of the roots, a huge lump that looks like a tree trunk.
……but the one that moves the fastest is Hariu, so I can’t really tell what the others are doing.
Judging from the fragments I can see, while Hariu is throwing knives and cutting with his short sword, Toriumi is drawing attention, Kadomi-kun is charging in and Suzumoto is repeating hit-and-away attacks.
I see, so this would be why Toriumi has so much heavy equipment.
If Toriumi wasn’t drawing attention, Kadomi-kun aside, Suzumoto and Hariu would be taken down in an instant.
From what I know, Suzumoto’s defense, even including corrections, is only about the same as me or slightly higher and Hariu is specialised in staying light, resulting in low defense.
Both their equipment and fighting styles are built around the condition that they don’t get hit.
Kadomi-kun is nice and balanced.
He is using his s.h.i.+eld well to handle his own share himself. He has both attack and defense.
Being able to somehow maintain a position even closer than Toriumi must be thanks to how balanced he is.
Kadomi-kun is probably the strongest solo. Since he obtained [Leap], he can also take on enemies at high alt.i.tude, he just keeps powering up.
Kadomi-kun has balance, Suzumoto has the most firepower in each strike, Hariu has the most moves and Toriumi has endurance.
variety in front line alone
After a while, the roots seem to be steadily weakening, the energy behind the roots being waved around is declining.
By that time, the rear guard seemed to have recovered from their limp state and started supporting with magic and strange laser beams. As usual, Hariu isn’t observing the rearguard in detail, so I can’t really tell much since I can only get information from Hariu’s field of vision.
bad choice
In the end, Katori’s full energy charged [Laser Shot] finished it.
The power behind it made the front line look stupid for slowly hacking away with blades.
Rather than the rear guard, it’s definitely better to treat him like a turret.
what happened to archery
And, well, like this, this is actually the first time I’ve seen them coordinate to properly fight a strong monster, honestly, it is more than I expected.
They jump to impossible heights, make impossible turns, move with impossible speeds, everything’s impossible.
Did you guys graduate from being human? It felt like that.
My normality is getting more and more prominent. No wonder they always want to make me stay behind.
……yes. My fighting strength is just 5. Below garbage. Sorry.

why 5

But after that, everyone seems troubled.
Yes! They don’t seem to know how to get back.
But unfortunately, I only have visual information, so I don’t know what they are talking about.
……now then, there is no mistake that they are troubled.
Don’t you think it is a maid’s job to go pick up the master? You don’t? Eh? A butler’s job? A job beyond a mere maid? No, I do think it’s a maid’s job. I will make it so that I think like that.
And so, let’s test it out. The skill attached to this hair clip. [Teleport].
I don’t know what or how it is going to teleport, but what will happen will happen, probably.
….great plan
After drinking MP recovery tea just in case, concentrate.
The destination is here. The target is everyone underground,
Okay. Let’s go. [Teleport]!

…i don’t think it works like that

Result.
*I am in the ground*
Or rather, well, I’m underground. Probably.
Somehow, I came with Ketorami and Hanter, so this skill seems to be a skill that also brings along things around you when you move.
Actually, it would be bad if that wasn’t the case.
“Hm? Why is Maito-san here?”
“I came to pick you guys up. Okay. Gather gather.”
After getting everyone to gather around Ketorami-san, [Teleport] one more time.
And warp everyone above ground instantly.
I also took attendance just in case.
Okay, everyone’s here. Doesn’t seem like there’s anything missing, so I can say that it is a success, mhm.
“Ah, could it be the hair ornament’s skill?”
“Mhm.”
It would be annoying if something got consumed every time I used the skill, so I checked the hair clip.
I also [Appraised] it, but there doesn’t seem to be anything strange.
Well, it uses a bunch of MP though.
If I wasn’t wearing the long underskirt dyed with bay laurels, this would probably have been a one-way ticket.
Also, the MP consumed probably increases the more I bring along.
Coming back was more tiring than going.
“……this is convenient.”
“Yep.”
Well, like this, we became able to go to various places instantly.
Let’s make plenty of use of this.

How on earth did Maito think the a.s.sa.s.sin jumping all over the place would have the most stable vision.