Chapter 294

(294) I don’t want to go back to being Jobless

Translator: Tseirp

I surprised myself . I realized that I have been using the fact that I was Jobless as a routine to depreciate myself .

Even though it is Jobless in the system, it actually a.s.sisted Carol’s case to let her work as a Peddler and, although it happened through the course of events, I was given the rank of a.s.sociate Baron . I could defeat monsters, earn money through blacksmithing and even though I didn’t have a regular job, I could earn sufficient money . To the extent that I can easily provide for Haru and Carol if I marry them both .

So I kept telling myself .

Even if I was Jobless, that Jobless transcended jobless . It was Neo Jobless .

The strongest Jobless which boasts unrivaled strength and skills that transcend humanity .

So even though I felt shame from being Jobless, somewhere in my heart I held a sense of superiority — no, I was trying to hold that sense .

But it was different now that I was no longer Jobless .

As expected, I held a sense of disgust toward being Jobless .

I was anxious when I became a Thief but when Jobless changed to Commoner, it felt as though the locks on my straitjacket came off .

And yet, asking me to return to Jobless is as though asking me to wrap myself in chains, fasten a padlock and swallow the key .

I don’t want that .

“I thought you would say that but there will be extra service for Master?”

Neete whispered to me . Feeling her breath on my ear felt strange .

“I already have what I need if you are refering to night service . ”

“It is night service but it is a service Master doesn’t have . ”

“Like I said, that —”

“Even if it is a service that concerns Master’s important people —Haurvatat and Carol?”

“I won’t ask to stop using the term Master but stop referring to them by their names . They are both your seniors . ”

“If you put it that way, there are no humans who are younger than me but — understood . It concerns Haurvatat-san and Carol-san . ”

… If it is a service that concerns both of them, I can’t make a decision on my own .

Well, as long as they are not present, I have to make the decision but I still need to hear the detailed story .

It’s not like I am only connected with Haru through night service . It is fine even if there isn’t any .

But, why does it only concern those two?

Does Marina not qualify to be in my companion?

“So, what is that service?”

“The skill called Kin Conversion . ”

“Kin Conversion?”

I didn’t understand . Now that I think about it, I recall Koshmar-sama saying something along the lines of Haru and Carol being my dependents . It happened around the time we were in the Gomaki Village dungeon?

But they were dependents in the sense that they were my companions — or in a negative way, slaves . In this case, that means the dependents she was referring to were a different matter?

I was lost .

“What will happen if I use that skill . ”

“People who become Master’s kin will be able to use a certain portion of skills that Master can use in an inferior state . ”

“Inferior state?”

“Master can use the spell Copy, right? It is the same . ”

The spell Copy — meaning Fake Magic huh?

I see, they will be able to use an inferior copy of the spells I am able to use .

How is that related to night service?

“Koshmar-sama forecast that with the Kin Conversion skill, if Master converts Haurvatat-san into your kin, she should be able to use an inferior version of Hikikomori . ”

“That means Haru will be able to create her own world? With My World skill . ”

“The inferior version and the real version is different . The kin will not be able to construct their own world with their Hikimori skill . It only means that they will be able to enter and exit from the My World we live in . ”

Guh, what a choice .

Isn’t she asking me to choose while dangling a skill that I probably can’t get, just like an itch that can’t be reached?

If that was true, even if Haru and I were in separate locations, we will be able to meet at any time as long as we decide on a time to meet .

We would be able to flirt around .

That certainly ties into night service and it was something I lacked at the moment .

However, I would have to return to Jobless …

“Master, Koshmar-sama isn’t asking you to remain Jobless forever, you know? You only need to reach the peak for Jobless . According to my superior, Torerul-sama’s calculations, if Master’s Jewel Turtle farm goes smoothly in My World, Master should reach the peak of Jobless in another 5 years . ”

Has my Jewel Turtle farm been found out?

But it is true that if that farm proceeds smoothly and I expand My World and its scale, I should be able to earn experience points easily .

” … 5 years … 5 years huh . ”

I would be 25 years old 5 years later . Right, if a university student fails his entrance exam one year and graduates through university, he would be 25 years old .

In other words, for me, returning to Jobless would be like becoming a student?

If I think about it, being a high school dropout, feeling like a university student would be … hmm but Jobless …

“All ri — no, wait a moment . ”

“You’re so indecisive, Master . ”

“You can say that but returning to Jobless is —”

“If Haurvatat-san and Carol-san become Master’s kin, they will be able to use just a little of his strength and the probability that they will be injured will decrease, right?”

” … All right . Tell me the way to return to Jobless . ”

I nodded and asked Neete .

Now then, how do I return to Jobless?

“By using the Job Stealing Gem . ”