Chapter 5
The slimes, though weak, don't have much of a weakness except their core, as once it's destroyed, they cease to exist.
Haruto, knowing this detail and seeing the shiny small core glistening in its gooey substance, thrust his short sword forward, shattering the core in an instant.
Shatter*
A small shattering sound echoed in the small coridor of the dungeon, and the next moment the slime began to melt away on its own, releasing its gooey liquid in all directions, revealing a glistering small core in the small gooey puddle.
With the slime finished in just one strike, Haruto turned his attention back to the group of three beauties who were looking at him with a hint of surprise.
"Mister Haruto, did you just kill it in one go?"
"How did you do it?"
The question escaped out of their mouth while their eyes shone with a hint as if they had found a treasure. Meanwhile, Akane continued to stay silent while her hands still covered her breast, looking at her white skin. Haruto for a second felt that there was no need to offer her help.
'No, that's just a stupid thought.' Haruto couldn't help but realize that if he were to help her, there might be chances of forming a connection with her, which would be a greater opportunity than just casually sneaking glances at her while she was in an uncomfortable situation.
"Killing a slime is easy if you know how to do it right." Haruto said, unbuttoning his shirt and walking in the direction of them, taking them by a little surprise, and just as they were about to open their mouths to shout something ridiculous, he added, "Miss Akane, why don't you wear my shirt?"
'So you were giving it to her? I was about to kick you in the nuts otherwise.' Emi thought while sighing in her heart, she had been approached by quite a number of perverts in her life, so thinking like this wasn't her fault.
'I didn't know he was such a considerate guy.' Hana thought while nodding her head.
Meanwhile, Akane, who was a damsel in distress, stared at Haruto's hand for a moment, in which he was holding his shirt. She didn't know what to do at the moment. Was it right to accept another man's shirt while she was already engaged with another person? But if she didn't take it, she wouldn't be able to be part of this dungeon party or would just be dead luggage on them.
'No, it's just a shirt; what's there to think too much about? If I don't have a choice in my own life, how would I even ask my parents about letting me make decisions about my own life?' She thought.
Looking at Akane's little trouble, Haruto decided to push a little and pulled his hand back a little while saying, "Alright, if you don't want to, then you'll have to be part of the group in that condition, which I don't mind." Though imagining that scene, he felt it would be a good scene, but at the same time it would be distracting as well, so there was no way he was going for that.
Akane, hearing what Haruto had just said, blushed a little and, extending her left hand while covering her assets with the other hand, immediately got a hold of Haruto's shirt while saying, "There's no way I'm doing that."
Seeing Akane's blushed face, Emi couldn't help but burst out laughing, while Hana nodded her head without saying anything.
After a minute, Akane turned back around toward them, now having put on Haruto's shirt, which looked great on her, by the way. She looked at him and said, "Thank you for offering me your clothes." She didn't know why he showed her kindness out of nowhere, but she felt a little warmth in her heart.
"It's nothing." Haruto waved his hand, and turning his attention back toward the small puddle of gooey substance, his gaze shifted back toward the small core, and he thought, 'How much would I get for this?' He walked next to the core, and then, crouching down, he picked it up.
Just then an ethereal voice sounded in his mind, surprising him a little.
[Ding...] Congratulations to the host for awakening the Random Kill reward system.
[Ding… Host has killed a slime, generating a random reward... Please wait.]
All of a sudden a bunch of notifications played in front of Haruto's eyes, like as if he was reading some kind of manga or something.
"Is something wrong with that thing, Mister Haruto?" It was Akane who asked out. Seeing Haruto staring so intently at that small, shiny stone, she felt something was wrong.
"Huh?" Haruto, who was lost in thought, saw a familiar thing appearing in front of him, heard the voice, got out of his reverie, and looked at the woman who was in a half-crouched position next to him and looked at him with concern.
Badamp*
Haruto, looking at that beautiful face up close, felt his heart beat increase all of a sudden and almost fell back on his bump, which he managed to avoid somehow, and then, getting back on his feet, said, "No, it's nothing; anyway, this is your first time in the dungeon for the three of you, so if you want to check this out, here is this," he said while holding out the small core in his hand.
"Oh my... Mister Haruto, you really are different from the others." Emi, putting both of her hands under her chin, made a cute gesture, while Akane looked at him intently before extending her hand and saying, "Then, we're thankful to you for allowing us to see it," and took the core from his hand.
[Ding… Random reward has been generated; you've received 1 silver coin.]
'1 silver coin?' Ignoring the smiles on the beauty's face, Haruto once again turned his attention to the translucent screen that appeared in front of him.
Now transmigrating in this world and seeing the dungeon and slime-like monster in front of him, Haruto didn't even doubt that the thing he was seeing right in front of him was a system, which would save every poor protagonist's ass in those mangas, but why was his system a little different than others?