Strongest Gamer Lets Play in Another World Volume 1 Chapter 5

Strongest Gamer Lets Play in Another World Volume 1 Chapter 5

A week had passed, and I walked to the front of the train station, dressed in my brand new business suit.

It wasn’t a custom-tailored luxury suit, it was just one I’d gotten from a store for a reasonable price. It was so new that I still had the tight feeling around me that you felt when you wore new clothes for the first time. I rolled my bag over and arrived at my office near the bus stop. I had a monthly salary of 180,000 yen, with overtime and holiday pay calculated separately. My transportation expenses were even covered, and there was a semi-annual inspection for salary increases, with bonuses awarded for getting certain milestones. There were even 4 days off a month, and 20 additional vacation days per year. No extended leaves, though, but there was annual paid leave.

It was pretty typical to stay late at work during the busy season. My hours would be high, but they would be added up as overtime in the end. Lodging was paid for by the company as well, along with various utilities like water. I had landed some pretty amazing working conditions; fewer and fewer people got deals like this in recent years. There was also a clause in the contract that stated it had to be firmly protected and maintained, though there shouldn’t be a problem with upholding that.

On the neck of my suit was a rainbow-lustered silver metal pin with a blue dragon carved into it. It was the company badge that had been provided to me. My family said it looked almost like a toy.

“Good morning.”

I knocked on the door of the office building and went inside.

“Good morning. This’ll be your first day as a full-time employee, right? Here, this is your exclusive key, Kousaka-san.”

I greeted my seniors at the workplace and received a key that shined with the same luster as the company badge.

While I walked towards the back of the office, I couldn’t help but mutter out loud.

“By the way... What’s the deal with Karumi-san?”

“So you finally ask, huh? Well, since you’re a full-timer now, let’s just say she’s a relative of the Great Dark Lord. She joined the company thanks to her connections, but managed to mess up badly one too many times, so she couldn’t actually get a managerial position. Thanks to that, she ended up becoming a regular office lady.”

“Ah, so she’s his daughter, huh?”

—Maybe she failed at the survival training? 

My mind wandered among various possibilities as I inserted my key into the door at the back of the office. The door looked like it was made of plastic or some other kind of synthetic material. Its hinged creaked as I opened the door.

I stepped forward. My feet land on soft ground and I heard the sound of the door as it closed behind me. A pleasant and nostalgic wind, which carried the scent of fresh soil, nature, and pure water reached my nose as I now stood at the bottom of the ravine.
 
“Aoi!”

I turned back when I heard her voice. The sight of a lovely girl standing in front of the old cabin made me wonder if this was how happiness felt.

“I’m back, Ann. I can answer you now... Would you mind staying with me forever? I don’t know much about this world... And it seems like I’m no good without you.”

“You’re so hopeless! You really don’t know anything at all! That’s why I worry so much... But yes, I’ll stay with you forever.”

The sweet girl embraced me as tears rolled down her face. I wanted to believe they were tears of happiness rather than sadness.

“Now we can be together forever, right? I don’t mind if I’m not your number one, just let me stay close to you, okay?”

—Excuse me? That was a weird turn.

“Now that you gave me your answer, I’ll be your mistress starting today, right? So we can always be together even if you fool around or get a wife, right?”

“Wait a minute, Ann... Where did you come up with that idea!?”

“Auntie taught me a lot about it, why?”

“JENNYYYYYYYYYY!”

“Hm?”
 
My roar echoed out once again across the bottom of a ravine in another world.

This was my life. I had no complaints.

The difficulty setting was set to the extreme. There were no choices or hints, and no saving or loading. But... it was so unbelievably fun that I just wanted to keep playing.

I think I’ll keep living and playing seriously, having as much fun as I can, until the very end...