I don't want to be a heroic spirit

"Hmm! Probably not." Nero shook his head and said, "Because we are just 'Level 1 Rookie Adventurers', it is highly unlikely that we can accept such a difficult commission. Let's choose something else first."

"Oh, I'll listen to my sister."

Alice said this in a very sweet manner.

Finally, Nero chose a commission to defeat a giant frog.

Because Nero was a little curious about how powerful these monsters were, who could wipe out Kazuma's team time and time again and even defeat the cadres of the Demon King's army.

Chapter 252: Defeat the Giant Frog

"Alice, you've been looking at your adventurer card for a long time. Do you really like being an adventurer?"

Nero asked this question because Alice had been holding her card in both hands, looking at it left and right, and even holding it up to the sun after coming out of the Adventurer's Guild.

"Yes... yes! Not only did you leave the castle, you even registered as an adventurer at the Adventurer's Guild! I'm sure you'll find companions you can trust with your life, just like any adventurer, and together we'll defeat powerful monsters, camp around a campfire in the dark of night, and travel to cities we've never been to... What should I do, sis! I'm so excited! I want to start my adventure right away!"

"Hmm! I understand how motivated you are now!"

Compared to the well-behaved and obedient Alice in the castle, Alice now is much more energetic, and her behavior now is what she should do at her age.

Alice and Nero were heading out of the city to defeat a giant frog.

Just then, a loud noise caught Nero's attention.

"What the hell! Isn't this a different world? Why did I finally make it to this other world that so many people dream of, and now I have to do something so realistic and heartbreaking in every sense of the word, like moving bricks and building walls!!"

"What are you talking about, you hikikomori NEET? You can't survive without working. Isn't that common sense that applies to every world? Okay, okay, stop complaining and get back to work. If you're caught slacking off, be careful of your wages being docked."

"I don't want to listen to your condescending rants about common sense! I'm here to defeat the devil, not to carry bricks!"

Nero turned his head curiously, and then saw a man and a woman arguing near a low wall in the distance.

"What's wrong, sister? What happened to those two people?"

"No, it's nothing... Let's keep going. I heard that giant frog is quite popular as a food. Although it's not high-grade, it seems surprisingly delicious when fried. We can sell it to the Adventurer's Guild for extra compensation."

In a sense, this giant frog can be considered a specialty of this world.

Because of their amazing record of annihilating the protagonist group time and time again, their status has been raised to a terrifying level.

Because she was swallowed by giant frogs too many times, Huihui discovered that she could keep warm in the giant frog's belly in winter, and she also figured out how long it would take to be safe after being swallowed by a giant frog.

There seem to be quite a lot of giant frogs at the moment. It is said that it is because it is the breeding season and they need to replenish their energy to lay eggs, so they will appear in human tribes with more food and swallow the goats raised by farmers in one bite.

Although these giant frogs look inexplicably cute, they are actually dangerous monsters. Their huge bodies, comparable to those of elephants, allow them to easily swallow an adult. Every year during the breeding season of these giant frogs, there are reports of people going missing.

"Extelion!"

As Alice roared, a brilliant sword light instantly cut a giant frog in half.

Nero and his team were commissioned to defeat five giant frogs within three days. However, there were already nearly ten giant frog corpses around Alice.

In fact, if there were no giant frogs around, Alice's record might have been even more brilliant.

Alice performed that seemingly powerful golden slash ten times without blushing or breathing hard.

Turning back to look at Nero, Alice smiled sweetly.

"Sister! Sister! I successfully defeated the ferocious monster! How was it? Did I do well?"

Holding the sword, Alice trotted to Nero, her smile bright with anticipation.

"Hmm! You're so strong! As expected of Alice."

As he spoke, Nero reached out and rubbed Alice's little head, and Alice narrowed her eyes and showed a cute expression of enjoyment like a kitten. Not only did she not resist, but she also rubbed Nero's palm with her little head.

At this moment, there was a sudden "bang" in the distant forest and a violent explosion occurred. A mushroom cloud rose from the ground, mixed with red flames.

"That power... could it be explosion magic?"

Alice stared at the mushroom cloud in the distance in surprise and said slowly, "Why would explosion magic appear in a place like this? Could it be... the Demon King's army?"

"There's no reason for the Demon King's army to come to the Novice Town, right? There's nothing to gain here."

"That's right...that's right too."

Nero glanced in the direction of the explosion, and his eyes suddenly became as sharp as an eagle.

"Hmm... the one using explosion magic seems to be a girl with red eyes. She must be a Crimson Demon?"

"The Crimson Demons? They could indeed use explosion magic..."

The Crimson Demons are a peculiar race in this world. Every one of them suffers from the second-year syndrome and is also a great magician.

Their characteristics are also very obvious, such as their names that sound strange, their eyes are blood red and glow when they are excited, etc.

The explosion magic mentioned by Nero and Alice is known as the strongest offensive magic. Even the highest-level demons and gods will not be unharmed after being subjected to explosion magic.

Although it has a terrifying power that can even injure gods, the shortcomings of this magic are also obvious. The first is the range, which can easily injure the user and teammates. The second is the mana consumption. Even a great magician with outstanding magic power can only use the explosive magic once a day, and then he will lose the ability to move because the blue bar is empty.

Because of the above shortcomings, explosion magic is regarded by many people as funny magic.

Alice narrowed her eyes and looked towards the place where the explosion magic had appeared before. The mushroom cloud there was still rising.

"elder sister."

"Ok?"

"Sister, how did you see that?"

Alice tried to look over there, but she could see nothing except a mushroom cloud filled with fire and a vast forest.

"Not only can you see people near the explosion, but you can even see the color of their eyes... Could it be that you have the ability of clairvoyance, sister?"

"This is the emperor's privilege! Because I am the emperor!"

"Hmm... Sister said something like that again."

Alice pouted in dissatisfaction, as if she felt that Nero was trying to put her off, but she soon started laughing again.

"But, my sister is amazing, I've always known that... and she's super handsome."

Afterwards, Nero and Alice planned to return to the Adventurer's Guild, after all, the commission had been completed.

The commission said that five giant frogs must be subdued in three days. In the original work, the male protagonist Kazuma made great sacrifices to deal with the giant frogs. Relying on the fact that the giant frogs can only swallow one person at a time, he let his teammates be eaten by the giant frogs, and then he took action to eliminate them before his teammates were digested by the giant frogs.

Therefore, it can be said that once the number of giant frogs that appear is greater than or equal to the number of people in Kazuma's team, they will most likely be wiped out.

However, Alice single-handedly took out twice as many giant frogs as she was commissioned to kill, all with one strike.

As expected, Alice is amazing.

The commission required three days, but Nero and Alice only took less than an hour, and most of the time was spent on traveling, so they spent almost no time dealing with the giant frog.

Chapter 253 Go to the field behind and catch two saury (27/31)

"Yes, here are the certificates of your commission completion. Come, please take your adventurer cards. These are your rewards for completing the commission, and this is the reward for recovering the giant frog's corpse. Because the flesh and blood are very intact, the reward is a bit higher."

"Thank you!"

Alice's joy was beyond words, and the heavy purse in her hand made her feel very accomplished.

"Sister! Sister! Look! This is the commission I earned! I earned it through my own hard work!"

"Hmm! I saw it with these eyes! Well done, Iris! Pat on the head..."

"Whee!"

When facing Alice, Nero always thinks of Jasmine...so touching her head becomes a subconscious action.

However, Alice seemed to be enjoying it very much.

"This way, not only will we earn back all the money we spent on registering as adventurers, but we'll even have some extra... We'll be able to support ourselves!"

Alice brought a lot of money with her when she went out, but she seemed to prefer to live on the money she earned, which made her feel more accomplished.

It's as if to prove that "I can live a good life even without relying on my status as a princess and everyone's favor."

"Then, let's use this money to find a hotel... Let's have dinner at the guild. The receptionist said they'll be making a dish using the giant frog meat we hunted. After all, it's the culmination of your hard work all day, so come and enjoy it."

"Uh-huh!"

Alice's blue eyes, as clear as the sky, shone brightly, and she seemed to be looking forward to the dinner.

Afterwards, the two found a hotel.

Nero and Alice, the emperor and princess respectively, were not picky or spoiled. They could stay in even an ordinary hotel, and Alice even enjoyed it.

"Wow! There are so many rooms on one floor! Are the floors and beds all made of wood? From the windows in the rooms, you can directly see the pedestrians and vendors on the street..."

A bed, a window, and a set of wooden table and chairs in front of the window—that's all there is in this room.

It looks a little bit crude.

"Then we'll stay here until Claire and the others find us."

Nero stood at the door and watched as Alice took off her shoes and jumped onto the bed as soon as she entered the room.

"So, this is the secret base of me and Sister Nero, right?"

Sitting on the bed in a duck-like position, Alice hugged the pillow tightly with both hands and looked at Nero, her cheeks still flushed with joy.

"Two of us spending the night in a small room like this... we're starting to feel more and more like adventurers."

In fact, Nero originally planned to buy two rooms, since he had the money anyway.

However, after learning of Nero's plan, Alice grabbed Nero's hand and said.

"I...I want to live in the same room with my sister."

Alice's blue eyes, like a lake, shimmered with light, and she gazed at Nero with a hint of pleading.

"No...can't you?"

Anyone with a conscience wouldn't be able to resist Alice with that expression, right?

After choosing a room, the two planned to go to the Adventurer's Guild.

It’s not about choosing a commission, but about having dinner, after all, it’s getting dark.

When Nero saw Alice getting her robe, he suddenly said, as if he had remembered something: "You don't need to get your robe. Just leave now."

"Eh? Really?" Alice said worriedly, "Will anything happen?"

"No, this is the border of the kingdom. Few people have ever seen the high and mighty Princess."

"Really? There's no such thing as being superior... Sister Nero is making fun of me again."

"The only people who would recognize you are probably the lords and other nobles here. However, since they view adventurers as vulgar, they generally won't go to the Adventurer's Guild in person. So, at least within the Adventurer's Guild, Alice shouldn't have to worry about being exposed. They probably wouldn't expect a princess like you to become an adventurer, right?"

"Then... I'll just listen to Sister Nero."

Under the night sky, the stars are twinkling. Walking on the path paved with stone slabs of different sizes, you can occasionally smell a pleasant fragrance wafting from the street.

That place next door should be a restaurant or something? Nero could hear the noise inside.

"Hey! New here, you don't even know what saury is, do you? What kind of life have you been leading before?"

"No! No! Of course I know about saury! It's a fish, right? You want to make the salt-grilled saury set meal on the menu, right?"

"Yes, that's the saury. It's a fish, that's right. It has scales on its body and it jumps around. It's especially plump and delicious in this season."

"I know, I'm very clear about this. So, excuse me, could you please tell me again what I should do?"

"Go to the fields out back and catch two saury."

"You look down on me! What is this? Authority harassment? Don't think you can bully me just because I just arrived in this town, you bastard! Do you find it fun to ask me to do inexplicable things and then watch me be at a loss?!"

Can saury... be caught in the fields?

Although Nero had not had much contact with fish...but her impression of saury seemed to be a sea fish, right?

However, this is a different world after all. There are even asparagus that will grab the knife and fork and fight back. It doesn’t seem too outrageous that a saury suddenly appears in the field, right?

"Hey, Alice, can you catch saury in the fields here?"

"Huh? Why are you asking that suddenly... There shouldn't be any, right? Fish that can be caught in the fields..."

Hmm...even Alice didn't know about this, so it seems that the person just now was indeed harassed by his position.

Pitiful.

Nero and Alice found a random seat in the Adventurer's Guild and began to enjoy their dinner.